Pacific Air Strikes Hit Tokyo and Other Cities in New J apan Campaign
U S bombers target Tokyo Yokohama Nagoya Kobe and Osaka to cripple J apan industry while B 29s drive further toward industrial hubs Kagoshima Omuta Hamamatsu and Yokosuchi. Okinawa ground battle ends in heavy U S losses and the death of Lt Gen Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. Nimitz cites 80459 Japanese killed in 77 days as forces push the island into the sea with 5332 U S KIA and 21343 WIA.
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Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
Nagoya
Kobe
Osaka
U. S
Eney
Uke Kagoshima
Omuta
Hamatsu
Yokksichi
Okinawa
10Th Army
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr
Buckner
Shuri
Nimitz
Army takes over Chicago truck strike amid WWII supply squeeze
Army officials take control of striking private truck lines in Chicago to deliver vital war materiel while 10,000 of 14,000 Teamsters Local 705 members walk out over a 4.08 weekly raise for a 51 hour week. About 400 soldiers join 4,000 non-striking drivers as rail embargoes blunt operations and freight backs up.
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United States
Ellis T. Longenecker
Office of Defense Transportation
Chicago
Chicago Truck Drivers Union
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
War Labor
United Nations charts security structure postwar plan
The United Nations finalizes a postwar security framework led by the Security Council and the Big Five, with a General Assembly limited to discussion. A general military staff and international force will require free passage in member states, while trusteeships and self rule for dependent peoples are outlined. Also, 14,500 tractors will aid 11 European countries to boost cereals production, with distribution between paying and non paying nations including France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and Albania.
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Harry S. Truman
United Nations
Security Council
U. S
Britain
Russia
France
China
United Nations’ Organization
Arthur Vandenberg
Pacific Islands
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Belgium
Denmark
Poland
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Albania
Eisenhower Returns to Capitol Parade After Victory
General Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to Washington after Allied victory in Europe. Crowds line the avenues as he is greeted by 800,000 onlookers while praised for leadership and sacrifices. U.S. and British forces celebrate the European victory with speeches and fanfare.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Grant
Sherman
Pershing
Pennsylvania Avenue
Eisenhower
U.S
Ike
Congress
Germany
Washington
Qui
Europe
Reconversion not a major hurdle for industry says BAU News
Washington dispatch reports reconversion will be easier than conversion with 80 percent of factories needing no major changes. War producers will pivot to civilian goods. some sectors such as parachute makers will shift to stockings. The piece highlights inventor Burl Sherrill of Peru Indiana whose compass for military vehicles led to a civilian and lifeboat product line, with no plant retooling and steady employment. It notes continued demand for war related tech and hints at postwar gains.
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BAU
WNU
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Uncle Sam
John Q
Washington
Burl
Sherrill
Peru
Ind
Sherri
Penn
University of Chicago
Chicago
Indiana
Khage d
Erts
Carnegie Institute
Army Engineers
The
War College
Maritime Commission
Poultry Black Market Tests and Wartime Politics
In Washington a fierce free egg debate unfolds as War Food administration weighs freeing stored eggs. G men probe Delaware Maryland black market, while WFA officials tighten control of poultry leases amid surging illicit trade. OPA price ceilings and possible egg storage freezes threaten civilian supply.
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Washington
War
J. Edgar Hoover
G-men
Delaware-Maryland
Delaware
War Food Administration
OPA
Clifford Shedd
Delavan
WFA
Gordon Sprague
Shedd
Sprague
New England
New Jersey
North Carolina
Tim Stitts
Anderson
Food Committee
Stitts
Army
Minnesota
New York City
Government raises hard coal prices and wage boosts
Government approves higher coal prices by about $1 per ton for domestic sizes and 25 to 50 cents for industrial types citing higher labor costs and slimmer operator margins. OES also grants wage increases for 68,000 miners and smaller hikes for 4,000 more, with travel pay, vacation allowances, shift premiums, and overtime paid. Banks report 1944 assets at 76.95 billion, up from 64.53 billion, with loans up 13 percent and investments up 26 percent.
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Office of Economic Stabilization
OES
United States
American Bankers Association
Navy bulletin warns against transporting monkeys to India
An official navy bulletin bans moving monkeys to or from India. A congressman notes the government has shifted west from the Hudson, joking that it won’t stop at the Mississippi. The piece also quips about rising horse meat sales and a medal for a long-dead hero who saved a woman by halting a runaway horse 200 years ago.
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Navy
India
Hudson
Mississippi
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Ashington Digest
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Ted Garable
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Everett Dirksen
Illinois
GOP
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OWI
Office of Wi Information
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Olli
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TVA
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Hammerei
Hopkins
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Ed Kelly
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