Washington Digest Plans Reorganization of Labor Department
A long overview of Secretary Schwellenbach's push to reorganize the U S Labor Department to consolidate scattered agencies in Washington DC. The piece notes plans for a comprehensive report to President Truman by September and possible executive action or congressional legislation to grant reorganizing powers. It discusses wartime labor tensions, no strike pledges, and aims to reduce friction between labor and management while maintaining consumer interests.
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PNU Service Union Trust
Dullaing
Washington D
Hercules
Washington State
Seliwellen
Department of Labor
Hte Aegin
District of Columbia
Juno
Schwell
Harry Truman
Tke Hercules Schwellenbach
Constitution Avenue
Buay
Augeas
Weame
Schwellenbach
Washington
Diliston
Elso
Schnellenbach
Congress
Truman
Grover Cleveland
Schwellenbsch
Ingt
Josp
White House
Labor Department
John Lewin
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Labor and Management
Department
United States
Ware Man Power Commission
Scial Sec
Ritys
Sccial Security Bord
Department of Welfare
Nationa
Schwellicki
Uva
Sts
Nsch
Double Barrell War Declarations and Atomic Bomb Surprise
The article describes President Truman revealing U.S. entry into the Pacific war alongside Moscow's move against Japan. It details Molotov's confirmation of Soviet hostilities, and outlines the atomic bomb's development, testing, and projected impact on the war and potential postwar world. It notes the Manhattan Project under Groves and Oppenheimer, the uranium fuel, and the bomb's dramatic destructive power and secrecy.
Army Defers Discharge Plan Amid Manpower Clash
The army backs the current discharge rate to sustain Pacific operations, stating it is the maximum affordable. Congress and Senator Johnson push for further cuts, arguing shipping limits and postwar unemployment. Readying troops with 65 point ratings await replacement while others with 8 to 5 points depart as shipping allows.
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Johnson
Dem Cole
Pacific
Pacific Realign Commands in World War II theater shift
The Joint Chiefs realign command on April 5 places Gen Douglas MacArthur in charge of all army forces and resources in the Pacific theater while Adm Chester Nimitz leads all naval forces and resources. MacArthur’s reach extends to the Ryukyu Islands as stepping stones to Tokyo, with Gen Carl Spaatz’s air forces remaining independent of MacArthur. An invasion force is being forged under MacArthur using the Ryukus and the Philippines as a sem circular base.
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Joint Chiefs
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Ryukyu Islands
Tokyo
Government expands poultry buys across eight states
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson says the government will extend poultry purchases to twelve more principal producing states. The plan aims to stock military canning and support Thanksgiving and Christmas service dinners. The 1945 turkey crop is expected to be 578 million to 800 million pounds, enough for about 355 pounds per civilian. Purchases will share output between the government and producers, with high output plants contributing weekly. States listed include North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Georgia among others.
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Anderson
Dv Vara
Dakots
Min & Sgta
Nevelska
Kaneas
Iowa
Missauri Wisessin
Indiana
Oklaha
Texas
Broiler Jr
Delaware
Maryind
West Virginia
Potsdam Reparations And Postwar German Industry Share
Potsdam agreements allocate reparations from Germany with 45 percent of its industry in the eastern zone under Soviet control. Russia will receive a large share of surplus, while the United States and Britain take portions in their zones. The discussion notes the vast wartime industrial shift, and early postwar land and asset arrangements, plus naval losses and ship counts among Allied powers.
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Potsdam
Lins
Gerwant Dusky
Ford
Eal
Looking Backh and Ahead By COMDE JACK DEMPSEY
Comde Jack Dempsey writes at fifty about his WW chair, war service, and future plans. He describes Navy Coast Guard morale work, viewing battles from Okinawa and Pearl Harbor, and his hope that postwar boxing opportunities arise for servicemen. He recalls meeting Gene Tunney and Jack London, and notes new fighters like Abel Cestac and managers aiding his stable.
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Navy
Coast Guard
Okinawa
England
Jack London
Fom
Tommy Mills
Armed Forces
Broadway
Morihern
Jack Dempsey
Waa Ne
Wilstaken
Gene Tunney
Pailadels
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