Minority Report Faults Hughes Inquiry Findings
Democratic members publish a minority report criticizing the majority Hughes inquiry for implicit accusations and unclear findings. They note the flying boat and reconnaissance planes were not combat-tested, yet approved, and emphasize Hughes spent 7 million of his own money on aircraft development.
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Senate War Investigating Committee
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Bennett Meyers
Brewster
Ferguson
Meyers
Stassen Accuses Dewey Taft Pact In Oregon Bid
Harold Stassen charges Dewey and Taft agreed to pool efforts and funds to defeat him in Oregon primaries. Dewey denies any deal and insists he is no dealer. The stock market shows a major break and prices level off. Robert Boylan chairs NYSE governors. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt cites Palestine partition as key to world peace. Stassen calls for outlawing the Communist Party.
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Harold Stassen
Dewey
Taft
Oregon
Robert Boylan
New York Stock Exchange Board of Governors
Diplomats and Clashes Across Pan American Cues
A puzzle style list links a Uruguayan envoy and an ambassador to the United States with terms from geography religion and language. Included are clues for common words like light, eggs, and fish eggs with several entries referencing Greek gods and world regions.
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U.S
Talian Town
My Day By Eleanor Roosevelt Reflects On Palestine Pause And Smuts Loss
In a New York column Eleanor Roosevelt critiques a four week British Palestine truce as just delaying judgment while noting potential aid for 200000 displaced persons. She also cites Field Marshal Jan Smuts’s electoral defeat in South Africa as a rebuke to liberalism and hopes it spurs liberal forces globally.
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International Refugee Organization
Jan Smuts
South Africa
Marshal Smuts
Halt in Jerusalem Shelling Sparks Rediscovered Hope
Arabs halted saturation shelling of Jerusalem for the first time in 16 days amid optimism among Jews. They welcomed possible UN mediation progress as Count Folke Bernadotte was poised to arrive in Tel Aviv and Arab leaders met in Amman, Transjordan, signaling potential truce progress.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
United Nations
Holy
Tel Aviv
Folk Bernadotte
Amman
Trans- Jordan
Voters favor UN control of atomic energy in Gallup poll
In Princeton New Jersey the Gallup poll finds a majority of Americans favor United Nations control of atomic energy and inspection rights worldwide. College educated voters show stronger support while those dissatisfied with UN progress lean against US plant inspections.
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U. N. Control of Atomic Energy
George Gallup
Princeton
N.J
America
United Nations
United States
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Stalin
Henry A. Wallace
U.S
U. N
Vegetarian presidential candidate sparks mockery and fear
A columnist savages the Vegetarian Party nominee Henry McLemore, joking that a meatless cabinet and lettuce based rations would ruin defense and spark a quick prison sentence. He warns he would be jailed after inauguration and mocks the candidate's policies and appearance.
No Rift Says Attlee on U S Britain Palestine Ties
Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the House of Commons there is no rift with the United States over Palestine. He said Britain seeks UN four week truce acceptance by Jews and Arabs and urged delaying further statements. A Bevin spokesman indicated Britain would halt arms shipments to Arab states if both sides accept the UN proposal.
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United States
Quartermaster Corps
Leavenworth
London
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
Britain
Palestine
Attlee
United Nations
House
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Disgraced Briton Dalton Returns as Cabinet Minister
Former Chancellor Hugh Dalton, forced to resign last November for leaking a secret budget, is named Minister without portfolio in a government shake-up and officially becomes Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The note also mentions the Camp Fire Girls founded in 1912 by Dr and Mrs Luther Gulick.
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London
Hugh Dalton
Britain
Dalton
Clement R. Attlee
Duchy of Lancaster
The
Campfire Girls Was
Mrs
Luther Gulick
Why Do Some Americans Prefer Europe To Home
Paul Gallico laments Americans who renounce their roots to join Germans or Russians. He cites cases from a Colorado sergeant to a Broadway actor, condemns Nazi and Soviet regimes, and argues that European barbarism and dismal history negate appeals of Europe as a cradle of civilization.
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Europe
U. S
Colorado
Moscow
Washington
Tass
Garry Davis
Meyer Davis
Germany
Henry Martyn Noel, Jr
Harvard
Russia
France
Maquis
Schuman Seeks Confidence Vote On Civil Service Cut Plan
Paris reports Premier Robert Schuman appears set for victory when he asks the national assembly for a confidence vote on a bill to dismiss up to 150000 civil servants as an economy measure. Socialists opposed the bill as Schuman threatened to quit if not passed. A weekend compromise limits dismissals to non career staff and guarantees transfers for those displaced.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
National Assembly
Schuman
CIO Charges Big Business Covers Profits With Propaganda
The CIO accused corporations of masking profits with a smokescreen to push lower wages. It argued profits from increased asset values are real and notes ample savings for investment, while firms seek higher profits to spur capital investment. The CIO also faulted tax and stock-market motives and warned investors fear of a market dip drives reluctance to buy.
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Washington
CIO
Big Business Monday
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Radio Program Schedule Blocks for KEIO KC and KEYY KC
Daily Monday through midnight listings show KEIO AM and KEYY FM networks with hourly programs from 7:00 in the morning to 11:15 p.m., including news, music, talk, and dramatic shows such as Abbott and Costello, Burns and Allen, and Tom Mix, with station IDs and variety of entertainers listed. The schedule also lists farm tips, devotionals, and late-night sign off, reflecting a broad network programming slate across two stations.
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Elmer Davis
AP News
Bing Crosby
Nancy Craig
IMN Farm Journal
Intermountain Network
U.S. Marine Band
Cedric Foster
Happy Gang
Martin Black
David Rose
Two Ton Baker
Tommy Dorsey
Fulton Lewis Jr
Superman
Captain Midnight
Tom Mix
Billy Rose
Gabriel Heatter
Mutual Newsreel
Opinionaire
California Melodies
All the News
Decision Now
Boyd Raeburn
Orch
Inside of Sports
Lawrence Welk Orch
Enoch Light Orch
Mutual Reports
Goodnight
Nazi stamp loot sold in New York sale
Dealers and collectors paid $17,000 for postage stamps looted by the Nazis from occupied countries during the war. The salvage sale was conducted by the Commission for International Refugee Organization in New York.
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New York
Commission For International Refugee Organization
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