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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1948
Page
2
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The piece weighs Taft Hartley impacts on rail and coal strikes and the National Maritime Union. It argues a court injunction could curb a Communist influenced maritime strike and allow time for bargaining, while noting Curran’s split from leftists and N M U leaders' belligerent stance. It discusses closed shop issues and the risk of using strikes as political tools.
Profits across American industry are 16 percent higher so far this year than 1947, while food industry profits show a 12 percent drop. Some sectors show as much as 166 percent gains, but gains are concentrated in a few. Labor leaders and politicians may use this to argue inflation or wage pressure. an industrialist warns that current dollars distort financial calculations and equipment replacement costs.
A U S Department of Agriculture survey shows Kansas wheat 1948 harvest likely at about 50 percent of 1947 due to poor weather. Abandoned acreage and lower yields follow extended dry spells and unfavorable conditions, despite prior moisture at seeding.
Jimmie Fidler reports that Abbott and Costello will not face cameras again until all demands are met after their current film. He notes other Hollywood items including divorces, pregnancies, and casting changes, plus previews and reviews of upcoming releases and star plans for the summer.
Editors from multiple papers debate the London conference plan for a western German government facing Russian resistance to cooperation. Opinions vary on unity, German recovery, and guarantees to France, with calls to reintegrate western Germany into Western Europe and curb German aggression via Ruhr safeguards.
The essay traces the long Christian and Jewish longing for a golden age and the Messiah. It notes how poets and prophets imagined ideal eras, but Christians see the kingdom of Christ as the true fulfillment while awaiting a future return. It references John the Baptist, Peter, and Paul to show differing yet connected recognitions of Jesus as Messiah.
In a commentary on ECA policy, George E. Sokolsky critiques coffee and tobacco aid as morale builders and economic leverage for Europe and China. He questions how coffee purchases translate into real rehabilitation, suggesting the plan mainly channels dollars to coffee growers and tax revenues to European governments, with little direct impact on rebuilding factories or railways. He notes tobacco serves revenue and political aims for US farmers, while warning about misaligned needs in China and Europe and the risk to taxpayers.
The text reflects on Jesus as Messiah and the golden age, noting Isaiah’s prophecies and Jesus’s words to be of good cheer. It contrasts a world of violence with the faith and courage shown by prophets and believers in enduring hope and spiritual victory.
More than one hundred Girl Scouts in Ouachita parish have registered for swimming lessons. Mrs. Rodney Cline says four additional classes will be formed next week with Glenn Gossett as instructor. Janet Voorhies leads current classes under Mrs. H. A. Morrison.
William T. Wood, 23, of 502 Morrison Avenue, was arrested by Monroe police late Friday night and charged with being drunk and dis orderly, using profane language and resisting arrest. He was jailed under a $200 bond.
An essay argues that respect stems from human values rather than age. It recounts a family scene where improper discipline fails to teach respect, stressing that children notice and mirror self respect in others. Lying is warned as harmful, with Dr Patri’s leaflet offered for copy. Ecuador’s Pacific coastline is noted as cut by the equator.
Billy Rose recounts Stan Allen once steady and sober, his wife Kitty, and a juvenile English actor who caused windows to be broken. The tale moves from Beverly Hills to Glendale, war service, and a career shift toward experimental shorts, ending with a punchline about rock throwing and headlines.
C D Foss reflects on Luke 1 68 declaring blessed be the Lord God of Israel for visiting and redeeming his people Within Scripture history two voices echo man is ruined and man is redeemed expressing a hopeful biblical truth
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