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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1948
Page
10
The piece weighs municipal transit around a Feb 24 vote, noting 29,943 opposed and 10,382 in favor. Detroit faces fare hikes from 16 to 19 cents amid debt and modernization needs, while New York debates a 5 cent fare and a large deficit. It argues city ownership often worsens efficiency and finances.
A House committee chair urges a full public report on U S exports to the Soviet Union arguing that withholding facts undermines national security. He notes Russia gains from American shipments and calls for information to be accessible to the public to enable corrective action. Local harbor updates and a damning airport terminal reveal tensions with policy and security.
Congress moves toward reducing individual income taxes despite Truman’s possible veto. A broad majority in both chambers supports enactment to ease wartime rates, arguing tax relief will avert economic depression and spur private investment, with Treasury preparing for implementation.
Washington business leader Ruml of Macy & Co outlines how U S firms can cope with a looming defense buildup. He sees Easter price shifts, possible living-cost cuts from lower quality goods, and wage pressures settling quietly if inflation has peaked. He favors tax cuts, savings-bond financing for defense, and a stable rate environment supported by the Fed. He notes wage rounds may slow and calls for potential women in production and limited conscription to meet manpower needs.
Poem reflects on common human experiences of eating, drinking, laughing, weeping, and sleep. It contrasts wealth and poverty, love and loss, work and dreams, noting all hearts share sorrows and joys regardless of fortune, with a hopeful moral about human equality.
Ten years ago today the Municipal Gas Department and a small group of workers saved money in a Red Cross flood relief drive announced by City Manager Randall M. Dorton. Twenty years ago today college journalism and Menchenism were deemed not to aid religious problems by Dr. Lloyd C. Douglas at the Los Angeles First Congregational Church. Thirty years ago today H Wendham spoke at Taubman Bible Class in Washington about municipal harbor observations. When you’re reducing, good things are the things that are not good for you.
A magazine called That praises Amy by claiming modern books are inferior. It suggests she can repeat the critique without actually reading any new titles, implying a mock endorsement of old works over contemporary literature.
A fragment describes Betty promising Ma to conduct her salt properly at a party, Teal expresses sadness, and the speaker notes the intent to keep the promise despite discomfort.
At Lake Success on March 24, UN leaders and delegates assert the United Nations is in a dark phase yet not abandoned. They cite East West splits led by Russia and the US UK and France, noting gains mainly in economic commissions and relief efforts while major political issues from Palestine to Czechoslovakia remain unsettled.
In a wartime context Americans are urged to grow home gardens this spring as a practical, morale boosting venture. The piece notes the labor of gardening compares unfavorably to jungle warfare, cites urban living challenges with landlords hindering plots, and ends by reflecting on the broader gardening year amid public campaigns and cultural shifts.
A reflective poem about scratched furniture and windows in a household, contrasting parental concern with children’s marks. The piece contemplates memories etched into doors, windows, and furniture as children grow, cherishing the unique fingerprints and signs of play.
Washington reports two recent reversals of U S policy on the Palestine question and Trieste. The Palestine shift drew acrimony as Secretary Marshall argued the move fits a worldwide struggle and a broader over all concept guiding U S actions.
Readers express distrust of career politicians and call for business leaders in government while opposing dog tattooing for identification. Caustic opinions cover Washington, military service, and civic policy, with two letters from California readers urging practical leaders and criticizing city animal identification schemes.
The captain samples the crew’s food and declares it good though sailors claim it is bad. A gag follows about a fight night and a timid sailor, with lines about a wife and a bed incident ending in a cowards remark.
The Chicago Daily News notes whaling volumes fell from prewar slaughter to the 1940s after heavy decimation of herds. It highlights postwar rapid fleet reconstructions and argues the UN may need to act to prevent whale extinction, while also warning of human conflicts linked to hunting pressures.
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