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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1951
Page
8
Government issues stowgap order freezing all wages and prices. AEC conducts atomic experiments. Editor notes comment on Opinion Wranters and Newspaper Union's atheists, with focus on readers and public reaction.
Government issues a stopgap wage and price order to halt the wage-price spiral. The measure freezes many prices while exempting essentials like food at certain stages, halting hundreds of bargaining talks, and promising industry specific ceilings and a forthcoming flexible wage policy. Allied nations move toward greater economic cooperation as Pleven meets Truman in Washington.
Residents of Las Vegas Nevada forty miles from the test range grow irked as three atomic explosions occur. Witnesses report a tremendous white flash followed by an orange glow while windows shake houses tremble and burglar alarms sound. The final blast is seen in Boulder City sixty five miles away.
The article notes an unexpected lull on the Korean front after Chinese pressure eased and UN probing attacks failed to contact main Communist forces. Uncertainty surrounds whether Chinese troops were hurt enough to end major attacks, with rumors of severe cold and disease and reports China would not fight below the 38th parallel.
Senator Robert Taft of Ohio urges Republicans to confront Truman on appeasement of Russia and Communist sympathy as the 1952 campaign shapes up. The House Armed Services Committee delays drafting 18 year olds, with talk of raising the age to 30 and other changes to expand or modify conscription. Four hundred economists urge higher taxes and tighter controls, arguing defense needs trump price wage policies and calling for a cash surplus through tax increases and credit restriction.
A garbled news item notes traffic deaths in the United States nearing 1,000,000 by January end, claiming about 968,000 to 969,000 lives with serves highlighting the toll versus war casualties and injuries since 1900. The text is unclear and partially repetitious.
British housewives protested a drastic fresh meat price cut that reduced the ration to about a bite a day. The measure, the third in three months, sparked grumbling as price controls failed to ease the burden.
A reflective piece contrasts the glory of mystical experiences with daily acts of service. It argues true Christianity blends both, drawing on Jesus as the example who combined high moments with active duty. The essay notes the tension between inner rapture and everyday obligation, urging a integrated life.
Readers are instructed to mail twenty cents for each pattern to the Needlecraft Department at P O Box 8740 Chicago 8 11 Please print plainly the pattern number your name and address with zone on the form to accompany the pattern request
A humorous page shows exchanges from a judge and prisoner over a ten day or twenty dollar fine, a playful banter with a grandmother and fair ride, a hotel clerk spelling a name, a tainted testimony dispute, and a hat tipping joke among Harry and Larry with Harold’s hat.
Classifieds describe multiple acreage offerings including an 980 acre Texags cotton farm with irrigated area, asking $125 per acre plus terms and improvements, plus additional farms of 19, 53 acres priced around $3,000 to $17,000. Mentions Delco plant, Benson Minn, and proximity to Waverly, Iowa.
Opening for experienced salesmen to expand dealer networks in livestock feeds. Positions require over thirty, strong prospecting and commission earnings. Includes direct mail and radio advertising support, interviews by Mr. Lou Thomassen, and field travel to build territory with Geerlings Feed Mills, Watertown Wisconsin, plus miscellaneous listings for lockers, restaurant refrigerators, mahogany wood, at various locations.
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