Purges Expand as Clergy Face New Trials in Bulgaria
The author denounces new show trials against 15 Protestant clergy in Bulgaria following Mindszenty’s sentence in Hungary. He argues Moscow orchestrates these acts to crush religion, likening them to Nazi-era oppression and urging defense of religious freedom and human dignity.
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Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty
Bulgaria
United States
Britain
Kremlin
Budapest
Sofia
Russia
Moscow
Cardinal Hlond
Pastor Niemoeller
Berlin Recovery Aims Drive Marshall Plan in Germany
The Economic Cooperation Administration and army of occupation pursue a self-sufficient Germany by 1953 with imports and exports balanced around $2.8 billion. Plans show decreasing aid: $984 million in 1949, $880 million in 1950, and near zero by 1952, amid slow Bizone deliveries and ongoing discussions of a German government and potential east–west reunification. Captain Collisson leads efforts to refine estimates for Congress, noting industrial needs and constraints on shipments.
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Washington
Germany
Economic Cooperation Administration
East Germany
West Germany
U. S
N. H. Collisson
ECA
Collisson
Navy
Congress
German postwar trade and Marshall plan funded recovery
German exports, once restricted to dollar sales, can now barter with hard goods for Danish food Iceland fish and French perfume as 19 country trade pacts expand. The Marshall plan funds, held at the German central bank in the western zone, total over 300 million marks with 250 million earmarked for railroads and future spending aimed at coal mines and electric power upgrades.
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Germany
Deutsche Marks
Collisson
Iceland
Finland
Poland
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
United States
Doctor Explains Full Range Of Medical Advancements
The article notes patients’ frustration when doctors are away at meetings or studying new methods. It emphasizes that medicine rapidly evolves with updates such as sulfa drugs penicillin and insulin in past decades, transforming treatment of diseases like lobar pneumonia and diabetes.
Shostakovich Visit Sparks Rhetorical Debate in Press
Paul Gallico weighs the potential Soviet tourist’s impact in the United States and questions whether famed composer Dmitri Shostakovich would return to Moscow. He notes tensions between Soviet science and culture and speculates on personal outcomes if the artist stayed in America after visiting Ridgewood, New Jersey.
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Dmitri Shostakovich
United States
Merry Lads
Central Committee
Moscow
Shosty
Hollywood
Shostakovich
Communist Party
Prokofiev
Ridgewood
N. J
Mystery of a missing father and sudden inheritance unveiled
In Lindys Marion Hut ton recounts photos from Battle Creek and a long missing father Jack Thornburg an engineer who vanished in the early 1920s A postmarked card from Tiajuana later hints at a family's past A distant granduncle left $250 each to Marion and Betty via their father prompting questions about his fate and the California death five years ago without contact.
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Marion
Herself
Betty
Battle Creek
Mich
Jack Thornburg
Grand Trunk R. R
Michigan
Tiajuana
le Zl
Hollywood
North Platte
Neb
California
Truman Defies Aides on Draper Letter and Probe Signals
President Truman refused to sign a fulsome letter praising Undersecretary William Draper and hinted at backing a formal inquiry into his conduct of the American military government in Germany. The article also notes Draper’s ties to Dillon, Read and Co. and Forrestal, plus related concerns about German cartels and postwar policy.
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Washington
Truman
White House
William Draper
Draper
Germany
Ferguson
Wall Street
Dillon, Read and Co
Forrestal
Hitler
Berlin
Alexander Kreuter
United States
Kreuter
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Harry Vaughan
Peron
Miguel Miranda
Chavez
Argentina
U. S
James Bruce
H. A. Metzger
Standard Oil
New Jersey
A. S. Millard
Case Tractor Company
Miranda
Bruce
Evita
A Household Disaster Termite Invasion Drives Man from Home
A man returns from a short trip to Mobile New Orleans and Vicksburg to find his wife injured after a crab hole fall and dogs killed by a boxer. Termite extermination crews flood the home with gas and liquids, forcing the family to flee as the house fills with fumes and decaying odors.
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Mobile
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Jean
Gate City Goings On In Idaho Life magazine favors spuds
Pocatello Postings reviews Life magazine praise for Idaho potatoes including a sack race image using old and new bags. The piece notes vocational education efforts at Idaho State College with two Boise students and a poster design deadline of April 15. Also mentions H L Fawson leading a Boise music clinic and a baby birth announcement for Bruce Embree.
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Life Magazine
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Trade and Industrial Supervisory and Instructional Staffs
Idaho State Board For Vocational Education
Idaho State College
Géne Welker
Walter Belknap
Boise
Roy F. Christensen
ISC
R. G. Cole
Idaho State Automobile Association
Cole
State Automobile Association
Washington, D. C
H. L. Fawson
Gate City
Bruce Embree
Louis Embree
Hollywood Hots and Hedda Hopper on Clifton and Colleagues
Hedda Hopper reports Clifton seeks a new pace as Webb plans to play a murderer in 2 Bow Street shot in England with Sam Engel and Oscar Millard, while Tyrone Power and Valentina Cortesa aim for a film from The Described story. Otto Preminger to direct A French hero Lafayette planned by Charles Feldman. Frank Sinatra charity funds and Clark Gable visits Yucca Loma with Gwenn Baer.
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Hollywood
Clifton
Pi. Vedere
Mr. Belvedere
Webb
Bow Street
Scotland Yard
Sam Engel
Oscar Millard
England
Fox
Alllere
TY Otto Preminger
Modesta
Stern
Lesser Samuels
Tyrone Power
Valentina Cortesa
America
Otto
Charles Feldman
Glass Menagerie
Warners
Jane Wy
Alfred Hitchcock
Charlie
Susan Hayward
Tallulah Bankheag
Laurette Taylor
Charles Royer
New York
Lafayette
Frank Sinatra
Boy's Town and
Riverdale
James Petrillo
Clark Gable
Yucca Loma
Victorville
Gwenn Baer
Clark
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Pocatello Post
North Main Street
Pocatello
Pocatello Post Publishing Company
ED Flandro
L. C. Giauque
Frank Grover
Court of Cortese
Peter Edson
Paul Gallico
Lindys
Marion Hutton
Pearson
Senora Peron
Biarritz
Dean Acheson
Minnesota
Walter Judd
China
Acheson
Judd
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yalta
Manchuria
Hedda Hopper
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