Diplomatic stumble on Vinson Moscow trip aborted
A planned Vinson visit to Moscow to discuss atomic control sparked swift opposition from state department officials and President Truman quickly backed away. The episode drew criticism from Governor Dewey and highlighted tensions between personal diplomacy and established U.S. policy toward Russia after World War II.
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Truman
Fred Vinson
Moscow
Kremen
Trussian
Vinson
Russia
State Department
Robert Lovett
George Marshall
Atlantic
Paris
Thomas Dewey
Dewey
New York
U.S
United Nations
Kremlin
U. S
Europe
Does Stalin murder of Zhdanov end war threat?
An anonymous diplomat at the U N in Paris says there will be no war soon because Stalin had Andrei Zhdanov murdered. The piece explains Zhdanov pushed for war, Stalin countered, and Moscow's tactics shift to keep Berlin talks out of the U N agenda. Western powers show no intent to restart direct negotiations with Russia.
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Russia
U. N
Paria
Stalin
Peace Party
Andrei Zhdanov
War Party
Zhdanov
Politburo
Molotov
Kremlin
Yugoslavia
U. S. State Department
Berlin
Truman
Moscow
U. S
Britain
France
White House to undergo major reconstruction next year
A structural survey indicates sagging 132 year old White House will need large scale repairs costing potentially up to a million dollars funded by U S taxpayers. Officials say the executive mansion fails to meet code standards and requires substantial upgrades to stabilize and restore its facade and interior.
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White Hou
White House
America
Reynelda
Churchill Warns Western Unity Against Soviet Threats At Convention
Churchill, at Llanidloes Wales, warns Britain and the West to harden against Soviet expansion. He urges a final settlement only after Russia releases satellite states and prisoners, while warning against false hopes of settlement with Soviet Russia. The piece notes U S hiring of aliens for a 27 million dollar information program and debates on overseas staffing.
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Churchill
Llandudno
Wales
Winston Churchill
Lme
United States
U. S
Western
Europe
Russia
Austria
Germany
Submarine Tigrone to Become First Radar Picket Vessel
The Navy announced that the submarine Tigrone, taken from the reserve fleet and converted into the first radar picket submarine, would be commissioned in November to operate radar eyes and detect hostile planes along remote polar sea approaches.
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Navy
Tigrone
Rockford prankster ties up police with wild calls
In Rockford Illinois a telephone prankster caused chaos by ordering seven firms to harass a resident. An undertaker arrived for a supposed corpse while two painters, a water department worker, a lumber firm with a ton of coke, a landscaping crew with dirt, and a sanitary district truck with fertilizer all showed up early morning.
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Rockford
Ill
City Water Department
Lonely Dog Keeps Faithful Watch for Absent Owner
A yellow and white dog sits by the highway near Avery Nebraska each evening around five, waiting for a master who has abandoned him. Passersby stop, the dog scampers to greet them, then returns to his vigil as neighbors leave scraps from a distance. The dog remains near the road, within about 300 feet, awaiting the owner's return despite not being able to reach him.
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Avery
Omaha
T. A. On
Neal
Chamist Debunks Food Theories as Nonsense in Lecture
Allentown PA reports Prof Albert P Sy of the University of Buffalo declares common food myths false. He says eating only one or raw foods, onion liver remedies, lettuce insomnia cure, garlic arteries, spinach muscles, and brain hair skin eye foods are baseless. Overweight stems from overeating and poor digestion. external remedies, massage, and drugs are useless.
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Allentown
Albert P. Sy
University of Buffalo Chemistry Department
American Chemical Society
Amish farmer fined for not sending son to school in Michigan
Three Rivers Michigan An Amish farmer Sem Bontrager paid a $50 fine to avoid a 60 day jail term after he refused to send his 14 year old son Reuben to high school. He was freed but could face arrest again with three other Amish men who received similar notices. Justice J L Van Selous noted similar actions against others in the sect.
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Three Rivers
Mich
Sem Bontrager
Reuben
Bontrager
J. L. van Selous
Germany to Handle All Radio Messages From Reich to U S
Berlin reports the German post office now handles all radiotelegraphic messages between Germany and the United States via radioteletype. Only Press Wireless will remain to manage American press, radio, and radiophoto traffic. Deutsche Post will send and receive with New York from its Frankfurt am Main station. Two way radioteletype service between the points was recently installed.
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Germany
Reich
U. S. -Berlin
German Post Office
Deutsche Font
United States
Only Press Wireless, Inc
Deutsche Post
New York
Frankfurt On Main
Practical Household Fixes From an Old Text
Cleaning tips and simple hacks for home care include storing a small hand brush bristle side up in a soap dish to keep it full of soap, using drinking straws to support short flower stems, doubling glass curtain hems to extend life, rubbing yellowed cutlery handles with peroxide on a damp cloth, drying small glass panes with a rubber-edged plate scraper, and greasing waxed paper to prevent frosting from sticking when wrapping cupcakes.
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