Japs threaten pilots balloons and suicide attacks top war news
Weekly analysis notes Japan to intensify death by own action attacks and pilotless balloon threats against the U.S. mainland. Tokyo reports planes to crash dive and balloon weapons used for tests while Allied fire devastates Nagoya Tokyo Yokohama Osaka Kobe as Truman pledges total war finish and a vast Allied occupation plan emerges in Berlin on wartime terms.
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Jane Lorae
Eine Nippon
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Kobe
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War casualties and costs worldwide cited by US study
A Washington DC study tallies World War II and earlier conflicts, noting US casualties surpass Civil War deaths with over 1,000,000 losses including 183,563 army deaths and 43,534 navy deaths. It cites 112,868 navy and 890,019 army casualties, plus missing and prisoner figures, and estimates Allied and Axis expenditures above one trillion dollars.
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Navy
Europe
Germany
Food outlook cuts lend-lease as meat shortages bite
Government officials say July to September will see tighter meat supplies despite improved distribution to shortage areas. Meat shipments overseas end as lend-lease winds down after Germany's defeat, with total food deliveries down to 2 or 3 percent of national supply by year end. relief shipments rise 5 to 10 percent, led by wheat and flour.
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Germany
Wartime Food Sales Surge Across U S Retail Trade
Food sales in the United States rose from 12.693 billion in 1938 to 28.261 billion in 1944, a 122.7 percent jump per Alexander Hamilton Institute. Food accounted for half the gain in total retail trade, rising from 33.4 percent of sales in 1938 to 40.8 percent in 1944, with early 1945 data signaling continued expansion.
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United States
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Pope Pius XII Hopes for Germany's Rebirth After War
Pope Pius XII in a world message on his name day expressed hope for Germany's rebirth and dignity after Nazism. He recalled the 1933 concordat allowing Catholic practice and warned against subversion while defending small nations. He warned Europe faces tension from dispossessed men after the war.
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Pius XII
Vatican
Europe
De Gaulle Pushes Five Power Parley Over Near East Crisis
France seeks a five nation conference with the United States Britain France Russia and China to settle Near East tensions over Syria and Lebanon while Britain presses for a U S Britain France three country talk. De Gaulle accuses British agents of provoking uprisings and links oil and Suez to concessions. France begins exchange of 115 million dollars in old notes for new as banks and tax offices brace for the intricate operation.
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Joe Davies
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Davies
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Kremlin
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Harry ‘Hopkins
Hopkins
White House
U.S
Farm Leaders Split Over Reciprocal Trade Bill
Testifying before the senate finance committee the National Grange urged continuation of the reciprocal trade act for a year and more study of its effects. Russell Smith of the National Farmers Union supported giving the president authority to cut tariffs up to 60 percent, saying the measure hinges on presidential flexibility for international economic cooperation.
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Albert 8. Goss
National Grange
Russell Smith
National Farmers’ Union
Relief Clothing Project Reconditions Army Gear for Civilians
Army clothing unserviceable for military use is being reconditioned to the fullest extent for distribution to needy civilians in liberated areas. The effort runs parallel to existing military repair programs and uses the nine service commands’ facilities that would otherwise be inactive during the interim until troop redeployment to the Pacific is complete.
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Rural Hospitals to Gain Surplus Medical Equipment
Washington reports a surplus medical equipment plan to supply rural and small town hospitals and clinics. A three type distribution system will allocate public health goods, surgical tools, and pharmaceuticals through federal and state boards to areas most in need, with safeguards for Negro clinics and hospitals.
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Army
Navy
Surplus Property Board
Morris Fishbein
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American Medical Association
Fishbein
U. S
Thomas Parran
Parran
Federal Security
Paul McNutt
Bible Revival Spurs World Interest as George Stimson Publishes
Washington Digest notes a postwar surge in Bible interest tied to George Stimson who wrote A Book About the Bible. It highlights Bible Society orders, global revival, and Stimson’s life from Iowa to Washington along with his quest for answers to common Biblical questions.
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Pathfinder
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Barbs by Bankhage and odd White House musings
In a column style piece Ola Gray Squirrel vents about White House staff and surplus property. A humorous jab about farmers and gardens is included alongside a strange line about a German surrender not being unexpected and Russian soldiers consuming delousing powder with fatal results.
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Owl
Red Cross Emblem Rules Across Nations
Collier s notes that most nations in the International Red Cross use the standard red cross flag with eight Mesjetm countries resisting any cross emblem. Iran uses the Lion and Sun, while seven others including Egypt Iraq and Turkey use the Red Crescent.
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Turkey
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