Stabilization policy aims to spur postwar production in 1946
The article reviews Truman administration plans for wage increases of 15 to 17 percent and price readjustment to support mass production, with John Snyder steering policy and Chester Bowles administering it. It also covers the U. S. blue book on Argentina under Peron, accusing the junta of fascist economics and Axis collaboration, and an outlook on world food supplies predicting tight wheat and meat, but a well stocked American larder.
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Truman
John Snyder
St. Louis
Snyder
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Juan Peron
U. S. State Department
U. S
State Department
Army
Peron
Spruille Braden
Argentina
United Nations
Gerrmany
Italy
Germany
French North Africa
France
Spain
India
China
Europe
Russia
Slaughter of Horses and Goats Surges as 1945 Ends
The 1945 U S slaughter of 77 887 equines for meat marks a 49 percent rise from 1944’s 52 063. Goats also rise with 13 150 slaughtered by federally inspected packers, up 98 percent from the prior year. With veterans returning and new plants, 1946 outlook improves though demand may outpace supply. Cars in use reach 24 million as tires shift to synthetics amid rubber scarcity.
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U. S
General Motors
Chicago
Ill
National Federation of Grain Co-operatives
Truman
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Ickes Resigns as Interior Secretary in Truman Administration
Denis Row with Harold L. Ickes notes the former interior secretary resigns after 13 years, warning Truman of possible scandal over underwater oil reserves and political pressures for state control. Observes Ickes may not oppose Truman’s 1948 re election but leans toward Wallace in 1944.
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Harold L. Ickes
Department of the Interior
Truman
Edwin W. Pauley
New Deal
Harold
Ickes
Teapot Dome
Pauley
Interior
Mr. Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Rural Social Security Plan for Farmers Proposed
Washington analysis notes Prof. Murray Benedict favors including farmers in the federal social security system. The plan would tax self employed farmers at 2 percent and use stamp books to simplify payments, with deductions based on income and an option to deduct actual expenses. Opposition cites cost to treasury as more workers enter the program.
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WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
United States
Esquire Magazine
Fish and Wildlife Service
Murray R. Benedict
University of California
Truman
Professor Benedict
Benedict
Treasury
Congress
Jake Duncan
Tom
Mr. Benedict
Jake
Smithsonian Institution
National Guard Plans to Expand to 622 500 Under Postwar Build Up
The plan calls for 622 500 officers and men, more than double the prewar 300 034. Ground forces would hold 571 000, air wings 47 600, and miscellaneous services 4 000, with 22 infantry divisions and two armored divisions. New York would lead with 47 777 personnel, followed by Pennsylvania 39 580, California 39 568, and Illinois 32 908.
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America
National Guard
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Illinois
Boundary Problems Plague Peace Makers
The Big Five peace talks face a clash over the southern Tyrol with rival claims by Italy and Austria. Italy resists ceding the Tyrol due to hydro electric investments on the Adige river and shifts in water rights while Austria seeks control of regional agricultural output including vegetables and fruits.
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Big Five
Italy
Austria
Tyrol
Adige
Barbs and Bites on Space and Peace in a Satirical Note
In a satirical column Bankhag jokes about funding space endeavours and Martian conflicts as humans await a peaceful United Planets. The piece also notes a senate hearing where Ickes anoints Edwin W. Pauley with oil during a nomination for navy undersecretary. It mentions a new comb that sprays hair tonic, aimed at the bald.
Simple Way To Make Slip Covers From Muslin or Sheets
A sewing sketch guides making a chair slip cover from unbleached muslin or an old sheet. It covers fitting, seam allowances, and tucks around the spring seat, with grain arrows and pattern placement. The notes cite SEWING BOOK 3, offering 31 other home ideas, priced and ordered by mail.
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DITOR
Otters Newspaper Union
Stro
World Outlook
Department of Agriculture
Capitol Hill
Denis Row
Britain
Hamilton
Bermuda
Atlantic
Newfoundland
British Guiana
Caribbean
Provisional International Aviation Organization
Rural Electrification Administration
Harold Ickes
Washington Digest
Bankhag
Millenia
United Planets
Senate
Navy
Ruth Wyeth
Bedford Hills
Nature
Prings
Wade
McKesson & Robbins
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