Big Three curb Germany in Potsdam agreements
Western Newspaper Union analysis outlines Potsdam decisions to demilitarize Germany, divide industry for reconstruction, move German populations from Poland and Czechoslovakia, and extend western borders to the Oder Neisse. It notes handling of Italy’s fascist past, reparations, war crimes trials, and excluded Spain from the UN.
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Europe
Ellender
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Taft
Rep
Ohio
Potsdam
Hohenzollern
Berlin
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Oder-Neisse River
Russia
U. S
Spain
United Nations
Britain
U S Air Raids Press Japan as War Strains Mount
Allied bombing continues against Japanese industry and transport as U S air power intensifies. Pentagon briefings note shortages in coal and aluminum shipments, while strategic plans consider manpower releases to ease postwar demobilization pressures.
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Potsdam
Vatican
U. S
Sen
Edwin Johnson
Dem
Colo
Johnson
Secmore
Retary of the Interior
Harold Ickes
Ickes
Washington Digest Plans Reorganization of Labor Department
Secretary Schwellenbach aims to unify scattered labor agencies in Washington DC under one head by September. He forming a task group to map a comprehensive reorganization and hopes a presidential order or congressional bill will finalize changes. The move faces opposition over no strike pledge tensions and civil service turf, but seeks impartial governance of labor interests.
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Army
War Department
Europe
West
Hercules
Washington State
Schwellenbach
Department of Labor
District of Columbia
Juno
Harry Truman
Constitution Avenue
Labor
Augeas
Department
Washington
Tru
Congress
Truman
Grover Cleveland
Sofar
White House
Labor Department
John Lewis
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Labor and Management
United States Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
Social Security
Social Security Board
Department of Welfare
Children’s Bureau
National Labor Relations Board
Wou’d
Secretary of Labor
Poor brakes on one in seven cars in U S and Canada
Checks on 1 749 901 cars in the United States and Canada reveal 255 989 units 14 6 percent failed to meet a basic standard taking hold before the pedal traveled within an inch of the floorboard.
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United States
Canada
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Postwar Business Big Expansion Planned by 1946
Emerging from WWII with ample cash, industry plans to spend over 10 percent of a billion dollars for new plants equipment and working capital by mid 1946. Manufacturers will finance about three quarters of expansion, with over 9 billion dollars in outlays mainly for plant and equipment inventory and wholesaler credit.
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Department of Commerce
Meat Production Declines in July Nationwide
July 1.115 billion pounds of beef veal lamb and pork produced fell 10 percent from June and 22 percent from July last year. Veal lamb and pork were down 18 percent 6 percent and 45 percent respectively versus last July.
Attlee Dinner in San Francisco and Trade Notes
A mislabeled wartime photo is corrected as made in England during Attlee's visit to San Francisco. Attlee helped with dishes at a dinner hosted by an old English contact. Canada plans longer price controls to capture India's trade share, while the author cites two wartime linguistic predictions including infiltrate and redeployment.
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Pierre Laval
Marshal Petain
Austria
Petain
Laval
Maxime Weygand
William Leahy
Roosevelt
Truman
Weygand
Vichy
North Africa
Leahy
Marshal
France
Germany
Attlee
San Francisco
England
Salt Box and Pan Holder Rack Pattern Gift
A Colonial style salt box and matching pan holder rack offer a charming homemaker gift. Cut from plywood or scrap wood, they use a stencil design with wax crayon and shellac for a soft antique finish. Pattern 251 with full directions and color guide is available for 15 cents by mail.
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William H. Councill
New York
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Washington Digest
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Washington, D. C
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