Radar Opens Way for Stratosphere Exploration
Radar contact with the moon by U S army physicists at Evans Laboratory Belmar New Jersey demonstrates echoes after 2 5 seconds. The article discusses radio control of long-range missiles and jet propulsion, study of upper atmosphere effects on radio waves, mapping distant planets and analyzing celestial bodies, plus radio controlled stratoship airborne data collection.
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U. S. Army
Moon
Evans Signal Laboratory
Belmar
N. J
Congress Seeks Labor Curb in Steel Strike Clash
Southern lawmakers led by Representatives Smith and Cox push anti strike measures amid a steel walkout affecting 800000 workers. They demand restored federal oversight of company books, a 30 day anti strike period, shared contract responsibility, and limits on sympathy strikes while government moves to allocate stock to essential public services.
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Smith
Dem
Cox
Cio-United Steel
AFL
CIO
U. S
Swift
Armour
Cudahy
Wilson, Morrel
Short’s Turn On Pearl Harbor Prep and FEPC Filibuster
The Pearl Harbor probe heard Maj. Gen. Walter Short fault war department for not sharing intercepted Japanese messages that would have allowed four hours to prepare for the attack. Southern senators led by Bilbo and Eastland filibustered the FEPC prohibiting discrimination in hiring. The article notes wheat export plans for 1946 and a looming wheat shortage impacting mills and distillers amid feed needs.
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Pearl Harbor
War Department
Naval
Walter C. Short
Admiral Kimmel
Short
Marshall
Hawaii
Misissippi
Theodore G. Bilbo
Pepper
Dem
Fla
FEPC
Bilbo
Eastland
Miss
Chamber
Department of Agriculture
New England
South America Poised as Major Oil Source
South America already ranks as a top oil producer and evidence of petroleum runs the length of the Andes. Experts warn wartime depletion makes new deposits crucial and suggest the snow clad Andes may harbor major reserves beyond Tierra del Fuego toward the Caribbean coast.
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Tierra del Fuego
Caribbean
Ven
Surplus Goods for Vets: New WAC Division Speeds Disposal
The War Assets Corporation forms a special division to handle surplus goods for veterans, streamlining purchases through certificates and guided access by WAC staff. Availability uncertainties rely on demobilization needs and OPA ceilings, addressing prior complaints about high prices and lack of bid-based dealer sales.
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War Assets Corporation
Chicago
WAC
G.I
OPA
Johns Hopkins Performs Life Saving Heart Surgery on Judy Hackman
Doctors Blalock and Taussig repaired Judy Hackman's malformed heart at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. The 2-year-old from Buckley Washington traveled home after a delicate operation replacing a defective artery to boost oxygenated blood. Her blue coloration faded to a rosy hue as she recovered.
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Judy Hackman
Buckley
Wash
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Judy
Blalock
Taussig
Germany Election Shifts To Social Democrats In Rural Areas
First postwar elections in the American occupation zone favor the Social Democrats with 41.4 percent, while the Christian Democratic Union and Communists draw 28 percent and about 3 percent respectively. The results hint at personality influence and fear of refugee displacement. Insurance policy loans rise after V J Day, nearly doubling from 1945 lows, with average advances of 100 to 200 dollars and overall debt still near one billion, down from prewar levels.
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Germany
Social Democratic Party
Christian Democratic Union of
Christian Union
Farm prices follow postwar pattern since World War II
The Alexander Hamilton Institute notes farm product prices mirror the post World War II trend after World War II. After World War I prices fell from wartime peaks and then recovered, a pattern the institute sees repeating in recent years.
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Alexander Hamilton Institute
Rebuilding Europe and the Nazi Trials Purpose
BAUKHAGE argues Americans must support postwar democracy, critique the Nuernberg trials as a tool to convict conspirators in open court, and stress re forming German mindset over swift vengeance. He laments German media access and calls for broader public understanding of collective security.
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Nuernberg
Goering
Keitel
Germany
Europe
United States
Justice Jackson
Reich
Barbs by Bankhage reveals social observations of the era
The piece critiques anti-Nazi roots and domestic life, notes a decline in fatal home accidents over a decade, and cites the Twentieth Century Fund data that in 1942 farmers earned only 12 percent of farm income. It also contrasts American progress with Europe after a Canterbury Dean’s visit.
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Twentieth Century Fund
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