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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1945
Page
6
Western Newspaper Union reports on the big three studying peace terms as homecomings beat schedule and allies prepare for the Berlin question. Analysts note terms under discussion and potential shifts in postwar planning.
President Truman arrives in Potsdam to meet Churchill and Stalin amid talks on Germany control and postwar borders. Allies plan Berlin duties, food and coal distribution, and exchanges of goods as war-near end veterans return, including 35 000 home in a single day.
Reports from Tokyo and allied broadcasts show Japan fearing a homeland invasion while defense plans are outlined. U S. forces claim over 17 000 Japanese planes down since Pearl Harbor with about 2700 fleet plane losses. Navy carriers near 100 with heavy tonnage and 26 000 aircraft deployed last year. Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet slowly rebuilt after a ferocious typhoon with minimal loss and ships restored to action in the western Pacific final.
An American party boarded a Japanese hospital ship and found it dirty and vermin infested. About 1,000 patients from Wake Island faced inadequate food and medical care. many were starving and likely to die that night. Nurses kept the sick clean, while wards and galleys were filthy. The captain, polite and curious about the Yankees, offered tea and liquor and had once played third base on a Jap navy team.
The Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion will join the Treasury Department when Fred M. Vinson becomes secretary. Vinson plans to retain OWMA staff, with Treasury officials aiming to fold additional independent fiscal agencies into the Treasury. The United Nations Charter clears Senate Foreign Relations Committee scrutiny and heads to a full Senate vote with broad support and a few voiced objections.
Col Westray Battle Boyce named director of the Women's Army Corps after Col Oveta Culp Hobby resigns to return to civilian life. Boyce, with eight years in federal service and WAC experience, previously served as staff director in North Africa and chief assistant to Hobby.
Daily low altitude aircraft spray in Manila using DDT reduces the fly and mosquito pests among the unwant ed population and lowers reported malaria cases. The same method has been used on New York City beaches though supply remains limited.
WNDU Service in Washington outlines radar as Radio Direction and Ranging. It tracks distant objects, guides night and day operations, and helped Britain in the Battle of Britain. It foresees radar transforming commercial aviation and traffic control with safer landings in fog.
Washington relaxes after victory with a long recess planned amid reconversion strains. Returning veterans, GIs, and office seekers crowd the capital while Truman aides maneuver for influence. On the Hill Republicans prep for 1948 battles as Schwellenbach and Anderson gain clout.
Many long service members are labeled essential and kept from release. Captains in Germany report 127 points yet face delayed return, with wives fearing separation or infidelity. Chaplains note weekly cases creating morale strain across units.
A literary note about a “literate lass” seeking laughs in letters contrasts with cautions about mail on the first of the month. A French paper comments on French girls and the GI brand of slave-making while noting a home front shortage and domestic market potential. The piece recalls soy beans and sauce for chop guey and cites Metropolitan Life Insurance findings on dating after divorce or widowhood.
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