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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1946
Page
9
An age old custom links colors with cardinal directions. White for North, yellow for East, red for South, and black for West. Some Chinese cities still paint gates facing each direction accordingly.
In a grimomic exchange the widow of Henry presses for a cremation with ashes set in an hour glass. The undertaker balks as she insists the deceased, who never worked, must become useful in death. The widow pushes to honor a lifetime of idleness with a sharp, satirical demand.
The paper announces a special arrangement with the Was a Bureau of Western News Union in Washington D C to publish a weekly veteran and serviceman questions column. Readers may send inquiries to the Bureau and await answers in a future column. no direct mail replies.
Veterans write about GI Bill credit issues and seek Farmers Home Administration loans up to 12 000 dollars over 40 years at 3 percent for farm purchases or operations. The column answers questions on disability pensions, back pay, apportionment between veteran and family, and dependence payments, advising to apply for ratings and consult Veterans Administration, American Legion, or Red Cross.
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen settle with Swift for a 7 percent hourly rise plus night pay and holidays, totaling 12 cents. CIO United Packinghouse Workers sign with Cudahy for 15 cents extra and a sick leave plan, plus eight holidays and end to wage differentials. CIO also for Tobin Packing Fort Dodge guarantees 52 weeks. Back pay suits rise after Mount Clemens ruling, with United Steelworkers and Auto Workers seeking hundreds of millions for 180 thousand workers. Dow Chemical settles 4.656 million for 1,200 John L Lewis District 50 members.
The ICC unanimously approved a 17.6 per cent average freight rate increase for rail and water carriers and a 10 per cent rise in rail passenger fares. Wages since 1941 have climbed by about 1.382 billion annually, the commission said the increases are needed to maintain transport capacity and move traffic efficiently. Other commodities rise 20 per cent, agricultural products and livestock up 15 per cent, with regional rate differentials allowed to vary.
The United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis defends liberty and calls the Supreme Court a protector of citizen rights. The court sets January 14 for government and defense arguments on fines against the UMW and on whether government operated industries can prevent strikes. The core issue is whether running coal mines falls under government authority essential to the nation.
Britain buzzes over a possible marriage between Prince Philip of Greece and Princess Elizabeth. The engagement talk intensifies amid citizenship chatter and wider political implications for Britain Greece relations in the eastern Mediterranean.
Foreign ministers of the Big Four will meet in Moscow next March to discuss a German treaty after cleaning up Balkan peace pacts. The United States and Britain move to unify their occupation zones to speed Western Germany’s recovery, while Molotov pledges press access as Byrnes seeks better news coverage.
In Madrid about 300000 gathered before the national palace to denounce foreign interference while the United Nations Security Council plan in New York urged Spain toward free elections. The United States abstained on the resolution, which urged diplomatic measures but allowed ongoing talks with Spain. Franco urged the issue was for Spaniards alone and cited neutrality in World War II and economic openness.
Walter Johnson nicknamed the Big Train dies at 59, hailed as baseball’s greatest pitcher. He spent 21 seasons with the Washington Senators, compiling 413 wins and 280 losses, a modern strikeout record, seven 200+ strikeout seasons, two no hitters, and 114 shutouts. Johnson’s feats include blanking the Yankees in four games in 1910 and a 56 scoreless inning streak in 1912.
Test pilot Chalmers Goodlin, 23, flew the Bell XS-1 to 35,000 feet at 550 mph. He praised the flight as beautiful and quiet with no engine roar. The craft, fueled by ethyl alcohol and oxygen, targets 1,700 mph, with official goals set at 80 percent of sound speed.
Russia presses into Azerbaijan to secure oil rich Iran while Iran Greece and Turkey backed by Britain and the United States rebuff leftist moves. Greek forces rout 1,000 leftists at Corymbos and Turkish troops push remnants across the border. Bulgaria linked to the fighting as John L Lewis presses for shorter miners hours and higher pay. Wilfred Sykes argues Inland Steel miners work 35 to 42 hours for a 54 hour week.
WNU reports hundreds of lobbyists have registered under the congressional reorganization act. Townsend plan advocates show 29 lobbyists including Dr Townsend himself. Labor and business groups, real estate, veterans and religious bodies also register, with top salaries reaching 65 000 for Purcell L. Smith of the National Association of Electric Companies and 28 000 for Walter Chamblin of MANUF. A broad map of influence emerges as the new Congress convenes January 3.
The piece outlines postwar policy clashes at the Walter Reed and the Surgeon General's office over cancer research. It notes Milton Freedman facing career pressure after a leak and criticizes wartime medical staffing. It also discusses Max Gardner as a potential ambassador to the Court of St James, GOP congressional maneuvering, Edith Nourse Rogers’ veteran committee chair prospects, and U S relief aid proposals for Austria, Greece and Italy.
Northwestern National Life Insurance cites a health warning that whooping cough kills more children annually than infantile paralysis and scarlet fever combined. 1944 U S Public Health Service deaths: 1,878 whooping cough, 1,361 polio, 422 scarlet fever. Preliminary 1945: 1,726 whooping cough, 1,189 polio, 349 scarlet fever. Cases rise through winter, peaking in March or April.
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