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Show . WEEKLY N2W3 &MALY51S- Postwar Boom Developing in Pi ane Industry; Spike Fearsl Of Big Atom Spy Ring in U. S. BpU;i"H by Western Newspaper Union. (KI)ITOH'S NOTK: Whfrn opinions are expressed in these columns, they are tl,0j' ? Western Newspaper Lnion s news analysis and not necessarily ot this newspaper ; i I ' 1 v. v v ' 1 ' 1 ; I f - ; r , v i f 2 ,T '" :N f f ' '1-1 Jubilant over ending of steel strike, workers in union headquarters in I Pittsburgh, Pa., caper joyously. AIRCRAFT: Postivar Boom Keeping its promise of developing into one of the big businesses in the postwar world, the aircraft industry indus-try is looking forward to the production pro-duction of almost 1 billion dollars worth of planes in 1946, with over 25 per cent of civilian design. With travelers air conscious, and interest of vets and civilians keyed by war experience and developments, develop-ments, manufacturers expect to turn out about 250 million dollars of planes this year, ranging from the latest strato-liners to two-seaters. About 86 transports will be exported. Indicative of the big job ahead, Douglas Aircraft corporation has a backlog of 100 million dollars of commercial planes; Lockheed, 125 million; Republic, 50 million; Boeing, Boe-ing, 25 million; Martin, 30 million; and Consolidated-Vuttee, 18 million. Having produced 1,500 of the famed "Cubs" since V-J Day, the Piper Aircraft company has over 6,000 more private planes on order. With assembly now running at the rate of 17 "Champions" daily, Aeronca has a backlog of over 3,000 small craft. Grumman and Beech also are producing for the civilian market and Ryan has laid plans for resumption of output. Consistent with the desire to maintain U. S. striking power aloft, 500 million dollars worth of military craft will be manufactured this year and 200 million will be spent in experimental ex-perimental work. ATOM SPIES: U. S. Holds Secret While Canadian authorities investigated inves-tigated the activities of an extensive atom bomb spy ring in the dominion, domin-ion, reliable sources indicated that no such widespread espionage existed ex-isted in the U. S. As the FBI kept a close check on foreign agents, Secretary Byrnes denied that the state department de-partment had forbidden G-men to arrest suspected soviet spies out of fear of straining relations with Russia. At the same! time Byrnes minimized the importance impor-tance of any Canadian leaks by emphasizing that the tJ. S. alone possessed the secret of manufacturing the A-boirjb. While government authorities played down reports of an atomic spy ring, insiders ridiculed a story that a Soviet agent hacj been allowed to leave a West coast port with a suitcase loaded with A-bomb secrets. Because of thfe vast amount of technical data connected with atomic power, they said, plans would weigh several tons. Meanwhile, Canadian authorities authori-ties pressed their probe against 22 present or former government govern-ment employees held in connection connec-tion with the leak of atomic secrets to Russia. With rumors rife, it was reported that the dominion had provided protection protec-tion for a former communist agent involved in the plot when it was learned that Moscow had issued orders to its secret police po-lice to put him out of the way. AGRICULTURE: Neiv Ceiling As part of its program to conserve con-serve wheat to assure shipment of grain overseas to meet U. S. relief commitments, the government moved to reduce feed needs by raising rais-ing ceilings on hogs under 225 pounds by 50 cents and slashing those on stock over 225 pounds by 50 cents. In first announcing government plans at a meeting of the National Farm institute in Des Moines, Iowa, Secretary of Agriculture Anderson declared that the administration was confronted with the task of either breaking its promise to producers pro-ducers not to cut ceilings or to nations na-tions overseas to ship food supplies for relief. Because farmers would suffer least from a readjustment, Anderson said, the logical move would be to alter ceilings. . Last April, the government promised prom-ised that the "ceiling" of $14.75 per hundredweight and "floor" of $13 would be maintained until . September Septem-ber 1, 1946. Last December, the OPA further encouraged the feeding feed-ing of stock by warning farmers not to expect an increase in corn prices making the sale of the grain profitable. JAPAN: Fight Inflation An aftermath of war in every stricken country, inflation has ridden high 'in Japan, spurring Nipponese authorities, working in conjunction with occupation officials, to act energetically en-ergetically against the phenomena of rising prices in the face of a shortage of goods. Striking at the plenitude of money mon-ey leading Jo unrestrained bidding on the markets, the government called in all bank notes of 66 cents or mor and limited deposit withdrawals with-drawals to payment of salaries up to $33 monthly and discharge of other oth-er business expenses. Individual depositors were permitted to draw out only $20 monthly for the head of the family plus about $6.66 for each additional member, with extra allowances for medical or other emergency needs. Striving to move more goods into trade and combat the other cause of inflation, the government provided provid-ed for expropriation of such staple foods as rice, wheat, barley and rye which have not been delivered in accordance with established quotas. quo-tas. Distribution of the food was restricted to authorized channels. First major steps in the war on inflation, others planned include imposition of war profit taxes and