UNO Urges Diplomatic Breakthrough in Iran Iran dispute eases with Moscow Tehran talks
The Russo Iranian dispute appeared to ease as Moscow offered to withdraw without conditions and Tehran sought assurances that oil concessions or pro-Russian provincial governments would not be used as leverage. UNO Secretary Byrnes proposed mutual position statements to keep Russia’s face intact and Iran’s sovereignty intact. The council moved toward closing the matter.
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United Nations Organization
Moscow
Tehran
James Byrnes
U. S
UNO Security Council
Iran
UNO
Russia
Security Council
Byrnes
Congress Eyes Pay Boost Amid Parity Fight and Farm Block Clash
Congress weighs a uniform pay rise for federal workers as Senate favors 11 percent raise while the House backs a 400 dollar yearly increase. The farm bloc pushes parity formula revisions to aid farmers, risking inflation amid Truman veto threats and a looming minimum wage bill.
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Labor-Management Arbitration Board
B. M. Jewell
E. E. Milliman
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
Arbitration Board
Fred G. Gurley
The
Santa Fe
Gurley
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Farm Bloc
Truman
Senate
House
U. S
Anderson
Laundries Set Record with 634 Million Dollar Sales in 1945
The nation's laundries reached a record 634 million dollars in 1945, up 4.6 percent from 1944 and 127 percent from 1933, with gains in laundry services reported across all regions.
Farm Loans Expanded for WWII Veterans and Rehabilitation
Farm operating loans will be available this spring to about 10 000 farmers, mainly World War II veterans, with a deficiency appropriation adding 15 million dollars to the Farm Security Administration. Legislation raises rehabilitation loans this fiscal year from 671 4 to 82 million dollars, enabling continued coding through last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
Overseas Relief London Confab Targets War-Torn Aid
Delegates from 18 Allied, neutral and former enemy nations met in London at the Emergency Economic conference for Europe to coordinate aid for 1946-47. The U S aims to ship 1,000,000 tons of wheat monthly to reach 11,000,000 tons, with plans to boost other countries’ contributions. Ireland pledged 35,000 cattle and 9,000,000 pounds of canned meat, 20,000 tons of sugar plus dairy products for the continent this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
London
U. S
Combined Food Board
Russia
Little
U S to Aid Mihailovic in Treason Trial Testimony
The United States urged Yugoslavia to allow American officers attached to Draja Mihailovic's Chetnik headquarters to testify in his treason trial. The State Department cited liaison duties and rescue efforts by Mihailovic forces aiding Allied lines during Nazi occupation.
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Draja Mihailovitch
U. S. State Department
Mihailovitch
Tito
State Department
U. S
Roosevelt stamp sale nets millions for heirs and collectors
The Roosevelts stamp collection auction draws hobbyists and dealers from New York to Canada, with Berry Hill buying 29 French lots for 1885, Dr. L. L. Ruland paying 4700 for 62 Chinese lots, and Litvinoff’s Russia-Takved collection selling for 2100. Venezuelan 107 lots bring near 8000 as Kurdish independence rumors unfold amid Near East turmoil.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Berry Hill
New York
Reich
L. L. Ruland
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-shek
K. Bileski
Maxim Litvinoff
Baruch Plans and Economic Policy Clash Amid Inflation Debate
Baruch, seen as a Democratic fireman, critiques administration inflation policy and proposes a new program to curb inflation and boost production. He warns that wage policies, price controls, and labor actions clash with existing measures and could yield only a patchwork reconversion. He predicts limited war powers renewal with reforms, while business and unions resist broader changes.
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Washington
Baruch
New Commission
House Banking Committee
Congress
Truman-Bowles
Roosevelt
High Court of Commerce
Bowles
Reminiscences on Pan American, Iran and Ickes in 1940s postings
A reflective piece traces parallels between the 1928 Havana Pan American conference and postwar tensions. It cites Hughes and Kellogg shaping U S intervention limits, Russia Iran disputes, public opinion’s role, Harold Ickes as columnist and coal chief, plus UNRRA wheat aid quips at Atlantic City and La Guardia’s governor swap.
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Washington
Havana
New York
Calvin Coolidge
Cuba
Charles Evans Hughes
U. S
Frank B. Kellogg
Mexico
Panama
Poland
Yugoslavia
Russia
Hughes
Haiti
Nicaragua
Pulitzers
State Department
Iran
United Nations
Pan-American Union
UNO
Red Army
Churchill
Ickes
Harold Ickes
John L. Lewis
Drawstring Frock Pattern for Tiny Tt Dresses
Pattern No. 1481 offers a tiny frock for ages 1 through 6 with a drawstring dress in size 2. Requires 134 yards of 35 or 39 inch fabric and 34 yard for panties.
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Western Newspaper Union
Warsaw
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Snryder
John Snyder
U.S
F.D.R
Near East
Turkey
Iraq
Syria
Mehabad
Ghazi Mohammed
Baku
Asia
Department of Agriculture
Paul Mallon
Washington, D. C
Lewis
Big Inch
Little Inch
LaGuardia
Lehman
Atlantic City
Fiorello
la Guardia
Missouri
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Edie
Kellogg’s
Fleischmann
Lincoln
HOTEL
Cornhusker
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