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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1948
Page
6
Western Newspaper Union reports rising tensions in Germany with potential Soviet pressure on Berlin. The piece notes a proposed extension of Berlin rent control by bill sponsor Schoentgen as part of crisis management and defense policy discussions.
The Soviet military administration warned it would down any unidentified foreign aircraft over the Berlin zone, a crisis seen as a last‑ditch bid to hinder the U S airlift. In Washington, Rent Director Tighe Woods urged extending rent controls for 12 months and closing three loopholes, seeking eviction controls, treble damages, and criminal sanctions.
In Pawhooley county elder statesman Lucius Clobb mocks his rival and a flamboyant barber poll fails to predict the election. Separately Rep. J. Parnell Thomas faces a federal indictment for conspiring to pad his congressional payroll. Thomas asserts silence as his trial looms, while the broader Communist spy probe fades from the national spotlight.
Panic spreads in Nanking Peiping Shanghai Hankow as riots and food shortages rise. Americans evacuated as Nationalist forces struggle. Red troops seize Manchukuo. In U S politics Harold Stassen eyed to rebuild GOP with liberal leadership push.
The United Nations proposes a global convention to declare as dead the millions of refugees and missing persons from 1939 to 1945. The move would settle inheritances adoptions and remarriages affected by wartime disappearances.
Washington analysis notes the vice presidency is technically limited to presiding over the Senate and breaking ties, but experts argue the role shapes policy by supporting administration aims. Garner Barkley and Warren illustrate how party loyalty and strategic choice affect the office.
Miss Helen Campbell former secretary to Representative J Parnell Thomas is named in a federal grand jury indictment accusing the congressman of inducing her and another employee to kick back their salaries to him.
The article notes power output in the first nine months of 1948 rose about 11 percent over 1947, with 1947 up 15 percent from 1946. The industry now serves over 40 million customers, up from 29.1 million at end 1939, while unit costs to consumers have fallen since before the war.
Safety council urges drivers to respect signs, signals and markings. Guidance covers warning diamond signs, railroad crossings, eight sided stop signs, regulatory oblongs, and crossback signals. Authors note many fatal accidents involve drivers within 25 miles of home.
A local dealer promotes festive gift cartons containing 200 Camels and Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco tins as easy holiday gifts. The Camel carton offers 200 mild Camels while Prince Albert is labeled as the country’s largest selling tobacco, both presented with space for personal Christmas greetings.
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