Labor peace needed to guide postwar economy
Editorial argues three small counties have hundreds of USES listed jobs and more unrecorded openings, highlighting labor unrest after World War II. It urges capital and labor to resolve disputes quickly, defends government role in preventing production stoppages, and stresses America must lead to convert to civilian production without chaos. The piece calls for orderly peace on labor fronts parallel to battlefronts.
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Cheyenne
Kimball
Deucel
United States Employment Service
Daily
America
American
American National Bank marks twentieth anniversary in Sidney
The American National Bank celebrates its 20th anniversary, reporting deposits into the millions and a solid financial statement. President A. J. Jorgenson guided the bank through Depression, opening after the 1933 bank holiday and remaining a stable community institution, Telegraph congratulates the bank and its leadership.
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American National Bank
Rock of Gibraltar
A. J. Jorgenson
Lie
Sidney’s Bank
The
Telegraph
Jorgenson
War profits puzzle at General Motors examined
The piece notes GM’s wartime revenues and payrolls rose sharply 1942–1944 yet net profits fell due to wartime profit caps. It contrasts high sales and payrolls with complex government price ceilings and worker buybacks, raising questions about figures and policy effects on labor relations and industry.
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General Motors
Good News on the Farm in Cheyenne County
Telegraph reports two items on expanded electric service. Sidney plans to spend 150000 dollars to extend the municipal utility lines and the Bureau of Reclamation aims to build a high line to link with government transmission, forming a cheap power network across Wyoming, western Nebraska, and Colorado. Within years, every farmer in the territory should have electric service, reducing kerosene lamps and manual chores.
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Sidney
Lodgepole Valley
Bureau of Reclamations
Gering
Cheyenne County
Wyoming
Nebraska
Colorado
North Platte Valley
Unclear GM Financial Setup Question Stirs Debate
The remark hints at questions about General Motors finances and corporate structure. No concrete details or named sources are provided to confirm claims, leaving the alleged arrangements speculative and unresolved.
Anniversary reflections at American National Bank
The American National Bank marks its twentieth anniversary this week. A veteran newspaper man recalls starting in 1925 and jokes about the long, headache-filled path of the banking and publishing worlds. A. J. Jorgenson also shares his doubts about entering banking due to its headaches.
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The
American National Bank
A. J. Jorgensen
Bali Bali
Balancing Income and Expenses Through Bank Overdrafts
A reflective anecdote on bank loans and overdraft notices, contrasting past scarce funds with present abundance. The narrator recalls joint efforts with Pat Heaton to balance income against expenses, noting Mr. Jorgenson's growing bank influence and a humorous shift from warnings to permissive notes. The piece ends with a toast to Mr. Jorgenson on the author’s twentieth anniversary.
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Pat Heaton
Mr. Jorgenson
Navy records reveal Wadsworth commander's revised history
John Lowell Block seaman first class of Sidney served aboard the destroyer USS Wadsworth. The ship fought at Okinawa Iwo Jima the Marianas Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville campaigns. Wadsworth credited with fending off 40 plus enemy planes and thousands of ground hits. Also reports on Dalton area servicemen including Eldon Arndt Wendell Frandsen Clayton Frandsen Charles Nickell Elwin Linton Charles Hinman Dale Worth Jerry Kopetzky Roger Geller Frank Ogard and Stanley Bleckwenn with various postings and discharges. Fresh slip covers tip.
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John Lowell Block
Sidney
Wadsworth
Okinawa
Japan
Iwo Jima
Marianas
Bismarck Archipelago
Bougainville
Dalton Boys
Eldon Arndt
Siebert Field
Alabama
Wendell
States
Clayton Frandsen
Navy
St. Louis
Charles Nickell
Elwin Linton
Charles Hinman
Pacific
Philip
Clifton Edwin Heizer C. M. M
California
Roger Geller
Frank Geller
Dalton
Frank Ogard
Stanley Bleckwenn
Springfield
O’reilly General Hospital
Through Other Editors Eyes Rioting Sailors cite Honolulu clash
The piece notes a riot involving Navy men in Honolulu over alleged police neglect by a largely native Hawaiian force. It says both sides share fault yet condemns armed U S forces rioting, warning such actions harm national reputation and international relations.
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Honolulu
Navy
United States
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