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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1948
Page
3
A do it yourself project offers a sturdy express wagon for a child. Full size patterns and step by step instructions guide cutting and assembly. Materials obtainable at a local yard. no special tools required. pattern no. to request by mail with 35 cents.
A cheerful note suggests quick Christmas budget gifts by listing friends who smoke and buying Camel cigarettes and Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco. Available in colorful holiday packaging with space for personalized greetings, these modest gifts promise easy gifting and friendly reception.
A column recounts rapid-fire rumors about Lady Astor’s son Katherine Dunham and other famous names. It notes marriage hints, celebrity moves, and political chatter as the press weighs Truman era decisions and foreign affairs.
Henry Wallace who carried the Progressive banner in 43 states presses to keep the party alive for the 1952 race. In Detroit he scorches doubters and signals plans amid UAW opposition and a wary labor movement as November 2 nears. He urges followers to stay with him after November 2 despite uncertain influence.
Washington Capitol stands prepared for next January's inauguration amid heated national talk on politics and press. The piece notes Farley quotes and echoes debates on communism and Japan in the postwar era, with remarks on leadership, media and cultural figures.
Former German Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch dies in a British military hospital at Hamburg Germany while under guard awaiting trial as a major war criminal. He was 67 and had been ill for some time and had been scheduled for trial in Hamburg in January.
Yugoslavia faces growing strains with the United States and most UN members as Tito rejects Cominform dictates. Edward Kardelj maintains alignment with the Russian bloc in UN debates despite internal Yugoslav Communist Party resistance.
The piece criticizes the Department of Justice for targeting Rep. Parnell Thomas and links prosecutions to political motives. It alleges selective cases and flawed prosecutions tied to the New Deal era, naming Fay, Meaney, and Rossbach as examples of alleged injustices within the department and courts.
The department of agriculture reports 27,440,000 people living on farms in January, down from 27,550,000 a year earlier. Despite births outpacing deaths by about 50,000, nearly a million moved to farms from cities last year while over 1.5 million left farm life.
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