U S Moves to Take Over Japan and End Rationing Pace
The piece outlines Allied occupation plans led by General MacArthur after Japan's surrender aboard Missouri in Tokyo Bay. It highlights groundings orders, disarmament, evacuation, and the role of interpreters, with Domei figures on bombed cities, casualties, and homelessness. It also notes China's renewed importance in Asia, Chiang Kai-shek's position, and shifting Soviet and British influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Japan
Ita
U. S
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Atsugi
Tokyo
Yokosuka
General MacArthur
Admiral Nimitz
Admiral Fraser
MacArthur
Prince Higashi - Kuni
Domei
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Orient
China
Far East
Chiang Kai - Shek
Chiang
Russia
Britain
Hurley
Inner Mongolia
Manchuria
Reconversion advances reshape wartime controls gains
The article describes rapid easing of wartime rationing and industry controls as reconversion accelerates. Meat, shoe, and lumber restraints loosen, credits shift with the end of lend-lease, and the government signals broad production and construction restarts. It notes doubled meat output, rising civilian footwear production, and new credit terms to bolster postwar economies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Tanners Council of America
U. S
Leo Crowley
Crowley
FEA
Marines Tell Pacific's No 1 Fish Story
Two Marines on Theya island in Ryukyus describe a fishing jaunt inside the reef after an unopposed landing. They split into two parties, swam in minimal clothing, and used a paired-net method to herd fish into nets, turning a supply shortage into an unlikely catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theya Island
Ryukyus
Bob Hilburp
Quisling Trials and Pacific Bases Policy Debate
Summary of trial testimony accusing Vidkun Quisling of Nazi collaboration with captured German documents and coercion of a Communist leader, plus a House naval affairs proposal by Vinson to place U S bases across the Pacific from Hawaii to the Philippines and allied areas. Truman loosens wage controls while the War Labor Board can approve raises under price-keeping rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Quisling
Scandinavian
Russia
Germany
Europe
Pacific
U. S
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Vinson
Dem. Ga
Philippines
Ryukys
Marshall, Caroline and
Marianas Islands
Manus Islands
Australian Admiralties
Guadalcanal
British Solomons
Espiritu Santo
New Hebrides
Noumea
French New Caledonia
United States
World
Harry S. Truman
War Labor Board
Treasury
WLB
Europe Will Need 25 Percent More Food This Year
Washington writer reports from a Maryland farm about ruined oats and surplus hay as Europe faces 25 percent higher food needs amid postwar disruption. An agriculture official explains Europe imports food in peace and war and that Britain and the United States must continue sending aid to fuel recovery and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WNY Service
Eye Street
Washington, D. C
Maryland
Washington
United States
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Canada
England
America
Britain
Iowa
Indiana
Texas
Maine
Idaho
Wisconsin
New York State
District of Columbia
George Washington University
Treasury's Complex Tax Problems
Fred M. Vinson outlines the Treasury's drive against tax evasion, detailing manpower limits, the expansion to 5,000 investigators, and a plan to collect $20 for every dollar spent. He frames tax enforcement as necessary to protect honest taxpayers, deter black market evaders, and support wartime financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Drew Pearson
Fred M. Vinson
the Treasury
Washington
Treasury Department
The
Bureau
Gestapo
Army opens eight tropical skin disease centers
Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk announced eight army centers to treat tropical skin diseases. The army also stated there is no risk of spread domestically as most infections are noncontagious and any patient kept in hospital until noninfectious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman T. Kirk
Geon
Army
Barbs and barbs from the surrender day vigil
The piece satirizes the White House protest and state department secrecy as Byrnes resigns. It questions reconversion and redeployment timing, mocking postwar employment hopes. A silk hose salesman and a retired sales rep appear in the ruminations about America’s return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
State Department
Byrnes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Garrope
Union
Domel
Port Arthur
Dairen
Hong Kong
London
Ask Bases
France
Rhineland
Charles de Gaulle
Truman
Washington. Digest
Sige
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Fred Vinson
Bankhage
Howe
Nouy
Guaranty
Mason Live Lowe
Business & Invest
OPPOR
Bown
Emmett
Terrill
Tovey
Touriss Camp
Hiway
Ae Carroll
Cabina
Carroll
Linville
Laude Degraffenreid Linevills
Des Moines
New Virginia
Allerton
B. Coorran
Lab
Chicago
William Reid Co
Clybourn
Wahlert
Gunz
North
Baintaula
Soretone
McKosnon
LTV
Lema
Rt Ng
Tudrei
Err Gee Mites
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!