MacArthur Leads Borneo Landing as Harvest Forecast Rises
General MacArthur inspects the Allied landing in British North Borneo amid heavy action. US and Australian forces press inland as harvest forecasts project a record 1945 crop, with USDA predicting large winter and spring wheat yields and strong Irish potatoes, fruits, and vegetables.
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Tobruk
el Alamein
Swank
Douglas MacArthur
British North Borneo
U. S
of Agriculture
Department Fed
USDA
Ultraviolet Lamps Touted To Fight Childhood Diseases
New York State health officials trial germ killing ultraviolet lamps in classrooms as an experimental measure to curb measles chickenpox and mumps in large central rural schools. Air contamination tests with and without UV lights will be conducted and lamp intensity as well as germicidal activity will be periodically evaluated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State Department of Health
Map Reparations Debate Across Europe
An American delegation heads to Moscow to discuss postwar reparations with Russia and Britain. Edwin W. Pauley, oil operator, urges against lending Germany funds to rebuild industry, arguing for redirected Allied efforts. He supports Morgenthau’s agrarian state idea and notes the U S unlikely to recoup war costs while Allies push for large claims, France seeking 40 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Moscow
Russia
Britain
U. S
Red Capital
Edwin W. Pauley
Beverly Hills
Calif
Pauley
France
Love at First Sight Bonds Civil War Vet and Widow
A Racine Wisconsin tale recounts a six week romance between a Civil War veteran and a widow. The groom boasts about vigorous age and a long life while the bride laments loneliness after marrying late in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Augustus Cooper
Julia Westpater
Racine
Wis
Vet groups urge overhaul of VA care system
The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars demand a comprehensive reform of the Veterans Administration to serve up to 19 million veterans. They cite overcrowding, staff shortages, low salaries, and red tape at VA hospitals, with 47 percent of centers rated inadequate. They urge more beds, staffing, civilian hospital management, and improved complaint handling under Gen Omar Bradley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
G.is
Omar Bradley
The
Legion
VFW
War Dogs and Raiders in the Pacific Campaigns
Lee G. Miller profiles Lt. Col. Jay D. Vanderpool and Captain Head in the 26th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon. The piece recounts war dogs aiding patrols on Biak Aitape Morotai and Luzon, dog losses from shells, and their roles as scouts messengers and sentries. It notes Vanderpool’s guerrilla coordination at Los Banos and Luzon, and Head’s unit receiving the combat infantry badge.
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Head
James 8
Carlyle
Biak
Aitape
Morotai
Luzon
Balete Pass
Jim
Pacific
Balete
Army Quartermaster Corps
Dog Corps
Oakland
Calif
Jim Head
Arabia
California Arabian Standard Oil Company
Ibn Saud
Jay D. Vanderpool
Vanderfurn
Van
Field Artillery
Pearl Harbor
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Cavite
Batangas
Laguna
Nicholas
Manila
Los Banos
Vanderpool
Staf Corps
General Staff Corps
Nips
Goop Bombs Hit Japan and Censorship Tightens
The article outlines the goop bomb mixing oil and magnesium for extreme fire, claiming it makes firefighting futile and aiding war optimism. It also notes continued censorship after Europe’s end, with delays on the Franklin carrier bombing news, plus bits on Henderson’s sorrow over civilian cutbacks and diplomatic chatter from Smuts and Masaryk, plus congressmen, counterfeiting, and Navy demonstrations for delegates.
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Washington, D. Q
Japan
Washington
Henry Kaiser
Kaiser
Pacific
Navy
Franklin
New York
Panama Canal
Canal
Farm Trucks Surplus Survey Aims Aid to Farmers
The office of surplus Property of the department of commerce will conduct periodical surveys across the nation to identify regions where trucks are urgently needed to prevent impairment of farm production. Surplus trucks will be allocated to dealers under a sales agreement restricting resale to farmers and farm cooperative associations within designated areas with required certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Surplus Property
Department of Commerce
Pyle Memorial Establishes Journalism Scholarship at IU
Indiana University creates a memorial fund in honor of Ernie Pyle, the war correspondent killed on Ie Shima. Veterans receive scholarship preference. Mrs. Ernie Pyle chairs the effort with James S. Adams of Standard Brands as national chairman. The Indiana University Foundation will collect donations nationwide through a non profit office.
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Indiana University
Ernie Pyle
Ie Shima
Okinawa
Herman B. Wells
Univer
Sity
James S. Adams
Standard Brands
New York
Indiana University Foundation
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Borneo
Mac
Diet
Hirohito
Suzuki
Iowa
Southwest
Canada
Stubby
MacKenzie King
Liberal
Return of King
Dominion
John Bracken
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
CCF
M. J. Coldwell
Harry S. Truman
War Department
WE Western Newspaper
2Nd Marine Division
Europe
Map
Love
Mr. and
Mrs. Cooper
Lee Miller
U.S
By Lee G. Miller
Lee G. Miller
Bund
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Stone
Colonel Johnson
Chungking Times
Maj
Charlie Sun
Josefa Go
Miss Mei-lan
Onyong
Johnson
America
OPA
Leon Henderson
Henderson
South Africa
Jan Christian Smuts
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Glenn Taylor
Idaho
Secret Service
Eisenhower
Cernay
House
Military Affairs Committee
Stettinius
Junior
Navy Department
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