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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1945
Page
6
Western Newspaper Union notes Japan endures mounting Allied air sea and land attacks as Europe faces looming food shortages. Analysts flag intensified bombardment and strain on military and civilian supply lines amid wartime tensions.
American and Australian forces pressed a major campaign against Japan's dwindling empire. U S battleships bombarded Sakhalin while air offensives struck Japanese cities and airfields. Allied troops closed in on Borneo oil fields and Balikpapan as engineers began rapid repairs and reconstructions.
Chinese Premier T V Soong met with Soviet officials in Moscow stirring speculation of a Sino Soviet mutual aid pact. Reports said Russia might supply Chinese armies in exchange for concessions such as a warm water base in the Liaotung peninsula and railway rights through Manchuria.
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau resigns, the sixth official to depart Truman’s cabinet. His exit coincides with Associate Justice Owen D Roberts stepping down, ending a 15 year Supreme Court tenure noted for leading the Pearl Harbor inquiry committee.
Gen Douglas MacArthur proclaims the Philippines won back in a major victory. He says the islands will be transformed into bases comparable to the British to speed Tokyo’s advance. In 250 days of campaigning 17 American divisions defeated 23 Japanese divisions with millions slaughtered. Europe must speed food production as relief may fall short. US deputy on the combined food board warns liberated nations to boost output while Washington supports aid. About 650000 bushels of wheat are expected to go to Europe from the U S and Canada.
In Copenhagen authorities announce Torben Wulff has been sentenced for aiding the enemy and causing the murder of Danish patriot Arbee Rasmussen. The trial marks Denmark’s first death sentence in 53 years amid the purge of traitors.
Gen George C Marshall and Adm Er nest King urged universal military training as essential to US safety after World War II. Speaking at Mackinac Island before state governors, they warned a future war could arrive swiftly, stressing a strong national guard and reserves over a large standing army.
Certificates authorizing Atlantic transatlantic routes issued to Pan-American Airways Transcontinental and Western Air and American Airlines for seven years. Designated terminals include New York Boston Philadelphia Washington Chicago Detroit. Board action approved by President Truman.
Soviet commander Major General Nikolai Barinov formally hands Berlin’s American zone to General Omar Bradley as a 4000-vehicle convoy moves troops into Zehlendorf. The Allied plan places Berlin under joint Soviet American and British control with Britain managing the northwest sectors including Charlottenburg and Wilmersdorf.
War Production Board chairman J A Kru reports from 1943 to 1944 war plant output. The United States produced 45 percent of the world s munitions in 1944 with 96 359 airplanes including 16 048 heavy bombers and 30 889 ships, plus tanks trucks artillery and rockets, signaling vast postwar industrial capacity.
Public health officials of the American Military government in Bavaria reported the discovery of a Nazi starvation station in the Kadlfbeuren area, 45 miles southeast of Munich. Four German doctors and three hospital attendants were arrested after a woman confessed to killing 211 children for extra compensation.
The American Legion representing 1.6 million members pledged full support for the United Nations charter as National Commander Edward Schieberling urged Senate ratification in a letter to all senators. The Legion praised the San Francisco charter as an honest and able effort to create a workable association of free sovereign nations with power to maintain peace.
The navy department announced the loss of two American destroyers the William D. Porter and the Twiggs and one submarine. Japanese air attacks sank the ships six days apart off Okinawa. Casualties totaled 244 with 183 aboard the Twiggs and 61 aboard the Porter.
Western Newspaper Union reports a heated debate on the tariff reduction bill. The piece notes 15 Republican senators voting for the Democratic tariff plan and questions Republican unity, with references to Mr Truman, Sam Rayburn, and the larger postwar trade program.
Ripe tomato juice removes fresh ink stains. Saw off a wobbly card table to 18 inches for a portable play table. Mend worn garment spots early to prevent tearing. Burn off crusted skillet coating in a bed of hot coals. When making juicy pies cut lower crust larger and hem edges to prevent leaks. Buy good scissors, about 8 inches, and consider dressmaker scissors or pinking shears for sewing.
The article notes a 19th century law allowing the Senate president to act as president temporarily for elections when the vice president succeeds to the presidency. Since 1886 the line of succession extended to cabinet members starting with the secretary of state, placing Roosevelt Coolidge and Truman in line to tame their successors if needed.
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