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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1948
Page
2
Congressional mail from small towns notes a farm price drop as the only break in inflation. Economists expect gradual declines to parity with government buying to begin when needed. Secretary Anderson will resume grain purchases around April 1 to support prices and overseas commitments. 1948 farm income may fall about 16 percent from 1947.
Argentine ambassador in Washington ordered to press Truman to invite the Perons. Evita’s ambush aims to impress Washington society. Henry A Wallace initials spell HAW. Brooklyn riches from black market evade report. Foster hides in Bronx phone directory. Hugh Martin’s Texas flavored tune gains traction after Texas City disaster headlines. Today it’s the show’s hit number Look Ma I’m Dancin.
Maine Republican Len Owen Brewster mobilizes a congressional aviation advisory panel to push a five year U S program to build airpower and reduce need for universal military training. The report calls for mothballed aircraft revival, new production, and unified military civilian air systems with an independent air safety agency.
Educators warn that aims for about five million college students by 1960 would fuel educational inflation and a tide of classroom mediocracy. Overcrowded campuses leave little chance for personal growth as freshmen rush and glee clubs fade, while student life mirrors wartime labor conditions. Nancy Walker cautions against reading contracts due to deceptive large and small type.
Philip Murray and the CIO face a long running anti trust case over using CIO News to boost a candidate. The piece satirizes Justice Department pressure and Hollywood influence as an election year concerns loom. The author suggests acquittal on Taft Hartley violations is likely.
An article discusses federal pork barrelling as projects with political value for lawmakers. It notes pork spending appears in budgets and appropriation bills, with numerous items totaling billions when summed, drawing funds from taxpayers.
The digest covers Inez Gerhard’s notes on Dr. Jim Brent’s varied career from child to actor. It mentions Clifton Webb, Maureen O’Hara, and Larry Bacall, plus Stop the Music prize event, Kings of the Olympics, and Hollywood helicopter innovation. It references Arthur Godfrey, Norman Brokenshire, Goldwyn, and The Fountainhead project, plus Sinatra and Colman radio moves and other TV and stage tidbits.
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