V E Day timing debates and Navy berths plans debated in Washington
The article discusses high officials cautioning against premature V E day declarations while the White House weighs timing with Eden and Molotov. It covers military concerns that a declaration could loosen European troops, affect morale, and stifle resistance, with Marshall urging unity with Tokyo’s defeat. It also notes a Senate subcommittee look at expanded Navy berths and ship growth followed by funding requests and logistical challenges for docking and berthing after V E day.
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Truman
White House
Anthony Eden
V. M. Molotoff
Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Norway
Belgium
Holland
Italy
San Francisco
High Command
Europe
Marshall
Reich
Tokyo
Ration Stamp Validity Through Summer Under OPA Rules
Wartime ration details outline book four red stamps for meats fats and processed foods with various end dates, sugar stamps and shoes airplane stamps, gasoline coupons and fuel oil periods. It notes specific stamp groups and validity windows through June 2 July 3 and June 21 for gas, with periods one five valid indefinitely and last year periods still usable.
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OPA
Soldiers Medal Awarded to Two Airmen in China Rescue Try
Two enlisted men from the Tenth Weather Squadron under Major General Stratmeyer received the Soldier's Medal for extraordinary heroism during a June attempt to rescue the crew of a B 29 fortress that crashed in the Lola region of China. Sgt Samuel L Worley of Camp Taylor Kentucky and Cpl Tiffany V Henrickson of Nashville Tennessee are named for the award. The report notes a large 1944 rise in consumer credit in charge accounts.
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der Eastern Air Soe NS
Tenth Weatheradron
Ige E
Symbolic addresses used to aid donors in wartime aid
The text notes proposals to use symbolic addresses for donors, mentions a P.G. and F.D.R. involvement, cites 1944 death tolls at 165,000, and recounts Louise Kennedy 77 knitting for war effort making 52 sweaters eight helmets 10 hospital blankets squares.
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Berger
P.G. Frank
F.D.R
Mill City
Orc
Louise Kennedy
Thrifty Air Force pay returns to families in theater
Figures from Col John H Doherty finance officer for the Air Forces in the India Burma Theater show seven three cents of every dollar go back to soldiers families or bank accounts. The bureau of supplies and accounts of the U S navy handles 700000 separate items.
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Eastern Air Command
INS
United States
India
Burma
John H. Doherty
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts of
The
U.S. Navy
Revised community ceiling prices for foods listed
Government notice lists revised ceiling prices for foods sold in Group 1 and 2 stores across North Carolina counties including Mecklenburg Guilford Forsyth and Wake. The document urges housewives to use the list when shopping and cautions price enforcement in the area.
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Caroline Counties
Alexander
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Catawba
Cherokee
Clveland
Davie
Forsyth
Gaston
Graham
Guilford
Haywood
Henderson
Iredell
Jackson
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