Palestine War Resumes as UN Truce Fails and Truman OKs Farm Bill
Arabs and Jews prepare to resume fighting in Palestine as Bernadotte’s peace plan collapses. President Truman signs a farm price support bill extending current policies for 15 months starting January 1, 1950, with cotton support dropping to parity. Five crops stay at 90 percent parity: wheat, corn, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.
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Palestine
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Israel
Count Folke Bernadotte
Bernadette
Arab League
Bernadotte
Trans-Jordan
Holy Land
Congress
ECA Reports Recovery Shipments At 762 Million For Europe China
The Economic Cooperation Administration notes that 762,747,140 in recovery shipments was approved for Europe and China in the first quarter. The figure reaches about 58 percent of the quarterly goal, with Administrator Paul Hoffman stating the remaining balance will be used later.
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Economic Cooperation
Europe
China
ECA
Paul Hoffman
Berlin grows tense as East West powers clash over Berlin
Soviet sponsored German People’s Congress in eastern Germany drafts a constitution linking Berlin economically to the Soviet zone while western German leaders oppose a West German federal government. In Berlin power cuts order dwindling coal stocks despite air shipments. The move signals Moscow aims to push out or control Western presence in the city.
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Berlin
Germany
German People's Congress
Dewey's 1948 agenda and postwar price trends
The piece outlines Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's potential actions if elected president including replacing officials, coordinating a unified policy program, streamlining government, and shaping a cabinet. It notes mid May 1948 price index rises to a new high, with the dollar purchasing power at 61.3 cents per 1923 dollar, down 0.6 from April and 17.4 from June 1947.
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United States
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Washington
Congress
National Industrial Conference Board
Federal Judge Goldsborough bars national rail strike
Judge T. Alan Goldsborough issued a permanent injunction blocking a nationwide rail strike after government seizure of railroads. He warned the economic and political system would collapse without the order, while unions agreed to a 15 percent wage increase and rule changes after talks led by John R. Steelman and a White House meeting with President Truman.
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T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
John R. Steelman
President Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Eisenhower
Casablanca
White House
Draft Foreseen as Nudge Not a Wallop in US Army Plans
Washington digest argues the upcoming draft will nudge rather than force enlistments, aiming to absorb candidates from the guard and reserves. It notes exemptions for veterans, students, married men, and certain professionals, while highlighting propaganda against military service and the social prestige of the armed forces.
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Washington
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Pearl Harbor
Vj- Day
United States
Headlines from New Orleans Butte Kansas City Milwaukee
In New Orleans Baptist hospital saw three births within a day Mrs Mor ris Champagne gave birth to a son hours later Mrs Joseph Liquor had a daughter and soon after Mrs S R Staggers delivered a daughter In Butte Deputy Sheriff Robert Russell treated for burns from firecrackers In Kansas City Clyde E Paine carer of a roundhouse invented an electric fan to drown sleep shift noise Milwaukee James Beard arrested after misting rage and neck cord from a pay phone
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Morris Champagne
Baptist Hospital
Joseph Liquor
S. R. Staggers
Butte
Robert Russel
Kansas City
Clyde E. Paine
Milwaukee
James Beard
Telegraph Office Tra La Message Gaffe
A tipsy man visits a telegraph office in a playful exchange. He drafts a message of eight words to a friend in St Louis and pays 64 cents. The clerk jokes about adding more words and suggests tra la, but the man objects, keeping the line short.
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St. Louis
Grandma Speakin' Submissions Offer Reward
A local notice offers five dollars to the first contributor of each accepted saying or idea. Send submissions to Grandma Speakin at 107 E. Pearl Street, mati 2, Ohio.
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Grandma Speakin
E. Pearl Street
Mati 2
Ohio
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