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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1948
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union analysis notes Congress opposing Truman proposals while setting high crop goals. Wheat politics shift as atomic tests promise new power and strategic leverage for the United States. Bill Schoentgen discusses the implications.
President Truman and a GOP led Congress clashed as an extra session opened. Republicans pursued obstruction while Truman urged emergency measures including an excess profits tax and housing bill. Wheat crop and beef cattle production goals were also outlined by the Agriculture Department for 1949.
President Truman opened a special session amid a restrained reception. Only polite applause came from galleries and administration supporters as Republicans kept their hands in their pockets during his address.
The fourth semi annual report of the atomic energy commission and a Truman statement reveal limited openness on postwar atomic experiments. They note three bombs tested at Eniwetok in Operation Sandstone, focus on nuclear generation rather than effects, and show broader research in medicine agriculture metallurgy and industry with radioactive materials shared with 229 institutions and firms.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the consumer price index reached an all time high on June 15 with food prices at record levels. The index, reflecting retail prices for moderate income city families, stood at 171.7 percent of the 1935-39 average, and wholesale prices also peaked for the week ending July 17. The CPI is up 9.3 percent from a year ago, 28.8 percent above June 1946, and 74.1 percent above August 1939, with V J Day 1945 levels at 129.3 percent of the 1935-39 average.
The Research Council for Economic Security estimates Americans will spend about 15 billion dollars in 1948 on plans protecting against death, old age, accident, sickness, disability, unemployment and other risks. Northeastern, Middle Western and Pacific coast states show the largest protection totals and per capita payments.
The army plans a friendlier welcome for draftees under the first peacetime draft. Gen Omar Bradley orders removal of petty annoyances. Recruits receive a $5 advance and chaplain access on orienta tion days. Eight training centers hold an eight week course. About half will go overseas to Korea Japan Germany Alaska the Canal Zone Hawaii or Caribbean defense area.
Reports say four power talks may restart to ease Berlin tensions amid the East West stand off. U S and British air crews continue a record airlift delivering about 4500 tons daily to the beleaguered city while clashes erupt in the Russian sector and banks rush to exchange currency. Berlin mayor Louise Schroeder defies Soviet orders at city hall.
An 18 year old plebe at the U S naval academy in Annapolis took his oath, hailed as a principled start to a naval career. The report names John Paul Jones of Piqua Ohio though not related to the famed sea captain.
A collage of chatter notes: Farley studies five new dimes, Downey’s Sean via real name, Payne of the Magic Lanterns at a Cub room solo, Henry Fonda escaping plantographers at Mr Roberts stage door, and Bingham Canyon Utah passing a handgun law. Marion Davies mansion in Santa Monica becomes a beach rendezvous run by Joe Crown at 70 dollars daily capacity. Cohan’s 45 Minutes to Broadway revival promises lists from old trunks. Elsa recalls lunching at London Commons with a habit forming.
A cheeky column notes an office boy at Federal Advertising claims stock in a GM board meeting, and flags a Broadway scene where a “Society Singer” misleads patrons. It woos readers with showbiz blurbs and a sharp editorial on Robert Best’s treason stay and the gilt of sacrifice in wartime.
Pattern 8303 offers a two piece dress with a white eyelet top and pastel or white dress. Sizes 12 to 20 include size 14 with specified yardage and contrast. Features include tiny ruffling on sleeves and yoke, slanted accent lines, and trio of buttons on a panelled skirt.
The article notes that after 13 years of legal bow hunting in Wisconsin the arrow killed deer total is under 1000, far below salvaged illegal gun kills in 1947, with bowmen currently below one percent of the annual legal kill and more deer hit by automobiles than by bow hunters.
The remark frames Dwight D. Eisenhower as a leader who prioritized national security and democratic principles over preserving or advancing a single party. It contrasts safety for democracy with Wash ing safe for the Democrats, signaling a critique of partisan dominance in U.S. policy.
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