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Newspaper
Carrollton Chronicle
Location
Carrollton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1948
Page
5
The item lists Carrollton Texas post office registration details from March 3 1870. It credits Saltor and publisher Nicholas J Sindit with associate Baltor Vivian Perce Sindik. It notes subscription rate One Year two dollars and promises corrections for erroneous reflections upon any firm corporation or individual brought to the editor's attention.
The Dallas Social Security office reports claims for Old Age and Survivors Insurance grew 60 percent from 1944 to 1947. Manager Ernest Tutt states 259 claims were filed in 1947, compared with 2,041 in 1944 and 2,072 in 1945 and 2,881 in 1946. County areas served include Denton Cooke Grayson Collin Rockwall Kaufman Ellis and Dallas.
Editorial notes Claude H. Ames elected to the new post of manager of Carrollton Chamber of Commerce. It urges cooperation among businessmen civic clubs churches city officials and the public to advance the community with cautious steady effort and warns against hurried expansion and mistakes.
A top oil executive argues that government rationing and price fixing would not ease the oil problem. He says such moves would hinder competition, worsen shortages, and stifle the robust postwar oil industry, noting demand remains high and prices modest relative to other goods.
The piece argues against warlike talk amid rising American fear of Russia. It cites David Lawrence and Business Week, urges restrained language, continued aid to allies, and keeping democracy free of government controls while pursuing peace with all nations. It notes strong employment figures and warns fear hysteria harms national policy.
The column discusses President Truman’s hint that price controls may be needed to address a current oil shortage. It recalls wartime oil price controls, wildcat operators’ behavior, and delayed investment in new wells. The piece argues controls hinder expansion, noting impact on vehicles, fuel, and industrial needs while urging restraint on government price power.
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