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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1948
Page
24
The Kansas City Star lists subscription rates for morning evening and Sunday delivery, mail prices by region, and foreign rates. Circulation figures for May 1948 show averages for evening morning weekly and paper editions across the Star’s distribution.
Western democracies in London propose a Western German self governance plan aiming to avoid permanent division and curb German aggression. The approach includes limited four power options, Ruhr international control, and a pledge not to withdraw forces without consultation to reassure France and Europe while preserving a stake for Western Germans in recovery.
The Senate this week weighs draft bills as Congress eyes end of session deadlines. Key disputes include draftee age limits, the 161,000 youths for one year training, and the House plan to suspend the draft 75 days post law. President Truman could authorize inductions to fill volunteer shortfalls.
The article notes military leaders prefer volunteers but current recruitment shortfalls threaten forces. Congress appears set to strengthen the existing system to avoid broad wartime disruption, yet political maneuvering in an election year tempers any plan.
The Chamber of Commerce housing committee proposes a $750000 equity fund to back 1000 units under the urban redevelopment act, 700 for whites and 300 for Negroes, aiming rents near $70. Critics fear this price excludes modest earners, urging broader leadership and possible federal guarantees to lure investors for blighted-area housing.
Walter Lippmann argues that American rearmament is advancing with congressional support. He warns the Kremlin may choose war or a peace bargain within months as the United States strengthens its military program. The piece contrasts Soviet capabilities with U.S. mobilization and suggests the peace offensive is a bargaining tactic.
The Dutch journalist born 1890 and U. S. correspondent since 1946 credits his long beard as a career anchor. He recounts editors, critics, and fellow scribes with beards and notes how Churchill’s 1940s campaign night with writers in Epping Forest became a beard marked incident.
A reflective piece extols beards among editors and correspondents, recounting how facial hair once signified authority and trust. It recalls Frederick Birchall of the New York Times and anecdotes with British leaders Ramsay MacDonald and Winston Churchill, linking bearded editors to memorable moments in press history.
The Swope park flagpole near the main shelter house is 175 feet tall. It was once 200 feet before a wind removed fifteen feet and an aircraft crash on November 17 1931 took a further ten feet, leaving the current height. The pole was a gift from the late Jacob L Loose.
A reminiscence on English grammar argues that strict grammar teaching helped students parse words and reveal sentence meaning. It laments the loss of formal grammar in favor of language focused instruction, noting diagramming and parsing as essential skills that faded with modern reforms.
The speaker reflects on using simple sentences to mimic plain talk while noting Colby’s example of bureaucratic prose. The premise contrasts straightforward teaching with the complexity of government language and its effect on clarity.
The speaker laments losing the ability to diagram sentences and recalls the old standard of grammar tests. He mentions figures like Percival Prim and the era of diagramming bees and spelling bees as a crucial test of correctness, noting his own difficulty with diagramming today.
An UMP farm school expert says eggs shells are porous allowing dirt bacteria and odors into the white and yolk. He advises keeping uncooked eggs away from onions and strong smelling foods. The column adds rural jokes and observations from farm life, politics, and humor.
Fragmented verse describes a lullaby breeze soothing birds at dusk. A mother bird rests with her chicks as night falls and morning returns, evoking a quiet, poetic mood with nature imagery and gentle rhythm.
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