Moscow Talks Raise Hopes for Peace as Berlin Blockade Looms
An editorial notes the Moscow conference between Stalin and three Western ambassadors creates cautious optimism for easing Berlin tensions. It discusses possible steps including a deputy ministers meeting, gradual Berlin restrictions relief, and potential talks on German currency to avert war. The piece warns Russia may seek concessions to avoid conflict.
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Moscow
Josef Stalin
Berlin
Russia
U. S
Great Britain
France
Stalin
Molotov
Special session politics sharpen voter choice in 1948
The summer session under President Truman failed to move inflation or housing, polarizing voters as Democrats blame Congress and Republicans claim they did all within their beliefs. The split highlights 1948 choices with tax burdens rising. a Conference Board report notes Americans paid about 125 billion dollars in direct personal taxes.
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Truman
Congress
GOP
U. S
Na’ Industrial Conference Board
Whittaker Chambers Names Officials in Spy Ring
Whittaker Chambers testifies before the House Un American Activities Committee naming officials he says were involved in a Washington spy ring a decade ago. He identifies Alger Hiss Nathan Witt and Lee Pressman among those implicated.
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Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Communist Party
House un-American ‘Activities Committee
Washington
Alger Hiss
State Department
Nathan Witt
NLRB
Lee Pressman
CIO
Elizabeth Bentley
Nathan G. Silvermaster
Board of Economic Warfare and War Assets Administration
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
United Nations
Soar
FBI
Senate
House
Karl Mundt
Rep
S. D
UN American Activities Committee
U. S
Espionage claims and cotton mechanization in wartime era notices
Reports detail Miss Elizabeth Bentley naming officials linked to Soviet espionage and ongoing congressional probes despite lack of conclusive proof. Separate cotton industry notes highlight mechanization cutting labor needs, with the National Cotton Council noting only a small portion fully mechanized in 1947 and gains from new harvesting and weed control equipment.
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Virginia
California
South
Mississippi
National Cotton Council
Frankfurter's Political Influence Rumored in Roosevelt Era
The article accuses TF Felix Frankfurter of wielding covert power in Washington, placing allies in key posts and steering war policy and radio policy. It cites Ickes and Roosevelt tensions, noting Frankfurter’s elbowing of Ickes, attempts to secure men in the War Department, and a pained view of his ideology shaping U.S. governance.
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Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Washington
Frankfurter
War Department
Henry L. Stimson
Harold Ickes
Frank Murphy
State Department
Roosevelt
United States
Ickes
Saturday Evening Post
Tom Corescoran
Tommy the Cork
Phy
Rches
Interior
Make Lawn Settee Pattern No 55 For 35 Cents
Readers are invited to send 35 cents for Lawn Settee Pattern No. 55 from East Bird Pattern Company Department W Pleasantville NY. The ad claims lawn furniture can be made at very low cost with full size parts and step by step directions. It promotes turning porches into outdoor living rooms and emphasizes simplicity and American home ideals.
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Dept. W
Pleasantville, N. Y
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David Ben Gurion
Jakob Dori
Bentes
David Bonvouloir
Washington, D. C
American Legion Forum
Pentagon
Omar Bradley
Billy Ray Clark
Jonesboro
Ark
Trygve Lie
U. N
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