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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1947
Page
2
Britain votes peacetime draft and German miners seek more food are highlighted in weekly analysis from the Western Newspaper Union. Analysts discuss U S naval stance, peacetime military policy, and economic concerns in Europe and the Pacific area.
The Security Council endorsed the U S request for permanent control of 623 islands in the Mariannas Carolines and Marshalls, creating an 800 000 square mile Pacific zone. Fortifications and air bases could reach Japan China the Philippines Korea and even southern Siberia. Senate confirmation or joint congressional action remains.
The XB-46, built by Consolidated Vultee, is described as the Army’s fastest bomber. Tested at Muroc air field in the Mojave, it features four wingset engines, measures 105 feet long with a 113 foot wingspan, and flew for 90 minutes on its first flight.
The British Parliament votes through a peacetime conscription bill despite Labor opposition. Conservatives ally with Laborites to pass the measure extending conscription five years beyond 1949, with 18 to 26 year olds to serve 18 months actively and five and a half years part time. Separately in Berlin, the Communist party governs the city via SED dominated boards.
Consumer demand for whisky is down 20 percent from a year ago, while production hits a new high, prompting dealers to anticipate potential price reductions. Retailers report stronger price resistance as they monitor industry trends and market signals.
In the Ruhr region British zone authorities face a coal miner strike over higher food rations for families. More than 300,000 miners have protested as most of the 170 mines idle at times, threatening coal output and electric power in Europe. Britain rushes food from other zone regions to ease the crisis.
A group led by Dr. Heinz Waterboer seeks permission to travel to Liberia in June to study tribes animals and plants in southeast hinterland. They aim to uncover legends around elephant and leopard cults and report on pygmy elephants and hippos.
FBI agents arrested John P. Lehigh a 25 year old former coal miner from Uhrichsville Ohio after four years living as a caveman At his grandmothers farm home he wore multiple sweaters and rubber boots and hid in a hillside cave near Uhrichsville He deserted Fort Shelby Mississippi in July 1943 and was turned over to military police at Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio.
Ash from Mount Hekla, three inches deep in places, covers farms up to 30 miles from the eruption. Authorities fear 17 farms may be ruined as three major craters erupt and lava flows reach two miles wide. Farmers evacuate as ash falls and livestock are slaughtered.
Washington reveals a hidden backdrop to the Greek Turkish aid push. A Russo Bulgarian Yugoslav scheme would carve a separate Balkan state under Communist control, with Greek forces mobilizing to curb guerrilla activity aided by Bulgaria Albania and Yugoslavia. The plan includes a 406 million dollar package from the United States with 300 million to Greece and 100 million to Turkey, plus 50 million for Balkan relief and a 12 million Greek War Relief drive.
Secretary of the Interior Krug closed 518 government operated soft coal mines as unsafe until inspections deem them reasonably safe. About 40 000 miners work in these dangerous mines while 2013 federally controlled mines have reopened. John L. Lewis condemned the delay in enforcing the safety code after 111 deaths.
Senator elect Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi faces a long convalescence after two more operations and cancer of the law. Forrest Jackson, his legal advisor, announced Bilbo cannot attend before September and likely cannot claim his seat in 1947. The Senate plans to adjourn by early July, while Bilbo continues to draw pay as action to bar him had been considered before the January session.
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