Veterans seek higher civilian roles after war say jobs should match matured skills
Wright A. Patterson reports a Western Newspaper Union piece arguing that most veterans will return as mature workers and deserve better jobs than prewar roles. It contrasts pay in francs for GIs with real exchange value and notes management efficiency in U.S. industry versus British views. It also cites tax burdens and advocates government price controls.
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Ufe
France
General de Gaulle
Germany
Joe
G.I. Joes
U. S
England
America
Court judge questions German prison labor in postwar reparations
A secret Jackson opinion argues German labor should be used for reparations only if convicted war criminals. Morgen thau meetings and Pauley clash over policy while Hitler’s groups face possible indictments. Training films are burned while demand grows for surplus prints and machinery reuse in postwar planning.
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France
Supreme Court
Robert Jackson
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Jackson
Ed Pauley
America
United States
Gestapo
Nazi Party
Justice Jackson
Morgenthau
Will Clayton
Army
Navy
FEA
Yalta
Roosevelt
Pauley
Hitler
New Yorker notes mix dinner tales and wartime chatter
A reader’s montage cites Molotov hosting a Stet tinius Eden dinner with Molly adding details about the pinch of the 16 Poles. Franco debates steps with his henchman on joining the United Nations camp and half mast for Roosevelt. Goering mocks guards while Quisling resists cell, neutral Swiss and Swedish kin discussed.
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New Yorker
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Stettinius
Eden
Molly
Stetty
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Germany
United Nations
Spain
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Women Farm Helpers Drive War Food Effort Across States
The Women's Land Army mobilizes town and country women to fill farm labor gaps during harvest. In 1944 about 350000 women worked on farms, alongside housewives and students, with wages set by farm standards. Camps, schedules, and county agents coordinate placements to boost food production for the war effort.
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Women's Land Army
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Washington
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WSA
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Will Hays Office
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Virginia
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