Postwar Japan Demobilization Aims at 7 Million by 1947
Japan prepares for surrender enforcement under Prince Higashi Kuni as the emperor seeks to avert uprisings. Demobilization plans target 7 million GIs and civilians by 1947, with 2 million navy and 5 million army personnel released under point-based systems. Reconstruction proceeds amid continued rationing for key goods and inflation controls.
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Record 1945 Harvest Forecast Across Major Crops
The Agriculture Department predicts the 1945 harvest will be the third best in history with wheat at 1.146 billion bushels and oats at 1.546 billion. Sugar cane output should reach 6.976 million tons and sugar beets 9.332 million tons as soil erosion concerns loom.
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Labor party program and postwar planning outlined by king
King George VI outlined Labour Party aims including nationalizing the Bank of England and coal mines, reorganizing transport, social security and industrial insurance, housing land purchases, and planning machinery as wartime controls stay through reconversion. UNRRA chief Lehman urged more than two billion dollars for relief and outlined aid routes to China amid postwar recovery fears. De Gaulle commuted Petain’s death to life imprisonment, while France remains divided over the controversial trial and its implications.
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Liberation Movement
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Petain
India Army as Unity Maker in Postwar India
Washington writer lauds General Cariappa and the Indian army as a unifying force uniting 242 million volunteers through a common language, moral uplift, and leadership reform. He notes literacy gains, integration across regions, and potential for an independent Indian army shaping a tolerant, cohesive nation.
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Japan
India
Punjab
Cariappa
Burma
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Sandhurst
Kingston
West Point
Indian Military Academy
United Nations
England
Space Saver Racks For Closet Doors Pattern 283
Handy door racks add accessible space for daily items keeping shelves free. The curved hat front protects crowns while a lower rack holds small and large items plus a hanger rod. Easy to cut from plywood scraps with a compass saw. Pattern 283 includes cutting guides and assembly directions.
Backlog in Auto and Furnishings Purchases 1942 44
The Department of Commerce estimates Americans bought about 23 billion dollars less in autos and parts and in furniture and house furnishings from 1942 to 1944 than under prewar volumes. Actual autos and parts spending was 1.8 billion against an expected 16.2 billion, a deficiency of 14.4 billion.
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Department of Commerce
Army Teaches G I s Virtues of Thrift
War department figures show 3,714,910 active Class E allotments as of June, directing pay to dependents, banks, or insurers. Over 40 million dollars have gone to insurance firms in three years for soldiers life policies. In June, 263,227 dollars funded building and loan savings plans for G I Joe to save for a home.
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War Department Office of
Building and Loan and Savings and Loan Associations
G.I. Joe
Barbs by Baukhage Pravda
A sarcastic column quoting Stalin’s 1936 label of Japan as aggressor and jokes about wartime logistics. It notes slow moving large forces like the Red Army and jests on wartime irony, parking woes, and Dutch arrests, ending with a quip about roasted eggs from slot machines.
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Stalin
Japan
Red Army
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