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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1945
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union analyzes how the settlement of oil workers pay could influence reconversion efforts and curb consumer credit as a broader economic pattern. The piece frames the pay agreement within postwar shifts and labor-market responses.
Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach shifts oil workers talks to Washington to push a pattern for postwar reconversion. The union seeks a 30 percent wage rise, while companies offer 15 percent. The broader strike disrupts New York clothing production and highlights wartime labor tensions.
Argentina remained under a state of siege as President Edelmiro Farrell and Colonel Juan Peron tightened control. They round up economic, political and labor leaders after a failed coup aimed at overturning the regime. The government extended martial law and suspended guarantees of speech and assembly, saying action was needed against an oligarchic coup plot.
A House Ways and Means Committee blocked a Senate plan to extend unemployment benefits to 26 weeks, sparking labor condemnation. The story also covers Henry Ford II rising to the Ford presidency and Patton Eisenhower denazification debates, plus Indo-China turmoil under French, Chinese and British interests.
A reporter relays a man driven by fishing dreams from Indian River to far shorelines in search of striped bass and snapper blues. After a fruitless tour through Kickapoo Inlet to Winnepesaukee Ledge he returns home defeated and shoots himself near the iron bridge, while nearby locals note the season’s best run of stripers.
The government removed all credit controls for building renovation and relaxed loans for services and non essential purchases. The 12 month credit repayment remained for washing machines vacuums bed linen mattresses boats watches cameras automobiles pianos and furniture. Some finance groups say easing helps low income classes while OPA fears price increases.
Army search teams of five soldiers comb battlefields in Europe and the Pacific for missing personnel. One member speaks the local language and teams cover about one and a half square miles. Information on missing personnel is consolidated to speed investigation.
In London Secretary Ickes and British officials crafted a pact for orderly petroleum development after the war. The agreement seeks advisory regulation of overseas operations, mutual respect for concessions, and non interference, with senate ratification still required. Both nations hold large oil assets, including in the Middle East.
OPA removes point requirements for lower grades of beef veal and lamb through October. Hamburger patties brisket and other items become ration free while sausage frankfurters luncheon meats and canned meats also lose points. Hog and finished cattle keep current point values. Fats and oils stay rationed to provide extra stamps for cheaper meat.
The piece notes remote areas of Peru and Bolivia gaining health progress through Institute of Inter-American Affairs hospitals and services. It contrasts new buses with nostalgia for trolley rides, recalls childhood memories of Sylvan avenue and beach lines, and ends with satirical questions about baseball in Russia and postwar guilt.
A set of practical household notes covers fabric work with a brick padded in cloth to hold taut projects while sewing. It also offers cooking tips such as serving frankfurters with mustard and browning them, frying eggs without sticking, keeping raisins suspended in batter, and using honey as a sugar substitute for cereals and fruit.
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