Driverate test screens road hazards beyond back seat driving
Philadelphia safety test uses a three minute stationary car run to evaluate driver reaction vision and attitudes. The driverater presents seven hazards on a suburban road scene to judges whether drivers brake react or misjudge. The machine records near misses but lets you finish unscathed if timing holds.
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Rosellen Callahan
NER
Philadelphia
Franklin Institute
Miogk
Death of Woman in Tulsa Declared Accidental
Miss Roslyn Singleton 22 died in Tulsa from accidental injuries after a playful scuffle with friend Johnny Durham of Norman. Police said the case is closed and ruled the death an accident, noting she slipped and hit her head on the floor at a Tulsa home after a dance. Singleton was from Norman and employed by an oil company.
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Tulsa
Okla
Roslyn Singleton
Don McGuire
Miss Singleton
Norman
Robert McCullough
Johnny Durham
Charles M. York
Durham
B. C. Singleton
Inflation and Shortages Mark Tokyo Return
Russell Brines reports Tokyo's postwar return is slow and painful as inflation and shortages linger. Citizens face scarce staples, rationed food, and rigid government control while a faint hope for democratic reform grows amid drab urban life and resumed travel and work.
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Tokyo
Russell Brines
Japan
China
Yokohama
Imperial Hotel
Veterans Occupation Rules and Kyushu Landings Reported
Allied occupation orders require labor pools and English highway signs while prohibiting weapons on ships. Japanese forces are to cooperate with Halsey Spruance and Kinkaid, and all seaports must stay open. The Kyushu landings began by air and continued with seaborne support as the 127th Infantry, 32nd Division, and others entered Kagoshima and Kanoya. The U S 27th Division moves toward Yokohama to share duties with airborne and cavalry units. Atsugi airfield saw the initial landing earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Kyushu
David W. Taylor
Bredford
Adams
Kagoshima
Kanoya
127Th Infarry Regiment
21St Service Group
U. S
Okinawa
Yokohama
11Th Airborne
First Cavalry
Atsugi
Youth Center Planned for Oklahoma Diocese
Episcopal youth center in Oklahoma City will serve as the Diocesan center for the state. Bishop Thomas Casady announced the project funded by a $40,000 gift from E. J. Miller in memory of his wife Anna H. Miller, with land allocated on 35 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Episcopal
Church For
Oklahoma
Thomas Casady
E. J. Miller
Anna H. Miller
War Hire Outlook For Peacetime Jobs Says Wartime Roles Shift
The War Manpower Commission report projects 200000 more sales and store workers by October with a larger Christmas season boost. Construction needs 100000 each for new work and repairs by mid October. Farming will hire about 1 million August to October, then slump. WMC expects 2.5 million wartime job losses in 60 days after August 14 and up to 4 million in six months. aims to restore manufacturing to 14 million hands in coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Sterling F. Green Eeete
Saat
War Manpower Commission
Japan
WMC
Atrocity Report Details Dec 14 1944 Prisoner Massacre in Philippines
U S notes condemn brutal massacre of American prisoners by Japanese guards in tunnels and on beaches in the Philippines. Accounts describe bayoneting blasting and incineration of prisoners, with others shot during attempts to escape, and several prisoners buried alive.
End of beef rationing eyed as supplies rise
Washington dispatch reports Joe C. Scott of the Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture says national beef rationing could end as meat shipments reach crowded areas for fair distribution. He also notes 25 percent higher slaughter quotas may ease shortages and a 60 000 ton soybean allotment will be available from the 1944 crop to Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joe C. Scott
Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture
Scott
Oklahoma
Commodity Credit Corporation
Oklahoma Farm
Japanese Government Officials Implicated in Atrocities
A state department report condemns officials of the Japanese government for atrocities and vows future judgment for those involved whether by neglect or willful intent. It notes improved treatment of Americans in some cases but cautions that information from the state department is incomplete and will be updated by returning prisoners. No military personnel were named among victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Friends of Mine
Higashi-kuni
State Department
Market Wrap Irregular Stocks Pulse. Rail Declines Lead
New York trading opened with irregular gains among selected issues while rails slumped. Downticks included U S Steel Chrysler Montgomery Ward J I Case Douglas Aircraft Western Union and Santa Fe. Bond prices pressed lower as rails remained supply heavy. Cotton quiet as mills report profit taking amid mixed cattle and hog quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Fed
Gar Wood Industries
Coca-Cola
Bethlehem
General Motors
Goodrich
International Harvester
Phelps Dodge
General Electric
Union Carbide
du Pont
Eastman Kodak
Texas Co
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
J. I. Case
Douglas Aircraft
Western Union “A
Westinghouse
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Oklahoma City livestock market report, Sept. 5
