Sunspots to Franco American ties probe era relations
Washington digest notes how sunspot science touched weather and mood influencing leaders. It examines Roosevelt De Gaulle tensions and the Paris invitation to Algiers aboard a US ship, highlighting diplomatic etiquette, personal egos, and Franco American strains around Yalta and San Francisco talks.
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Agricultural Tools Rationing Called Off Amid War Demand
Farmers face limited supply as war production priorities redraw farm machinery. About 90 percent of new machines will stay in the United States in 1945 with 7 percent exported commercially and 3 percent through lend lease. Repair parts rise, but shortages of manpower and components keep new tractors and harvesters scarce.
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Barbs and Banter From Wartime Indiana and Beyond
A farmer in Indiana trades a two year old horse for fifteen cartons of cigarettes. The Germans unveil a rocket resembling a stove pipe. Ceiling prices and straw bernes stay the same as last year. Short cake not shorter. Illness among workers blamed on mental strain from new hires. The idea that work is the curse of the leisure classes is echoed.
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Uncles Sam Safety Almanac Warns of Wartime Accidents
A wartime safety column cites 1944 figures showing 10 500 deaths from accidents rather than combat. It warns that heed the warnings lowers accidents by 60 percent, highlights causes from traffic to falls, and urges public care to save soldiers and workers amid a 1945 risk forecast.
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