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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1947
Page
2
Berlin reports a public opinion poll revealing a revival of nationalism among Germans. Ninety percent of respondents said no German leader or party would sign a peace treaty admitting collective war guilt. The survey shows universal opposition to revising frontiers, with eastern areas to Poland rejected as vital to the German economy.
A bundle of six letters mailed March 2, 1930 from Yonkers to Bronxville, five miles away, will be sent after an interruption of over 17 years. The letters were found tied in a string tucked among rafters at Yonkers station of the New York Central railroad.
Jun ius Wood reports that an international Lenin school in Moscow trains foreigners in factory sabotage bomb making kidnaping train wrecking and other violence. He claims up to 800 disloyal Americans have been returned to the United States and urges FBI and State Department scrutiny.
A physician warns of starvation in Britain and Germany and other nations suffer as well. The author urges Americans to aid through CARE the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, sending ten dollar food and blanket packages to specified European countries and the United Kingdom.
A general postal rate revision, first since 1879, would raise revenue and increase parcel post rates by about 30 percent while lifting second class newspaper mailing scales by roughly 30 percent. Local first class rates would stay at three cents beyond July 1, and new rates would take effect 60 days after enactment. The piece also notes Fed economists predicting price adjustments and inflation controls amid a rebounding economy, citing the battleship Oklahoma’s WWI and Pearl Harbor story as a broader era symbol.
Thousands of university students in Shanghai Nanjing and Peiping defy Chiang Kai-shek with a general strike demanding an immediate end to the civil war. About 25 000 students from 16 universities seek reforms from grading standards to higher government living allowances amid protests and clashes.
U S Department of Agriculture warns that ongoing foreign crop losses will keep the world food situation critical for the 1947 48 crop year. Gains in principal producers will be offset by declines in importing nations, prompting more grain movement in international trade.
Reader asks about White House marriages and presidents who died there. It notes Grover Cleveland wed Frances Folsom in the White House in 1886 and asks about which presidents died in the residence. It also questions cabinet succession rules and advertises the Know Your Government booklet for 25 cents.
A health note suggests avoiding harsh laxatives by drinking juice from one Sunkist lemon in a glass of water first thing after rising. It claims lemon water stimulates normal bowel action, boosts vitamin C intake, fights fatigue, aids digestion, and can energize the day for ten mornings.
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