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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1949
Page
8
Weekly analysis notes President Truman's push for a welfare department while NSLI dividends for veterans loom. The column cites a broad agreement among the Big Four on an Austrian pact and offers opinion from the newspaper union’s analysis column.
President Truman urged a broad government reorganization including a new department of welfare with a cabinet rank head. He outlined six other streamlining measures to improve efficiency and reduce costs over time. Veterans of World War II face $2.8 billion in life insurance dividend refunds starting next January, averaging $175 per veteran or heirs. Critics on Capitol Hill pressed for an earlier payout date, arguing overcharges.
Congress approved funds for White House work in a 671 million dollar government obligations bill. A one word Senate-approved amendment would let a six man commission decide if a separate residence for the first family should be built alongside the White House. The four power foreign ministers conference ended with partial accord on Austrian independence and east west Germany relations. Russia pressed for changes, claiming 150 million dollars in Austrian assets, and opposed Yugoslavia’s Tito on Austria. Despite progress, U.S. officials remained cautious, noting the Austrian treaty as a substantial forward step and saying ground in Germany was unchanged.
A new toothpaste using water soluble chlorophyll derivatives is announced by Dr Gustav W Rapp and B F Gurney at the university dental school. The product, touted as a preventive against tooth decay, claims chlorophyll provides unusual powers to fight decay.
Visitors from across the nation and abroad converge on Aspen California for the Goethe Bicentennial convocation and music festival June 27 to July 16. Albert Schweitzer will headline a roster of scholars statesmen and artists reexamining Goethe in the atomic age. The festival pairs lectures with monumental and contemporary music inspired by Goethe.
Postwar demand softening and cost of living concerns frame a clash between Ford and the United Automobile Workers. Ford bids to freeze wages for 18 months to stabilize the economy, while the union seeks pegged wages to living costs. A showdown looms as both sides weigh firm stands against rising labor costs.
Widespread mystery surrounds the federal indictment of Preston Tucker and five others on mail fraud conspiracy to violate securities laws. Tucker counters claiming the Securities and Exchange Commission halted Tucker car production, which planned a rear motor.
Harvard officials refused to participate in a Communist hunt, citing dangers to academic freedom and integrity. The university stressed that American freedom is its true glory and that harassment or intrusive surveillance would be wrong.
House Republicans signaled fatigue over federal housing policy and promised a new bill to replace the administration program. The plan would favor privately owned homes with some low rent properties and would in effect adopt most slum clearance ideas of the admin.
An air force B 17 conducted an experimental photographic flight over Manhattan to test a new night illuminating device. Cartridges produced brief sky flashes far shorter and dimmer than expected, disappointing spectators. Cameras aboard captured the moment as a red ball appeared from the plane followed by the flash and a faint explosion.
In Fostoria Ohio workers watch a new resistor spark plug tester that screens millions of plugs at high speed. The device uses two turntables and three bins to sort plugs by low, high, or correct resistance, with rejects returned for correction. The curious machine runs like a pinball or juke box as it parts plugs by precise electrical standard.
Brien McMahon, chair of the joint congressional atomic energy committee, says no alarm over 220 grams of uranium found in Mexico City. FBI tests indicate raw uranium, not refined U-236, and investigations continue. Cylinder was two and a half inches long, one inch in diameter, found with a Mexican detainee. Authorities suspect theft from a U.S. lab.
Former Congressman Harold Youngblood won a court dispute over a pound of fat from a steak sale. He claimed an overcharge of seven cents after weighing 16 ounces at home versus 17% ounces stated by the store. A store official presented a fat sample to the referee, disputing the weight.
A wartime reflection ties naval peril to a Psalm of deliverance aboard a carrier near the Philippines. The piece links Psalms 120 to 134 with the Hebrews marching to Jerusalem and argues that singing unites a nation, blending patriotism with religion across cultures. It promotes church singing as vital to faith and national unity.
Fatigue is a common cause of low mood with no clear reason. Regular, quality sleep on good bedding improves mood over time. If low mood persists, consult a doctor for assessment and care.
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