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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1948
Page
3
Inflation remains strong with upward wage pressures and near peak national income. Government spending on aid and preparedness will push dollars into circulation, sustaining competition for scarce goods. Retailers have cut margins and cut overhead to curb inflation, but no broad price drop to 1941 levels is expected.
An analysis details the economic toll of a coal strike. It cites nearly 50 million tons of coal left unmined, curtailed foreign policy work, halted automobile production due to steel shortages, and unreleased coal cars for winter. Miner wages fell by over 100 million dollars, welfare funds lost about 5 million, with broader losses across industries and insufficient stockpiles threatening European aid goals. The piece condemns a single leader for leveraging union power over national welfare and warns of continued risk to heating and industry.
The piece surveys wartime anxieties easing from March heights and a shift to domestic politics. It notes Defense Secretary Forrestal’s tempered stance, hints at a five to fifteen year horizon before war, and covers Congress priorities from European aid to tax relief. It weighs 1948 Republican prospects with Stassen, Dewey, Taft, and Eisenhower, and hints at party splits and potential ticket strategies.
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Mr. Truman will defend his budget and seek restoration of price and other controls on some scale. Differences over foreign policy focus on methods rather than broad principles, signaling careful steering of wartime controls and international strategy.
Miss Rachel Bilbrough of Greensboro married Paul Foyle of New York in a June 6 ceremony at the Pilgrim Holiness Church Greensboro. Rev T S Dixon officiated. A reception followed at Ernest Jacobs home with about 35 guests and gifts. The couple will pastor a Pilgrim Holiness Church in New York after Allentown Bible Institute graduation.
Mr. and Mrs. Heath Bowman announce the birth of a daughter at Milford Hospital on May 28. Mother and baby are at home and doing well. Devereaux B. Nashold returned to Bremerton Naval shipyard after leave. Ruth Dixon attended exercises at the U S Naval Academy. Numerous girls camping at Bookers Wharf. Oscar Wyatt and family visited Felton. Baynard, Raver, Smith families visited John Baynard near Washington. Raver undergoing treatment at Walter Reed Hospital and Gale and Brittingham operated on at Memorial Hospital Wilmington. Carol Lee Smith, Goldsboro, spent weekend with grandparents L W Taylor Sr. Doris Karcher dined with Betsy Taylor. Week-end guests included E T Lundberg Rexford NY Hilton Dabson Glasgow Del and Paul Dobson Wilmington. Irvin Brumbaugh and daughter Allen Brumbaugh attended Barbara Brumbaugh’s commencement at Bennett Junior College.
A historical proverb-style note attributes that when a man seeks advice he usually desires flattery, paired with James Russell Lowell’s quip that one thorn of experience is worth a wilderness of warning.
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