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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1946
Page
6
An editor's note introduces this digest of wartime economy policy. John R. Steelman urges business to hold prices, labor to restrain wage demands, and consumers to curb spending to avert inflation. He notes 58 million employed and 172 billion dollars in annual output amid scarce key commodities and rising prices.
Members of the house military affairs committee report on Okinawa and other bases finding delayed family housing for officers and soldiers, shortages of cigarettes and fresh food, and misallocated supplies. They note 350 Jap soldiers still at large on Okinawa and discuss interpreters and recruitment issues. Stalin’s dual notes on Turkey are analyzed as ongoing aims. Dean Acheson vacations amid a Wallace Byrnes feud while Mrs. Truman forgoes White House car use in Missouri.
Edison Electric Institute reports 1,070,000 residential and farm customers joined U S power systems in the first eight months of 1946 despite housing shortages and equipment difficulties. For the year after VJ Day 1,668,000 new customers of all classes were added across the country.
Store paint brushes in turpentine not water. Water softens bristles. To remove chewing gum from clothing rub with ice until it rolls into a ball then scrape off. A spray bath refreshes indoor plants like ivy and prevents red spider attacks. A full length mirror aids sewing room fitting and a large hand mirror helps.
To give out glass pieces a brilliant sparkle wash them in sudsy water. Rinse in cold water with a little baking soda dissolved. Wipe and polish with a lint free cloth.
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