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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1947
Page
4
The page surveys postwar topics from Europe to Alabama including France’s stance on communists in Europe, Greece fighting guerillas, and British moves in Palestine. It notes a Birmingham worker’s retirement at 83, Eisenhower’s possible presidency at Columbus University, and local plans for a marine park amid tax and school funding debates.
The article notes Governor James E. Folsom will appear in Decatur on Friday afternoon not to address crowds outside but to speak inside the courthouse. It jokes about the janitor sweeping outside and polishing corridors for the Governor’s visit and wonders where and when he might move.
The piece argues politics is uncertain but a football coach faces constant pressure as a single loss can trigger protests from loyal supporters. It notes football dominates many colleges and questions whether coaching risk equals the danger of a mine dynamite incident.
The Decatur proposal for a Marine Park faces TVA funding gaps. TVA replies that current year budgets lack money but may support in the near future, possibly the fiscal year starting July 1, 1948. The piece notes GOP restraint on federal investment in TVA areas and skeptic outlook.
A tug of war in the Roosevelt administration pitted Leon Keyserling and Clark Clifford against Averell Harriman and Clinton Anderson over inflation controls. Cabinet members argued to soften the president's message as they pored over the speech, meeting twice to haggle text before Congress.
President Truman reads his speech to cabinet members who propose edits led by Averell Harriman and Clark Clifford. Harriman backs voluntary steel controls while opposing general price controls, and the group ends by removing a paragraph on price controls.
President Truman, amid a cabinet deadlock, weighs a Taft inflation paragraph in a speech on price controls. Oscar Chapman marks a Washington Post copy to urge removing the paragraph, arguing Taft’s other proposals align with his. Harriman supports defending controls as cabinet unity, while a separate rail story notes political moves in Rhode Island and calls for whiskey distiller regulation.
The article explains that mild influenza in recent years stems from two viruses Influenza A and Influenza B with recurrence cycles every two to five years. It outlines symptoms treatments vaccines duration of protection and guidance on vaccination during epidemics and for those at high risk. It also includes a Q A on telangiectasia causes and lack of effective treatment.
The president asks for a long range study on continued prosperity a program for higher social security and stabilized wages and price controls to keep American agriculture productive. He requires completion by January 1 and will submit the findings to Congress.
Edward E. Bomar reports a new Panama airfield lease agreement expands U S bases to 14 sites plus Rio Hato long-range bomber base. Ratification by Panama's assembly is pending, as Washington fortifies defenses in the Western Hemisphere within the inter American treaty framework.
During the war the German regime pursued economy by employing relatively low purity oxygen to speed steel production and to synthesize gasoline from brown coal, indicating strategic chemical engineering efforts under wartime constraints.
Westbrook Pegler rails at Orson Welles and Corliss Lamont, praising free thought while blasting perceived Bolshevik sympathies and fortunes. He sketches Lamont family wealth and political ties, contrasts Chaplin’s politics, and muses on class and power amid wartime echoes.
Doctors warn kidneys contain tiny tubes that filter blood and sustain health. Fatigue can disrupt sleep, with symptoms like backache, swelling, and headaches signaling kidney or bladder issues. Doan's Pills are promoted as relief to flush waste and restore rest.
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