12 Feb 1948
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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1948
Page
1
A columnist argues Americans should aid displaced persons in Europe rather than view them as drains. He notes 95,000 DP farm workers and lists skills in camps, urging use of carpenters, painters, nurses, doctors, and other trained workers to relieve farm and national strains. He questions the cost to freedom and conscience.
A critical outburst analyzing American Communists as a creed and danger. It cites a paragraph from the Communist bible about destroying bourgeois institutions and recalls Elizabeth Gurley Flynn’s role, noting her Daily Worker column and party line observations.
The House opens an election year tax debate with Speaker Martin backing a slash but warning it may fall short of Knutson's 6.5 billion. Debate centers on veto overrides and budget impacts while Mohandas Gandhi is killed by an assassin in Delhi.
A Camden New Jersey cannery worker Cyrus J Waud tells the senate banking committee that inflation means his $50 weekly pay cannot support his wife and six children. He says Americans feel they are just existing under rising prices and shrinking purchasing power. A separate note describes a bacterially treated paper coating for floors and fabrics that traps germs without killing them, aiming to reduce room contamination.
The article notes a record U S birth surge starting in 1945 and continuing into the 1950s boosting the population to about 144 million. It expects bigger markets, more schools and homes, expanded manufacturing, finance, and transit, with peak military potential around 1960 to 1970 as the cohort matures.
Fragmented page lists help wanted ad for agents and stock products, plus livestock tonics, printing service, books, and real estate offer. Includes Blue-Diamond Safe Co address Wichita Kansas and Milton & Camps Denver mail box. Contains multiple product pitches and outdated price cues.
Seeds and plants advertised for home fruit growing including Western Brown peaches apples pears prunes phins apricots cherries walnut vines berries and 700 varieties. Catalog offered with 48 pages and agents wanted. Address Sherwood Oregon.
Wanted to buy and sell office furniture files typewriters adding machines safes cash registers. Salt Lake Desk Exchange located at G23 South State St, Bail Lake City, Utah.
A rancher reports shipping fever in Whiteface calves from several herds. After vaccinating with Hem Sept serum and then adding Penivet penicillin, recovery improves markedly, boosting confidence in Cutter Laboratories products. The note urges keeping Penicillin on hand for emergencies and invites questions.
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