Budget Debate Highlights Deficits and Gambling Concerns
A legislative analysis critiques the omnibus budget for allowing deficit spending via defense and foreign aid, while uncovering ties between legalized gambling and politics. It argues for major reductions, noting potential cuts of about 2.25 billion, and urges examination of public works and tax plans as Congress weighs postwar fiscal policy.
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Elmost
Forts
Inter
Congress
House
Committee For Economic Development
Eisenhower Faults American Disarmament in Greece Outlook
General Eisenhower warns that while not alarmist, disarmament limits risk global peace. He urges U.S. leadership and civilian sacrifice to secure safety, urging unity and strength. In Greece, Plastiras’ National Center coalition wins a general election, yet the new government resembles the old wing, with royal influence shaping outcomes and raising questions of reform.
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Eisenhower
United States
Greece
Liberal Party
General Plastiras
National Center
Paul
George Rady Jordan
Harry Hopkins
Russia
Republican Party
Jordan
Sova Bean Corp
New York Attor ‘New General
House Un-American Activities Committee
Tal
Hopkins
Senate to Probe Crime Ties in Gambling Networks
The Senate Judiciary Committee prepares a probe into crime and gambling in the United States with a $30 000 appropriation. The plan targets rackets and professional gamblers while noting political backing and potential corruption in key states and cities.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
United States
Truman aims to rally Democrats for midterm campaign
The president plans a Florida vacation start then a Chicago mass meeting to energize Democratic efforts for the upcoming congressional race. He will travel to Washington State to dedicate Grand Coulee Dam turbines, tout power, flood control, and irrigation as part of a politically charged campaign itinerary.
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Florida
Truman
Chicago
Washington State
Grand Coulee Dam
Ceck
Mr. Truman
Alteen
Gahtelson
Nebras
Apport
Uberals
Congress
Incomplete Record of Fiscal Year Appropriation Activity
A fragment notes the House Appropriations Committee reporting an amended measure by the Appropriations Committee. It appears to strike all items except those for foreign affairs and related mid terms.
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House Appropriations Committee
House leave riders on appropriation bill urged defeated
Washington Star notes the House Appropriations Committee Civil Service leave rider should be defeated as an improper addition to the omnibus appropriation bill. It argues that the same reasoning that led the Senate to reject the Douglas leave rider applies and calls for careful study before any change to federal leave rules.
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House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Houses
Douglas
House
Pace
House Committee
Congress
House Civil Service Committees
Anonymous Letters Preserve Fame in The Record Columns
In The Record Newspapers readers may sign letters with Please do not publish my fame to keep anonymity while proving good faith. Unsigned communications will not be published. The editor Barbara Ann Scott notes letters may be edited or shortened. An anonymous note from Troy asks age of Barbara Ann Scott who appeared in the ice show at REL Fieldhouse.
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Erickson
Senate
Sant Pronte
Teria
California
Ann Fonda
Record
Barbara Ann Scott
Age of
Barbaret
Ann Scott
Rel Fieldhouse
Anon
J. M
United States
U. S
Troy
Detroit
Truman
New York State
Caton
Abran
Treasney
Veterans Insurance
Lon Angeles
Coir
Second Sharkey Schmeling bout cited as title change case
The column debates who held the boxing title after the two fights. In 1930 Schmeling won the title on a foul in round four, while 1932 saw Sharkey win the title by defeating Schmeling. The discussion concludes B’s view is correct about the title history.
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Max Schmeling
Sharkey
Schmeling
Tunney
Jordan
Ruseland
Becruss Mia Molotov
Russia
Time Magazine
Bradley
Omar Bradley
Sia
Maj
Alvin Robinson
Major Robinson
Robinson
Robbie
John L
John la Lewis
Jonn L
Lewis
Lloyd Sidener
Canton
Ill
Tradi
Ionailly
Big John
Lewin
SCORE
Secretary Sawyer urges tax cuts to spur venture capital
Secretary Sawyer tells a House subcommittee that high corporate taxes bar equity capital and reinvestment. He argues for reductions to free venture funding, noting current complaints of scarce risk capital while President Truman backs a tax increase on corporations.
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Sawyer
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Lawser
Secretary of Commerce
Truman
Congress
National Whirligig by Ray Tucker on Russia war scare
A party discussion quotes an unnamed high ranking officer noting the possibility of a U S response to Soviet moves against Yugoslavia. The piece cites wartime precedents and disputes whether Congress or the President would declare war, reflecting Cold War anxieties and uncertain leadership.
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Cambrerre
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Acheson
Moscow
Russia
Belasia
Yugoslavia
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Jero
Germany
Austria
Serbia
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England
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Poland
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Truman
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Pearl Harbor
Howe
Franklin
Mamet
Gary Tren
Tita
Stalin
Tito
India
Mediterranean
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Asia
Artiena
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CASP
Acheann
Repia
San Francises Pres Orb
Irren
Iman Thina
Siam
Matawan Ajaten
Indoarsia
Singapore
Azreet
SDR
Prince Bernhard Seated At Stork Club In New York
Washington column notes Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands visiting New York and meeting Lewis Marks and Leonard Lyons at the Stork Club. The piece also critiques President Truman’s support for small business and outlines ongoing lobbying, defense, and political dynamics in Washington.
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Prince Bernhard
The
Netherlands
New York
Lewis Marks
Bernhard
Kla
Marks
Leonard Lyons
Prince of the
Truman
Senate
Brial Business Committee
National Defence Department
Ae Jeret Clessing
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Bob Kerr Himsell
Bob Bland
Kerr and
Johnson
Democratic National Committee
Bull Boyle
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Sen
Jim Murray
Montana
Small Business Committee
Murray
Savy
Micone
Word Usage Debates Across American Speech Patterns
Readers probe pronunciation and etymology in several examples from American English. Discussions cover pecan pronunciation in Augusta Norfolk Pan- as a Greek prefix meaning all Americas and moral vs immoral usage in Brooklyn and involving terms like pants and pantaloons with brief explanations.
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Norfolk
Americas
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Central
South America
Panorama
Panoply
Pantheon
Brooklyn
E.pc
M. E. Monrovia
Roerre
Hollywood
Shan
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Tna
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