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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1945
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union analysis suggests a pay settlement for oil workers could guide reconversion efforts and ease consumer credit curbs. The column notes the potential broader impact on postwar economic adjustment and policy easing.
Secretary Schwellenbach moves oil workers bargaining to Washington to press a 30 percent wage claim amid a 15 percent company offer, aiming to set a pattern for postwar conversion while New York strike disrupts 1.5 million workers and garment production. Also recounts Hirohito’s Tokyo visit to MacArthur and Japan’s postwar economic plans and trade exchange talks with the United States.
The National Automobile Dealers Association says tire production is improving with a plan to produce about 12 million tires from October to year end. Some of these will be reserved for new cars, while fire rationing elimination is not expected soon.
The government dropped all credit controls on building renovations and eased loan regulations for services and non essential purchases. The 12 month repayments for washing machines and other items remain unchanged despite concerns from OPA about price pressures. Financing groups say restrictions hurt low income families while market stabilization relies on price control and rationing.
Argentina remains under a state of siege with President Edelmiro Farrell and Col. Juan Peron's government extending military rule. Leaders from economic, political and labor sectors have been rounded up after a failed attempt to overthrow the regime. The regime cites a campaign by oligarchic interests and wartime unrest as justification. Liberty is pledged to return once groups learn to exercise it properly.
The Ways and Means Committee shelved a Senate bill to extend jobless benefits to 26 weeks with federal aid. The move defeats President Truman's aid plan, as the Senate previously refused to raise weekly benefits to 25 dollars. AFL President Green called Congress callous. CIO leader Murray urged a broad drive for reversal and aid.
Army search teams of five soldiers comb battlefields in Europe and the Pacific for a missing service member. One member fluent in the local language leads area assignments of about one and a half square miles. Information on the missing person is consolidated to speed investigation.
The United States and Britain outline an advisory framework for oil operations abroad after a London meeting led by Interior Secretary Ickes and British officials. The pact seeks mutual respect for concessions and non interference, aligning postwar petroleum trade with Senate ratification expected, while avoiding domestic production controls previously rejected.
OPA removed point requirements for most of October for lower grades of beef veal and lamb and for hamburger lamb and veal patties short ribs brisket breast and flank and shank of veal. Some processed meats sausage frankfurters luncheon meats and canned meats lost points while pork bacon and other cured meats kept current values due to tight supply. Fats and oils remained rationed.
Henry II, a 28 year old college educated in sociology more than engineering, assumes the presidency of Ford Motor Company after his famed grandfather retires from active service. He vows to restore Ford to leadership in sales, trailing Chevrolet for much of the prewar decade. Ford presented the 1946 model last July amid postwar output and strikes, having resumed the presidency in June 1943 after Edsel’s death, and he plans to devote most energy to outside interests, especially the use of farm products in industry.
The article reports a dispute between General Patton and General Eisenhower over using former Nazi officials to restore Germany’s economy amid looming winter hardship. It notes Patton’s brief to report Nazi remnants in 3rd Army territory and to account for his Bavarian control, while Eisenhower pushes a strict denazification and a modest Reich living standard. It also mentions unrest in Indo China with Annanistes resisting French rule and Japanese roles in postwar demobilization efforts.
Chicago experts weigh whether a Tibetan bear at Lincoln Park Zoo is a playful pet or a dangerous animal. The bear mauled and killed veteran keeper Anton Rauch after a cage incident, prompting warnings that summer crowds heighten animal danger. Reports compare past zoo attacks to stress from heat and crowds.
Remote areas of Peru and Bolivia have improved humanitarian welfare through new hospitals and medical services funded by the United States and South American nations via the Institute of Inter-American Affairs. The malaria threat has lessened as modern health measures progress.
Napoleon the turtle at Steinhart aquarium suffered neck swelling and weight loss until a 15 minute operation by Dr. Wilbert Chapman removed a neck cyst. The turtle began to recover immediately, while officials credited the surgeons for the successful removal.
Private Robert L. Hall of Memphis received a three day pass at Sheppard Field Texas after submitting a device to prevent battery acid overflow while stationed at Craigfield Selma Alabama. Washington HQ granted authority to promote him to corporal.
In Kansas City a laundry chute dumped $1920 in twenty, fifty, and hundred dollar bills onto soiled clothes from a guest’s strongbox. Mrs. Cleota Atwood opened the basement outlet and recovered the money, lifting everyone’s spirits.
Theodore Harris, 43, crippled, will move from an abandoned bus to a donated home built by 20 St. Louis volunteers. Aiding the project, alderman and judge Vernon G. Riehl called the zoning charge improper and apologized. The house includes a ramp, vine-covered fence, and handrails from the Capital, with donations from local firms.
The Sappington school fund report shows 12,519 Saline county students educated at a total cost of 211,803 dollars. Originating in 1857 from Dr. John Sappington’s $20,000 trust, the fund supported common, high school, and college education for needy youth, with the principal grown to nearly 300,000 dollars and a current balance of 82,500 dollars. Beneficiaries must maintain good scholastic standing. The Sappington family played a key role in early Missouri history.
Washington reports lifted government restrictions on domestic wool sales breaking CCC sole buyer status. Growers may sell to any buyer but market conditions limit demand. CCC remains committed to buy all offered wool at a ceiling about 2 percent above foreign wool until June 30, 1946. The Agriculture Department considers lowering government stock prices to compete with foreign wools.
In Schenectady New York Dr Edwin G Boring a Harvard psychologist explains that extreme noise masks differences in sound making voices hard to distinguish In loud environments placing fingers in ears can block the mass of sound allowing the ear to discriminate tones and voices again
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