History written at Quebec during Roosevelt Churchill talks
Washington digest recalls the Roosevelt Churchill conference in Quebec with Litvinov's absence and the Soviet shift. Eyewitness notes include press crowds, security at Chateau Frontenac, and guarded access. The piece probes how events, timing, and Russia's role shaped early postwar plans.
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Stalin
Quebec
Russia
America
Gibraltar
Stephen Early
Litvinov
Clarendon Hotel
Chateau Frontenac
Thousands of American Japanese Urged to Take Jobs Across the Nation
War Relocation Authority reports 16,000 placed and 25,000 more sought for by year’s start. Issei, Nisei, and Kibei evacuees in ten western relocation centers can seek farm, factory, and professional roles nationwide with standard local wages and indefinite leave rights.
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War Relocation Authority
United States
California
Arizona
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
Colorado
Arkansas
West
Washington
The
Armed Forces
WRA
FBI
Department of Justice
U. S. Army
War Manpower Commission
Oregon
U. S. Air Operations in England Far Steadier Now
War in England shows U S air forces facing tougher flak and fighters than earlier raids. Despite losses, missions continue as veterans call U S airmen heroes. Also recounted is a Sicily night raid by paratroopers that misled Nazi divisions, enabling beach landings. Ludwig urges postwar German breakup and occupation to prevent future conflicts.
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U. S
England
China
Pacific
North Africa
Europe
Britain
Sicily
Civilian Defense Reaches Nation in Early War Crises
James M. Landis outlines a broad war role for Civilian Defense and cites Provincetowns disaster response, Cocoanut Grove fire relief, Ohio tornado relief, flood controls along the Wabash, Detroit riots aid, and the War Emergency Radio Service in Anderson Indiana as examples of organized civilian resilience and emergency action.
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Provincetown
Cocoanut Grove
Midwest
Boston
OCD
Akron
Ohio
Cleveland
Medina
Oklahoma
Wabash
Civilian Defense
Detroit
Harlem
New York
Anderson
Ind
War Emergency Radio Service
WERS
Fiji Grants Reciprocal Aid to U S Forces
Brief notes reveal Fiji, once famed for cannibalism, will provide nearly three million dollars yearly in reciprocal aid to U S forces stationed there. Also mentions women equaling or surpassing men in making diamond dies and a bomber’s fuel use.
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Fiji
U. S
Japanese Families Honor Duty and Nation in War Service
The Sakura brothers, four American born Japanese sons of Toyota Sakura, honor their father by serving the United States. After living in Seattle and Eatonville, they and their mother were relocated to Idaho during World War II. In 1942 Secretary Stimson announced all Japanese Americans could form loyal army combat units. The Sakura brothers volunteered and train earnestly at Camp Shelby Mississippi.
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WNU Service
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt & Churchill
Edgar Mowrer
Michael Barkway
British Broadcasting Company
Wilson Woodside
Canadian Broadcasting System
Ambassador Litvinov
Washington
Ottawa
Maisky
Stalin
Leutenant
London
Woodside
Tass
Kremlin
Germany
Moscow
Free Germany Committee
Europe
Britain
Russia
United States
WRA
Pearl Harbor
Camp Savage
Minn
Camp Shelby
Miss
Hawaii
Emil Ludwig
Charlottesville
Ludwig
Hitler
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Hindenburg
Kaiser
United Nations
Prussia
Bavaria
Saxony
Austria
Junkers
Sakura
Seattle
Wash
Toyota Sakura
Eatonville
Idaho
Stimson
Sakura Brothers
America
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Burma
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Elmer L. Shirrell
Indianapolis
Peoriard
Milwaukee
Madison
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Fargo
Army Quartermaster Corps
Erally
Kibei
Japan
Momayo Yamato
Gila River Relocation Center
Fresno
Calif
Miss Yamato
George Y. Nakamura
Minidoka Relocation Center
Ore
Manxanar Relocation Center
Louis Johnson
India
State Department
Bill Phillips
Sumner Welles
Johnson
Phillips
James M. Landis
National Director of Civilian Defense
Cape Cod
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