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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1946
Page
8
The piece argues America won and held peace through industrial might and a culture of average greatness. It credits U S production, science, and practical patriotism for turning wartime losses into relief, stressing liberty and competition as core American strengths.
A USDA funded TB prevention and control program supported by Christmas Seals targets all age groups across the country. The image, credited Knell, highlights a youngster developing strength to stay healthy.
A Christmas message reflects on the birth of Christ as a call to peace and goodwill. The essay laments wartime sorrow, urges individuals to become catalysts for divine truth, and to break the atom’s shell to free the peace that passes understanding for all people.
FBI chief Hoover warns of a juvenile crime wave and shifts blame to parents while police chiefs gather in Washington. Articles detail postwar demobilization progress, with the Army reporting 4,231,000 soldiers discharged May to December 1945 and Navy, Marine Corps, and other forces returning hundreds of thousands from overseas by December 1945.
As of December 6 1945 the U S Coast Guard had released 65000 personnel. The Navy discharged more men in less than three months after Japan's surrender than in the ten months after the 1918 Armistice. About 920 troop and converted ships with capacity for 1 4 million men will return veterans home using 350 large liners and 350 other vessels across Atlantic Pacific and India theatres. By January space will be freed to bring home all but cleanup and garrison forces, with India by April 1 and the Pacific by early summer. West Coast ports will see about 376 000 soldiers returned in December versus 234 000 in November.
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