Danube conference signals Russia aims to redraw navigation rules
At the Belgrade gathering of 11 nations, Deputy Foreign Minister Vishinsky outlined Moscow’s plan to draft a Danube pact removing free navigation and international status. Russia would gain de facto control via its own treaty, challenging 1921 Paris norms and Marshall Plan trade aims.
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Council of Foreign Ministers
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Sir Charles Peake
Berlin
Stalin
Great Britain
France
Meat, Credit, and Inflation Policy for Satisfactory Living
A commentary argues against price controls and favoring tighter Federal Reserve credit to curb inflation. It warns over-tightening could burst the boom while noting meat shortages force dietary shifts. It urges economic balance and prudent spending to weather future downturns.
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Preferred Immigrants by Westbrook Pegler
President Truman’s 1948 campaign speech blasts the Displaced Persons Act as biased against religion and origin while urging greater housing. He warns against pandering to immigrant quotas and emphasizes prioritizing native Americans for housing and jobs.
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Halleck
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Leon Josephson
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Breckenridge Long
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House of Representatives
Hitler
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Cattle and Trains Clash in Early Railroading Claim
Tracks Magazine recalls how track incursions and killed stock sparked damages claims from ranch owners. A famed attorney concluded that mixing cattle with locomotives supposedly improves Oklahoma cattle stock, illustrating early railroad conflict over livestock losses.
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Oklahoma
Tracks Magazine
Mother-In-Law Problem Solved in Washington Hearings
Column satirizes congressional hearings with a quip about labeling Polly Webb of Washington as a Communist. It mocks a mother in law in a political caricature, contrasts factory life with family control, and mentions figures like William Remington and Senator Feazel in a humorous political critique.
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William Remington
Washington
Polly Webb
Washington, D. C
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Congressional Country Club
Congressional Committee
Europe
Robert C. Ruark
Stalin
Kremlin
J. B. Webb
R. C. Ruark
Mr. Remington
FBI
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Louisiana
William C. Feazel
Washington Scene on hog age debates and odd agriculture critique
Washington reporters note Senate sparring over hog age versus price while Senator Styles Bridges denounces a department report as boondogglery and the food industry lobbies plan to spend 4 million on bread. The piece satirizes pig Latin remarks and farming politics.
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Barkley
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Baldwin
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Senator Baldwin
Andyay
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Farm Bureau Federation
Department of Agriculture
Department
Millers
Open road beckons as vacation habits and bread ads clash
A nostalgic piece contrasts agricultural policy and bread promotion with a humorous meditation on summer travel. It reflects on conservation funding, a temporary senator from Louisiana, and the evolving idea of what a vacation means through vivid, personal vignettes.
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Kansas City
St. Joseph
Topeka
Los Angeles
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Eddie McGinnis
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Huey
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Overton
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