Returning soldiers pose daunting demobilization hurdles
The article argues that after long overseas service 2,937,000 troops will not return quickly. It notes ongoing supply, equipment, and transport challenges, the need to reprocess soldiers, provide housing, and handle potential Pacific redeployments, stressing that delays and complexities remain while families await loved ones’ safe homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
War Department
America
Pacific
Asiatic
Nazi Ideology in Latin America Centers of Influence and Action
The piece warns that Nazism spread to South America via German sponsored schools, with about 670 such institutions alleged to operate. It notes taxes, low tuition, and indoctrination spreading Nazi doctrines, linking graduates to State Department blacklists, and urges prophylactic measures and equal educational offerings to counteract this influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Germany
Latin America
State Department
Inter-American Educational Foundation
Office of Inter-American Affairs
Europe
Containment Call Against German General Staff
A wartime editorial urges swift merciless action to eradicate the German General Staff. It argues the staff steered both wars, and that preserving its members would imperil peace as it could revive rearmament and conquest. advocates occupation hardening and drastic measures to prevent future aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Reich
Wehrmacht
United Nations
Staf
Hitler
America
Civilization
San Francisco
Japs Choose Hari-Kari in Wartime Stand
A Japanese cabinet session led by Premier Kantaro Suzuki vows to continue the war aimed at “self existence and self defense” despite Germany’s defeat. The piece notes vast Allied production and manpower, Japan’s still substantial army, and plans for intensified bombing and a hard campaign on Japanese homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kantaro Suzuki
Germany
America
United States
Britain
United Nations
Japan
Great Britain
Wehrmacht
Targets Within Range Prepare to Crush Japanese War Machine
A panel of hundreds of experts has set a priority target list. In months Japan’s rail and motor networks will be disrupted, cities left in ruins, and vital munitions severed, paving the way for invasion.
Kaiser mass production housing plan sparks alarm
A regional editorial critiques Henry J. Kaiser’s plan to mass produce entire villages on a five day from lot to finish. It warns the approach could dull American life, raise monotony and potential crime, and questions the societal cost of such rapid housing expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Kaiser
Mr. Kaiser
America
Anmerica
Jamaica
Long Island
Queens
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Letters on peace and postwar world order in The Record
Readers urge anonymity for letters to The Record while advocating public input on permanent peace. The writers call for democratic world security, an international police force, and active citizen involvement, noting wartime crimes and the need to ensure a just postwar settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Security Organization
Clash Over Security at San Francisco Conference
The article reports on Molotov critiques of collective security and the shift to bilateral alliances at the San Francisco Conference. It notes Russia seeks sovereignty, favors regional pacts, and uses veto power to block a unified security council action. President Truman faces pressure to shape U.S. Europe policy amid evolving alliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
San Francisco
San
Molotov
Sehaier Vandenberg
Levent Mir
Thas
Europe
Teri Iit
Ndasibie
United States
America
Afr. Molotov
France
Czechoslovakia
Security Council
Falta
Allance
Britain
International Security Organization
Géroany
Security —Council
Truman
Americas
Distant Echoes of Communist Ties in U S Policy
A critical column recalls wartime tensions between New Deal supporters and American Communists. It cites picketing of the White House and antiwar protests, noting shifts after June 1941 and alleged reconciliations with Communist influences in unions and government circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
C LO
United States
Russia
Hitler
Britain
France
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Unioy
New Deal
Communist Front
Washington
Martine Caien
National Maritime Union
Acio
Pan American Plans Six-Engined Land Clippers For Postwar Route
Pan American Airways has ordered six engined land based clippers with 4200 mile range and 204 passenger capacity. The 160 ton planes will be built by Consolidated Vultee with ~3000 hp per engine and are intended for over ocean routes as the carrier shifts from seaplanes. Airports would need to be ready for the new craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sky Giants
Rochester Times Union
Pan-American Airways
Pan-American
Martin Company
Navy
Consolidated Vultee
Caribbean
South America
Industry Is Ready for Postwar Economic Shift
The War Production Board predicts a four to six month transition from a two front to a one front economy after V E Day. Relaxed priorities will bring civilian goods back by year’s end and 72 industries can absorb most workers laid off from armament production, signaling lasting economic resiliency.
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Detroit Free Press
War Production Board
San Francisco Conference Faces antiwar Voices and Pearl Harbor Echoes
A Bleeding edge report from the San Francisco scene outlines anti Bretton Woods groups and isolationist agitators led by Louis M. Bickem. The piece cites Gerald I. K. Sirita Huey Long forces Senator Reynolds O Daniel and others opposing the Atlantic Charter. It notes Saudi princes and a mockery of the peace plan as the conference unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ed Stettinius
Joe Grew
Sen
Bretton, Woods
Louis M. Bickem
Friends of Democracy
Grew
Pearl Harbor
Poland
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Bratton Woods
Blikenhead
Gerald I. K. Sirita
Sretimne
Huey Long
American First Party
Gost Hotels
Elizabeth Dising
Chicago Tribune
Bob Reynolds
North Carolina
Evalyn
Hope Diamond
ArcLean
O’daniel
Texas
Sam Pellengill
Gannett
Charles Hudson
Coturt “Asher
John B. ‘Trevor
The
American Coalition
Walter Steele
National Republic
Brook Ign Tablet
New York Gaelic American
Meriden, Conn
Reynolds
Bretton Woods
Lynn
van Hyning
America
Sars
New York News
Saudi Arabia
Preposition Myth Debunked in Colby Column
Dr Etaoin Shrdtu reports English usage boom and defends ending a sentence with a preposition. Readers debate proper placement while Colby promotes his PREPOSITION pamphlet and offers free copies via self addressed envelopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etaoin Shrdtu
Colby
B.B. Columbus
Los Angeles
A.L. C. Youngstown
Frank Colby
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U.S. Army Air Forces
Pacific Ocean
Ughier
Office of Defense Transportation
Entvelopedia
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Record
Beaver
Isaiah
Ameria
Nclevei
God
Jesus Christ
Eli J. Memory
East Greenbush
By David Lawrence
Fair
Westbrook
Peg'er
U. S
International ‘Security ‘Organization
Henry Wallace
Joseph Curran
Communist Party
Merry
Pearson
Stettinius
Aras
South Arabia
Ibni Saud
India
Winchell
Hooper
James €. Petrillo
Huddy Ledbetter
Bei
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