Truman Sounds Economy Note To Congress
President Truman urged a cut of 3.5 billion dollars in civilian war agency appropriations as Congress reassembled for its first peacetime session since 1941. Lawmakers eyed Pearl Harbor investigations and debated taxes, draft and wartime controls amid an uncertain path to peacetime reform.
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California
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Pearl Harbor
White House
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D-Tenn
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Wisconsin Legislature Nearing Quick Sine Die Adjournment
In Madison lawmakers and Gov. Goodland show harmony as they move to close the session in two or three days. Only one controversial measure, a lottery constitutional amendment, is debated briefly before a recess. The assembly approves funds for a Major Bong bust and approves federal aid for UW extension work. House and Senate plan sine die adjournment this week.
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Goodland
Senate
Sens. Feilenz
R-Fond du Lac
Bubolz
R-Appleton
Oscar Rennebohm
Securities Department
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State Emergency Board
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Historical Society
Richard Ira Bong
Poplar
Airace
Republican Caucus
Rice
R-Delavan
University of Wisconsin
Local Weather Forecast Warm Through Thursday
The forecast calls for continued warm weather with night lows around 68 and daytime highs near 85. Expect mild conditions tonight and Thursday with a steady rise in temperatures.
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Feir
Demobilization's Human Side Neglected, Baruch Says
Bernard M. Baruch warned the human side of demobilization is being neglected as veterans return home. He urged reintegration socially economically and humanly and called for a vigorous work director to revitalize retraining and reemployment programs. He spoke in a report to General Omar Bradley for Roosevelt. The plan also proposed a separate medical service, a dedicated veterans medical committee, higher salaries for medical staff, and professional development to improve care.
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Bernard M. Baruch
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Omar N. Bradley
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Bradley
Congress
Veterans Agency
Veterans Medical Service
Truman Recommends Wainwright for Four Star Rank
President Truman urges the Senate to promote Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright to temporary four star rank. Wainwright led Corregidor defense and, after capture, was released from a Manchuria prison camp recently. Secretary Stimson praised his leadership and the battles in Bataan and Corregidor.
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Washington
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Mukden
Manchuria
Secretary of War
Stimson
Bataan
Philippines
Chungking
Tokyo
Missouri
United States
Man seeks missing car after river search finds body
Gilmer L. Splett of Sparta entered the police station at 6 15 p m to ask about his car. His car was found at 8 00 a m Tuesday on the Levee Park lower drive. He said he arrived in La Crosse Monday noon with two soldiers from Sparta and drank with them near Third and Main before sleeping in the American hotel lobby. he claimed the car vanished during that time and police note he had the car key.
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Philippines
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Nishitani
United States
Underwater explosives scientist found dead off Vineyard Haven
Ray Halverson, 26, of Duluth Minnesota, a researcher for the U S Oceanographic Institute on wartime underwater exploration, was found dead yesterday off Vineyard Haven. His wife and another woman connected to the project were missing. the trio had been lost in a sailing dory Saturday.
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Ray Halverson
Duluth
Britain Cedes Bermuda Proposal in Wartime Lend-Lease Debate
Congressman Bradley proposed in the House that Britain cede Bermuda to the United States as a wartime lend-lease concession. The move frames Bermuda as compensation for aid Britain received during World War II.
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Bradley
D-Pa
Great Britain
Bermuda
United States
Britain
First Cavalry Enter Tokyo as Occupation Opens
Allied directives outline disarmament by Oct 10 and a large scale postwar presence. The 1st Cavalry Division, under Maj Gen Innis P. Swift and now Maj Gen William C. Chase, leads into Tokyo after Manila entry. Krueger and Eichelberger plan multi‑island occupation with 300,000 to 400,000 troops and rapid access to airfields, ports, and communications.
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Robert L. Eichelberger
Honshu
Yokohama
Hokkaido
Eichelberger
Kanoya Airfield
Kagoshima Bay
Korea
Innis P. Swift
Admiralties
Verne D. Mudge
Manila
1St Cavalry
William C. Chase
MacArthur
Krueger
John Hodge
U.S
24Th Army Corps
Retain Registration Cards Says Selective Service
Washington advisory urged men over draft age to keep their registration cards. The 18 to 25 age range remains. all registrants must carry cards. No prosecutions for failure to carry exist, but not carrying can trigger prosecutions under other draft acts.
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Selective Service
House committee approves enlistment boost legislation
The House military committee approved a bill to extend enlistment terms to two or three years and to speed mustering out pay for reenlistees. It preserves retirement at 30 years, expands GI Bill benefits, and maintains a 20 percent overseas bonus. The panel also sidestepped draft-cut proposals and outlined a plan to minimize new inductions before May 15.
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Japanese Prime Minister cites devastation and exhaustion in surrender
Premier Higashi Kuni told the Japanese diet that enormous military losses and wartime poverty forced surrender. He cited city bombings, salt shortages, and a collapsed production base, noting the emperor's reluctant decision and the Potsdam terms to guide a hard, peaceful transition.
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Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni
Japan
Houses of Peers and Representatives
America
Britain
Wake island flag raised as Japanese surrender ends raid
The American flag was raised on Wake at 1:50 PM as Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara surrendered aboard the Levy. Wake cost Japan 3,000 lives and 1,200 troops remained, weak from malnutrition. Brig. Gen. Lawson Sanderson and 75 officers witnessed the ceremony.
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Wilkes
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Pacific
Report details brutal Japanese prisoner mistreatment and war crimes pledges
The State Department released a report describing brutal acts against American prisoners by Japanese guards in the Philippines and New Guinea. It notes 240 protests to Swiss intermediaries, pledges that war crimes will be prosecuted, and calls for Geneva convention compliance with limited, incomplete information from prisoners.
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Japan
Europe
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Stettinius
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Red Cross
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Navy Proposes Nine Pacific Naval Bases to Congress
Assistant Secretary H Struve Hensel outlined nine Pacific bases for U S use including Kodiak Adak Hawaii Balboa Guam Saipan and Tinian Iwo Jima Okinawa Manus and the Philippines He noted other Pacific islands should be kept to deter rivals Wake Midway Eniwetok Kwajalein and Truk were cited as examples In the Atlantic region bases were proposed at Argentia Bermuda Roosevelt Roads San Juan Guantanamo Bay and Coco Solo
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Spain plans Tangier troop withdrawal amid British note
Madrid reports Spain will withdraw troops from the former international zone at Tangier as Britain requests. A high official says Franco's government may respond by defending its 1940 occupation and protest Russian involvement in Tangier administration.
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