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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1946
Page
2
The piece notes military leaders debating a possible war with Russia while Gen Dwight Eisenhower dismisses such talk. It also covers lobbying against the Wyatt veterans housing program, a protest over renaming Van Horn road in Missouri, and Henry Wallace's enduring influence as a Roosevelt era official.
A montage of media gags and World War II era chatter traces a joke about Dorothy Thompson becoming the GOP candidate for president in 1940. The item traces how the rumor traveled from London to Washington, then to a straw vote in the press.
The 25th annual Easter sunrise service at Garden of the Gods Colorado Springs gathers thousands on the rocks as a 250 voice choir and Bernard Vessey perform with the electric organ while millions listen nationwide. The event, organized by the local ministerial alliance, marks a long tradition rooted in the Garden’s natural cathedral setting.
CIO leader Phil Murray announces a one million dollar mobilization as hundreds of organizers move into Georgia Florida Mississippi Alabama Tennessee and the Carolinas to organize unorganized labor among both Negro and white workers in the region.
Greeley Colorado educator and firearms expert G E Damon warns that souvenirs from World War II era weapons will cause deaths for decades. He cites a 14 year old who asked how to use a shotgun and notes soft locking lugs on Japanese rifles and the dangers of American ammunition in captured arms. He advises keeping enemy weapons as souvenirs and never firing them.
About 1000 heifers from the United States have been sent to devastated areas in Europe by the Church of the Brethren heifer project. The drive, begun in 1942, aims to ship over 2000 animals in 1945 to Belgium France Greece Holland and Poland. UNRRA handles overseas shipping while local Brethren groups organize farm shipments through Napanee Indiana.
Washington column notes state approved labor management committees aid veteran apprenticeships under GI bill. VA loans total 134.545 million on homes and 6.814 million on business. 81,632 home loans approved. Questions cover allotments, pay, pensions, and discharge rules with regional VA and Navy contacts for specifics.
A reader reflects on OPA policies and their effects on bankruptcies, production, subsidies, and profits. The piece argues cooperation with OPA could improve outcomes, cites bankruptcy trends from 1939 to 1945, records of postwar production, and estimates the consequences of ending subsidies and cost-absorption policies.
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