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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1948
Page
2
Washington observers say the 1948 campaign will be lively with Hank Wallace as a disruptive force. Democrats anticipate rallying liberals while Taft looms as Truman’s potential challenger, and Republicans foresee a sharp left-right split. The press notes ongoing conferences and a nationwide election atmosphere, predicting a grand political show.
An Atlantic sea serpent report by J Fordan aboard the Santa Clara describes a brown hairless creature 35 feet long seen 118 miles east of Cape Lookout with a two and a half foot head and red water around it. A Washington street sighting recalls a hairy multi leg monster on New Hampshire avenue, provoking chaos before fading into an alley.
President Truman called for immediate $40 relief per taxpayer plus credits for dependents while proposing a $3.2 billion corporate tax raise to balance the plan. He urged a 75-cent hourly minimum wage and framed his approach as a left of center New Deal shift, courting liberal votes amid GOP opposition. Brazil moved to outlaw Communists from elective posts, prompting clashes in the chamber and street scenes. French Socialist Leon Blum urged a global middle force to curb both American capitalism and Soviet imperialism, steering toward a balance of power.
In his address to Congress President Truman urged approval of a 10 point program. He pressed for wage and price controls universal military training extended Marshall plan stronger rent controls and public housing. He backed farm price supports unemployment and old age benefits a national health plan education aid refugee admission Alaska and Hawaii statehood.
In a heated exchange, wet and dry forces dispute 1947 liquor results across 769 local option elections in 21 states. The Distilled Spirits Institute cites a net wet population gain of about 150000, while dry advocates report continued progress and more dry areas, with leaders like Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin and Laura Lindley predicting further battles ahead.
Westbrook Pegler argues that communists are enemies of the United States and contrasts them with other immigrant groups. He claims loyalty to the U.S. remains intact among Irish and German descendants despite wartime suspicions. He cites treason as levying war or aiding enemies in the Constitution.
A column notes football coaching votes to preserve unlimited substitutions, arguing the game becomes unwatchable and indistinct. It contrasts this with timeless labels like eleven and likens modern play to a pinball machine. Also mentions Panama rejecting a base lease and a quip about a trial headline.
Drew Pearson notes Eisenhower's popularity is phenomenal. CIO chief Phil Murray hires R. J. Thomas, Reuther foe, at CIO HQ Washington. AFL council focuses on Minnesota contest Ball vs. Humphrey. Michigan Democrats urge Prentiss Brown against Homer Ferguson. Senator McGrath praises Farley at a New York dinner, fueling vice presidential speculation.
Walter Winchell notes a rumor that Stalin arranged four successors Molotov Zhdanov Beria Bulgarin with Malenkov scheming to edge in The piece mentions Romania King Michael Vatican marriage and Doris Duke buying a B 29 plus local show chatter about a night club crowd and veterans committee pickets at Carnegie Hall.
Walter Shead argues cooperatives reflect American rural life and patronage refunds. He counters claims they are un-American or harmful to small business. He accuses the National Tax Equality association of backing aWashington lobby to tax cooperative refunds, funded by big business.
Small ad offers a decorative wall cabinet pattern for 25 cents. Send coin to East Bird Pattern Co. at Pleasantville New York. The notice invites readers to mail for pattern No 24.
The article argues that 1929 had record retail sales of 48 billion dollars while 1947 sales reached 109 billion, with inflation eroding purchasing power. It notes that a dollar bought 100 cents in 1929 but only about 40 cents in 1947, explaining the apparent growth as inflation rather than more goods.
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