Corn Belt Fills Feed Lots and Britons Move to Nationalize
Western Newspaper Union reports cattle feeders filling feedlots at record rates boosting next year beef supply while U S plans Antarctic expedition under Admiral Byrd. Britain’s Labor government unveils gradual nationalization plans for inland transport and power with price controls and market regulations amid postwar economic tightening. Also noted are price hikes by major manufacturers and farmers to cover costs, a severe Colorado snowstorm halting ranch losses, and continued teen employment trends per the National Child Labor committee.
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Department of Agriculture
House That Theft Built and Cotton Futures Policy Move
Portland couple William and Christina Leonard were detained after allegedly confessing to building a three room house with stolen timber cement and shingles and furnishing it with radios typewriters and other items valued at $10 000. Agriculture Secretary Anderson proposed tighter cotton futures limits as the 1946 crop forecast is 8 487 million bales with sizable carryovers. meanwhile consumer debt surged reversing prior records by Northwestern National Life Insurance.
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William and
Christina Leonard
Portland
Ore
Department of Agriculture
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Agriculture
Anderson
Commodity Exchange Commission
Department
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Labor and politics clash in postwar United States
Washington columnist argues labor remains a citizen first and union member second and that the 80th Congress must avoid smashing labor. He cites CIO PAC influence, voter backlash, and frontier habits shaping a conservative tilt amid postwar political realignments. A side note reflects on British Conservative naming and a 1945 Frankfurt broadcast misgivings.
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Washington
U. S
America
Congress
Cio-Pac
PAC
Labor
Hitler
Stalin
States push for bigger shares of state tax revenues
Forty three states are returning to their municipalities nearly 400 million dollars yearly from state collected taxes. The amount excludes additional state aid to schools. City leaders in many states back proposals to capture even larger shares of state taxes for localities.
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American Municipal Association
U.N. Trusteeships Face Hurdles at Lake Success Talks
United Nations deliberations at Lake Success New York show reluctance to give up control of strategic territories. South Africa threatens to annex Southwest Africa, opposing Soviet demands for U.N. supervision. Russia pushes for trusteeships despite lacking territories. President Truman proposes nominal U.N. supervision over Pacific islands while preserving U.S. military control.
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United Nations
U. N
Lake Success
N. Y
Union of South Africa
Southwest
Africa
Russia
Europe
State Department
Truman
Pacific Islands
U. S
Panama Canal Study Examines Modernization Options
A special congressional grant funds top meteorologists and engineers to study altering the Panama Canal or building a new waterway to handle heavier ships and reduce wartime vulnerability. Proposals include enlarging Gatun Lake storage, extending locks from 1000 to 1500 feet, and widening them from 110 to 200 feet. Some favor a new canal with straighter routes, though that requires clearing jungle and adding facilities.
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Panama Canal
Gatun Lake
Suez Canal
Barbs and Bursts of Postwar Satire
A column notes shifting attitudes as GI students press issues and college experience becomes common. It jokes about a boastful man without college now at risk and lampoons young Democrats who forget party history. The piece ends with a desert water joke.
Quotable Thoughts on Truth, Direction and Courage
A set of brief epigraphs by Dr. A Peabody Oliver Wendell Holmes and Katherine Mansfield. The notes praise enduring ideals patient restraint purposeful movement and constructive action as noble.
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Dr. A. Peabody
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Katherine Mansfield
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Germany
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France
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