Wallace Wallace Wallace: the fakery and fear in 1948 politics
A Philadelphia observer frames the Progressive party convention as a Communist front backing Henry Wallace and Glen Taylor. The piece contrasts it with Truman’s predictable Democratic process, notes ADA opposition, and mocks campaign hype while detailing street banners near the Bellevue-Stratford and the general public’s weary mood toward party conventions.
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Soviet Moves Prompt Fear Of Impending War In Europe
NCENSORED DISPATCHES report rising fear that Russia is preparing for war after orders to empty Czech army barracks portend large troop concentrations. Signposts to Berlin and Paris appear as bases expand in eastern Germany with new airfields and Moscow purges of dissidents signal a Kremlin drive toward confrontation.
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Reason for Worry Over Postwar Price Swings
The article notes two years after Congress debated and voted to sabotage price controls in July 1946. Official figures show meat prices up 191 percent since May 15 1946, rents up 7.6 percent, gas and electricity up 2 percent, and general food prices up 214.1 percent over the 1935-39 average.
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Congress
Truman hears dramatic Berlin ideas from Patton
President Truman entertained suggestions from James Patton of the National Farmers Union who urged dramatic action on Berlin yet warned against war. Patton pressed for steps like direct talks with Stalin and asked how close the world is to war while noting long range farm programs including soil conservation rural electrification and aid to rural schools.
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Berlin
James Patton
National Farmers Union
Rocky Mountain
Stalin
Jim
Patton
Congress
UN Air Bases plan revival eyed to enforce peace
Pentagon planners review a 1942 air corps proposal for about 50 UN bases worldwide. International security force would operate them to deter aggression. proponents say joint openness would deter major powers like Russia from attacking.
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Pentagon
United Nations
Air Corps
Russia
Mack Sees Braves Luck Blamed on Stanky Loss
Connie Mack contends luck is minimal with 154 games left but cites Eddie Stanky's injury as the season's worst misfortune for the Braves. Stanky's absence hurts Brooklyn as they slip in attendance and performance while Dark shines alongside him.
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Connie Mack
Mack
Braves
Eddie Stanky
Branch Rickey
Leo Durocher
Stanky
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Bully Southworth
Johnny Sain
Warren Spahn
Bill Voiselle
Vernon Bickford
Alvin
Dark
Cardinals
Stan Musial
Indians
Lou Boudreau
Ancient Rome applause methods and related facts
The questions cover Roman applause customs the length of the Grand Canyon the equator’s path across South America heart size trout migration and wolverine size.
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South America
Mapping fingers and waving togas flaps in display
A terse list presents six items with measurements and notes. It references a 200 mile length, Colombia as a location, and anatomy facts about the human heart, plus a brief Q and A indicating limited extent and a wolverine identification as a big weasel.
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Colombia
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