Year of Decision in America and the World
A Washington view argues the United States has accepted a global Molten Glide toward containment of Soviet influence. It cites Truman doctrine as decisive, notes Greece as a test case, and warns of a planned Soviet strategy to split liberal and conservative forces via a Wallace third party. The author presses U.S. readiness to use force if necessary.
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United Nations World Magazine
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Truman Urges Strong Air Power Amid Inflation Warning
President Truman links inflation, shortages, and borrowing to a fragile U S economy in a Semi Annual Economic Report. He urges anti inflation measures and limited price controls while stressing the need for a robust air force to deter atomic threats and outlines proposed funding and force strength milestones for 1948 1942.
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Truman
U. S
Open City Proposal Aims to Spare Jerusalem Shrines
The Palestine government urged Christian Muslim and Jewish communities to declare Jerusalem a free open city to protect holy sites. The move aimed to limit damage amid ongoing violence. About 1,500 Jews remained inside the siege endangerment, down from 4,000 residents.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
Judea Enigma Pushes for UN Police Force
Moshe Shertok, head of the Palestine Agency's political department and liaison to the United Nations, contemplates the partition of the Holy Land. He says the Jewish Agency will soon seek UN support for an international police force, arms, and funds to enforce the partition agreement.
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Palestine Agency
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The
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Jewish Agency
Navy plans African disease safari with UC patrols
Naval medical researchers, aided by University of California, prepare for an Africa expedition to study sleeping sickness bilharzia plague yellow fever malaria and related parasites. They will trap and study animal hosts including rodents zebras gazelles and possibly leopards to trace disease cycles while guarding against imported pathogens and fruit bat risks.
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Navy
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Africa
Mozambique
Portuguese East Africa
United States
Lobby lobbying costs hit U S voters as Congress eyes reform
The piece reports that lobbyists and their organizations spend millions annually to influence legislation. It notes 951 lobbyists from 662 groups registered under reform acts, with salaries totaling about five million and expenses around ten times that. Boxed figures list major spenders including the U S Chamber of Commerce and other industry groups and issue-focused associations.
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Congress
Congressional Quarterly
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National Association of Manufacturers
Doodling on the Typewriter and Broadway Tax Probes
Walter Winchell notes federal inquiry into a prominent New York theater operator amid alleged income tax evasion signals. Doris Duke hints at a Paris origin for orchid farm finances while entertainment buzz swirls around a toupee incident and Vienna music talk. The Radioracles tease Inner Sanctum and spooky radio spots remain top rated.
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Feds
New York
Doris Duke
Paree
Milady
Doctors to Study Atomic War Preparedness
Amy Navy strategists warn the U.S. may face an atomic attack by 1951 and outline a three year plan to brief doctors in atomic medicine. The course covers blast injuries, radiation exposure zones, gamma ray dangers, and the role of massive blood transfusions and wound entry of alpha and beta particles.
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AMY
NAVY
United States
Russia
Truman porch decision stirs national political backlash
The article argues Harry Truman's plan to build a 40 by 10 foot porch at the White House could affect the 1948 election and national policy. Critics warn it could set a dangerous precedent and invite broader architectural ambitions, including speculative extensions.
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Harry Truman
White House
America
Lincoln
Truman
Roosevelt
Art of Debate Declines in Radio Fueled Public Chatter
Westbrook Pegler laments the decline of thoughtful argument in Congress and public discourse. He blames emotional crowds, argues early press reach was limited, and says radio amplifies incoherent, theatrical outcries. The Presidential year is mocked as a "strange quadrennial moon" prompting noisy debates.
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National Congress
Clamor
Yammer
Congress
Wallace Ortega draws radicals into one political pen
Wright Patterson notes that Henry Wallace faces a long path to ballot access under a new party. He could still help the nation by separating radical elements from both major parties and grouping them under one banner, including Moscow line followers and fellow travelers with socialist tendencies.
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Henry Wallace
Moscow Party
New Sink Enclosure Pattern Lets Anyone Build It
A simple pattern yields a modern sink enclosure with two pull-out drawers for cleaners and towels. Cut parts per pattern specifications, assemble step by step, no special tools or skill required, pattern available at local lumber yards. Send 50 cents for Sink Enclosure No. 41 to East-Bird Pattern Co. Box 74 Pleasantville N.
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East-Bird Pattern Co
Pleasantville
King City Farmer Debates Costly Kitchen Tear-Down for Honey
Clifford Boone of King City Missouri weighs tearing down his kitchen at a cost of $64 to uncover a sizable honey store hidden in the rafters. He argues that even at high market prices the sum could buy substantial honey elsewhere.
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Clifford Boone
King City
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