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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1947
Page
3
Washington scene reports President Truman hosting bi partisan meetings with congressional leaders to foster cooperation during the 80th Congress. Key figures include George A. Dondero John W Martin Jr and Charles A Halleck, outlining committee leadership and party dynamics in a tense postwar House.
In Natural Bridge Virginia a remote stretch of Highway 11 now features a red traffic signal warning of the 90 foot Natural Bridge span. The device, installed two years ago after 28 crashes and 12 fatalities in 10 years, requires drivers to slow below 25 mph before turning green and stops speeding motorists at the dangerous downgrade. Highway engineers report no further crashes at the site and plan more lights at other danger zones.
Otis Clark and his uncle Noah Clark of Winters built a modern cottage in Madison California. They bought a vacant lot and poured a foundation after touring lumber yards from Sacramento to Woodland for supplies. Eight days later the Clark family moved in.
Grass Lake Michigan voters elected seven women in April to form the village’s first all female leadership. Miss Helen McCall heads the group as president, with Mae Riethmiller, Mabel Hagadon, Thelma Snodgrass, Marjorie Foster, and Iona Wright as officers and trustees.
A roundup notes Rochelle Iowa gains Class 1 airport status with two gravel runways and a turf field planned in Montana Shelby under a CAA project. Fort Dodge Iowa approves a $200000 bond for airport expansion as Council Bluffs explores a country club style field. Included are wolf hunting from planes in Missouri and aviation safety advances with the P 80 B Shooting Star. A new marking system for small airports using segmented circle markers is proposed by a Civil Aeronautics engineer.
In Brownstown Pennsylvania a 1855 grist mill on Conestoga creek has been remodeled to revive hand loom weaving. Walter Desager, a Swiss native and former wool mill operator, runs five looms built by a Lancaster carpenter from his plans. He trains inexperienced workers to weave high quality tweed fabrics suited for men’s and women’s wear. The mill also features a Pennsylvania Dutch room for show and employee use.
In Chattanooga, Barrett, an aged African American woman, says she is 108 noting her father died at 129 and her mother at 119. She has long watched her health, joking about a “tweak heart.”
Oklahoma legislators approve a bill extending jury service to women who can vote. The law allows exemptions for women with children under 12, ending a long period during which women could vote but not serve on juries.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics warns of a 1947 recession with wholesale food prices down 15 to 20 percent by year end and farm prices 20 to 25 percent lower if the downturn coincides with heavy marketings. Real income and purchasing power fall, suggesting early price adjustments could lift activity, though such flexibility is rare. Industrial activity may peak in H1 1947 and drop 5 to 10 percent in H2, with overall income payments likely rising then falling.
London. A Royal naval court martial found Lt. John Wardle guilty of prejudicing naval discipline for entertaining a five man minesweeper crew at a Christmas luncheon at sea. He was dismissed, severely reprimanded, and forfeited three months of seniority. Wardle argued he spent every Christmas afloat since 1942 and had joined similar celebrations in previous years.
Detroit jury awards $12000 to Donald Donnelly claiming he is two inches shorter than his twin after an injury in 1942. The suit by mother Mrs. Ethel Donnelly sought $50000 and alleged retarded growth from the theater washroom accident. Caseload heard by Circuit Judge Adolph F. Marschner.
New York report: Dr. Luther Gulick, president of the Institute of Public Administration, tells 26 journalists at a municipal affairs seminar that American cities are obsolete like a 1910 car. He faults aging buildings, streets, utilities, and transit and cites a lazy, self-centered citizen as the central political problem.
A moonlit Spanish town yields a comical romance when a serenading youth is pelted by a flower pot from a balcony. The senorita admits she loves the singing but dislikes the flying flower pot and asks him to keep singing without further projectiles.
A statement notes that less than 5 percent of all musicians singers conductors and composers possess absolute pitch the ability to identify any tone when played alone.
A health note promotes waking with a glass of water and the juice of one California Sunkist lemon. It claims natural bowel stimulation, improved digestion, vitamin C benefits, and a fresh tang to clear the mouth and fight fatigue.
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