Einstein warned "I believe that the abominable deterioration of ethical standards stems primarily from the mechanization and depersonalization of our lives ... Nostra culpa!"
First powered flight of the X-1.
X-1 in flight.
Forced labor in French overseas territories, which had allowed for annual conscription for government projects, was banned.
The final edition of the China Burma Indian soldiers newspaper the Roundup was published. It was a reprise of the war, and on its last page ran a selection of pinups, a feature of the newspaper with its pinups being a bit racier than Yank's.
In the last issue of this series (1946) we ran a story from the Rocky Mountain News about pregnant German women. I.e., women who had become pregnant by American troops to whom they were not (and could not be, at that time), married. The news ran the story in a somewhat lighthearted fashion, but that didn't match the reality.
Such children, of whom there were at least 200,000 by Allied troops, actually faced pretty rough conditions, as discussed here:
Occupation children
Last edition:
