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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1948
Page
3
The Salerno medical school traces its origins to the ninth century as a school of medicine and rose in the eleventh century to become one of Europe’s most renowned medical schools.
Truman wraps up political road show as the Senate and House conclude a long session. Analysts review legislation, legislative battles, and political fatigue shaping postwar policy in a turbulent period.
The 80th Congress adjourned amid fatigue to end a busy session that pushed through farm legislation a peacetime draft housing displaced persons and atomic energy measures. President Truman vetoes shaped policy, while Republican leaders kept options open to reconvene later this year.
President Truman returned to the White House after traveling thousands of miles across the country in a political pilgrimage. He criticized Congress as feuding and declared voters must act in November, warning they may “stew in your own juice” if the public does not change the balance of power.
The UN mediator Bernadotte pursued terms while the United States deployed three destroyers to the Mediterranean to supervise the armistice. At Lake Success thirty permanent UN guards and twenty volunteers began patrolling to enforce order as the truce entered its second week.
Battleships New York and Nevada, survivors of the Bikini atomic tests, are scheduled to be sunk this month as targets in Pacific fleet exercises. The war veterans will be towed 50 miles south of Honolulu to serve one last mission testing weapons and tactics.
Evidence of recurring cannibalism in French Equatorial Africa prompts a French colonial campaign to end the practice. Authorities impose hard labor penalties to deter offenders and break witch doctors influence who profit from annual human sacrifice rituals.
The American Meat Institute notes a high eater to edible ratio as wartime losses and last year’s poor corn crop shrink animal supplies. Experts expect only a year of recovery after good crops in 1948, despite near record incomes and rising population driving persistent demand for beefsteaks pork chops and bacon.
The April clampdown on shipments to Russia raises an unfavorable U S balance with the Soviet Union with imports surpassing exports by 12 5 million. Moscow ships manganese and chrome valued at 1 3 million while U S imports hit a yearly high. Sen Arthur Capper 83 ends bid for re election after 30 years in the Senate.
French officials discuss modernizing the Maginot Line as a defense against the Red Army and even repurposing fortifications as atomic bomb shelters. U S military analysts note the line is outmoded by mobile warfare, a view dating before World War I.
Washington diary recounts a reforming dream of diplomacy, a meeting with John Watson Foster, and a shift from ambition to deadlines. The narrator recalls an era pre World War I Washington, embassies, and the National Press Club as he charts a life along the back doors of diplomacy and journalism.
The country lies 2,600 miles north to south while averaging only about 100 miles across between the Andes and the Pacific.
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