Fire Bombs Level Japanese Cities and War Labor Shifts
The piece catalogs massive B 29 raids on Osaka and Yokohama, noting widespread destruction, homelessness, and strategic aims to cripple Japanese industry. It also covers looming unemployment as war production tapers, shipyard shortages, labor shifts, and postwar oil and displacement issues in the Near East and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Osaka
Yokohama
Orient
21St
Curtis le May
Ryukyus
Pacific
Okinawa
U. S
Shuri
War Manpower Commission
West Coast
Franklin
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Europe
Germany
Yalta
U. S.-British
War Production Board
WPB
Bible Book Sparks Postwar Revival in World Interest
Washington analyst George Stimson’s A Book About the Bible is tied to a global revival of interest in scripture. The American Bible Society reports record scripture orders, with 350000 Protestant scriptures and 120000 German Bibles, signaling renewed faith as nations rebuild after war.
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WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
George Stimson
Washington
Middle West
South
Lloyd Douglas
American Bible Society
Darby
District of Columbia
Samuel Smith
America
God
Europe
Stimson
Jesus
Iowa
Valparaiso
Ind
Pathfinder
Georgeson
National Press
House of Representatives
George
Paul
Israel
Mexico Creates Nationwide Literacy Campaign
Mexico enforces phase two of a program to eradicate illiteracy with teaching for adults 18 to 60. The decree mandates individual or collective instruction and enforces compliance. The education department tracks each student by age occupation and sex and reports 12 million free readers issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Avila Camacho
Department of Education
OPA Tightens Sugar Allocations Amid Shortage
The OPA moves to curb illegal diversion of home canning sugar into bootleg liquor and illicit bottling. It requires pledges that home canning rations won’t be misused, suspends district allocations until preservation needs rise, and tightens review of applications to spread supplies. Average table rations fell 37 percent and home canning allocations dropped 40 percent, worsening shortages for bakers and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Old Gray Squirrel Holds Line Amid White House Shuffle
In a busy Washington scene new faces appear in the White House staff while the veteran figure remains constant. OWI promises farmers equal access to surplus property. Reports note Japanese and German war outcomes, and Russian troops’ curious reaction to American canned goods. Fresh vegetables reach Iwo Jima from Guam, and race horses and dogs move to U.S. tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Owi
Germany
Guam
Iwo Jima
United States
Framing Photos with Fabric for Cheerful Rooms
The article describes using blue velveteen frames with red ribbons or plaid gingham for informal spaces and pink or blue satin for dressier bedrooms. It notes repurposing old frames or cutting heavy cardboard to fit new fabric coverings, with steps illustrated. The notice promotes BOOK 6 offering 32 pages of home decor ideas for 15 cents.
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Upton
Union
Alysis
J. A. Krug
Krug
Selective Service
Near East
Oil
Syria
Mosul
Iraq
Britain
Suez Canal
Arabia
Gulf Exploration Company
Russia
Moscow
Congress
John Taber
N. Y
Clarence Cannon
John Rankin
Miss
Frank Hook
Hook
Rankin
Husky
Taber
Cannon
Greece
Albania
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
UNRRA
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Naha
By Baukhage
Bankhage
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Ren Ldae Masala
Scorrs
Geound, Bink
Carbell
Spurlock-Neal Co
Nashville
Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Olydia E.pinkhams
RCS
Lee
Eoarie
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