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1945 News @80yearsago.bsky.social · 8h

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

One week from now, on October 22, I will be leaving Pittsburgh, my hometown, to go to Arizona to stay for 6 days and to visit my maternal grandfather there.

I may continue running this account, but posts may be a bit delayed and there will be fewer responses.

Traffic on the Arizona Highway System, Average Daily Traffic, 1985

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[October 15th, 1945] Pierre Laval, a French traitor, attempted suicide with poison before his execution. Doctors revived him, and he was later shot by a firing squad in Fresnes Prison, Fresnes, France, shouting "Vive la France" as his last words. He was 62.

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[October 15th, 1945] Eoin MacNeill, 78, founder of the Irish Volunteers and a key figure in the 1916 independence uprising, died in Dublin. He served as a Dail member from 1921 to 1927 and was dean of the history faculty at the National University of Ireland.

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Strike votes are underway at Swift-Canadian and Canada Packers plants.

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[October 15th, 1945] The Canadian government appointed J.G. Taggart as federal controller of major packing plants to manage labor disputes. Union leaders welcomed the move if it aimed to resolve conflicts, but warned it could worsen tensions if used to avoid strikes.

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[October 15th, 1945] My Day by Eleanor Roosevelt

My Day by Eleanor Roosevelt, October 15, 1945

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1945 News @80yearsago.bsky.social · 8h

I will send photos, Arizona scenery, and vacation updates here, on @40yearsago.bsky.social and on my X/Twitter account: x.com/MisterSuitcase

I'll be returning back home to Pittsburgh on October 28, so everything should be back to normal by then.

Thanks for understanding!

1945 News @80yearsago.bsky.social · 8h

It’s been a while since I've seen him, so I'm really looking forward to the trip. I've never been out West or to a different timezone before, so it should be interesting to see the desert and the warm weather for a change.

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[October 15th, 1945] A stone head of Christ, dislodged by the atomic bomb blast at Nagasaki, lies before the ruins of a Roman Catholic cathedral (Life Magazine)

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[October 15th, 1945] Calgary's new senior football team, the Stampeders, is well-prepared with funding, leadership, and new uniforms. They recently debuted in a game at Mewata Stadium, reviving senior football in the city after a five-year absence.

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[October 15th, 1945] Miniature Targets Guided Assault on Japan (Stars and Stripes)

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[October 15th, 1945] Today's Nancy comic by Ernie Bushmiller

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The club features high-stakes games, female dealers, and operates 24/7 with profits split among the family.

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[October 15th, 1945] Harold Stewart Smith, a U.S. Army corporal, runs Harold's Club in Reno, the largest gambling establishment in the U.S. He and his brother own the club, which generates over $1 million annually. (Life Magazine)

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[October 15th, 1945] Oldsmobile officially resumed production of its 1946 models, marking the end of a wartime halt. The first car, a six-cylinder club sedan, featured the improved Hydra-Matic automatic transmission. Production is expected to exceed 450,000 cars annually once fully underway.

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[October 15th, 1945] The bus company Victory Liner was founded in the Philippines. The founder José I. Hernandez, a mechanic, built the first bus from scratch using scrap parts left behind by the U.S. Army after World War II.

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[October 15th, 1945] The Alsos Mission was officially disbanded after successfully completing its World War II objective of investigating Nazi Germany's nuclear and scientific programs

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It had been home to over 10,300 people at one point, with 412 births and 107 deaths recorded during its operation.

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[October 15th, 1945] The Granada War Relocation Center in Colorado closed as the last 126 Japanese-American residents left for Sacramento. The camp, which once held over 7,500 evacuees, will be sold as surplus property in about two months.

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[October 15th, 1945] The image of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage was moved back to its church in Antipolo, Philippines, after being hidden during World War II

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The author suggests that trying to sleep late is a "hopeless job" and encourages joining the majority who are up and active early.

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[October 15th, 1945] The essay argues that sleeping late is impractical because the world is already active early in the morning. People, animals, and transportation all have routines that begin before noon, making it difficult to sleep in.

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The Soviet Union insisted on using Russian legal methods and wanted to keep custody of some defendants until trial plans satisfied them. The indictment is expected to be presented soon, giving defendants 30 days to prepare a defense.

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[October 15th, 1945] The Nuremberg trial of 24 Nazi leaders was delayed due to a Russian request for more time to translate documents and differences over legal procedures.

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[October 15th, 1945] Russian Army colonel Sergei Korolev, soon to become his country's leading rocket designer, witnesses a British test firing of a captured V-2 missile at Cuxhaven, Germany, a demonstration held for representatives from United States, Russia, France and Whitehall.