U S Leaders Report on State of World
President Truman radioed the nation with Congress and labor in mind as he faces domestic crisis, urging cooperation while defending presidential responsibility. Secretary Byrnes returned from Moscow to brief on Japan, atomic energy, peace treaties and Iran talks, signaling hope from Big Three diplomacy and plans for a European peace conference before May first.
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Truman
Congress
Lic
Harry Truman
United Nations
F.E.P.C
U.S.E.S
James F. Byrnes
Moscow
Quantico
Washington
Byrnes
U. S
United Nations Orison General Assembly
Lon
Russia
Britain
Japan
China
Korea
Romania
Bulgaria
Bevin
Molotov
Iran
U.S
Hungary
Finland
Italy
Japanese repatriates sail to Yokohama from Portland
Four and a half thousand Japanese boarded the Gen. W. H. Gordon in Portland for Yokohama. Most had never seen Japan and many sought repatriation while a few were deported. Some believed Japan won the war, influenced by newspaper reports, as they prepared to depart from segregation centers in North Dakota New Mexico and California.
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W. H. Gordon
Portland
Ore
Yokohama
Japan
North Dakota
New Mexico
California
Kazuhiro Yoshida
Stockton
Calif
U. S
Commerce Secretary Henry Wallace on employment and war planning
Henry Wallace states there cannot be full employment without fair employment as he calls for a fight against World War III planners and bigotry. Walter Gordon Merritt of General Motors insists any change to the free enterprise system and antitrust rewards must come from Congress, not GM.
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Henry Wallace
Secretary of Commerce
Walter Gordon Merritt
General Motors
Congress
Labor report downplays 1945 unemployment crisis
The Labor Statistics Commission says unemployment after Japan's surrender stayed far from 8,000,000 and reconversion delays stemmed from caution, not strikes. It notes limited gains in textiles and apparel and predicts strikes will shape 1946, with GM and steel facing major disputes amid a slow rebound.
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Japan
Federal Labor Statistics Commission
General Motors
United Nations General Assembly Heads to London Opener
Delegates and alternates from 1 200 to 2 000 converge on London for the first General Assembly of the United Nations Organization. The U S delegation led by Edward R Stettinius Jr arrives aboard the Queen Elizabeth with Byrnes to join later. A six man subcommittee surveys sites for a permanent UNO home in the New World narrowing choices to east of the Hudson with candidates in New York Massachusetts New Jersey Rhode Island and Connecticut.
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London
General Assembly
United Nations Organizations
United States
State Byrnes
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Security Council
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Eleanor Roosevelt
UNO Preparatory Commission
New World
U. S
New World Order For Peace and Security
Mississippi
Hudson
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
UNO
Washington
Princeton
N. J
America
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Concord
Plymouth
Worcester
Auburn
Cape Cod
Orange
Middlesex Falls
Massachusetts
Providence
Rhode Island
Westchester County
Westhampton
Kingston
New York
Connecticut
Hitler Writes Final Testament Before Death and Martyrdom
Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun reportedly died as they lived in a Nazi propaganda style testament dated April 29 1945. The document claims Hitler expelled Goering and Himmler from the party and favors death by action rather than capture. He lends loyalty to the state and condemns international Jewry while planning cremation for himself and his wife.
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Adolf
Eva Adolf Hitler
Europe
Hitler
Berlin
Reichsmarshal
Eva Braun
Emperor Hirohito renounces divinity in New Year rescript
Postwar Japan reels as Hirohito declares the divine status of the emperor a legend. He urges a democratic, peaceful, rational state and abdication of political power. Tokyo faces occupation shifts with Moscow Four power talks and Russian participation under MacArthur policy scrutiny. A Tokyo group proposes constitutional revisions transferring powers to the Diet while preserving the throne.
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Hirohito
Douglas MacArthur
Moscow
Tokyo
Far Eastern Commission
Washington
China
Nippon
Japan
Port Arthur
Pearl Harbor
Gen. MacArthur
MacArethur
Mate Arthur
Diet
House of Representatives
House of Peers
January Holiday Dates Highlight Historical Observances
A list of upcoming observances includes Old Christmas Day on Sunday January 6 Epiphany, Battle of New Orleans Day January 8 in Louisiana, January 10 marking the First General Assembly of the United Nations in London, AP editors gathering in Miami, and the 25th anniversary of the League of Nations.
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Battle of New Orleans
General Assembly of
United Nations Organization
London
Miami
Fla
Organization of League of Nations
Army Navy advise on atomic bomb tests against warships
A joint Army Navy advisory board under Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves plans the 1946 A bomb test against surface and undersea warships, possibly including former Japanese and German vessels. Tests unlikely before midsummer, with Army supplying bombs and air transport. Navy will handle other details while tuna fish safety concerns are raised by Secretary Ickes.
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Leslie R. Groves
Navy
Ickes
New Photo Plane XF-12 Aims for Fighter Speeds
The XF-12 giant reconnaissance plane is being developed for the Army Air Forces to operate with fighter plane speed over long range. It serves as the military forerunner of Republic Aviation Corp's Rainbow, which will cruise above 400 mph at 40 000 ft with over 4 000 miles range. The XF-12 measures 98 ft 9 in in length with a 129 ft wingspan and uses four engines each over 3 000 hp with rear nozzle jet propulsion boost.
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Army Air Forces
Republic Aviation Corp
NYC Builders Strike Over Wage Hours Policy
A February 1 strike by New York City building and construction workers protests a government agency wage and hours order. The Coast Guard transfers to the Treasury from the Navy, ending a long postwar assignment. The Tanforan Racetrack in San Francisco, once a Japanese relocation center and naval depot, is slated for horse racing in October. The Army plans two week holidays at first class hotels for all liberated prisoners of war and their families.
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NYC Building and Construction
Tanforan
San Fancisco
Naval Depot
Way
Woody Herman Named 1945 King of Swing by Down Beat
In 1945 Down Beat crowns Woody Herman as King of Swing with Duke Ellington second and Benny Goodman third. Tom Dorsey wins the “sweet” band title over Charlie Spivak Bing Crosby tops vocalists over Frank Sinatra Jo Stafford and Billie Holiday among others. A Muskegon woman witnesses an atom bomb demonstration when a rocket flare burns her wall. the flare was smuggled home by a veteran neighbor and set off by his seven year old son.
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Woody Herman
Downbeat
Jive Magazine
Duke Ellington
Benny Goodman
Tommy Dorsey
Sweet” Band
Charlie Spivak
Bing Crosby
Frank Sinatra
Jo Stafford
Billie Holiday
Muskegon
Mich
William Powers
Europe
Helena Gold Strike Sparks City Parade Like Old Rush
In Helena Montana a new gold strike surfaced as contractors digging for a building found black dirt containing small gold flakes. Mayor John J Haytin led onlookers as an old placer miner tested the dirt and confirmed the gold, prompting the crowd to resume work and officials to cover the site with cement.
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Helena
Mont
John J. Haytin
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