23 Dec 1947
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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1947
Page
1
The notice lists carrier rates by region from 26¢ a week to $6.00 a year with varying terms outside the area. It closes with fragmented, archaic quotations about Job and Cowper praising God.
Congress faces fiscal and foreign policy tests as 1948 election year politics loom. Inflation and aid to Europe demand decisions while partisanship could hinder action. Voters should seek careful reasoning, not blame games, and lawmakers must learn from 24 years of policy swings.
Preliminary winner General MacArthur narrowly beat Emperor Hirohito and a Communist in a poll of Japanese students on who they respect most. With a semi final win in lightweight division, admirers hope he returns to try heavyweight competition in the Republican championship bouts in Philadelphia next June.
Miss Ola Mae Barnett reports visitors from Arthur Arnett of Walling and Privodsnd relatives in Hutch. Avnett and daughter Ivelyn visited. they shopped in Middleshore. The Burnett family spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Gapnett. Hutch school closed Friday for Christian Assembly.
Fragmented local items report Ed Eneker and others at Calman Wyviki. a meeting at Mata Baptist to discuss programs. James Meatee visiting Mex BOOM. Christie prognan at the Banday School with a TV program by Gaither Supt and I Rogers pastor. church event and community schedule noted.
A fragmentary Open Forum piece discusses Rex Hill and Ley I Ui atpaid with references to Mosk of the oil Tarons and Virginia ely granpliviani. It hints at drilling sites seen as unpleasant or barren and evokes memories of unrealized dreams and speculative futures.
A Washington column surveys postwar railroad wage demands and proposed rate hikes. It traces ICC actions from 1946 to 1947, noting percentage increases, threats of higher prices, and the impact on living costs. The piece links wage settlements to future wage and rate battles across industries, and mentions regional elevations in Texas as a closing note.
The readable fragments evoke a daily biblical bulletin with scattered phrases about shores, waves, and tides. Names and places are unreadable, leaving a partial sense of a public notice or devotional column with a cryptic reading.
A garbled text fragment discusses pushing a governor to set a large pet burburhey in an unspecified place. It mentions Virginia and references a decision maker, with unclear names and dates.
Schedule notes show Ginger Rogers and David Niven in Magnificent Doll from 1:45 to 5:05 with a 2:25 break, followed by Guilt of Janet Ames at 3:23 to 6:43 starring Hasalind Russell and Melvyn Douglas.
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