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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1947
Page
3
BAUKHAGE argues Truman's Monroe Doctrine signals a stark choice for nations between American leadership and Soviet influence. The piece contrasts democratic cohesion under U S policy with competing economic models and warns that allied governments must align with the United States or risk exclusion from postwar influence.
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach urged banning the Communist party but faces opposition from the Congress’s anti red group and Kiplinger Magazine outlines three aims of American Communists revolution, Soviet government, and a classless economy. A life insurance survey shows average U S family protection rising from 1914 to 1945, with 1945 protection near equal to national income.
The column notes a missing illustration meant to accompany remarks on the vanishing whooping crane. Two national magazines ran stories on the bird, with estimates ranging from about a hundred down to 29 individuals. The Fish and Wildlife Service reports fewer than 46 remain, concentrated along the coast of southern Louisiana and Texas.
Floods ravage southern England with evacuations and ruined crops as rivers top 1894 records. In Paraguay, Morinigo issues a war decree. rebels gain border control while government troops push back. Georgia rulings declare Melvin Thompson rightful governor with Talmadge fading from power amid voided bills.
The piece surveys teacher strikes in Buffalo and St Paul and notes Congress has not advanced education funding. It highlights Senator George Aiken’s proposed $100 per pupil floor and mentions opposition from southern senators who fear costs for Black schools. It also covers Truman frontier diplomacy and Hoover FBI files as part of a broader column. The text also references Eisenhower ordering repatriation of American soldiers’ remains in China.
U S government data show farm inventory value of all livestock rising to 11 252 000 dollars in 1946, up 25 percent from 1945 and the highest on record despite a decline in livestock numbers. Cattle hogs sheep chickens and turkeys priced per head climbed to new highs while feed grain stocks were near record levels.
A reader’s handwritten note urges immediate doctor contact for a cut hand and step by step wound care with soap, water, peroxide, and hot epsom salt baths. It promotes a Home Nurse booklet No Bt from Weekly Newspaper Service for 25 cents, listing contents on contagions, pregnancy care, post operation care, and emergencies.
A young couple takes their infant to a cinema where the manager warns them to quiet the child or leave. The baby quiets, the feature drags on, and the husband jokes for a punchline as the couple endures the tedious film.
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