Cancel Many Merchant Ship Contracts Plan for Postwar Fleet
The Maritime Commission outlines cancelations of contracts for ships in advanced construction while preserving those near completion. It favors finishing small cost ships and terminating those with high completion costs, and drafts postwar designs including large passenger and cargo carriers. Vice Admiral Land backs a sizable postwar fleet of about 17 million deadweight tons to support exports and imports with a faster, extended postwar merchant fleet.
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Wassington Ue
Maritime Commission
Mary
Elizabeth
Cotemission
Jfasi
Geazels
Emory
Land
Commission
Long
Pain relief ad for Trsmol and Tysmel product
An old newspaper advertisement promotes Trsmol for arthritis rheumatism sciatica and related pains. It claims quick relief from stiffness and soreness through a absorbent patch and asserts distinctiveness among similar drugs. Manufacturers are hinted but not clearly named. Caution urges directed use and availability at local druggists.
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Wil
Tysmel
Benselly & Hanna
F. W. Curti
More Service Men Arrive from Europe
The Associated Press lists units arriving in the United States from Europe. In New York aboard Cape Sisters are the Fourth Infantry Replacement Detachment, 418th Air Service Group Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, 18th Materiel Squadron. In Boston aboard Timothy Dwight is the 737th Amphibious Tractor Battalion and the Medical Hospital Platoon. Aboard Hilary AL Herbert is the Sixth Air Engineer Squadron and Fourth Infantry Replacement Detachment. Aboard Walter ER Ranger is Fourth Infantry Detachment, 4th Chemical Company, air operations. Aboard John E Schmitz is Fifth Benet Repair Squadron, Fifth Depot Squadron, 812nd Chemical Company, air operations.
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Associated Fress
Yeateraay
Europe
New York
Cape Sisters
Air Service Group
Boston
Timothy Dwight
Hilary AL/ Herbert
Sith
Adgard Walter ER. Ranger
Chemical Company
John E. Sehmeltzer
Benet
Supp
S812nd Chemical Company
Lend Plans American Ship Output and Fleet Reallocations
Lend outlines postwar shipping strategy with 60 000 deadweight tons built by U S yards and 7 560 tons to foreign trade, plus reallocations to Great Lakes and coastal services. 10 million tons offered for foreign sale, 7.9 million junked, 21 million held in reserve. He says the aim is not hog the seas but share foreign trade, and to transfer some wartime routes from Germany and Japan.
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Great Lakes
Iona
Lend
Ameti
Army cancels orders for 31000 planes in postwar drawdown
Washington dispatch says the Air Forces canceled projected production of 34 000 planes and cut overall expenditures by about 9 000 000 6380 million after Japan surrendered. The War Department said the curtailment affects airframes, spares, and accessories, with heavy reductions in B 29 Superfortress builds and other key models as part of a peace time restructuring while preserving critical aviation progress and advanced design research. General Arnold emphasized a duty to support industry during peacetime while avoiding dissolution of wartime partnerships.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Japan
War Department
Ube
Army
Air Forcs
H. H.arnald
Air Force
Poe Een
AAF
Cent and model names listed with varied percentages
The fragment lists multiple model names such as Pat Thunderpolt Mustang and P50 Sapa Star, with varied numbers like 6,419 and 2,100 and percentages such as 65 percent and 86 percent, but contains no clear news event or context to describe.
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Skrvain
United States Had More Atomic Bombs Said
Spokane report quotes Col Matthias noting the United States possessed more atomic bombs than Japan believed and could have dropped them. He cites ongoing production, 5,000 workers at the plant, and questions about handling bomb byproducts and potential commercial use, with hydrogen atoms referenced.
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United States
Spokane
Wash
Col Frank
Mattias
Hichland
United ‘States
Matthias
Japan
Ue Bickland Plast
Yaid
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