Truman backs service merger and national defense reform
President Truman pushes for unification of the army navy and air forces under a single defense department with a civilian head and military chief of staff while seeking a public plan for compulsory youth military training. He also supports UNO participation and warns of labor dispute measures as UAW Ford talks progress.
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Truman
U.S
UNO
Army
Navy
Department of National Defense
U. S
Edward Stittinius
Security Council
General Assembly
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tom Connally
Dem
Texas
Arthur Vandenberg
Rep. Mich
Security Council of Uno
Convict Skipper Acquitted in Indianapolis Sinking Trial
Convict Captain McVay acquitted on inefficiency charge after sinking of the cruiser Indianapolis in the Pacific last July with 880 lives lost. He was found guilty of negligence for not issuing timely abandonment orders and for not zigzagging from Guam to Leyte.
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Indianapolis
Pacific
Charles B. McVay
Secretary of the Navy
McVay
Guam
Leyte
Anti trust charges allege Scophony cartel hampered US TV growth
The government in New York accuses Scophony Ltd and Television Productions Inc and General Precision Equipment Corp of America of delaying television development in the United States by a Europe and Western Hemisphere market division cartel. The British Scophony set could project images up to 12 by 15 feet, while American sets reproduce only 4 by 6 inches to 6 by 8 inches.
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Scophony, Ltd
Great Britain and Television Productions Inc
General Precision Equipment Corporation of America
U. S
Europe
Western Hemisphere
New York City
Scophony
Memoirs Reveal Japan’s Prewar Diplomacy and Axis Talks
Exiled memoir notes by former Japanese premier Prince Konoye depict secret negotiations shaping Far East policy before Pearl Harbor. The disclosures include plans for China withdrawal and open trade restorement in exchange for U S recognition of Manchuria, plus Russia’s tentative axis alignment. Also memorializes Oklahoma frontier lawyer Moman Prusett, famed for dramatic courtroom tactics and a dramatic self defense claim.
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Prince Konoye
Pearl Harbor
Konoye
Far East
Walker
Walsh
Maryknoll
China
U. S
Manchuria
Russia
Tokyo
Iran
India
Reds
Germany
Moman Prusett
Oklahoma City
Okla
Prusett
Southwest
Moman
Farm Crops Year’s Review Shows Record Wheat Harvest
With the new year, American farmers report a record wheat harvest of 1.123 billion bushels and the third largest feed grain crop, while corn output dips from 1944. Many crops hit new records including oats, tobacco, rice, and fruits, though cotton falls to a 1896 low. Overall 1945 output is 1.5 percent below 1944 and 2 percent below 1942.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington Digest on Truman’s Reconstituted Admin
A year-end review notes Truman preserves many Roosevelt era appointees and policies. It cites Byrnes Vinson and Morgenthau as examples while flagging limited fundamental change and concerns over swift reconversion and wage price controls under OPA and WLB.
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Truman
White House
FDR
James F. Byrnes
Southland
Roosevelt
United States Supreme Court
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
Byrnes
Henry Morgenthau
Treasury
Fred Vinson
Vinson
Robert E. Hannegan
Robert Patterson
Henry L. Stimson
Department
Stimson
James V. Forrestal
Navy
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Stresses Need for More Nutrition Knowledge
Dr C A Elvehjem professor of biochemistry at the university calls for expanded nutrition research to broaden public knowledge. He notes workers often seek high protein diets but warns deficiencies in vitamin B6 can occur even on such diets. He adds high fat may reduce tooth decay yet hinder vitamin synthesis in the gut.
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Clinton P. Anderson
White House
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Roosevelt
Tom C. Clark
Truman
Paul V. McNutt
Philippine Islands
William D. Hassett
Washington
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
WPB
Senate
Roosevelt Association
C. A. Elvehjem
Eee E Wisennialt
Elvehjem
Luftwaffe Records Housed At Wright Field Ohio
The United States Army reveals a 250 ton documentary record of the German air force is stored at Wright Field Ohio. The possession of the records is cited as saving time and money by avoiding duplication of German led research in advanced aerial fields.
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Luftwaffe
Wright Field
Ohio
Barrage of Postwar Nonsense and Race Asides
The text rails at British Hong Kong rat bounties and Chinese rat farming, cites a Japanese women’s federation call to fund food imports by giving up kimonos, praises Korean influence on Japanese culture, and grimly notes Nazi era references with a mention of Faver Castle in Nuernberg and 200 guests amid the Nuremberg trials.
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Hong Kong
Japanese Women’s Federation
Faver
Nuernberg
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Chicago
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Ala
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United Automobile Workers
Ford
UAW
Ford Division
Sinclair-United Oil Workers
Wildcat
H. F. Sinclair
Frontier Figure
Farm Crops
Washington Digest
Baukhage
WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
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Snyder
OWMA
OPA
National War Labor Board
WLB
Civilian Production Administration
Office of War Information
OWI
State Department
Bureau of the Budget
United States Government
Office
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Rio Grande
Bankhage
Korea
Broadway
N. Sixth
St. Louis
Barton County
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Poper
First Mortgage Investment Company
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Putnam County
Vernon County
Harison County
Harrison County
Tarme
Karl M. Blanchard
Illcothe, Mo
Farm Machinery & Equip
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Schwindt Implement Co
la Crosse
Kansas
Home Furnishings & Appli
Metzner Stove Repair CO
Kansas City 6
Wilson Mfg. Co
Windsor, Mo
Interstate Training Service
Dept. W. N. Y
Kansas City 2
Missouri
L. Stroman
Mission
Tampa
Fuller
Hillsboro Ave
Tampa, Fla
Mayfield, Ky
Ruthie Cox
Monroe City
Wahlert & Guntzler
North First
Saint Louis
Missouri Feather CO
Warwick
Schwindt Impl. CO
la Crosse, Kans
Central Feather & Down CO
Dept
St. Louis Ave
Kan. City
WNU
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