Berlin Berlin Berlin controversy dominates weekly analysis
The article traces the Berlin blockade crisis with the Big Three Western powers blaming Soviet Russia while Truman signals no talks until the blockade ends. It notes UN leaders Lie and Evatt urging broader forums, and discusses looming winter complicating airlift and U.S. policy push toward prioritizing farmers in post election legislation.
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H. V. Evatt
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France
England
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Security Council
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Truman
Stalin
Moscow
Marshall
Truman plan for farmers aims to guard prices and extend aid
The proposed program would set a flexible price floor to shield growers from crop price drops without heavy taxpayer subsidies. It includes grain and corn belt storage, expanded reclamation and soil conservation benefits, and increased rural electrification funded by the government, framing it as a defense of farmers against the Dewey plan. The article also mentions royal birth news and VA policy on education subsistence and GI loan overpayments.
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Truman
Charles Brannan
Mr. Truman
Brannan
Louis H. Bean
Clinton Anderson
N. M
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Atlantic Seaboard
Dewey
U. S
Elizabeth
England
Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
George VI
Britain
Veterans’ Administration
House
Senate
West Virginia
Illinois
New York
Chicago
Rome
White House
Sen
C. Wayland Brooks
Brooks
Millennium: Godfrey’s ban on laughs boosts costs
Radio comedian Arthur Godfrey says his musicians must not laugh at his jokes or sing with him to avoid AFRA rules. He warns union constraints would raise weekly costs by 800 to 900 dollars per musician, altering the show’s dynamic and discipline.
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Godfrey
American Federation of Radio Artists
AFRA
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Joe
Attleboro
Mass
Truman Enjoys Casual Moments During Key West Vacation
While on leave after the election President Truman relaxed in a light shirt in Key West Florida. He sketched the broad outlines of his four year policy and declined a proposal for another Big Four conference. Separately scholars report the discovery of a complete Isaiah scroll dating to the second century B C offering fresh insight into biblical transmission.
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Key West
Fla
Isaiah
Dead Sea
Congress
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Henry Wallace
Wallace
Democrat
Hamelin
Henry
Ater
Election Changes Both Democrats and GOP Says Backhage
News analyst Backhage argues the 1948 election shifted both major parties. Truman survives Dixiecrats and Wallace backlash while Republicans face reform, with leaders Martin and Scott urging adaptation to a broader electorate and sustained social gains.
Missing Link Found in Transvaal Cave Remains
Anthropologists report a newly uncovered fossil from a South African Transvaal cave that could shed light on early human evolution. The bones suggest a "man-ape" creature living about a million years ago, capable of using tools and building fires.
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South Africa
Presidents birthplaces and cabinet changes in postwar era
Examine a quiz on the 1948 election noting Missouri born President Truman and the states with most presidents born there. It lists southern defections, vice presidents who later won full terms, the start dates for presidential and congressional terms, and cabinet changes under the 1947 unification act creating the defense secretary role.
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Missouri
Democratic Party
Mr. Truman
Virginia
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
William Henry Harrison
Tyler
Taylor
Wilson
Ohio
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Henjarin Harrison
McKinley
Taft
Harding
Texas
Florida
North Carolina
Tennessee
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Secretary of War
Secretary of Defense
Wednesday Democrats and Saturday Jobs in Washington
The piece jests on political turnout for Wednesday Democrats and Saturday job prospects in Washington. It uses puns about an elephant carrying its trunk and a nod to changing tides in media, travel, and butter exports amid Peron’s political games.
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