Second Bikini Bomb Test Sinks Warships and Sparks Debate
The Bikini lagoon underwater blast sinks the battleship Arkansas and the carrier Saratoga, cripples New York Nagato Hughes Fallon, and spreads radioactive rain. The same issue sees Gromyko opposing U S control proposals at the United Nations and President Truman moving to OPA price stabilization and manpower measures as polio cases rise nationwide.
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Bikini Lagoon
Arkansas
Saratoga
New York
Nagato
Hughes
Fallon
Bikini
Pacific
Russia
U.S
United Nations Atomic Energy Committee
Gromyko
U. S
U.N. Security Council
Big Five
Palestine Terrorism and Truman River Projects
The report ties Jewish Agency leaders to underground violence in Palestine as King David Hotel bombing draws sharp international scrutiny. Separately President Truman signs flood control and river improvement bills totaling about two billion dollars, with Missouri basin the largest at 300 million.
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Britain
Holy Land
London
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Jerusalem
Palestine
King David Hotel
Truman
Missouri River Basin
President Truman
Warren Magnuson
Dem
Wash
Rep
John Rankin
Miss
Soviet Leader Zhukov Purged and Red Army Reorganized
Reports claim Marshal Georgi Zhukov was dismissed from command and reassigned to a Odessa garrison as part of Communist Party moves to curb military influence and bolster postwar control in Russia. Analysts compare this to Tukhachevsky’s earlier fate and Stalin’s shifting favor amid discipline concerns.
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Georgi Zhukov
Great
Red Army
Odessa
Communist Party
Russia
Michail Tukhachevsky
Zhukov
Stalin
Europe
Great Mistake of America in Soviet Aid Debate
A veteran analyst argues that U S assistance to the Soviet Union prolonged World War II and shaped postwar Europe. He contrasts Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin policies, notes the no veto pattern in Soviet diplomacy, and laments OPA debates while urging public atomic education via barbers’ unions.
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WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Germany
Europe
Russia
America
England
Dunkirk
Churchill
Balkans
Greece
Berlin
France
Low Countries
Italy
Roosevelt
Stalin
Eisenhower
Boswell
Butcher
Ike
State Department
Closing mechanisms of Congress and the Great Seal tale
The piece outlines how Congress may adjourn sine die or recess and explains that a presidential proclamation is required when Congress is convened. It notes the Great Seal must be affixed by the secretary of state and includes a humorous anecdote about Hull unaware of the Seal's whereabouts.
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Congress
White House
Senate
House
United States
Hull
Roosevelt
Cordell
U S Weighs Measures After Manchuria Economic Stripping
Edwin W. Pauley disclosed that the United States contemplated actions to reinforce the Manchurian economy at the expense of the Soviet Union after Moscow seized industrial equipment there. The revealing statement hints at escalating friction between Washington and Moscow over Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Russia
Edwin W. Pauley
Forest Fires Cause Large Timber Losses in 1945
The year 1945 saw waste resources losses from forest fires including merchantable timber, young growth not yet merchantable, and acres of seedlings valued over 5 million dollars. About 27 percent of fires on protected areas were attributed to incendiary causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Journal of the American Medical Association
Urban transit carries over nine billion passengers this year
Heavy passenger traffic on urban transit lines persists as wartime restrictions ease. The United States operated 89,240 street cars, trackless trolleys and gas buses carrying more than 9.225 billion people from January through May.
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United States
Freight: Rail rate hearings on 25 percent increase
Interstate commerce commission hearings on a petition from railroads for a permanent 25 percent freight rate rise heard H A Scandrett president of The Milwaukee Road argue that livestock and agricultural products should not be favored by lower tariffs. He noted higher labor and material costs since 1940 and expected wartime volume decline, contrasting the temporary 6 percent rise on most commodities and 3 percent on agricultural goods.
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Raps
Interstate Commerce Commission
H. A. Scandrett
The
Milwaukee Road
Scandrett
Barbs by Bankhag on farm labor and consumer life
The columnist satirically notes rising farm hours and possible milk production shifts as hired hands work shorter days. He mocks consumer habits with butter on toast and questions a clerk who toppings up a chocolate soda without lowering the bill.
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OPA
Western Newspaper Union
Crossroads
Pauley
Manchuria
Superfice Control Board
Anderson
Control Board
U. S. Public Health Service
Bombay
India
Ohio Valley
Tennessee- Tombigbee Waterway
Lower
Mississippi
Red- Ouchita Basin
By Baukhage
Security Council
Ghengis Khan
House of Representatives
Lillian C. Watford
Tri-State Atomic Information Committee
Washington
Bankhag
Midwest
Midwest Tire Co
Locust
St. Louis
Dept
Eastern
Jackson Co
O.P.A
Quality Concrete Block CO
Sea
Independence
Business & Invest
OPPOR
Rainbow Tourist Court
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Toronza River
F. L. Sullivan
Farle
Ark
Saline County
Missoure
William Schepers
Rock Road
J. J. Worgan
College Street
Kansas City
Clara Utz
Marshall, Mo
Christine Brown
Farm Machinery & Equip
Kansas Farm Machinery CO
Topeka
Kansas
Nationat
School OF Afronautics, Inc
Army Air Forces
National Trade School
Grand Ave
Kansas C
Heart of America
National School of Shoe Repairing
GEO
Nawkins, RR
Richmond
Price
J. Delbridge
Sioux Falls
George E. Merilatt
Lost Springs
W. C. Dennis
Grant
Denver
Colo
von der Ahe
Olive St
Clyde H. Ross Shubert
General
Mdse
Vanzant
County Cross Road
International
A. C. Wiebold
Muansfield, Mo
Rane
Doan
Doans
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