Peace conference goals and the next war battle lines
The piece argues the Paris peace conference hides a sides choosing for another war as Russia and its satellites push arms while Western nations shift alliances. It notes Byelorussia Ukraine Poland Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia voting with Moscow and highlights Jan Masaryk as a reluctant Soviet ally. It also criticizes Lt General Harding over Trieste snooping and Fiorello La Guardia's role. Molotov's tactics at Paris are calmer than at San Francisco yet still forceful.
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Unshackled in Eden Best American Divorce Decree Stir
Editor notes a sensational federal divorce decree issued by Judge Moore in St Thomas U S Virgin Islands. It signals rapid six week signing, contrasts with Reno or Miami delays, and paints the islands as a tropical paradise with modest prices and limited tourism. The column weaves in celebrity chatter and travel lore of the era.
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Mouse Trap Saves Two Hundred Dollars at Service Station
Stan, owner of a rural service station near Pine Grove, catches a thief during a late robbery. A mouse trap incident leads to a comical victory as Stan’s trap proves the lesson and helps recover the stolen cash. Highway Patrolman Clancy Burke arrives just in time to foil the raid.
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Tan Jackson
Pine Grove
Stan
Clancy Burke
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Treason Trials Not New in War
Hartford notes that wartime treason trials and the death sentence by hanging recur in U S history. It recalls Moses Dunbar of Waterbury, 1777 Hartford trial for high treason, his execution date set for March 19, and his final words urging faith and peace.
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Connecticut
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Great Britain
George III
Dunbar
Church of England
Hartford Courant
England
Long Island
Sir William Howe
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Wallingford
Farmington
Phebe Jearman
New Haven
Fanning
That Old Iron Bed Easily Rejuvenated
A simple hack to repurpose an old iron bed into a foundation for an upholstered head piece. The idea comes from Home-Making BOOK No 3 which offers over thirty similar attic and storeroom reuse projects. Readers can order BOOK 3 postpaid for 15c.
Tips Shrink As Prices Rise Across Postwar Service
New York service workers say tips have declined as prices rise after the war. Union officials note a 20 percent drop in mid level restaurants and bootblacks report daily tips down from $3–$4 to $1–$2. High end venues maintain wartime tipping levels though overall is down.
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New York
Bartenders Union
Grand Central
Billy Rose
Diamond Horseshoe
More Profits When Electricity Is Used On The Farm
W J Dryden argues wartime farming hardships showed electricity as an extra hired hand. Postwar farmers seek lower costs and higher output using electric lights water systems grain dryers UV lamps for meat and chicks, power tools and welders to save time and extend operations.
Aunt Lizzie Devers 115 Dies After Nine Husbands
Aunt Lizzie Devers of Sapulpa Oklahoma dies at 115. Born May 1 1831 in Rome Georgia she survived the Trail of Tears and claimed Irish and Seminole descent. Her ninth husband died before she moved to Sapulpa around 1914.
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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 the year. Civlian relief supplies totaled 454 million, relief services 2 million, and cash 80 million. Europe received over three fourths of supplies with food at 62 percent and clothing and footwear at 15 percent.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Europe
U. S
Italy
Balkans
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Germany
Austria
Swallow Jet Fighter Passes Mock Dogfight Tests
London reports Britain’s new De Havilland D H 108 Swallow jet fighter passed mock dogfight tests against a Mosquito. The swept wing design lacks a tailplane and elevators, using wing tip elevons for control, powered by a 12000 horsepower goblin turbo jet.
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London
de Havilland Company
Russian Zone in Reich Increases Food Rations
Berlin reports the Russian military government will raise rations in the Russian occupation zone for non essential workers. Children and non workers gain 1.76 ounces of bread daily and 53 ounces of potatoes monthly. Laborers and children receive about 10 more ounces of other foods monthly. The rest of the population gets five ounces. No calorie figures were released.
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Berlin
Germany
Plans for Two Luxury Liners Are Abandoned
The maritime commission halted at President Truman's request immediate plans to spend 34,800,000 for two luxury liners linking the United States with South America. Reconversion Director Steelman said the President wanted the construction awards delayed for at least a year.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Truman
South America
Steelman
Gasoline Ration Hike Ordered in Britain
London. Emanuel Shinwell the minister of fuel and power announced in Commons a 50 percent rise in the basic gasoline ration due to U. S. loan purchases. Pleasure cars would 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 Demonstrated in Three-Legged Box
Illustration shows a chopping block for ear corn built as a box supported on three legs. The block rests at one end to let chopped corn fall or be brushed into a basket.
Milk Dispensing Slotted Machines To Bring Milk
New York City plans to install sterile milk dispensing machines in subways offices factories and hotels. The devices approved by the health department will be distributed in early fall with all parts in contact with milk sterilized. Milk is drawn into the container through a siphon.
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New York City
Department of Health and Research Laboratories
Ear Marking Methods for Purebred Hogs
Identification of all purebred hogs should occur before eight weeks of age by tattoo or ear notching. The illustrated system is shown to track 100 different number combinations.
DDT Not a Panacea For All Known Pests
University of Illinois researchers George C. Decker and Carl J. Weinman note DDT while promising has limits. It fails against cotton boll weevil plum curculio chinch bug Mexican bean beetle cattle grub screwworm and red spider though it lasts long indoors on walls screens and floors.
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George C. Decker
Carl J. Weinman
University of Illinois
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