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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1949
Page
4
In a renewed fight over senate rules, a 15 day filibuster on curbing debate persisted as Republicans and Truman Democrats clash over a compromise. Leaders caution that southern opposition and Barkley rulings complicate passage of any rules change affecting civil rights legislation.
John L Lewis urged more than 400000 coal miners to halt work for two weeks to memorialize killed and injured miners and to pressure stockpiled coal reductions. Railroads faced payroll losses, while miners risked millions in wages. unemployment claims posed state hurdles amid Easter preparations.
The administration faces a stalled rent control program as Congress debates a 15 month extension and home rule. If the Senate accepts the House version, rent boards may decide relaxations, while federal rent administrator Tighe Wood warns against weak penalties and lack of recontrol power. He doubts widespread lifting of controls across counties. A housing emergency could rise if the Senate acts and lacks criminal penalties for landlords or hotel recontrol authority.
A housewife notes bread prices stay high despite drops in wheat and flour. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Maybank says a broad price investigation, including bread, is ready to go with data requests to government agencies. The aim is to explain why consumer prices stay elevated while farm prices fall.
Kiplinger magazine ponders a future war scenario with the United States as the initial target. The piece cites air strikes on multiple cities at night, atomic attack potential, and lists priority targets including Augusta Maine and Rapid City South Dakota bases, New York City, Washington DC, Detroit, Chicago, Hanford, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, and eastern seaports.
Martin Larson a 41 year old truck driver from St Paul Minnesota is named the trucking industry's driver of the year for an 18 year accident free record and a rescue of a motorist trapped in a toppled car during below zero weather in the event.
The article discusses Soviet moves and American cautions amid Kremlin uncertainty, noting past intelligence limits. It recounts Rep. Thomas L. Blanton’s 1921 censure for obscene Congressional Record material and the House actions including Speaker Gillette’s rebuke, with Blanton briefly collapsing after the censure vote.
Retiring Defense Secretary James Forrestal ends a three year silence on biological warfare. He warns against underestimating its potential while denying any secret biological super weapon exists. He notes research shows germs or their poisons could be used as weapons, ending wartime secrecy on the topic.
The Custom Tailors Guild of America lists ten top dressed men across fields such as government sports comedy society education and business. Dean Acheson tops the government category with Truman narrowly behind, praised for attire reflecting aggressiveness and poise.
FBI chief Edgar Hoover reported that major crimes last year neared 1.69 million, about three times higher than minutes in a report on the nation’s 1940s crime record. He estimated about 1,686,670 major law violations, a serious crime for roughly every 18.7 seconds, marking a rise of 1.8 percent from 1947.
Colonial era carpentry guide explains making a bench from one ten foot board. The pattern No 17 provides steps to trace, saw, and assemble a bench with varying leg counts for lengths and uses beside a fireplace or as a coffee table. Send 25 cents for pattern No 23 to East-Bird Pattern Co Pleasantville NY.
An ancient civilization in Peru dating from about 200 B C to 200 A D built stone structures with workmanship rivaling the Egyptian pyramids. The discovery suggests advanced masonry and planning.
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