Cold War rancor and oil politics roil postwar Europe
Elder statesman Baruch frames a cold war in Europe with labor and political influence as key battlegrounds. The piece notes Soviet infiltration in US factories and unions, British moves in Greece, and Sen Brewster’s probe into an Arabian oil shortage used to push Middle East oil imports. It details RFC loan guarantees for veterans and a heated House Senate clash over veterans loans and housing.
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Europe
Bernie Baruch
Baruch
Herbert Bayard- Swope
Swope-Baruch
U. S
France
Italy
Russia
Office of Strategic Services
Congress
Marshall
Greece
Owen Brewster
Maine
Midwest
Brewster
Senate
Harry Truman
Middle East
New York City Contrasts in a Glitzy, Gritty Mosaic
The city presents luxury penthouses alongside cold water flats and glitzy nightlife with faded stars, hustling workers, and sightseers. It contrasts opulence and poverty from Harlem’s tenements to Fifth Avenue promenades, while echoing the era of neon, transit crowds, and ambitious dreamers chasing publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East River
Courts-Martial Reform Sails Through Subcommittee
A house subcommittee drafted a bill to broaden juror representation in military courts. It requires at least one third of enlisted men on courts martial when requested by the defendant and demands a two thirds vote to impose punishment. It also removes the judge advocate from the regular chain. Navy justice not addressed yet amid recent discontent over concealed Little courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.i.s
House
G.ls
Army
Arm of Justice
Navy
Canning Guidelines for Garden Vegetables and Equipment
Guidance on selecting sound garden produce, washing, pre cooking and hot packing, and using pressure cookers for safe, efficient canning. Includes tips on packing depth, avoiding cloudiness, browning corn, whitened beets, and a boil before serving rule for home canned vegetables.
Glamorize Food Platters With Color And Molded Veggies
Tips from Lynn on making fruit and vegetable dishes appealing using fork prongs for fluting cucumbers and bananas, ring molds for carrots and peas, and a contrasting center vegetable. Guidance on canning processing, batch prep, timing, salt, jar tops, and varying covers.
Mourning doves predict economic gloom and cautious optimism
Washington writers warn of spending cuts and union battles harming goods flow and production while others forecast stability from wage agreements. Analysts expect modest stock-market gains, strong farm prices, and limited immediate impact from tax policy, with Republicans wary of isolationism shaping trade aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York Area
Motors
Steel
Phil Murray
National
Truman
Agricultural Bureau
Wrinkled charwomen and the city’s crowded Sabbath scenes
Vivid portraits of New York life expose a city of busy waterfronts and theaters. The piece notes split politics, nightlife, and the contrast between fame and anonymity as Midtown crowds move fast and locals seek escape from the subway grind.
Princess Der Ling Hosted Nightly Court to Aid Memoirs
Collier's notes the late Princess Der Ling kept an extravagant 1928-29 court on Golondrina island off Lower California. She built a palace and employed about 300 entertainers and servants to host nightly gatherings aimed at inspiring and assisting her memoir writing about her Imperial Court days.
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Princess der Ling
Golondrina Island
Lower California
Collier’s
Imperial Court of China
FDA says bubble gum not cause of kids stomach pains
Washington officials state on June 23 1947 that bubble gum is not responsible for a junior’s upset stomachs or other pains except possibly aching jaws. The FDA made the statement as part of the Adv advertisement note.
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Vandenberg
Washington, D. C
Junior
Food and Drug Administration
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Veterans Loan Battle
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Alabama
John Sparkman
South Carolina
Burnet Maybank
Paul Brown
Georgia
Brent Spence
Kentucky
Wright Patman
Texas
Douglass Buck
Delaware
Homer Capehart
Indiana
Ralph Flanders
Vermont
Sparkman
Maybank
Wolcott
Brown
Spence
Patman
Glea Service
Roxy
Wall Street
Globe
Harlem
Taahd Charines
Fifth Avenue
Grand Central Depot
Eighth Avenue
Bowery
Neon Valley
Union Square
Aja
Lynn Chambers
Lynn
Western Newspaper Union
Paul Mallon
GOP
Communist Party In America
Democratic Party
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
AY Grocers
Koolaid
Gro-Pup
I Elie
Battie Creek
the Coleman CO
Ing
Dept
Wichital, Kaa
SEACO
Sioux Erectaicar Appliance Co
Sioux City
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