New Wage-Price Policy Pattern Amid Postwar Strife
The Truman administration unveils a wage price policy shift aiming for settlements with 15 to 18 percent raises. It targets steel and packing disputes, urges counteroffers and potential labor pauses, while warning of inflation risks and cost of living impacts. FBI warns of rising crime as demobilization stirs unrest and youth delinquency.
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FBI
Truman
CIO
United Steel Workers
AFL
USW
New Administration
War Crimes: Yamashita Case at Supreme Court Amid Homma Trial
The Supreme Court weighs Yamashita's petition on war crimes procedure as Homma's trial opens in Manila on countenancing atrocities. A U S Sergeant Baldassarre testifies about the Bataan death march and lack of food water or medicine for POWs.
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U S. Supreme Court
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Masaharu Homma
Manila
Yamashita
James Baldassarre
New Haven
Conn
Bataan
Baldassarre
Kentucky Acts to Close Tobacco Warehouses
Governor Simeon Willis ordered the closure of all tobacco warehouses in Kentucky after farmers reported losses of about 1 million dollars daily versus the prior month. The barley tobacco crop, auctioned statewide to buyers from major firms, will be sold under OPA ceilings across 26 grades with prices capped at 50 cents per pound, as the market dips from December to January. Polio outbreak hits 14,000 cases in 1945 across 48 states, with peak week Sept 15 reporting 962 cases. The National Foundation notes polio epidemics in six states and greater impact than 1944.
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Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Floyd R. Eastwood
Purdue University
Eastwood
National Collegiate Athletic Association
American Football Coaches Association
Simeon Willis
Kentucky
United States
National Foundation For
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Business Prophecies for 1946 Face Uncertain Public Reaction
By Pau Matton argues that economic forecasts for 1946 hinge on how people react to factors like wage gains and price expectations. He notes potential price pressures from union raises and government aims, but says consumer behavior and political choices will ultimately shape the year.
Washington gossip and political shifts in early Truman era
Treasury and cabinet chatter center on Harold Ickes succession, with D Worth Clark eyed but unlikely. Ed Flynn plots diplomacy in Moscow Vatican ties. Roe aims to replace Flynn as NY Democratic committeeman. Sol Bloom clashes over UNRRA rules while Brown exposes the ruse. Military, foreign policy and postwar notes follow with Byrnes, Galbraith, Dunn, Palestine hearings, and Korea coal issues.
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Tom Corcoran
D. Worth Clark
Idaho
Harold Ickes
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Truman
Roosevelt
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United States
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FDR
James Roe
Queens County
LaGuardia
Flynn
New York
Moscow
Kremlin
Vatican
Cordell Hull
Sumner Welles
North Green Street
Broadview Street
Wichita, Kans
G.i.s
India
U. S. Army
Byrnes
Ken Galbraith
OPA
Fortune Magazine
Germany
Anglo-American Palestine Commission
Jimmy Dunn
London
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Italy
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Havenner
California
U. S
Pacific Islands
Americans Own Most Life Insurance Worldwide
Claris Adams president of the American Life convention stated that about two thirds of global life insurance is held by U S citizens. He noted that by end of 1942 71 million Americans owned life insurance, covering more than half the population. War years boosted in force by 40 billion dollars, about 1000 dollars per family, lifting the family average to 4500 dollars. Life insurance savings rank among top family budget items.
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Claris’ Adams
American Life Convention
Adama
Slim Pretty Frock Pattern 8969 for All Occasions
Sewing circle notices a simple house frock with slimming princess lines. Pattern 8969 fits sizes 34 through 50 and requires 4 1/2 yards of 35 or 39 inch fabric for size 36. High demand may delay orders due to current conditions.
Noted Pianist Defines Three Ages of Man
From the shaded side of 75 Moritz Rosenthal, famed pianist, splits Shakespearean seven ages into three. He says a man is young if a woman can affect his happiness, middle aged if she can still affect happiness but not unhappiness, and old when she cannot move him at all.
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Shakespeare
Moritz Rosenthal
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Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church
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By Pau Matton
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Egypt
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