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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1945
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union reports Japan moves toward surrender and demobilization while the United States prepares for a broad postwar shift to a peace economy. Plans call for releasing millions of GIs, continuing point systems, reconversion of industry, price controls tapering and ration adjustments as civilian reemployment and relief efforts begin.
War Department figures show 3,714,910 active Class E allotments as of June, directing soldiers pay to dependents, banks, and insurers. Over four decades of premiums have flowed to life insurers, with $263,227 in June alone paid to building and loan and savings associations under the GI savings plan.
The agriculture department predicts 1945 harvest to be the third best in history with record wheat and oats yields and strong sugar cane and beet output. Soil conservation warns over 90 percent of farmland needs treatment for erosion, requiring millions of man years and equipment. 43 million acres should be retired due to erosion and other factors.
King George VI unveils Labour Party program centering nationalization of the Bank of England and coal mines while pledging wartime controls during reconversion. UNRRA head Herbert Lehman warns of over two billion dollars needed for postwar relief and outlines China aid routes as Australia pushes to expand the UNRRA control council beyond the Big Four.
France onlookers witnessed Gen. Charles de Gaulle commute Marshal Henri Petain’s death sentence to life imprisonment for treason while a separate verdict of national indignity remained. Petain asserted his loyalty to France, but the trial sparked a national divide over responsibility between the wartime pact and prewar leaders.
Historical note links consumer backog to wartime autos and furniture shortfalls with a sermon on Joseph. The lesson traces Joseph in prison prospering under God, prepared by God for Pharaoh, and promoted to govern Egypt. It urges trust in God amid hardship and the divine basis of government.
A set of trivia items asks about New Connecticut the price of gold directions from the North Pole completing a proverb Florida's acquisition of Florida the tailless breed of cats Buffalo Bill's role with the U S government and which professional would use the word hegemony among a mining engineer a statesman or a chemist
Lesson for September 2 outlines the chosen subjects and scripture texts. Prepared under the International Council of Religious Education license for use by permission.
The Western Reserve in Ohio is fixed in the United States by an act of congress, with only the south involved to reach the bottom. The item references purchase from Spain and mentions Manx cats. It describes a scout and pony express mail rider and weighs the statesman as the dominant authority of a state.
Thomas Jefferson authored the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom and founded the University of Virginia. His self written epitaph is now on his tomb.
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