Westward to World Tensions Rise Across Postwar Fronts
U S forces show strength in the Mediterranean with four cruisers six destroyers and the carrier Franklin D Roosevelt while friction with Yugoslavia escalates over Allied planes. The Dardanelles issue prompts talks and potential joint action with Turkey and Moscow against aggression. Polish elections press for full freedoms and fair counts amid Russian pressure. Meat price controls and enforcement expand as OPA deploys 2500 agents and big packers fear black markets. Immigrant refugees from Estonia seek entry after long sea voyage. Pirates and labor unions feature in domestic labor debates as Britain moves toward nationalizing iron and steel with state boards and modernization efforts.
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State Department
Russia
U. S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mediterranean
Yugoslavia
Tito
Austria
Italy
Belgrade
United Nations
Dardanelles
Turkey
Dardanelles Straits
Black Sea
Moscow
Man Earns Centuries Later For Train Help
T N Myers of Alliance Nebraska finally collects 60 cents in back pay from the Chicago and North Western railway after 426 years of waiting. A 1920 snowbound stoppage at Chadron forced him to help shovel a stalled train, enabling his wife to reach delivery, and the railroad later verified the 60 cent owed.
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T. N. Myers
Alliance
Neb
Chicago and North Western Railway
Myers
Interior
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Chadron
Myerses
North Western
Chicago
Claims for territorial and war-reparation adjustments at Paris talks
New claims pressed by Austria Egypt and Albania at the Paris peace conference seek territorial settlements and war reparations. Austria urges a favorable ruling on South Tyrol, Egypt demands the Giarabub oasis and Sollum plateau plus compensation for bombardments, and Albania seeks over 900 million dollars in reparations and firmer limits on Italian forces while opposing a Greek border rectification.
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South Tyrol
Italy
Austria
Egypt
Giarubub
Sollum
Libya
Albania
Greece
Farm real estate values rise 4 percent in four months
The department of agriculture reports a farm real estate price increase of about 4 percent for the four months ending July 1. The U S index reaches 147, up 13 percent since July 1945 and 77 percent above the 1935-39 average, yet 14 percent below the 1920 peak.
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Department of Agriculture
Courteous Japs Kow Tow To Victorious Americans
A postwar reflection contrasts American and Japanese conduct after V J Day. US officers in Shanghai met a deferential, bowing Japanese ground force and later toured a repaired plant guarded by a smiling Japanese officer, while a separate scene in the Netherlands Indies shows an American visitor allowed onto his own plant under Japanese guard, provoking mixed feelings about ownership and reconstruction.
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Shanghai
China
Washington
Netherlands Indies
Sweden
Uaw-Cio
CIO
University of Denver
American Broadcasting Company
Payroll Guarantee Association
American Feed Manufacturers’ Association
General Motors
National Planning Association
Leon Henderson
Department of Agriculture
Committee On Small Business
Goats in Bomb Test Prompt Army Humor
In a humorous note from Barbs by Bankhage four goats from the atom bomb test show partial recovery suggesting human goats if the bomb goes widespread. Pvt. Donald Callahan wins an army essay prize with a date for two showgirls. The Army Times questions Gen Omar Bradley possibly resigning as VA head citing speech demands over work.
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Donald Callahan
Army
Donald
The
Army Times
Omar Bradley
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