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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1949
Page
1
The article jokes that if President Truman’s bathroom had fallen through the floor the White House would face costly repairs, noting an estimated five million dollars. It quips about the first president to fall between floors and imagines long lasting historical signs marking Truman’s landing.
A fragmented dreamy piece blends sacred imagery of a patient Mosaic life with a playful false scenario of President Truman crashing a White House bathtub. It imagines public reaction, media fever, and a humorous mock timeline from dawn to evening, then shifts to a New Jersey overtime ruling for a night watchman and a quip about Wall Street residence therapy.
Robert Taylor leads Metro’s western slate with Devil's Doorway to begin, The Outriders and Ambush follow, while Hedy Lamarr heads to Copper Canyon at Paramount. Burt Lancaster pursues No Escape after William Tell project in Italy as Stampede uses 2500 cattle in filming. Rod Cameron recalls barking steers during cattle shoot. George Burns confronts laundry mix up over shirts worn by daughter Sandra at school.
A dramatic scene unfolds as a blonde dancer Paula Pauleen leaves the Orpheum with her escorts. A gang in theatrical guise seize the moment in a staged kidnap style, press a note, demand a contract, and force a hurried, noisy escape through backup crowds and a rail line stop.
Paula performs a slow expressive dance to signal an operator. Police arrest eight men and seize the house as Paula’s team, led by Sarge, is escorted to safety after a tense stakeout in the town. Paula’s father was a stallion agent teaching Morse code tapping.
Puzzle shows across and down clues including contest of speed sloping roadway swelling and other terms. Entries like Asiatic country six line stanzas and confluence of clues map to a standard crossword grid with definitions and word lengths.
President Truman warned Congress he may again take his legislative program directly to the people if lawmakers resist. He urged support for his pledges and said he might tour the country to explain how the government is faring, while critics questioned the inflation control plan and its presidential powers. MacArthur said the United States would defend Japan if Soviet forces attack, disputing fears of a Russian move on Japan.
The article surveys General Douglas MacArthur discussing Japan's neutral role in U S defense strategy and speculates on a Soviet attack on Japan versus air power and naval force. It also covers Palomar telescope findings revealing the vast reach of the universe and abundant distant star systems.
A house subcommittee unanimously approves two bills to authorize loans for expanding telephone service to rural areas. The measure, with amendments to protect existing providers, lets the REA issue 35-year loans at 2 percent interest to spur private industry growth in rural phones.
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