Allied War Moves In Borneo And Polish Talks Advance
Western Newspaper Union outlines Allied push into northern Borneo under Gen. Douglas MacArthur, targeting oil and rubber assets while Japs face pressure. American Legion and VFW urge reform of the Veterans Administration, proposing a deputy administrator and expanded care. Big Three prep for postwar Europe as Hopkins and Davies shuttle between Moscow and London, easing Polish governance tensions with Stalin.
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Douglas MacArthur
Borneo
Indies
Malaya
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
U. S
American Legion
V.F.W
Veterans Administration Bureau
Congress
Department
Omar Bradley
Bureau
The
Army
London
Moscow
Reds
Poland
Sunny Side Up Eggs to Replace Powdered Rations for G I Joe
The aim is to ship real eggs in shells for overseas G I Joe meals replacing powdered and canned eggs. Previous shell eggs faced space, fragility, and cooling challenges, hindered by refrigeration needs during transport.
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G.I. Joe
Kansas Harvest Faces Labor and Transport Crunch in 1945
Government predicts 1945 wheat output near 1.08 billion bushels while Kansas reaps 215 million bushels of winter wheat. State needs 20 000 workers 2 000 combines 2 000 trucks and more feeding points amid railcar shortages and elevator glut. Also rising polio cases nationwide accelerate into summer.
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Department of Agriculture
Kansas
U. S
Pacific
USDA
Peace Force Proposal Advances at United Nations Meeting
In San Francisco Joseph Boncour urged plans for an international army navy and air force to be led by a military staff committee with regional sub committees. The force could draw on about a third of the US military and would require free passage across UN members. Approval hinges on unanimous Big Five support and a majority of the 11 nation Security Council.
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Joseph Paul Boncour
United Nations
San Francisco
U. S
Britain
Russia
China
France
Security Council of
Shipyards Race To Rebuild As Peacetime Jobs Draw Off
Navy reports peacetime hiring drains shipyards on both coasts slowing repair and construction. Brooklyn yard needs 5,000 more workers as the 27 000 ton carrier Reprisal runs five months behind and Oriskany is半 finished. Franklin D Roosevelt requires 3 million man days of work.
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Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Oriskany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
West Coast
West
Brooklyn
War dogs reassigned as hospital pets for recovering soldiers
Veterans' war dogs no longer suited for combat are assigned to army convalescent hospitals as pets and mascots. If a hospitalized veteran bonds with a dog, he may gain ownership and take the animal home after discharge.
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Army
Poultry Black Market Shapes War Food Policy
War Food administration weighs freezing all stored eggs as illegal markets worsen. G-men probe Delaware Maryland poultry trades with findings touching Delaware politics. OPA price ceilings debated as Stitts denies formal request to suspend rates. Eggs move via covert channels to New York City. hundreds of thousands of cases stored. Dirksen touts OWI impact abroad and Hopkins helps Polish talks. Chicago Mayor Kelly hosts large service center. Philippines posts potential ambassador or commissioner role.
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Washington
War Food Administration
J. Edgar Hoover
Delaware-Maryland
Delaware
OPA
Clifford Shedd
WFA
Army
Gordon Sprague
Shedd
Sprague
New England
New Jersey
North Carolina
Tim Stitts
Anderson
Food Committee
Stitts
Minnesota
New York City
Hopkins
Stalin
Moscow
Mikolajczyk
London
Kremlin
Chicago
Ed Kelly
U.I
State
Interior
Philippines
U. S
Reconversion Boost from War Inventors and Bond Plans
The piece argues reconversion will be smoother than expected with 80 percent of factories switching civilian output easily. It highlights Burl E. Sherrill of Peru Indiana whose war driven compass factory expands to civilian goods and lifeboats, and notes future civilian demand. It also discusses public idea of using war bonds as memorials for Roosevelt and urges buying bonds to support the treasury.
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WNU
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Uncle Sam
John Q
Washington
Burl E. Sherrill
Peru
Ind
Sherrill
University of Chicago
Chicago
Indiana
Erts
Carnegie Institute
Army Engineers
The
War College
Okeh
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
Ted Gamble
Treasury
Farm Price Provisions in Senate Move to Extend OPA
The senate passed a one year extension of OPA with a cost plus profit provision for farm prices amid opposition in both chambers. Truman criticized the clause as bad and urged its removal while supporters argued it would apply if parity prices failed to cover costs, with Wherry and Shipstead backing the measure by a 37 to 30 vote.
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Senate
Harry S. Truman
Wherry
Shipstead
Truman
Sugar Quotas Set Amid 1945 Shortage Concerns
The War Food Administration fixed July to September quotas for government and civilian sugar use as supply pressures grew. January through May distribution reached 2 955 906 short tons, up from 2 747 543 last year, while raw sugar stocks on June 2 stood at 275 746 tons versus 442 234 last year and beet inventories at 374 052 tons versus 465 222.
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War Food Administration
Home Front
Bomb raids cited by US bomber commander in Pacific
Col Alfred F. Klaberer of the 21st bomber force estimates up to 1.5 million Japanese killed in B 29 raids on Tokyo with Yokohama burning after raids. He notes severe burn injuries require multiple caregivers and cites the strain on Japanese personnel.
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U. S
21St Force
Klaberer
Navy bulletin bans transporting monkeys to India
An official navy warning states Navy personnel may not transport monkeys to or from India. A congressman notes the country’s vast geography as the government moves west from the Hudson. The piece also cites rising horse meat sales and a medal awarded to a high officer for halting a runaway horse two decades ago.
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Navy
India
Hudson
Mississippi
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National Foundation For
Peace Force
G.I.S
Poultry Black Market
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Illinois
Dirksen
OWI
Office of War Information
Turkey
United States
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Washington Digest
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