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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1945
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union reports the Big Three study peace terms as Allied homecomings beat schedule. Allies prepare for Berlin rule as Western allies plan postwar governance and security arrangements.
President Truman reaches Potsdam to confer with Prime Minister Churchill and Marshal Stalin on Germany's future, including territory, Italy terms, Spain neutrality, and potential postwar arrangements. Berlin military governance shifts see Allied and Soviet zones enforcing rules as Clay Lyne plan permanent methods.
Eight transports docked in New York bringing 35 000 veterans from Europe the largest single new return since V E Day. Americans 28000 Canadians 7000 with infan try regiments a hospital unit and 8th Air Force groups among the arrivals. The Queen Mary carried 15000 men including 6000 Canadians. West Point and John Ericsson each 7600 aboard. James Parker 3000 and four smaller transports 1500. Among the passengers were 33 Japanese diplomats and nine year old Italian orphan Natal e Piavallo later to be placed in a private home pending immigration review.
Representative Wood of Georgia was chosen by the House to chair the Dies Committee on un American activities, succeeding Representative Hart who resigned due to ill health. Rankin had been acting chair and praised Wood as outstanding. Tokyo fears invasion as Japan reports mounting air attacks and defense challenges amid Allied advances.
An American naval party found a Japanese hospital ship dirty and vermin infested with inadequate food and medical supplies for about 1,000 patients moved from Wake Island. Many appeared starving. wards and galleys were filthy, though sick bay kept clean. The skipper, polite and curious about baseball, offered tea and liquor to officers.
The Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion will join the Treasury Department when Fred M. Vinson, current director, becomes secretary. Vinson plans to retain OWMA staff, while Treasury aims to consolidate other independent fiscal agencies into the department.
The article describes soldiers with high point totals not being released from military service. Many are labeled essential and held indefinitely, straining families. A captain in Germany has 127 points, and his wife faces possible divorce over fears he will stay. Chaplains report weekly cases, and morale suffers.
The United Nations charter faced little opposition as it moved from the foreign relations committee to the full Senate for likely approval without changes. Final witnesses included CIO head Philip Murray, NEA president William G Carr, and Socialist leader Norman Thomas, signaling swift action toward U.S. ratification.
Col. Westray Battle Boyce named director of the Women's Army Corps after Col. Oveta Culp Hobby resigns. Boyce, with eight years in federal service in Washington, has been a company officer and PR worker, and served as WAC staff director in North Africa. Hobby, wife of the Texas governor, retires to return to civilian life for her family.
Chinese high command reports recapture of two former U. S. air bases in Kiangsi as forces encircle Kanchow 12 miles from the town. Communicatio ns center lies 250 miles north of Hong Kong. In another sector Chinese advance toward Wuchow, 130 miles west of Canton, with Pu rpose to seize the city. Japs fall back in Hunan toward Paoking, four miles from the town near Hengyang rail junction.
Henry Morgenthau told how rumors of his departure affected work and he offered to stay if backed by Truman. The president hesitated, Morgenthau resigned and would have been next in line if not for the move. Morgenthau keeps treasury until August with Fred M Vinson slated as successor.
About 280000 head graze on blue stem grass in Oklahoma and Kansas. Steers are expected to gain 200 to 350 pounds on green feed. Grass fed beef typically grades B or worse, but limited grain may push some to A when finished with corn. Commission men expect grassy beef to fetch 13 to 14 cents a pound.
Daily low flying aircraft spray Manila with DDT to curb malaria and other pests among residents, a method also tried on New York City beaches though supply remains limited. Byrnes appointed to strengthen Cabinet as Truman’s foreign policy path shifts toward broader world view.
The piece imagines future auto technology linking home and car by telephone, predicting a world where cars become mobile extensions of house and office. It notes potential annoyances, such as being reached on the road, and mocks bureaucratic zeal with satirical jabs at officials and wartime anxieties.
John Chapman suggests theater patrons should vent their displeasure openly like baseball fans do. The piece endorses the idea and notes a theater inspection found too few pop bottles thrown during performances. It also mocks those who said Truman could run for vice president without trouble or time.
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