Washington Digest Plans for postwar Nazi trials
The piece outlines the Moscow declaration and U S role in a future international military tribunal to try Nazi leaders for crimes against humanity. Justice Robert H Jackson leads the American prosecution with a staff including Gen William Donovan and Gordon Dean as key figures. It notes policy aims, the absence of delay, and the goal to avoid partisan or theatrical trials while ensuring accountable, fact based proceedings. The article also reports income growth in 1945 first quarter with higher personal payments and savings, signaling inflation risks after the war.
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WNU
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Moscow
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Robert H. Jackson
United Kingdom
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Judea
Palestine
Pontius Pilate
Pentagon
Washington
Hamlet
Justice Jackson
Supreme Court
Europe
War Department
Navy Department
Office of Strategic Services
Jackson
William Donovan
OSS
Sydney Alderman
Southern Railway
Francis Shea
Naval
James Donovan
Gordon Dean
Donovan
Dean
Department of Justice
Navy
Pontius Pilates
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Parachutes and Jeeps to Fight Forest Fires in Peace
The article outlines postwar forest fire tactics using paratroopers with portable extinguishers, bombing planes with precise sighting, and ground support by jeeps, half tracks, bulldozers, and flamethrowers. It envisions airborne response, radio coordination, and backfire building to control large crown fires.
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Mars
Tony
David Godwin
Forest Service
Godwin
New Guinea
Africa
Italy
Chemical Warfare Service
America
Navy Mail to Fleet Units in Pacific Highlighted
Navy postal chiefs stress mail from home boosts morale for personnel overseas. March 1945 mail volume to Pacific forces through Fleet Post Office San Francisco totaled 86,132,623 pieces, with growth over 100 percent from 1944. Ships hold 5,000 navy post offices worldwide. guidance prioritizes letters with local news and personal items, while avoidable foods perish in transit.
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Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Navy, Marine and
Coast Guard
Pacific
Navy Mail Service
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Fleet Post
Navy
United States
Marine Corps
Goop Bombs Hit Japan and Censorship Tightens
The article recounts the alleged goop bomb the B 29 crews deploy and its flaming oil and magnesium mix that resists firefighting. It notes wartime censorship persists despite Europe’s end and criticizes officials like Leon Henderson. It ends with a string of anecdotes about diplomats and soldiers.
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Washington, D. c
Japan
Washington
Henry Kaiser
Kaiser
Barbs by Bankhage on wartime claims and reparations
A New Jersey camp seized from the German American Bund will be repurposed as a boys camp not a concentration camp. German business leaders sought loan guidance from an American military governor. Mannerheim congratulated Stalin on victory over Germany in 73 words. Stalin replied in 19. The BBC says truth-telling can outperform calculated lying, suggesting Goebbels may be mistaken.
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New Jersey
Bund
Mannerheim
Russia
Stalin
Germany
British Broadcasting Company
Goebbels
Host of Small Fires Do More Damage Than the Few Great Ones
A forest fire article explains small fires cause far more damage than spectacular large fires. It cites public carelessness as the primary cause, with 98 percent of fires from improper burning and smoking. It notes about 61,000 workers protect forests nationwide and annual timber loss reaches 800 million cubic feet.
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Forest Service
Federal Land Administrative Agencies
Poetic Justice in Reichstag Trial Reversal
A note from Ralph Berendt mocks the framing of Georg Dimitroff in the Reichstag fire case and contrasts it with Goering blaming Meyer. A Russian delegate at the Security Conference weighs China unity, noting Chiang Kai-shek's old‑guard stance and resistance to reform amid Japanese threats.
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Georg Dimitroff
Dimitroff
Meyer
Ralph Berendt
New York City
China
Chiang
Chungking
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New York
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Czechoslovakia
Glenn Taylor
Idaho
Secret Service
Eisenhower
Cernay
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Military Affairs Committee
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Stettinius
Lord Haw Haw
Bronx
Lord Hee-Haw
Tommy
Britain
Downing Street
Berlin
Lord Hay' Haw
Joe Davies
London-Washington
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Joe
Himmler
Tokyo
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Mikadomei
Joe Stalin
Stong
Abraham Lincoln
Kent State
Bankhage
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