Japan Demobilization Push Sways Toward Peace Economy
Postwar plans target a 7,000,000-strong demobilization by 1947 as U S and Allied forces shift to civilian production. Prince Higashi Kuni named premier designate to stabilize surrender talks. Navy and Army discharge rules favor release of hundreds of thousands, while wage controls and rationing adapt to reconversion with continued price stabilization and selective allowances.
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MacArthur
U. S
Manila
Higashi-Kuni
Tap
Military Aviation Board
Defense Headquarters
Supreme War Council
Japan
Army Promotes Thrift Among G I Soldiers
War Department figures show 3,714,919 active Class E allotments as of June end, voluntary pay assignments to banks and insurers, and over 40 million dollars paid to life insurers in three years. In June, 263,227 flowed to building and loan and savings associations for home saving under the program.
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War Department Office of
Building and Loan and Savings and Loan Associations
G.i.joe
Another Good Year For 1945 Crops Predicted
The agriculture department forecasts a 1945 harvest near the all time high with record wheat and oats yields and large production of sugar cane and potatoes. It notes widespread hay tobacco and soybeans prospects and a major soil erosion and fertility program requiring millions of man years and extensive equipment.
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Department of Agriculture
The
Soil Conservation Service
Labour victory outlines nationalization and reconversion plan
King George VI presented the Labour Party program promising nationalization of the Bank of England and coal mines, social security, housing, and industrial planning while wartime controls persist into reconversion. UNRRA chief Lehman urged over 2 billion dollars for relief, outlining aid to China and Pacific recovery. France’s de Gaulle commuted Petain’s death to life imprisonment amid an era of national controversy.
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Great Britain
United Kingdom
George VI
Bank of England
Pacific
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Herbert Lehman
UNRRA
London
Lehman
China
Stilwell Road
Australia
Unrra Control Council
France
Liberation Movement
Charles de Gaulle
Marshal Henri Petain
Petain
India's Army in War Fosters Unity and Education
Washington Digest reviews General Cariappa and India's 2.5 million strong army as a force turning soldiers into a school of adult education. The piece notes language unification, literacy gains, and the aim for an independent Indian army linked to postwar unity and national independence.
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WNU Service
Eye Street NW
Washington, D. C
Washington
Russia
Japan
India
Punjab
Cariappa
Burma
Army Reorganization Committee
Woolwich
Sandhurst
Kingston
West Point
Indian Military Academy
United Nations
England
Brit Mae Grat
Ind
Commerce estimates wartime auto and furniture spending shortfall
The Department of Commerce estimates Americans spent about 23 billion dollars less on automobiles and parts and on furniture and house furnishings during 1942 to 1944 than they would have under prewar volume. Auto spending totaled 1.8 billion, versus an expected 16.2 billion, a deficiency of 14.4 billion.
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Department of Commerce
Lipton’s Witty Counter Offer on Property Deal
British merchant and sportsman Sir Thomas Lipton faced a low bid for valuable property. The buyer promised to return next day, but Lipton quipped that it had already entertained him, turning the apparent rebuff into a clever victory.
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Thoms Lipton
Lipton
Sir Thomas
Barbs on Stalin Japan and warped humor
A collection of jokes and quips ranging from Stalin labeling Japan an aggressor in 1936 to a 1960 husband’s parking tale. It notes Dutch arrests by the Germans and predicts new jail questions, ending with a crack about roasted sages and slot machines.
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Japan
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York City
Pravda
Stalin
Red Army
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Marshal
Washington Digest
Baukhage
Dr. Kilmer
Hegin
Department C
Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Conn
Offer
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Nature
Lydia E Pinkham
Ares
Porter
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