Diary notes of a broadcaster during 1947 to 1948
A reflective diary recounts a broadcaster’s year across politics and culture from January to December 1947 1948. Events include the new Republican Congress Truman doctrine discussions Greece Turkey and inflation debates. The narrator covers broadcasts from Hyde Park Roosevelt’s bedroom and the United Nations a Hamlet screening and flying saucer chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
House of Representatives
Congress
Gallup
Truman
Bilbo
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Joe Martin
Vandenberg
Hitler
Otto
Hapsburg
Austria
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Warm Springs
Fala
Poughkeepsie
Smith Brothers
Palestine
Elizabeth
White House
Stephen Palmer
First Presbyterian
Lockport, N. Y
Attlee
India
Dinger
Bat” War Press Club
Flanders
Vermont
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Robertson
Virginia
House Tradio Gallery
Greece
Turkey
Nat
Nathaniel Peffer
Columbia University
China
Chiang
Daytona Beach
Pensacola
Saipan
Birmingham
Anniston
Washington
Maurice Evans
Ophelia
Ohio
William Hassett
Louis Tuckerman
Bureau of Standards
State Marshall
Harvard
Chisholm
New York State
Mount Mansfield
Bill Benton
State Department
Voice of America
ABC
United Nations
Flushing
N. Y
General Assembly
Assembly
Njets
Stassen
Marshall Plan
Upper Darby
Oak Park
Richmond News Leader
WRNL
Smithfield Ham
Lucas
Illinois
Florida
Panama Bases Treaty Rejected By National Assembly
The Panamanian National Assembly voted 51 to 0 against a treaty that would have allowed the United States to lease and man 14 military and airfield sites around the canal. Officials warn the move leaves the U.S. vulnerable and may push troops toward the canal zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
National Assembly
U. S
Panama Canal
Jiminez
Panamanian
Canal
Canal Zone
U. S.-Panama
France
Albert Engel
Rep
Mich
House
Appropriations
Evolutionary roots of modern cars traced through defunct makers
The piece argues that today’s sleek cars stem from a century of innovation by 2,200 makes in the U.S. Only 21 remain in production. It lists Pierce, Brush, Hupmobile, King, Pierce-Arrow, Dusenberg, Rickenbacker, and Franklin as early adopters whose engineering feats underlie current designs such as steering columns, coil springs, unit power plants, center gear shifts, fender headlamps, four wheel hydraulic brakes, air cleaners, and covered running boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Pierce
Brush
Hupmobile
King
Pierce-Arrow
Dusenberg
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Franklin
Automobilist
Phaeton
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Clinton Anderson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Edwin W. Pauley
Anderson’s
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Kenneth Royall
Anderson
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Atomic Energy Commission
Richard
Dr. Loudon
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Tel Aviv
Jaffa
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White Sands
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Germany
Pfc
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