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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1948
Page
11
The text shows historical publication data for The Kansas City Star including founding details, ownership, address, subscription rates, postal classifications, press association membership, and circulation notes from May 1948. It includes names, offices, and rate structures across daily, Sunday, and mail delivery.
The French National Assembly authorized the London conference accord creating a three zone Western German state with German self rule. The vote 297 to 289 highlighted fragility of France's democracy amid pressure from Communists and de Gaulle supporters. U.S. must sustain democratic European unity to curb communism and avoid isolating Europe. The piece notes risks if Congress opposes bipartisan European recovery policy and hints at shifting French political currents impacting postwar cooperation. It closes with Palestine truce dispute and UN mediator request.
A long Senate speech rehashes the Hughes Brewster feud while Congress races through urgent business. Hughes replies with a sharp letter, prolonging a distraction from warplane contracts and the Hughes flying boat and recon aircraft funding. The Senate committee split on findings, with a majority finding no law violation and a minority accusing no wrongdoing.
After a tense Senate session, critics urge closure or a full explanation of how 40 million dollars was allocated to two war contracts. The dispute centers on accountability and whether proper justification was provided to the public.
City officials propose a measure to curb smoke with clearer fines and authority to seal furnaces as a last resort. While modeled after Chicago, the plan stops short of St. Louis drastic cures, seeking area wide control without drastic expense. The Citizens Planning council backs a balanced approach for Greater Kansas City.
The piece outlines parity as a farm price ratio tied to five prewar years and compares it to General Motors labor wage guarantees tied to 1940 levels. It notes fears of inflation, the challenge of measuring national labor productivity, and the need for a usable efficiency measure amid varying industry progress and cycles.
In Ronald Press essay, ancients argue for a chain from true knowledge to sincere will, heart, personal discipline, family order, national governance, and finally global peace. Reading emphasizes investigation of things as the route to knowledge and moral sincerity.
A nationwide Pic magazine survey of 500 men's colleges and co educational institutions finds a small but meaningful decline in 1947 enrollments versus 1946, after a jump in 1946 from pre war levels. Educators expected a peak in 1950, yet the trend shows a fizzle rather than a collapse.
Editorial reprints from multiple newspapers urge Republican leadership in 1948, highlight CAB’s delayed decision on Florida air service, and call for continued through routes to Tampa and Kansas City linking Florida. Includes Missouri rural school bus safety and wheat price trends as context.
An editorial from the Tampa Morning Tribune discusses the 1948 Republican presidential race led by Dewey Stassen Vandenberg and Taft amid fears of a deadlock and weak compromise. It argues for rejecting mediocrity, urges delegates to resist staged demonstrations and hotel room manipulations, and notes Kansas City's push for through airline service to Florida with Tampa participation in Washington.
Philadelphia dispatch says with a Taft Dewey deadlock anticipated at the Republican convention, Senator Arthur Vandenberg may emerge as nominee if he curtails himself, with Martin Stassen as running mate, though most observers expect either Dewey or Taft to win. The piece notes both frontrunners would yield to their rival if unable to secure nomination, avoiding a Vandenberg victory.
The analysis argues that neither Dewey nor Taft needs a deadlock or a dark horse. Dewey starts with an edge, and together with Taft they likely command a majority on the first ballot. The convention’s real power rests with these two, who could easily swing support to each other if needed.
A reader letter from R. J. Curpy suggests movable safety islands at Broadway to ease rush hour. The proposal calls for shifting islands between west and east borders to create three northbound lanes and one southbound lane in morning and the reverse in afternoon, with mid day lanes unchanged and traffic signals to aid pedestrian safety.
A fictional dialogue among local figures centers on why candidates avoid running for president. The scene shifts through cafe chatter about insults, strategy, and the danger of speaking too plainly. A reader letter laments Broadway traffic and water shortages in Johnson County.
A fragmentary poem reflecting a serene landscape and quiet, contemplative mood. Imagery centers on nature, stillness, and intimate companionship, with rossetti’s signature lyric sensibility permeating the scene.
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