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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1948
Page
4
Washington readers are urged that anti military propaganda distorts youth view of service while exemptions and deferments shape who must serve. The piece notes college routes and reserves reduce drafted numbers and argues leadership and discipline fuel national responsibility amid a shifting postwar morale.
The United Nations truce in Palestine collapsed as both sides prepared to resume fighting. Bernadotte failed to bridge the gap, Arabs rejected his revised partition plan, and Israel accepted only an extension. In Washington, Truman signed a farm price support bill extending subsidies for 15 months beginning January 1, 1950, while criticizing Congress for broader rural reforms. The measure maintains price supports at current levels with cotton at 90 percent of parity and five other staples at the same rate. The Marshall Plan aid totals for the quarter reached 762,747.40 dollars in recovery shipments to Europe and China, with unspent funds to be used later.
Berlin faces intensified East West deadlock as Soviet Berlin bloc proposes a new constitution and two year plan linking Berlin to the Soviet zone while Western leaders push for a West German federal government. Power cuts hit Western sectors as coal arrives by air. Dewey contemplates tasks for a potential presidency, including personnel reshuffles and a coordinated policy program across federal departments. Consumer price index climbs to record highs in May, with purchasing power for the guitar at 61.4 cents in 1923 dollars, down from April and June.
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