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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1946
Page
3
Paul Mallon surveys our town after Japan’s capitulation noting weak E bond sales, rising prices, and uneven store stock. He laments labor shortages, union attitudes, and business reluctance to hire, while reporting higher deposits and ongoing consumer demand with a flood of goods expected after year’s start.
About 102000 surplus army tires will be sold only to veterans in a nationwide sale announced by the reconstruction finance corporation. Tires include 6.00 by 16 6 ply, 6.50 by 20 6 ply, 7.50 by 20 8 ply, and 10.00 by 22 12 ply in mud and snow tread design. Sales will occur at regional offices in Fort Worth Boston New York Cincinnati Chicago Atlanta Kansas City Denver San Francisco and Seattle.
New Orleans January 12 Higgins to resume his large boatbuilding operations after labor troubles led to a November shutdown He plans to hire more permanent workers than before and will complete current contracts for pleasure boats and commercial craft A plant election won by his company and the CIO through the NLRB enabled the reopening plan.
Montana unemployment compensation chief Craighead reports 1945 benefits near 600000 with over 300000 paid to World War II veterans under the GI Bill. The last six months of 1945 saw a 50 percent claims rise. first half of 1946 may reach 2000000 in payments. Daily claims run about 625 checks totaling 11000 dollars.
The article stresses public school agriculture programs training youth in soil use, livestock production, and farm machinery care. It highlights vocational courses in nearly 10,000 rural high schools, science backing farm machinery, cattle, and sheep breeding, and the role of agricultural research in national prosperity.
Lt. Col. Seiichi Ohta known as The Bloody Butcher of Fort Santiago has been condemned to hang for war crimes. The U S military commission said he was guilty for a systematic pattern of crimes carried out over a period as commander of the Japanese secret police in Manila which ran a torture mill at Fort Santiago during the occupation.
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