Total War Against Japan Looms As Allies Rebuild Strategy
An editorial outlines two paths to Japanese surrender after Germany's defeat. It weighs bombing Japan into collapse versus invading and conquering coastal China, with logistics, transport, and long supply lines critiqued. It notes incendiary raids, Iwo and Okinawa bases, and the shifting balance of power as the Pacific war moves toward Japan.
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Hitler
Germany
Fatherland
Japanese Empire
China
Manchukuo
Japan
Britain
Russia
Washington
America
U.S
Iwo
Okinawa
Tokyo
Yokohama
Osaka
Nagoya
Nagasaki
South
Japanese Islands
Yellow Sea
East
South China Seas
Battle-Weary Troops to Be Given Rest
War leaders outline plans to rest veteran divisions in Europe and at home after heavy combat in Germany and Italy. Transport of troops and gear will span months, with a possible six to seven month pause before renewed action and months more for retraining. Air power will rise and Russia may shift toward the south as Britain ends its Burma campaign and the Reds stay ready.
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Germany
Italy
Europe
Siberia
Britain
Burma
World labor coup thwarted at Oakland meeting
A San Francisco Peace Conference era report claims Sidney Hillman and Russian and British unions tried to seize world labor control through the World Trade Union Congress. Molotov backed the effort before steering committee defeat. AFL chief Bill Green blocked Hillman’s bid, preserving the League of Nations pathway via the International Labour Office.
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CIO
San Francisco
Washington
Sidney Hillman
Oakland
Bay
World Trade Union Congress
Hillman
Molotov
Russia
Latin America
Hiliman
Himan
Trade Union Congress
Oaklawd
California
Bill Green
AFL
AFL World
International Federation of Trades Unions
League of Nations
Walter Citrine
London
Congress
Cooperation for Peace Through Compromise in San Francisco
A column from San Francisco on the United Nations conference, citing Kipling and Emery Reyes, argues compromise as the keystone of harmony in international and domestic relations. It discusses sovereignty surrender to a world body, cites Clarence Streit and a proposed UN flag, and praises the hopeful path toward a civilization that accepts some national sacrifice for global peace.
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WNU
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
San Francisco
Kipling
World Security Organization
United Nations Conference On International Organization
International Relations
World Federation
Clarence Streit
North Atlantic
Richmond
United States
Edinburgh
U.S
United Nations Organization
John Q
Bingville
Los Angeles
Brooks Harding
Nebraska
New York State
League of Nations
United Nations
Washington
Barbs at the United Nations Conference
Bankhage notes shortages of stenographers who can speak Russian taxis butter news time to get it and a good excuse to stay longer. He lists surplus items like invitations weather comments mutton chops trolley cars propagandists and press misnaming Stettinius called Kaltenborn Bauk hhage. A full length metal leg costs 290 dollars.
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Market Street
Household Hints From Everyday Craft and Décor
Quick tips for home sewing and cleaning include fastening a pin cushion to the wrist with elastic for easy pinting, varnishing rustic furniture to ease wear, washing lettuce under running water to separate leaves, taping scour powder can bottoms to prevent rust stains, air drying linens to stay white, ironing deemed unnecessary, and decorating lamp shades and scrapbook covers with pressed flowers for cohesive design.
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Third Reich
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Pacific
Hirohito
Stilwell
Chiang Kai-shek
General MacArthur
Nimitz
Canton
Dairen
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Sidney Hilman
Emery Reyes
Mercury Magazine
Mr. Reyes
Scotland
England
Reyes
Bankhage
Stettinius
Mr. Kaltenborn
Baukhhage
Kaltenborn
Sewing
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
Gulf Coast
OPA
Howell
Florida
Belgium
France
Begoodrich
Sioux City
Bishop's
Kellogg’s
Mal
Fleischmann
Will
York
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