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Newspaper
Hartford Chronicle
Location
Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1946
Page
2
Hartford Chronicle reports weekly from Hartford Connecticut with offices at 1702 Main Street. George W Goodman and John B Stewart serve as editors alongside the advertising manager in a publication priced at 1.50.
The Chronicle pleads for balanced coverage and rejects religious bigotry in reader feedback. Editors defend printing news value without bias toward Catholic, Protestant, Mohammedan, Zoroastrian, Buddhist, Hindu, or Bahai readers.
Price ceilings lifted and OPA rules changed led to higher payments to housewives for used kitchen grease. Across cities like Boston Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Frankfort Lorain Los Angeles New Britain Omaha Philadelphia Schenectady Sioux Falls Union City dealers now pay from four to eleven cents per pound for salvaged fat, up from four cents previously.
The call to collect discarded kitchen fats continues as a valuable resource for producing soap and other essential goods. Turned in fat supports manufacturing of electrical appliances paint automobiles tires and paper in addition to soap.
Labor Secretary Schwellenbach warned against declaring an inevitable recession as consumer spending slows and inventories rise. Meanwhile 14 top economists show split views on a major low mood with nine undecided or leaning against, four affirming, and nine predicting a minor downturn.
Columnist Ed Swett humorously notes Theodore Bilbo's public image and antics in Jackson Mississippi. He suggests Bilbo's Senate notoriety and controversial stance could still position him for a mock award honoring racial progress in 1946. Cont on Page 16.
The piece argues the Meader Report unfairly blames Negro troops for immorality and inefficiency, citing white officers' prejudice and harsh discipline. It contends morale suffered due to hostile command, cites long work hours and denied decent conditions, and calls for investigation of conditions and reasons.
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