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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1947
Page
3
Truman signs Greek aid bill as agriculture fund faces cuts. ICC approves a fare increase for trains. Western Newspaper Union releases analysis noting opinions reflect the WNU analysts, not the paper.
The House Appropriations Committee recommended a 32 percent cut in Agriculture funds for the coming year, slashing about 383 million dollars from the White House request. Secretary Clinton Anderson and Democratic lawmakers vow to fight the measure through next year’s elections, warning of harm to soil conservation, price support, veterans and low income programs. The plan would end AAA by July 1, 1948, affecting 3.5 million cooperative farms and payments at half prior levels.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved about a ten percent hike in basic passenger fares for 60 railroads east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. One-way coach rates move from 2.2 to 2.5 cents per mile, sleeping cars from 3.3 to 3.5 cents, with coach round trips up about 15 percent and Pullman round trips up about four percent. The ICC cited a $54 million annual deficit in passenger operations for those lines that sought the new rates.
The aid bill dedicates 400 million dollars to Greece and Turkey to resist Communist influence. The foreign relief bill earmarks 350 million dollars to prevent hunger and disease in Austria Greece Italy Hungary Poland China and Trieste.
The proposal drew sharp criticism from some congressional elements. Opponents argued it charted a national course that would invite widespread disagreement and potential overreach, signaling deep partisan concerns about the measure’s direction.
Real Estate Research Corp president James C. Downs Jr. says substantial housing cost reductions are not supported by current realities. He cites high national debt and demand for American capital abroad as factors, noting the housing shortage is worsening and builders hesitate due to high costs.
Public health officials report the current infantile paralysis situation in the United States appears better than in 1948 though the year is not yet complete. Last year about 25 000 polio cases marked the twelve month period as the second worst in history. The worst was 1916 when 27 363 cases were recorded.
The Moscow radio announced the immediate abolition of capital punishment in Russia citing growing strength patriotism and lasting peace. The report also claimed the international situation favors long lasting peace despite aggressive elements. Herbert Hoover criticized Soviet relief tactics and blamed Moscow for hindering peace treaties and sustaining economic paralysis in Japan and Germany.
Joseph Giknis a 40 year old Brooklyn coal company mechanic crawled into an empty molasses tank car to retrieve a dropped wrench. He became stuck ankle deep in thick molasses requiring six police officers to extract him.
Federal agents seized heroin valued at 1.1475 million dollars in New York as the largest narcotics haul in state history. The 459 ounces were found on the French freighter Saint Tropez after a routine shipboard inspection, linked to a broader smuggling ring and matching a prior seizure from the motor ship John Ericsson. The Ericsson fire caused 1.5 million dollars in damage at its North River pier.
John W. Gannaway of the agriculture department told the international emergency food council that thousands of bushels of potatoes were destroyed as Europe refused them. The U S offered dehydration to ship to Europe at the cost of processing, but foreign governments preferred buying American wheat at six cents a pound. Dehydrated potatoes at 14 cents per pound equate to ten pounds of raw product.
Forty nine Mauthausen guards and foremen were hanged at Landsberg prison yard after an American military court convicted them for the slaughter of more than 700000 people. The executions followed the Dachau trial where 61 Mauthausen guards were convicted. 12 got life terms, 49 were sentenced to death. The two day process involved 22 hangings on day one and 27 on day two.
A revolutionary translucent fabric offers waterproof performance and strength. It resists acids and alkalis and can be laundered easily making it suitable for shower curtains drapes bibs aprons and other kitchen bathroom uses. Separately researchers report mescaline can induce visual hallucinations in neurotic patients aiding schizophrenia study.
In Pittsburgh a three quarter inch magnet on a string drew out a two inch sewing needle from a 16 year old girl who swallowed it. Doctors at the University of Pittsburgh medical school report surgery was deemed impossible due to diabetes.
Pittsburgh reports Millard Wright 38, multiple burglaries, awaiting sentence, undergoes a prefrontal lobotomy to curb criminal tendencies. Surgeons call it a surgical success though mental outcomes remain uncertain. Wright is a father of two facing possible life under the habitual criminal act.
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