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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1949
Page
9
Editor notes a Western Union column denouncing a pact while addressing England's austerity and U S steel opposition to a Truman plan. The piece frames the weekly analysis with terse commentary on foreign policy and domestic economic tension.
John Foster Dulles in his first speech as a U S senator urged ratification of the North Atlantic pact rebuking Taft and others. He argued the treaty imposes no binding arms program or special claims on any member and does not force self defense alone by each signer. Flanders and Lucas voiced cautions on arms commitments while Cripps warned Britain faces austerity as U S and Canada cut spending. Union leaders vow to curb the London dock strike as troops aid cargo movement.
The nations steel industry majors accepted President Truman's peace plan under protest, averting a nationwide strike as a fact finding board will study postwar wage, pension, and insurance disputes. U S Steel urged limits on board powers while unions postponed a walkout at four companies. House and Taft Hartley act implications noted. A new cancer growth yardstick using blood compounds was reported by UC doctors West and Hilliard.
Rep Shafer of Michigan urged President Truman suspend Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan after two other generals Herman Fieldman and Alden H. Waitt were suspended amid a senate probe of Army contract handling. Shafer cited Vaughan’s implication in the same case but gave no specifics. The action stems from a broader inquiry into five percent profiteering in government contracts.
President Truman warns that selfish interests pressing for budget cuts could plunge the nation into depression and calls for maintaining a $42 billion budget. He defends current spending, warns against further reductions, and urges avoiding a downward economic trend despite layoffs and higher unemployment.
Dr. Robert M. Hutchins at the Goethe Bicentennial Convocation in Aspen argues for a world union of men of good will and world government to avert disaster. He warns against tribal patriotism, urges peaceful Russia dialogue, and calls for a civilization of dialogue inspired by Goethe. He notes leisure misused, technology’s emptiness, and the peril of war with atomic age consequences.
Airliner with New York to California route crashed in the Santa Susana mountains near Chatsworth California. Among the injured was actress Caren Marsh. Reported death toll up to 25 with 18 hurt as pilot warned of a violent fight aboard just before impact.
Science notes at McGill University Montreal explore gas turbine engines as smoother flight propulsion. The turbine, a modern version of the mill wheel, uses many small blades driven by hot gas produced when fuel is burned with atmospheric air compressed by a blower.
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals in New York rules that defendants Gus Hall Harry Astin and Gilbert Green must stay jailed for the remainder of the conspiracy trial between court seasons. The federal judge Harold F. Frera ordered continued confinement amid contempt findings.
An appeals court upheld the out trial in jail verdict amid eight codefendants and high party figures who remain on bail. Defense argued sentences were indefinite due to unknown length, but the circuit court rejected this plea and imposed the sentence.
A column explores how reflexes fade with age in boxing and baseball greats like Dempsey Louis and Williams. It contrasts instinctive timing with physical speed, noting punch timing shifts and the hunger that fuels champions, while a wit references hungry careers versus overfed modern fighters.
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