Department of Agriculture scolds for price gripes
The department rebukes public complaints about food costs as the country recovers from wartime inflation. It cites a 21 percent income share for food versus 23 percent prewar, but questions timing and methodology while noting retail costs and profits. The piece urges accountability for high prices and criticizes the department for offering no concrete cures.
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Department of Agriculture
D. of A
Agriculture Department
New York City
New Jersey
California
Hudson River
Department of Government
Sweden’s Shift in Neutrality Shapes Cold War Nordic Strait
The article argues Sweden has abandoned long standing neutrality adopting a 10 year war pledge with Norway and Denmark. It notes Sweden’s military readiness with 700000 troops and strong navy and air force while Norway faces about 40000 trained troops, highlighting regional risk if Norway joins the Atlantic alliance and the potential battleground along the Arctic border.
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Washington
Arctic Circle
Europe
Russia
Norway
Finland
Sweden
Ussr
Scandinavia
Denmark
Baltic
Norway in the Cold War: costs and risks for US policy
Marquis Childs weighs Norway as a potential focus of a new cold war. He warns that U S aid could dilute Atlantic alliance security and divert arms from Western Europe, risking weakened European recovery and emboldening Kremlin plots. He urges cautious policy balancing military needs and economic reconstruction.
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Warn
Sweden
Denmark
Scandinavian
Europe
Finland
United States
Norway
Russia
Atlantic Alliance
Kremlin
Birth of Quadruplets Promises U.K. Fourth Set in Ten Months
Aden expects to welcome quadruplets in April marking Britain s third quadruplet birth in 11 months. Separately U S agriculture notes higher milk demand with cows per person at a record low and production targets rising to 5170 pounds per cow.
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Aden
Britain
Stafford Cripps
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S
To Hell and Back a soldier's blunt battlefield tale
Robert Ruark reviews Audie Murphy’s memoir To Hell and Back, praising the soldier’s bravery and impact while faulting the prose as borrowed Remarque style. He notes Murphy’s 240 kills, the Texas origin, and the book’s blunt, unsentimental portrayal of combat and survival.
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New York
Hell
Henry Holt and Co
Audie Murphy
Murphy
Mr. Murphy
Texas
3Rd
Audie
Margaret Truman Faces Path To Opera Mastery
Dorothy Kirsten praises Miss Truman's courage while cautioning that a strong future in singing requires years of study. Kirsten stresses the need for European grounding for opera and questions studying abroad during the White House years.
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Margaret Truman
West Fifties
Dorothy Kirsten
Montclair
N. J
Miss Truman
Margaret
White House
Miss Kirsten
L’aiglon
Europe
Paris
Grace Moore
Kirsten
Italy
Gratitude Train carries gifts from France to America
The Merci Train voyage brings six million French citizens gifts and messages of friendship for the United States. Aboard are a George Washington statue and Verdun flag, plus humble tokens and a child’s yellow heart painting. Notes from French civilians and a signed treasure book express growing U.S.-France friendship. A 24 hour police guard remains at the House Un-American Activities Committee, while local tales include a deer delivering Council postal mail and Franklin’s short-lived 18th century Franklin state.
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USA
State Department
George Washington
Verdun
Paris
France
America
United States
Georges Delamare
Delamare
Figaro
Women’s World Fellowship
House un-American Activities Committee
John Rankin
Mississippi
Rankin
Whittaker Chambers
Justice Department
Council
David Johnson
Hawaii
Alaska
Tennessee-North Carolina
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Tennessee
North Carolina
Navy
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Sen
Ed Johnson
Colorado
Models Are Tops in Beauty and Talent Across the Nation
The author argues that the most beautiful and interesting faces in America lie among fashion models in Harper's Bazaar Vogue and other magazines rather than Hollywood or stage stars. He critiques West Coast photographers chasing starlets and asserts true beauty depends on taste noting diverse preferences among audiences and producers.
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USA
Hollywood
New York
Harper’s Bazaar
Vogue
West Coast
Hollywood Faces and the Charm of Real Ladies on Screen
Paul Gallico argues Americano audiences crave intelligent beauty and real ladylike poise. He praises Irene Dunne and Rosalind Russell as depthful screen presences and notes fashion mags reveal true sex appeal through photographs of graceful, feminine models.
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Hollywood
Irene Dunne
Rosalind Russel
Pocatello Postings and National Defense Rumors
A local note in Pocatello plays on a couple seeking to rehouse a dog with the owners. The piece also cites rumors about Eisenhower as a future defense secretary and mentions a thermal fog dispersal system for airports amid Cold War weather. It decries information suppression as self protective but leaks persist.
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Pocatello
Pocatellan
Mendy
Eisenhower
National Defense Seciety
Hollywood Gossip Roundup of Stars and Projects
Hedda Hopper notes Betty Grable will star in Wa bash Avenue at 20th Century Fox with Bill Perlberg producing. Screenplay by Harry Tugend, using World’s Fair of 1893 songs and costumes. Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini to work together despite multilingual talk. Sam Engel seeks Loretta Young for Spare the Red directed by Henry Koster. Also mentions Bob Hope’s tour, Look humanitarian award, Olivia de Havilland best actress, Olivier best actor, and others including Ann Sheridan, Irene Dunne, Joan Fontaine christening, and Roland Young’s Mr Barry’s Etchings project.
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Hollywood
Betty Grable
20Th
Wabash Avenue
Bill Perlberg
Harry Tugend
Sam Engel
Loretta Young
Henry Koster
Sam
Barrymore
John
Ethel
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rosselini
Ingrid
Rosselini
Bob Hope
Burbank
Hope
Gang
Palm Springs
Look Magazine
Olivia DeHavilland
Laurence Olivier
Fred Astaire
Inesens Montgomery Clift
Anatole Litvak
Jean Hersholt
Joan Fontaine
Maureen O'Sullivan
Roland Young
Mr. Barry
Walter Bullock
Daniel Archer
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