Postwar Security Org, Big Five Key in UN Plan
In columns on the war’s end, Allied targets shift to Japan's secondary production hubs as Tokyo Yokohama Nagoya Kobe Osaka are near shutdown. B 29 raids target Kagoshima Omuta Hamatsu Yokkaichi while Okinawa is cleared. Gen Buckner and 80,459 Jap dead reported, 5,332 U S and 21,343 wounded.
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Yokohama
Nagoya
Kobe
Osaka
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Kagoshima
Omuta
Hamatsu
Yokkaichi
Okinawa
10Th Army
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr
Buckner
U.S
Shuri
Admiral Nimltz
Army Takes Over Truck Strike Amid War Material Deliveries
Army officials under Ellis Longenecker moved to break the strike by Chicago truck drivers Local 705 after a War Labor Board dispute. About 10,000 of 14,000 union members walked out as 400 troops joined 4,000 nonstriking drivers, with rail embargoes and private escorts aiming to keep essential war material and civilian supplies moving.
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Ellis T. Longenecker
Office of Defense Transportation
Chicago
Chicago Truck Drivers Union
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
War Labor Board
Eisenhower welcomed by 400,000 as war leader returns to D C
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower rides a reconnaissance car through Washington amid a hero's welcome from about 400000 people. He salutes the crowd and praises the soldiers who carried the Star Spangled Banner to victory in Europe. He lauds their persistence and sacrifice while noting the embattled armies of Europe.
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Grant
Sherman
Pershing
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Ike
Germany
Eand
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Europe
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American Bankers Association
Comptroller of the Currency
Reconversion Ahead as Industry Hails American Ingenuity
Washington analyst notes reconversion should be smoother than conversion with 80 percent of factories needing no major changes. Civilian demand could rebound to prewar levels within two to three years, aided by war-driven inventors like Burl E. Sherrill of Peru Indiana who expanded from tinkering to mass production of a steel armored vehicle compass and now eyes civilian use and a new hearing aid. He embodies the era’s entrepreneurial spirit, promising continued employment and no need for heavy retooling as peacetime markets resume.
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WNU
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Uncle Sam
John Q
Washington
Burl E. Sherrill
Peru
Ind
Sherrill
University of Chicago
Chicago
Indiana
Erts
Carnegie Institute
Army Engineers
The
War College
Okeh
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
Ted Gamble
Treasury
War Food agency weighs freezing all eggs in storage
Washington reports a severe poultry and egg black market prompting consideration of freezing all stored eggs. G men probe the Delaware Maryland area as War Food and OPA clash over price ceilings and releases. Retailers face pressure while legal and political fallout looms.
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War Food Administration
Edgar Hoover
G-men
Delaware-Maryland
Delaware
OPA
Clifford Shedd
WFA
Army
Gordon Sprague
Shedd
Sprague
New England
New Jersey
North Carolina
Tim Stitts
War Mood Administration
Anderson
Food Committee
WEA
Minnesota
New York City
Share Secrets and Corn Policy Shift Across War-Torn Europe
Allied technicians intensively study secret German devices while U S and Britain prepare to explain materials shipped to Britain. War Food Administration controls corn use to feed mixers and processors, easing export demand as farmers hold grain. May Hatch reports chick numbers up 29 percent from last year and 33 percent above 1939-43 average. Argentina buyers push bids as lend lease and purchases rise amid corn squeeze.
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Germany
U. S
Reich
Britain
U.S
War Food Administration
OPA
Argentina
WFA
Navy warning on transporting monkeys to India sparks critique
An official navy bulletin warns that navy personnel may not transport monkeys to or from India. A congressman notes the government has moved west from the Hudson, joking about how far it will go before traffic reaches the Mississippi. Reports mention horse meat sales rising and a gasoline shortage, with a medal awarded to a high officer for actions decades earlier.
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Navy Personne
India
Hudson
Mississippi
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