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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1949
Page
2
Washington observers weigh Truman program and state socialism fears as European editors debate whether government led reforms threaten free enterprise. Analysts discuss Tennessee Valley Authority loans, possible nationalized plants, and Soviet views on state capitalism.
President Truman seeks a 41.9 billion peacetime budget aimed at countering communism with 50 cents of every dollar for anti-Red efforts, with party line support shaping adoption prospects. Britain warns Palestine risks world peace as Bevin possibly resigns, Israel faces cease-fire violations, and UN action looms amid British and Arab tensions.
A silk flag presented to President Truman at inauguration is held by Lucy E. Notaro and Brig. Gen. Hugh B. Hester. The piece notes Dean Acheson’s anticipated Senate confirmation as secretary of state amid early doubts and a looming spy-hunt scrutiny. It also discusses a federal glossary on guided missiles, depicting how a TV eye could guide a missile to a target amid rising concerns about technologies of destruction.
A Northwestern National Life Insurance study finds the average consumer food dollar passes 83 cents to the chain for wholesale and retail services, with 10 cents to wages and the rest for rent, warehousing, shrinkage, advertising, and minimal profit after taxes. The study notes variations across items and recounts prewar markups and farmer shares. It also mentions a separate science note on an age clock substance X affecting lifespan and growth in offspring.
The Post Office rolled out a four-cent air mail postcard on January 10 at offices nationwide. Officials expect high demand as this new form of communication gains popularity.
Labor board members visit President Truman as he jokes about Senator Taft while reading a letter. The piece also notes political humor about Dewey, a Maryland political shift in Montgomery County, and sweeping reforms in Silver Spring with nonpolitical local government, boosted teacher pay, roads, and public services.
A Sun columnist cites a witness who claimed Walter Winchell learned of a spy ring in 1941. The piece traces orders, leaks, and the role of reporters in intelligence work, arguing a journalist’s duty vs a publicist’s sensationalism while defending revelations about the Hiss case and Chambers.
The 1949 trailer coach manufacturers show in Chicago runs Feb 18 to 27 at the International Amphitheatre. Exhibitors from seven states and three countries, including Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio California Oklahoma Texas Canada and England, present over 150 models priced from 2000 to 40000 as part of the Chicago sports and outdoor exposition.
V. Syrov, senior inspector of trade in Moscow, writes that the artistic council of the capital’s largest department store reviewed 672 new styles, and 309 were hats. He says designers should forget extremes and focus on styles for the mass consumer.
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