Atomic bomb and Soviet entry signal surrender in Pacific war
Analysis notes that the atomic bomb's use and Russia's entry into the war hastened Japan's surrender terms. Potsdam outlines six conditions including disarmament and occupation. Hirohito's status debated, while Truman promises further use to end hostilities. Hiroshima confirms devastating impact and casualties.
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Europe’s postwar reshaping and notable deaths
Europe moves toward new governance as Austria is separated from the Reich and a free election plan develops in Yugoslavia under Tito. Eisenhower urges Germans to rebuild and harvest as winter looms. Maj. Richard Bong, top U.S. ace, dies in a Burbank crash, and Sen. Hiram Johnson, longtime Calif. governor, dies at 79.
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Dick) Bong
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California
Civilian Goods In Slow Return As WPB Charts Quarter
The War Production Board notes gradual momentum in reconversion but limited civilian goods reaching retailers this quarter. Electric irons baby carriages and alarm clocks are hoped for, while washing machines vacuum cleaners and galvanized cans and pails see limited output. Razors razor blades hearing aids and dry cell batteries are near sufficiency. Many electric ranges refrigerators film lamps and fans are slated for production but largely reserved for military use.
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Export Surplus in South America 1940 44 Reported
The other American republics posted a total export surplus of 3.531 billion dollars from 1940 to 1944, per a Federal Reserve Board compilation in Washington. In 1944 the surplus was 1.115 billion, up from 450 million in 1939 before wartime effects fully hit Western Hemisphere trade.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Warned in Washington to guard against race disturbances
Washington observers warn that race riots could accompany demobilization. Alfred McClung Lee cites a confidential 1943 Detroit report predicting conflict unless social steps are taken. The piece outlines signs of trouble such as rumors, incidents, subversive groups, crime, police attitudes, and congestion, and urges emergency community planning.
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Washington
D. C
Alfred McClung Lee
American Council of American Race Relations
Federal Office of Facts and Figures
Office of War Information
Detroit
Detroit Free Press
You
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Black Legion
Veterans Organizations
Boy Scouts
Foreign Farm Helpers Rise in U S Despite Low Hired Farm Work
The Agriculture Department reports about 149000 foreign workers and war prisoners on U S farms in midsummer. Mexicans, Jamaicans, Bahamians, and Newfoundlanders contributed to the total with 56000 Mexicans mainly in the West and 8000 in the Midwest, 16000 Jamaicans nationwide, and 5500 Bahamians in Florida and Atlantic seaboard truck-growing regions.
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Bahamas
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Midwest
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Atlantic Seaboard
Barbs and Bits from a Brass-Note Column
The poem weighs in on wartime satire and social humor. It mocks counterfeiting cops nicknamed mince-pies and a buffalo penny gag. It notes the K-9 corps and dog-house jests while tossing a census line about average ages and a quip about England's labor victory.
Teacher Wanted at Wolters-Nixon School in Guadalupe County
Employment notice seeks an intermediate teacher for nine months at $150 monthly. Ad invites suitable applicants and provides contact: M. R. Turner Superintendent Kingsbury Texas. Also lists dog and animal breeding ads and a hospital office contact in Yale Oklahoma with a city building 10 year lease.
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