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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1949
Page
5
Deep Freeze slows welfare setup proposals as Senate disapproves the program. Taft faces AFL drive while Western Newspaper Union notes opinion columns reflect editorials rather than this paper.
Witnesses testifying about 5 percenters gifts report a freezer sent to Mrs. Truman and others including Chief Justice Vinson and Maj. Gen. Vaughan, raising questions of propriety. AFL plans a million dollar war chest for 1959 campaigns targeting Taft and Donnell, signaling GOP tensions. In Syria a coup ends Zayim rule. a civilian coalition cabinet under Hashim Atassy forms, led by Col. Sami Hennawi.
Senate votes 60 to 32 against creating a cabinet level federal department of welfare. The defeat ends efforts to transform the security agency handling education health and social security into a welfare department, a Hoover commission proposal opposed by Taft and other Republicans.
Vice President Barkley spurs national talk with a widowed beauty queen and town visits while MacArthur remains a PR headache. Readers recall Barkley’s past quips about crowns and granddaughters as they ponder a possible match. The Stalin-Kirk Moscow talk draws mild attention as Kirk delays comment and rates his meeting with Stalin as a courtesy call.
The navy promises pockets in sailors pants by June 1952 after a long delayed complaint dating to 1797. The change also includes replacing the 13-button front with a zipper, with potential additional delays beyond June 1952.
The essay recalls summer and winter rumpus rooms from boyhood such as swimming holes, berry patches, gardens, nuts, and wood piles. It contrasts those simple games with modern technology and reflects on whether today’s youth enjoy greater or lesser recreation. The piece also notes political debate over Tydings arm y cost reductions and Hoover commission views on civilian employee waste.
The National Industrial Conference Board warns the wheat demand is dipping while domestic consumption is steady, and April wheat stocks are at record highs aside from 1942 and 1943. The 1948-49 harvest could be the third largest ever, with the U.S. holding over a quarter of last year’s crop, making farm price support a national problem.
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