OPA Aid Quits In Protest of Textile Ruling
Pascale Curt Forstmann resigns as chair and member of the Woolen and Worsted Advisory Committee citing the War Production Board and GPA price orders as unsound and unnecessary. Bowles responds that industry members misread price stabilization goals while noting rising per yard prices and fabric upgrading under MAP rules.
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Pascale
Curt Forstmans
Dias
Office of
Pricy Administration
Chester Bowles
GPA
War Production “Board
Fortimacn
Flors Peace Weaver Co
Bowles Thete
OPA
Pirepact
Forstmann
Washington
Bowles
Kenney's Far East Air Forces claim heavy Japanese losses
In a three year war review Gen. George Kenney's Far East Air Forces released figures citing destruction of 1,900 Japanese aircraft and about 4,676 additional aircraft possibly destroyed. Allied air units also sank over 1,700,000 tons of enemy shipping and damaged nearly 3,000,000 tons.
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U. S. Far East
Atom debate spans science politics and popular culture
Raymond Moley argues about atomic science influencing policy culture and thought while critics warn against using the bomb to justify agendas. He notes government support for research, calls for international cooperation, and urges careful reasoning over alarmist or partisan use of atomic ideas.
Allied Armies Prepare Occupation of Japan After Surrender
An Allied war update describes continued troop movements toward Japan with plans to occupy under the Potsdam declarations. MacArthur postpones the Manila surrender conference while advancing preparations and air lift for key officials and imperial household travels.
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Ensury
Manchuria
Beou
Korea
China
Fukuoka
Shanhhei
Nanking
Shanghai
Canion
Teurang
Saigon
Japan
MacArthur
Imperial Household
Philippines
Central Pacific
Manila
Japanese Surrender Orders Reach Fronts as Hirohito Enforces Cease Fire
Reports detail MacArthur pressuring Tokyo to end hostilities with expedient surrender. Hirohito’s message says imperial family will enforce it, with timelines showing six to twelve days for full effect across China Bougainville New Guinea and the Philippines. Still fighting in many sectors as efforts to coordinate planes and itineraries continue.
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Nippon
Jorveys
Manila
Macarthur
Hirohito
Federal Communications Commission
China
Bougainville
New Guinea
Philippines
Matar
Mikado
Thew
Tokyo
DoiHei
Douglas MacArthur
Nanking
Manchuria
Civil Service Bar to AQH Veterans for Jobs
The Civil Service Commission announced a new rule accepting government job applications only from veterans or those about to be separated from federal service. Vacancies will be filled by returning veterans or by those about to be separated from other positions.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Local Social Notes From Greenwich and Nearby Areas
Greenwich residents Mrs. Mars Scally and daughter Mrs. Benjamin Pratt have returned from Springford. Mr. and Mrs. Royal Barber and daughter Jacqueline spend this week camping at Hedges Lake. Miss Mary Bright visits Mrs. Samuel Skiff and Mr Lew Skiff of South Orange NJ.
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Mars Scally
Benjamin Pratt
Springford
Royal Barber
Jacqueline
Hedges Lake
Mary Bright
Samuel Skiff
and Lewi Skif
South Orange
Mra
J. A. Woolsey
Gordon Woolsey
Chicago
Jennie Komorski
Jennie Yandhunis
New York
W. L. Fielding Haylor
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Emily Rengali
Weehawker
N. J
Robert Bartlett
Grand Street
Jesse Duell
Ellis Hospital Schenectady
George E. Fifield
Beulah Curtis
Bruce
Chitton Park Road
Cary? Reynolds
Athens
Truman Ends Political Lid Opens Public Debate Again
President Truman declares politics now free and open at a press conference, signaling possible 1948 campaign plans. Governors from Pennsylvania Michigan and Oklahoma react with cautious optimism, urging bipartisanship as the nation moves from wartime to peacetime policy.
Presidents asks governors to act on reconversion
A group of governors met with President Truman who urged a quick return of employment services to state control. The Governors said Truman pledged cooperation and would issue a memorandum on timing for resuming state direction of the work. Both sides stressed joint efforts to sustain high employment as peacetime job creation grows while private industry supplies most positions.
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Washington
Lpi
Truman
United States Employment Service
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Appkesman
Governors’ Conference
Mackinac Island
Committee of Governors
Martin
Committee
Pthe
Tocal
Talks on Jewish Home in Palestine by U S and Britain
President Truman announced that the United States and Britain are discussing a peaceful plan for establishing a Jewish national home in Palestine. He said many Jews should be allowed to move there and noted discussions with Prime Minister Attlee and Churchill at Potsdam. Any solution would be diplomatic with Arabs and British.
