United States Presses Iran, Britain Loans, Housing Bill
The U S warns Moscow over Iran and Manchuria actions as Britain seeks a 3 4 billion loan. The emergency housing bill speeds low cost homes with FHA support while Truman backs UNO and church leaders urge racial equality. Berlin and German trials, UAW GM strike, and Detroit relief funds are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciio-United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Detroit
Truman
UAW
G.M
Japan Again Provides Foreign Outlet for U.S. Cotton
The United States seeks to restore a key foreign cotton outlet through government exports to Japan. Private trade remains forbidden for security reasons, so CCC stocks will be shipped to a Japanese government agency. The plan aims to supply 200000 bales within a month and reimburse the U S in full through textiles produced from the cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Vinson
Japan
U.S
Commodity Credit Cor
Supreme Commander of the
Allied Powers
Department of Agriculture
New Japanese Constitution Signals Dawn After Defeat
Article notes the five month draft process led by American and Nipponese officials ending with General MacArthur Premier Shidehara and Emperor Hirohito endorsing a constitution that strips the mikado of sovereign power and bans armed forces. It envisions free elections for two houses and guarantees freedoms while price controls ease on many goods though some remain. Also covers Kaiser steel supply woes and DOJ inquiry into competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
MacArthur
Shidehara
Hirohito
Washington housing bill faces rough path in Congress
Washington editor notes the housing bill faces heavy opposition from conservative lawmakers and lobbyists while praising Taft and CIO support. The piece argues housing policy must address shortages and warns that wariness of government intervention persists despite potential reforms. It also reflects on sovereignty, foreign policy, and moral questions amid current debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
America
Congress
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Senate
Vox Taft
Vox
CIO
Labor
Mery i Mery i Ask Me Another Quiz Key Questions
A scrambled quiz item asks 10 questions covering origins of the orange birthplace occupation with high accident toll inauguration of George Washington first term meaning of apple pie order G I brides citizenship Bermuda inhabited islands first iron manufacturer in literature Chopin instrument and Sheeplike behavior name and existence of Nathan Hale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
G.I
U. S
Bermudas
Chopin
Nathan Hale
Answers and facts from historical trivia compiled list
The notes cover topics from China soil cultivation in the Middle Ages and farming's accident rate to Federal Hall in New York City and a call for precise order. It also notes citizenship residency rules, a reference to Tubal Cain, a piano, ovine, and a biographical detail of an American spy born 1755 who graduated Yale in 1773 and was hanged in 1776.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Federal Hall
New York City
Islands
Tubal Cain
Ovine
Yale
Unemployment Rise Lags Expectations Postwar Readjustment
The Alexander Hamilton Institute reports unemployment rose less sharply than expected after V J Day. About 830,000 out of work in August with many veterans returning monthly. reconversion absorbed many idle war workers despite production curtailment following the war's end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Barbs and Bits from a Busy Day in 20th Century Life
A 20th Century fund survey notes the term collective bargaining coined in London 1891 by Beatrice Webb and popularized in the U.S. by Samuel Gompers. Linoleum made from plastics of bituminous coal hints at striking designs. A quip on black markets and the Bill of Rights contrasts with the Bill of Responsibilities. Marshal Montgomery’s necktie colors symbolize blood mud and Normandy fields after the breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beatrice Webb
Samuel Gompers
AFL
Marshal Montgomery
Normandy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Russia
Western Newspaper Union
State Department
Iran
Teheran
Azerbaiani
Moscow
Britain
Manchuria
United Kingdom
House
Wilson Wyatt
FHA
Winston Churchill
United Nations Organization
UNO
Federal Council of Churches In America
Columbus
Churchill
Fulton
Henry Sloane Coffin
New Sun
OPA
Kaiser
Henry Kaiser
Joseph W. Frazer
Department of Justice
Economic Stabilization Board
Fontana
Calif
Gary
Ind
Kamoi
Washington Digest
Senator Vandenberg
Byrnes
United States
Nathaniel Peffer
Saturday Review of Literature
Peffer
Europe
Asia
Nuernberg
Jesus
Lloyd George
World Organization
France
Mery i
la Grange
Texas
Harry Cordes
Fayetteville
Army
Wichita Falls
St. Joseph
Bankhage
Ky x
King Features Syndicate
Doan
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!