Senate battle over Marshall Plan funding amendments
The article argues the McClellan and McCarran amendments aim to compel ECA purchases of American surplus farm products and to push loans to Spain and China, framing them as partisan moves by the cotton and silver blocs. It cites farm groups opposing the provisions and asserts the proposals undermine European recovery and misuse ECA funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
John McClellan
Arkansas
ECA
Paul Foffman
Senate Appropriations Committee
McCarran
McClellan
McKellar
Tennessee
Paul Hoffman
Star Chamber
McCarren
United States
Spain
U. S
Nevada
Washington
Franco
Senate Judiciary Committee
Capitol Hill
China
Silver Bloc
U.S
Marshall Plan
Organization For European Economic Recovery
Footnote on Capitalism Sparks Capitol Hotel Bill
Mrs Elizabeth Bentley the confessed Communist courier testified in Washington last year prompting the Hiss Chambers clash. The House paid a $526 hotel bill incurred during her 14 days of testimony noting its proximity to House offices and suggesting her comfort amid capitalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Bentley
Congress
Washington
House
Bentley
White House repair and lobbying ties draw Senate scrutiny
Drew Pearson reports on calls for the Senate expenditures committee to investigate White House repairs and the appointment of Maj. Gen. Glen E. Edgerton amid links to Col. James V. Hunt and lobbyist James V. Hunt. The piece ties these actors to war assets deals involving Maragon and others, and notes Truman’s stance on munitions stockpiles and foreign metal imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry” Vaughan
Senate Expenditures Committee
White House
Senate
Harry Vaughn
James V. Hunt
Hunt
Glen E. Edgerton
U.S. Army Engineers
Edgerton
Alden Waitt
Herman Feldman
Army
Maragon
Gary
Ind
David Bennett Perfumery Company
Harry Truman
Harry Vaughan
Gen. Vaughan
Bennett Company
Europe
Dangers at Indian Springs Pool and Aberdeen Pioneer Day
Steve Lamoreux warns of drownings at Indian Springs near Pocatello with no lifeguard or rescue poles. He recalls a Pocatello lad drowning and describes risky chain drownings. He also recounts Aberdeen Pioneer Day events including races, a pig scramble, and Boots and Saddle club queen rules referencing horseman ship and looks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Springs
Pocatello
Aberdeen
Boots and
Blackfoot Riding Club
Boots and Saddle Club
Sev
Atlantic City
Steve Lamoreux
Milton Berle on Hollywood and its cast of characters
Milton Berle visits Hollywood and jokes about stars and locals. He notes Frank Sinatra’s bulk, has a joke about makeup and fashion, and mentions actors taking other jobs while stars travel abroad. He adds word of Mickey Rooney heading to Italy to film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land of Make Believe
Mickey Rooney
Italy
Andy Pasto
The Garden Duel with Nature and My Strawberries
Paul Gallico muses on his three acre Devon plot and the ongoing battle with wildlife over his strawberries. He compares the struggle to Cold War scarcity, notes the costs of nets and sprays, and wonders who really feeds whom in a balanced ecosystem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Murphy
Frankfurter
White House
Tom Corcoran
Frank
Roosevelt
FDR
Henry L. Stimson
Devon
England
Russia
The Lilienthal resignation and AEC scrutiny in Washington
Washington muses on the atomic energy commission saga as Chairman David Lilienthal weighs resignation amid secrecy and vast responsibility. The Hickenlooper inquiry sparks controversy, with later testimony praising progress but political pressure likely to linger into year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
David Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Roshima
Nagasaki
Bureau of the Budget
White House
Truman
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Senate House Atomic Committee
Hickenlooper
Commission
AEC
Senate House Committee
Congress
Brien McMahon
Senate House
Idaho Travel Help On Returning Passports At Customs
Idaho travelers planning summer trips abroad can ease U S customs on return. The Bureau of Customs runs a program to brief Americans on return regulations and tips to speed passage, with free booklets available through the Idaho State Automobile Association office in Boise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Idaho
Audit Bureau of Circus
Court of Competent Jurisdiction
R. G. Cole
Idaho State Automobile Association
Boise
Ricks College At
Rexburg
John L. Clarke
Thoughtful maxim on riches and virtue from Proverbs
A meditation on greed and earthly wealth noting that accumulating riches harms the home but rejecting gifts guards the heart. The author suggests that only deeds, good or bad, accompany us after death, flavoring our memory.
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Drew Pearson
Madame Cafritz
Vaughan
Kansas City
Stalin
Churchill
Uncle Sam
George Dawson
Trans-America Traders, Inc
Munitions Board
Walter Granger
Utah
Clair Engle
California
Granger
Engle
James Murray
Montana
Eagle
Power County
American Falls
Rockland
Clearwater River
Milton Berle
Ashopey
Hollywood
Vine
Hollywood Boulevard
Frank Sinatra
Jim
Romanoff
Paul Gallico
Hothouse
Warquis Childs
Pocatello i
United Press
Post
Addiston T. Smith
Rose H. Stearns
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