Science Talent Quest shows aid to progress
Sixteen thousand high schoolers entered the Westinghouse science talent search with 40 finalists visiting Washington for talks with scientists and leaders. Winners receive substantial scholarships, and the program highlights American reliance on foreign-born talent and the need for scientists to engage as citizens.
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Westinghouse Science
Washington
Capitol Hill
White House
America
Budapest
Andrew Kende
Europe
Barbara Claire Wolff
Flushing
S. A
United Nations
United States
Masaryk Death and Red Menace Prompt U S War Preparedness
The Masaryk death stirs debate over Communist murder or suicide, signaling shifting Cold War nerves. U S plans accelerate rearmament, cement and fortification prep, and Western Europe stability efforts as Moscow massing troops in eastern Germany prompts cautious authorities. Both powers avoid outright war but prepare for a potential showdown.
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Prague
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Foreign Office
Masaryk
Edouard‘ Benes
Benes
United States
Russia
Pentagon
Washington
Germany
Western Europe
Italy
Truman
Marshall
Europe
China
Strikes divide nation as miners walk off jobs and CIO packing workers join
Widespread soft coal strikes disrupt 11 states with nearly 200000 miners led by John L. Lewis demanding 100 a month pensions. CIO packinghouse workers also strike despite Truman's plea for negotiations to continue through April 1. Government faces meat shortages and rising federal spending, with 1948 expenditures at 37.7 billion dollars.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
CIO
Truman
Tax Foundation
Shifting World Life Risks in 1648 London
The article notes Londoners in 1648 faced tuberculosis and deadly diseases with names like spotted fever and tissick, being far more likely to die of illness than accidents. It contrasts that era with modern times, when accidents claim more lives. It cites a mortality study by North Western National Life Insurance Co. and mentions horsemen as the fastest travel, with the automobile centuries away.
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Cardell Hull
Hull
Maryland
Young Kende
Watson Davis
Science Service
Harlow Shapley
Harvard College Observatory
W. W. Waymack
Atomic Energy Commissioner
London
Tissick
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
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U.S
WNU
Western Newspaper Union
Thomas Masaryk
Packers
Renee Martz
Renee
Flying Tiger
Claire L. Chennault
Flying Tigers
Chennault
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