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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1952
Page
8
The piece argues the push for public ownership of electric power is a decisive battle affecting freedom. It cites Carl D Thompson and warns that a political electricity monopoly would grant dictatorial government power, erode states rights, and force obedience to Washington, shaping homes farms and industries.
An AP dispatch reports road engineers proved heavy truck loads ruin highways faster. Tests on a Maryland highway show a 22 400 pound axle load cracks cement 6.4 times more than 18 000 pounds, and 44 800 pounds with dual axles cracks 12.3 times as much as 32 000 pounds. Over six months 476 000 trips occurred, funded by 11 state highway departments. The piece argues tax dollars fund repairs and new construction but remain strained, urging swift action to curb truck damage.
The head of a major American oil firm says foreign oil operations have benefited both foreign producers and consumers, earning goodwill for the United States. American investments near 5 billion dollars with 35 billion barrels of reserves and refinery capacity around 1.7 million barrels daily. In Saudi Arabia the Arabian American Oil Company shows profits, taxation, wages, modernization, education, health initiatives, and local respect for customs, framing foreign oil as vital to peace and allied standards of living.
In cartoon form Sherman Rogers Publications asks Maude Murdock to track meat price hikes from 1939 to today. It traces shares of the meat dollar for butchers packers and farmers, finds rising costs and wages, and concludes profits largely stay with the "other fellow" rather than farmers or butchers.
The June 2 decision led by Justice Black holds that the President cannot seize private property without constitutional or statutory authority. It affirms Congress power to authorize takings for public use and cements government as a government of laws, not of men, ending the district court’s stance.
William L. Ryan notes Moscow stores show queues and scarce goods amid propaganda while American shops offer wide choice, no forced display, and freedom to switch to competitors. The piece urges readers to compare conditions and feel glad to live in the United States.
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