Smashing Of Jap Industries Urged
Rep Joe Starnes urged that after World War II Japan’s heavy industries be destroyed and Allied occupation of Axis powers be supervised. He called for punishment of war criminals, restoration and recompense, and for a strong postwar program of democratic government and employment for returning veterans at Fort Hening and the University of Alabama.
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Ala
Joe Miarhes
Japan
Universty
Alabama
Joe Starnes, Jr
Mbou
Tneir
Germany
Italy
Axia
America
Starnes
Tha Posse
Organisation of United Nations
United States
Petesnary
Congress
Army Abandons Hope for Missing Caribbean Airmen
The War Department lists Saturday as definitively awaiting news on five missing airmen after a January 24 disappearance in the Caribbean region. The aircraft departed San Juan Puerto Rico and officials previously announced its loss. Among the crew were Col Walter S Smith head of the Air Transport and Facility Division and Maj Lewin B Barringer chief of glider production and training. Smith, 46, was born in Alabama and came to Washington in 1933 as WPA airport division chief. his wife resides in Washington. Others aboard the plane are named in the incomplete report.
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Washington
War Department
Caribbean
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Walter S Smith
Cief
Air Transport and Facility Division
Air Support Command
Lewin B. Barringer
Smith
Alabama
Farm labor deferments shape wartime draft policy
A wartime memo outlines how registrants regularly engaged in agriculture can be deferred. The House subcommittee trims a large farm labor program and moves oversight to the Extension Service. Details cover recruitment, travel expenses, subsistence, and wages while preserving a 40 hour week and intrastate focus.
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CMU
Congressionel
Macpowrer Commission
Toca
Selectiva
Selective Services
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Agriculture Department
Farm Security Administration
Department
Agriculture Extension Service
Extension Service
Appropriations
House
Bankhead
D-Ala
Military Services
Nye
R-Nd
Price control reform debated in Senate inquiry
The Senate considered simplifying procedures and granting local boards more price control autonomy. Senators urged reducing OPA powers, focusing on core commodities, and replacing inefficient subordinates as Brown works to address Capitol Hill complaints and align with the Stabilization Act.
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Washington
Herring
OPA
Budget Bureau
Blaloney
D.-Conn
Mine Ly
Dansber
R.conn
George
D.tra
Finance Committee
Brown
Leon Henderson
Capitol
Congress
Senator Bankhead
Ala
Bankhead
Soviet Push Near Rzhev and Vyazma Stirs German Defense
Reports from the front describe sustained Soviet advances west of Vyazma and north of Smolensk, with fighters penetrating toward Staryaya Russa amid heavy snow. Soviet communiques claim thousands of German casualties, widespread captures, and fortifications challenged along the Bryansk Kiev railway and central front as forces press from Rzhev to Sevaki and beyond toward Kiev.
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Miles
Tom Bine
Moscow
Ile Taplure Ie
Sooleong
Melo
Staten
Osige
Jmlem Noirth
Vyazma
Kaluga
Vyarme
Smolensk
Gehatsk
Gevakia
Bryansk Kiev
Donate Basin
Voroshilovgrad
Roetow
Red Army
Oid
Timoshenko
Staraya Russa
Demyansk
Sevak
Bryansk-Kiev
Gzhatsk
Rzhev
Vyasme
Kbrkov
Kursk
Kiev
Dnieper
Kharkov
Sevake
Donets
Voroshilovgard
Stareya Russa
Kuban
Novrosalsk
Sea of Azov
Bomber crews report near perfect raid over enemy targets
Fortresses over the Mok base and fortifications on the main bridge faced light opposition as bombs struck a power house and other objectives. Pilot Captain Carter and navigator Mobarly praised the mission noting minimal fighter activity and effective destruction, including the bridge and desert-like scorched areas. Meanwhile a Senate vote rejected an interpretation of the Stabilization Act affecting how government benefits factor into farmer incomes for price ceilings.
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Yrline Wezlauomarine
Muccesalys
Fortress
Joseph Carter
Lawton
Okla
Ike
Kenneth James Mobarly
Moberly
Dena
Avery
Congress
Senate
Four Layered War Naval Power Busts Axis Plans
The report credits Secretary Knox with detailing the United States Navy's rapid wartime production and the buildup of tonnage and ships. It notes 5,675.0 tons of craft authorized, most being built or planned, excluding some large units, with overall completion aimed for 1947 but accelerated. It praises speeded constructions, the emphasis on air, sea, land integration, and the Navy's critical role in early war months. It also covers battles from Pearl Harbor to Midway, the loss of four Japanese carriers, and the ongoing Atlantic convoy escort battles amid submarine losses and anti-submarine vessel production ramping up.
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Knox
Durog
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Enn
United States
Koo
Atlantic
Tre
Allied planes sink ships in Battle of the Bismarck Sea
Allied headquaters report US and Australian forces destroyed 22 enemy ships including three Japanese light cruisers in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. About 138 aircraft participated, with 103 observed as shot down. Our losses included bombers and fighters. The convoy-bound force of 15 000 ground troops is presumed sunk.
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High Command
Eeria
Douglas MacArthur
the Bismarck
Coeemunique
Cartain
Las
New
Guinea
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