Truman Doctrine as preventive against Soviet aggression
Washington column outlines how the Truman Doctrine seeks to curb communist expansion through economic and political support for Greece and Turkey, German zone cooperation with Britain, and timely acts against Hungary. It argues the policy aims to prevent chaos and a broader war with the Soviet Union, stressing bipartisan backing and the need to maintain a free field for democracy.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Britain
Germany
Red Army
Hungary
Yealy
Alcide de Gasperi
Ated
Yugoslavia
von Clausewitz
Middle East
Balkans
Europe
Vandenberg
Sugar rationing halted as prices rise in meat market
Government ends household sugar rationing due to larger supplies from Cuba and Java sugar. Sugar controls on industrial use continue with expiry set for October 31. Meat prices surge nationwide driven by seasonal effects, higher feed costs, and foreign demand. Experts foresee autumn beef run could trim prices by up to 25 percent. USA accuses Russia of coercion in Hungary coup, demands UN probe. Pushbutton automatic flight marks new aviation milestone with unmanned transport plane completing a 2000 mile trip from Long Beach to Wilmington.
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Canton Anderson
Congress
Scranton
New York
Chicago
Wilmington
Ohio
Long Beach
Calif
Advocates Defense Training: Compton Defends UMT Plan
Dr Karl T Compton chairing the commission on universal military training told Congress that the UMT plan was conceived to safeguard liberty, not to prepare for war. He stressed the proposal is a peace time measure to strengthen national defense.
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Commission On Universal Military Training
Congress
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Freshman Congressmen Face War Era Bonds and Debate
The piece notes a large class of about 90 freshmen, largely WWII veterans, united across parties by wartime ties. It discusses upcoming political events including possible Democratic convention in San Francisco to capitalize on defections, Taft committee findings on taxes, and looming rent control changes that could raise rents by about 15 percent if passed, with veto risks and expiration of current law June 30.
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Philadelphia
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Senate
Favorable Forecast Projects Wheat Crop Cap Records
The Department of Agriculture forecasts a record wheat crop of 1,403,800,000 bushels for the year, despite a wet cold spring. Winter wheat led with 1,038,071,000 bushels and spring wheat at 314,? million. May weather slowed planting of some feed crops, with corn unestimated due to early-season uncertainty. The report notes uneven spring conditions across states from Texas to Minnesota, delaying harvest by weeks in many areas.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Pacific Coast
Texas
Oklahoma
Dakotes
Minnesota
Freshman Smathers Pushes Humor as New GOP Wave Rises
Congress debates farm cooperatives viewed as socialist. Rep Walter Ploeser of Missouri leads study into cooperatives and warns of socialistic trends. Hearings set for fall as Smathers notes division between bipartisan foreign policy in Senate and isolationist House bloc across many Midwestern states.
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Missouri
House
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Senate
Vandenberg
Midwest
GOP
Ohio
Indiana
Iinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
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Iowa
North Dakota
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Kansas
No Time for Parties Says Summer Party Guide
Parties that Click HD urges a hot weather party with cool drinks light refreshments and quiet games. Pencil and paper games magic tricks fortune-telling stunts and word games suit summertime. Send 25 cents for booklet No 60 Games for Good Parties to Weekly Newspaper Service 243 Westlith St New York NY.
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Westlith St
New York
N. Y.Y
Answers to a General Quiz from ASK ME ANOTHER
Gene Tunney earned 990000 as his share of receipts from his second Dempsey bout. The Union of South Africa is the other country for USA. Grocers sold drugs before drugstores. Bees find saccharine tasteless. About 290 million people in India go barefoot, over 80 percent of the population.
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India
Gene Tunney
Dempsey
the Union of South Africa
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