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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1948
Page
1
U S lawmakers back foreign aid and an income tax cut in a sweeping shift the weekly analysis frames as a renewed front in the Cold War. Bill Schoentgen reports the action, noting partisan support and policy impact.
President Truman signs a 6.098 billion foreign aid package linking 4.3 billion for Europe and 275 million for Greece and Turkey to halt Soviet expansion. Congress moved swiftly. Trieste and Berlin stakes loom. A proposed Franco Spain addition failed, preserving U.S. prestige abroad.
The piece notes President Truman vetoing a wartime style excess profits tax and warns that higher defense and foreign aid may pressure tax hikes. It also reports a Russian fighter buzz incident near Berlin, a British transport crash, and rising fears of accidental war amid global tensions.
In Manila Ariston Alma lel, a Bataan veteran, got a 49 cent army back pay check and died after going insane. In Goshen Harold Tinsley, 9, donated his entire bubble gum stash of 8561 sticks to charity. In Artesia, city leaders sought a plan to stop residents from mailing letters into trash cans.
An April issue of Business Comment, bulletin of Northern Trust, reports the number of passenger cars on U.S. roads is at a historic high. It notes wartime restrictions and large postwar scrapping, with 27.5 million passenger cars registered in the U.S. as of July 1, 1947.
Reports say Chiang Kai-shek may quit the Chinese presidency to lead a holy war against the Communists while remaining a Kuomintang force as premier. Spokesmen indicate Hu Shih, former ambassador and current Peking University president, could be elected president.
Warren R. Austin disclosed U.S. support for a United Nations trusteeship of Palestine with provisions for foreign troops to maintain order if needed. The proposal suggests American troops may be sent, contingent on other nations joining, and limits on troop-contributing nations. The outlook remains doubtful amid ongoing Palestinian strife.
Carl C Countryman known as American Public Friend Number One promotes a bold slogan and asserts he could do a better job in the White House. He opposes communism and universal draft while favoring universal military training and would back Bricker if he cannot secure the nomination.
The interior department has set aside about 40 square miles of public land in southwestern Colorado for exclusive use by the atomic energy commission. An extensive investigation will be conducted there to locate uranium deposits, a key atomic energy source.
The FAO launches a 15 year plan to raise global intake to 2600 calories daily without charity, focusing on self-help and increased production. It targets cereals fats and fruits with regional dietary adjustments, noting current averages span 2000 for many nations and 3000 for a few. The plan warns of lower living standards or conflict if not adopted.
Navy launches a field trial to cool crew quarters aboard two cruisers Salem and Newport News to study best air conditioning equipment. Vice Admiral Cochrane notes aim to boost efficiency and combat readiness, with experiments following Bethseda research and Franklin Caribbean shakedown. Early Pacific combat showed heat as a factor, though both sides faced heat.
Stockton reader Horst L. Kar, 59, survived the Spanish American War, World War I and World War II, then Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He plans to sequester underground after WWII era stress and placed an ad seeking partners to build a safe atomic shelter in a secret High Sierras site, possibly a mined bold or new tunnel.
A compact fragment features aphorisms on wit and habit. It includes lines attributed to Anon about women and men, another anon remark about preventing others from using it, and Nathaniel Emmons on habit as servant or tyrant. The text reads like a clipped quotation page.
An old farmer naps on his porch when a high pressure salesman arrives with a science agriculture volume set. The farmer declines, saying he already farms as well as he can and teaches himself more through experience rather than books.
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