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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1948
Page
2
President Truman says no talks with Russia and notes an uneasy pause in Middle East tensions. Draft machinery is planned to begin work, signaling shifting wartime policies as observers weigh potential diplomatic openings.
The four week UN supervised truce in Palestine falters as Arabs and Jews accuse each other of violations. President Truman attacks Soviet tactics in Berkeley, urging action to back world peace. Draft plans loom with selective service ready to induct 19 to 25 year olds, and talk of moving UN headquarters from Geneva to Europe gains ground.
Mr and Mrs Girard Van Bar kaloo Hale of Santa Barbara Calif traveled to Maille to receive thanks from 366 residents whom they helped through the war years They adopted the French village and sent 12000 gifts of food and clothing The era of Marshall plan aid continued as ECA Administrator Paul Hoffman approved 95610605 for 10 European nations Total Marshall plan authorizations rose to 393737029 amid House and Senate budget battles shaping foreign policy.
The Federal Reserve defines a middle income as 2920 for 1947, up 320 from 1946, with half of 42 million U.S. families earning more and half less. About 28.98 million had 2000 dollars or more, while 13 per cent earned under 1000 and 18 per cent between 1000 and 2000. Managers and self-employed top the ladder with 4500 dollars, professionals 4000, and workers lower.
The family economics bureau of Northwestern National Life Insurance reports 1980 vacation prices up 20 to 100 percent versus 1940. A 12 day cruise from New York to Nassau Havana and Miami rose from 120 dollars in 1940 to a 218.50 dollar minimum now, an 82 percent increase.
Scientists at the Merck Institute in Rahway New Jersey have developed a highly sensitive scale that can weigh a puff of air from a single wave of the hand. The device weighs potent new drugs and even records the energy spent by animals under study.
A guide promotes building lawn furniture at low cost using patterns that show full size shapes and exact join locations. Patterns require no special tools or skill and patterns for a lawn chair set, a lawn settee, and a lawn table are available by mail from East Bird Pattern Co. in Pleasantville New York with small pattern fees.
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