16 Dec 1948
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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1948
Page
1
A town dance in the hill country serves a thin sandwich and two olives to satisfy a program. A hillbilly belle declares the program is not filled. Later a lone wayfarer fends off three attackers before a policeman arrives to assess the scene.
You can simplify Christmas shopping by giving smokers Camel cigarettes and Prince Albert tobacco. Ready wrapped in holiday dress, they save wrapping time and include space for a personal greeting from a local dealer.
A Home Town Reporter column reflects on the 1946 election results, the New Deal reforms since 1933, and the rise of a new era in economics and labor relations. It critiques big business and Republican leadership, urging industry to serve the public and for younger, open-minded leaders to take charge.
U S officials question Chiang Kai-shek as Communists gain in China while Berlin blockade nears a possible settlement. Vishinsky agrees to a neutral currency experts commission to mediate the German capital dispute amid Senator Connally’s cautious optimism.
Bramuglia proposed a neutral mediation formula backed by the United States France Britain with a commission of experts to resolve the Berlin currency issue. The plan calls for lifting the blockade when the Soviet zone mark is introduced as the sole currency. The four powers clash over timing and currency controls while awaiting formal acceptance.
President Truman faces a mixed economic picture as inflationary pressures wane yet deflation fears grow. Officials debate armor against deflation while awaiting word on Cold War spending and a potential boost to defense budgets. Living costs slip slightly and department store sales stay weak ahead of Christmas, though high military outlays could revive inflation.
The National Association of Real Estate Boards denounces public housing as state socialism and promotes a pamphlet accusing planners and radicals of pushing a state controlled program. Truman aims to revive public housing via a 500000 unit plan, while defense spending caps force army draft calls to shrink and end with a projected force well below 900000.
Rev. Kurt Szkalla says a vast underground church exists in the western Soviet Union along the Don and Dnieper rivers. He cites millions of followers across faiths opposing the Moscow Orthodox church and notes leaders face vigorous persecution.
The AMA interim session in St Louis warned doctors they must volunteer in sufficient numbers or face a special draft to safeguard medical care for troops. Dr James C Sargent said many doctors will wear uniforms soon and a draft is undesirable but possible.
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