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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1946
Page
6
Farmers expand acreage to 357 percent million acres aiming to meet government targets amid war era weather optimism. Wheat is expected to surpass goals while vegetable oil seeds face weaker prospects, and many crops including corn hay and sugar beets likely miss targets. Livestock feeding may drop further in 1947.
The United States urges UNO to consider Iran's complaint against Soviet occupation amid Russia's opposition. Tehran reports Iran pledged to back its rights under the UNO charter, while Iran's second complaint targets Russian pressure over oil near Baku. Russia unveils a five year plan boosting industry and energy output, with massive investment in housing and education. Peron’s Argentine victory strains U S diplomacy as Britain weighs its wheat and meat ties.
U S bomb damage hampers Japanese industry as it shifts to peacetime output under General MacArthur with unions rising but no strikes, while food shortages persist amid rice controls. In Paris, Marcel Petiot faces murder charges for 26 killings during the German occupation, claiming 63 victims were traitors, as corpses and evidence are revealed.
Washington column notes Hoover urging Americans to conserve food for the hungry, praising his practical, plain speaking approach. It also covers labor conciliator Maj. Estes on communication in labor relations and the value of proactive, preventive methods over arbitration.
U S drinking averaged 58 dollars per person with 190 million gallons consumed, up 14 percent from 1944. Federal receipts reached about 2.5 billion dollars from nearly 8 billion in sales, while states collected about 0.5 billion.
Secretary of War Patterson creates a special civilian board headed by Lt. Gen. James Doolittle to hear grievances from enlisted men and officers about the army caste system. Witnesses will include non military persons and Army personnel as the inquiry probes relationships between officers and enlisted men on and off duty. The panel will address housing clothing liveliness and recreation questions.
Former Secretary of War Henry Stimson testified before the Pearl Harbor committee that Roosevelt era officials blocked his proposal to strike Japan first in late November 1941 and chose a secret appeal to the mikado instead. He said Washington feared Japanese southward moves threatened the Philippines and British Dutch holdings, and noted a three month truce offer was considered but would have imposed stringent demands.
Total income payments to individuals hit a record 160.749 billion dollars in 1945 per the Alexander Hamilton Institute, up 2.5 percent from 1944. Salaries and wages were 110.162 billion, slightly below 1944, while 1939 wages stood at 45.658 billion, showing a 141 percent wartime rise.
The piece satirically critiques Western views on Franco and Spanish democracy while noting the Swedish Garbo discoverer’s death at 64 and comparing geopolitical struggles to unrelated affairs. It concludes with a quip on swift, sharp judgments in foreign policy.
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