Well, I guess you could more easily get meat.
An odd illigal immigration story was reported on.
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Showing posts with label Post War United States (and Canada). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Post War United States (and Canada). Show all posts
Friday, July 3, 2026
Thursday, July 2, 2026
Tuesday, July 2, 1946. They were Nazis, but maybe they didn't know what they were doing?
The Luce–Celler Act of 1946 was signed into law giving all Philippines citizens living in the United States the right to become naturalized U.S. citizens.
Lucius Clay
Deputy Military Governor of the American Zone of Occupation in Germany Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay pardoned all Nazis under 27 years old, except for those accused of war crimes, and restored one million men to German citizenship.
His act was based on the presumption that men of that age had largely not appreciated what they were doing.
The great postwar accomodation of the Nazis in West Germany had begun.
The News discussed the first OPA free day.
Of note, the Pappy O'Daniel was the Senator from Texas, for which he'd previously been Governor. Hh also hosted a radio show. He'd become Senator O'Daniel in the controversial 1941 special election following the death of Morris Sheppard by defeating defeated Lyndon Johnson by 1,311 votes. He as a Southern, anti Roosevelt, Democrat. He ran again for governor in 1956 and 1958 during which he claimed Brown v. Board of Education was part of a Communist conspiracy. He finished third in the Democratic primaries both times. After his 1958 loss he accepted the nomination of the Constitution Party, but did not appear on the general election ballot due to the state's "sore loser" law. That nomination is somewhat interesting in context in that far right wing wackadoodle Rebecca Bextel, who is from the well funded Teton County carpetbagger wing of the GOP, is running on their ticket this year due to moronic thesis that cross over Democrats are going to get Barlow nominated for the GOP Governor slot and then she can come in and save the day by all the real Republicans voting for her in the general, something that shows a real deficit in mathematical understanding.
Orson Wells released The Stranger, his first film noir.
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Monday, July 1, 1946 Crossroads Able.
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Monday, July 1, 1946 Crossroads Able.
Crossroads Able, "Gilda" July 1, 1946.
Atomic weapons were detonated, this time on Bikini Atoll, for the fourth time in human history. The testing was on ships. The device was not on target, so the impact was less than expected.
It was front page news, of course, but it was mixed with economic news and concerns.
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Saturday, May 30, 2026
Thursday, May 30, 1946. First post war Indianapolis 500.
The Indianapolis 500 was run for the first time since 1941. George Robson, took the race.
Robson was killed in a racing accident that September.
Over 90 passengers were killed in a railway accident at Hengyang, China.
The day prior the Senate had defeated a really badly thought out plan by Truman to draft striking rail workers.
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Saturday, May 25, 1946. Jordanian independence, Railroad strike ends.
Labels: 1940s, 1946, Harry S. Truman, Jordan, Labor unrest, Monarchy, Railroads, Strike Wave of 1945-1946, Unions
Monday, March 16, 2026
Saturday, March 16, 1946. Route 66. George Mikan turns pro.
Route 66 was recorded for the first time, the introductory edition of the Bobby Troup work by Nat King Cole.
Troup was a songwriter and actor, married to actress Julie London
He was also a graduate of Wharton, which produced the unfortunate Trump and Gray, but that's another matter. He served in the Marine Corps in World War Two, by which time he was already a songwriter. The war did not really interrupt his songwriting.
Route 66 was an absolute masterpiece, and has been recorded an innumerable number of times, and was even used for the basis of a television series that ran from 1960 to 1964.
In some very real ways, Route 66 symbolized the post war world and its sense of youth, indicability, and automotive freedom.
Route 66 itself was one of the original U.S. Highways of the United States Numbered Highway System. It was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. It became a huge factor in Depression Era migration to California, which makes the way its nostaglically remembered somewhat ironic, but as
College basketball player George Mikan, who was hugely popular turned pro.
He was a great player, and notably played with glasses. He struggled with diabetes in his final years, which focused attention on the plight of pre big money players.
He died in 2005 at age 80, a basketball great.
The Rocky Mountain News focused again on gambling.
An intersting service was being offered:
A tryst with a German Madchen went rather poorly.
To popular one panel cartoons of the day:
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Friday, March 15, 1946. Soviets in Iran.
Labels: 1930s, 1940s, 1946, Harry S. Truman, Iran, Nazi Germany, Propaganda, Radio, Skiing, United States, USSR, World War Two
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Tuesday, January 22, 1946. Central Intelligence Group formed.
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The Truman Administration formed the Central Intelligence Group, with its official duties being:
The Central Intelligence Group is a recently created interdepartmental organization in which the State, War, Navy, and sometimes other departments participate. It coordinates all activities of the Government involved in obtaining and analyzing information about foreign countries which this country needs for its national security. It also furnishes interdepartmental analyses of this type of information or use by Government officials.
The immediate predecessor, the OSS, had been disbanded. The Group itself would evolve into the CIA very quickly.
Qazi Muhammed establishing the Republic of Mahabad. He'd be hung by Iran in 1947.
The Socialist Soviet puppet state of the Kurdish Republic of Mahabad, also referred to as the Republic of Kurdistan, (Kurdish: کۆماری کوردستان, romanized: Komarî Kurdistan; Persian: جمهوری مهاباد,) was formed in the Soviet occupied portion of northern Iran.
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Monday, January 21, 1946. Steelworkers Strike.
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