V-J telephone calls set all-time high
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A mighty record –
B-29s flew 100 million miles in deadly attacks on Japs
169,421 tons of bombs were dropped to seriously hit enemy war production
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Benes now hopes for ‘real peace’
But he warns it’s still far away
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Small nations fight ‘pickup’ travel plan
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Simms: Let Wainwright be present at Jap surrender
Signing at Imperial Palace also urged
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard foreign editor
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If surrender is signed there –
Imperial Palace at Tokyo is big enough for show
40 gates, many towers surround grounds within which 5,000 persons once worked
By Frank Aston, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Government ends ban on greeting telegrams
WASHINGTON (UP) – The government today removed the ban on congratulatory and greeting telegrams.
New orders will also permit Western Union, as soon as it desires, to transmit singing telegrams again, and to use messengers for purposes other than delivery of telegrams.
Poll: Sugar pinch felt chiefly by most people
Thick steak second and butter third
By George Gallup, Director, American Institute of Public Opinion
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Radar would have averted Empire State Building crash
Its peacetime uses will be many, varied
By Kermit McFarland, Pittsburgh Press staff writer
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Perkins: Auto industry, labor blames U.S. for lag in conversion to cars
Both agree that number of idle in Detroit will be high, probably 250,000 at peak
By Fred W. Perkins, Pittsburgh Press staff writer
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Only 1½ million idle foreseen by NAM
Survey indicates rapid conversion
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U.S. stores urged to sell surplus goods
Direct buying by consumer planned
By Roger W. Stuart, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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U.S. speeds clearing plants of war machines
WPB offers to ‘nudge’ any government agency not in hurry to remove tools
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