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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1945
Page
2
The Western Newspaper Union reports the Big Three discuss peace terms while homecomings beat schedule. Allies prepare for Berlin governance and postwar setup as terms and timelines circulate among leaders and military planners.
President Truman reaches Potsdam to meet with Prime Minister Churchill and Marshal Stalin. They plan to discuss Germany control, postwar borders including Italian territories, Italy peace terms, Spain neutrality, and Japan. Berlin rules will shift under Allied zones with food and supplies to civilians and exchanges of goods amid shortages.
Eight transports docking in New York return 35 000 veterans from the European war the largest single day total since V E Day. Americans 28 000, Canadians 7 000. Queen Mary carries 15 000. West Point 7 600. James Parker 3 000. Nat ale Piavallo a nine year old Italian orphan among escapees.
Reports from U S and Japanese sources describe Tokyo and other industrial centers under heavy air assault with invasion feared. Navy figures show Allied air power and carrier strength rising, while Halsey’s fleet recovers from a devastating typhoon with limited losses and ships restored for action.
An American naval party found a Japanese hospital ship dirty and vermin ridden with inadequate food and medical supplies for 1,006 Wake Island patients. Many appeared starving. wards and galleys were filthy while officers were polite. A doctor warned many would die during the night. The skipper spoke of tea liquor and interest in the Yankees.
Representative Wood of Georgia was elected by the House to chair the committee on un American activities succeeding Representative Hart who resigned due to ill health Rankin had been acting chair and praised Wood as outstanding and one of the finest Americans in the House
The Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion will join the treasury department when Fred M. Vinson, current OWMR director, becomes secretary of the treasury. Vinson plans to retain his top OWMA staff, while treasury officials foresee further consolidation of independent fiscal agencies into the treasury.
Soldiers with high points for release are labeled essential and kept indefinitely. A captain in Germany has 127 points yet his wife threatens divorce over the belief he will stay. Chaplains report dozens of such cases weekly, harming morale.
Col Westray Battle Boyce named director of the women s army corps after Col Oveta Culp Hobby resigns ending her tenure as founder and head. Boyce served eight years in federal Washington posts and North Africa tour as WAC staff director and chief assistant to Hobby who vows to return to civilian life to care for her family.
Chinese forces report recapturing two former U.S. air bases in Kuangsi and encircling Kenchow as fighting extends 12 miles from the town. They push toward Wuchow and near Hengyang while advances in Hunan threaten rail hubs. Meanwhile, auto production will lift rationing by March 31 but tin shortages limit shipments, leaving many unable to buy family cars.
About 280000 head of cattle have been placed on blue stem grass in Oklahoma and Kansas. Finishing gains of 200 to 350 pounds are expected on the green feed. Grass fed beef usually grades B or lower, but with corn scarce, some will reach A grade. Commission men anticipate prices of 13 to 14 cents per pound.
Daily low flying aircraft spray Manila with DDT for malaria control. Planes spray rooftops creating a fine mist to reduce flies mosquitoes and pests among residents. The method has also been used successfully on New York City beaches though supply remains limited.
Henry Morgenthau’s resignation story surfaces as he demanded executive backing to stay. President Truman offered a denial but Morgenthau planned resignation, with Byrnes’s appointment soon shaping a broader cabinet shakeup amid foreign policy shifts and postwar planning including Bretton Woods and the Berlin conference.
In a newspaper sketch the American Telephone and Telegraph Company envisions cars with in‑vehicle phones linking home and road. The piece jests about calls in motion and the added gadgetry, noting risks to pleasure of driving and potential service headaches, with a satirical aside on postwar plans and Johnson.
The article muses on fickle rain forecasts and an upbeat stance on noisy theater crowds. John Chapman advocates letting patrons express displeasure like baseball fans. The piece oddly endorses throwing pop bottles during shows and pokes fun at political missteps by Truman.
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