Eh? I thought you stopped posting items from 1945, now that the war is over.
I have, but as noted, when something interesting comes up, I'll still post it, and this item, while minor, is interesting. Trains were such a huge part of American, and Wyomingite, life in 1945, and this would have referred to a bridge on the UP line, which had been jam packed the entire war. The disruption would have been significant.
The event didn't hit the local press, to the extent I can access it, that day. News of an upcoming big parade in Tokyo did.
Truman was reported to be taking the Democrats to the left, which is where they pretty much already were save for Southern Democrats. He nonetheless was appointing a Republican to the Supreme Court.
The Sheridan Press was not only reporting that new houses were going to be a lot more expensive post war, but that exciting new fabrics were on the way.
The Coronado washing machine was back after the war.
The Sheridan Press was also promising that you'd be able to buy airplanes at department stores.
In other news, the Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 was held, with the Soviets debuting the JS-3 tank to the public.
The parade itself drew sort of a "m'eh" response, as the world had already moved on to the post war and was tired of these displays.
The tank had been designed to take on German heavy armor and it was a monster, but it arrived too late to see action in the war. It was the third in a series of tanks named "Joseph Stalin". It would see some use in post war fights, particularly in the Middle East.
Australia ratified the United Nations Charter.
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