Berlin Crisis Battles at United Nations Stalemate
Western nations spar over Berlin as the Security Council stalls amid Russia's boycott and Molotov pushes for a Big Four meeting. Molotov argues the council lacks authority and cites Moscow talks as precedent, while U S ambassador Smith reportedly endorsed limited aircraft controls to curb illegal currency deals.
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Security Council
Berlin
Russia
U. N. Security Council
Andrei Vishinsky
Chaillot
Paris
Vishinsky
Juan A. Bramuglia
Argentina
Bramuglia
U. S
Great Britain
France
Kremlin
U. N
United Nations
V. M. Molotov
Britain
Germany
Moscow
Molotov
Bedell Smith
SMNTH
Soviet Union
Chan Gurney Seeks Formal Western Alliance Pact
Senator Chan Gurney chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee proposes a formal military alliance pledging U S defense if Western Europe is attacked by Russia. He would ask the next Congress to approve the pact and to back it with a new lend lease program to help rearm Western powers.
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Chan Gurney
S. D
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S
Europe
Russia
Inflation lingers as bread prices stay high despite lower wheat
Bakers say bread costs reflect inflationary pressures beyond wheat. They point to a 153 percent rise in raw material costs since 1939 while households pay roughly 63 percent more than the 1935 39 base. Flour and wheat peaks still influence current grocery prices.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Hoover campaign to add operating vice presidents to cabinet
Former President Herbert Hoover, leading the government reorganization commission, promotes expanding the cabinet beyond nine to possibly three new operating vice presidents. The panel, created by Congress and appointed with peers from the White House, weighs adding a social security department and related bureaus.
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Herbert Hoover
U. S
Hoover
Government Reorganization Commission
Reorganization Commission
Truman
Commission
Senate
House
Lewis Denounces Truman at UMW Convention
John L. Lewis, leader of the United Mine Workers, attacked President Truman at the UMW convention in Cincinnati. He called Truman dangerous to the United States and unfit for office, criticizing his record on Taft Hartley and mine workers’ fines. Lewis reserved judgment on Dewey for later remarks.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Cincinnati
UMW
Truman
United States
Lewis
Mine Worker
AFL
CIO
Mr. Truman
Harry Truman
United States of America
Thomas E. Dewey
Lke Dewey
New Green Uranium Mineral Found Near Belgian Congo
Scientists at Columbia University report a newly discovered green mineral clinging to mine walls in the Belgian Congo. It resembles carnotite and could contain about 60 percent uranium, potentially marking a major source if proven plentiful.
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Columbia University
Belgian Congo
U. S
Rocky Mountains
Food and Coal Shortages Drive Global Troubles
A United Nations economic affairs department report attributes most world distress to shortages of basic foods and coal. Scarcity hampers reconstruction, fuels inflation, and weakens human labor capacity, disrupting economic activity worldwide.
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United Nations Economic Affairs Department
Jimmy Stewart's Big Interest and Royal Woes Across Headlines
A collage of society notes mentions Jimmy Stewart's new interest Gloria McLean, Paris calls from Fran chot Tone to Joan Barton, and an Ann Rutherford Fred de Cordova idyll. It notes Nancy Choremi and husband planning a Casablanca farewell, a Royal Windsor anxiety over a stage move, and Paris gossip about U N bachelors courting a model. Donations to the Runyon Cancer Fund from Runyon quiz and Bucks County Artists auction are highlighted along with a memorial gift from Laurence E. Albert's widow.
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Jimmy Stewart
Gloria McLean
Franchot Tone
Paris
Joan Barton
Thrush
Ann Rutherford
Fred de Cordova
Nancy Choremi
Casablanca
Wall
Chas
Lindbergh
Repubs
20Th Century Sporting Club
Champ J. Louis
England
Wally
Windsor
Duchess of Kent
U. N
Chile
Peru
Parker Wyman
Cairo
Patricia Howland
Washington
Helena
Earl Fitzwilliam
Chetwode
Hilton- Green
Runyon Cancer Fund
WNEW
Bucks County
New Hope
Runyon Committee
U. S. Secret Service
Laurence E. Albert
Seattle
Quotation Marks in a Mixed Modernist Echoes
A collage of quotes and vignettes spans writers actors and editors. Notable lines touch on danger optimism and beauty while reporting shifts in newsroom leadership at AP and cultural notes from New York venues.
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New York
Barbizon
the Park
8Th Avenue Theater
S.S. America
Secret Savannah Bride Ida James sparks public intrigue
Ida James known as the Savannah case thrush has kept a yearlong secret marriage. Ballerina Kathryn Lee and Bill Callahan acknowledge a serious relationship while Lon McAllister and Jane Powell appear as an item. Marie Torre and TV producer H Freeman plan a November wedding at Little Church Around the Corner.
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Ida James
Kathryn Lee
Bill Callahan
Lon McAllister
Jane Powell
Iitem
Damon Runyon
E. Weiner
Frank Taylors
Bonnie Baker
Johnny
Lark
Walter Goodes
Mer of
Marie Torre
World-Telly
Drama Desk
H. Freeman
Little Church
Herald Trib Coluunists
Robert
Jean Boardman
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WNU
Western Newspaper Union
John Garner
Uvalde
Tex
Cactus Jack
Texas
Cordell Hull
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Arthur Krock
White House
R. D
Robert Nathan
J. Monahan
Orson Welles
Edith Wharton
Bill Hearst
S. Hurok
Laszlo Halasz
Paris Ballet
Hurok
Robert Bassett
Glenn Babb
Alan Gould
Byron Price
Art Ford
Monica Lewis Platters
American Veterans Committee
Daily Worker
John Gates
China
Myan
East Bird Pata Company
Dept. W
Pleasantville
Sparton Radios
A.B.C. Sparton
Sparton
Saar Aed
Spartan
Dept. WN
Jackson
Michigan
Rockies
Yarlant Ravio
Sasrer
Sparks-Withington Company
Sano
Fleming-Hall Tobacco Co., Inc
Sano Cigarettes
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