Washington Digest Reflects on Defense Not Offense
The piece argues Washington favors defense over attack amid shifting views since December 7 1941. It contrasts U S and Soviet wartime postures, notes Pentagon growth and budget asks, and ends with a wary yet hopeful mood about preventing a global war while reflecting on past conflicts.
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Washington
War Department
Department of National Defense
Constitution Avenue
Pentagon
Potomac
Virginia
Anti-Communist Coalition Triumphs in Italian Vote
In a sweeping national election result, the anti Communist coalition led by Christian Democrats Republicans and the Social Unity party won across regions including the industrial north. The victory, cited as a major shift against militant communism, comes amid debate over the European recovery plan and the status of Trieste. John L. Lewis faced contempt charges over a pension strike, fined $20,000 personally and $1.4 million for the UMW. The U.N. weighed Palestine ceasefire proposals amid U.S. diplomacy and Soviet support for partition wavering.
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U. S
Trieste
Italy
Red Army
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Romania
Bulgaria
Germany
Russia
Europe
John L. Lewis
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T. Alan Goldsborough
Judie Goldsborough
United Mine Workers ‘Union
Lewis-Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Taft- Hartley
UMW
Atomic weapon test marks sixth nuclear explosion
A batch of atomic weapons tests on Eniwetok Atoll in the western Pacific was described by the U S Atomic Energy Commission as the completion of an atomic weapon. The report notes mystery and implies high stakes in U S Soviet relations as observers react with cautious optimism and speculation.
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Pacific
U.S. Atomic Enery Commission
U. S&s
Russia
U.S
Ancient Africans Fossils Support Human Existence in Africa
Harvard anthropologist Dr. Hugh Hencken returned from Northwest Africa with two tons of fossils to support his claim that man existed in that region 15,000 years ago. The items include a heavy flint cleaver reduced to chalk like consistency found in earth layers, evidence cited by Hencken as part of the prehistoric record.
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Harvard
Hugh Hencken
American School of Prehistoric Research
North Central Leads in Hybrid Corn Planting Share
The Department of Agriculture reports North Central states have surged to 92.5 percent of corn acreage planted with high yield hybrid seed, up from zero in 1993, while the South trails at 27.2 percent. The findings highlight regional gaps in adoption of hybrid seed among twelve states.
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Department of Agriculture
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South
Stassen Triumphs in Nebraska Primary for Delegates
Harold E. Stassen won 15 national convention delegates in Nebraska’s preferential primary among seven Republican presidential hopefuls. He could command at least 300 first ballot delegates. Dewey tailed, Taft slid, while MacArthur and others trailed as experts debated Stassen's momentum. Roxas died in Manila. Quirino succeeded to Philippine presidency after Roxas’ death.
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Nebraska
Minnesota
Stassen
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Wisconsin
New York
Ohio
Robert Taft
Hugh Butler
Arthur Vandenberg
Douglas MacArthur
Barl Warren
California
Joseph Martin
Taft
MacArthur
Epidio Quirino
Republic of the Philippines
Manuel Roxas
Roxas
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Broadway Street Characters and Struggle on A Tarnished Side
A street performer laments Broadway’s decline from its glamorous past the Panhandler asks for help while beggars on 42nd Street recall Ziegfeld Follies and Scandals. The narrator, aging and hopeful, contemplates retirement after another night of hustling and rejection.
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42Nd Street
Ziegfeld
George White
Fragmented memo echoes Cold War intrigue and celebrity gossip
A collection of covert war notes and orbiting rumors cites intelligence rivalries over Berlin and Masaryk, with side chatter about Masaryk’s death, Masaryk servants disappearance, and urban gossip from Manhattan murals. It blends political insinuations with showbiz tidbits and a Russ Morgan line.
Inflation Upswing Cited By Commerce Economists
Department of Commerce economists report stronger business activity in recent weeks, arguing that the inflation upswing must be viewed in light of tax cuts, foreign aid, and increased military spending under President Truman.
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Truman
Department of Commerce
Headliners from Scranton to New York in odd 1997 notes
In Scranton Mrs Mamie Prancione credits abstinence from drinking dancing singing for a 100 year life. In Philadelphia Raymond Palmer broke a jewelry store window then claimed I did it. In Tokyo Japanese whalers prayed for the souls of 1321 whales. In Fort Worth thieves freed a truck stuck in mud, paid a grave man, then fled with a stolen turner. In New York the American Rifle Society says it distributed 410,499 Bible comics in 47 languages during 1997.
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Scranton
Mamie Prancione
Philadelphia
Raymond Palmer
Tokyo
Fort Worth
New York
American Rifle Society
Auto Door Pattern for Upward Acting Garage Doors
Pattern Company advertises Swing-in Door Pattern No. detailing how to build automatic upward acting doors for garages. Includes sections for 4 ft and larger doors, instructions for parts and assembly, and options with various exterior sheathing and light configurations. Send 50 cents to obtain Pattern No. from the department in Antville.
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Up Pattern Company
Deptantville
Patrick Henry's Old Horn Becomes National Shrine
A fragmented account recalls Patrick Henry's famed horn preserved at an American shrine. It notes a 1919 fire at the Henry home in Charlotte County Virginia and references Henry's leadership, militia calls, and the "Give me liberty or give me death" motto amid tensions over slavery and liberty.
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Lindy
Jorsey
Eddie
Buddy
Patrick Henry
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