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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1948
Page
2
A columnist argues for preserving the Bill of Rights amid House Un-American Activities Committee scrutiny. The piece recalls the 1787 Constitution and first amendments, cautions against abridging rights, and urges慎 careful, facts based judgment over sensationalism.
Progressive candidate Henry Wallace was met with boos eggs and tomatoes in cities like Winston-Salem Durham Burlington Greensboro and Charlotte as Truman called the protests un-American. Wallace defended his stance and urged compassion while facing a hostile reception before moving on to Alabama and Mississippi.
The Big Four military governors met in Berlin to discuss a single currency and the Soviet blockade. Moscow talks had advanced some points, with aims to have only the Soviet zone mark circulate under four power control. Washington backed lifting the blockade before settlement, but views remain divided. The situation remains complex and fragile, with risk of worsening peace if no agreement is reached.
The report to Congress credits the Truman plan with averting Greece’s slide to communism. It notes inflation abatement, lower living costs, road reconstructions, and the opening of the Corinth canal while 15,000 to 17,000 guerrillas remain at large with aid from Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia influencing ongoing action.
The CIO endorsed the Democratic ticket with Philip Murray stating dissenting unions remain free to back Wallace. The group split over Wallace and the Progressive party while Dewey faced criticism as the candidate of big business. About 12 unions with over a million members may support Wallace, while 30 unions with roughly 5.5 million members back Truman.
In Garland Texas a hatmaker offered edible candy headgear to voters who pledge to eat their hats if their candidate loses. In Rochester New Hampshire Raymond Beaulieu paid a $73 municipal court fine after selling his car to cover the cost of an unregistered vehicle. In Springfield Massachusetts Robert H. Smith obtained a divorce after testifying his wife slapped and kicked him over dancing lessons.
Economists from labor commerce and agriculture departments predict no price relief before the November 2 election. They say the high cost of living will persist through fall and into next year with food prices remaining elevated despite crop forecasts.
Charles Evans Hughes, 86, former governor of New York and twice appointed U S chief justice, died of congestive heart failure after a long public life. He narrowly lost the 1916 presidential race to Woodrow Wilson and later served as chief justice from 1930 until retirement in 1941.
The commerce department estimates US lumber output this year will exceed 1947 by at least five percent if demand remains strong. Lumber is flowing to markets in ample quantities to meet record construction activity.
A collage of urban vignettes from 1930s New York mentions Waldorf hotel barbers searched by guards for weapons, Truman on a porch, a Philly spender guarded by a female bodyguard, a 56th Street drug store with maitre d for the soda fountain, and shops like Babydashery and a 47th Street bookshop. It also notes famed figures such as Glenn Cunningham, Robert Allman, Bernard Baruch, Francis Parkman, Madame Curie, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Beethoven, and mentions tuberculosis and infantile paralysis in historical context.
A mixed column blends poetic musings on ghostly lovers and gambling fate with a theater and show business snapshot. It cites Andrew Cowans, Andrew Cowans, Jean Tennyson, Ringling Bros details, and Broadway venues, noting 1947 48 season trends, hospital talent drives, fashion design, and quirky backstage facts about the circus and show life.
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