New Agriculture Setup to Stress Coordination
The Agriculture Department announces a new production and marketing administration to coordinate all farm production, price and marketing activities. Secretary J.B. Anderson leads a centralized agency with ten commodity branches and multiple functional divisions, absorbing over a dozen offices and ending the AAA as a separate entity. A field service to handle surplus duties remains, while state and local farmer committees gain broader authority on marketing and production.
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Washington
Anderson
Agriculture Department
J.B. Son
Hutson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Frank Hancock
Milton S. Eisenhower
Kansas State College
Office of Basic Commodities
Federal Crop Insurance Car Services
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Office of Requirements and Allocations
Office of Price
Office of Transportation
Office of Materials and Facilities
Office of Labor
Office of Home Food Supply
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
AAA
N. E. Dodd
Office of Supply
Office of Marketing Services
Department
H. E. Reed
T. G
Japanese at Home Brace for Defeat After Atomic War
Japanese leaders urged calm as Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu acknowledged defeat and urged acceptance of the Potsdam terms. Domei pressed for maintaining world sympathy while denying invasion rumors of Allied landings on Honshu and Osaka. Citizens were told to trust authoritative reports and prepare for orderly postwar reconstruction.
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San Francisco
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Kuniaki Koiso
Domei
Shigemitsu
Japan
Nippon
Chungking
Honshu
Tokyo
Shimoda
Osaka
Farmer Merchant Picnic Set for Sept 9 in Monroe
Monroe area farmers are invited by a businessmen group to a Sept 9 picnic at Recreation Park. Ed Baker and Henry Tschudy co chair a Chamber of Commerce retail bureau event. Activities include sports events led by Herman Schmitz and O N Johnson, with refreshments by Glen Watson and Eddie Einbeck.
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Monroe Trade Area
Recreation Park
Ed Baker
Henry Tschudy
Chamber of Commerce Retail Bureau
Herman Schmitz
O. N. Johnson
Glen Watson
Eddie Einbeck
W. A. Thayer
Harold Scherer
Earl Johnson
Harry Bellehan
Rudy Burkhalter
Larry Dodge
Monroe
Mere Fourth of Japan's Warships Remain in Action
An official navy spokesman states that only about a quarter of Japan's combat ships remain able to sail. He notes Japan now has roughly 112 ships left from a wartime peak of 445, with nearly all capital ships damaged or deemed unfit for action.
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Japan
Washington
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Chinese to Accept Surrender of Japanese Forces in South China
Chungking reports a shift from air to march for the Chinese First Army into Canton delaying its arrival to supervise the formal surrender of Japanese forces in south China. Canton was entered by the army today with Ho Ying-chin slated to travel to Chihkiang to meet Oki-mura envoys and accept surrender. North China surrender plans remain unannounced as Peiping radio comes under national government control.
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Chungking
Canton
China
Chinese First Army
Burma
Ho Ying- Chin
Chihkiang
U. S
Hunan
Yasuji Okimura
Peiping
Highway Program Awaiting Congressional Signal
Washington says a nationwide highway program is ready to launch once Congress declares the wartime emergency over. A $1 billion annual federal match with states would finance 40,000 miles of interstates plus funds for forest, park, parkway, and Indian reservation roads. About $616 million in work was ready to contract and $2.5 billion in planning. Wisconsin’s first-year allotment is $11,770,486.
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Washington
Congress
Public Roads Bureau
Wisconsin
Government lifts set aside on beef veal and hams
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson announces that set aside orders giving the military first claim on beef veal and pork hams are being ended. The move signals reduced military demand and could steer toward lifting meat rationing in the fall. The army will no longer have priority in meat purchases, though pork loins shoulders and lard remain under set-aside. Military needs are slated to drop through 1945 and into 1946, with overall plan to release upwards of 74 million servicemen over 18 months.
