U S Clashes With Reds on Foreign Trade and War Prep
The piece reports U S Soviet tensions over a Sweden trade pact and bilateral credits via the Export-Import Bank. It also covers a Senate War Investigating Committee critique of prewar military readiness, procurement, and defense leadership, plus a housing push with 35 000 trailers planned to ease shortages.
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U. S
Russia
Sweden
United Nations
Rial
G.i.s
U.S
Decline of South Seas Paradise Warned by Professor Coulter
Prof John Wesley Coulter of the University of Cincinnati says the South Seas island paradise of the 19th century is gone. Villages were moved to clear space for airfields and hangars. Native economies were reshaped by a surge of money from G I s paying for souvenirs and other goods.
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South Sea Island
John Wesley Coulter
University of Cincinnati
Greece Restores King George II After Plebiscite
Greece votes by overwhelming margin to restore the monarchy with George II returning to the throne. The referendum follows years of leftist opposition and foreign backing by Britain and Russia, amid a rightist regime and uprisings. George II previously fled during the axis invasion and later met President Roosevelt in Washington.
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George Gluecksburg
George II
Russia
George I
Suez Canal
Greece
England
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
Stock market slump and jet speed feats share page
The market saw a three month decline deepen with a wide list of issues dropping and heavy selling blamed on year ahead expectations and world news. In Cleveland National Air Races jet pilots set records with Col. Leon W. Gray averaging 493.521 mph on a P 80 and Maj G E Lundquist at 515.853 mph in another jet. Alvin Johnston with a modified Airacobra won 16 000 dollars.
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Tose
Cleveland
Col
Leon W. Gray
van Nuys
Calif
Gray
Paul Mantz
Maj
G. E. Lundquist
Alvin Johnston
Lundquist
Washington Digest by Baukhage Notes Summer Activity in Washington
Washington remains busy after Labor Day with major government actions. The State Department handles two key dispatches on Yugoslavia and joint control of the Dardanelles while the OPA readies meats price controls. The piece contrasts Old Hickory with modern power centers and comments on OPA price policy and a new pest control discovery.
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WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Washington
Herblock
Washington Post
Herb
Capitol
House
Senate
White House
State Department
Jackson
Lafayette Park
New Orleans
Europe
United States
Andy Jackson
Great Britain
Andy
Congress
William Kiplinger
Willard Hotel
Pennsylvania Ave
14Th Street
Hill
Labor Day
Paris
Yugoslavia
Russia
Dardanelles
Department of Justice
Mead Committee
OPA
Federal payroll unchanged despite demobilization
The Citizens National committee says the postwar period shows no major cuts in federal government employees except for reductions in the war and navy departments. Displaced workers have largely been reassigned to other agencies rather than laid off.
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Navy
Citizens National Committee
British demands for postwar reparations outlined in audience notes
The article reports total global reparations claims at 20 billion dollars with Britain seeking 11. billion and Greece 6 billion. Russia asks for 1 billion. British costs include two to three and a quarter man years of fighting Italy, shipping losses, Malta damages, and colonial destruction. It also notes water supply depletion pushing cities to seek new sources, with Santa Barbara planning a 6 million dollar reservoir and Salt Lake City approving a new aqueduct.
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Britain
Greece
Russia
Italy
Europe
Malta
Shee
Mediterranean
North
Africa
American Society of Planning Officials
Santa Barbara
Calif
Salt Lake City
Utah
California Perfume Gift Garden Fragrances Ad
Handworked bamboo case fragrance set featuring Fiesta Tease and Hose Parade with licensed formulas. Send $1 for 1 dram plus tax. Includes tax. Gift Garden located at 16514 Ventura Blvd Encino California.
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California
Hollywood
Ventura Blvd
Encino
Cal
Barbs from The Publishers Auxiliary in Houston
A boy in Houston angered by a C on his life as a German war prisoner tosses a manuscript into a wastebasket. His sister retrieves it and sells it for 25 dollars to a magazine. A monkey in a pet shop tears up bill letters but spares the check. A hitchhiking snake in an airplane forces a landing.
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Publishers
Houston
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Army
Mead
Dem
N. Y
National Defense Advisory Committee
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Far East
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
Moscow
FAO
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Copenhagen
Denmark
John Boyd Orr
Standing Committee
World Food Board
Winston Churchill
Geneva
Switzerland
Mrs. Churchill
General MacArthur
South Seas
du Pont
Union Pacific
Hiram Walker
Allied Chemical
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Chrysler
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Dow Jones
JETS
Washington Digest
Baukhage
Potomac
Pentagon
Atlantic
City Water
Joins Body CO
18Th St
St. Louis
Tel
Sidney
Business & Invest
OPPOR
Kenyon Auto Stores
Dallas 1
Tex
Ciilds’ Distributing CO
Jonesboro
Ark
K. Cy
Kwy
Quincy
J. E. Behring
Keytesville
Atchison Co
Kons
AL M. Alumi
Southern Pacific Co
San Bruno
Farm Machinery & Equip
Baeds
Niels Equipment
Gy Bervis
Maes
HELP
WAIN
Pthpewwolwris
Sy Abe
Ihoenix, Wrise
Fome Furnishings & Appli
Metzner Stove Repairs
Kansas City 6
Kingsdown
Sleepy Pollon
Mattress Factory
Commercial St
Springfield
OL Kratz
Roberts
Broadway
Norwich
Conn
Noel Adams Russell
Kansas
Real Estate—Bus
T. S. Hall Scotland
Real Estate
MISC
Kansas City
Bob Barry Realty Co
Grandview
Mao
Wahlert & Guntzler
North First
Saint Louis 2
Spurlock-Neal Co
Nashville
Tenn
Bankhage
McKeseon & Robbins
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