Plan for Demobilization Readiness in Washington
The article outlines executive order driven steps from February 24 creating the Retraining and Reemployment administration under War Mobilization to aid demobilization. It details 8000 information centers as contact points for veterans and war workers, a policy board chaired by General Hines, and coordination across labor security war manpower selective service and other agencies. It mentions local committees, funding prospects, and the GI Bill of Rights, stressing community involvement and rapid results ahead of full demobilization.
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Congress
Baruch-Hancock
Office of War Mobilization
Byrnes
General Hines
Veterans Administration
Hines
Labor
Federal Security
War Manpower
Selective Service
War Department
Navy Department
War Production Board
Eaeryime
Isc
Batley
RWR
Virtas Eversere
Atrrood
United States
Domgtey- Tren
Werner
Erans Administration
Bailey
Senate
House
Dewey
Chambers of Commerce
England
London
Britain
Britain’s Farm Boost After Bomb Attacks Harvests Record Growth
Evacuees from London head to farms to help reap wheat corn and flax as doodlebugs strike. England expands mechanized farming, with tractors up to three times previous levels and farm wages nearly doubling. Agricultural bodies oversee land use, subsidies rise, and farm surveys map welfare. Britain aims to self supply over 70 percent of food postwar.
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France
England
Women’s Land Army
London
Europe
Canada
Australia
United States
National Farmers’ Union
Agricultural’ Farm Laborers” Union
Briefs on wartime logistics and curare use
Baukhage reports on disability payments to veterans and wartime aid. Due to French rail disruptions American trucks are diverted to Europe to transport prisoner of war parcels. Curare, once used by Amazon tribes for poison arrows, is now reported as aiding medical relief and calming convulsions in nervous patients.
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France
Europe
Amazon
United Nations
Inter American Affair
Vigorous British Efforts to Retain Farm Labor in Wartime
The British government mobilizes labor to farm production by recalling workers, using willing objectors, forming labor gangs and pools for drainage and harvests, and housing mobile labor in new hostels. A 1942 shift replaced the wartime deferment schedule with a personal deferment system handled by district manpower offices for farm workers.
Special scheme on farm labor and deferment rules
A joint plan by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Labour through county war agricultural executive committees retains men over 25 who are bona fide farm workers. Men under 25 face individual examination to determine key worker status and possible deferment from duties.
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Minister of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Labor and National Service
County War Agricultural Executive Committees
Congressmen to London in quiet U S diplomacy
Six congressmen depart from New York to London on British planes as part of a discreet visit to assess postwar peace prospects and observe the effects of the blitz. The six, three Republicans and three Democrats, travel in pairs to minimize inter party friction while Washington weighs bipartisan peace terms. Meanwhile Canadian and American ski troops in southern France prepare for Alpine maneuvers and a push toward the Brenner Pass, reinforcing Allied operations.
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Washington, DC
London
France
England
New York
James Richards
South Carolina
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
Brooks Hays
Arkansas
Walter Judd
Minnesota
Walt Horan
Washington
Chet Holifield
California
Holifield
House
U S.A
Helena
Mont
Alaska
Aleutians
Patch
Maritime Alps
Italy
Brenner Pass
Churchill backs postwar election as Labour splits widen
London insiders report Churchill plans a general election after Germany’s fall, with Conservative strategists courting Labour leaders for a possible coalition. Labour chiefs reject the idea, while Churchill’s popularity grows but may fade. Nazi exiles face Spain as US policy tests unfold amid Franco ties. GI pay prompts calls for wardrobe and furlough demands as demobilization proceeds.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Germany
England
Labor Party
Labor
Notes of a Newspaperman and Washington Jests
A collection of wry humor and anecdotes from notable figures. London via p Chandler relays a joke about King George VI and Eisenhower on Montgomery perplexity. Shaw quips about enemies at 88. Hollywood writers lampoon Fortune costs and life, while a Louisville columnist and Mrs Ethridge joke about Vice President Wallace and domestic chores. Two army lieutenants flirt, the Major replies as a tax dermist.
Lint From a Blue Serge Suit and Public Figures in News
Mme Chiang Kai-shek walked out over his first wife living in the house. Tax experts say Sinatra’s 1.45 million and the resulting net are modest. Justice demands consultation on peace treaty legality. A movement targets Bob Hope and Jack Benny for overseas service with the boys. Ben Swig buys the St Francis Hotel for 4 percent, paying 750000, then sells half interest four days later. The G-Men press a musician who allegedly refuses the National Anthem and curses. Baseball pricing rises slow. Civic elites push LaGuardia for a high diplomatic post. Knopf secures James Stevens’ manuscript praised as a master work. Paul Bunyan given to American literature. Gallup poll shows Americans’ harsh views of Hitler after the war. A San Francisco teacher jokes about re-reading speeches to drive him nuts.
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Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Frank Sinatra
Dep T of Justice
Bob Hope
Jack Benny
Ben Swig
Boston
St. Francis Hotel
San Francisco
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