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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1948
Page
3
Washington analysts discuss the commodity price dip, predicting whether it signals a lasting downturn or a temporary wobble. They note mispredictions by Snyder and others, cite Truman's possible influence, and mention Taft Hartley politics and recency effects shaping public attention.
President Truman asked Congress for 570 million dollars to aid Chiang Kai shek's Nationalist government in China. Administration sources call it a partial measure pressured by Republicans backing Chiang against Communists. The plan aims to fund cereals and imports to free resources for arms, though Communist forces steadily gain.
The senate adopted a 2.5 billion dollar reduction in President Truman’s 1949 budget amid uncertainty about final figures. Republicans anticipate further tax cuts up to 5 billion, while Democrats did not block the move which still awaits House approval. The discussion was brief and critics warned estimates may be inaccurate. Elsewhere Ireland formed an inter party government led by Costello, a coalition of six parties, with uncertain longevity.
The Illinois senatorial contest shows poet Carl Sandburg gaining traction as a potential candidate. Polls suggest he could surpass Democrat Paul H. Douglas and Republican C Wayland Brooks, with supporters praising his character and citizen insight while critics deem him inexperienced and overly idealistic. The poet's own line, The republic is a dream, nothing happens unless first a dream, frames the discussion.
An anthropologist and a psychologist report daytime radio serials like Big Sister bolster female listeners by reinforcing self worth and family roles. They say the shows provide moral guidance and problem solving insights, portraying wives as invincible within the American family.
June Lockhart plans to leave For Love or Money when the tour starts May 30. Eagle-Lion wants her back in Hollywood to discuss her next picture while she leads in T Men with Dennis O Keefe. Water skiing at Lake Arrowhead is her vacation plan after the tour. Red Skelton eyeing Ringling circus tour and behind the scenes 16 mm film. The Heiress rights sold to Paramount for 250000 with Olivia de Havilland set to star. Howard Duff in The Adventures of Sam Spade, Ezra Stone courted for more Broadway direction. Edgar Kennedy hits 500th film milestone in Almost a Millionaire. Parks Johnson and Warren Hull to join Atlantic Fleet broadcast from Alaska to Porto Rico. Danny Thomas shifts to an all girl band on his radio show. Dwight Weist exits We the People after CM duties. Pathe newsreel shows Dwight interviewing the Smith sisters on CBS.
Jack Benny pulls free cigarette perks from sponsors for audiences. Glenn Ford and William Holden begin The Man From Colorado without makeup and darken skin with grease paint after days in sun. Irving Cummings gifts John Sturges’ baby solid gold safety pins once owned by Ethel Barrymore. Bergen plans a summer Sweden vacation.
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