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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1946

Page

6

UNO Balks at Iran Iran Russia row eases with pledge of pullout

The Russo Iranian dispute eased as Moscow promised to withdraw with no oil concessions tied to exit and Tehran demanded assurances against pressure for provincial governance. Labor rail unions criticized a 16 cent an hour raise as insufficient amid higher living costs and potential rate increases for carriers.

United Nations Organization Moscow Tehran James Byrnes U. S UNO Security Council Iran UNO Russia Security Council Byrnes Labor-Management Arbitration Board B. M. Jewell E. E. Milliman Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Arbitration Board Fred G. Gurney The Santa Fe Gurley Brotherhood of Locomotive

Farm Loans Expanding for Veterans and Farmers

Farm operating loans will be available to about 10 000 farmers this spring. The program targets World War II veterans with an extra 15 million dollars provided to the Farm Security Administration by deficiency appropriation. Rehabilitation loan funds rise to 824 million dollars for the year, enabling continued support through last spring.

Farm Security Administration

Snyder cites 1946 prosperity with wartime conversion strains

Reconversion Director John W Snyder told President Truman that civilian production in early 1946 reached 150 billion dollars in Q1, with private wages near prewar levels. Unemployment rose, textile shortages persisted, and inflation threats linger despite rising output and high taxes.

U. S John W Snyder Truman Snyder

Laundries Post Record 634 Million in 1945

Leandries Boom shows heightened demand with the nation's laundries totaling a record 634 million dollars in 1945. The figure marks a 4.6 percent rise from 1944 and a 127 percent increase since 1933, with gains recorded across all regions.

Overseas Relief London Confab Sets Aid Goals

Delegates from 18 Allied neutral and former enemy nations discuss postwar relief at the Emergency Economic conference for Europe in London. The United States and Soviet Union aim to ship 1,000,000 tons of wheat monthly toward 11,000,000 tons, urging broader contributions. Ireland pledges 35,000 cattle 9,000,000 pounds of canned meat 20,000 tons of sugar plus dairy products for the continent this year.

Europe London Us&s Combined Food Board Russia Ireland Eire Britain

U S Aid Sought for Mihailovitch Treason Trial

The United States state department asked Yugoslavia to allow American officers attached to Mihailovitch's headquarters to testify for him at his treason trial. Mihailovitch led guerrilla resistance against Germany but fell out with Tito after 1943, becoming a fugitive amid accusations of collaboration with the Nazis.

Draja Mihailovitch U .S. State Department Mihailovitch Tito State Department U. S

Baruch Plans and Inflation Policy Stirs Mixed Signals

Washington, Henry Baruch, the financier, is called to advise on inflation and reconversion, with a new plan to harness inflation and boost production. He criticizes government wage and price policies while noting political resistance, unions, and the likelihood of limited congressional action and a patchwork reconversion program.

Washington Baruch New Commission House Banking Committee CPA Congress Roosevelt High Court of Commerce War Powers OPA Bowles

Reminiscences and World Powers in 1929 Links

Reminiscences contrast the 1928 Pan American conference in Havana with New York politics. Hughes led a bloc opposing arbitration while authorizing U S intervention in Latin America but public opinion shifted over two decades. Russia Iran tensions and Ickes' column debut follow, with LaGuardia's Atlantic City UNERA speech quips.

Washington Havana New York Calvin Coolidge Cuba Charles Evans Hughes U S Frank B. Kellogg Mexico U. S Panama Poland Yugoslavia Russia Hughes U S. A Haiti Nicaragua State Department Pulitzers Iran United Nations Pan-American Union UNO Red Army Churchill

Drawstring Frock for Tay Tot Prelly Pattern No 1481

Vintage sewing notice describes Drawstring Frock patterns for toddlers and prel girls in multiple sizes. It lists fabric measurements for sizes 2 and 16 with yardage for 35 or 30 inch material and trim requirements, plus pattern numbers 1481 and 8057.

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