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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1947
Page
5
President Truman hailed a sharp decline in national highway casualties while urging further reductions. He cited 6,500 lives saved last year versus prewar totals and stressed tougher driver licensing, uniform standards, and continued federal state highway work to prevent accidents.
Readjustment Allowances and unemployment benefits totaled 1.665 million and 1.491 million dollars respectively in May per the Division of Employment Security. The average weekly claimants fell 5 percent from April for unemployment and 20 percent for Readjustment Allowances versus April, with declines versus February peaks. Veterans receiving Readjustment in May 1947 dropped 60 percent from May 1946, indicating progress in civilian labor absorption amid a seasonal downtrend. The report notes 10,485 claims for Readjustment Allowances by self employed veterans in May, down 780 from April.
Walter P. Reuther, president of the CIO United Auto Workers, called a federal anti discrimination law essential to guarantee full and equal opportunity for minorities. He praised a pending bill barring employment discrimination by race or creed, stating it would be a victory for democratic conscience as postwar unemployment hit whites less than non whites.
ST. JOSEPH Mo June 18 AP a two room house and sawmill on the edge of the Missouri river south of Keroe was undermined by a swollen river part of the house and yard fell into the water Joe Huffman and his wife and two children escaped through a window as the bank was undercut by the rising river
Rome reports Soviet Russia pressed for Carol II to reclaim the Romanian throne as a counter to U.S. Greek Turkish policy. Carol abdicated in 1940, Mihai, then 49, governs under Antonescu, later praised for ending war involvement with a 1944 coup. The public views Carol as responsible for Romania's wartime fighting.
Rep. Marion Bennett of Missouri will push to strike a Senate pork barrel provision in the national science foundation bill. He argues the geographic funding clause would misuse education funds and shift emphasis from science. Bennett plans a motion in the House Interstate Commerce Committee and, if needed, another bid in the full House.
Superstitious natives in Yunnan province China bury the dead with their favorite books to bring luck and diversion on the journey to paradise. The practice reflects local beliefs about the afterlife and spiritual protection for travelers beyond the mortal realm.
The House passes a proposal to freeze Social Security payroll tax rates for two years, avoiding an expected $2 billion annual increase on January 1. The plan keeps the current one percent tax now, with increases scheduled to 1.5 percent in 1950 and 2 percent in 1957, while future jumps would have raised the rate to 2.8 percent.
William Schillers, a service station operator, complained to the sheriff about a volunteer watchdog. A large stray police dog has taken over guarding duties at the station, scaring away customers and harming business.
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