Berlin Crisis Shadows Berlin Campaign as Reinforcements Move In
The Berlin showdown dominates postwar tensions as the United States reaffirms resolve to stay in Berlin. Gen Lucius D Clay and Ambassador Murphy meet with President Truman and top officials to balance deterrence with diplomacy. Washington vows not to yield to the Soviet blockade while preparing further talks and possible force if needed. Meanwhile mass troop reinforcements signal dedication to maintaining Western access, framing questions about Soviet aims and the broader German settlement amid upcoming draft plans and a heated presidential campaign.
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Russia
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Germany
Robert Murphy
Clay
Truman
Marshall
Army
Royall
United States
Europe
Kremlin
First Draftees Enter Uniform in 1048 Style
The draft will begin Monday August 30 with 9 5 million youths registering across 17 designated days through September 18. Volunteer draft boards will select manpower to match air land and sea force buildup under the rearmament program. Draftees may enter ranks after September 22 as actual drafting cannot start before that date.
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America
Food stores take larger share of retail dollar
Department of commerce analysts report food stores now control 27.6 cents of every dollar spent in retail channels, up from 23.5 cents in 1940, indicating stores are earning a bigger portion of consumer spending than before the war.
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Department of Commerce
Bright Sayings of Oldsters and Leaders
A collection of quotes from Dorothy Kenyon, Sherman Minton, Winston Churchill, and Arthur W. Radford. The remarks address women’s brains, Communist influence in unions, Russian dictatorship, and wartime abandonment of troops, reflecting postwar and wartime attitudes by a U.S. attorney, judge, a British premier, and a U.S. admiral.
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Dorothy Kenyon
New York City
Attornny
U. S
United Nations’ Commission On Status of Women
Congress
Sherman Minton
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Russia
Kremlin
Ivan the Terrible
Winston Churchill
Corregidor
Arthur W. Radford
Crackdown on Reds Aims to Silence Subversives at Home
A federal grand jury in New York indicted 12 Communist leaders in the largest crackdown in U. S. history for conspiring to overthrow the government. The sweep, ordered by Attorney General Tom C. Clark in June 1947, names William Z. Foster Benjamin Davis John Gates and other party figures. Separately state department officials testified before a Senate committee that hundreds of foreign agents used the United Nations to mask subversive work in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party
New York
U. S
Tom C. Clark
William Z. Foster
Benjamin Davis
New York City
John Gates
The
Daily Worker
Communist National Board
United Nations
State Department
Senate
Robert C. Alexander
Department
Visa Commission
U. N
I. N
Sun Spots And Straw Waste Stir Economic Debate
A long feature links straw waste on U S farms to a growing strawboard and paper market, noting 38 million tons unused last year. It ties solar activity to July disturbances, cites weather and war links, and highlights the 1948 Department of Agriculture Year Book on grass and its relevance to farmers.
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U.S
Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture Laboratory
Peoria
Hoy Marshall
Felsplanetarium
Philadelphia
Washington
Hitler
Smithsonian
Congress
Shakespeare
Brutus
Nation of Sprinters Faces Olympic Marathon Challenge
In London a pageant of 60 nations showcases 5,000 athletes. The United States, though strong in sprints, faces doubt in endurance events like the 800 and marathon with Mel Whitfield a potential star yet lacking distance depth. Competition rises from Sweden Finland Jamaica Australia and more as Times and times improve across events from pole vault to 1500 meters.
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London
U. S
Mel Whitfield
O. K
Gonder
France
Pettersson
Sweden
Finland
Johnny Hayes
Patton
Barney Ewell
LaBeach
Herb McKenley
Jamaica
Whitfield
Lennert Strand
Gil Dodds
Dodds
Australia
England
Czechoslovakia
John Kelly
California
Johnny Weismuller
W. W. Hoyte
Earl Meadows
E. H. Clark
Johnson
Burke
Owen
Cluster City Idea Aims to Shield Population Centers
Tracy B. Augur, city planner and Atomic Energy Commission consultant, promotes a “cluster city” concept. The plan envisions about 50,000 residents per city, a group of interrelated towns separated by open country, to minimize atomic attack effects and boost city survivability.
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Tracy B. Augur
Atomic Fine Ergy Commission
Augur
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Josh Sergeant
Henry Wallace
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Ala
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
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Mississippi
Alabama
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Sam
G.L
Veterans
Baukhage
Haiti
New England
Joe Martin
Attleboro
Mass
Chicago
Jimmy Roosevelt
Bol
Abraham Lincoln
Alfred Stefferud
Government Printing Office
Washington Post
Post
W. &. Woodward
Berty
Atom Age
Iate
Ralph Bowen
Forest City
Iowa
Thayer Chev. CO
Oskaloosa
Chevrolet
Thayer Chevrolet Co
Jowa
I Business & Oppor
Washington Ave
Iown Falls
Eosworth & Jones
Cabin Court
Southwest Io
Ward Phillips
Mat St
Does Maines
Towa
McWhirter
Newton
Jack Paul
Lake Park
Kenneth Wohalford
Hampton
Howard Co
Bird
Mitch Alton Sanders
Charles City
Fort Dodge
Badger
Relen
Watland
Rampart Blvd
Los Angeles
Calif
N. E
Marion County
Terma
Benadiet
Linsaus
Rueshl Smith
Fairfield
Oo. E
Forsmark - Gowrls
Rudson Products
Harding St
Long Beach
Calf
Monern
U. 3
P.O
Bubuque
Aliioe
Minnesota
Smith's
Sandy Shores
Crosslake
Minn
St.Joseph
Wsnds
Joney
Chicago Institute of Watchmaking
Vernon Bulldisa
Polos Road
Wakefield
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