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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1949
Page
3
Sewing circle patterns feature a casual two piece dress in bright cotton with a slanted closing and novelty button. The design includes a peplum, ricrac trim, and a back sash, pattern No. 8354 in sizes 2 to 6 years with 2 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric for size 3.
In Salisbury, Capt. and Mrs. Bertie Celliers, Rhodesian hunters, spotted an elephant stampede. They slept atop a knoll, hung a mosquito net, left rifles 30 yards away, and awoke to a bull charging. Entangled in the net, the elephant dashed toward them, then fled with its herd as the couple escaped 18 miles.
An old fashioned backyard picnic idea describes a sturdy dining table that seats the whole family and can stay outdoors year round. It highlights the satisfaction of turning lumber into a useful outdoor piece and invites readers to join the growing hobby of at home woodworking.
A description states a train six times the distance from New York to San Francisco could be loaded. The train would comprise two million cars, each carrying 25 tons, illustrating immense scale of rail capacity.
Free catalog promotes the most complete selection of square dance records and an instruction manual. Listed with DEIBEL INC and J. Louis, the text advertises a free square dance catalog and manual.
Weekly News Analysis reports critics calling the Atlantic Pact a war breeder while President Truman denounces economic gloom. A committee cuts ERP funding amid broader postwar policy debates affecting Western allies and recovery programs.
Senator Robert Taft leads a GOP opposition to Senate approval of the Atlantic pact linking Western allies in a mutual defense clause. He warns the treaty could trigger an arms race and war while suggesting reservations on arming commitments might save peace.
The president in his congressional address frames the economy as a orderly retreat from inflation and opposes a major tax rise. He proposes tax cuts for past losses and higher estate and gift taxes while rejecting a new four billion dollar tax plan. The analysis notes deflationary risks and weak markets since January.
Attorney General Tom Clark testifies to a House Judiciary subcommittee attacking monopolistic practices. He calls economic power concentration an economic blackjack and argues the economy must stay free and competitive rather than private regimentation. He rebuts three common assumptions about competition, size, and quality.
Chicago university professor Robert C. Woellner says at least half of adults are mis placed or could have been better placed with modern vocational methods. He links misplaced work to social unrest high divorce rates and mental illness in the United States.
Washington dispatches report rental dwellings are being removed from control at an average of 9,300 per day since the new rent law began April 1. Officials say most decontrols miss large cities, with 14 million units still under controls. By June 30, 551 defense rental areas covered 1,047 counties with over 95 million people. If the pace lasts, critics would be pleased.
Walter Reuther secured a third term as United Auto Workers president amid a push by right-wing union factions. Delegates backed him as Ford opposed wage hikes and argued for keeping wages steady with cost of living. Reuther’s new term runs until April 1951 and aims to sustain full employment through rising consumer purchasing power.
CIO President Philip Murray warned of a potential strike by about half a million steelworkers after fruitless government talks and a reported complete deadlock with reconciliation director Cyrus Ching. The situation was described as critical.
A man rushes into a barber shop asking for a shave. The barber is lathering when the man demands a shave from the barber. The barber explains he has a partner who shaves. The man’s partner has gone to a funeral and will return soon. The joke ends with the barber reveal that the paying customer’s partner is the man who just attended the funeral.
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