other levies to raise over 6Vi billion dollars; inspection of all warehouses ware-houses and storerooms and enforced disposal of hoarded goods at official prices, and new price control measures. meas-ures. WAGES: Postwar Pattern First reached by the CIO Oil workers work-ers and Sinclair, the 18 cent an hour wag increase represents a general postwar pattern, with the administration's adminis-tration's new stabilization policy pushing it along by offering price relief to business wherever necessary neces-sary to cushion the additional cost. Following close upon settlement of the ClO-United Steel Workers' wage dispute with the industry on the basis of an 18 cents an hour pay boost and a $5 per ton price increase, in-crease, the CIO-Farm Equipment Workers' strike against International Internation-al Harvester and the ClO-United Automobile Workers' walkout at General Motors also were headed for adjustment on similar pay terms. Though coke ovens and blast and open hearth furnaces were slowly being nursed back into production in the steel mills, stabilization officials offi-cials tussled with the problem of readjusting the prices of steel fabricators so that they could absorb ab-sorb the added cost of the basic material and yet grant wage increases in-creases of their own. ROME: carf:ft looking. Uke a h century history, te"dtat$Iee Vatican with consistory haU " the its goW f, embroidered benches red and assembled to were 28 crd" nce the hear the Holy A other churchmen appointment of 32 other Even while the r sped t0 the consistory, mesals of their Wormthe Tiding o theoldtra-h!gh theoldtra-h!gh honor accords dition of the e7anychancellery toe ome were four Ameri-building Ameri-building m Rme u J. Spell-can Spell-can churchmen; Franas man of New York John J non of St. Mooney of of Chicago and Mdl Detroit. . con. Following acceptance ot c gratf rnerrdi werePthen The' "d by the Pope -d given their square caps oi wd SL6 (birettas) "f (mettas).In8Colorfupubhc m0ny climaxing : th rite tiff was to exchange peace withthenewcardabmSt.Prt in the presence of the aip corps, Roman aristocracy jnd oth er distinguished Wf?'S the celebrated red hat J0' upon them. Not to be won i hte. the red hats are suspended above the cardinals' biers in death. With the appointment of the ii new cardinals, membership m the sacred college was brought to W. with the worldwide representation assuring a widespread voice m its deliberations, governing church affairs af-fairs and selection of a new Pontiff upon the incumbent's death. While Americans evinced greatest great-est interest in the appointment of their own churchmen, the Pope emphasized em-phasized that the ecclesiastics elevated ele-vated came from every continent, putting the universality of the church in a "new light." Only somber note in the proceedings proceed-ings was struck by Russian delay of Archbishop Josef Mindszenty of Hungary in leaving Budapest for acceptance ac-ceptance of his cardinalate. EGYPT: Trouble-Shooter Premier of Egypt during the economic eco-nomic crisis of 1930-'33, when he did not hesitate to use r jmTw ' force to suppress , t . ,'4 f disorder, Ismail , f. , '4 Sidky Pasha re- " f i turned t0 govern" 6 I mental leadership once again in the stt !1 pinch caused by St .wswis $ student rioting for f t 5 the withdrawal of I l . j Britain from the I ,V V 4 J. x, country. VI'V' Though Sidky'sas-i Sidky'sas-i t cension to power indicated that he Sidky Pasha might take a firmer hand in keeping student enthusiasm en-thusiasm within bounds, the 71-year-old financier openly sympathized with popular demand for the evacuation evacu-ation of British Tommies from the vital Mediterranean region and Britain's Brit-ain's relinquishment of joint control con-trol over the Sudan area. Though the government of former Premier Mahmoud Fahmy Norashi Pasha had requested revision of the Egyptian-British treaty of 1936, covering cov-ering points now in dispute, demonstrators dem-onstrators protested that his regime had not pressed vigorously enough for making a change. During the students' spirited marching through Cairo, shopkeepers had fastened the shutters on their stores, truckloads of police moved along the streets to preserve order and demonstrators were warned not to attack British establishments or servicemen. VETS: Protest Drive Protesting that Chicago's limitation limita-tion of permits prevented them from entering the cab business 500 war vets from the Windy City' riding in 150 of their yellow and black cabs, headed for Washington D. C, to seek federal assistance in their fight against the restrictive regulation. Upon arriving in the nation's capital, cap-ital, the vets were to ask the department de-partment of justice to act upon their charge that the present ordinance limiting the issuance of permits to 3,000 gave the Yellow and Checker cab companies a virtual monopoly monop-oly on the city streets. Asserting that the law violates their right to make a living, the vets are demanding issuance of 700 additional licenses An innovation in drives on Wah ington, the vet cabbies' trek creat ed widespread attention and sym. and local pohce providing escort! along the route. With the'eab. provised from used car m and mechanical failure?' wer' quent, slowing up the caravan RABIES: Cases Up The number of cases of rabies in animals and men passed the 10 2 mark for the first time in , 4 ' latest ava.,able count, according ,' reports from all states to th. v, of animal' industry 1 showing that 4 of the 4 sta .T counted for over a th ! S ac' 10.40 cases. Loui J " the 996, Texas 950. Ca g Pennsylvania 904 for a t, , and ' Ior a ltal of 3,764. |
