End of the Truman era as Congress wraps up major bills
The weary 80th Congress adjourns after passing farm relief, peacetime draft, housing and foreign aid measures. President Truman issued vetoes on some issues, while Gen. Bradley announces plans to draft up to 10,000 monthly and lift the army to 790,000.
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G.I
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Navy
Air Force
National Guard
Omar N. Bradley
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White House
Sun Valley
Truman campaigns amid party disarray and foreign tension
President Truman tours the nation in a hard fought bid for renomination as Democrats waver and Republicans attack. He details his clash with Congress, urges voter change this November, and frames his strategy as a watchdog for the people while UN mediation and Palestine truce efforts continue alongside military tests.
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U. S
Harrisburg
Congress
Truman
Puget Sound
Andrew Johnson
Washington
Meat supplies tight as crops lag and demand remains strong
The article notes meat demand in the United States steadies despite a slow return to prewar supply levels. Experts cite wartime animal reductions and a poor last corn crop as drivers, with incomes high and population up over the past decade supporting continued appetite for beefsteaks pork chops and bacon. It also discusses trade frictions with Russia and a April import surplus from the Soviet Union amid export restrictions.
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U. S
R. J. Eggert
American Meat Institute
Eggert
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Maginot Line touted as possible shield against Russia
The Maginot Line once deemed impenetrable is proposed as a hedge against a Russian attack. French engineers urge US funding to recondition the fortifications with ideas for modern use including atomic shelter potential. Despite wartime findings, American officers view the line as outmoded by fast mobile warfare.
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France
United States
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
U. S
Scratch One Tyro Diplomat Washington Memoir
In a Washington summer reminiscence the author recalls near-miss diplomacy, a failed career dream sparked by a meeting with John Watson Foster, and the shift from aspiring ambassador to journalist. He describes embassies, the National Press Club, and the evolving role of foreign information in US media. The piece ends noting a Republican convention’s oversized breakfast gathering.
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Washington
Eighteenth Street
Columbus University
Lansing
Europe
Foreign Service
State Department
Court of St. James
Sam Blythe
John Watson Foster
Associated Press
David Lawence
Roberts
Paris
Bureau
Grandmother’s Will Puts Brothers in Lottery Gamble
In New Albany Indiana Henry and John Merritt face a gamble from their grandmother Tekla Knoefel. Each is left 5000 dollars or the option to refuse and take securities in a sealed bank envelope. Lawyer Henry Merritt of Louisville calls it a playful puzzle with a possible moral.
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New Albany
Ind
Henry
John Merritt
Tekla H. Knoefel
Henry Merritt
Louisville, Ky
Grandmother
Victim of Malnutrition Leaves Estate Worth 100000
Albert A. Wareham a 79 year old recluse died of malnutrition in Walworth county Wisconsin and left an estate estimated at 100000 The Stephenson county court ordered the estate transferred to Walworth county Investors found 720000 in securities in bank lock boxes and 25000 in clothing Most of the estate consists of United States government securities Both Wareham and his wife Ella 85 were malnourished when admitted to Walworth hospital
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Freeport
Ill
Albert A. Wareham
Walworth County
Wis
Stephenson County
Wareham
Ella
Walworth Hospital
United States
French colonial drive to end cannibalism in Africa
Evidence of cannibalism in French Equatorial Africa prompts a French government drive to wipe out the practice among natives. Authorities impose hard labor penalties to break the influence of witch doctors who allegedly profit by organizing annual human sacrifice rituals.
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French Equatorial Africa
Attendant Rescues Boy From Elephant Attack
In McKeesport Pennsylvania a circus elephant named Shirley grabbed 9-year-old Robert Yednak as he watched the Roger Brothers setup. The attendant shouted freeze and the boy rolled away as the animal raised its forefoot. Robert suffered a dislocated shoulder.
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Mckeesport
Robert Yednak
Roger Brothers
Shirley
Robert
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