Biggest Air Raids On Jap Targets Coincide With Invasion
The report notes a massive AAF strike involving thousands of B-29s hitting four Japanese cities Kure Shimonoseki Ube and Kumamoto amid Allied invasion of Borneo. The raids mark 22nd incindiary targets in Japan and stress Shimonoseki as a key rail and coal hub for Honshu.
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Borneo
Vinson
U.S
Kure
Shimonoseki
Ube
Kumamoto
Japan
Tokyo
Honshu
Postwar Charter Aims To Smooth Japan Fall Transition
OPA extended price controls and postwar plans unfold. Vinson calls for rapid tax cuts, use of liquid assets, support for small business, and a Bretton Woods endorsement to keep economy near full employment. Truman backs UN Charter and debt trends, while civil production ramps after war.
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Fred M. Vinson
Japan
Vinson
Bretton Woods
OPA
Truman
Kansas City
San Francisco
War Food Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton Anderson
Congress
Allied lands near Balikpapan in major Borneo operation
Australian troops with American and Dutch support under General MacArthur landed three miles east of Balikpapan, Borneo's oil hub, after the Pacific war's heaviest naval bombardment. Over 300 ships formed the invasion fleet as Allied forces, aided by tanks, pushed toward decisive gains on an important ridge while sustaining mortar and artillery fire.
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MacArthur
Balikpapan
Borneo
Barnes
Tarakan Island
East Indies
Home Front: Home Buyers Revolt
War boom era realty prices ease as buyers push back against market. Public resistance cuts sales in major West Coast cities like Seattle and Portland. postwar forecasts expect price stabilization though some sellers push higher asks. Pandemic era optimism fades as demand cools and dealers reassess asking prices.
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Buvn
Prassi San Praneigen
Portland
Seattle
Wong
Nor
Governors Meet Charter Approved At San Francisco Conference
Report on a three day governors conference in San Francisco with 43 states and territories represented. Comdr Harold E Stassen and Governor Dewey urged rapid charter adoption. Cabinet shifts noted and food and canning developments discussed including fruit canning, fresh produce, and regional crop outlooks across America.
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United Nations
Senate
Truman
New World League
San Francisco
U. S. Senate
Britain
Russia
China
France
New World League For Peace
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Alger Hiss
State Department
World Peace Conference
Comdr
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Dewey
New York
Mackinack
California
Indiana
West Coast
Middle West
Nazi Influence Remains To Vex Allied Control
Baukhage reports on Kilgore committee hearings revealing secret German industrialists funding underground Nazi groups. He describes the Allied plan to counter Nazification via psychological warfare to reorient the German mind and foster individual responsibility while maintaining military discipline in occupied Germany.
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Kilgore
Congress
United States
Germany
McClure
Information Bureau
Nazi Party
Gestapo
Nazi Germany
Paradox in War Era Figures and Military Training
The text notes a surplus war property value equal to a third of all man-made property, compares German crop yields to average, and cites Senator Murray saying 600,000 armed forces personnel have training or experience in construction work, reflecting tensions between destructiveness and rebuilding needs.
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Murray
Small Business Committee
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