31 May 1945
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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1945
Page
1
The notes recount an Argentine official haranguing Peronist officers accusing imperialists and Bolshevik Jews, then reading a slip saying Argentina was invited to a World Security Conference. Also includes Ed Stettinius comment on Argentina and other era anecdotes from a 1945 newsroom.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration seeks a $1.25 billion postwar airport program funded half by federal grants and half by states. It would modernize 6,305 airfields including 4,008 new and improved airports, with detailed state by state costs and a 5 to 10 year timeline.
Motor bus lines plan large helicopters or air busses to serve communities lacking direct air transport. They would operate on trips up to 250 miles with stops every 25 to 90 miles, connecting to air lines for longer journeys. Time savings could rival short air trips, offering faster travel for routes formerly served by private cars.
The article recounts Adm. William Leahy’s 1930s proposal to blockade Japan to starve its war machine, aiming to deter aggression and avert war. It notes Roosevelts and British cooperation, Panay incident, and later shifts that blocked or enabled material flows prior to Pearl Harbor and through World War II.
In San Francisco the Kaiser shipyards face a sharp postwar shift as layoffs mount from peak payrolls of 33 000 at Richmond to 48 000 and broader industry expansion slows. Henry J Kaiser envisions competition driven postwar growth across shipping housing rail and health facilities with government subsidies and foreign production. He keeps three Washington offices to boost efficiency and foresees a national drive toward lower costs and new ventures, including metals and alloys, while anticipating a Pacific and Latin American rebound in trade.
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