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Washington
Tro
United , States
Britain
Palestine
United States
Attlee
Churchill
Potsdam
Truman
Gary Gillette
Iowa
Inague
Servicewoman Helps Allied Troops After War Ends
Mrs HL Michael, honorably aiding servicemen in Pittsburg, has cleaned mended and altered uniforms since Pearl Harbor. After the war's end she can end her duties with a sense of duty fulfilled, having supplied 6541 uniforms at no charge to service members.
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Pittsburg
HL. Michael
Peat Harbor
States Seek Local Oversight of Federal Airport Aid
New Yorks joint legislative committee on interstate cooperation urged Congress to route national airport aid through state and local governments instead of direct federal grants. The panel warned federal control would duplicate existing state aviation agencies and create a new intergovernmental system.
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New York
State Joint Legislative Committee On
Congress
BSE
Avien Vion
Norman Hurd
State Farm
Civilian Conservation Corps
Shotig
Asiascic
Ignia Nice
Regis
Thanksgiving service closes war era in Mechanicville
A joint Thanksgiving service titled The Way to a New World was held at the First Methodist Church Mechanicville led by Rev Eat D Wooddell and Rev Freeman J Kline. Choirs from three churches performed while Donald Willetts presided at the organ. The speakers urged continued resolve and faith beyond military victory.
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First Presbyterian
Memorial Baptist
First Methodist
Eat D. Wooddell
Baptist Church
Freeman
Kline
Methodist
Donald Willetts
Wooddell
Madame Chiang Hopes For Peace in China
Madame Chiang Kai-shek urged harmony in an exclusive interview from her New York residence. She expressed hope Chinese Communists will prioritize national interests over party aims to avert civil war and said she plans to return to China within two months to work with the leader at the center of the nation. She has been in the United States about a year and described the Communists as a political party.
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New York
Chiang
Kai-shek
Hedeon River
China
United States
Madame Chiang
White Russians and the term origins in Russian history
A discussion tracing the phrase White Russians, its dual interpretations, and the historical context behind the name. The article cites a popular version from the Russian army early in the Soviet era and contrasts it with the broader meaning of the term. It also notes a pamphlet on spelling reform offered by Frank Colby via this paper.
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Pussis
Union of Soviet Socialistic
Rowith
Poland
Aero
Dri Vorgsh
Ani Hatis
Teariat
Riz
Russia
Frank Colby
Army to Return Four Million in Next Ten Months
Army transportation chief outlined plans to bring 4,070,000 men home from overseas in about ten and a half months, with 2,500,000 from Europe and 1,500,000 from the Pacific. Discharges will vary, and 500,000 monthly returns are projected by year’s start. Five new separation centers will speed processing at Fort Cluster Mich Fort Monmouth N J Far Riley Camp Wolters Tex and Camp Haan Calif.
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Washington
Europe
Pacific
CP. Gross
United States
Jonas N. Dalton
Truman
Navy
Dalton
Trenixvusro
Fort Cluster
Mich
Fort Monmouth
X. J. Far
Riley
Kansas
Camp Wolters
Tex
Camp Haan
Cal
Waterford Red Cross asks branch workers to return uniforms
Waterford Red Cross surgical dressing committee chairman Beharson Deverts requests branch workers to return uniforms and folded items. Meeting at Jenn House Memorial of the First Presbyterian Church is noted, with a session from 2 to 2:30 PM indicating work has been discontinued. Personal George Fivep and family of 191 Saratoga Avenue are spending the summer at Saratoga.
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Bre. B. Beharson Devitt
Comroliwe
Red Cross
Jenn House
First Presbyterian Ch
George Fivep End
Saratoga Avenue
Sarssoge
Nestor
U S Citizen May Be Polish Envoy
Oscar Lange of the University of Chicago, a native of Poland and former Polish Socialist Party member, may be named Poland’s first ambassador to the United States. Lange, now a U.S. citizen, would need to become a Polish citizen to accept the post. He led the Union of Polish Patriots in Moscow in 1944, aiding the Soviet sponsored Polish government now recognized internationally.
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Chicago
Oscar Lange
University of Chicago
Lance
Union of
Moscow
Poland
Lublin
United States
German executions amid political tensions described
The report notes German figures executed by guillotine near Brunswick after conviction for public safety crimes. Names include Heinrich Bosch and Tateg. The text also references Madame Chiang and a cautious stance on avoiding war, emphasizing political solutions over armed conflict.
200 000 Soldiers To Return Next Month
About 200 008 eight point soldiers are scheduled to return home during September. States forces in the European Theater announced yesterday. Two more divisions the Fifth and 1th Armored have been alerted to leave for the United States. Soldiers in the European Theater were granted a one day holiday today as a victory week is over with no official ceremonies.
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Galt. Ed
United States
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