U S Moves to Take Over Japan and End Rationing
The article analyzes early postwar moves including Japan’s surrender aboard the Missouri and occupation plans led by General MacArthur, the reduction of rationing in the United States, and Allied strategy for reconstruction and economic aids. It notes the toll from air attacks, Japan’s surrender process, and U S plans to ease controls while expanding credits and recovery efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Japan
U. S
Missouri
Tokyo
Atsugi
Yokosuka
General MacArthur
Admiral Nimitz
Admiral Fraser
Prince Higashi - Kuni
MacArthur
Domei
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Leo Crowley
Crowley
FEA
Quisling trial and Pacific base plan quoted
The article reports on Vidkun Quisling facing a torrent of evidence of collaboration with the Nazis in Norway and his defense that he sought to prevent British bases and Russian invasion. It also covers a House naval affairs proposal for U S dominance of Pacific bases from Hawaiʻi to the Philippines and related undertakings. The piece notes wartime wage relief policies and a surgeon general announcement of tropical skin disease centers with assurances against spread and infectious patients remaining hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Quisling
Scandinavian
Russia
Germany
Europe
Norman T. Kirk
Army
Congress Veering to Left in 1946 Election Outlook
Washington observers note a leftward tilt in labor and political action as the Truman administration may shift gradually left. The CIO and AFL labor blocs weigh in on Murray and Hatch-Burton bills while Congress eyes labor management talks under Schwellenbach and Wallace supervision. Senator Murray warns of conflict without a program guaranteeing jobs. Sen Morse cites UK trends toward economic security for the common man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Truman
America
United States
Political Action Committee
CIO
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
AFL
England
Labor Party
Stafford Cripps
TVA
Federal Reserve System
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
Social Security
Commodity Credit Corporation
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Federal Deposit Insurance Act
Federal Land Banks
Russia
Labor
Schwellenbach
Wallace
Senate
Wayne Morse
Ore
Murray
Mont
Marines Share True Fish Story From Iheyas Reef Run
Two Marines on Iheya Island Ryukyus after landing paired boats and nets to fish inside the reef. They separated into two groups and the swimmers herded fish toward the nets by their antics yielding an improbable catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iheya Island
Ryukyus
Setty Hilburn
Trivia Questions From An Old Quiz Show
Question list asks about state citizenship history and U S President salaries. Items include state residency status, a president who declined salary, the Helvetians home, Salome's mother, and France's Devil's island off which continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Salome
France
Old Devil's Island
Who Said the Secret of Success in Life Quote
The quote about eating what you like and letting the food fight it out inside is attributed to Mark Twain. The multiple-choice options include Virginia, Washington, Switzerland, Herodias, Northern South America (French Guiana), and Mark Twain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Washington
Switzerland
Herodias
Northern
South America
French Guinea
Mark Twain
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Western Newspaper Union
China
Orient
Far East
Chiang Kai - Shek
T. V. Soong
Chiang
Britain
Hurley
Inner Mongolia
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Dairen
Hong Kong
London
OPA
Tanners Council of America
Pacific
Ask Bases
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Vinson
Dem
Philippines
Ryukys
Marshall, Caroline and
Marianas Islands
Manus Islands
Australian Admiralties
Guadalcanal
British Solomons
Espiritu Santo
New Hebrides
Noumea
New Caledonia
Harry S. Truman
War Labor Board
Treasury
WLB
Rhineland
Charles de Gaulle
Washington, D. C
Walter Shead
WNU
WNU_ Washington Bureau
Union Trust Building
Te Tod
Eveready
Ory
Plains
Fries
A A
Nasional Carbon Ca., Inc
Fram Corporation
Providence
TaNton
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