Moscow’s line up and the peace talks without a doubt
The piece argues the U N peace conference is a sideshow to a next war as Soviet blocs and their satellites push arms production in Germany Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and Poland while Western allies shows signs of division. It notes Jan Masaryk as a sympathetic prisoner of Moscow and critiques Fiorello La Guardia amid Trieste tensions. Molotov's calmer stance at Paris contrasts with prior blunt tactics.
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Paris
Germany
Red Army
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Poland
San Francisco
United Nations Assembly
New York
Russia
Stooges
Kremlin
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Hell
Australia
New Zealand
England
Canada
South Africa
India
Netherlands
Brazil
Belgium
Jan Masaryk
Zenda
Thomas Masaryk
Pittsburgh
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Britain
John Harding
Venezia Giulia
White House
Foreign Office
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Fiorello
Trieste
Harding
Italy
Army
Civil Aeronautics Bureau
TWA
Northwest Air Line
Howard Hughes
Northwest
N. Y
Shanghai
Europe
Alaska
Seattle
Hughes
Pacific
Unshackled in Eden: Moore Decree Spurs Virgin Islands Divorce
Guest columnist notes Virgin Islands issued a federal judge signed divorce decree after six weeks residence, expediting process. Describes St Thomas and St John scene, limited tourism, low prices, two hotels, and offshore law implications. Mentions American culture, travel routes, and regional contrasts with Atlantic City.
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Moore
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
New York
Reno
Miami
U. S
Capri
South Sea Islands
Cancer Bay
St. John
U. S. Virgin Group
Mouse trap ends daring service-station heist
Stan, a station owner near Pine Grove, fends off a late night robbery with a mouse trap. Patrolman Clancy Burke arrives to find two thieves and a cash register emptied, but Stan says the trap saved the country two hundred dollars.
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Tan Jackson
Pine Grove
Stan
Clancy Burke
Clancy
Treason Trials Not New in War
Hartford report recalls Moses Dunbar of Waterbury who was tried for high treason in Hartford in January 1777 and sentenced to die by hanging. The article notes earlier Revolutionary War treason cases and cites Dunbar’s 1880 document of his final thoughts and reasons for refusing arms against Britain.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Moses Dunbar
Waterbury
Anderson
Great Britain
George III Dunbar
Church of England
Hartford Courant
England
Long Island
Sir William Howe
Harwinton
Dunbar
Wallingford
Farmington
Phebe Jearman
New Haven
Fanning
Swallow jet fighter passes mock dogfight test
London air officials report De Havilland D H 108 The Swallow a jet propelled fighter passed its mock dogfight tests against a Mosquito. The plane features swept back wings with no tailplane or elevators and uses elevons at wing tips for control.
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London
de Havilland Company
Plans for Two Luxury Liners Are Abandoned
The maritime commission abandoned at President Truman's request immediate plans to spend 34,800,000 for two luxury liners to operate between the United States and South America. Reconversion Director Steelman told the commission the President wanted the construction awards delayed for at least a year.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Truman
South America
Steelman
Tips Shrink As Prices Rise Across Postwar Economy
New York workers who depend on tips report a downturn as postwar prices climb. Waiters bellhops bootblacks and bartenders cite a fall in tipping from wartime highs with midtown hotels and grand central bootblacks noting drops to as low as one to two dollars daily. Some high end venues keep wartime rates while night clubs see tips slip from 22 percent to about 18 percent.
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New York
Bartenders Union
Grand Central
Billy Rose
Diamond Horseshoe
More Profits When Electricity Is Used On The Farm
Wartime gains from electricity as an extra hired hand on farms persist after the war. Farmers seek lower production costs and higher living standards by using electric lights to cut fire risk and extend work hours, electric water systems to save time, drying equipment for crops, UV lamps to preserve meat and boost chick health, power tools to save time, and electric welders to enable repairs and fabrication.
Aunt Lizzie Devers Dies at 115 in Sapulpa
Aunt Lizzie Devers aged 115, who boasted she would never die, was found dead in her Sapulpa Oklahoma home after living there since 1914. Born May 1, 1831 in Rome Georgia, she claimed Irish and Seminole heritage and was widowed nine times.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Lizzie Devers
Lizzie
Mrs. Devers
Rome
Arkansas
Foreign Relief Cost 536 Millions in Three Months
The United States provided 536 million dollars in relief aid to other countries in the first three months of this year. Europe received more than three fourths of the total, with supplies making up most of the aid. Italy led recipients with 570 million dollars in supplies since July 1, 1940, followed by the Balkans and France among others.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Europe
U. S
Italy
Balkans
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Germany
Austria
Food Ration Increase in Russian Zone in Reich
The Russian military government in Germany raises bread and potato rations for non essential workers and their children in the Russian occupation zone. Non workers gain 1.76 ounces of bread daily and 53 ounces of potatoes monthly with additional small increases in other foods. Workers and the general population receive smaller increases. No total calorie figures released.
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Berlin
Germany
Gasoline Ration Hike Ordered in Britain
London. Emanuel Shinwell, minister of fuel and power, announces a 50 percent rise in the basic gasoline ration due to U.S. loan purchases. Pleasure cars gain about 270 miles a month from 180, with a somewhat larger allowance for industrial users.
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London
Emanuel Shinwell
Fuel and Power
Commons
United States
Corn Chopping Block Described With Three-Leg Support
An illustration shows a three legged chopping block for ear corn. The box shaped block sits on legs with the chop end set to drop or brush the kernels into a basket.
Milk Dispensing Slots to Bring Milk to Subway Areas
Coin vending machines approved by the New York City health department will soon deliver sterile milk in subway stations offices and other buildings. First machines arrive in early fall with parts in contact with milk sterilized and milk drawn into a container via a siphon.
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New York City
Department of Health and Research Laboratories
Ear Notching and Tattoo Identification for Hogs
Ear marking methods for hogs include tattooing before eight weeks of age and ear notching. The illustrated system covers 100 distinct number combinations for permanent identification.
DDT Not a Panacea for All Known Pests
University of Illinois experts George C. Decker and Carl J. Weinman say DDT, though promising, fails against cotton boll weevil plum curculio chinch bug Mexican bean beetle cattle grub screwworm and red spider. It remains effective indoors on walls screens and floors for long-lasting control.
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George C. Decker
Carl J. Weinman
University of Ilinois
That Old Iron Bed Easily Rejuvenated
That old iron bed can be transformed into a foundation for an upholstered head piece. A hack saw or plumber can assist in cutting and adapting the frame. The idea comes from Home-Making BOOK No 3 which offers over thirty similar upcycling projects. Readers can obtain BOOK 3 postpaid for 15c by request.
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George White
Ziegfeld
San Diego
Buddy de Sylva
Faye
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Mass
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Joan Crawford
van Heflin
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Jack Dempsey
Jake Amron
Hollywood
Henry Lustig
Longchamps
Tobacco Road
Harry Oshrin
John Barton
Jeeter Lester
Saratoga
Spa
CPA
Tale
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Hauslin
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
O Sullivan
O'Sullivan
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Can. Pac
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