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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1946
Page
6
Weekly News Analysis notes U S army radar contact with the moon opens vast exploration avenues in the stratosphere. Evans Laboratory Belmar New Jersey physicists report echoes 2% seconds after sending radio waves 238857 miles to the moon. Potential uses include radio control of long range missiles and jet propulsion.
Southern congressmen led by Smith of Virginia and Cox of Georgia push for anti strike laws to restore federal scrutiny of employer books, require contract observance by unions and firms, and ban sympathy strikes as the Steelworkers strike looms. Short contends war department withheld intercepted messages hindered Pearl Harbor defense, urging four hour alert if timely intel had arrived. FEPC filibuster pits southern senators against civil rights measure, while wheat export plans and tight supplies threaten 1946 markets.
Ethyl News magazine says great oil deposits may lie in or beyond the Andes. South America is already a leading oil producer and signs of petroleum along the Andes support hopes for major new deposits to offset wartime depletion as the snow capped mountains stretch from Tierra del Fuego to Venezuela.
The War Assets corporation creates a special division to speed surplus goods disposal for veterans. The Chicago regional WAC sets a certificate system guiding G I applicants to the correct department. If not available, vets are notified when received and buy under OPA ceilings, addressing prior price and notice complaints.
At Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore Maryland two year old Judy Hackman of Buckley Washington is sent home after doctors Blalock and Taussig repaired a malformed heart. Judy’s blue color faded to a rosy hue as she regained life saving oxygenated blood.
The Alexander Hamilton Institute notes farm product prices since World War II follow a pattern akin to post WWI. After WWI’s peak, prices fell briefly then rose again, and the report suggests a comparable sequence may occur after WWII.
The White House is slated for a 1.5 million dollar remodel including new floors, heating, grounds redesign with fountains, and various comforts for the Truman era. A lighter note mocks the project with quips about rugs for Mrs. Truman, a hammock, and a yacht atmosphere.
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