American business and China fate tied to Communist peace price
American interests in China face a murky future as Mao Zedong weighs a peace price, negotiating a coalition or division of territory. Analysts note Mao blends Communist, nationalist and realist aims, hinting at staged reform and possible toleration of private enterprise to spur modernization while Western assets endure.
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China
Red Forces
Walter Briggs
NEA
Shanghai
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Moscow
Marx
Europe
Russia
Hoffman urges Europe to boost dollar earning efforts
Economic adviser Paul G. Hoffman told 19 Marshall Plan nations they must do more to earn dollars in the American market. He warned that without faster European economic unification and stronger selling methods tailored to U.S. needs, ECA funds may be harder to secure next year. Hoffman stressed Europe can earn needed dollars within a reasonable span if it adapts to American market demands.
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Paul G. Hoffman
Europe
Congress
Hoffman
Senator Wherry
Britain
ECA
Western Hemisphere
America
United States
Interstate Commerce
Robert Crosser
Ohio
Saudi Arabia
U. S
Middle East
Aramco
Pan American Airways
Crosser
Sam Rayburn
Joe Martin
Rayburn
Washington
White House
Harry Vaughan
Medical Department
Veterans Administration
Omar Bradley
V. A
Paul Hawley
Bradley
Hawley
Vaughan
Army
Navy
Robert Patterson
James Forrestal
White House steel wage board seeks two week extension
The three man board lacks time to file by the August 30 deadline. A two week extension is expected with White House approval. The likely outcome favors a compromise on a 30 cent hourly raise package including benefits, while trimming the total amount.
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Washington
White House
Philip Murray
New York Subways Through a Comic Lens
Milton Berle recalls New York subways with humor and vivid scenes. He notes crowded trains, the difficulty of finding seats, celebrity riders, and pickpocket activity, joking about time and a half sentences and a nameless star. He ends with a punch line about his mother offering rides in New York.
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Hollywood
New York
Moonbound romance tests Gaynel and Barry in flight
In CHAPTER 7 Gaynel Teare weighs an engagement to Barry Bainbridge while doubts linger about promises and wealth. Barry takes her to inspect a plane he may buy, and she contemplates a future shackled by his requisites. Gaynel enjoys the ride as they taxi to the airport.
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Andrew Jacobs
Ind
Gaynel Teare
Barry Bainbridge
Gaynel
Fritz Freyman
Barry
Fritz
Emily
Robee
Mr. Bainbridge
Miss Teare
Barry Darling
Denny
Mrs. Teare
Knowledge Q&A: World War II burial to kangaroo court terms
This column lists concise answers to trivia questions on authorship, myths about drowning, Arlington burial selection, railway kangaroo courts, rocketry in vacuum, impeachment trials, Quaker origins, war birth ratios, Brazil’s size ranking, and the Grand Army of the Republic encampment ending in 1949.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Wey
Army
Quartermaster Corps’ Memorial Division
Broadway gossip and European tales mixed in lively column
Carl Wilson shares smiles from Europe with quips about Fitzroy pubs Rome Bellini exhibit police permit WAACS in Germany and Swiss views. It piles showbiz notes on Yvonne DeCarlo Kenny Lyons deaths and Broadway buzz with TV plans and top acts plus a humor quip about a mother's anger over a pop bottle.
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Venice
Giovanni Bellini
Bellini
B'Way
Yvonne DeCarlo
Europe
Kenny Lyons
B’way
Broadway
Clifton Fadiman
George S. Kaufman
Abe Burrows
Crosley
CBS
Paul Ash
Iceland
George Dewey Washington
Clifton Webb
Carson Kanias
Lindy
William Paley
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Court of Competent Jurisdiction
Idsho
Robert S. Allen
Milton Berle
Watson
Adelaide Humphries
Michael Arlen
Dikran Kuyumdjian
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
Senate
The
Salmon P. Chase
Society of Friends
George Fox
Brazil
U.S.S.R
Canada
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Rapids
Mich
Indianapolis
Carl Wilson
P. R
Fitzroy
London
Paulette Goddard
Rome
Robin Hood
Paulette
Germany
Texas
Elmer Reilly
Mike Todd
Macy’s
Hopalong Cassidy
Joan Merrill
Riviera
Ritz Bros
Jean Marshall
United Arts
Tommy Dorsey
George Sanders
Spain
Jay Simms
Lisa Kirk
Mindy Carson
Jack Gilford
Pop
Earl
Warquis Childs
Henry C. Hathorn
Department of Agriculture
Francis E. Walter
Roy James
James
Walter
House
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
Clark
Supreme Bench
Department of Justice
European Co-Operation Administration
Pampalea
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