Oscar's Camp Ashiro Menu Memory Book Delights Food List
A prisoner memoir recalls Oscar, a Marine and poet laureate at Camp Ashiro, jotting a six meal daily menu in his handmade memory book. He lists 26 meats, 16 pastries, desserts, and a full day’s ideal meals from six in the morning to midnight, revealing hunger and discipline in captivity.
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Yokosuka Naval Base
Bee
Oscar
Camp Ashiro
Shanghai
Philippines
Oicer
Division Which Was Hard Hit Reaches Home
New York dispatch reports the 45th division units the 179th and 180th infantry regiments and 309 WACs returning aboard the Acquitania with 7,866 aboard including the 45th regiments. Additional ships Acquitania Santa Rosa Monterey Calvin Coolidge and others bring thousands to New York Boston and Newport News as troops and nurses sail home.
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New York
Thunderbird
Munich
Aquitania
Wacs
United States
Boston
Newport News
Acquitania
Santa Rosa
Monterey
Calvin Coolidge
Peden
Belgan
Henry Lrriving
Wakefield
Costa Rica
the Squier
McAndrew
Eltinge
Yeager
Balkan upheavals threaten balky peace talks in Europe
The World Today reports that the big five foreign ministers in London wrestle with Balkan upheavals as Russia and Britain clash over influence. Romania and Hungary face peace treaty issues as monarchs face pressure, with King Mihai of Romania and King Peter of Yugoslavia seeking support against leftist governments.
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Balkan
Europe
Russia
Britain
Balkans
Mihai
Romania
Washington
London
Peter
Yugoslavia
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Discharges Expected To Be Faster
Three of four men already assured of release by July 1, military leaders said a faster demobilization pace may be possible. Maj. Gen. I H Edwards told the Senate military committee that occupation troop estimates in Japan could be reduced, potentially lowering the planned U S army of 2,500,000 by mid-summer next year.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
I. H. Edwards
Japan
Edwards
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Europe
Atlantic
United States
Unemployment Pay Bill Faces Senate Vote
Congress shifts fight to the Senate floor on a federal unemployment pay bill aimed at aiding jobless workers. The debate follows intense committee work and a campaign to demobilize soldiers, with Gen. George C. Marshall sending letters and a booklet detailing Army demobilization efforts.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Chamber
Japan
George C. Marshall
Eichelberger Sees Japan Occupation Reaching Years
General Eichelberger predicted a year long occupation of Japan with about 400000 American troops needed. He said surrender terms would be enforced strictly and that railway and engineer units were already pre‑cancelled due to stronger than expected Japanese installations. He outlined initial occupation moves to Sendai and Nagato, with Hokkaido to follow via Sapporo as MacArthur faced criticism.
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Tokyo
Japan
Arthur
Domei
Eichelberger
On Army
Eicher
Oscar W. Griswold
14Th Corps
Sendai
Nagato
Honshu
Ninth Corps
Charles Ryder
Hokkaido Island
Sapporo
MacArthur
No Improvement In Newsprint Before July
Col J Hale Steinman of the War Production Board warned no major gains in newsprint supply are expected until next July. He said government controls should end December 1 as advised by the WPB advisory committee and urged one degree relaxation of consumption quotas for October 1. Steinman, a Lancaster publisher, called the first half of 1946 dangerous for some publishers in short supply.
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Washington
J. Hale Steinman
War Production Board
WPB
Steinman
WPB Printing and Publishing
Lancaster, Pa
Republicans Hold Powwow and Aim for GOP Policy Drive
House Republicans held a sentiment-building powwow in Washington on September 14. It involved 189 Republican representatives and aimed to shape a legislative program to narrow Democrats’ control and position the party for partial congressional power next year. Rep. Joe Martin of Massachusetts organized the meeting and predicted Senate participation soon.
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Washington
House Republicans
Congress
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
House
Therty
Senate
Wainwright Reveals Japanese Character After Bataan Years
Gen Jonathan M Wainwright speaks at a New York dinner about Japanese behavior as seen by prisoners of war He says the veneer is stripped and the enemy shows a calculated cruelty when not under immediate threat He vows Americans must ensure Japan is never on top again.
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the Hat
Gen. Wainwright
F. H. LaGuardia
Jonathan M. Wainwright
LaGuardia Airport
Bataan and
Corregidor
New York
Raw
Nationwide Idle Rate Tops 132000 as Radio Engineers Strike Ends
National strike totals exceed 132000 with Westinghouse plants across six states idling more workers after a peace gap in Washington. About 21700 more hourly and salaried employees remain off, with plant shutdowns noted in Baltimore Derry East Springfield Sharon Lima and New York City.
