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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1950
Page
2
Week in review shows New York students clashing with police during May Day demonstrations. A gambler confesses to a $100,000 loss in a separate report, signaling a turbulent week with political tensions and crime themes dominating coverage.
The 1951 May Day events span Berlin, New York, and Mosinee with crowds ranging from 250000 to 800000. Berlin saw cheers for Mayor Reuter amid minimal clashes. New York hosted 13000 attendees with jeers. Mosinee staged a mock Communist boot over 2000 residents. Also notes gambling probes in the US Senate and British Commons sympathy bullets reveal political tension and party discipline.
Thousands of New York high school students staged repeated demonstrations demanding higher pay for teachers and an end to after school activities. Police clashed with crowds as 5,000 students rushed city offices and fought, with stones thrown and pins stuck in officers. The dispute followed a cut from 13 million to 7 million in the school budget after teachers’ demands.
A wartime tax cut plan faces a clash as a Senate committee votes for a 20 cent excise reduction with possible further cuts in communications and transportation. President Truman warns against deficits and vows a veto unless new revenue offsets losses, signaling a contentious battle over fiscal policy.
The census bureau reports employment approaching 60 million with a gain of 1,117,000 from the prior estimate. Unemployment fell to 3,515,000 a year low, while Secretary Charles Sawyer cautions gains may be seasonal and hopes hold through summer as factory output and new orders reach postwar peaks. Farm work declines persist, about 625,000 fewer than last year.
The Securities and Exchange Commission reports U S corporate working capital rose to 647 billion dollars at year end 1949 up 29 billion from the prior year. Liquidity improvement came from a 2 billion increase in cash and government securities and a 5.5 billion drop in current liabilities.
Frank Erickson admitted to the senate committee that he earned about 100000 dollars yearly by taking bets from anyone who wants to bet. The panel is studying a bill to bar interstate transmission of gambling information.
One of the world’s richest men, the Nizam of Hyderabad, India, stores about 130 million dollars in air conditioned vaults he alone can enter. He patches his worn garments himself and uses a large uncut diamond as a paperweight, though he does not squander his wealth.
A Philadelphia industrialist summit with a young lover ends in betrayal as bonds turn to dust after his death while a California dreamer finds a life changing job offer from a TB patient mechanic in Tyweson. The pieces use stark contrasts between cynicism and resilience.
The piece notes wartime entertainer Inez Gerhard and actress Ann Scholl with a hit song Open Parachute leading to a Paramount film contract discussion involving Danny. It mentions Scholl in Texas Li'l Darling on Broadway, Irene Tedlow on Meet Corliss Archer, Kathi Norris moving to NBC, West Point humanities program with Hamlet, Katherine Locke returning to film, and a mob-violence drama Sound Of Fury starring Kathleen Ryan Lovejoy and Richard Carlson.
In Dexter a poor boy Jackie Ledbetter loses a silver half dollar given by his father to attend a circus. He panics, hides tears, and works with his family, finally finding the coin buried in hay, grateful for his parents and the small fortune.
Madge Blake, former Pasadena school teacher who began acting after her children grew up, is cast as Evelyn Keyes' slap-happy sister-in-law in The Cost of Living. Vanessa Brown, co star with Lex Barker in Yarzan and the Slave Girl, offered a novel party exit excuse saying she must go elephant riding early next morning.
In North Dakota wind erosion is described as more significant than water erosion for soil loss. The note highlights the impact of wind on agricultural lands and suggests a focus on wind-related conservation strategies.
Editors weigh photo value and timeliness, judging whether to publish. A picture must be newsworthy, well reproduced, and worth cost and effort. Permissions and audience interest influence decisions, as some images lack local relevance or timely impact.
A historical crossword list with across and down clues ranges from crust on wound to moving part Mach include Norse god to Japanese festival and radium symbol with many numeric labels and partial phrases read as a puzzle page fragment.
Readable scraps list epochs and chemical terms including salt and bitter. The jumbled hint hints at a puzzle by extracting era names and chemistry keywords within a playful clue sequence.
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