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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1949
Page
3
A reflective note contrasts the past with the present asking why a chicken house is now a garage and linking it to high living costs. It implies households shifted from clothespins to laundry bills as everyday life evolves.
The ad touts Camel cigarettes and Prince Albert tobacco as popular gifts for smokers during Christmas. It highlights mild Camels and Prince Albert Ameli as bestsellers, and notes colorful wrapping with built in greeting cards. It urges readers to visit their local dealer who is well supplied.
A reflective note honors the debt men owe to their mothers and, to a lesser extent, to a generous uncle, highlighting familial influence and gratitude across generations.
France and Canada press for an atomic pact while Britain faces labor pace changes. General Motors raises its dividend, setting a new industry benchmark. Editorial note indicates opinions reflect the Western Newspaper Union analysis, not necessarily the paper’s.
France and Canada proposed an atomic pact urging all nations to ban atomic bombs and curb atomic energy with a peace driven framework. The plan sought to override sovereignty ideas and appeal to the Soviet Union while earning mixed support in the UN General Assembly committee.
Stephen M. Alexis of Haiti claimed the first atomic bomb weighed a ton at a United Nations session. He cited a scientist for his data and predicted a smaller bomb within three to four years for smaller nations. Industrial and economic questions dominated debate alongside atomic control talks.
In Moscow Georgi Malenkov warned that Soviet control of atomic bombs would wipe out capitalism in a third world war. He claimed atomic energy in capitalist hands would bring death and asserted the USSR would use it for progress while denouncing U.S. plans to enslave the world.
Pan American’s strato cruiser Westward Ho, captained by Robert D. Fordyce, flew from New York to London in 9 hours 12 minutes aided by a 75 mph tailwind. The Great Circle route yielded about 385 mph average with 21 passengers and 10 crew. A day earlier a Pan American flight had reached London in 9 hours 21 minutes, beating the old record by 20 minutes.
An old advertisement extols Nu Maid margarine with a new package claiming smoother spreading and churned flavor. It offers payment of $5 to Christene Proper for a published saying and invites readers to send Grandma at 109 East Pearl Street, Cincinnati 2, Ohio.
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