Big Three Meeting Shaping Potsdam Talks
President Truman arrives in Potsdam to meet Churchill and Stalin to discuss Germany control long term, territorial dispositions including Italy, settlements with neutral states, and postwar political and economic questions. Berlin policy shifts as American and British zones assume control, with food and coal provisions and cross zone exchanges amid shortages and upcoming conferences.
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Potsdam
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Stalin
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Berlin
Big Homecoming Ahead of Schedule Across Transports
Eight ships docked in New York mid month bringing 36,000 returning veterans from Europe. About 28,000 were American and 7,000 Canadian with infantry regiments and air force units among the evacuees. Queen Mary carried over 15,000 men including 6,000 Canadians. West Point carried 7,600. James Parker ferried 3,000. John Ericsson similar. Japanese diplomats among 33 aboard West Point faced custody. Nat ale Plagalla, a nine year old Italian orphan, was smuggled aboard General Bliss and later liberated from a German camp. Immigration decisions await for Plagalla.
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New Chairman Elected to Un American Activities Committee
Representative Wood of Georgia has been elected by the house to chair the committee on Un American activities. He succeeds Representative Hart who resigned due to health. Rankin had been acting chairman since Hart’s resignation and praised Wood as outstanding and one of the Sweet Americans in the house.
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Jittery Japan faces looming invasion as home defense urges
Reports from Tokyo indicate rising jitters as Allied air attacks threaten the Japanese mainland. Navy figures show U S forces destroying over 17 000 Japanese planes since Pearl Harbor while U S plane losses run about 2 700. Navy carriers total near 100 with 1 250 000 tons of combat capacity and over 26 000 aircraft built since Pearl Harbor were deployed to the fleet last year.
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Typhoon hits U S Fleet five weeks later
Five weeks after a ferocious typhoon battered Adm. Halsey’s fleet with 138 mph winds, 21 ships suffered damage but most returned to action. The cruiser Pittsburgh survived with its bow torn off and has been refitted. Damaged ships include three fast battleships and two Essex carriers. One life was reported lost. Admiral Nimitz did not specify strike location, likely in the western Pacific between Okinawa and the Philippines.
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Pittsburgh
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Chester Nimitz
Pacific
Okinawa
Philippines
JAP HOSPITAL SHIP IN BAD SHAPE
An American naval party found a Japanese hospital ship dirty and vermin plagued. About 1,000 Wake Island evacuees were aboard under truce with severely inadequate food and medical supplies. Wards and galleys were filthy, many likely to die overnight, yet officers remained polite and curious about American baseball.
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Wake Island
Yankees
Treasury to absorb OWMA under Vinson as secretary
The Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion will join the Treasury Department when Fred M. Vinson becomes secretary. Washington reports Vinson intends to retain his top OWMA staff. The move signals a consolidation of independent fiscal agencies into the Treasury.
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Soldiers Classified Essential Face Indefinite Detention
The article reports thousands of service members deemed essential are held indefinitely with no clear release. Families struggle to understand delays and husbands face risk of prolonged separation, including cases where wives threaten divorce. Morale among troops declines as captains report ongoing strain.
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Jong Ard
Germany
Charter moves along with near unanimous senate committee support
The United Nations charter moved through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with little resistance and heads to the full Senate for likely approval without changes. The committee heard from allies and prominent figures including CIO president Philip Murray and NEA president William G Carr, signaling swift U S action as a possible first nation to approve the charter.
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Norman Thomas
United States
New WAC Chief Hobby Resigns in Battle for Leadership
Col Westray Battle Boyce named director of the Women's Army Corps after Col Oveta Culp Hobby resigns to return to civilian life. Boyce, with eight years in federal service, has served as WAC staff director and chief assistant to Hobby. Chinese troops recapture bases in Kiangsi. Kanchow encircled as forces advance toward Wuchow and Hengyang area.
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Texas
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Kanchow
Hong Kong
Wuchow
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Siklang River
Hunan
Paoking
Hengyang
Ration Free Autos May Reach Public by March 31
War Production Board head Henry P. Nelson says there will be more autos available by March 31, potentially ration-free. Yet tin shortages keep supply tight and few families can expect to obtain their own car. Domestic demand remains strong with 690,000 new cars planned, barely more than ten percent of market needs. Grass fattened cattle move to markets across Oklahoma and Kansas, about 980,000 head grazing on blue stem. Steers should gain 200 to 350 pounds, with grass-fed beef expected to fetch 19 to 14 cents per pound, lower than corn-finished beef.
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Henry P. Nelson
War Production Board
Uttle
Oklahoma
Kansas
Commission
Radar Triumphs and Threats From War to Peace
Washington Digest outlines radar origins in 1930s experiments and wartime use that saved Britain, guided battles near the Solomon Islands, and aided Allied air forces. It discusses future civilian roles in air traffic control, collision avoidance, and fog landings, plus the potential for precise missile guidance and extended range.
Truman Era Watch Shifts Power Away From White House
Washington hums with postwar moves as Truman aides vie for influence while Hannegan and Pauley groups press for gains. Bureaucrats, veterans, and key officials cluster around the Mayflower and White House, shaping policy, funding, and political strategies ahead of 1948 elections.
Oddball trivia and tall tales from a curious mind
A collage of quirky claims and historical tidbits spanning health myths, famous figures, paradoxes, and cultural quirks. Highlights include Edison era quips, Verdi rivals, a tale of Napoleon and salt, an obsessed cinema schedule, and a miscellany of misremembered facts.
Malaria Control by Air Delousing in Manila
Daily low-lying aircraft spray Manila with DDT to reduce flies mosquitoes and pests among residents and lower malaria cases. The misting planes fly at rooftop level and spray at city scale, a costly transport method with limited supply and has seen similar use on New York City beaches.
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New York City
Barbs and Banter in a Personal Column Teaser
Bankhage Adt notes witty lines on literacy in letters and lampoons mail rituals. A French report mocks G I brand lovemaking while hinting at a domestic market potential for a product. A Soybean joke recalls old uses. Metropolitan Life finds divorced and widowed seek mates more easily than single peers.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
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