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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ended until President Truman or Congress proclaims 'termination of hostilities.' " Is it true that we of the armed forces are enlisted or inducted for the period of the duration of hostilities plus six months or for the duration of the emergency plus six months? Which is correct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Pearl Harbor Report | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

...future was reconstruction. The road to reconstruction lay "through lively and free discussion and correct public opinion." The Premier proposed : 1) complete military and industrial demobilization; 2) all possible measures to cope with food, clothing and housing shortages; 3) a vigorous fight against unemployment and inflation; 4) development of agriculture and reorganization of industry; 5) reeducation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: The New D | 9/17/1945 | See Source »

Next day Secretary of State Jimmy Byrnes undertook to correct the erroneous headlines. Patiently he explained that the U.S. is not seeking payment in dollars-"which will not be available to our debtors." But this did not mean, he said, that there are no Lend-Lease settlements to be negotiated; there was "no justification" for assuming that the debts were to be cancelled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Those Headlines | 9/10/1945 | See Source »

...recall two major incidents: 1) French newspapers once charged that Allied flyers had spared I. G. Farben fac tories (some U.S. papers had also printed it); 2) a sensational yarn that U.S. troops destroyed supplies which French civilians might have used (a story which the French were slow to correct when proved wrong). Aside from these, the French press - as best exemplified by the Paris dailies -has been almost timid in discussing its great western ally. The further fact is that the old, rowdy prewar Paris press is either dead or sound asleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Mr. Truman Speaks Up | 9/3/1945 | See Source »

...most U.S. cities, battle veterans of Europe and the Pacific who need a few more credits to enter college must return to regular teen-age classrooms. Several cities-Houston, Baltimore, Washington -are about to do something to correct the situation; Detroit and Philadelphia already have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: High School G.l.s | 9/3/1945 | See Source »

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