Demobilization clash over benefits policy in Congress
Congress debates the demobilization bill with the House and Senate at odds over unemployment aid and transport allowances for war workers. The House rejects a federal standard and a Byrnes backed plan, leaving states to set benefits while pursuing a conference to resolve the surplus property dispute and establish a national demobilization director.
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Voice
Senate
Attem
House
James F. Byrnes
Ways and Means Committee
Senate-House
Edwin C. Johnson
Industy Labor, Agriculture
Publc
Processed foods largely freed from wartime rationing
The White House said nearly all processed foods except canned fruit will return to prewar nonrationed status within 10 days. War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes ordered September 17 removal of jams jellies fruit butters asparagus beans corn peas pumpkin squash mixed vegetables baked beans tomato sauce paste and puree and all soups and baby foods from rationing.
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Washington
White House
War Food Administration
War Mobilization
James F. Byrnes
Britain Reports War Casualty Toll Over One Million
Britain released casualty figures showing at least 1,091,628 lives lost or harmed in five years of war. The tally covers 925,963 military deaths and injuries, 33,573 merchant seamen casualties, and 132,092 civilian air raid victims, with further updates expected for mariners and civilians through July 31. The August buzz bomb toll is not included.
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London
British Empire
Eisenhower Sees Victory Over Nazis Possible in 1944
General Eisenhower expressed confidence that Germany could be defeated in 1944 and announced Lt Gen Omar Bradley as commander of American armies in northern France equal in status to Gen Montgomery. A battlemap behind him showed Allied advances toward Belgium and the German border as the invasion neared five days ahead of schedule. He reaffirmed his 1944 victory forecast and urged full effort from front lines and home front.
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Supreme Headquarters
Eisenhower
Germany
Omar N. Bradley
Belgium
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
England
Britain Reveals Reverse Lend Lease Contributions
Britain disclosed that reverse lend lease to the United States included an underground D-Day communications center, jettisonable fuel tanks, water proofing for tanks, and extensive air support. The ministry of production said at least 2,500 aircraft were supplied and valued the operational airfields and depots at about 440 million dollars serving over 100 fields by May.
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London
Britain
U. S
Ministry of Production
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Wheeler to Appear In Radio Forum
Senator B. K. Wheeler travels from White Sulphur Springs to Los Angeles to take part in a radio forum with Senator Pepper of Florida. Afterward he will head back to Washington. He earlier supported Meagher county residents planning formal protest to Sandie of the White Sulphur Byrnes Fing ing branch of the Milwaukee railroad.
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White Sulphur Springs
B. K. Wheeler
Los Angeles
Monay
Pepper
Florida
Wheeler
Washington
West Coast
Meagher County
Sandie
Sulhur Byrnes Fingiing
Milwaukee Railroad
Truman Promises Postwar Reforms To Aid Labor
Vice President candidate Harry S. Truman pledged labor that the Democratic party will prioritize human welfare over profits in converting wartime plants to peacetime use. He urged unemployment insurance for displaced workers and continued operation of war plants, aiming to raise basic wages and preserve full employment.
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Detroit
Harry S. Truman
America
Michigan
Roosevelt
Missouri
Truman
Romise
Democratic Party
United States
Finland Quits War as Russian Enemy Germans Start Evacuation
Stockholm dispatch says Finland halted three years of conflict with Soviet Russia with a ceasefire order. Guns along the 500 mile front from Viipuri to Salla fell silent as reports circulated of German troop withdrawals from Karelia to Helsinki and possible voluntary evacuation north of Salla.
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Finland
Russia
Viipuri
Salla
Karelia
Helsinki
Barents Sea
Lapland
Sweden
Uncle George Norris Dies at 83 in Nebraska
Former Sen. George W. Norris longtime Nebraska liberal and author of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the lame duck amendment died at his home in McCook Neb after a cerebral hemorrhage suffered August 29. He was 83. Norris had rallied briefly after the stroke but weakened and died with his wife and three daughters at his side. He had left the Republican Party in 1922 and remained active in liberal causes while living quietly in Nebraska.
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Neb
George W. Norris
Congress
Norris
Tennessee Valley Authority
National Citi
Zens
Clyde
Ohio
Beatrice
Baldwin University
North Indiana Normal School
Valparaiso
Ind
Republican Party
People
Senate
Roosevelt
Interior Department Plans Postwar Work
Secretary Ickes said the Interior Department can provide 1,500,000 man-years of work after the war through postwar projects. He cited 553,000 man-years from 236 new reclamation projects in the West and 698,000 more for materials, expanding cultivation to a state sized farm gate.
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Washington
Congress
Ickes
Interior Department
Maryanda
Labor Day Weekend Death Toll Reaches 210 Across States
New York report shows 210 fatalities from traffic, drownings and other causes during the Labor Day weekend across 34 states and D C. California leads with 24 deaths, followed by Illinois 17 Pennsylvania 15 New York 14 and Virginia 11.
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New York
District of Columbia
California
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Government raises set asides on seven canned fruits
The War Food Administration on Monday announced higher set aside percentages for seven canned fruits and fruit products for government purchases. Apples, apple sauce, fruit cocktail, peaches, pears, pineapple, and pineapple juice saw increases, while canned sauerkraut was reduced. Changes took effect Sunday.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Butte Army Nurse Dies in Scotland Plane Crash
Butte mourns the loss of Second Lieut. Viviana Cronin 26 an army flight nurse and one of Montana first women casualties of the war killed in a Scotland crash Sunday night Her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Cronin were notified by the war department of her death and she attends funeral of her 14 year old brother.
