30 Aug 1945
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Newspaper
Alden Times
Location
Alden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1945
Page
1
Postwar readjustment moves aim to release up to 7 million servicemen by 1947 under navy and army plans. Demobilization favors high-point eligibles, with WAVES and officers priced for early discharge. Industry shifts to civilian production, rationing persists for essentials while other items lift controls.
War department figures show 3,714,910 active monthly Class E allotments-of-pay as of June end, funding dependents, banks, and insurers. Over 40 million dollars paid to insurance firms in three years for soldiers civilian life policies. In June, 263,227 dollars went to building and loan and savings associations under GI home-saving plan.
The agriculture department forecasts 2015 harvests across wheat, nuts, rice, sugar cane, sugar beet and other crops. Wheat may reach a record 1,146,203,000 bushels, nuts 1,648,132,000, with corn down to 2,447,000,000. Sugar cane and beet output rise, while erosion control needs loom large after a vast soil study.
King George VI announced Labour Party priorities including nationalization of the Bank of England and coal mines to guide postwar reconstruction. The plan also covers transport reform, social security, industrial insurance, housing land purchases, and a planning machinery to direct investments, while wartime controls remain in force during reconversion.
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Director Herbert Lehman warned at a London conference that more than 2 billion dollars in extra funds will be required to stabilize economies in stricken nations after the Pacific war ends. He outlined plans to ship supplies to China via Stilwell Road and coastal ports amid a large desperate Chinese population. Meanwhile France’s Gen Charles de Gaulle commuted Marshal Petain’s death sentence to life imprisonment, while Petain’s sentence of national indignity remained.
Excerpts critique what makes a columnist and lists ten needed talents. The piece, attributed to Louis Nizer, surveys roles from alimony quips to lexicography, philosophy, irony, economics, and internationalism, ending with a sensational note about a German chemical weapon claim.
A Japan trip by Hirohito as crown prince, aided by Renzo Sawada, marked a sea change in imperial perception. The voyage to England and France exposed the future emperor to Western life, sparked debates among patriots, and included his first public speech in London. The narrative contrasts the Mikado’s mythic role with a modernizing impulse seen in his subway ride, travel curiosities, and the broader shift in Japanese openness.
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