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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1947
Page
11
Westbrook Pegler discusses how suits accusing individuals of communism have become a racket. He notes Supreme Court limits on such claims without corroboration and questions the profitability and ethics of these damages cases.
A Hollywood figure describes disillusion with capitalism and opulence after a Kremlin inspired treatment. He proclaims a shift to communism and urges fellow citizens to revolt now if possible in technicolor.
Drew Pearson notes most of the congressmen who toured Europe last summer remain unsure about helping Europe. August Andresen visited Norway and his ancestral village. Bob Poage witnessed Norwegians fed on wood pulp and dried fish with cows, while Mike Mansfield urged White House attention after seeing widespread undernourishment, challenging Taber’s denial.
A clipped panorama of Broadway culture handling wartime and Nazi era references with Max Lorenz noted as a Nazi-linked tenor. Also mentions casts, celebrity marriages, theft reportage, and showbiz gossip including Murray Pittluck’s jewelry hold up and Ginger Rogers rumors.
Walter Shead argues that House and Senate hearings on un-American activities and the Hughes case are spectacle driven. He contrasts them with normal committee procedures conducted in quiet rooms with orderly questioning and official transcripts for public reading.
The piece notes the withdrawal of government credit restrictions and warns that easy credit boosts inflation. It cites an average American family debt of 750 dollars beyond public indebtedness and urges sellers to avoid lenient terms to prevent debt buildup.
Cleveland reports that ram jet experiments by American researchers have produced speeds up to 1,500 miles per hour with unpiloted aircraft from the NACA and Navy. RM-1 tests on Wallops Island reached 1,000 mph, while a drop test clocked 1.43 times the speed of sound. Further tests aim for around 2,000 mph with winged designs.
London reports the government launched newspaper ads to show Britons that a grave economic crisis requires higher production. The campaign urges “little men” to work harder and explains the national problem as a personal duty, with a cartoon of Mrs Britain facing food shortages and imports.
In Likeston Missouri with proceeds for the library, girls prepared a meal while the boys funded it. Girls removed shoes and hid feet under a sheet exposing only bare feet. Boys touched the feet of their chosen partner at the table, a game requiring clean feet.
In Cleveland Ohio four year old Joseph Demko believed a valve on a Deepfreeze cabinet was a drinking fountain. His tongue tore a muscle and a strip of skin after becoming stuck to the unit. His mother, shopping, heard the scream and freed him.
A Southern psychologist tested two chimpanzees by using coin operated water and food slots. After learning which coin ran which machine, one chimp was deprived of water and the other of food. The thirsty chimp traded coins with the hungry one through the cage bars, exchanging coins to get the desired resource.
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