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Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Westinghouse
Washington
Ders
War Labor Board
Federation of Westinghouse Vndeo
Baltimore
Derry
Springfield
Mass
Sharon
Pittsburgh
Lima
WLB
New York City
Manhattan
Bronxes
District Council 9
Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhangers and Decorators
AFL
India Hopeful Of Governing Itself
Asaf Ali of the All-India Congress Working Committee said India would likely move toward self government within six months. He warned any offer short of Cripps 1942 proposal would fall like an atom bomb. The committee debated boycotting the upcoming general elections but most members favored entering the elections to win seats and later liberalize franchise.
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Poona
India
Asaf Ali
All-India Congress Party
Sir Stafford Cripps
Ali
Truman Seeks 17 Billion Navy Cut and Policy Review
President Truman asked Congress to cut the Navy budget by nearly 17 billion and urged a complete review of existing laws authorizing construction of naval vessels. The request accompanied a broader budget review and efficiency push.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Navy
Army to discharge thousands of medical staff by July
The War Department announced plans to release at least 30,000 doctors 10,000 dentists and over 40,000 nurses by July 1, reducing overall Army strength to about 2,500,000. A new discharge rule will send 18,000 physicians 25,000 nurses 3,500 dentists and many medical officers back to civilian life by January 1 based on lower point scores age and length of service.
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Army
Washington
War Department
Department
Peace Talks Resume as Allies Draft Italy Treaty
London dispatch reports foreign ministers from five allied powers resuming work on an Italian peace treaty while Egypt seeks control of much of Cyrenaica. Balkans remain a flashpoint as Russia Romania talks proceed with allied knowledge. Byrnes advises Yugoslav democracy and Greece regent Damaskinos meets.
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London
Italy
Egypt
Cirenacia
Balkans
Allied Control Commission
Bucharest
Russia
Peter
Yugoslavia
James F. Byrnes
United States
George II
Greece
Scotland
Archbishop Damaskinos
Byrnes
Great Britain
France
China
Ernest Bevin
Pearl Harbor Investigation Committee Named in Congress
Senate majority leader Barkley heads a five senator and five representative group to probe the Pearl Harbor disaster. Members include George, Lucas, Brewster, and Ferguson with Barkley likely to chair. House appointees are Cooper Clarke Murphy Keefe and Gearhart. All are lawyers.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
D-Ky
House
McKellar
D-Tenn
George
D-Ga
Lucas
D-Ill
Brewster
R-Me
Ferguson
R-Midh
Rayburn
Two Men Sentenced to Die for Rape in Wake County
In Raleigh on September 14, Charles Primus Jr. aged 24 and Wilbert Johnson aged 22, both Black, were sentenced to die in the state gas chamber on October 9 for rape. Judge R Hunt Parker presided, with court-appointed attorneys planning appeals to the state supreme court.
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Raleigh
Charles Primus, Jr
Wilbert Johnson
R. Hunt Parker
Wake County
State Supreme Court
Flue-Cured Tobacco Prices Fall Across Markets
Middle belt flue-cured tobaccos saw sharp price drops with heavy sales volume. Primings fell $1 to $8 per hundred while some smoking leaf rose, and low quality logs slid $2 in places. East markets remained firm or higher as deliveries flooded markets and redrying plants ran at capacity.
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Raleigh
South Carolina
Army Planes Sped Away To Inland States
Hurricane near-record velocity driven toward Florida coast with winds up to 135 mph. Army transport planes evacuated Miami fields to Alabama and Tennessee as Navy planes departed. Coast Guard ordered alerts for Key West and other ports with 2,000 guardsmen on duty and 200 vessels ready. Troops to be evacuated by noon tomorrow and Florida urged to stay on alert for further advisories as the storm nears.
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Miami
Fila
Fiori
E.W.T
Army Transport Command
Alabama
Tennessee
ATC
Coast Guard
Key West
Miami Port Everglades
Fort Pierce
Tampa
Florida
U. Weather Bureau
Turks Island
British West Indies
Bahama Islands
Cuba
Florida Peninsula
Two Large Postwar Bills Headed to Senate Contests
Washington moves two major postwar bills through Senate finance and banking committees. One expands emergency unemployment pay up to 26 weeks but without a $25 weekly cap. The other proposes full employment guarantees under federal responsibility. Senate debate to begin Tuesday at earliest with Kilgore ready to challenge earlier wording.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Truman
Kilgore
D-W Va
They Must Eat Yokohama Airfields To Gardens Plan
The Japanese government has asked allied permission to convert several airfields no longer needed for allied traffic into vegetable gardens as part of reconversion efforts. The move aims to repurpose military sites for civilian use.
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Yokomaha
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Pearl Harbor
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