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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1946
Page
2
The Civilian Production Administration tightens inventories for electrical appliances as bids to curb shortages and rising prices collide with postwar export aims. Union forces press for fair pricing while strike threats and wage talks intensify amid CPA price control debates.
Political analysis ties Burton Wheeler’s Senate defeat in Montana to anti war sentiment, CIO-PAC opposition, railroad union influence, and anti administration stances. Georgia's Talmadge expands white supremacy efforts amid a multimillion ballot dispute and Negro turnout disputes. Browder returns to push Soviet exchange, Mikolajczyk clashes spark censorship disputes as Poland shifts. U S private construction spending hits 3½ billion in early 1946.
Washington observers note a shift as Senate debates a national science foundation bill. Dr Theodore Koppanyi warns against prescribing for science while engineers stress gaps in social science funding. Congress faces pressure to act before OPA deadlines.
Argentina released a special stamp marking Franklin D. Roose velt’s death anniversary and sold a few thousand copies twice the usual amount. The stamp soon sold out within days, reflecting strong philatelic interest.
The piece notes Russia aims to win German sympathy to ease later Communization. It warns this could backfire as the bear might find the tail wagging. It also mentions U.S. crime rankings with New York and Chicago yielding honors to western states. It compares veto use to filibusters and hints at a new gasoline powered lawn mower and hedge-trimmer.
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