End of European War Shifts U S to One Front war
Allied victory in Europe leads to German surrender in Reims and Berlin. U S Britain and Russia plan occupation, dismantle war industry, and tighten press and media controls while shifting manpower to the Pacific. Army and navy postwar plans determine troop levels, production, and rationing as the United States readies for war against Japan and civilian recovery.
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Poland
Reims
France
Germany
Wehrmacht
Gustav Jodl
Fuehrer
Karl Doenitz
Walter Bedell Smith
Allied Command
Berlin
Gregory Zhukov
Europe
Russia
Count Ludwig Schwerin von Krosigk
von Krosigk
U. S
Britain
Ermany
America
Army
Navy
Pacific
East
Suez
Panama
Asia
West Coast
Pacific Theater
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific Territories
Marines Root Out Japs on Peleliu
Marine Combat Correspondent David Stick reports ongoing fighting on Peleliu six months after initial landings. The small island, six miles long and under three miles wide, features a labyrinth of caves on Bloody Nose Ridge near the airstrip, where Japanese forces have hid since last September.
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Peleliu
Jon Peleliu
David Stick
Little Lakes
Wiscontain
Kansas
Miami Beach
Fla
Bloody Nose Ridge
Farm Draft Revision Vetoed by President Truman
President Truman vetoed a farm draft measure that would have deferred all essential farm workers regardless of military need. The veto preserved the Tydings principle guiding farm labor drafts, as 185 congressmen failed to reach a two thirds majority to override. The AFL and CIO clash over international labor groups, with the AFL backing the CIO and criticizing the World Trade Union Congress as influenced by communists.
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Congress
Harry S. Truman
Tydings
AFL
CIO
World Trade Union Congress
San Francisco
International Federation of Trade Unions
Marital twist as alive husband surprises California wife
A Long Beach woman who remarried during wartime learns her first husband, presumed dead after a bomber crash near Burma, is alive five months after her wedding. She seeks an annulment from Lt. Harold Goad while praising Ensign Robert McDowell as “the man I’ve always loved.” In parallel, Big Three talks face a new hurdle as Moscow admits 16 Polish government in exile leaders are in London under safe conduct charged with sabotage.
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Robert A. McDowell
Long Beach
Calif
Harold G. Goad
Moscow
London
Warsaw
San Francisco
U. S
Stettinius
Eden
Molotov
Yalta
World leaders urged unity at San Francisco huddle
The writer reports from a 1945 gathering in San Francisco where delegates debate the best way to stop harming the world. He warns that without consensus the group may be considered crazier than expected.
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San Francisco
Pest and Disease Control Daily Supervision Call
A vivid but dated voice critiques a peace conference as a temporary hold on war. The piece emphasizes ongoing fears of renewed conflict, overcrowding, poor ventilation, suspicions, and disorder amid a push for an antisuicide pact to outlast jet bomb threats.
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Frankie Sinatra
Victory garden pests and guidance for wartime growers
In a wartime home front tone a veteran gardener urges unyielding fight against insects and disease to protect Victory gardens. Advice covers insecticides like rotenone cryolite Bordeaux mixture and nicotine sprays, plus safe handling and sourcing through local dealers, extension services, or the USDA.
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Victory Gardens
Victory
State Department of Agriculture Extension Service
State Agricultural College
United States Department of Agriculture
Creamery butter production by state in 1944
The Dairy Products Marketing Association reports Minnesota produced 17 percent of U S creamery butter despite a 14 percent drop in 1944. Iowa followed with 14 3 percent and Wisconsin with 8 4 percent. Nebraska accounted for 5 5 percent, down 18 percent from 1943.
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Minnesota
U. S
Dairy Products Marketing Association
Iowa
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Baseball magnates pick Senator Chandler for judge post
The big league owners chose Senator Happy Chandler for the judgeship once held by Kenesaw Mountain Landis. They fear a Landis-like figure may be needed and compare Chandler to the famed judge, joking Chandler might resemble a softer, dimples-edged Landis.
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Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Judge Landis
Happy” Chandler
Landis
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