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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1948
Page
2
Farm groups approve the Brannan selection while a proposed truce in Palestine fails. The GM wage agreement is seen as potentially setting a pattern for labor talks across industry.
President Truman’s pick Charles F. Brannan to succeed Clinton Anderson wins broad backing from national farm groups who call him a farmer’s friend. Brannan backs reform of the prewar parity law to reflect postwar crops and prices and has shaped bills now pending in Congress. If Congress acts this year, farm price guarantees at 90 percent of parity may end. Brannan, as assistant secretary, is seen as a steady advocate for a long term farm program.
Arab states reject a United Nations truce request and fight on against the Jewish state of Israel. Haganah forces seize Acre while Egyptian planes intensify raids on Tel Aviv and Arab troops claim their greatest gains in Jerusalem.
General Motors halted a 225000 worker walkout by offering an 11 cent pay rise tied to a living cost formula. The package includes an 8 cent cost of living increase and 3 cents for annual efficiency gains, with quarterly adjustments to CPI. Critics warn cost shifts to the public may negate benefits.
Secretary of the Navy John Sullivan urged Congress to speed development of a 65 000 ton super aircraft carrier costing 124 million dollars before the House Armed Services Committee. Don McNeill, host of ABC Radio’s Breakfast Club, is celebrated as a symbol of ABC’s rise and the show’s 15th anniversary. He performs unscripted humor for five mornings weekly since 1933, winning a loyal audience with off the cuff lines and plain folks appeal.
The Federal Security Agency's Social Security Administration reports fewer people forgo old age and survivors insurance benefits due to delayed claims. Baltimore official QO C Pogge states improved public awareness that benefits are payable only when actually claimed.
Question pack lists capitals of Arab states allied against Israel and assigns origins. Fleming credited with penicillin discovery shaping antibiotics. GOP last candidate Hoover nominated in 1928 at Kansas City. Truman cabinet tally 16. Hartley identified as Fred A. Hartley Jr. of New Jersey.
University of Chicago education professor Robert J. Havighurst told Cleveland delegates at the National Congress of Parents and Teachers a significant portion of the population has too few children to sustain reproduction. He cited fashionable but socially unhealthy two child families as an example.
George Cheslo of Climax alerted the JD tower near New Florence after spotting a car stalled on PRR West Penn tracks in Indiana county. A fast freight bound for Johnstown, 7:20 p.m., risked colliding with the car, with no intermediate tower to warn the locomotive.
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