Debates Over Isolationism Touch Postwar Policy
Western Union dispatch outlines tensions between internationalists and isolationists in U S foreign policy. Gen R E Wood argues farm prosperity drives policy, warns against Europe loans, praises Latin America and Canada as investment targets, while Marshall Plan rhetoric and Republican defense cuts surface disputes on America’s global role.
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Europe
Wood
America
England
Belgium
Holland
South
Central America
Canada
United States
Marshall
White House phone history traces Hayes first instrument
BACKHAGE analyzes how phones entered the White House era starting with Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. The piece details evolving use from a single early line to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s multi extension system, the rise of Louise Hachmeister Hackie as a famed operator, and Truman era habits, contrasting old and new tech fascination.
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Ohio
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Senate
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McKinley
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
New Deal
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Hackie
Miss Hachmeister
Capitol Hill
President Hayes
Russian Enigma Illustrated Boris Krelov's Washington Years
A fragment from a Time correspondent reflects on Boris Krelov, Tass staffer stationed in Washington for three years. He remained loyal to Russia yet amiable and well liked, sparking questions about his indoctrination and the ease of congenial dialogue with Americans.
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Tass
Washington
Russia
Sam Welles
Time
Moscow
Boris
Krelov
Mark Birthday of Atom In Hiroshima Two Years After
Hiroshima bells toll on the second anniversary of the atomic bomb as residents ponder a peace memorial. Globally, experts warn of the race for more bombs while Oppenheimer predicts usable power by 1952 and Hutchins cautions the U S could become uninhabitable if two bombs are unleashed simultaneously. The United States protests Hungary over an American citizen arrest and Orson Welles faces a bullfighting dare in a charity bid. Eisenhower confirms Aleutian defense bases remain ready for rapid expansion.
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Japan
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
United States
Robert Oppenheimer
Russia
Hungary
U. S
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State Department
Yugoslavia
Stephen T. Thuransky
Thuransky
U. S. Legation
Vienna
Ministry of the Interior
Orson Welles
Mars
Fortunio Bonanova
Tijuana
Mexico
Bonanova
Welles
Motion Picture Relief Fund
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Sunny Side
Aleutian Islands
Dwight Eisenhower
Aleutians
Eisenhower
75 Million Acres Target For 1948 Wheat Planting
Washington officials foresee 75 million acres of wheat in 1948, up five million from last year’s plan. They caution against plowing sod lands and note high prices will strongly influence farmers. If met, output could reach 1.07 to 1.221 billion bushels, amid ongoing UN food shortage warnings.
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United Nations
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