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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1946
Page
8
A reflective column argues that America’s wartime success stems from “average greatness” built on liberty and opportunity. It credits mass production, home-front ingenuity, and the American right to competition as sources of resilience, self reliance, and economic strength.
A 1945 Christmas reflection calls for peace and goodwill while noting the wartime memory. It cites the Niobrara flood-control hearing in Nebraska on January 8 1946 and reports on juvenile crime concerns voiced by J Edgar Hoover. It also previews demobilization progress with Army Navy and Marine releases totals through December 1945 and profiles Lt Carroll W Stewart of Hartington.
The U S Coast Guard reports 65 000 personnel released by December 6 1945 as demobilization accelerates. Navy data show more men discharged in the three months after Japan's surrender than in the ten months after 1918 Armistice. Space will be readied to return troops from Europe India and the Pacific with thousands of ships and carriers readied for rapid transport. By January space will be available for most personnel except cleanup and garrison forces and by April 1 India and by early summer the Pacific should be cleared of troops, with West Coast ports handling arrivals from the Pacific. In December about 3 763 000 soldiers will land on the West Coast versus 234 000 in November.
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