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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1948
Page
2
A Mississippi initiative led by the Tupelo Daily Journal, backed by George McLean and local chambers, aims to expand farming types, dairying, poultry, and fruit growing across five counties. It emphasizes soil enrichment, new town industries, and long term leadership for a broad rural uplift.
A reflective piece links Lincoln's mythic presence to American memory, tracing family recollections from Chicago to Springfield and Washington. It recalls a child at Lincoln's catafalque, letters from readers, and the Lincoln Memorial as a shrine, contrasting reverence with modern politics and world events.
The State Department published captured Nazi foreign office files from 1939 to 1941, exposing Hitler Stalin talks and schemes to exclude Britain and the United States. The documents suggest Stalin offered to join the axis for gains in Finland and the Middle East, while Hitler planned to crush Soviet Russia. Critics warn the publication could fuel anti Russian propaganda and heat the cold war while supporting the Marshall Plan.
In Burley Idaho Sheriff Saul Clark appoints a new woman deputy after the previous deputy resigned to marry. Marjorie Philbrook left to wed Cleve Johnson, a state highway patrolman, and Barbara Lindsay was named as deputy sheriff.
In Shenandoah Iowa a local seed firm treated its employer to a watermelon as part of a business exchange. The gag centers on the seed company wanting seeds in return for the sweet takeaway.
Philadelphia will build the Chapel of the Four Chaplains sponsored by an interfaith committee. The shrine will be open day and night and serve Protestant Jewish and Roman Catholic worshipers. About 150000 dollars has been raised. The four chaplains died when the Dorchester torpedoed in the North Atlantic on February 3 1943.
Rep. Paul Shafer introduces legislation to establish a government regulated American made rubber industry with a 675000 ton annual capacity and a required annual production of at least 225000 tons per year. The bill uses the term American made rubber and omits synthetic.
Former President Hoover urges Congress to reject a four year Marshall Plan and cut the 6.8 billion dollar aid outlay. He argues U S resources should stay at home and warns aid could inflame inflation while weakening world recovery and export funds. He favors a bipartisan commission and some gifts to be labeled as gifts. Roy A Roberts says Eisenhower will likely exit campaign by June, not speaking for Eisenhower.
A calendar study notes most major holidays will fall on Saturdays or Sundays in 1948 and 1949. Christmas and New Year’s Day 1949 land on Saturdays, with Labor Day on Monday and Thanksgiving on Thursday. Sundays for three holidays occur only once every 28 years, last in 1920 and next in 1976.
A humorous plea from a husband named Job claims his constipation was cured by Kellogg's All-Bran daily use and water. He urges others to adopt the bran regimen and even bake muffins, promising a bran new man. The note ends with a plea for Pearl to come home.
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