Britain Faces Bitter General Election Clash Over Socialism
Britain prepares for February 23 general election as Attlee leads a divided Labor government facing a choice between socialist planning and free enterprise under Churchill. The race is seen as the most momentous in modern history with 33 million voters to decide and potential impacts on industry and poverty.
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Winston Churchill
Conservative
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
Australia
New Zealand
England
Atlee
Labor Party
Soviet Walkout Highlights UN Clash With Nationalists
Russia seeks to quarantine China's Nationalist government at the United Nations as Jacob Malik storms out of a security council meeting, demanding the Nationalists be expelled. President Truman's budget calls for 42.439 billion dollars in spending, with defense as the top line and talk of a social security tax increase to fund health insurance plans.
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China
United Nations
Security Council
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Malik
T. F. Tsiang
Truman
Europe
U.S
Great Britain
Congress
Dean Acheson
U. S
White House
United States
Formosa
Soviet Spy Accusation Hits Smith College Girls in Geneva
Moscow charges say American Smith College women at the Geneva Swiss branch are being trained for anti-Soviet spying in East Europe. A large group stays at Hotel de Russie studying global affairs under a faculty chaperone, though reports say they impress no one as spies.
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Moscow
Smith College
Geneva
East Europe
Hotel de Russie
Tanks Bought for Formosa Aid Stirs U.S. Policy Debate
The United States plans economic aid to deter communism rather than intervene militarily in Formosa. Chinese Nationalists bought nearly 300 U S army surplus tanks for 1 000 each with 25 million aid funds, purchased via their agents, for shipment to Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa.
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Formosa
Far East
Orient
Red
China
Congress
U.S. State Department
Michael McDermott
Department
Chiang Kai-shek
Budget Battle Grows Over Truman Proposal
President Truman seeks a 42 billion plus federal budget for the next year while Republicans in both chambers pledge to slash spending. GOP leaders denounce the plan as unworkable and political with red ink and potential deficits. Aimed at a balanced budget, critics warn of threats to liberties if funds go to perceived socialist schemes.
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Senate
House
GOP
Martin
Congress
Wherry
Nebraska
Representative Taber
N. Y
Taber
No Hunting Signs Push Sportsmen to Conserve Lands
A coast-to-coast discussion on rising No Hunting signs on farms shows the need for farmers to be compensated for access. W. O. Nagel argues hunters must offer real returns such as tax help, farm work, or services to sustain the tradition of free hunting amid conservation efforts.
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Europe
Fish and Game Commissions
W. O. Nagel
Nagel
Live Owl Decoys for Crow Hunters in Michigan
Michigan conservation officials offer live great horned owls as decoys for crow shooting parties. Owls were trapped to protect pheasants and demand created a waiting list, now exhausted, with supplies prioritized for organized shoots.
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Michigan Conservation Department
Michigan
Odorless Rubber odorants Offer Fresh Scenting Hope
DuPont announces a new series of odorants to neutralize rubber odors. The additives may be used alone or in blends during manufacturing, promising a smell like mountain air after a shower.
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I. E. du Pont de Nemours Company
Pattern for personalized wood or metal sign letters
Pattern provides actual size alphabet and numbers for cutting personalized signs from wood or metal.
Rural Telephones Rise to Forty Percent of Farms
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports a survey showing 40 percent of U.S. farms had telephones as of July 1, 1949, up from 37 percent in 1948.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
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