U S Code Interceptions Detail War Plans as Attlee Outlines Labor Aims
The Pearl Harbor probe reveals decoded Japanese messages showing 1941 war plans and ultimums. Attlee in Washington outlines Labour program and calls for safeguards on atomic know how while Britain and the U S seek a joint plan to aid trade and refugee relief, amid Near East tensions and Palestine debates.
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U. S
Attlee
Pearl Harbor
Washington, D. C
Congressional
Tokyo
Berlin
Japan
Greater East Asia
Nomura
Kurusu
Washington
Hull
Rome
Budapest
Hungary
United Nations Commission
Bevin
House of Commons
Britain
Eritrea
Tripolitania
Near East
Dodecanese Islands
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Palestine
Europe
UNRRA food aid and European needs dominate postwar brief
Congress debates a 550 million dollar tranche of a 1.35 billion pledge to UNRRA as Europe faces a harsh winter with an estimated 9 million tons of food required to prevent starvation. UNRRA warns that even full delivery yields only 1200 to 2000 daily calories. Separately, U.N. grain markets rise on projected shortages and rail delays spark demurrage measures.
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Congress
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Truman
UNRRA
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Italy
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Norway
Europe
Chicago Board of Trade
U. S
Canada
Insurance lapses among veterans blamed on drafts and sales
A Northwestern National Life Insurance study finds that three of four veterans lapse their policies after discharge due to high pressure on draftees to take government life insurance and insufficient follow up sales. It notes World War II service insurance offers less flexibility and fewer privileges than World War I government plans.
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Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Chester Bowles
Washington
Tire Rationing and Peace Lobby Echoes in 1940s Debate
A wartime tire export push risks home supply as 400000 truck tires and 100000 passenger tires are allowed for export this year. The piece also surveys a Senate hearing on a department of peace with Raymond M. Davis lauded as a driving force, plus commentary on inflation and political hints about Truman.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Randolph
Department of Peace
Star Witness
Morgantown
Wva
Sol Bloom
Raymond M. Davis
United States
Charles Eaton
New Jersey
Davis
West Virginia
United Nations
State Department
San Francisco
Jennings Randolph
Congress
Moses
Beaming On Inflation Roots In Global Political Economics
Western Union analysis criticizes Baruch letter and Attlee visit for focusing on political aims over economics. It argues production, not taxes, drives inflation and warns against foreign asset transfers and atomic bomb policy. It notes Truman wage plans expand government payroll while goods stay short.
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Washington
Labor‘management
New York
Detroit
England
Czechoslovakia
France
Russia
Ickes
Anderson
Baruch
Attlee
Socialist Party
Britain
Truman
Predict- Another Full Larder for U. S. Total Food
The Department of Agriculture projects higher civilian food availability in 1946 with per capita consumption rising, though not evenly. Pork and certain fats, oils, and sugar will be harder to obtain while overall gains come from reduced military needs and continued large exports, chiefly to the United Kingdom and liberated Europe earlier in the year.
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Japan
Nippon
China
U. S
India
Great Britain
Latin America
Australia
Germany
Department of Agriculture
United Kingdom
Europe
Sewing Circle Patterns Slim Princess House Frock No 8928
A simple efficient house frock with square neck and side closing edged in ric rac. Suitable for afternoon wear in flowered rayon or lightweight wool. Pattern 8928 in sizes 34 to 48 requires 41 1/2 yards of 35 or 39 inch fabric or 3 yards of 54 inch, 2 yards interfacing.
Darkness Hours Vary by Poles and Equator
The North and South poles endure 1,913 hours of total darkness annually, far less than the 3,495 hours of darkness at the equator, highlighting stark differences in dayless periods between regions.
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Poles
Equator
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Post
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