Four Nations Meet to Forge European Peace Amid Turbulent Talks
An editorial views the Big Four Washington London Moscow Paris as they seek peace treaties to heal Europe. It warns Trieste’s fate, shifts in Yugoslavia, and Russia’s aims dominate talks, while predicting limited hope for a lasting accord. The piece argues force and a shared moral evolution, not mere disarmament, are needed to end conflict.
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Britain
Russia
France
United States
Europe
Trieste
Baruch plan for world atomic control aims to end war
George E. Sokolsky argues the Baruch proposal creates an international authority over all atomic resources and processes, with global inspection rights and swift punishments. It would require Russia to open its curtain, possibly allowing foreign oversight of fission plants, potentially ending future wars.
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George E. Sokolsky
United Nations
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Mr. Baruch
Iron Curtain
Soviet Russia
Russia
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Tax Dollars and City Revenue Study
A discussion on Certified Accountant Law ton's city report notes water sales yielding 38.9 percent of expendable income, real estate tax 20.3 percent, with indirect sources making up the rest. It questions water rate burdens, warns voters, and mentions plans for indirect income and gas tax sharing pending referendum.
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Certified Accountant
Lawton
Department For the General Fund
Union Crook Buys Estate By Westbrook Pegler
Benjamin Pross a union boss with multiple criminal convictions buys a Lake Mahopac New York estate for 26500 April 29. The piece links Pross to racketeering postures with unions and notes past frauds and prosecutions including Scalise case and Dewey prosecution. It details threats to workers, manipulation of contracts, and Pross influence within several unions along with a noted real estate purchase and official scrutiny.
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
Benjamin Pross
American Federation of Labor
Lake Mahopac
Putnam County
N. Y
George Scalise
Capone
Ridgefield
Conn
Scalise
Tom Dewey
Press
Department of Justice
Deeds
City of
Samuel di Falco
Pross
Ruth Sorimer
Herman R. Whicek
Broadway
Wine, Liquor, and Distillery Workers’ Union
City Auditors Report Highlights Budget Priorities
The document calls for parking meters as a new income source and stresses studying the city budget for the coming year. It recommends prudent spending and clear accounting to city administrators. The report details the General Fund Water Fund Postwar Reserve Bond Redemption Fund.
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General Fund Water Fund
Postwar Reserve
Calls for Truth in International Affairs Amid War Talk
A U.S. senator claims Army and Navy officials warned Congress of a possible war with Russia, citing industrialists pushing for conflict. The piece notes skepticism about defense budgets and draws links to Communist influence, USSR treaties, and UNO diplomacy, with broader commentary on patriotism and truth in policy.
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U. S
Claghorn
Army
Navy
Russia
Truman
Iran
China
Moscow
Mall Street
George Foster Dulles
Glen Taylor
Idaho
George Donert
Senator Gossett
Austin
Ed Stettinius
UNO
Stettinius
Poland
King Features Syndicate
Government turns surplus potatoes into whisky blend profits
Washington Scene notes a government plan to sell 6 to 9 million potato bags to distillers over six months at a loss of about 9 million dollars while collecting 141.75 million dollars in alcohol taxes. The piece frames it as a net gain and cites Senator Thomas C. Hart at a Sharon garden party as a closing anecdote.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Thomas C. Hart
Connecticut
Sharon
World Cattle Numbers Shift After World War II
Preliminary 1946 figures show North America and Europe lose cattle since 1945 start while the Soviet Union gains about 3.7 million. North American losses around 2 million and European losses about 6 million, with little change elsewhere. World cattle totaled 710 million at 1945 start, down 2 million from 1944 and 13 million below 1936–40 average.
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Russia
North America
Europe
Soviet Union
United States Department of Agriculture
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
Germany
Foreign Commerce Weekly
Ocean gold claim sparks tax debate
The Christian Science Monitor notes a statistic that oceans hold enough gold to reward every Earth inhabitant with 15000 dollars, but extraction costs make it impractical. The piece adds that withholding taxes wouldn’t have preserved much of the value anyway.
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Earth
Christian Science Monitor
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