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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1945
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union analysis notes the CIO aims to keep high wages in the postwar era to spur construction and housing activity. The piece analyzes how wage policy could influence industry activity and labor relations in the coming months.
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach moves to curb CIO wage demands threatening reconversion and stabilizing policy. Auto and oil unions push for 30 percent boosts amid price controls as wartime profits are cited. MacArthur and Truman debate occupation force size while postwar demobilization plans unfold.
General Marshall unveils a stepped up demobilization plan reducing discharge points to 60 on November 1 after a October 1 cut to 70. Officers’ discharges drop to 75. He spoke to 300 congressmen noting MacArthur’s Japan force estimate of 200,000 next summer and Eisenhower’s 400,000 for Germany remains.
Officials rush to speed postwar construction while curbing costs. A target of 500000 private dwellings next year and 800000 in 1948 drives policy to boost scarce materials, raise wages and prices if needed, and strengthen inventory controls to prevent hoarding. Price controls on building materials will tighten. Federal credit agencies warn against loose financing amid booming home demand and employment prospects.
OP Administrator Chester Bowles reiterated that retailers must absorb any increases in manufacturing costs in the reconversion period. He rejected claims of unfairness, noting profits rose with higher volume and lower costs, and cited department store margins of 14% prewar and 12% in 1944. The policy allows some manufacturer price increases to cover higher labor and material costs while capping profits.
A Northwestern National Life Insurance survey reports industry views warming to older workers. Wartime shortages broke age limits and many employers now prefer older, loyal, dependable staff. Most recruiting will target ages 20 to 30, but opportunities broaden postwar.
Naval chiefs at a House hearing outline a plan with 300 ships active, 100 in ready reserve, 680 laid up but seaworthy, needing 500000 enlisted and 58000 officers for 300 ships and planes, and 815000 for the full fleet. Bases would span Pacific locations including Aleutians Hawaii Canal Zone Guam Saipan Tinian Bonin Islands Adak Philippines and Atlantic posts Argentina Newfoundland Bermuda and Trinidad.
As plans for a postwar fleet proceed in Washington, naval officials prepare an atomic bomb test on surface vessels 500 miles from Japan. The Nagato battleship with 14 inch armor will be the target to study underwater and surface blast effects and guide future warship redesigns after Mitchell’s earlier experiments.
In a single dispatch, a three B-29 formation lands in Chicago after a 5995 mile test of the great circle route from Japan to the United States led by Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Le May. The report also covers a German war crimes trial at Lueneburg and 1944 U.S. income payments, highlighting New York and Nevada disparities.
A fragmented 1945 era set piece mocks postwar auto design and war effort lore, praising Gert and lampooning baseball fans. It mentions a debutante rail figure, a 1942 reference, and satire about the era’s shifts in industry and culture.
Readers note warm sweaters knitted by high school and college girls for campus use and low temperature classrooms. Each vestee shown costs 101 and features soft wool knitting or white crocheted designs with colorful embroidery and small gold buttons. Pattern No. 5289 offers complete knitting and crocheting instructions.
The article notes a March birthday celebration for the moon among Japanese culture and describes a hare seen in the moon as jeweled.
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