Remember Pearl Harbor and the U S War Effort
The piece rebukes Japan for the Pearl Harbor attack and celebrates Allied victories at Coral Sea Midway and the Philippines Tarawa Iwo Jima and Okinawa. It urges enduring American resolve and condemns Japanese treachery while calling for moral education in Japan.
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Pearl Harbor
Washington
Coral Sea
Midway
Philippines
Tarawa
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
America
War crimes categories agreed by the Big Three and France
The alliance sets three crime categories with death penalties: planning aggressive wars, violations of the laws of war, and crimes against humanity. It notes Nazi and Nippon targets, discusses command responsibility, and references postwar prosecutions at Nuremberg with survivor anecdotes from home front readers.
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France
Supreme Court
Robert Jackson
United States
S.S
Nuremberg
Russia
Japan
Hari-Kari
Reasons Behind Japanese Surrender Cited by Analyst
A military analyst ranks Japan’s surrender causes with the loss of the navy first, Russia’s entry second, and the atomic bomb third. He argues Japan sought peace terms long before Hiroshima, recognizing its fleet’s impotence and the collapse of its war economy and food supplies.
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Hiroshima
Asia
Russia
Hirohito
Editorial echoes warn of atomic power and tyrant risks
Sibley Gazette-Tribune argues that Germany's defeat shows the danger of unchecked power and warns that atomic energy could destroy civilization if placed in the hands of tyrants. Humboldt Republican notes Japan’s fierce resistance, predicting surrender is unlikely as air and land battles intensify.
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Sibley Gazette-Tribune
Germany
Hitler
Mussolini
Japan
Road Building as Public Service Across Private Lines
The Humboldt Independent argues that road construction should not compete with private enterprise. It promotes federal state cooperation on a wartime style intelligent program, noting roads serve broad use and that interest on war debt persists even after the conflict ends.
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Sheldon Mail
Humboldt
Things to Come and the Duty to Work
The Knoxville Express laments future gadgets like dishwashers and washing machines. It notes many will still need to work hard and that dreamers may have overlooked the enduring need for effort despite automatic home devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville Express
Western corn belt lifts share of U S spring pigs in 1945
The western corn belt states Iowa Minnesota Missouri Kansas Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota raise more than half of U S spring pigs in 1945 at 50.4 per cent versus 47.6 per cent in 1938 42. The southern states fall short with the south Atlantic at 6 per cent of the national total.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
United States
South
South Atlantic
Atomic bomb shifts Japanese will to resist
The piece suggests Japanese leaders surrendered or ceased fighting as the United States accelerated with the atomic bomb, arguing that earthquakes had misled the populace and that the bomb offered a way to avoid confronting their people with military weakness against a major power.
Livestock On Okinawa Scarce And Poor Quality
Okinawa reports scarce livestock and poor quality animals amid farming on the island’s rocky infer tile. The narrator recalls digging a large tuber while outlining agricultural practices and local crops.
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Okinawa
Iowa alone far surpasses spring pig crop in 10 state region
The report notes a 10 year average of 13 percent national production in the south central states, this year 11.2 percent. Iowa produced 11,799,000 pigs while 36 states total 11,261,000, with all other regions falling short of Iowa’s spring pig output. Eldora Record-Herald comments on scarcity of good hired girls at fair wages and notes many will marry for shelter then work for bare sustenance.
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Iowa
States
Eldora Record-Herald
How Do They Do It Across Iowa Newspapers
A traveling journalist visits about ten Iowa papers noting crews work long hours amid shortages of manpower and materials. Editors and reporters shoulder front and back office tasks, linotype work, and community service, showing energetic dedication. The Humboldt Independent speculates the highway on Highway No. 3 will become a major trans continental route through northern Iowa.
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Lowa
Pearl Harbor
Lou Gardner
Iowa
Humboldt Independent
Iowa Poll Finds Mixed Views on Future War by Age
A special release shows 56 percent of Iowans doubt a future world war in their lifetimes while younger adults are less optimistic about lasting peace. Only 34 percent of all Iowans expect another war, 66 percent over 40 foresee permanent peace, and 50 percent of 21 to 30 expect war.
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San Francisco
Iowa
Ex Moines Register
Tribun
Towa A
U. S War Department
Bureau of Public Relations
Pacific
Chemical Warfare Service
Okinawa Agriculture Under Military Rule Detailed
The piece describes Okinawan farming under occupation, noting crops like huge daikon and sweet potatoes, limited taro and other exotics, small livestock, and labor done by hand. Goats, hogs, and horses are used for meat or power, with soil and fertilizer practices, lack of tool use, and effects of airstrip construction and civilian segregation on farming.
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Okinawa
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Towa State College
Ames
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Hampton Times
Ada A. Edson
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Lauren K. Soth
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