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Washingon
Orj
Anderson
Four Bandits Steal Payroll from Clyde Beatty Circus
Four bandits seized the Clyde Beatty payroll wagon in Alton, kidnapping a taxi driver and two circus workers, and escaped with receipts around 15 000 dollars. Walter Rogers, 34, York South Carolina, said two bandits forced him to drive the wagon trailer. Transportation Chief Thomas MacMahon, 44, also York, pursued in a cab with driver Lewis Bobo, East Alton, Illinois, then was stopped at gunpoint by two bandits. the cab was folded into the caravan and driven 16 miles to an oil dump near Roxana. MacMahon and Rogers opened the trailer as bandits threatened dynamite. safes were opened and cash removed.
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U.—Vey
Clyde Beatty
Wild Animal
Walter Rogers
York
S. C
Alton
Thomas MacMahon
May Build 10-15 Million Homes In Next Decade
Washington reports that Americ ans will construct 10 to 15 million homes over the coming decade. Construction Chief Hugh Potter forecasts a peacetime boom as wartime controls are removed by Christmas, with home building ramping to about half a million in 1946 and rising to roughly one million annually thereafter.
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Washington
Hugh Potter
War Production Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Vinson
OPA
WPB
J. A. Krug
Potter
Houston
John W. Snyder
Allied nationals freed by Japanese in Shanghai district
AP bulletins report 6 800 interned Allied nationals including 650 American civilians were liberated by the Japanese in Shanghai district on Aug 15. UNRRA delegates grant the agency authority to aid refugees who will not return to their homelands by a 28 to 4 vote. Aakhbar el Yom says Arab states will resist Truman’s Palestine immigration idea by force. Byrnes informs Bulgaria that the United States doubts the representativeness of the current government and cites an upcoming Aug 26 election under pressure and intimidation concerns.
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London
Shanghai
UNRRA
International Relief Agency
Cairo
Aakhbar el Yom
Truman
United States
Potsdam
Palestine
Washington
Byrnes
Bulgaria
Sofia
Bombers collide in Texas killing 14 airmen
Weatherford Texas reports the crash of a B 29 and a B 12 over the town last night. Fourteen airmen died with two survivors describing a sudden loss of control and a ball of fire as both aircraft plunged to earth. Survivors said they parachuted to safety amid blazing debris seen for miles. Ships were based at Clovis New Mexico and Tucumcari New Mexico. Names of victims not released as kin identifications were pending.
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Weatherford
Tex
Texas
Cloves
N. M
Tucumcari
S. M. McCarthy, Jr
Parker County
Quarter Million Americans Killed In World War II
World War II casualties rise with combat deaths at 252 146 and overall casualties reaching 1 070 138. Army losses total 922 757 with 147 391 naval deaths. Wisconsin guard tally lists 7 573 unofficial deaths through July 31. major European loss 1 155 in France and 231 in New Guinea Pacific.
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Navy
Jackson
Wisconsin National Guard Review
France
Pacific
New Guinea
B-32 Photo Planes Fight Off Japanese Fire Over Okinawa
Four B-32s on a photo reconnaissance mission over southern Japan faced anti aircraft fire and Japanese fighters. One crew member died and two were wounded as two enemy planes were downed. P-38 escorts aided the mission. MacArthur earlier halted offensive actions but said reconnaissance would continue.
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San
MacArthur
Manila
Japan
Tokio
Kisarazu
Tokyo
Monroe
Sato Misaki
Kyushu
Ie Shima
Sata Wisaki
Natano
Takara
Tori Islands
Okinawa
Associated Press
Richard Cushing
Hirohito
Ryukyu
Robert Shaplen
Shaplen
Office of DEF Transportation to Close 48 Offices
The highway transport department announces the closure of 48 district and field offices within 30 days, releasing about 700 employees. Guy A. Richardson, director, stated the plan.
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Trasmunswon—Ory
Office of Defense Transportation
Highway Transport Department
Guy A. Richardson
Weekend Weather Promises Warm and Humid
The forecast predicts a warm and humid weekend with little relief from rising temperatures. At 1 p.m. the thermometer showed 83 degrees, three below yesterday’s high of 86. The night remained warm with a low near 66 degrees this morning.
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Monroe
No More Ration Allotments for Threshing Crews
The county war price and rationing board announced that no ration allotments would be granted for threshing crews. It said threshing crews consist of farmers exchanging help, and regulations do not permit such allotments. All pending applications will be destroyed.
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Wikis
Orven County War Price and Rationing Board
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