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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1945
Page
2
A mosaic of famous figures recounts Poe Marconi Barnum Dumas Woolworth Gershwin Newton Byron Schiller Coleridge and others. It strings anecdotes on poverty fame invention vanity and fate, noting early struggles and later breakthroughs across arts science and commerce.
Walter A. Shead argues that about 45 million Americans own war bonds, far more than voters, and that repudiation is unlikely given federal backing and a 165 year record. He notes low redemption rates, payroll savings growth, and that most bonds stay in hands, funding the war and future government needs.
Treasury officials say the public debt ceiling must be raised again to 300 billion dollars to accommodate the seventh war loan. The current maturity value debt is about 241.02 billion with only 18 to 80 billion margin before the 260 billion limit is reached, requiring large bond sales likely in May or June 1946. President Roosevelt forecasts further boosts before June 30 1946 as debt may reach well over 300 billion dollars at maturity.
Reports from Washington describe a widening guerrilla campaign behind the German front. Thousands of slave laborers, mostly French and Russian war workers, hide in bombed Berlin ruins and engage in sabotage. Some German deserters join the effort as the Allies prepare to seize Berlin.
War Manpower Commission Director Paul McNutt may launch a new program across light labor sectors to cap payrolls at a percentage of last year’s workers. The ceiling plan has been tested in Chicago where non essential industries must cut staff by 10 percent by March 15.
The article notes the Soviet 100 ton Stalin tank with a 4.8 inch gun surpassing the German Tiger and the American Sherman, and its mobile gun penetrating German fortifications as ground remains hard. It also reports Germans fleeing across borders ahead of Allied advances and mentions proposed eastern Slav alliance talks backed by Moscow.
A scientist reveals the bush telegraph is a natural rhythm not Morse code, with drums conveying multiple meanings through pronunciation. Tribes temporarily set aside quarrels to relay important tidings across rivers and frontiers. Talking drums announce weddings and other events.
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