U S Code Interceptions Bared Jap War Plans
As the Pearl Harbor inquiry opened in Washington a joint congressional panel examined intercepted messages showing U S codebreakers uncovered Japan’s plans a year before the war. Messages dated July to December 1941 outlined Tokyo Berlin and Rome communications signaling war and final dates for action. British PM Attlee addressed Congress outlining Labour aims and seeking a US loan while warning about nationalization and economic policy.
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Attlee
Labor Party
Pearl Harbor
Washington, D. C
Tokyo
Berlin
Japan
Greater East Asia
Nomura
Kurusu
Washington
Hull
Rome
U.S
Budapest
Hungary
UNRRA aid debated as Europe faces winter food shortfall
Congress argues over 550 million to UNRRA with Truman seeking 1.36 billion more. UNRRA officials warn liberated Europe may need 9 million tons of food this winter to prevent starvation. Diets would average about 1200 calories daily, even with 8 million tons more shipments planned. Reports from Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Yugoslavia, and Norway cite cattle and dairy rebuilding needs. Stock market gains mirror grain concerns as rye futures surge amid reduced European and North American supplies. Also covered is Sonny Wisecarver’s appeal and a romantic entanglement involving Mrs. Deveny.
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Congress
United Nations Belief and Rehabilitation Administration
Truman
UNRRA
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Italy
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Norway
Europe
China: Friendly Enemies in Northern War Zone
In northern China, former rivals the Chinese nationalists and Japanese troops ally under central government command to defend vital territory and railways from communists. U. S. Marines guard American assets while lend-lease aid previously slated for Japan surfaces with nationalist forces as fighting centers on Manchuria and Shanhaikwan.
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China
U. S
Chiang Kai- Shek
Manchuria
Shanhaikwan
Gauteway
Great Wall
Washington Digest: Attitude Against Postwar Service Sways Congress
Washington observers note mixed congressional reaction to President Truman's universal military training proposal. The piece cites strong anti training letters, calls for readiness, and a psychiatrist Dr. G B Chisholm argument that education and maturity prevent war, urging strict preparedness and fear reduction as steps toward peace.
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WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
Truman
Congress
United Nations Organization
Chisholm
Tire Rationing and Peace Talk Spotlight Postwar Plans
The piece outlines tire export limits and the desire to push more tires abroad to build postwar markets, risking fewer tires at home. It also covers Raymond M. Davis advocating a department of peace, praising his document and insights before Rep. Eaton, plus editorials on inflation policy under Chester Bowles and a brief AP-style critique of capital chaff tied to Eugene Meyer and a speculative view on Truman's 1943 political future.
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House Foreign Affaire Committee
Department of Peace
Star Witness
Morgantown
W. Va
Sol Bloom
Raymond M. Davis
United States
Charles Eaton
New Jersey
Davis
West Virginia
Congress
Moses
Eugene Meyer
Washington Post
Post
Harry Truman
Truman
Missouri
Predicting Higher Civilian Food Supply in 1846
The Department of Agriculture says total civilian food availability in 1846 will rise compared with 1845, with per capita consumption higher. Shortages expected in pork, fine beet varieties, veal, fats, oils, and sugar, while most gains come from reduced military rations and large early-year exports chiefly to the United Kingdom and western Europe.
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Department of Agriculture
United Kingdom
Europe
G I Insurance Study Finds Veterans Lapse Most Policies
A Northwestern National Life Insurance company study finds three of four veterans lapse their government life insurance due to high pressure to join and lax sales after discharge. World War II service Insurance is less flexible and offers fewer privileges than government plans for WWII veterans.
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Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Barbs and Broadcasts Stir Community Spirit and War Efforts
Television will aid police by exposing confidence rackets while the march of dimes donations rose 25 percent last winter. War Community fans had a youth battle after fighting ceased. An American foreign service member once arrested for espionage was vindicated and promoted to a senior post.
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State Department
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