Finland Faces Soviet Defense Pact Shaping European Ties
Finland fears Stalin's request to join Soviet defense pacts may erode parliamentary freedoms after two wars with Russia. President Paasikivi weighs signing a friendship treaty to safeguard independence while Moscow’s moves follow Czechoslovakia’s fate. Vandenberg presses speed on Marshall plan as Europe braces against communism. An anti spy probe targets Edward Condon amid a broader global security push.
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Vandenberg
Josef Stalin
Russia
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Juho Paasikivi
Leningrad
Red Army
Moscow
Sen
Arthur Vandenberg
Rep
Mich
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
New World
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
China
Greece
Turkey
Cold War Tensions Rise As Senate Probes Communism
A wave of investigations follows claims of Communist influence in the United States. Lawmakers push hearings on Condon’s Bureau of Standards link and steel price increases while a DP admission bill seeks 100000 displaced persons over two years with a farm work commitment, aiming to curb migrant settlement near coasts.
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Rep. J. Parnell Thomas
Rep
N. J
Walter Reed Hospital
un-American Activities Committee
Truman
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
House Group
Condon
Bureau of Standards
Henry Wallace
Commerce
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Dr. Condon
Federal Trade Commission and Commerce Department
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Senate Judiciary Committee
United States
Senate
British impose order as violence surges in Jerusalem
In the Holy Land, Jews and Arabs clash over partition as weapons flood streets and bombings rise. Brigadier Jones warns force will be used impartially. the British army struggles to curb unrest amid ambiguous blame for Arab Jewish violence. Meanwhile Southern Democrats resist Truman’s civil rights push. Mississippi and South Carolina threaten to withhold support and funds from the national Democratic ticket if anti‑southern civil rights measures pass.
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Holy Land
Palestine
C. P. Jones
Jerusalem
Truman
Southland
South Carolina
Tennessee
Mississippi
Democratic Committee
National Democratic Party
Virginia Governor Tuck Calls for Ballot Change Over Truman
Gov William Tuck denounces Truman civil rights plan and urges a joint Virginia assembly session to keep Truman off the November ballot. He asks Virginia electors to choose another Democrat. Chicago air pollution kills over 700 annually. Dr Clarence Mills links respiratory illness to pollution and work time losses.
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William Tuck
Virginia
President Truman
Truman
Virginia General Assembly
Mr. Truman
Chicago
Clarence A. Mills
University of Cincinnati
Mills
Spinning fish and budget tips from a wartime era columnist
Washington columnist celebrates fish as affordable nourishment during Lent and links eating habits to budget concerns. He riffs on fishing trips in Florida and Maryland, notes rising but still affordable prices, and highlights government efforts to teach fish cookery and nutrition while urging readers to support fishermen and try new cooking methods.
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Washington
Florida
Indian River
Burma
Field and Stream
Ocean City
Department of Agriculture
Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
Middlewest
New Weapons Prompt New Apprehension Warned by Zacharias
Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias, retired, declares three newly developed weapons surpass the atomic bomb in destruction. He suggests U S science has created them since the war, likely of a bacteriological nature, a claim that heightens wartime jitters.
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Ellis M. Zacharias
U. S
Zacharias
Southern Democrats revolt over Truman renomination
Some southern Democrats challenge President Truman’s renomination and recall that six vice presidents have ascended to the presidency, with two later renominated for a full term.
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Homburg
Glen H. Taylor
Henry Wallace
Kelly
Hague
Flynn
Curley
Pendergast
Enrico Caruso
Caruso
Mahatma
Renominations for Roosevelt and Coolidge Highlighted
In a list of six individuals named Tyler Fillmore Johnson Arthur Theodore Roosevelt and Coolidge Roosevelt and Coolidge were renominated. Details reference political context and key figures in the era.
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Fillmore
Johnson
Arthur
Theodore Roosevelt
Coolidge
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eraft
Kelly
Chicago
Hague
Jersey City
Flynn
Bronx
New York
Curley
Benton
Pendergast
St. Louis
Naples
Branch Rickey
Brooklyn Dodgers
Marte MacPhail
New York Yankees
Ain't No Two Ways About It Margarine Slogan
Short ad jingle for Nu Maid Table Grade Margarine promising table worthy taste. Appeals to home and pride with regional addresses Cincinnati Ohio and Parkersburg West Virginia. Also invites readers to contribute sayings for Grandma Speakin and to write Congress about margarine pricing.
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Ohio
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Oline Warsh
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