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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1945
Page
6
A prerled editor argues that wartime railroad efficiency was not a mystery. Between world wars railroads spent over a million daily on improvements, boosting freight car capacity 22 percent and locomotive pulling power. Private investment built the system, while taxes paid to the federal government exceeded four billion dollars in the last three and a half years.
The piece notes express firms carried heavy food and war materiel during World War II including dairy cows, ammunition, tanks parts, and millions of pints of blood. It compares wartime logistics to peacetime, praising private enterprise for aiding victory and highlighting the scale of industrial epic.
Congress weighs partial reform of the Smith Connally bill to curb strikes and penalize unions for no strike breaches or political activity. Proposals urge exempting supervisory staff from Wagner Act bargaining. Advocates warn unchecked union power risks higher coal prices as machines dominate mining and wages rise. Legal responsibility for unions is urged to protect workers and preserve unions.
Eleven major American oil companies urged strong government backing to expand abroad, arguing that with equal freedom to operate under foreign laws they can fulfill a mandate to secure an adequate share of world oil development for American needs. A separate anecdote recalls a theatre mishap where a late arrival steps on a man and both laugh off the stumble.
Auction listing offers 184 Spotted Poland China hogs with breeding plans, many fall pigs, open sows, and one pure bred sow set to farrow March 26. Also catalogues farm machinery including Allis Chalmers tractors and implements, McCormick Deering picker, plows, discs, rakes, spreader, cultivators, planter, and binder. Terms require $10 and a small percent payment, with property only after settlement.
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