Stabilization Policy Aims to Spur Postwar Production
The administration advances a wage price policy designed to lift postwar production. Truman backs extend price controls while Bowles administers the plan as Snyder retains overall control. The move targets major steel, auto, and electrical strikes to avert inflation and restart mass output.
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Truman
John Shyder
St. Louis
Snyder
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Postwar National Guard Growth Plans Unveiled
Plans outline a national guard increase to 672,600 officers and men, more than double the prewar total. Ground forces will include 571,000, air wings 47,800, and miscellaneous services 4,000, with New York leading states at 47,777 and California at 89,568 among others.
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America
National Guard
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Tllinois
Boundary Disputes Over South Tyrol Heat Posts War Winds
Boundary problems threaten peace talks as Italy and Austria dispute South Tyrol. Italy cites hydro electric plants on the Adige river and prior war loss, while Austria seeks fruit and vegetable outputs. Austria waives some plant control but tensions persist amid postwar treaty debates.
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Big Five
Italy
Austria
Tyrol
Anvestmeht
Adige
Hes
Ickes resigns over Pauly testimony amid 1944 race talk
Denis Ickes resigns from the cabinet after accusing Pauley of suggesting funds for the 1944 presidential race. President Truman questions Ickes testimony, signaling friction over underwater oil reserves and control. Ickes warns of potential scandals and cites pressure to use personnel for campaign aims.
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Capitol
Denis
Harold L. Jekes
Interla
Timhead
Tea
Eewin W. Pauley
Totary
Navy
Gages
Harold
Ickes
Truman
Pauley
Interior
Lbneral Ickes
Reform Poratiles
Henry A. Wallace
Grain movements and air travel issues in postwar era
Emergency Chicago meeting of the National Federation of Grain Cooperatives reports severe box car shortages delaying shipments from the Northwest to Minneapolis St Paul to 30 days or more. Farmers may hold grain off market amid uncertain price controls while tax and loan rules affect sales and storage. Britain and the United States reach a postwar aviation pattern allowing cross border flights and base access for commercial planes. Rural Electrification Administration notes 77 percent of farms in the Northeast already receive central station electric service facilitating maple syrup and other farming needs.
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Chicago
National Federation of Grain Co-operatives
Truman
Minneapolis-St. Paul
U.S
Britain
Hamilton
Bermuda
U. S
Atlantic
Newfoundland
British Guiana
Caribbean
Provisional International Aviation. Organization
Rural Electrification Administration
Farmer Ferdinand Wild Loses Land to Kaw River Sway
Ferdinand Wild, a retired farmer from St Marys Kansas, has seen 153 acres vanish to erosion and river shifts since 1918. He once owned 178 acres on the Kansas side but now retains about 25 acres, while across the river he holds 100 acres of soil rarely harmed by cave-ins. In 1945 spring floods, the river again flooded his fields, yielding a grand droughtlike crop of 600 bushels of corn, highlighting the era’s tough farming years and uncertain profits.
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St. Marys
Kans
Ferdinand Wild
St. Marys Star
Wild
Kaw
Mr. Wild
Wabkauniée
Ferdinand
Drouth‘deason
Ferdinannd
Air Force Vets Organize New Veterans Group
Washington reports a new national veterans organization for World War I and II air force veterans, the Air Force Association. tempo rary president is former Lt Gen James H Doolittle. The non profit group aims to preserve AAF traditions and seeks to inform President Truman of its aims. Prominent organizers include Col Willis S Fitch Lt Col Thomas G Lanphier Sgt Forest Vostler and others.
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Washington
Air Forces
James H. Doolittle
AAF
Doolittle
AFA
Air Force Association
Truman
Air Force
Willis S. Fitch
Forest Vostler
Syracuse University
Thomas G. Lanphier
Admiral Yamamoto
Boise
Idaho
Merry] Forst
Dartmouth
James ‘M. Stewart
8Th Air Force
Hollywood
May Name Bald Peak for General
Washington news recounts Gen Edwin F Johnson of Colorado proposing naming a mountain Bald Peak in honor of General Dwight D Eisenhower. Eisenhower responds with two conditions. confirm it is a bald headed peak and ensure nearby good fishing for priority access.
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Washington, D. C
Edwin F. Johnson
Colorado
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Army
Pike's Peak
Eisenhower
Cattle Rustlers Busy in Illinois
Manteno area residents consider forming a vigilante committee to combat cattle theft after Nine head stolen from Sylvester Thilmony farm and four head from Roy D Piper farm. Farm Advisor George Tupper notes farm bureau directors in five Manteno townships may organize the vigilantes.
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Manteno
Ill
Sylvester Thilmony
Roy D. Piper
George Tupper
Farm Bureau
Day of birth and blaze for Kerman rancher
Roy Bowers of Kerman faced a dramatic day on January 16, 1948. He rushed his daughter Lola to Fresno hospital after an icy start, became a grandfather when the stork arrived, and returned to find his ranch house ablaze. Neighbors formed a bucket brigade to fight the fire, limiting damage to the rifle area.
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Kerman, Calif
Roy Bowers
Kerman Rancher
Bowers
Kerman
Lola Stewart
Fresno
Farmers vote to withhold produce in nationwide strike
Clay county farmers voted 971 strong to withhold crops from market until disputes end. W Hubert Johnson said farmers are fed up and demand tools and food to end strikes, noting they blame labor over management, though the resolution says they will not take sides. Similar action occurred in Chickasha Oklahoma.
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Clay County
W. Hubert Johnson
Johnson
Chickasha
Okla
Steel cartel files reveal Nazi linked world steel plan
Dozens of G I investigators trace a global steel cartel aiding Nazi aims. American firms like Bethlehem Steel and U S Steel helped bind companies to price divisions and market quotas while Germans exceeded quotas to boost war output. The story notes high level contacts and letters signaling protection of prices and cross border influence. It also mentions U S political shifts and White House staff changes.
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Washington
G.I
Hitler
Mussolini
Hitchito
France
Engand
Germany
Truman
Ben Fairless
Eugene Grace
Stee
Rhineland
Europe
Luxembourg
M. Bush
Bethlehem Steel
A. G. Mundle
A. S. Steel
Belgium
Charles Wright
London
Elliot
Quy
Bob Hannegen
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French North Africa
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India
China
Russia
General Motors
United States
Raw River
Illinois
Pearl Harebor
Pfc
Annette Hatcher
Gaffney, B. C
Walter C. Short
Bat
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U.S. Steel
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Republic Steel
Frank Purne
Accra
Rae Ted Rochas
Decatur Conny
Girsten
Onraing
Lewa
Minn
M. D. Jones
Blue Earth
E.M. Fox
E. Warnet Malan
Iowa
Lowa
Janeburg
N. J
Aml Saeneep
TAMA
Wilson
Albia
McAlet Ste ‘Sed Farms
Mt. Union
Hteus
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Lek
Ieee
Oxne
Egy
Omox Ua
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