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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1949
Page
6
Weekly news analysis notes Truman pushing for split with hardline factions while seeking accord. Dutch firm on Indonesian policy and broader Cold War tensions. Editorial framing by Western Newspaper Union analysts emphasizes divergent stances and strategic implications for U.S. leadership.
In a luncheon talk in Kansas City President Truman said certain Soviet leaders are eager for a U S U S agreement to end the Cold War and criticized Moscow for breaking Yalta and Potsdam pledges He warned that American diplomacy had faced failures and reaffirmed that the United States wants peace amid Indonesia tensions and Marshall Plan pressures.
The United States pursues a policy of watching and waiting over China with no commitment to direct intervention. President Truman weighs Marshall's health and tenure as secretary of state while considering Vinson as a possible future replacement if Marshall cannot carry the load.
Probers urge harsher penalties for contempt of Congress to curb witness evasion in espionage probes. Representatives Mundt and Nixon propose stiffer penalties beyond the current one year and $1000 fine, while preserving witness rights and counsel in sessions.
The Hoover commission report says federal health programs are wasteful and lack a central plan, urging major reorganization and reduced government supervision. It notes funding strains and manpower shortages while excluding compulsory health insurance from its scope. Gerald Roberts wins top rodeo cowboy honors for 1948 with $21,866 in earnings.
The piece argues the sophomore season is pivotal for players like Al Dark Richie Ashburn and Gene Bearden. It predicts Dark Bearden Ashburn Doby Goodman Chesney Raschi and Porterfield as key figures for pennant contenders in 1949 while noting past injuries and conditioning influenced outcomes.
A new side-delivery rake designed for power take-off raking and tedding enters production. The unit features a floating reel and basket, 64 teeth, positive chain pitch, dual forward speeds, a tedding speed, and reverse rake option. This, along with prior mechanization efforts like a one-man twine-tying baler and a field bale loader, marks a full move toward modernized haymaking.
The Australian Legion of Ex-Service men and Women launched Operation Tactful Sociology to help young veterans and their wives with in law troubles by swapping homes with other veterans living with their parents in law. Spokesmen cite British use of similar schemes that saved English marriages where couples live as paying guests with strangers.
The army will require all inductees and officer applicants to certify membership in any subversive organization. Those with such ties are barred from service. Draftees must sign affidavits stating their affiliations as part of the induction process.
A federal census bureau report reveals 8,300,000 married women and 6,900,000 single women in the labor force, reversing wartime trends as married women return to work while single women decline in jobholding.
A new repellent from B F Goodrich, tested by Maine Fish and Game at Swan Island, coats leafy crops so it won t wash off. Deer nibble then avoid treated leaves and insects are discouraged, reducing crop damage feared at 150000 dollars annually in Maine and millions nationally.
Report notes cattle rapidly consume citrus molasses when fed through troughs and drums. Observations describe troughs 30 inches wide and about 12 feet long used to make molasses available to cattle.
Quick easy inexpensive pattern for making a Salisbury style coffee table and tray. Table folds, stores compactly. used indoors or outdoors, lumber traced from pattern, no special tools needed. Send 25 cents to East Bird Pattern Co Dept W Pleasantville NY.
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