Big Three curb Germany in Potsdam accords
Potsdam agreements vow complete German demilitarization and supervision of industry, with 25 percent of occupied zone equipment to Russia and removal of populations from Poland Czechia and Hungary. Italy praised for eradicating fascism and joining postwar order. Allied goals include war-crime trials, denial of Spain to UN, and limits on arms production while reshaping German economy toward peaceful, agricultural needs. Japan under intensified US air attacks cripples production and transport as Allied bombardment widens to homeland defenses and impacts coal and aluminum supplies.
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Ellender
Dem
Europe
Taft
Rep
Ohio
Germany
Potsdam
Hohenzollern
Berlin
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Oder-Neisse River
Russia
U. S
Spain
United Nations
Britain
Vatican
Sen
Edwin Johnson
Colo
Johnson
Secmore
Rotary of the Interior
Harold Ickes
Ickes
Shooting Star P-80 shatters speed limits at New York airport
Col William Coun cill pilots the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star from Dayton to New York in 62 minutes. Coun cill calls the jet the finest plane he has flown, noting its high altitude ceiling, pressurized cabin and smooth acceleration with minimal fatigue. The piece also reports on Laval’s treason trial and grain stock data, including July grains and meat production figures, with figures by farm and off farm storage.
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William H. Councill
New York
Dayton
Ohio
Lockheed Aircraft
General Electric
Councill
Shooting Star
Council
Pierre Laval
Marshal Petain
Austria
Petain
Laval
Maxime Weygand
William Leahy
Roosevelt
Truman
Weygand
Vichy
North Africa
Leahy
France
Germany
British Labor personalites shape Attlee era in Britain
A portrait of Britain's postwar Labor leaders and allies under Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Herbert Morrison and Ernest Bevin loom large as rivals and hardliners while Helen Wilkinson, Arthur Greenwood, and other figures are highlighted. The piece contrasts Attlee's middle course with prior Labour leadership and notes Bevin's tough union style and Morrison's London influence.
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Britain
Labor
Churchill
Democratic Party
Clement Attlee
England
Attlee
Flery
Ramsey MacDonald
Herbert Morrison
Ernest Bevin
Morrison
Bevin
Sidney Hillman
OPM
Pearl Harbor
Labor Party
London
Waterloo Bridge
Ernie Bevin
Transport Workers
John L
Lewis
Phillip Murray
Winston Churchill
Hitler
Mussolini
Cliveden
Hllen Wilkinson
Miss Wilkinson
Ireland
Bloomsbury
Edward
Wallis Simpson
Arthur Greenwood
Greenwood
MacDonald
Churchil
Nelson Rockefeller
Cordell Hull
Hull
Argentina
Rockefeller
Hope Diamond” McLean
Bob Reynolds
Scripps Howard Papers
Truman
Veterans GI Bill changes outlined in Washington column
The Washington Bureau notes revised G I Bill provisions extend education and loan benefits. Education timeframes rise to four and nine years, with new courses and higher subsistence. loan terms expand to six years, allow deeper lender access, and require lender approval. Questions cover benefits for separated wives, women in service, combat eligibility, discharge pins, duplicate records, allotments, and reclassification rules.
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Senate
House
Congress
Veterans Administration
Air Corps
Army
Navy
WAVES
Marine Reserves
Adjutant General
War Department
Washington
D. C
Selective Service
Director of Selective Service
Poor brakes in one in seven cars in US and Canada
A check of 1,749,901 cars by the International Association of Chiefs of Police found 255,989 vehicles, 14.6 percent, failed a single brake test: the pedal did not engage before it dropped within an inch of the floor.
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United States
Canada
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Postwar Business Big Expansion After World War II
Postwar industry plans a major expansion, with over 1014 billion dollars budgeted by mid 1946. Manufacturers alone will spend more than 9 billion dollars, financing about three quarters with their own resources. Half of the 9+ billion goes to plant and equipment, with nearly 3 billion for inventories and remaining funds for distributor credit.
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Department of Commerce
Overseas U S Expenditures Highlight World War II Aid
The Foreign Economic Administration discloses U S overseas spending from July 1, 1940, to March 31, 1945, totaling about 1144 billion dollars excluding lend-lease. It covers metals and supplies for war production, pay for personnel, and base costs, with substantial outlays in the British commonwealth and other regions as cash purchases and reverse lend-lease.
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U. S
Foreign Economic Administration
FEA
British Commonwealth
United Kingdom
Australia
Canada
India
South America
Russia
U.S
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Unio
Wwaner Union
Italy
China
Pacific
Japan
Jop
Rap
West Coast
Evenagper
Red Army
G.I
Iekes
Star Witness
Department , of Agriculture
Bevin—Union
Western Newspaper Union
Eye Street
Washington, D.C
Lin
Sewing Circle
Meedlecraft Dept
W. Randolph
Chicago
Mares IO
Stars and Stripes
Goodrich
Brecksville
Akron
Cleveland
Bfgoodrich
Tanglefoot
LEE & Charm
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