Finland Faces Soviet Defense Pact Pressure and ERP Debate
Finlands leaders weigh Stalin's probe for a Finnish Russian friendship pact amid fears of lost parliamentary freedoms and Soviet influence. Senator Vandenberg urges swift Marshall Plan passage to avert communist expansion as U S and Europe confront economic and security strain.
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Finland
Stalin
Vandenberg
Josef Stalin
Russia
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Juho Paasikivi
Leningrad
Red Army
Moscow
Arthur Vandenberg
Rep
Mich
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cold War Probes Face Senate and House Action
Congressional committees push investigations into alleged un American activities while a line up of steel industry profits prompts calls for scrutiny. A DP resettlement bill aims to admit 100000 displaced Europeans with half to work in agriculture under a new commission.
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Edward A. Condon
Government
Bureau of Standards
Condon
UN American Activities
Saath Ae
Condes
Rep. J. Parnell Thomas
Rep
N. J
Walter Reed Hospital
un-American Activities Committee
Subcommittee
Truman
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
House
Henry Wallace
Commerce
U. S
Europe
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate For
British crack down in Jerusalem as Jewish Arab violence surges
British authorities declare a tough approach in Jerusalem amid escalating Arab Jewish clashes over the partition plan. Brigadier Jones orders impartial force and suppression of prolonged firing, with possible use against both sides to restore order as attacks and bombings rise.
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Holy Land
Palestine
Jerusalem
C. P. Jones
Southern Democrats reject Truman in South for 1948
Democratic leaders in South Carolina and Tennessee undermine Truman by opposing him as the party's 1948 candidate. Meanwhile Mississippi Democrats threaten to withdraw from the nominating convention in June unless the party pledges to oppose anti southern civil rights laws.
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Truman
Southland
South Carolina
Tennessee
Mississippi
Democratic Committee
Virginia Congressman Urges Vote Against Truman in Protest
William Tuck of Virginia denounced President Truman and urged a joint Virginia General Assembly session to keep Truman off the ballot. He asked Virginia electors to choose another Democratic candidate in next November’s election.
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William Tuck
Virginia
President Truman
Truman
Virginia General Assembly
Mr. Truman
Optimist reports new weapons amid world tensions
Rear Adm. Ellis M. Zacharias, retired U.S. naval officer, presents alarming news about new weapon developments adding to global jitters. The snippet notes existence of three such items, signaling escalating concerns in a strained international climate.
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Ellis M. Zacharias
U. S
Southern Democrats revolt against Truman renomination
Some southern Democrats challenge President Truman and seek renomination. The piece notes that prior to Truman six vice presidents had succeeded to the presidency, with two later renominated for a full term, asking readers to name them.
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Truman
Homburg
Glen H. Taylor
Henry Wallace
Kelly
Hague
Flynn
Curley
Pendergast
Enrico Caruso
Caruso
Mahatma
Renominated Roosevelt and Coolidge Lead Six Names
In a list of six figures the names Tyler Fillmore John son Arthur Theodore Roosevelt and Coolidge appear. Roosevelt and Coolidge were renominated. Dwight D. Eisenhower is noted as in civilian clothes and retired army chief of staff.
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Tyler
Fillmore
Johnson
Arthur
Theodore Roosevelt
Coolidge
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Kette Siscseogh Hague
Jersey City
Flynn
Bronx
Newhere
Curley
Boston
Pendergast
St. Lou
Naples
City
Branch Rickey
Brooklyn Dodgers
Larry MacPhail
New York Yankees
Air pollution blamed for deaths and lost work time
Dr Clarence A Mills of the University of Cincinnati says more than 700 people die each year in Chicago from air pollution and a large share die from the same causes in other American industrial cities. He notes respiratory illnesses and maladies account for a significant portion of time lost from work.
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Chicago
Clarence A. Mills
University of Cincinnati
Mills
Ambitious Washington intrigue and Broadway notes in The New Yorker
The Argentine ambassador pursues Truman’s invitation to the Perons while Evita schemes to dazzle Washington society. Henry A. Wallace’s initials spark jokes. Brooklyn pickpocketing rises as wealth hides at home. William Z Foster lurks in a Bronx directory. Hugh Martin’s Texas flavored song pivots from rejection to a hit chorus amid Texas City disaster headlines.
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Washington
Times Square
Hugh Martin
Texas
Lone Star State
Martin
Texas City
Brewster aims at big aviation program report
Senator Owen Brewster of Maine seeks a major publicity push for his aviation advisory committee. The panel will urge a five year U S program to boost airpower, mothball older planes, a new air routes system, an independent air safety agency, and unification of armed services aviation.
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Owen Brewster
Maine
Congressional Aviation Advisory Committee
United Press
Brewster
Jim Strebig
Associated Press
Leon Schloss
International News Service
U. S
Armed Services
Congressional Committee
Army
Navy
Mediocracy warning at Willow Run University
Educators warn against near five million college enrollment projections by 1960 calling it educational inflation and a tide of mediocracy. They note overcrowded campuses, faint interest in clubs, paid freshman work, and a wartime school mood replacing traditional college life. Nancy Walker quips about contract reading and types.
Westbrook Pegler on Taft-Hartley and CIO influence
Pegler argues the Hollywood-Wall Street film trust case is a staged production for an election year. Murray and the CIO would be acquitted for using CIO News to boost a candidate. He suggests the anti trust case has dragged for a decade and will end with pressure on the justice department.
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Pana Murray
CIO
Hollywood-Wall Street Moving Picture Trust
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Murray
CIO News
Hollywood
Porkers and Federal Pork Expenditures
A discussion on federal pork spending describes pork projects as politically motivated items in budgets and appropriations. It argues these expenditures mainly serve a senator or representative to benefit their state or district and help secure votes.
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