Civil War in China Deepens in Manchuria Struggle
The postwar fight between Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's government and Chinese Communists in Manchuria risks broadening across China. Gen. George C. Marshall, Truman's envoy, helped push a unity accord but clashes persist as both sides race for industrial centers. An undeclared conflict grows with accusations of aerial strafing by U S planes and a disputed downed pilot case.
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Merica
China
Chian Kai-shek
Manchuria
George C. Marshall
U. S
Truman
Russia
Marshall
Battle Over Price Controls Drives Bipartisan Debate
The article outlines Bowles leading a public push to protect OPA and price controls against House amendments that would extend the program without subsidies and require profits for all items. It notes Senate support and calls for continued OPA, with figures like Bankhead and Downey weighing in, amid broader reconversion tensions and UNRRA appeals from LaGuardia requesting production boosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Bowles
Senate
House
Bowles
OPA
Sheridan Downey
D— Calif
Big Four Ministers Hold Secrecy Session in Paris
Four foreign ministers Byrnes Bidault Bevin and Molotov met in the Luxembourg Palace to discuss the Italian peace treaty and other Balkan agreements. The Tehran Azerbaijan revolt moved toward a peaceful settlement with a seven point Tehran proposal while Iran protested Russian interference at the UN.
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Winston Churchill
Europe
Luxembourg Palace
Paris
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Georges Bidault
Ernest Bevin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Mediterranean
Spain
Tehran
Iran
Azerbaijan
Laski cites US atom bomb power. London fires back
Professor Harold J. Laski claims Americans told him a new bomb could devastate Indiana and Illinois and five could wreck the US south of the Mason-Dixon line. Washington discounts the claim as Senator Hart questions Laski’s knowledge while a Nagasaki observer disputes any sudden leaps in destruction.
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Harold J. Laski
London
United States
America
Indiana
Illinois
Mason-Dixon Line
Labor Party
Washington
Laski
Sen. Hart
R—Conn
Special
Senate Committee On Atomic Energy
Nagasaki
Geoffrey Cheshire
Observer
Merger talks challenge Congress in election year
As Congress weighs draft policy and service unification a nine month extension was voted by the House excluding teens 18 and 19 and barring inductions May 15 to October 15. A Senate plan would extend the draft a year but exempt teenage draftees from overseas duty.
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Congress
House
War Department
House Military Affairs Committee
Armed Services
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Secretary of Common Defense
Sen
New Sales Policy Aims To Rebuild Private Merchant Fleet
The Maritime Commission launches a plan to sell or charter about 4,500 war built tankers and cargo ships built 1942 to 1946. Prices set at 50 to 87 percent of 1941 costs, with 25 percent down and 20 year installments at 3 percent interest. Purchasers may trade in an old vessel for credit toward a new ship, which would be scrapped.
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Maritime Commission
Rncan
Liberty
U. S
Henry Wallace
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Two Leaders Counter on Peace Time Conscription and Russia
Senator Glen H. Taylor declares against any continuation of military conscription in peaceful times. Dr. Raymond D. Fosdick of the Rockefeller Foundation urges deeper knowledge of Russian ideas to bridge ideological gaps and foster mutual understanding between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Russia
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
New York
U. N
Gromyko
Iran
Poland
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
America
Raymond D. Fosdick
Rockefeller Foundation
This and That Around the World
Easter parking tickets paid by 40 First Christian Church members in Oklahoma City. Beverly Anne Cort censured for Salome dance in Van Dyke Michigan now dancing in New York with mother chaperone. Farmer Allen Stigler in Paris Illinois reports 109 500 gallons milk from 15 years hand milking. Wilkes Barre YMCA dancing class suspended as only five of 72 registrants are girls. Emmanuel Baptist Church in Rankin Pennsylvania split over choir leadership prompting police protection. Deland Illinois voters reject 75000 dollar high school gym bond but approve a new gym program.
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Oklahoma City
First Christian Church
van Dyke
Mich
Beverly Anne Cort
New York
Paris
Ill
Allen Stigler
Wilkes-Barre
Y.M.C.A
Rankin
Emmanuel Baptist Church
W. A. Banks
Deland
Food to Win the Peace U S Postwar Goal
President Truman urged continued support for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to sustain Europe with food, calling famine a threat to peace and prosperity. General Eisenhower said feeding a starving world is the key to winning the peace.
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U.S
Merica
Europe
Congress
Truman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army Chief of Staff
Aerial Star Record Sets New Washington Flight Time
Capt. Martin L. Smith of Kidder Missouri flew a P 80 Shooting Star from New York to Washington in 29 minutes 15 seconds, cutting the previous record of 58 38 set in 1932 by Alexander de Seversky. Commercial air service takes 60 to 80 minutes, with center-to-center times longer. Last January Smith reached speeds above 600 mph during a coast to coast hop.
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Washington
New York
Martin L. Smith
Kidder
Alexander de Seversky
Capt. Smith
Time zones clash as daylight saving varies by state
The article notes wartime unity in daylight saving has faded with many states ending or varying the practice. States banning daylight saving include Mississippi Texas Oregon Kansas Arizona Washington Utah Minnesota Colorado Wyoming Montana Wisconsin Michigan North Carolina Iowa Oklahoma California Maryland Nebraska Nevada New Mexico Arkansas Georgia North and South Dakota. A few states Connecticut New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Vermont enacted statewide saving. Others left decisions to cities counties or未 decided.
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Mississippi
Texas
Oregon
Kansas
Arizona
Washington
Utah
Minnesota
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Wisconsin
Michigan
North Carolina
Iowa
Oklahoma
California
Maryland
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
Arkansas
Georgia
North
South Dakota
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massacchusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
U S Army Seals 7 Millionth V E Day Soldier
Supreme Court rules alien need not promise arms to gain American citizenship. Chief Justice Harlan F Stone dies at 73 after a cerebral hemorrhage. Mussolini’s body stolen from Milan grave. Arsenic poisoning of 2,283 former Nazi guardsmen reported at Nuernberg camp.
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U. S. Army
U. S. Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone
Benito Mussolini
Milan
Nuernberg
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D—Ala
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R—Mich
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Borrow
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Service Exchange
House of Representatives
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Corregidor
MNRRA
Asia
Cleland Anderson
Anderson
Combined Food Board
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Ukraine
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Greece
Italy
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Philippine Islands
Herbert Hoover
Tojo
Lord
Hideki Tojo
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