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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1953
Page
2
Dr. Charles R. Joy of CARE reports thirty thousand orphaned Korean children lack shelter meals and clothing. He notes full orphanages cannot take them, refugees wander and freeze. Joy urges immediate aid as inflation and collapse devastate families and two wars drain relief resources.
Eisenhower, sworn in Jan 20, faces a fractured world seeking unity and peace. After a five hour parade and inaugural events, he starts his first full day at the White House with a sense of duty to right and law.
The piece urges northwest residents to send CARE packages of food clothing and blankets to Korea as millions face poverty and injury. Dr Joy notes the continuing need and urges public generosity despite taxes prices and shortages. Packages can be ordered at CARE offices in Seattle and Spokane.
Radio newscaster Paul Harvey relays a 1953 exchange before the inauguration. President elect asks who brought his son home from Korea, and the President replies I did. Maj. John Eisenhower plans a return to Korea after rotation.
The columnist notes that postwar aid to Britain totals over 88 million dollars and cites British papers questioning America’s influence. He argues Americans fear political punishment for dissent and compares current freedoms to a police state, referencing Bertrand Russell and others.
A writer attacks pervasive propaganda and alleged traitors amid Cold War fear. He accuses intellectuals and major papers, including the New York Times and Herald Tribune, of swallowing propaganda and warns against censorship. He condemns witch hunts and compares foes to communist fronts.
A volunteer fire department raffle raised sufficient money to buy a new engine and more. Local merchants donated prizes including Buzz Ellis’s television set and Superior Motors’s new car. Mrs. Thayer won a year’s supply of coal donated by Baker Coal Yard.
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