Czech Refugee Explores Open Frontiers and Dissidence
Washington columnist relays a Czech refugee account arguing the border with Russia is open in spirit and that Czechoslovakia remains democratically indoctrinated yet economically strained. He notes 15 percent committed to communism, with 70 percent of army officers anti-Communist and Skoda production largely for Russia.
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Tito
Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic
United States
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Antonifi Hasal
Germany
Hasal
Europe
Air Corps
Red
Skoda
Yugoslavia
Czech
Gottwald
Moscow
Moscow talks raise cautious peace hopes as Berlin crisis lingers
The Moscow conference between Stalin and three western ambassadors hints at possible concessions and a deputy foreign ministers meeting. Aiming to ease Berlin tensions, it may brake toward talks on currency and broader issues. The special session of Congress fuels party politics over inflation and housing, while tax burdens near 125 billion dollars this year.
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Josef Stalin
Berlin
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U. S
Great Britain
France
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Molotov
Congress
Truman
GOP
Espionage fears and mechanization reshape postwar cotton
Elizabeth Bentley identifies alleged Soviet links to government officials including Nathan Silvermaster and Alger Hiss, triggering FBI probes and congressional inquiries seeking concrete evidence. The article also notes cotton farming rapidly mechanizing from Virginia to California, with the mechanical picker replacing many laborers and progress toward lower production costs.
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Nathan G. Silvermaster
Board of Economic Warfare and War Assets Administration
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Alger Hiss
State Department
United Nations
FBI
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House
Karl Mundt
Ren
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UN American Activities Committee
Washington
U. S
Virginia
California
South
Mississippi
National Cotton Council
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New York
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Jakob Dori
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