Western Newspaper Union Weekly News Analysis
Allied forces push in northern Borneo under MacArthur as Japan faces tighter pressure in the south. The piece also reports American Legion and VFW push for sweeping reforms of the veterans bureau including deputy administrator for Omar Bradley era oversight. Also coverage of Polish diplomacy, wartime grain prospects in Kansas, and polio case trends.
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Douglas MacArthur
Borneo
Indies
Malaya
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
U. S
American Legion
V.F.W
Veterans Administration Bureau
Congress
Department
Omar Bradley
Bureau
The
Army
Big Three Look Ahead to Moscow Conference on Poland
Troubled relations with Poland appear to ease as the United States Britain and Russia prepare for a Moscow meeting. Officials intend to discuss a more representative regime for Poland with Red sponsored and democratic leaders from inside and outside the country.
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London
Moscow
Reds
Poland
Europe
U. S
Britain
Russia
Warsaw
Sunny Side Up Eggs Introduced For Army Breakfast Menu
A wartime update notes perfection of wirebound egg cases enabling sunny side up eggs to replace powdered and canned varieties in meals served by Gt. Joe overseas. Fresh eggs in the shell reduce shipping space and fragility issues, improving supply reliability.
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Gt. Joe
Senate backs cost plus profit farm price provision
The senate passed a cost plus profit clause as part of a one year extension of OPA, with 37 legislators in favor and 30 against. It would forbid maximum price restrictions on live stock and crops that do not cover all costs and a fair profit, drawing fire for creating parity formula confusion. President Truman opposed the amendment, urging the house to strike it down, while critics warned of administrative confusion and shifts from parity-based pricing.
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Senate
Harry S. Truman
Wherry
Shipstead
Truman
Sugar quotas set for July to September new allocations
The War Food Administration fixed rigid quotas for government and civilian sugar use for July through September. Despite higher distribution in January to May 1945 compared with 1944, the home front will receive 10,000 tons less. June stockpiles show lower raw and beet inventories than a year earlier.
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War Food Administration
Home Front
Bombs Take Heavy Toll In Tokyo Raids, 500000 Killed
Col Alfred F. Klaberer of the U S 21st bomber force in the Marianas estimates 500000 killed in Tokyo raids with a possibility of up to 1500000. He cites Yokohama as an example where the city appeared and vanished in minutes and notes burns from fire bombs require multiple medics due to Japanese manpower limits.
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U. S
Marianas
Alfred F. Klaberer
Tokyo
Yokohama
21St Force
Klaberer
Peace Force Approved At San Francisco Conference
The United Nations meeting in San Francisco moves toward creating the first international army navy and air force directed by a military staff with regional sub committees worldwide. It could draw on about one third of the current U S army and navy with free passage through member territories in hostilities and requires unanimous Big Five approval plus a majority of the Security Council.
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Joseph Paul Boncour
United Nations
San Francisco
U. S
Britain
Russia
China
France
Security Council of
Shipyards face worker shortages slow ship repair and building
Navy reports peacetime labor surge draining shipyards both coasts. Brooklyn yard needs 5,600 workers now as the 27,000 ton carrier Reprisal runs five months behind schedule while Oriskany nears completion. About 3,000,000 man days needed on the 45,000 ton Franklin D. Roosevelt. West coast losses average 600 per month prompting tow of the fleet carrier for repairs.
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Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Oriskany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
West Coast
West
Franklin
Brooklyn
Renair
Pets for G I S veterans reassigned as hospital mascots
War dogs no longer fit combat roles due to average and not adaptable to scout duty are assigned to army convalescent hospitals as pets and mascots for recuperating patients. If a hospitalized veteran grows attached to a dog, he may take ownership and bring the dog home after recovery and discharge.
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Army
Reconversion predicted to be easier than conversion
A WNU Service column argues reconversion will not require major plant changes for 80 percent of factories as they shift from military to civilian output. It spotlights Burl E. Sherrill of Peru Indiana whose magnetic compass for autos and military shells lifeboats spurred a growing factory, showing how war-driven ingenuity can fuel postwar civilian production and employment.
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WNU
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Uncle Sam
John Q
Washington
Burl E. Sherrill
Peru
Ind
Sherrill
University of Chicago
Chicago
Indiana
Erts
Carnegie Institute
Army Engineers
The
War College
Okeh
Maritime Commission
Navy warns against transporting monkeys to India
An official navy bulletin bans moving monkeys to or from India. A congressman notes the nation’s vast span from Hudson to Mississippi. Other items mention rising horse meat sales, upcoming gasoline relief, and a medal for a high officer who stopped a runaway horse two decades ago.
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Navy
India
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