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(1) "Bradley Field, Conn.: 65 U.S. bombers return over 1,000 U.S. Airforce personnel for furlough and specialized training, prior to duty in the Pacific." (2) New Cabinet Members - "Washington, DC: Thomas Clark of Dallas, Tex., becomes Attorney General, Clinton Anderson becomes Sec. of Agriculture and Lewis Schwellenbach takes oath as Sec. of Labor as President Truman makes further changes in his official family." (3) Stettinius' Plea For All Human Rights - "San Francisco, Calif., Sec. of State Stettinius states that the U.S. adheres to the Four Freedoms and will defend them." (4) Personalities in the News - "New Press Secretary - Washington, DC: Charles Ross, St. Louis newspaperman, is sworn in as the new White House Press Secretary in President Truman's presence. Hoover at White House - Washington, D.C., Ex-President Herbert Hoover confers in White House with President Truman as international food crisis arises." scenes of Charles Ross is new press secretary, Steve Early looks on, Herbert Hoover arrives to provide consul, Gen. Courtney Hodges in Atlanta parade; (5) Baseball's Miracle Man - "Yankee Stadium: Pete Gray, one-armed left fielder of the St. Louis Browns, fields with ease and gets his share of hits in his Big Town debut." (6) Battle To Death On Okinawa - "Admiral Chester Nimitz flies to Okinawa to view the costly progress which the U.S. 10th Army is making. Wounded Yanks limp past the graves of their dead comrades. Tremendous artillery bombardments answer the…
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★★★★ · An anoying name · Zatanna · 2007-02-07
A reviewer above noted the use of the name "Japs", but there is another objectional name/title used in this and other newsreels; "Yanks". At one time in American history the name "Yankee" only refered to people whoe lived in New England and there were many people from the Northern states who objected to being called a Yankee. We Americans were forever stuck with the name by George M Cohan by his song "Over There".