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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1949
Page
6
The column reports Senate support for an Atlantic Pact and notes rising unemployment nationwide. It attributes opinions to See Newspaper Union’s analysis, not the paper itself, and flags that editorials reflect collective views rather than official stances.
Senate debate on repealing the Taft Hartley act begins with Chairman Elbert D. Thomas leading administration efforts toward repeal or a compromise. John L. Lewis alleges AFL and CIO betray organized labor, while AFL counters note four administration amendments. Article also covers Article 5 of the NATO pact and plutonium plant comments by Carleton Shugg at Hanford.
Between April and May the United States saw unemployment rise by 273000 to over 3.25 million, a postwar high. The Census Bureau cited seasonal farm activity and a surge of summer job seekers, noting two thirds of the rise traced to high school and college aged youths. Some leaders worry the situation could worsen before improving.
The American Medical Association clamps a gag on Dr Morris Fishbein editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association restricting public comments on the Truman administration health insurance plan and other policy matters. The move preserves the AMA's policy stance while limiting his public statements.
Gordon Gray, a former buck private and current undersecretary, was nominated by President Truman to be secretary of the army. Born in Baltimore and 40, Gray has served 16 months as the department’s procurement and mobilization head, and would be the government’s youngest cabinet secretary. He served three years in the army, rising to captain with the 12th army group in Europe.
A federal appeals court upheld contempt convictions against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers for defying a court order to end the 1948 coal strike. Lewis and miners were fined 1,420,000, with signals they will seek Supreme Court review. The decision cites prior Supreme Court rulings on criminal contempt for disobeying court orders.
Ilse Koch known as the witch of Buchenwald faces new German charges for mistreating Germans at the camp. She had earlier received a four year term from U S forces for unsubstantiated killings and cruelty, and now German officials will review records to determine if she can be tried again.
The United States air force announced success for its new Lockheed F-90 jet fighter after flight tests at Muroc California base. Weighing 26,000 pounds the aircraft climbed to 16,000 feet in ten minutes with further performance details remaining confidential.
Cambridge mass Dr Charles P Fryling of Phillips Petroleum reports a synthetic cold rubber advance may yield tires lasting 76 000 miles Dr Fryling told the Northeastern section of the American Chemical Society at MIT production of 200 000 tons of cold rubber by year end would let synthetic rubber compete with natural rubber efficiency and cost per unit.
Los Angeles report of Reid C. Lewis a 46 year old aircraft inspector who died on the operating table for 15 minutes and was revived after a doctor broke a rib using a Boy Scout first aid method. Lewis revived and later quipped about the incident as his wife and the physician kept details quiet.
NEW ORLEANS delegates from 10 states told the first annual southern states apprenticeship conference that the South needs more skilled labor for industrial expansion. William Patterson of the U.S. Labor Department warned that the nation’s eight million skilled workers shrink by death retirement and field shifts, urging expanded apprenticeship programs and strong union cooperation to sustain building trades and other industries.
In Camunure, Yaracuy state, a dog, a donkey, and a car collided. The dog died under the donkey, the donkey died under the car, with the vehicle heavily damaged. A three-way Solomon-like judgment was planned to apportion compensation among the three owners.
In Louisville Col William Spencer Stone outlines chloromycetin as a shield against typhoid and other enteric diseases during wartime. He notes rising risk if water controls lapse and cites ultraviolet plasma disinfection and university collaboration as key advances. He emphasizes population-wide disease risk and urban rural spread.
Washington reports the Pacific coast may face another large earthquake or a series of smaller shocks. Dr. Reno Gutenberg of Caltech notes subsurface strains rising from Oregon to the Gulf of California as Benioff’s charts show distortion since the 1906 San Francisco quake.
Seagulls at Rose Bay flying boat base distinguish the four engined Sandringham seaplane from Hythe models used on Tasman sea flights to New Zealand. When a Tasman plane nears Sydney, the birds lift off to escort it to base, while ignoring other flying boats. Maintenance crews feed them scraps, keeping the gulls fond of Tasman planes.
Mr. DeKwickrich, valued at about 1.59 million, built wealth by steady labor and enjoyed luxury travel with his wife. She swam daily at hotels, but a pool accident prompted a dramatic remark as a lackey reported artificial respiration without belief in its necessity. He declared they could afford the real thing.
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