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Butte
Montana
Viviana Cronin
Scotland
Frank Cronin
War Department
Pope Advocates Force Of Sword For Peace
Pope Pius XII in a Sept 1 broadcast urged use of the sword as a last resort to enforce international obligations after WWII and deter new wars. He called for a just peace and economic reform preserving private property, speaking 30 minutes from his private library.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Holy Father
Holy See
Bricker Accepts Nomination Tour Schedule
Governor John W. Bricker announced his campaign tour schedule and said he would accept the Republican vice presidential nomination in a September 9 speech at French Lick Indiana before the Indiana Republican Editorial association. He waived formal notification.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
French Lick
Ind
Bricker
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
American Legion
Chicago
Wilsall Calcite Operations Suspend In Montana District
Federal officials in Helena report the suspension of calcite mining in the Wilsall district of Park county effective today. Calcite crystals from the area were used in ring sights for aerial guns. reason unclear but Army and Navy requirements are met for the present.
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Helena
Wilsall
Park County
Army
Navy
Wheat Harvest Gains Pace in Central Montana
Favorable weather in Grass Range and central Montana has allowed rapid wheat harvesting. Local crews filled two conveyors to capacity and eight railroad cars were loaded by the Milwaukee road, with farmers preparing to store wheat on farms due to possible car shortages.
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Montana
Capeety
Milwaukee Road
Britain to End Blackouts After Five Years of Darkness
London reports a September 17 return of lights as the government plans relaxed rations on power security. The Home Security Ministry says the nation has endured five years of darkness under strict rules and now moves toward normal energy use.
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Britain
London
Ministry OF Home
Allied Forces Push Toward Germany Amid Supply Delays
United States Third Army drive toward the German border stalls for a week due to lagging supplies while American First Army tanks advance east of Liege after crossing Belgian defenses. French troops chase Germans toward Dijon as Patton’s Third Army advances near Bar-sur-Seine, with the Red Army breaking into Yugoslavia alongside Tito’s partisans.
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Namur
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Whitehead
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France
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Lyon
Seventh Army
Belfort Gap
George 8
Bar-sur-Seine
Paris
London
Red Army
Danube
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Turnu-Severin
Governor Ford Urges Quick Action on Highway Bill
In Helena on September 1 Governor Sam C. Ford urged Montana’s senators to secure speedy passage of a federal highway bill. The measure would add 2.9 million dollars annually for Montana, split between 1.5 million for secondary roads and 1.4 million for primary roads, while urban road funds drop from 2.4 million to 0.5 million.
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Helena
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Ford
Congress
Mailing of State Assistance Checks Totals $378,663.25
The state department of public welfare reports September assistance checks totaling 378,663.25 dollars for 14,684 recipients. Old age recipients received 323,069 dollars across 10,973 people. aid to dependent children 46,017.25 dollars to 1,355 parents or relatives for 3,397 children. aid to the blind 9,577 dollars to 314 recipients. Additional benefits totaled 10,320 dollars for 344 persons.
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State Department of Public Welfare
Fouse
White Sulphur Man Named Wool Growers Secretary
Helena Sept 4 Carl O Hansen White Sulphur Springs rancher and Meagher county agent since 1940 named secretary of the Montana Wool Growers association with headquarters in Helena. Hansen to take office immediately succeeding Curtis Hughes of Stanford who resigned to join the navy. Hansen is a Beaverhead county native and MSU Bozeman agriculture graduate.
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Helena
Carl O. Hansen
White Sulphur Springs
Meagher County
Montana Wool Growers Association
Hansen
Curtis Hughes
Stanford
Navy
Beaverhead County
Montana State College
Bozeman
Bear Paw Ranchers Brace for Rustlers in Montana Countryside
In the Bear Paw mountains cattlemen read the old warning as rustlers again ride. Sheriff R L Campbell reports an organized gang striking in the rolling country between the Milk and Missouri rivers, targeting cattle and unbranded horses as many owners are away with the armed forces.
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Malta
Bear Paw Mountains
Milk
Missouri
R. L. Campbell
Liberated U S Airmen Evacuated Through Bucharest
In Bucharest on September 1, the U S Fifteenth Air Force evacuated over 1 000 of about 3 000 American airmen shot down in the Ploesti battles. Romanians welcomed the Americans with street gifts while Russians moved through, releasing Romanian prisoners to the army.
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Bucharest
Romania
Ploesti
United States
15Th Air Force
Deportation claim spans Paris Jews during war
In Paris on September 3, residents report that near 90,000 Jews, about nine tenths of the Jewish population in the third to fifth arrondissements, were deported by Nazis over four years. Gestapo searches terrorized homes and French police accompanied raids, with valuables seized and later allegedly split with Nazi captors.
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Paris
Germany
Poland
Gestapo
Seemens
Postwar Road Construction Moves Onto Congress Agenda
Congress takes up a $3.375 billion road program aimed at rebuilding highway capacity for peacetime travel. The plan envisions $650 million yearly for three years in federal aid, with a 60 to 40 split, plus $25 million for forest highways and other forest and parkway road funds.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Office of War Mobilization
Sion
Cee
Maton
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