Farmers Set for Big Crop Year and Global Shifts
Farmers plan to plant 357 million acres in 1947 aiming to exceed goals in crops like corn and wheat while some grains miss targets. Russia unveils a five year plan to boost industry, energy, and education, with major rises in automobile and steel output and housing spending. Peron’s Argentina victory strains U S diplomacy as London weighs wheat and meat dependencies.
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Peron
Russia
Juan Domingo Peron
South America
State Department
U S
Britain
U. S
London
Japan War Recovery and Postwar Industry Amid US Direction
Japan slowly rebuilds peacetime industry under American guidance despite material shortages damaged plants and transport. Unions grow in manufacturing and transport as production shifts to farm machinery engines and consumer goods. Food shortages prompt MacArthur to urge monthly imports while farmers withhold rice and vegetables. In Paris Petiot faces 26 murder charges for gain amid grisly evidence. Stimson reveals Roosevelt cabinet overruled attacking Japan in 1941 and discusses a possible three month truce to pull out of China.
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MacArthur
Tong
Pearl Harbor
Henry Stimson
Roosevelt
Japan
Stimson
Asiatic
Washington
Philippines
U S
U. S
China
War Talk and Political Maneuver in Early Cold War Context
The article surveys Washington war talk over Russia, Eisenhower's critique of calls for conflict, and the desire to avoid a drawn war with Russia. It highlights lobbying against veterans housing, the Van Horn road renaming controversy in Missouri, and Henry Wallace’s strengthened standing within the Truman administration as Ickes and Wallace navigate post Roosevelts era politics.
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Wyatt
Congress
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Northwestern Flooring and Lumber Company
W. H. Alberts
Lumber Company
Jackson County
Harry Truman
van Horn
Col
R. T. van Horn
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas City Journal
Henry Wallace
Harold Ickes
Cat and Dog
Forest Service
Soil Conservation Service
Ickes
Truman
Wallace
Roosevelt
Bob Hannegin
Overhauling UN relief debated as Hoover eyed
Paul Mallon reports on a Washington scene where Hoover is discussed as a survey chief for world famine relief while Lehman of UNRRA signals illness and possible resignation. The column contrasts Truman and Hoover approaches, warns against political uses of food aid, and urges democratic, public-supported relief with expert input.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Herbert Lehman
UNRRA
Hoover
World Council of Unrra
Atlantic City
Truman
Truman Famine Emergency Committee
Go Easy on Japan and Its New Life
The piece lampoons Japan's postwar reforms from a wartime reader's stance, quipping at new constitutional freedoms and pacifist pledges while joking about capsule reforms and orange juice. It weighs Japan's shift from warrior posture to peace, contrasting with Russia and critiquing freedom myths. It also notes humor about Aga Khan’s diamond weigh-in and a GM strike ending in a draw.
National income and labor shifts prompt CIO drive
Total personal income in 1945 reached 160.7 billion dollars up 2.5 percent from 1944 with salaries and wages at 110.2 billion. CIO chief Phil Murray launches a major organizing push across southern states, armed with a million dollars to recruit both Black and white workers.
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Alexander Hamilton Institute
CIO
AFL
Phil Murray
South
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Carolinas
Lesson for April 7 Scripture Subjects and Texts
Lesson for April 7 outlines selected scripture texts and subjects as published by the International Council of Religious Education and used by permission. The notice credits the council and notes copyright and usage rights.
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Internationa Council of Religious Education
Friends of Jesus as believers in His commands
A devotional outlining how followers become friends of Jesus by obeying his commands. It highlights Jesus welcoming children, choosing witnesses, empowering women, receiving outcasts, and converting rulers, urging personal commitment to join this fellowship.
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Jesus
Earth
G. Campbell Morgan
Peloubet
Nicodemus
Americans Spend Big on Alcohol in 1945
Americans consumed 190 million gallons of alcoholic drinks in 1945, averaging $58 per person. Federal taxes netted about 21 billion dollars on nearly 8 billion in sales, with states adding around half a billion.
UNO Back Iran UNO Back Iran
The United States urged UNO to consider Iran's complaint against Russia for occupation and oil pressure, opposing Soviet delays and citing Teheran reports of Iran supporting its rights under the UNO charter. Iran's second complaint follows earlier protests over Red backing of an autonomous Azerbaijan movement.
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UNO
Iran
U S
U. S
Teheran
Russia
Red
Azerbaijan
Baku
Senate Labor Bill Proposes Free Movement of Perishable Goods
The senate education and labor committee drafted a measure aimed at allowing free movement of perishable farm goods to markets or processing centers without interference. The draft contrasts with the house approved version by omitting stringent restrictions.
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Labor Management Board
Senate
Aiken
Rep
Labor Committee
Army inquiry on officer enlisted life to hear grievances
A civilian board led by Lt Gen James Doolittle will hear testimony from enlisted men officers and non military witnesses on military life housing clothing and living conditions. The inquiry aims to examine relations between officers and enlisted personnel and to compare facilities for enlisted and officer ranks.
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James Doolittle
Secretary of War
Patterson
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