Show weekly news ant dasis 7 big three curb germany air blows shake jap civilians EDITORS NOTE when opinions at ve expressed in these c columns ap t they agy are t those hose of western newspaper s per union U sews news analysts and sot not necessarily of this newspaper POSTWAR EUROPE big threes design against a background of congressional opinion ranging from the declaration la of senator ell ellender ender dem la that the agreements hold much promise tor for the eventual democratization of the whole of europe to the charge of senator taft rep ohio that the changing of eastern boundary bows sows germanys germanas Germ anys the seeds of future war the nation pondered the decisions of the BI big three at potsdam reached after lengthy sessions in the old palace grounds outside berlin the agreements called for the complete demilitarization of germany the destruction st of its war making potential and supervision over domestic industry the transfer of german populations from poland czechoslovakia and hungary disposition of the german merchant marine and the extension of the western polish j border up to the oder river lines of eastern germany germac ay iy at the same time the big three praised germanys germanas Germ anys former partner italy for wiping out fascism and reestablishing establishing re democratic government entitling the country to eventual admission into the united nations disposition of italian north african colonies is to be left up to a five man council of the foreign ministers of the U S britain russia france and china who will also negotiate peace treaties with germany and the other axis s satellites other big three agreements included payment of material reparations to repair war damage and the transfer to russia of 25 per cent of the industrial equipment in the U S and british occupation zones of germany immediate trial of war criminals and exclusion of spain from the united nations because of its close axis ties prohibition of the production of arms aircraft and ships close supervision per vision of the metal chemical and machinery businesses and elimination of cartels syndicates and trusts will seriously restrict the once efficient german industrial establishment in declaring that german industry would be geared to supply the needs of an agricultural and peaceful domestic economy the big three stated that the count rys living standards would be raised to the average european level exclusive of britain and russia upon the german peoples willingness to operate cooperate co with the allies will depend the restoration of their independence pen dence it was said GRAIN STORAGE less wheat grains stored in the country to bushels as of july 1 with bushels on farms and bushels in off farm the department ot of agriculture reported of the huge stockpile of grains bushels is in wheat bushels in corn bushels in oats bushels in barley and bushels in rye current stocks of wheat are 11 per cent less than a year ago and only 45 per cent as large as july 1 1943 corn storage is 31 per cent larger than a year ago but 7 per cent less than july 1 1943 oat reserves are 14 per cent higher than last july but 9 per cent less than two years ago the carryover of barley is 28 per cent larger than a year ago but 20 per cent less than july 1 1943 rye stocks are 41 per cent less than a year ago and only 27 per cent ceat as large as july 1 1943 y I 1 bilhl t 3 avi X I 1 asle I 1 t f red army men have been greatly intrigued by american eime pieces with this russian holding wristwatch wrist watch to ear paying GI for IL FRANCE star witness nervous haggard and still a chain smoker swarthy pierre laval promised to become the star witness in the treason trial of marshal petain following his surrender to american authorities in austria and prompt transfer to the french detains Pet ains counsel moved to call upon laval following revelation of secret friendly dealings with the allies by gen maxime and adm william leahy chief of staff to the late mr roosevelt and president truman testifying in court disclosed that vichy had agreed to keep the germans out of north africa in return for the delivery of american goods while leahy wrote a letter to petain dated june 22 1945 recalling that the marshal had acted against axis interests at his request during his ambassadorship to france from january 1 1941 to april 19 1942 called detains Pet ains evil genius laval was an open advocate of wholehearted french collaboration with germany while the marshal has sought to prove that his objective was to play off the nazis for the sake of moderating nazi demands upon the country POOR BRAKES 1 in 7 one car in seven in the united states and canada has poor brakes this is the average shown by checks on cars in the two countries during the six weeks nationwide brake emphasis program sponsored by the international association of chiefs of police of the cars checked the brakes of or per cent could not meet one simple simp e requirement they failed to take hold before the pedal came within an inch of the floorboard final reports from the states and provinces are complete for 33 states s t a it es and the district of columbia and for the 9 canadian provinces averages are not likely 0 be much affected by later information in the united states police checked the brakes of cars and or per cent failed twenty of the reporting states had failure averages for the six week period higher than the national average in canada cars were checked failed to meet the requirements the average of failures for the entire period was per cent records of 13 states and the district of columbia were better than the national record in the united states british columbia reported the lowest failure record for the six weeks in canada with 83 per cent two other provinces manitoba and ontario had percentages better than the national average but not as good as british columbian Colum bias U S expenditures overseas total exclusive ot of lend lease aid of 39 billion dollars loans of over 1 billion and relief shipments of million the U S spent nearly 11 billion abroad from july 1 1940 to march 31 1945 the foreign economic administration revealed of the 11 billion dollars the FEA reported over 4 billion was spent for metals and other supplies much of which were used for war production 4 billion for pay to american military and civilian personnel and almost 2 billion for army and navy bases more than 5 billion dollars were spent in the british commonwealth including the united kingdom australia canada and india 3 billion million in south america and million in russia against total U S overseas expenditures of over 50 billion dollars for all purposes foreign countries made cash purchases of 3 billion million dollars ars and extended almost 5 billion in reverse lend lease POSTWAR BUSINESS big expansion emerging from world war II 11 with a lot of cash on hand industry plans to spend over 10 billion dollars for new plants and equipment and working capital by the middle of 1946 the department of commerce reported of the total manufacturers expect to lay out over 9 billion dollars while the railroads and gas and electric utilities pla plan n to spend the rest manufacturers generally will finance three fourths of their expansion with their own resources