Peace time training debated by House committee leaders
Walter A Skead reports on the broad debate over compulsory postwar military training. Supporters include Eisenhower MacArthur Marshall Patton King Nimtz and veterans groups while opponents span labor farm educational and religious organizations. Bills propose a one year training period for 18 year olds with a six year reservist phase and emergency exceptions.
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Eisenhower
MacArthur
Marshall
Patton
King
Nimitz
Departments of State, War and Navy
Truman
Roosevelt
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Josephus Daniels
France
Germany
Congress
House
War and Navy Departments
Morale Wreckers Advice for Wives at War
A wartime guidance piece urges women to protect morale at home by avoiding burdening soldiers with family difficulties. It advises sharing only manageable concerns, especially when soldiers are distant, as disparaging letters about finances or quarrels can severely damage front line fighters.
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Ted
Larry
Jed
Betty
Dad
Aleutians
Mollie
Bob
John
Daddy
Home
Securi
Shifting Curtains Extend Life Of Window Draperies
Curtains exposed to bright light weaken from sun exposure. Rotate top and bottom hems to equalize wear and reverse after washing. Move curtains from sunny windows to shade occasionally. Sheets thinest in the upper center. reverse from head to foot. Mend snags promptly and repair worn edges to extend life.
More Cloth Coming Soon for Home Sewing in Small Towns
The supply of yard goods for home sewing will increase with merchants in rural areas given preference to distribute about 150 million yards of cotton fabrics such as pongee voile sheeting 42 inches and wider print cloths gingham and flannel. The move follows an earlier order aimed at correcting unequal distribution of piece goods.
G I Bill of Rights Puts Two Soldiers Through Mines School
Two Montana School of Mines graduates, G I Bill beneficiaries, are among the first ex servicemen in the state to finish college. G I Bill funded bachelor of science degrees in geological engineering for G I Saterdal and Nordquist after Navy V 12 service.
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Walter Wellis
Navy
Francis A. Thomson
School of Mines
Saterdal
Nordquist
United States Geological Survey
Arden F. Blair
Richey
Montana
Harry M. Hunter, Jr
Albany
N. Y
Europe
John P. Leeds
Havre
Robert J. Scruton
Butte
The
Mines
Montana School of Mines
Thomson
Washington Digest outlines Nazi planned terror program
In a Washington Dispatch, Mr. Bankhage discusses Kilgore committee hearings on war mobilization and secret German industrial plots to fund underground Nazi groups. The piece argues the U.S. must counter Nazification, shape German minds, and expose Nazi crimes while managing occupational pressures and lingering terror in postwar Germany.
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Kilgore
United States
Germany
McClure
Information Bureau
Nazi Party
Gestapo
Nazi Germany
Germans Sold Slaves in Koenigsberg Charged by Reds
London report cites Moscow radio claiming a slave market ran in Koenigsberg East Prussia. A captured German, Erich Zwemmer, says 52 assistants handled up to 250,000 foreigners passing through the camp and that he sold 75,000 Russians yearly.
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London
Moscow Radio
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Erich Zwemmer
Soviet Union
Poland
France
Belgium
5000 Jobs Listed Navy Men Can Fill Upon Discharge
Washington The War Manpower Commission lists 5000 civilian occupations suitable for navy enlisted personnel on discharge. A forthcoming book Special Aids will publish the list and explain how sailors WAVES Seabees and Coast Guardsmen can translate training and experience into civilian employment.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Navy
Miss Lamotte Fined For Speeding After Father’s Advice
Newton Massachusetts Miss Jane Lamotte said her father warned her not to stop for strange men and the judge fined her fifteen dollars for speeding.
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Daddy
Newton
Mass
Jane Lamotte
Doctor Warns After Jar Label Confusion In Portland
Dorothy Ellington in Portland noted a jar label reading ant paste while eating a peanut butter sandwich and then consulted a doctor for the potential mislabeling.
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Portland, Obe
Dorothy Ellington
Barbs and Budgets From a Postwar Lens
General Eisenhower cautions against psychoanalyzing the returning G I and suggests keeping hands out of pockets. Surplus war property value equals about one third of prewar man made property, while the German wine crop rises 50 percent. Senator Murray notes 600,000 service members trained in construction, highlighting a paradox between military destructiveness and postwar labor skills.
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Boulder Dam
Murray
Small Business Committee
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Union Trust Building
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America
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New America
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Two Soldiers
Mines School
Washington Digest
WNU Service
Washington, D. C
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Himmler
Supreme Headquarters
Reds
Bankhage
General Eisenhower
Sewing Circle Needlework
South Wells St
Chicago 7
Howard
San Francisco
Calif
St Joseph
Seluer
Kohler
Farm Light & Service
Montana Avenue
Billings
Mont
Nursea
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
Connecticut
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