There were definitely anxieties fostered by V-E Day and the coming of V-J Day. The Chicago Tribune ran articles alternating between pessimistic to cautiously optimistic peace prospects.
The president of Borg-Warner, a major defense contractor told the Tribune: "The gradual transition to peacetime production after V-E Day will be the most difficult period we have yet faced. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius reminded farmers of what happened after World War I when the market for wheat nosedived and thousands of farmers lost their homes and farms.
Tribune front page headlines:
APRIL 30: TRAMPLE SLAIN DUCE
Munish Falls; Patton Frees 27,000 Captives
Mussolini Shot and Dumped in a Public Square
Capture Nazi Party's Beer Hall Shrine
The last headline might be of interest. I imagine it is where Hitler's Beer Hall Putch took place.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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