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Military government weekly information bulletin
Number 79 (February 1947)
General, pp. 30-33
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5 ' Industrial Production Declines Reflecting the year-end holidays and ad- verse seasonal factors such as frozen water- ways, stalled transportation, damaged equip- ment and forced shutdowns, industrial production in the US Zone declined in De-. cember to an estimated 39 percent of the 1936 average from 44 percent in November, according to data compiled by the Economics Division, OMGUS.- Declines in production were reported in the following industries: precision instru- ments and optics, stones and earth, electrical equipments ceramics, textiles. Production of light bulbs, radio receivers, and storage bat- teries showed small increases. Truck.output rose as partially finished trucks, delayed by lack of parts in November, were fully as- sembled. Iron and steel production remained virtually unchanged with increased output of pig iron and ingot steel offsetting declines in steel mill products and gray iron castings. Coal mining in the US Zone heldW up well, average daily output of brown and pech coal advancing to new monthly highs. For Ger- many as a whole, the production of coal during December was described as "goo. Gains during first three weeks of the mnt were so great that neither the subsequent cold nor frost, disabled machines nor dis- organized transport, could keep hard coal from rising to a new monthly peak. Produc- tion of brown coal in Germany declined about five percent in December to:13,258,000 tons. France continued to receive the largest single share of coal exported from Germany. In the fourth quarter, leadings for export to France (including' North Africa) averaged 214,000 tons monthly, 29 percent of all ex- ports (except Austria). This compared with an average of 314,000 tons in the previous quarter when its share of the total was al- most 31 percent. Luxembourg received 121,000 tons monthly, followed by the Netherlands' 110,000 tons at rk's 8u,u tons. Other receiving countries in- cluded Belgium, Italy, and Norway. In the US Zone, December receipts for German civilian requirements from US Army stocks of petroleum, oil, and. lubricants, amounted to 22,500 tons, a decline of 30 per- cent from November. Soviet representatives engaged in reparations and demolition work in, the US Zone have been provided with coupons for 40,000 liters of gasoline and 750 liters of motor. oil. Reimbursement in kind will be made from POL stocks in the Soviet Zone. The original motor fuel alloca- tion for Soviet representatives, made'some months ago,' has been settled in full by ship- ments'from the Soviet Zone. During 1946, US Zone users of rolled steel - the Reichsbahn, waterways, bridge builders, the US Army, farm machinery plants, truck manufacturers,' aniti-friction bearing plants, and other steel consumers - had' available about 300,000 tons of rolled steel. Of this total, about 43 percent came from US Zone rolling mills, about 55 percent from British Zone mills, and two percent from French Zone mills. Bavarian "Hit Parade" One of the Radio Munich's most popular programs. "Die Zehn der Woche" (The Ten of the Week) is patterned after America's long popular "Hit Parade" with similar music and methods of presentation. The American hits selected by listeners and re- quested by letter are played each Thursday at 2130 hours. Started in November 1945, the program has grown to an outstanding weekly feature, drawing',an average of four to five thousand letters, postcards, and telegrams a month. The mailbag is enlarged substantially, how- ever, when American musical films are play- ing in Munich, sometimes reaching seven thousand requests a month. 30 rats~W
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