General Assembly Opens as World Forum Faces Veto and Trust
Washington report from the U N General Assembly notes debates over the permanent peace and security committee to curb veto power, translations and word meanings stirring confusion, and the rivalry over leadership. It highlights Oswaldo Aranha Evatt clashes, Russian influence, and growing roles of Mrs Pandit Nehru and Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Assembly
Committee of the Assembly On Peace and Security
Marshall
Marshal
Security Council
Pandit Nehru
Eleanor Roosevelt
Truman Urges Food Conservation and UN Agenda Push
President Truman calls for nationwide food conservation to curb waste and boost exports while a citizens committee leads the effort. He also urges urgent aid planning for Europe as UN members tackle Palestine, Korea, Balkans, and reform of the UN machinery amid pressed diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Europe
U. S
Citizens Food Committee
Charles Luckman
Cambridge
Mass
Lever Brothers
Congress
Hailed into court for be laboring March McGhee
In Camden Joseph Valentino told the judge he mistook Miss McGhee for his wife and received a 10 day sentence. In Houston Lt Gen Ira C Baker retired officer begins new role as vice president at Hughes Tool. In Hamilton Cali fano painting valued at 20000 bought for a song turns out to be Palm Sunday Morning by Cali fano. In Pittsburgh City Council adopts urgent sidewalk repair rule after concerns of spills from fashion and broken pavements.
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Camden
N. J
Joseph Valentino
McGhee
Miss McGhee
Houston
Ira C. Baker
U. S. Air Forces
Hughes Tool Company
Hamilton
Ont
Marshall Lounsbury
Califano
Pittsburge
E. J. Leonard
Eisler Case and Mrs Roosevelt Open Hearing Interest
In 1939 Eleanor Roosevelt urged an open hearing on Hanns Eisler's passport, drawing praise in papers. Eisler, Austrian refugee and brother to Gerhart Eisler, faced Communist accusations but later obtained visas and naturalization in the United States. Mrs Roosevelt later said she did not recall the note.
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Sumner Welles
House Committee On un-American Activities
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hanns Hisler
Hitler
Gerhart Eisler
Kremlin
U. S
Eisler
Mexico City
Hollywood
Communist Party
Department of Labor
Hanns Eisler
Roosevelt
Welles
Farm Cooperatives Hit Record Six Billion in 1945-46
Farm cooperatives with over five million members logged a record six billion dollars in business in the 1945-46 marketing year according to the Farm Credit Administration. Grains, dry beans and rice groups led with 2,256 associations and 149 billion in volume, while California and Minnesota topped state figures.
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America
Farm Credit Administration
Department of Agriculture
FCA
House
Coop
Minnesota
Ilinois
Wisconsin
California
Walter Shead Three Items Consume Budget
The text argues that food rent and clothing absorb over two thirds of average family income and that consumer dollars lose value across groceries and apparel. It asserts high prices are unrelated to exports, noting meat export share and price changes, and criticizes shifting blame between groups and OPA.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Europe
OPA
Golden Touch and Hidden Winds in a Nation's Pulse
A fragmented column riffs on Fort Knox gold, atomic energy at Los Alamos, and global rhetoric. It cites Uncle Sam, Bevin, Ernie, and Kurt von Schuschnigg in satirical, reflective lines while noting economic pains and a quip about redistributing gold.
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Sam
Fort Knox
Hamlet
Bevin
Taft Leads GOP Prospect Pool Ahead of Convention
The article assesses Republican presidential prospects with Taft as the front runner and Dewey as a doubtful second. Eisenhower and Warren reportedly renounced campaigns, while Dewey gains support from youth draft issues and Governor Dewey’s national stance may grow. California foresees no Dewey-Warren coalition.
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Taft
Dewey
Washington
New York
Eisenhower
Warren
Kansas City
Columbia University
California
Notes on Eisenhower talk and Stassen in U S politics
Walter Winchell notes how Stassen and Eisenhower talk shape GOP dynamics with Dewey and Taft. He recalls Stassen’s Washington press conference on the Taft Hartley bill and Britain aid, and cites reactions and a jab at liberal credentials. The column also mentions Truman’s South America topic and Evita’s return, plus a glove rule at Alfred Dunhill’s Radio City store.
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Eisenhower
Stassen
Dewey
Taft
Washington
Posey
Britain
South America
Truman
Evita
Peron
Presidential Palace of Olives
Alfred Dunhill
Radio City
Our No 1 Enemy Rats Rattle U S Food Supply
Drew Pearson argues rats greatly threaten America's corn supply with an estimated 250 million rats consuming or spoiling about 100 pounds of grain per year per rat. He notes the Fish and Wildlife Service lacks funds to curb the pest and calls for action to protect food for Europe and domestic markets.
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Interior Department
U. S
United States
Europe
Fish and Wildlife Service of the Interior Department
Inflation and Debtors Benefit From Government Debt
The piece argues that debtors gain from inflation while the government, as the largest debtor, profits from rising prices. It notes the U S government owes about 260 billion dollars on bonds and warns that inflation could erode dollar value yet still yield dollars to creditors. The suggestion is to hold bonds unless the government calls them.
Creeping Doll Market Teases Real Baby Look
A small advertisement promotes a 14 inch Creeper Baby doll with a diaper one piece outfit. The ad offers a complete cutting pattern and finishing directions for embroidering the face Pattern No. 5323 for 20 cents plus name and address.
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Brazil
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Australia
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Baltimore Sun
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Hirohito
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International War Crimes Tribunal
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Sumner
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Ernie
Los Alamos
Moscow
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