President Hints Controls On Way As Cost Of Living Drops
Western Newspaper Union notes President Truman faces a tight task to cut prices while keeping wages and farm prices up. Ford raises wages prompting price hikes, inflation concerns grow, and Congress awaits anti inflation action as 1949 approaches.
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Henry Ford II
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Labor
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Capitol Hill
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Council of Economic Advisors
Chester Bowles
OPA
Atlantis Debunked Says Columbia Scientist
Dr Mau rice Ewing of Columbia University says there is no evidence of the lost continent Atlantis after mapping photographing probing and visiting the ocean floor since 1935. He argues the legendary sinking was a myth with no geological basis.
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Maurice Ewing
Columbia University
Atlantis
Ewing
Western nations forge 117 point mutual aid pact
Britain France and Benelux sign a 117 point mutual assistance treaty with the United States Canada and five western European nations pledged to defend each other if attacked. The pact excludes mention of the Soviet Union and contemplates a long duration possibly 50 years with open membership to others.
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Russia
Great Britain
France
U. S
Canada
Soviet Union
Peace Offensive Tied to Soviet Cold War Strategy
US intelligence links a new peace offensive to a Kremlin plan to mobilize peace demonstrations across communist groups as part of a broader tactic to embarrass the United States. Soviet aims are unchanged, negating any real hope for peace, while Senate plans and ERP funding loom over tax cuts and defense aid.
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Communist Party
Kremlin
United States
Berlin
Walter F George
Senate Finance Committee
Europe
King George VI Sidelined by Possible Vascular Disease
Royal doctors weigh thrombo angiitis obliterans for King George VI at Buckingham Palace. The condition could force him to reduce walking and standing duties as the empire’s figurehead while officials manage state business from his bedroom.
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Great Britain
Princess Elizabeth
King George
Australia
New Zealand
George VI
Buerger
Buckingham Palace
Red Cross Proposes Atomic War Safe Zones For Civilians
The International Red Cross plans new war rules including large shelter zones behind combat lines to protect civilians in an atomic war. Proposals cover wounded and sick, children and the elderly, and guardians of zones, with a March diplomatic conference to consider binding norms.
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International Red Cross
Red Cross
Palestine
No Brass Idea Proposes Cadet Schools Open to All Ranks
Industrialist and wartime brigadier general Robert Wood Johnson, chairman of Johnson & Johnson, proposes military brass hats shed insignia and convert West Point and Annapolis into postgraduate schools open to all ranks, in a bold postwar reform plan.
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West Point
Annapolis
Robert Wood Johnson
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Frm
Pension plan for ex presidents eyed in Truman era debate
Washington. Digest discusses a potential pension for former presidents proposed amid policy reform debates. The piece reviews past presidents' finances and service, mentions Taft and Bell pushing for a $25,000 to $50,000 annual pension, and notes Hoover and Roosevelt's salary practices. It reflects on presidential burdens and notes immigration and population projections shaping future policy.
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Herbert Hoover
Truman
Congress
Hoover
White House
Commerce
Franklin Roosevelt
FDR
Treasury
William Howard Taft
Sam
Supreme Court
Harvard Law School
Sen
Robert Taft
Senate
Taft
Harry Truman
United States
Mr. Truman
John Quincy Adams
Adams
Rep
C. Jasper Bell
House
Bell
Missouri
Representative Bell
Coolidge
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Crochet Sugar and Creamer Potholders Idea
A white cotton crochet pair trimmed with bold blue is pitched as a clever, quick project for kitchen showers. The article highlights these practical potholders as a grand gift idea.
Color of heliotrope and other trivia facts
Helio trope is pinkish violet and Jupiter is the largest planet. A dollar bill circulates about nine months. US WWII casualties total 948,418. Divorce is not obtainable for any cause in South Carolina. Two presidential candidates failed to reach a majority after winning the largest popular vote: Samuel J. Tilden and Grover Cleveland. A match flame runs about 2300 degrees Fahrenheit.
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U. S
Jupiter
South Carolina
Samuel J. Tilden
Grover Cleveland
Tape over labels to prevent peeling on medicine bottles
A tip advises running a strip of scotch tape directly over the writing to stop labels from peeling or discoloring on medicine bottles, cans, and similar containers.
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National Committee On Immigration Policy
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Commerce Department
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