Anglo American plan pushes German economic unity
Britain and the United States seek to reduce occupation costs by forging economic unity between their zones in Germany. France may join, Russia resists, and London warns that without Moscow's move, Anglo American coordination will proceed alone to secure Western Germany while urging France's participation for Ruhr control.
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Germany
Britain
United States
France
Russia
Byrnes
the Times
Potsdam
America
Control Council
Berlin
Ruhr
Child speech hints at future street car conductor says monitor
A lighthearted note from the Christian Science Monitor suggests that delayed early speech may precede a clear future skill, in this case a street car conductor, reframing early talk as a sign of latent talent.
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Christian Science Monitor
Those Pioneers and The Negro Question in America
A 1946 King Features Syndicate essay contrasts immigrant pioneers with long established groups. It argues assimilation via education, highlights role of Negro colleges, and praises prejudice free hiring at Glidden. It cites Paul De Kruif on Percy L. Julian and notes figures like Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver as exemplars.
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George E. Sokolsky
Hong Kong
Bob Moses
America
New England
United States
Paul de Kruif
Percy L. Julian
Glidden Company
George Washington Carver
DePauw Universit
Harvard
University of Vienna
Booker T. Washington
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Investigation of pressure groups in congressional campaigns
The Kansas City Star calls for wide inquiry into political activities of pressure groups including the CIO PAC which plans to spend 6 million dollars to defeat or support candidates. It urges extending investigations to the National Association of Manufacturers and any group unduly influencing legislation, to protect citizen control over national policy.
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CIO
Political Action Committee
Congress
House
PAC
National Association of Manufacturers
House Committee
The
Kansas City Star
Interview with AVC leaders stirs views on communists and civil liberties
An Aug 5 interview with Charles G. Bolte Gilbert Harrison and Edward McHale examines AVC positions on communists and civil liberties. The piece notes tensions over funding lists leadership biographies and connections to unions while contrasting AVC with Amvets and broader political tensions in postwar America.
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New York
Charles G. Bolte
American Veterans’ Committee, Inc
Gilbert Harrison
Edward McHale
AVC
Spain
Reading the Russian Railroads Through Conflicting Reports
Izvestia says rebuilding and new construction lag behind schedule with only 30 percent of quota met in rated areas. Tass counters that after six months of the five year plan Russia shows a rapid comeback with heavy industry and railway transport leading the way.
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Izvestia
Tass
Russia
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Pop and Quentin Clash Over Questions
Pop returns from a rough day and snaps at Quentin who keeps asking. The boy retorts that he can answer questions himself, prompting a tense parental moment in a Parade era vignette.
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Pop
Little Quentin
Junior
Quentin
Round The Peace Table By Dre
A wartime dispatch from Paris at the peace conference discusses secret sessions. Byrnes probes a Russian arms transfer to Argentina via Sweden, Molotov pressure on Latvia Lithuania Estonia recognition, and Bidault’s demand for German unification concessions. Italy and Bulgaria gain relief via U S and Soviet support.
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Paris
Byrnes
Foreign Office
Russia
Sweden
Argentina
United States
Carlos von der Becke
Eisenhower
Germany
Molotov
Jimmie Byrnes
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Churchill
Roosevelt
Baltic States
Winston UK
Tehran
Yalta
France
Bidault
USA
United Kingdom
Attlee
Italy
Saar Valley
Rhineland
Luxembourg Palace
Austria
Evatt
America
Etats Unis
Amerique
Quitandinha Hotel in Brazil Tales of a Gambling Palace
In Quitandinha Brazil sixty miles from Rio de Janeiro a vast hotel rises where gambling thrived in a once-fabulous casino. The writer visits exiled royals Carol and Magda Lupescu and notes the expensive cruzeiro currency, tipping customs, and Brazil’s anti casino crackdown under Eurico Dutra.
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Quitandinha
Brazil
Bilbo
Taj Mahal
Rio de Janeiro
Carol
Romania
Magda Lupescu
Magda
Roger Wolin
Mike Flynn
Mr. Wolin
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