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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1948
Page
6
Western Newspaper Union analyzes President Truman's West tour as non political yet breaking precedent. The weekly brief notes snagged by opposition in Congress as senators push to reverse aid cuts while the trip stirs public debate and political tension.
President Truman faced a tepid audience in Omaha after touring the Midwest and attacking GOP farm policy. The empty Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum exposed party organizational failings as White House directives limited political hoopla. Senate action eyed on military draft and civil rights while ERP cuts draw fire from George Marshall and Paul Hoffman.
Scientists and astronomers anticipate using the 200 inch telescope atop Mount Palomar to probe twice as far into space as before. The enormous mirror nearly 17 feet across could help solve questions about life on Mars and other cosmic mysteries.
John L. Lewis pressed for welfare guarantees for distressed miners before signing a new wage pact with Southern Coal Producers association. A federal injunction forced bargaining as talks opened for the 1948 49 contract, but the first round remained fruitless.
The United States and four other powers proposed self government for western Germany with international control of the Ruhr and a German constituent assembly. Russia would keep occupation troops until Europe’s peace is secured. The plan aims to stabilize Germany without reshaping Moscow’s eastern zone, hoping to ease the cold war tensions.
About 35 000 Estonian refugees in western Allied zones in Germany. 18 000 in the American zone 15 000 in the British zone and 2 000 in the French zone. Each person has four square metres of floor space often sharing rooms. Camps use disused barracks mostly, few in ordinary houses, with little room for personal or spiritual life.
A humorous exchange about a driver carrying fertilizer prompts a quip about putting sugar on strawberries. The back and forth highlights a rural, lighthearted street joke moment.
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