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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1948
Page
2
Baukhage recounts a year of political upheaval from January to December 1948. He notes key moments including Truman’s proposals, Eisenhower’s nomination, the Berlin airlift, the Dewey upset, and Israel’s birth, weaving personal reflections with contemporaneous events and dates.
The weekly analysis reports renewed scrutiny of espionage, citing microfilm documents removed from the State Department for transmission to Russia. Whitaker Chambers claims Alger Hiss transmitted the materials, while Hiss denies Soviet ties. Sumner Welles reviewed the files but withheld judgment as Chambers and Hiss face further testimony.
Senator O Mahoney urged a modified wartime excess profits tax arguing big profits warrant higher taxes after 1929. He warned corporate earnings are high and urged safe exemptions for small independent firms while inviting views from industry leaders, unions, and economists.
The Golden Fleece relic, kept in Dijon after Burgundian ownership, faces a retrial over return to Austria amid a long history from 1429. Dijon council urges France to deny Austria’s request. In veteran news, three years after WWII, 14.9 million veterans mostly work, with 450,000 unemployed and 309,000 resting or unable to work.
Western powers condemn Soviet actions in Berlin and demand city wide elections. The note lists Soviet violations of quadripartite agreements and warns Moscow to disband the illegal Berlin body. It states no deadline but signals possible new policies if normal administration is not restored.
The U S department of agriculture reports a survey of 3300 housewives shows the ideal market potato should be clean medium sized with few eyes light color undamaged and cook up soft mealy and evenly. Housewives favor medium potatoes for peeling and portioning while concerns about mechanical injuries suggest growers and shippers must improve digging handling and curing before sale.
The 1949 Poor Richard Almanac marks its jubilee influence on American life. Benjamin Franklin used the pen name Poor Richard, and the almanac's reach grew in hundreds of thousands of homes, especially rural households. It sits on a peg in living rooms or kitchens and blends calendar data, astronomy, and practical tips from how to banish rats to how to keep awake in church.
A robot ear device showcased at the American Medical association meeting in St Louis iontroduces voice activated lighting via a bell vibration powered salt crystal. Also a California rain making bag linked to a downpour and now stored at the university arouses speculation about its weather altering powers.
Broadway chatter notes producer M Gordon’s nerve as two hits back by Chicago rocket men face flops risk. Todd’s As the Girls Go claims a 500000 advance sale while Nellie Lutcher’s Real General follows the Winch electricity. Biographical asides on Porter’s Bianca, Da Doit, and Gay Orlova pepper the column, with matinee tips and reviews of The Young and Fair and The Silver Whistle amid showbusiness satire and gossip.
Rep John E Rankin of Mississippi, a leading opponent of Truman civil rights, faces a bid by northern Democrats to remove him from the House Un-American Activities Committee under the Seniority Rule. Rankin is slated to chair the Veterans' Affairs Committee, and critics argue he should resign from the HUAC post if he accepts the new chairmanship.
President Truman rejected charges that the White House suppressed the final report on Bikini atoll atomic tests. He said the White House did not clamp a lid on the findings and spoke at a news conference addressing Mr Bradley Dewey's assertion.
Fragmentary OCR note shows personnel shifts with mention of transport tasks and transfers to the miscellaneous fitters unit. No clear date or full names provided. context suggests internal staffing adjustments within a workshop or factory setting.
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