27 Sep 1945
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1945
Page
1
The piece surveys MacArthur’s Japan policy with a projected 260000 troops, Truman’s postwar army plan, and debates over peacetime occupancy. It bands labor tensions as CIO unions press wage demands while Schwellenbach reorganizes the labor department to speed reconversion and curb inflation.
Democratic national chairman Robert E. Hannegan declared the wartime political truce over and promised aggressive tactics to support the President’s policies. He framed reconversion and jobless relief as the central issue, accusing Republicans of criticizing the address and warning against a return to the economic chaos of the 1920s.
President Truman announced a comprehensive postwar relief plan shipping food fuel and materials to Europe with payments due except UNRRA aid. Wheat milk meat and other staples are slated alongside farm equipment fertilizer and machinery while coal shipments rise toward year end. Stalin pressed for a six billion loan as Yugoslavia seeks large readjustments and Trieste port amid Big Five talks. The Aluminum Company faces breakup to curb monopoly and spur peacetime competition despite investor and institution concerns.
Secret orders signed by Brig. Gen. Gure ney bar veterans from appealing to congress or press to protest redeployment to the Pacific. The 95th Division at Camp Shelby faced possible disciplinary action. protests reportedly led to the reversal of sending the unit to Japan. Also notes Truman’s Northwest salmon fishing and poker banter with Mon Wallgren and Warren Magnuson. Rail traffic and Army delays at Southern Pacific prompt release of railroad workers, with 24,000 SP employees on roster. Capitol chaff covers Derwin Darling’s return and Kilgore unemployment bill stance.
A collage of satirical jabs on wartime events, figures, and media frames. It mocks Halsey, de Gaulle chatter, and a Ways and Means hearing, then pivots to cultural quips about Parisian acts, Petain, and espionage chatter, ending with media insider anecdotes about Arch Oboler and studio chatter.
The department of agriculture cites a labor gap of 3 million workers needed in October and November 1945 to harvest bumper crops. Despite 244 million farm labor placements in the first seven months, the extension service notes the shortage is at its tightest point of the war years.
Rural communities seeking medical equipment and supplies from surplus war property will soon access items. The surplus property act directs prices based on need, not original cost, with the surplus property board aiming to provide aid through public assistance.
A redeployment survey by automotive experts directs European and Mediterranean theater commanders to declare 132 042 motor powered vehicles and 11 000 trailer surplus to the army. The War Department authorizes 13 000 European vehicles for transfer to the Federal Economics Administration and 3 022 in the Mediterranean for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation administration.
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