Abolish Post Exchanges Debate Sparked in Congress
A sub committee of the armed services committee completed an investigation into the post exchanges controversy in Washington. The piece contrasts private business claims that PX stores subsidized by the government harm small shops with servicemen benefiting from reduced prices and welfare-funded activities.
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Truman's Victory Redraws Political Map in Rousing Win
President Truman defeats Dewey in a stunning election, winning 304 electoral votes and broad Democratic gains in both chambers. The article anticipates Truman's legislative agenda on prices, labor, civil rights, agriculture, social security, energy, housing, and taxes as Congress convenes and the nation braces for expanded national guard mobilization.
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Joy Abroad About Harry Truman Re-Elected
Paris delegates react with mixed astonishment as Truman wins re election. Western European leaders see continuity aiding Atlantic Pact talks while Soviet bloc skeptics prefer familiarity in dealings. Delegates note Truman’s victory signals liberal courage plus anti Communist resolve in the United States.
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America
Western Grazing Problem Threatens Meat Supply
The essay warns over grazing on public western lands endangers meat production. It cites desert-like drought and overuse turning healthy grama and buffalo grasses into mesquite and low-value weeds, reducing cattle fattening and beef quality. Yet Jornada range shows cattle thriving despite drought, highlighting uneven impacts across lands.
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Notable Life of Celebrities and Political Moguls Stirring Britain
A jumble of society names and political mentions fills the page. John Astor inherits The London Times while Nancy Benton plans a Vesta public move. Joins reveal marriages, elopements, and rumored cabinet shifts. Details about Churchill signatures and wartime film claims mix with entertainment industry declines and holiday advertising.
Dewey Won’t Seek Presidency Again After Truman Loss
Two hours after conceding the election, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey announced he would not consider running for the presidency a third time. At a post election press conference he said there was no error in his campaign strategy and that he and running mate Earl Warren had run a clean and constructive campaign with no regrets.
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New Light Probes Molecules With Radio Wave Pulses
Researchers use radio waves shorter than a quarter inch to study molecular interiors. These waves, longer than visible light but shorter than infrared heat waves, are absorbed and reflected by atom arrangements in molecules.
Stockpiles, illness, and high society notes in brief
Anti freeeze stockpiling urged after first cold blast. Overseas ticket reports Babs MHutton’s leukemia. Franco connections and marriages draw quiet provincial comments. N Y Italian vice consul Perrone linked to Hungar Princess. Tbn Saud has 15 sons in global garrisons. Siam king slated for Johns Hopkins operation. Cairo elite entertain Nancy Choremi. Westport sculptor Sturm’s Theresa Helburn head turns blue. Lili Foldes readying Thanks for the Memory. Doubleday Doran books The Dark Mare. Edgar Ansel Mowrer The Nightmare of American Foreign Policy. Billy Rose Wine Women and Words due. Churchill errors in The Gathering Storm noted.
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