Fire Bombs Rate Jap Cities as War Production Tapers
The article reports heavy B 29 raids on Osaka and Yokohama destroying iron and steel plants and displacing about 250 000 people. It cites Curtis Le May on blitz strategy and notes Japanese kamikaze and naval losses off Okinawa as U S forces close in on Shari and push the enemy into cave defenses.
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Yokohama
Orient
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Curtis le May
Ryukyus
Navy
Pacific
Okinawa
U. S
Unemployment to Rise with War Production Stepdown
War Production Board chief J A Krug predicts a large stepdown in war orders cutting 4 2 million jobs from war production within six months and unemployment rising to about 1 3 million. In three months 2 million war workers may be released, with 1 1 million more jobless.
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J. A. Krug
Krug
Lumnber
Sugar Ration Tightening Aims to Stop Home Canning Diversion
The OPA declares a sugar shortage worsened by illegal use of home canning supplies and tightens allocations. Investigators will check canning sugar diverted to bootleg or bottling, pledges must confirm home canning use only, with reports on preserved foods. District offices may suspend allocations until fruits and vegetables are available. past over-issuance led to 37 percent cut in table rations and 40 percent in home canning shares, squeezing bakers and industry with possible further cuts.
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OPA
Congress Fracas and Wartime Briefs in 1945 Debate
The article recounts a House brawl between Reps John Taber and Clarence Cannon over an expense account and alleges a prior clash between Rankin and Hook. It also covers War Production Board notes on textile shortages through 1945, UNRRA aid plans for Greece and Yugoslavia, and a comparison of wholesale and retail food price rises in 1944 to 1918.
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U. S
Johhn Taber
Clarence Cannon
John Rankin
Frank Hook
Hook
Rankin
Husky
Taber
Cannon
Huild Cannon
Greece
Albania
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
UNRRA
United Nations’ Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
U.S
Mexico launches second phase of illiteracy eradication
Mexico expands the read write program under President Avila Camacho. Aimed at modernizing life, the decree mandates teaching 18 to 60 year olds, with penalties for noncompliance. The Education Department tracks each student by age occupation and sex, reporting 12 million free readers issued so far.
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Mexico
Avila Camacho
Department of Education
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