Autumn Notes From Washington Portola and Antarctic Night
BAUKHAGE surveys autumn scenes in Washington with a Portola Festival welcome in San Francisco and a Navy Day screening of Secret Land. He praises Marshall and Byrd era exploits, military honor, polar exploration, and American industrial progress amid global tensions and crowded skies over Moscow.
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Trip to Moscow that Truman canceled shocks observers
The abortive plan to send Chief Justice Vinson to Moscow aimed to ease the wartime rift with Russia. Officials like Lovett and Marshall blocked the move as a dangerous deviation from hardline policy. Dewey criticized but avoided exploiting the stumble. Personal diplomacy was deemed ineffective since World War II.
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World War Talk Fades as Zhdanov Tale Shapes Hope
An anonymous diplomat at the UN in Paris argues no war soon, citing Zhdanov’s murder as Stalin’s delaying tactic. He says Zhdanov urged war, but Stalin’s waiting tactics prevail. The West rejects renewed Big Four talks while Moscow pushes Berlin out of the UN agenda.
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White House to Undergo Repairs After Structure Survey
The White House will undergo major reconstruction next year to fix a sagging 132 year old mansion. Public Buildings Commissioner W. E. Reynolds says a structural survey will determine needed repairs and large scale improvements may cost U S taxpayers as much as a million dollars due to fire hazard concerns and code issues.
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Churchill in Grim Form at Welsh Conservative Convention
At Llanidloes Wales Churchill voiced grim警 warnings on Western resistance to Soviet expansion. He urged strong defense and warned against any French breach while urging the United States to retain atomic stockpiles to deter Bolshevik aggression. He ruled out false settlements with Soviet Russia.
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U S Hires Aliens for 27 Million Dollar Overseas Program
The U S plans to add 278 aliens and 60 Americans to overseas duty by the end of fiscal 1948. Many will serve as translators and clerks in the foreign information program, with 14 to Moscow. The plan drew cautious Senate approval amid concerns of Communist infiltration and questions about loyalty.
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Radar Picket Submarine Tigrone Commissioned November First
The navy announced the submarine Tigrone, converted into the first radar picket vessel, would begin operations in November to spot hostile aircraft approaching from polar seas. It will be commissioned November 1.
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Memos of a Gil Friday and Things Noted
A playful collection of celebrity anecdotes and media chitchat. Rockefeller insists on generosity and cigars, Walton & O Rourke puppets face permission issues, Orson Welles Macbeth praised, Blue Barrow song noted, and a campaign targets media portrayals. references to Nevada Smith and La Doll puss appear in gossip snippets.
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Canaries, Canards, and Couture: Global Gossip Roundup
The column bundles diplomatic scoops and social squibs from late 1940s style chatter. Exiled King Zog is ditched, King Farouk’s bullet proof caddy is teased, and Agnelli romances Pamela Churchill draw headlines. Local party trivia and vivid city vignettes paint a bustling world.
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