mansion with their own resources with smaller businesses seeking a greater proportion of bank funds about halt half of the manufacturers expenditures of over 9 billion dollars will be used for plant equipment me n t and alteration almost 3 billion io n for increasing inventories and the rest for furnishing credit to wholesalers for purchasing goods sho shooting star with the comment it s the finest plane ive ever flown col william 11 II councill 33 set his jet propelled P 80 shooting star down at the new york airport after winging his ivay from dayton ohio in 62 minutes built by lockheed aircraft and G general e electric and resembling a h hilife bat in flight the shooting star could have hare covered the miles in even eren less time councill said revealing lie he has flown it at even greater greate r 31 speed aeed than recorded on the flight possessing a pressurized cabin and capable of attaining a foot altitude the shooting star handles easily councill said theres no and no noise he reported you Y 01 I 1 dont notice the acceleration the pilot sEf suffers flers far less fatigue than in the conventional vent ional type plane MEAT production shows decline july production of pounds of beef veal lamb and pork which may move in interstate commerce was 10 per cent less than that produced in june and 22 per cent less than in july of last year compared with june the july meat production showed beef lamb and pork down 3 per cent 16 per cent and 17 per cent respectively veal production increased 4 per cent compared with july ot of last year last months production showed veal lamb and pork down 18 19 per cent 6 per cent and 45 per cent respectively thoroughbreds record sales averaging apiece 50 thoroughbred ough bred yearlings yearnings year lings brought a total of to breeders bleeders bre eders in a single night at auctions at lexington ky in the heart of the bluegrass country topping the sales were the apiece paid for a dark gray son of sir galahad III and a bay granddaughter of the same sire grandson of sir galahad III a chestnut son of blenheim II 11 sold tor for other top sales included one for another for and 15 tor for or less in the five numeral bracket for afternoon and night sales yearlings yearnings year lings brought MANPOWER rap army already partly blamed for slowing up by typing up materials and tools the army was further charged with hoarding manpower and thereby threatening war production and orderly demobilization declaring that the army could use only of men against the japanese sen edwin johnson dem colo said that retention of in service I 1 not only imperiled coal and steel output but that now was the time to release them while the they still could be easil easily y absorbed secretary ickes by industry needs johnsons state more miners ment followed secretary of the interior harold ickes assertion that unless the army were to free sufficient coal miners not only would industry be forced to operate on a four day week but domestic consumers also would receive reduced supplies with hard and soft coal production expected to fall tons below needs ickes has sought the release of some out of miners in the services though the army has consistently refused to let coal miners go because of its opposition to occupational releases the war department announced that it planned to return over ex railroaders railroaders from europe to help ease the transport labor pinch created by the redeployment program meanwhile civilian government agencies came in for their share of criticism over the tight manpower situation on the west coast where virtually all war industries but particularly ticul arly shipyards and railroads have been plagued by labor ties assuring far western employees that the section would share in and permitting war workers to sign up now for postwar jobs would help to stem the exodus eastward in anticipation of better opportunities a house committee said further civilian government agencies should tighten regulations over job jumpers not subject to selective service the committee declared PACIFIC japs squirm having turned a deal deaf ear to the allied ultimatum for unconditional surrender japan writhed under the mounting pressure of U S aerial blows with nipponese propagandists crying sy 9 we are enduring the impossible with grinding teeth and clenched fist when we see enemy planes penetrating et our homeland and proudly flying over our heads increasing swarms of B added to the havoc already created by earlier raids carrier plane assaults and naval bombardment ot of coastal points whereas the soldier in the field once bore the fury of allied attacks jap propagandists said the homeland now bears the brunt with enemy troops at the front exhorting hold that line mother with more and more super forts being hurled against the japanese heavy bombardment of industrial centers further reduced the war making potential of the nipponese appreciably cutting down on the pro proy of munitions tor for the mor mon 0 than enemy troops under arms in addition to smashing at factories allied airmen have hammered at both overwater and inland transport not only severing communications with the asiatic mainland but between the home islands themselves As a result of the attack against communications aircraft factories are experiencing difficulties receiving shipments of aluminum from the southern section of the homeland and coal deliveries from the north have been seriously impaired though the japs spoke of underground factories for maintaining production and of the resolute will of the people to escape national annihilation lation neutral sources did not rate their stock highly though the japs had spurned the potsdam surrender bid the vatican said intensification fi of U S attacks must make the nipponese government appreciate the hopelessness of the military situation and improbability of stopping the allies short of full victory by inflicting heavy losses FARM BRIEFS during the first six months of 1945 county agents and farm faim labor placement officers filled farm jobs giving assistance to farmers during the month of june alone placements were made as compared to in june 1944 townspeople will be asked in august september and october to help with local harvests in many areas with such crops a fruit vegetables potatoes wheat rice cotton sugar beets peanuts corn and tobacco 0 0 the general level of mid july prices was I 1 14 points higher than a year ago the department of agriculture announced with the highest index price since july 1920 the parity index prices paid including interest and taxes at for the fifth consecutive month was only three points above july 1944 this index placed farm prices at per cent of parity the same as in june but six points higher than in july last year and per cent above the 1909 1914 average if australians have learned one lesson from the pacific war it is surely that we cannot continue to hold our island continent for ourselves and our descendants ants unless we greatly increase our number we are but people and we hold square miles of this earths surface our first requirement qui rement is additional population we can increase our by increased birthrate and planned immigration immigration minister colwell released by western newspaper union |