Congress backs foreign aid and global focus persists
Washington coverage notes that most members of Congress, Democrats and Republicans, support aid to Europe despite home pressures. The piece cites debates on pricing controls, sugar policy, and the Truman White House press reception as evidence of a mature, world‑facing Congress and administration.
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American Congress
House
Senate
Dwight Rogers
Florida
Europe
Russia
France
Italy
Austria
Congress
Diary of a broadcaster on world events 1947 48 notes
A diary recounts broadcasts and travels from January to December 1947 48 through the eyes of a U S radio commentator. It records New Year mood shifts press conferences by officials in Moscow and Washington and trips from Florida to Vermont noting events such as the Truman doctrine the India independence shift and the United Nations reassembly.
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United States
House of Representatives
Congress
Truman
Senate
Bilbo
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Joe Martin
Vandenberg
Hitler
Otto
Hapsburg
Austria
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Warm Springs
Fala
Poughkeepsie
Smith Brothers
Palestine
Elizabeth
White House
Stephen Palmer
First Presbyterian of
Lockport, N. Y
Columbia University
China
Chiang
Daytona Beach
Pensacola
Saipan
Birmingham
Anniston
Washington
Maurice Evans
Ophelia
Vermont
Ohio
William Hassett
Louis Tuckerman
Bureau of Standards
State Marshall
Harvard
Chisholm
New York State
Mount Mansfield
Tropical
Bill Benton
State Department
Voice of America
ABC
United Nations
Flushing
N. Y
General Assembly
Assembly
Njets
Stassen
Upper Darby
Oak Park
Ill
Mc’d
Richmond News Leader
WRNL
Smithfield Ham
Virginia
Flanders
Lucas
Illinois
Florida
Anderson
Agriculture
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Panama Bases Treaty Defeat Sparks U S Pullout Plan
The Panamanian national assembly rejected a treaty granting the United States rights to lease and man 14 bases around the canal. The vote 51 to 0, opposed by President Jiminez, forecasts U S troop withdrawals starting immediately, reshaping security for the canal and U S Panama relations.
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Panama
National Assembly
U. S
Panama Canal
Jiminez
Panamanian
U.S
Canal
Canal Zone
U. S.-Panama
France
Albert Engel
Rep
Mich
House
Appropriations Subcommittee
Adverse factors curb postwar science progress
Government officials reveal a critical scientist shortage in key military research fields and warn economic factors and a scholar’s wish for research freedom drive many away from government work. Shortages mainly affect scientist administrators needed to direct large projects.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Evolutionary Roots of Modern Cars Traced Through Defunct Makers
An exploration of how 2200 makes since the gasoline era shaped today’s autos. It highlights Pierce, Brush, Hupmobile, King, Pierce-Arrow, Dusenberg, Rickenbacker, Franklin and others for innovations like steering columns, coil springs, unit power plants, center gear shifts, four wheel hydraulics, and running boards.
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Automobile Manufacturers Association
Pierce
Brush
Hupmobile
King
Pierce-Arrow
Dusenberg
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Franklin
Automobilist
Phaeton
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Paul Ward
Washington Post
Ferdinand Kuhn
Baukhage
Grain Opera
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton Anderson
Edwin W. Pauley
Anderson’s
Army
Kenneth Royall
Secret Service
Peacock Alley
Willard Hotel
Pennsylvania Avenue
F Street
National Theater
Thomas Jenkins
Richard
Philadelphia
Wally
Wallgren
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Stars and Stripes
United Businessmen’s Association
Mexico
Aleman
Blair House
Loudon
Netherlands
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Porkey
Jacob Werner
Baltimore
Mad
Oread
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Dallas
Houston
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Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkwam
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