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Hell to Pay Later in War and Postwar Struggles
A biting critique argues Washington hoards manpower and supplies while civilian agencies clash and New Deal bickering delays reconversion. It warns of hardship next winter from coal and food shortages as the military keeps excess personnel and allies maneuver to dominate world trade, urging unity to end wartime bickering and plan for after the war.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
United States
Pacific
Japan
China
Pearl Harbor
Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Potsdam ultimatum and atomic bomb threat
The Potsdam ultimatum aimed to save Japanese civilians from utter destruction. Japan rejected it, and President Truman announced a new American atomic weapon. The White House warned of unprecedented air bombardment and a massive Allied land and air campaign. The notice suggested a shift in strategic power and emphasized the staggering cost of continued war.
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Potsdam
Truemin
White House
Japan
Juruing
Far East
Hitler
Truman
WPE Revisions and Reconversion Caution for Retailers
Hardware Trade warns retailers that lifting WPE restrictions will not instantly boost shelves. WPE allowed 1200 items in 400 civilian goods to be produced, but conversion from war production to peacetime output will take time. Delays could cause consumer annoyance and social unrest if mismanaged. officials must push for rapid, smooth reconversion.
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Hardware Trade
WPE
Doolittle Speech Sparks Air Force Command Clash
The Doolittle remarks in Okinawa draw fire from military circles as critics contend his call for a supreme commander for the Pacific challenges the U. S. joint chiefs of staff. The piece praises Nimitz and MacArthur while warning officers against using battlefield fame to push political objectives.
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Washington
America
United States Army
Army Air Forces
James H. Doolittle
Tenth Army
Okinawa
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
MacArthur
Doolittle
Roosevelt
Truman
Nimitz
Japan
Guam
Army Air Forces Group
Twentieth Air Force Bomber Command
Army
Navy
Admiral Nimitz
China
Ryukyu Islands
Pacific
Jeader
War Department
General MacArthur
Air Forces
High Command
Edson Reviews Washington Echoes on War and Policy
Peter Edson notes Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce’s shifting stance on the Murray-Patman Full Employment Bill and Life and Fortune magazine’s opposing positions. He recounts a wartime redeployment speedup, Senate Foreign Relations work on the UN Charter, and an Army transcription shortage from Kilgore’s War Investigating Committee, ending with a quip about aging in journalism.
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Washington
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Congress
Gross
Johnson
Senate
San Francisco
Tom Connally
Texas
Comittee
Stalf
Department of State
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Department
Harley M. Kilgore
West Virgina
Source of Sun Power Sparks New Bomb Principle
President Truman links the atomic bomb to the sun's power, explaining that the sun's heat drives the reaction. He notes that heat cannot come from ordinary fires and that electrons and particles split from atoms release vast energy, a principle applicable to the new explosive.
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New York
Truman
Pate
MacArthur
Manila
Final conquest of Japan foreseen by MacArthur force
War Today reviews General MacArthur's plan to extend Pacific command to Okinawa and Ryukyus, framing the invasion as the final push against Japan. It discusses atomic power as a future tool, the role of bombardment and blockade, and the strategic base from the Ryukyus and the Philippines for a potential assault.
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Dewitt Macke
MacArthur
Pacific Army Command
Okinawa
Ryu Islands
Japan
America
Britain
Nippon
Pacific
Mac
Arthur
Ryukyus
Philippines
Governor presses anti gambling drive in liquor trades
Governor Lausche tightens push against gambling in Ohio liquor establishments. He ordered State Liquor Department inspectors to enforce all gambling regulations to the letter, warning firings for those derelict in duty. Kleinfelder reports officers will meet district inspectors to drill on violations including gambling devices. The governor notes no disassociation between a gambling venue and a licensed night club if run by the same operators. He cites Chesapeake, Ohio River town, where a gambling race was alleged at a tavern 300 feet away.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Frank d
Lausche
Frank W. Kleinfelder
Uquer Enforcement
Kleinfelder
Chesapeake
Ohio
Solves Vacation Problem By Hiring Cargo Plane
Casey F. Fox Jr. a Philadelphia banker says he solved his vacation travel by hiring a cargo plane through an air freight broker to move his party of 12 and their car from Philadelphia to Maine.
