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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1945
Page
1
The recap notes Congress backing a joint Pearl Harbor probe amid broader friction over Truman’s postwar plans. Debate targets unemployment aid limits, full employment pledges, anti discrimination laws, reconversion pricing, public works, and draft extension as U S forces advance in Japan.
The army revised its postwar redeployment plan to exempt 663000 veterans from overseas service based on a points system. Exemptions apply to those with 45 or more points, or ages 34 to 37 with service, or 37 or older. Other officers face lower thresholds, with many discharged under the new rules. Speedy rehiring of discharged workers is vital to meet the War Manpower Commission target of 14 million jobs after war.
Dr John W Stanton, former war department consultant on Japan and Northwestern professor, argues Japan will recover faster than the United States due to a prewar population largely in agriculture and fishing. He notes two thirds of Japanese were in primary sectors, versus one third in industry, contrasting Germany Britain and the U S with higher industrial shares and slower recovery.
Vidkun Quisling stood defiant as counsel Henrik Bergh depicted him as a constructive European statesman and Bolshevik role while stressing his ties to Hitler in 1939 and to Chamberlain in pursuit of a peace. Bergh argued Quisling’s sympathy for Nazi rule aimed to avert Norway becoming a battleground like Poland.
In the first reconversion work stoppage, Ford and Hudson plants cut production as labor disputes spread. In Washington, Truman vowed to prevent slow reconversion. Ford laid off over 26,000 as supplier strikes and Kelsey Hayes wheel workers protested firings of stewards after a foreman brawl. Hudson cut output after 6,000 workers walked out in sympathy with 500 foremen protesting wage reductions.
A 32 year old lay preacher Lewis Francis Ford of the Dolly Pond Church of God near Birchwood Tennessee died after a rattlesnake bite during sect rites. He had warned he might die to show unbelievers the snakes are poisonous. Ford died in a Chattanooga hospital after being bitten while handling a three foot rattlesnake. Earlier Mrs Harvey O Kirk of Wise Virginia died from a rattlesnake bite during a religious rite. she had given birth to a child that did not survive.
The plan estimates 45 000 of 110 000 Japanese Americans evacuated from the Pacific coast will return after resettlement restrictions end. About 50 000 found new homes in other regions, working in diverse trades from watchmaking to mechanical dentistry, while 60 000 remain in relocation camps. Maj. Gen. H C Pratt urged Pacific coast residents to extend equal privileges to resettlers despite tensions.
The department of commerce announced a shift from sealed bids to fixed prices for surplus war materials to accelerate turnover during scarcity. About 300 million dollars worth of goods including chicken wire trucks hardware shotguns and shells will be offered to wholesalers and retailers under OPA ceilings with profit margins allowed and thirty days credit. This policy is expected to apply to about 80 percent of surplus sales by dollar volume.
Guest column argues DDT is not a universal cure for pests and disease. It credits German chemists and Swiss scientists, notes limits and risks to pollinators, outlines selective agricultural and household uses, and cites U.S. Public Health service and military officials on safety and wartime potential.
The Rubber Manufacturers association reports civilian tire production for the first six months of 1941 at 29,040,711 passenger car casings, with 5,386,459 in stock. Estimated six months ended June 30 production reached 10,020,617 units, leaving 950,412 in inventory.
Secretary Clinton P. Anderson announced the consolidation of more than a dozen offices and agencies of the Department of Agriculture into a new Production and Marketing Administration. The PMA is headed by Under Secretary John B. Hutgou and includes 10 commodity branches plus the Commodity Credit and Federal Crop Insurance Corporations.
An editorial debate outlines two schools of thought on postwar economy. It discusses potential recession risks, consumer spending, and inflation versus cautious saving as civilian industry absorbs war-displaced workers and veterans. A 1946 Committee for Economic Development report estimates postwar market phases and reconversion timelines. Meat rationing may ease, with strong demand and low cattle range stocks shaping fall and winter meat movement.
In a broad analysis former New York World editor Herbert Bayard Swope argues that Britain’s conservative victory signals a shift toward socialized sectors but not a slide into communism. He predicts limited foreign policy change, possible India self government, broader wage-led reform, and continued labor influence in Britain, with U.S. conservatives potentially moving left.
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