Moscow Talks Bring Quiet Hope for Peace Calls
The Berlin crisis dominates analysis as Moscow meets with Stalin Molotov and three western ambassadors. Analysts see possible concessions and a deputy ministerial meeting to ease Berlin tensions and discuss currency issues. Congress agenda splits over inflation housing and tax policy as 16 year Dem rule blamed. voters gain clarity for November. Tax burden to rise with personal taxes near 125 billion dollars this year, surpassing spending on homes cars and furniture.
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U. S
Great Britain
France
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Molotov
Congress
Truman
GOP
National Industrial Conference Board
Espionage and cotton mechanization era headlines
A wartime espionage flare up See Eliza beth Bentley naming officials including Nathan G Silvermaster William W Remington and Alger Hiss While the FBI spent over three million dollars without conclusive proof Congress probes the matter Rep Mundt warns of a possible Communist spy ring in Washington The second topic notes cotton industry move toward mechanization with a flame cultivator and harvesters reducing human labor and costs The National Cotton Council cites 1947 mechanization progress and limited fully mechanized output
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Commerce Department
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FBI
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House
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American Activities Committee
U. S
Virginia
California
South
Mississippi
National Cotton Council
World Council of Churches to meet in Amsterdam
The World Council of Churches gathers 450 leaders from 148 churches in Amsterdam from August 22 to September 4 to assess present day Christendom and define common principles for world order under the theme Man's Disorder and God's Design. Delegates will explore infusing spirituality into mechanized society and the church's role amid power politics and amoral behavior.
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World Council
John Milton
Milton
Paul
Council of Churches
Amsterdam
World Council of Churches
Hope for Peace in Palestine Amid Bernadotte Plan News
Optimism grows that July 18 truce may ease bloodshed as Count Folke Bernadotte plans a September peace proposal. King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan welcomes careful consideration, seeks justice, and promises discussion before final form to avoid new conflict.
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Palestine
Near East
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Arab League
Oil demand soars past world use as 1948 starts
That Old Oil Oil is being consumed in the U. S. today at a rate exceeding the total world consumption of only 10 years ago, according to an article in a recent issue of Business Comment, bulletin of the Northern Trust company in Chicago. Demand for all oils in the first quarter of 1948 averaged 6.8 million barrels daily, an increase of 7 per cent over the corresponding period of 1947.
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U. S
Business Comment
Bulletin of the Northern Trust Company
Chicago
Czech Frontier Breach Said Possible Amid Soviet Pressure
Washington diary notes Czech refugees assert the border with Russia is easily crossed and that Czechoslovakia remains less fully communist than other satellites. The piece cites high living standards and democratic training as factors elevating risk of a Russian-backed coup and outlines military and economic strains under Moscow domination.
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Czech Republic
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Informa
Lawn Settee Pattern No 55 for low cost furniture
A vintage advertisement promotes building lawn furniture for little expense. It touts patterns that show full size parts with exact join locations and step by step directions. Readers are urged to send 35 cents to East-Bird Pattern Company for Lawn Settee Pattern No. 55, Pleasantville New York.
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Pleasantville
N. Y
Kellogg's All-Bran Promises Double Money Back
Mrs V DeBonis of Philadelphia touts All-Bran as a breakfast cereal that aids regular elimination when combined with ample water. The ad advises eating an ounce daily with milk and to mail back the carton after 10 days to claim double your money back from Kellogg Company Battle Creek Michigan.
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