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Philadelphia
Casey F. Fox
Rydal
Fox
Maine
Three Ohio Congressmen Visit Reims Area Junket
Three Ohio congressmen Michael Feighan Walter Huber and Homer Ramey toured the Reims area Army deployment activities. They met Maj. Gen. Royal Lord commander of the AAMS region and visited the small schoolhouse where the German surrender was signed.
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Paris
Ohio
Reims
Michael A. Feighan
Cleveland
Walter B. Huber
Akron
Homer A. Ramey
Toledo
Royal Lord
Adms
Ted School
Slayer of Candidate Is Held for Murder
Ottoville resident Loody L. Red, 68, is jailed in Putnam County awaiting grand jury action on a first degree murder plea in the fatal shooting of Edward P. Milbaugh, 27, a defeated Lima mayoral candidate. Red pleaded innocent to the murder charge after an argument preceded the July 22 shooting.
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Ottawa, O
CPI
Loody L. Red
Ottoville
Putnam County
Edward P. Milbaugh
Lima
Red
Justice of the Peace
O. J. Schierloh
Milbaugh
Lewis Takes Charge of Kentucky Mine Strike
President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers takes personal command to end a four week strike by about 2,700 workers at Consolidation Coal Co operations in Jenkins and McRoberts Kentucky. The walkout began July 9 after 2500 coal miners left amid protests over discharged colleagues.
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Jenkins, Ky
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Consolidation Coal Co
McRoberts
Company
Letcher County
Rules Unionist Is Still Entitled to Benefits
A Columbus appeals court rules that a union member who refuses a job to protect union membership should not lose unemployment benefits. Judge Roscoe Hornbeck notes that while refusing a job for a union rule is not enough, the member would lose his union membership rights. In separate item, Kenneth Cope wins high score in a July 4 bowling contest in Shoemaker, California, earning a $25 War Bond prize.
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Columbus
Second District Court of Appeals
Roscoe Hornbeck
Nelsonville
Shoemaker
Calif
Kenneth Cope
Through Japanese Eyes on Shinto and the Master Race Myth
A critical examination traces Japanese ultranationalist creed to Shinto roots, portraying the imperial family as divine ancestors and Nippon as an extension of a heavenly state. It contrasts Nazi racial myths with Japanese beliefs shaping wartime policy and loyalty.
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Pacific
Manchuria
Europe
Otte,d. Iton
Shinsei Nippon No Kenszetsu
Japan
Shinkichi Uyesugi
Tokyo Impererial University
Tokyo
jImperial
Nippon Dempo News Agency
Win Tenan
India
Canada
Austra
England
Shigeki Konda
Asia
Earth
Heaven
Shinta
Nippon
Silver Tea Hosted by League at Children’s Home
A Silver Tea was given at the Children’s Home by the League of Women Voters with hospitality committee members named. Local store advertised 22 flavors of ice cream cones as part of community events. Jean and Mary Morton hosted a birthday bridge luncheon. Athens guests attended by several locals including Virginia McVay Ruth Wamsley and Marian Pierce.
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League of Women Voters
Arthur Boyles
A. D. Townesend
W. E. Clark
J. G. Hope
Tulia Cable
E. L. Church
Team
J. A. Fuller
Charles Evans
E. S. Finsterwald
E. Ny Cullums
Jean and
Mary Morton
Athens
Virginia McVay
Ruth Wamsley
Maurine Cornwell
G. E. Ring
Marian Pierce
Kay Murphy
Bomb production shifts Oak Ridge into a Tennessee city
The Army released a three year profile of Oak Ridge Tennessee, noting its growth to a 75,000 population, ranking as Tennessee’s fifth largest city. Clinton Engineer Works is the plant where new super bombs for Japan are produced, with many workers living in Oak Ridge and others commuting from Knoxville and nearby areas.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn. UP
Tennessee
Army
Washington
Clinton Engineer Works
Knoxville
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