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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1946
Page
3
Kathleen Norris recalls sending clothing to Europe and receiving a Polish mother's letter of gratitude. The note describes fear, hunger, and eventual recovery, praising water, shelter, and sunshine as miracles while urging appreciation for simple comforts and daily life.
A Polish woman recalls life before the war a luxury apartment car and travel funds were lost as famine and shortages followed. She survived by begging and scavenging in a ruined city while her husband and brothers died of starvation. Now peace brings some relief but hardship remains.
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced four emergency aid units prepared to aid public health authorities against poliomyelitis. Each unit includes a physician, an orthopedic nurse and two physical therapists to set up facilities, assist treatment, and train local doctors in new techniques.
Weekly veterans questions column answers common queries on eligibility for World War II G I Bill benefits and NSLI policy adjustments. Details cover loan guarantees, policy reductions, required information, timelines for guaranteed loans, and government interest contributions.
Erika Krebs, 20, once in the Hitler Youth, is sentenced to life by a U S military court for shooting MSgt. Robert E. Flanigan of Peoria Illinois on June 12. The court deliberated under ten minutes after prosecutors sought the death penalty.
Missoula registration reached 969 students this week, a summer school all-time high. Six hundred sixty men and 309 women enrolled, Registrar Everett G. Marble reported.
A 30 year debt trend shows the federal government accounting for about two thirds of all debt in the economy, with the public debt totaling 278.7 billion dollars in 1945 and the net national debt at 252.7 billion dollars after cash holdings. Non government debts sit around 130 billion, highlighting the war era shift and the need for broad own ership of government securities to curb inflation.
The text notes private debt rose steeply to 1458 billions in 1930, while government debt stayed about one-tenth of total. Through the 1930s deficits boosted federal debt to about 2.5 times 1930, state and local debt fell after 1933, private debt declined by 1940, and government debt accounted for less than a quarter of total, unlike today.
Washington June 20 a woodworker in work clothes testified before a senate small business committee about bread shortages after two hours and five bakeries failed to yield bread. He said meat is scarce too with salami the only available option and only in sandwich form with bread. Bakers also spoke about their bread supply woes.
An OPA official said a price hike for newsprint is under consideration after a delegation of newspaper publishers pressed for higher rates. Publishers fear Canadian producers may redirect supply to higher paying buyers abroad, given Canada supplies about 80 percent of U S newsprint.
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