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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1950
Page
3
The weekly analysis discusses President Truman's outline for peace without appeasement and warns that the Korean situation remains severe. An editor's note attributes opinions to Western Newspaper Union as not necessarily this paper's stance.
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee wrap five day conference endorsing a ten point statement. They pledge continued aid to non Communist Southeast Asia and united action against aggression, with no appeasement and a stronger North Atlantic defense posture.
U S eighth army pulls back to positions below the 38th parallel near Seoul while the first marine division and British forces reach Hamhung after a 50 mile retreat in freezing weather. Casualties are estimated at up to 6000 for the marines as observers weigh possible moves including a new defense line or Inchon Seoul beachhead and possible evacuation. General MacArthur warns stiffer Chinese pressure ahead unless political steps or stronger Allied forces halt the attack. Communist China’s intentions remain unclear with the UN unsure if the Reds will halt at the 38th parallel.
The Senate approved a 90 day extension of federal rent control with House ratification anticipated. The measure continues controls in communities that kept them through June 30 and matches President Truman’s request to delay broader rent policy decisions until next year.
At the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Dallas Texas Federation President Allan B Kilee said price control does not curb inflation. Howard Hill Iowa Farm Bureau president cited polls showing opposition to rationing. H H Alp head of poultry division said advisory committee recommends no price ceilings or rationing.
Observers warn that even if war is avoided in 1951, Americans face higher living costs with probable 6 percent price increases. Food remains plentiful but dear, nylon goods scarce, housing furnishings poorer, auto output down, gasoline quality lower, more jobs yet longer hours, higher taxes, stricter consumer credit, and an overall lower standard of living on austerity.
Harry Gold, 40, admitted passing vital defense and atomic data to Soviet agents in a espionage case. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison after a U S court trial. Gold lamented the harm to his country and loved ones and praised his fair trial. The article also notes a Commerce Department forecast of $4 8 billion in 1951 capital outlays, a new quarterly and yearly high, boosted by postwar expansion and wartime demand.
The Northwestern National Life Insurance company reports 442,970 Americans killed in automobile accidents over the past fourteen years, a toll higher than all U S wars combined. Cars have injured 13 times as many as wounded in all U S conflicts.
The poem commonly sung on New Year's Eve is not solely Burns work. It traces to older Scottish lyrics, with verses printed before Burns and later attributed to Sempill and Joun. Burns popularized it, and the song embodies nostalgia and the wish to share kindness as time moves forward.
For six days each year Tokyo becomes a green forest with pine trees and bamboo at house gates and rope decorations of rice straw. The practice, dating back about 900 years, uses pine for eternity and bamboo for truth and courage, with plum blossoms indoors for virtuous womanliness.
The article notes long held beliefs for good luck and luck avoidance on New Year. It mentions wearing something new on the first day and in parts of England and Scotland it is unlucky to leave a house until an outsider enters.
Scots celebrate Hogmanay starting with St Andrew’s Day as festivities spread from Houston to Hong Kong. The Illinois St Andrew Society imports haggis and heather, while first footing on New Year’s morning brings luck with handsels like oranges or whiskey. Traditional fare includes round shortbread and Black Bun, followed by music and dancing. Vikings influenced Yuletide origins.
The text traces New Year celebrations in Rome to 452 B.C. and explains calendar changes from the Julian to the Christian era. It notes Dionysius’s attempt to anchor the era to Christ’s birth and an chronology error that shifted dates by four years, affecting the 20th century timeline.
The Jour de l An or New Year is described as the gayest day in the calendar of French Canada. It marks family reunions and gift exchanges and is a religious celebration with midnight mass in city churches. Rural areas lack church services to celebrate the new year.
Lorna frets over her husband not coming home. Lana recalls a cure she used with Bob by calling out Is that John at night. The anecdote portrays a humorous home remedy to prompt a late husband.
On his Broadway debut night John Barrymore asks a leading lady to endorse a petticoat ad for a struggling friend. She agrees and signs, unaware the benefactor is Barrymore himself waiting to exit with a sly reveal about the boy’s identity.
A humorous quip about a patient visiting a doctor for memory loss and being asked to pay in advance, highlighting a cynical punchline about medical costs.
A Texas professor claimed Oklahoma is an outlying province of Texas prompting a bold rebuttal from an Oklahoma attendee who declared no state can out lie Texas. The exchange showcased rival regional pride and sharp rhetoric at a Texas convention.
Roving Eyes cites a quip asking why men's eyes resemble sparrows and answers they flit from limb to limb, a playful exchange highlighting light social humor.
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