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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
2
A Washington writer recalls encounters after V E Day in Shanghai and at an American plant in the Netherlands Indies. Japanese hosts bow and assist American flyers, while later a Japanese guard at an American plant tours facilities and praises repairs, highlighting lingering ownership and wartime losses.
The writer catalogs 283 pieces of unasked correspondence over a week, listing diverse arrivals from Omnibook to UAW CIO News and National Opinion Research surveys. He notes items from Omnibook back pages, News From Sweden, Canadian and German affairs, and various trade and industry leaflets. The pile includes Fed materials, production reports, and a Progressive magazine, with a subscription card prompting payment and a final reluctance to continue.
The United States presses Moscow and Belgrade with firm notes while a show of naval force sails the Mediterranean. Tito orders cease of attacks on American planes after U S protests for release of airmen. The Dardanelles issue triggers warnings against joint Soviet Turkish control. Poland urged to allow free elections with broad party participation and fair commissions. A peacetime plan for economic mobilization outlines M-Day groundwork led by a national security council and allied bodies. Donald M. Nelson to lead civilian mobilization study at President Truman’s request.
The article explains how retiring congressmen may qualify for federal pensions after leaving office. It details eligibility, required back payments, and possible annual amounts ranging from about 1,500 to 7,500 dollars, with examples for figures like Hatton W. Summer, Burton K. Wheeler, and Henrik Shipstead, noting age rules and service length.
Four congressmen push a fixed perpetual world calendar dividing the year into four 91 day quarters. A 366th day becomes a world holiday, with a leap day added in leap years. Proponents say it standardizes holidays and eases statistics. critics note impracticalities and potential social quirks. Nations including China and several Latin American and European states reportedly endorse the plan.
Ralph K. Betz, 26, of Willoughby Ohio and a 42 month army veteran wounded in France, is jailed in Bad Nauheim Germany facing possible deportation after returning to Europe to find work. Army says no charges filed. Betz admits sneaking aboard a troopship without passport or orders and failing to report to the provost marshal. He cites high U.S. prices and lack of jobs as reasons for his trip.
In Blue Spring Utah the film "Bob, Son of Battle" hires extras from Blue Spring and nearby areas. More than 178 residents join the production with entire families departing farm duties for cinema work. Myron Proctor 77 and three generations of Tebbs Horne family participate as camera targets while director Louis B. King lauds local scenery.
Misa Agnes McBride sues her mother in circuit court for 250000 claiming she was confined to an estate hospital to bar her share of a one million dollar estate left by her husband in January 1845.
Aviation notes warn pilots about mountain winds and turbulence in the Rockies. Eddie Sapela, a veteran flyer from Grand Junction, advises avoiding canyon bottlenecks, maintaining altitude, and not overloading planes. CAB data cite fatal mountain crashes due to ignored loading weights. Western Airlines resumes service to West Yellowstone, linking Yellowstone to the national network. A new glass coating for windshields improves strength and anti icing. Pan American Grace Airways plans direct U S to Buenos Aires service pending CAB approval. Lima New York air route expected via Tampa and surrounding lines with a 99 passenger Sikorsky flying boat setting an 3900 mile record hop.
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