Truman Talks With Stalin Behind Iron Curtain Aims
Secretary of State Dean Acheson dismissed talk of meeting Stalin behind the Iron Curtain as impractical and political, while leaving a door open for a parley. Norway rejected base concessions and favored regional security pacts as a setback to Soviet expansion.
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Truman
Uncle Joe
Stalin
Harry S. Truman
U. S
Dean Acheson
Acheson
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U.N
White House
Washington
Russia
U S
U. N
United States
Mr. Acheson
Contempt Ruling Ties Crime News to Trial Fairness
Baltimore judge John B Gray Jr finds three radio stations and a news editor guilty of contempt for publishing reports on a convicted murderer before trial. He says broadcasts risk a clear and present danger to fair justice and uphold an abridgement of press freedom to protect an accused's right to a fair trial.
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Sauk Center
Gotham
Baltimore
New fluid eyelid camera shutter promises ultrafast image capture
A new electrical shutter uses murky fluid that becomes transparent briefly to expose photographic plates in microseconds. Developed by A M Zaren, Stanford Research Institute, and F R Marshall and F L Poole, it enables ultrafast action stopping and may aid war industry.
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American Institute of Electrical Engineers
A M Zaren
Stanford Research Institute
Los Angeles
F R Marshall
F L. Poole
Naval Ordinance Test Station
Pension bill stalls as veterans wait for action in Congress
Congressional leaders show little hope for enacting a veterans pension bill this session. The administration opposes the plan to grant a 60 dollar monthly pension at age 60 plus disability pay, warning of multi billion dollar costs and potential effects on the broader veteran program. President Truman urges care in expanding benefits beyond service-connected needs.
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Mississippi
Rankin
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Truman
Hoover Urges Cuts and Bureau Consolidation in Govt
The piece reports Herbert Hoover telling Congress that taxes have reached saturation and calls for unrigging a century of red tape and slashing federal spending. It notes Truman’s push for large world and defense programs with no expenditure cuts and warns that patronage could derail Hoover’s reform plan.
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America
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Truman
Hoover
Communist Strategy Explains Communist Tactics and Aims
A polemic arguing that communists pursue world domination through deception and manipulation. The piece alleges use of propaganda, economic disruption, and alliances with industry to weaken democracies and promote tyranny, urging unity as the antidote.
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Wall
U.N. Facilities Offered If Truman Stalin Meet
United Nations secretary-general Trygve Lie said the U N stands ready to aid East West talks and would be glad to provide facilities for a Stalin Truman conference if requested. He noted the U N has several venues that could be used advantageously for such a meeting.
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Truman
Democratic Party
Finance Committee
United States
Harry Truman
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Organization
Lie
U. N
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Western nations align to pressure Soviet stance
A decision to stand with Western nations is expected to weaken Russian prestige and signal a path for other Soviet-threatened nations to break their impasse.
Great Britain Ends Eight Years of Clothes Rationing
Britain ends eight years of clothing coupons. From now on any adult with money may buy a suit or dress in retail stores, ending the 26 and 18 coupon requirements respectively. Coupons remain required for many clothing items.
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Great Britain
Minnesota Territory Centennial Stamp On Sale March 3 1949
Commemorative portage stamp marking Minnesota’s three cent centennial will go on sale in St Paul on March 3 1949. The article also discusses fears about atomic radiation producing deformities in offspring and notes statements by the US Army Atomic Energy Commission that no abnormal offspring have been found among Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors.
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Minnesota Territory
St. Paul
Minn
US Army Atomic Energy Commission
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Whatnot Shelf Makes Fine Gift for Home
A reproduction Colonial style Whatnot shelf requires only a 25c coping saw and the provided pattern. Simple step by step directions guide tracing, cutting, and assembling for a professional result in about two evenings. Send 20c for Newcastle Whatnot Shell Pattern No 31 to Pattern Company in Pleasantville NY.
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Newcastle
East Bird
Pattern Company, Dept. W
Pleasantville, NY
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