Truman Names Liberal, Southern Aides in New Cabinet Shuffle
President Truman taps Clinton Anderson of New Mexico for agriculture and Lewis Schwellenbach of Washington for labor, aiming to bridge White House and Capitol Hill. Tom C. Clark, a Texas lawyer with anti trust leadership, becomes attorney general as he shapes a reorganized executive branch.
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New Deal
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N. M
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Wash
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Labor
Truman
White House
Capitol Hill
Department of Justice
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Mr. Truman
Perkins
Claude Wickard
Department
Biddle
Pendergast
Congress
Anderson Schwellenbach
House
New Mexico
Anderson
Albuquerque
Thomas
Tom) C. Clark
Deep South
Sam Rayburn
Tom Connally
Texas
Clark
Japan Rallies Home Front For Critical Days Ahead
Japan intensifies measures to defend the home front as B 29 raids hit Nagoya and Tokyo. Policies include mobilizing 20 million students, suppressing pacifist sentiment, advancing Kamikaze air corps, granting employer control over labor time, and requisitioning nearly 5 billion bushels of surplus rice for shortage areas.
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Japan
Nagoya
Tokyo
U. S
Air Corps
Dessau
Security Confab Ends With Broad UN Accord
The security conference in San Francisco reached consensus on regional action under UN auspices and reaffirmed American support for trusteeships and the Monroe doctrine. Allied forces arrest Grand Adm. Karl Doenitz and dismantle Germany into occupation zones as Himmler dies by poison after capture. Prisoner releases ordered for agricultural needs.
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Britain
Russia
France
China
United Nations
San Francisco
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U. S
Congress
World Decides Security Organization
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Flensburg
Germany
Doenitz
Eisenhower
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Lueneberg
Himmler
Statewide anti discrimination laws expand in several states
Laws aimed at preventing employment discrimination based on race color creed or national origin have been enacted in New York New Jersey and Indiana New Jersey and Utah also enact broader anti discrimination measures. In addition to employment bans New Jersey passed six prohibitions on racial and religious discrimination in public places.
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New York
New Jersey
Indiana
Utah
Ne Jersey
Freight rates tilt toward South and West gain
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered freight rate changes to equalize charges for manufactured goods from Atlantic to Rocky Mountains. Eastern manufacturers face higher class rates while the South and West gain leverage for bulk commodities such as coal livestock lumber grain cotton and sand. The shift aims to balance the economy and improve market access for southern and western producers.
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South
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic Seaboard
Rocky Mountains
ICC
Marines Study Okinawa Burial Customs
Marines who searched Okinawa’s sacred burial vaults learned about islanders’ burial customs. Leathernecks observed offerings placed on coffin lids including food, writing materials, clothing, and candles for the dead’s use.
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Okinawa
Food Outlook Below Expectations threatens pork supplies
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration projects pig crops at 87.2 million this year, about 5.3 million below War Food administration goals, likely cutting pork per person by eight pounds. Plantings of corn, potatoes, beans, beets, peanuts, and flax also fall short of goals, with spring pig shortfalls echoing into fall and summer 1946. Congress and the AAA urge raising the support price from 13.00 per hundredweight to boost pig breeding.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
War Food Administration
AAA
WFA
Churchill Forces UK Election and Resigns as Prime Minister
Britain faces its first general election in a decade as Winston Churchill pushes the vote and resigns the premiership. Analysts note the Conservative party rides high on wartime victory with Eden potential successor if the party wins. Labor’s split and resignation from Churchill’s wartime cabinet shape the short term political outlook.
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Great Britain
Germany
Churchill
Commons
Anthony Eden
Beca Labor Party
Oil Ration Increases Delayed Despite Production Rise
The government notes lessened demands after Germany's capitulation and strong industry output allow a rise in the A card gas ration from four to six gallons and a boost in the B allotment to 650 miles monthly. Ration changes take effect June 22 for A and June 11 for B. shipping shifts to the Pacific theater limit home heating oil prospects as fuel transport needs grow.
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Germany
U. S
Pacific Theater
Ist Army redeployed to Pacific theater from Europe
The Ist Army, a leading force in the Allied push into Germany and a pioneer in linking with Russian troops, is the first U S unit to transfer from Europe to the Pacific theater. Commanded by Lt Gen Courtney Hodges, it will reconstitute divisions and grant 30 day furloughs before resuming duties. Over 1,000,000 sick and wounded have been evacuated by army air forces since 1942 with 35 percent battle casualties in 1944 rising to about 50 percent early 1945.
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Elbe River
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Pacific Theater
Europe
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1St
U. S
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Ist
Normandy
Reich
von Rundstedt
Siegfried Line
Remagen
Rhine
George Patton
3Rd Army
Army Air Forces
South Pacific
Compromise as Key to World Peace in UN Talks
In San Francisco a columnist argues compromise and the surrender of some sovereignty are essential for a functioning United Nations. He cites Emery Reyes and Clarence Streit, compares national to city sovereignty, and notes Brooks Harding's world peace flag idea as a unifying symbol.
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Kipling
World Security Organization
United Nations Conference On International Organization
England
Scotland
United States
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International Relations
World Federation
Clarence Streit
North Atlantic
Richmond
Edinburgh
John Q
Bingville
Los Angeles
Brooks Harding
Nebraska
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League of Nations
United Nations
Washington
Shortages and Surplus at UN Conference
The United Nations conference shows shortages of Russian-speaking stenographers taxis butter news time and a chance to extend stay. Surpluses include invites weather comments mutton chops trolley cars and propaganda posing as news. Secretary Stettinius misnames Kaltenborn at a press event prompting red faces over publicity. A full length metal leg costs 290 dollars, a small price beside avoiding it.
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Stettinius
Mr. Kaltenborn
Bankhage
Kaltenborn
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