Peacefare concept expands U S foreign policy aims
In a Washington press conference, the idea of peacefare emerges as a national effort to end war and rebuild Europe. The speaker links economic rehabilitation with Russia's inclusion, urging a long, costly campaign to banish fear and promote decency, charity, and the common good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
America
Marshall
Hauptmann
New York Times
A. M. Meerloo
Dutch War Ministry
Inter- Allied Psychological Study Group
England
Hull
Europe
Building Plans Spur Inquiries Across Many States
The Yakima plan for veterans housing sparked wide interest with 41 cities and 18 states seeking information. Delegations visited Yakima from Washington towns and Oregon, while the Salem plan prompts inquiries from Massachusetts towns and veterans groups. Banks, chambers of commerce, and housing committees from multiple states request details as Rochester and Albuquerque success stories draw national attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Wash
Spokane
Seattle
Walla Walla
Ephrata
Pasco
Prosser
Ellensburg
Bremerton
Washington
Portland
Pendleton
Oregon
Salem
Massachusetts
Gloucester
Bay State
Amvets
VFW
American Legion
Veterans’ Co-Operative
Albuquerque
N. M
Houston
Amarillo
Tex
Syracuse
N. Y
Chicopee
Mass
Las Cruces
Great Falls
Mont
Erie, Pa
Berkeley
Calif
Oklahoma City
Detroit
Rochester
Chambers of Commerce
Bristol
Farm Bureau weighs plan to end farm price controls
The American Farm Bureau Federation debates abandoning all government price and crop controls. Edward O Neal says the current AAA under Roosevelt era is unsatisfactory and a better program is sought. Northern and Northwestern growers oppose subsidies while Southern cotton and tobacco farmers defend current controls. An economist predicts another decade of good prices near current levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O’neal
Federation
AAA
Roosevelt
Northwest
Tax Plans and Farm Outlook Featured in Reports
A federal agriculture summary notes the 1947 strawberry crop up nearly a quarter from 1946 but still below average while apples and deciduous fruits show favorable prospects despite late spring frost. Separate hearings explore universal military training as Congress weighs four tax revision plans to equalize federal income taxes across states and married couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
California
Congress
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Edmund A. Walsh
Truman
Universal Military Training Commission
House
Politburo
Moscow
Europe
Walsh
America
Russia
Treasury Department
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
John Snyder
WIDESPREAD RELIEF INCREASES DRIVE UP COSTS IN 1946 47
American Public Welfare Association reports general relief caseloads up more than 50 percent from 1945 lows. Unemployment centers show rising rolls of displaced workers. Minnesota and several states boost relief funds. New York City unemployment benefits surge ninefold since 1945, while nation total general relief reaches 344000 in February, with large state cost increases across Delaware Wyoming Ohio California and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Public Welfare Association
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
New York City
Delaware
Wyoming
Ohio
California
Indiana
Change Your Weight for Beauty's Sake booklet offer
An advertisement offers a weight loss booklet No. 46 titled Change Your Weight for Beauty's Sake. It claims a 1200 to 1500 calorie daily plan can help an average-sized woman lose about two pounds weekly and instructs sending 25 cents to Weekly Newspaper Service in New York for the booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Kangaroo Hop Distance Question
The prompt asks about kangaroo hopping distance, cave discovery dates, compass invention credited figure, U S patent grants total, Peter the Great attire reforms, fish survivability out of water, strongest US wind record, and Barrymore family real name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
U. S. Patent Office
Peter the Great
United States
Barrymore
Answers to Ten Historical Questions
The collection lists ten facts with terse details. It includes kangaroos hopping forty feet, a year 1809, Flavio Gioja circa 1300, a quantity of two and a half million, a note about changing robes to pants, a long fish surviving 3 or 4 years out of water, a speed record of 231 mph on Mt. Washington dated April 12, 1934, and a surname Blythe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flavio Gioja
Mt. Washington
New Hampshire
Blythe
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Madison Equipment CO
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Tennes
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A. G. Brauer
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F.O.B
Cleveland
Euclid Avec
U.S
Moroli
Brayton Flying Aeronautical Training
Lambert Field
St. Louis
National Medical Institute
Pine St
St. Louis 1
Ais
B. Minner
C. P. Leydecker
Lydia
Pinkham
Squa E. Pinamam
WNU
Doan
U. S
Baukhage
State Department
High Command
Harvard
Ben Cohen
Halloran Hospital
Staten Island
Louis Novelli
Macinaqua
Michelle Parker
Red Cross
O’neal
Vicky Ostrowski
Watertown
Smtr
Leston
Sealed Power Corp
Kegan, Mich
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