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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1950
Page
5
A Washington column argues the United States must mobilize land resources and impose sacrifices to confront Communist threats. It links Truman era measures to a broader need for national readiness against perceived imperial Soviet aims and ongoing Korea-related tensions.
The report describes near showdown actions in Korea with Communist forces capturing Pohang, crossing the Naktong, and massing 60,000 troops as U N. troops defend. U.S. Marines push toward Chinjy while air and ground raids continue on North Korea. The House passes a broad home front mobilization bill empowering the President to control prices and wages, ration goods, and allocate materials, with penalties for hoarding and credits for defense.
At the United Nations the Soviet chair Jack A. Malik faced Western anger as he stalled all moves on the Korean crisis during his two week tenure ending today. Britain’s Sir Gladwyn Jebb to take over and Western delegates pressed Moscow’s role while Malik claimed only weapons sold during Soviet pullout.
A four senator statement from Wiley, Smith, Hickenlooper and Lodge denounces Democratic diplomacy as inviting Russia to seize gains in Asia and calls for restoring U S leadership for lasting peace. They fault the 1945 armed forces disintegration and urge a forthcoming documentary white paper from the national committee to back the stance.
The Commerce Department announced that the national production of goods and services rose to an annual rate near 270 billion dollars in the second quarter of 1950, a new record. The figure shows a jump from 254 billion in late 1949 and 269 billion in early 1950.
Wallace writes a brief two paragraph note to aide C B Baldwin announcing his resignation from the Progressive national and executive committees. Observers note his move reflects the party’s leftward stance and his own evolving political position through Republican, Democrat, and Progressive roles since the 1920s.
The senate finance committee approved increases in individual income taxes totaling about 3 billion dollars, with withholding rising from 15 to 18 percent and higher rates applying to more income over time. GI service members would pay no tax while officers receive reductions. exemptions would not apply to those outside war zones.
Russian broadcasts accuse University of Michigan players of being led to slaughter by greedy promoters. The Voice of America counters by offering a season pass to accredited Russian correspondents to attend all Michigan games and verify conditions firsthand with no expenses for lawyers or wreaths.
All-out battle reports the capture near Pohang with air ship losses and a fierce clash at Pugong ni bridgehead. In the south three-pronged U S advances are checked on the outskirts of Chinju.
Winston Churchill addressed the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe warning of Europe’s weaknesses and asserting America’s atomic bombs shield Europe from Communism. He proposed a unified European army and the council approved 89 to 5 amid mixed reactions from critics and supporters.
Sewing girlie patterns offer a simple bib style apron needing only one yard of fabric for small sizes. Includes a gay pocket scrap tip and button trim. Also advertises a Fall and Winter stylist book with free pattern and wardrobe ideas.
Practical kitchen hacks include tenderizing steak in water and vinegar, grinding stale bread with flour for crumbs, using a paper bag over a grinder to catch crumbs, repurposing waxed cardboard containers for crumbs, cooling eggs to separate shells, glazing roast lamb with molasses to mask sheepiness, beating egg whites and yolks separately for fluffy omelettes, and using vinegar in water for boiling eggs and to prevent aluminum pots from discoloring.
Bill Nelson of Salt Lake City, a mail carrier, was stopped by a woman on his route who requested her mail. He retrieved mail and delivered an advertisement letter, then returned it to the bottom of the pile. The next day he had a COD package for 35c, but the woman refused to part with a 50c piece and asked him to change a 100 dollar bill. she kept the 50c and he kept the package, declaring the matter closed.
A collection of quips and scenes from era cinema and social life. An elder’s counsel to women about finding a husband contrasts with Philip Merivale’s Hollywood debut as a quiet director’s day begins. Humorous exchanges explore theater choir absences and house guest manners.
THE PATTERN provides actual size cutting guides for shaped parts and shows a simple mechanism that rings a bell. It also includes painting transfer patterns to help produce a precise windmill design with a weather vane feel.
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