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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1948
Page
4
Washington readers explore stratovision as an airborne transmitter idea. Westinghouse and Glenn Martin back the plan led by C. E. Nobles, proposing planes relay TV signals 30,000 feet high to cover broad regions. Tests in Zanesville prompt debate. licensing hurdles remain.
Western powers press Berlin blockade crisis at the United Nations after failing Moscow talks. Bevin accuses Russia of bad faith over lifting the blockade. The West foresees a Russian veto blocking any Security Council action as tensions rise in Europe.
The piece argues Washington must fear a six month Soviet push as the Kremlin seeks to expand power in Europe and beyond. It claims Moscow aims to push the United States out of Europe by disrupting recovery efforts and forcing domination amid a frail American focus on domestic politics and elections.
Three ambassadors Yves Chataigneau of France Walter Bedell Smith of the United States and Frank Roberts of Great Britain spent six weeks in Moscow in futile talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov over Germany and the Berlin blockade. They finally left to report to their governments.
The State Department asks the Soviet Union to resume negotiations to settle its overdue lend-lease account of 11 billion dollars. The note was kept secret for two weeks to avoid disrupting Berlin talks.
The article notes 1948 model refrigerators installed in all U S senators offices at high cost amid questions of who authorized the plan. It reports atomic energy officials barring two CIO unions from reactor sites and tying future labor eligibility to National Labor Relations Board certification, as Congress probes wartime Soviet espionage.
Air Secretary Stuart Symington hinted the X-1 rocket plane may exceed 860 to 1000 mph in talks with Air Force Association. Officials note two X-1 type planes in operation, with five more models on order and the X4 awaiting flight. Berlin airlift records show over 200000 tons of goods delivered in 90 days and 28 846 flights over 980 days carrying coal food and supplies.
The department of agriculture projects U S grain exports in the current crop year may exceed last year’s record by about four million tons. Secretary Brannon favors expanding shipments to avert surpluses and costly price supports, while Commerce Secretary Sawyer urges cutbacks to keep domestic prices low and argues Europe should spend on industrial machinery rather than food. The agency says world exporters may have 10 percent more grain to spare and the U S could again supply about half of global trade.
A 1905 cairn left by Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary was discovered during a recent Arctic expedition. The state department announced the find but provided no further explanatory details.
A satirical column surveys postwar culture and public figures. Ilse Koch’s life term is mocked as four years while lampshade atrocity comments provoke outrage. Hollywood lip service, quips about Danny Kaye’s wife Sylvia Fine, and sharp asides on Hoover, Truman, and politics fill the piece with wry commentary and Benny-era banter.
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