Allied Plunge to Open Pacific Invasion Informs White House Talks
U S and British carriers pound Japan as Adm Nimitz declares pre invasion stage. Bombardments target Hokkaido links to Honshu while steel mills and coal ships face naval strikes. Senate action centers on United Nations charter Bretton Woods and Export-Import Bank expansions to fuel postwar reconstruction and trade. Big Three plans focus on future peace terms and allied occupation. OPA probes corn trade irregularities as grain markets tighten amid July deliveries and rye stocks fall.
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Redeployment: New Workers In Berlin for Big Three
President Truman urged 65,000 civilian railroad workers in the United States to join the redeployment effort to move troops and materiel to the Pacific and hasten Japan’s defeat. The army furloughed 4,000 experienced railroad men, but 12,000 skilled workers are still needed. The War Manpower Commission granted 17 western railroads top priority for interregional recruitment.
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Harry S. Truman
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Pacific
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Frauleins wary as troops ease social bans in occupation zones
Residents report German civilians and G I s navigating looser rules after the lifting of a ban on associations. Women observers note lingering hostility in some areas while returning German soldiers provide escorts, reshaping social interactions in the occupation zone.
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Viking Up
Ruewansing Upps
Meat Storage Surplus As Army Ties Up Supplies
Meat stocks reach 635.098 million pounds on July 1 the highest since September with most earmarked for the army. Beefs and pork rise to 261.373 and 330.524 million pounds while lamb and mutton gain to 17.908 million and 2.430 million. Public freezer occupancy sits at 73 percent. butter eggs and canned goods rise while apples and dried eggs fall.
Brazil reorganizes states into five regional blocs
The United States of Brazil, the hemisphere's largest republic, consolidates its states into five regions. Spanning over 3,275,000 square miles, it covers nearly half of South America and could surpass U.S. land area with room to spare for another Texas.
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South America
Texas
Navy Fares Shipboard Rations In Pacific Carrier
Pacific Navy carriers stock enough food for three full rations daily for 100 days. One hundred fifty three items fill large refrigerators from 40,000 pounds of potatoes to 39 ounces of maple syrup flavoring for personnel aboard.
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Pacific
Rail Rates Protest Revision Faces ICC Action
Ten northeastern states petition the ICC to reconsider its order raising class rates 10 percent in the East while lowering them the same amount in the South and West. They argue evidence does not show previous tariffs were unlawful and call for minor modifications to the August 30 change affecting rate structure.
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Capitol Notebook Names Sny der to War Mobilization Post
Banker John W. Snyder of St. Louis, 48, named to succeed Fred M. Vinson as director of war mobilization and reconversion. Vinson, former congressman and judge, moves to Treasury following Morganthau replacement.
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Henry Morgenthau
Treasury
Truman Era Washington Quietly Reopens After War
Washington settles into a peaceful summer as Congress plans a long recess and returning soldiers, officers, and civilians crowd the capital. The White House mood shifts with Truman aides and Battery K veterans mixing with donors, lobbyists, and regional partisans amid looming 1948 electoral tensions.
Radar in War and Peace How radar reshaped combat and travel
Washington columnist notes radar’s birth as Radio Direction and Ranging and its rise from a wartime secret to a tool used in strategic bombing, night defense, and air traffic control. It saved England in the Battle of Britain and aided Allied operations from D-Day onward, with future peaceful uses in aviation and collision avoidance.
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Barbs and letters in a witty personal column
A witty personal column mocks mail, mentions a French paper on G I love making, notes a home front shortage and domestic market potential for a product. It recalls soy beans used for chop suey sauce. Metropolitan Life notes divorced and widowed people finding new mates more easily than singles.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Scalloped Cupboard On Table or Chest
A wall space craving display fits a breakfront cupboard on a base table or chest. Build with a scalloped plywood front, cut with a saw or by a woodworker, then paint or stain to match and back with fabric. Pattern 264 offers large diagrams and directions with materials list. send 15 cents with name and address.
Hindus Are Tricky in Reconditioning Elephants
The article discusses Hindu elephant reconditioning practices, noting repairs to injuries from saddle fit, dyeing of hides to conceal wounds, chalk designs, and filling foot cracks. It highlights that missing toes reduce market value, with toe restoration emphasized as crucial to value.
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