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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1951
Page
2
President Truman proclaims a state of national emergency amid rising global tensions. The article notes Russia threatens Western Europe as editors reflect on wartime policy and domestic response.
President Truman declares a national emergency and calls for higher taxes longer work hours and mass civilian industry mobilization. He orders wage price controls, expands defense output cuts civilian production, and raises taxes while creating the Office of Defense Mobilization led by Charles F. Wilson of General Electric.
More than ten thousand rail yard workers ended a three day strike that halted freight and delayed Christmas shipments. President Truman, federal courts and union officials faced pressure as joint talks at the White House failed to produce a wage settlement. The union sought a 40 hour week paid at the 48 hour rate with prior benefits. a presidential board proposed 40 hours but with a 19 cent raise, while the union demanded 31 cents.
Western Europe faced a new crisis as Soviet notes to Britain and France warned against German rearmament and include Western Germany in an Atlantic pact scheme. Observers debated whether Moscow aimed at provoking conflict while U S Defense Secretary Marshall urged rapid build up to just short of war, noting a single Kremlin word could trigger a holocaust.
The House approved a first installment defense bill totaling 17.8 billion dollars for army navy and air force needs as President Truman requested. The atomic energy commission received 3.4 billion to boost A bomb and H bomb programs. A second preparedness installment was shaping, with a new request for 1.63 billion to replenish stockpiles as House study began.
The UN faced a political stalemate as seen diplomats try to avert a global conflict. Russia demanded removal of all foreign troops from Korea and opposed a cease fire while the assembly created a three man panel to seek truce. Acheson faced Republican ouster pressure but Truman stood by him, hoping to reassure Europe and bolster defenses.
Mrs Wilfian E Brebner of Des Moines shows Duke and Duchess of Windsor a creation named The Thing after a current song. Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill warns western powers against delaying atomic use, arguing you must never fire until you are certain to be dead.
The 1950 International Livestock Exposition drew entries from every state, three territories, and 11 foreign countries. Hoyd Robinson, 19, owned the velvet brown and white Hereford Big Springs Special, which won grand champion and sold for a record 12,300 dollars. A pen of three lambs from Vilas, Wisconsin, weighing 320 pounds sold for 1.25 per pound, while the junior feeding contest winner received the championship cup from the stockyards Kiwanis club.
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