Japan Aims at Peace as Demobilization Plans Unfold
The Western Newspaper Union report outlines Japan's surrender steps under Emperor's will with Prince Higashi Kuni as prime minister designate. It notes demobilization targets of about 7 million by 1947, ongoing army navy point systems, and continued civilian reconversion while certain rationing and price controls remain in force.
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MacArthur
U. S
Manila
Tough
Higashi-Kuni
Tap
Military Aviation Board
Defense Headquarters
Supreme War Council
Japan
OPA
Army Teaches G I s Thrift Values Through Pay Plans
Wartime thrift is taught across the armed forces with active monthly Class E allotments reaching 3,714,910 as of June. These voluntary pay assignments benefit dependents, banks, or insurers and are separate from government family allowances. Over 40 million dollars has gone to insurers in three years for soldiers civilian life policies, with June alone sending 263,227 to saving and loan institutions under the G L Joe savings plan.
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War Department Office of
Building and Loan and Savings and Loan Associations
G.L Joe
Record crop forecast for 1945 shows third best harvest
Agricultural officials project a strong 1945 harvest with wheat at a record 1 146 283 000 bushels and oats at 1 546 032 000. sugar cane 6 976 000 tons and sugar beets 9 332 000 tons signal improving supplies. Soil Conservation Service warns over 90 percent of farmland needs erosion control and fertility work. massive labor and equipment would be required to implement safeguards.
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Department of Agriculture
The
Soil Conservation Service
Labor Party Victory Outlines Postwar UK Plan
King George VI unveils Labour program detailing nationalization of Bank of England and coal mines, continued wartime controls, and reconversion measures. Plan includes transport reform, social security, industrial insurance, housing land purchase, and centralized investment planning to guide postwar recovery.
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Great Britain
United Kingdom
George VI
Bank of England
Busiec
UNRRA chief warns of two billon dollar aid surge after war ends
UNRRA Director Herbert Lehman told a London conference that aid needs will soar as the Pacific war ends, with more than two billion dollars required to stabilize economies and aid stricken nations including China where relief plans involve the Stilwell road and coastal ports. France's de Gaulle commuted Petain's death to life imprisonment but national indignity remains. Petain defends staying with France amidst its agony amid a divided public over the trial.
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Pacific
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Herbert Lehman
UNRRA
London
Lehman
China
Stilwell Road
Australia
Unrra Control Council
Frances Liberation Movement
Charles de Gaulle
Marshal Henri Petain
Nevetheless
Petain
France
Auto and furniture purchases lag 1942-44 by 23 billion dollars
The Department of Commerce estimates Americans spent about 23 billion dollars less than prewar volumes on autos and parts and on furniture and house furnishings during 1942 to 1944. Actual auto and parts spending was 1.8 billion versus 16.2 billion under normal conditions, a deficiency of 14.4 billion.
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Department of Commerce
Joseph Story Points to God Led Prosperity and Power
Lesson outlines Joseph as a prisoner prospered by God in Egypt and prepared by God to deliver a prophetic word. It emphasizes that God works in prisons as in palaces, and that authorities are ordained by God, urging readiness to serve in blessing and opportunity.
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Joseph
Egypt
Israel
God
Pharaoh
White House
Questions and Answers Quiz from the 19th Century Page
A reader quiz titled The Questions asks about New Connecticut and Florida’s acquisition, price of old things, facing direction from the North Pole, completing a proverb, a tailless cat breed, Buffalo Bill’s role with the U S government, and which professional would likely use the word hegemony.
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North Pole
United States
Florida
Buffalo Bill
U. S
The Answers 1 The Western Reserve in Ohio
The list notes The Western Reserve in Ohio as a fixed region in the United States by an act of congress. It mentions sole southern reach, a bottom reach, purchases from Spain, Manx cats, a scout and pony express mail rider, and defines Statesman as state authority.
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Western Reserve
Ohio
United States
South
Spain
Pony Express
Statesman
Jefferson's Self-Written Epitaph on His Tomb
The epitaph on Thomas Jefferson's tomb records him as author of the Declaration of American Independence, author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and founder of the University of Virginia.
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Thomas Jefferson
Statue of
Virginia
University of Virginia
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Western Newspaper Union
Congress
Navy
Army
G.i.s
Davis
Schwellenbach
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York City
Thrift
Laborite
Britain
Marshal
Harold L. Lundquist
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
International Council of Religious Education
Sewing
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
New Connecticut
Jefferson
Boeing
B.F Goodrich
California
Union
Michigan State Highway Department
Bfgoodrich
Wilke
Ape
Mary Martin
Star of
Mount
Eli-Groomee
McKesson & Bridgeport
Cone Tooth
Sloan’s ‘Liniment
Lonly Fee
Steeran
Ates
Locke Stove CO
West 11Th St
Kansas City
Pao
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