Cattle 4,800 head with calves 1,200. stockers and feeders dominate receipts. killing classes moderately active with small gains. Prices: steers 11.35-12.50, load 13.65, heifers 11.00-13.00, cows 8.00-11.00, canners 5.50-7.50, bulls 8.00-10.00, calves 11.00-12.50. Hogs total 700 with top 14.45. pigs up 25 cents. Lambs and sheep mixed, top 12.50 for lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
PMA
Hot Dry Weather Lifts State Cotton Prospects
State Department of Agriculture weekly crop summary reports warm dry conditions aiding cotton farmers by retarding boll weevil activity. Rain is needed in most sections for fall plowing and late crop maturation. Pastures have declined in some areas over two weeks, forcing higher feed use while feed supplies run short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Rickshaw business booms for Wakabayashi in Yokohama
Wakabayashi a 65 year old rickshaw puller in Yokohama enjoys more work than ever mainly hauling luggage for refugees rather than tourists. He quotes ten yen for an hour tour and says he prefers middle distances while avoiding American soldiers. The article notes his weathered appearance and long career in rickshaw work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Yoko
Wakabayashi
Yokohama
J. H. Sargent
Naral Academy
Spanish Troops To Leave Tangier
Madrid reports Spain will withdraw troops from the Tangier international zone as Britain and France requested. A skeleton garrison remains while Spain may defend its 1940 occupation action and protest Russian involvement. Tangier dispatches note most Spanish forces have left under caliphate orders. Paris says Tangier will be governed by a 1923 convention including Spain, France, and Britain with US and Russia added.
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Madrid
Spain
Tanier
Giraltar
Britain
France
Oday
Franco
Tangier
Spanish Morocco
Paris
United States
Russia
Kamikaze the Dog of Destroyer Taylor Near Home
Kamikaze, the dog aboard the destroyer Taylor, flagship of the Kyushu-based task force, remains near its home port but likely will not ashore. Picked up at Saipan by Cmdr. Francis O Connor Jr. s crew, the dog initially refused to respond to English and would eat only if “Americanized,” as the ship retraced Chamomile operations near Okinawa.
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Kanoya
Kyushu
David William Taylor
Ikaze
Saipan
Cmdr
Francis O’connor Eet Jr
Ashevill N. C
Chicka Jima
Second-Hand Mart Opens in Berlin to Curb Black Market
Berlin authorities opened a second hand mart on Brunnen strasse to divert civilian trade from the black market. About 3,000 residents crowded the venue offering items from operas glasses to clocks, cameras, clothing, and craftsman tools. An admission fee of one mark, or ten cents at the military rate, was charged.
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Berlin
Brunnenstrasse
Four Killed in Santa Fe Train Smashup near Arcadia
ARCADIA Calif Sept 5 Four persons were killed and 35 to 40 injured when a Santa Fe California limited derailed near Santa Anita racetrack. The wreck tore track and jammed cars as Army surgeons treated victims at a local morgue improvised in a Legion hall. Names identified include Rev Victor Hugo Schroeder 41 Congregational minister Barstow and Nobuo Itano 57 of La Habra formerly of Poston Camp.
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Arcadia
Calif
Santa Fe
Santa Anita Racetrack
American Legion Hall
Victor Hugo Schroeder
Barstow
Nobuo Itano
la Habra
Poston
Ariz
Workme
Owen Martin Henrison
Elwood
Kan
Robert E. Robertson
Tulsa
Okla
President Truman seeks huge civilian war cutbacks
President Truman urged Congress to reduce civilian war agency appropriations by 3.5 billion dollars for 1946. He proposed a 2.76 billion dollar cut in war related items affecting 28 agencies and 794.6 million in certain contract authorizations. He noted military spending would be addressed soon as part of a broad orderly reduction plan.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
War
Navy
White House
Cannon
D.-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Almost Said No But Remembered Watch Found
Washington report recalls J. Shepard Bingham nearly denying loss of his watch. Police traced the piece to a device from Yale Alumni Society indicating honor of election as captain of the Wathey. The watch was located after a suspect’s arrest in Cleveland who had the inscription. The inquiry linked back to New Haven or Flushing decades earlier.
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Washington
J. Shepard Bingham
New Haven
Wathey
Shep
Oca Epu
Yale Alumni Society
Shadow breaks altitude record in test flight
The Shadow marks a new world altitude record for test aircraft reaching 43 499 feet during a high altitude flight. Officials from the project confirm the feat as a milestone for engine and airframe testing.
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Accees
Government setup described as a hodgepodge
Comptroller General Warren labeled the federal system a hodgepodge of duplications and inefficiencies and urged broad presidential powers to clean house for the duration of Truman’s term. He cited 75 transportation agencies and 12 retirement systems as examples while lawmakers weigh restricting revamping authority.
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Washington, T
Warren
Treasury
Congress
Trurman
House
House Expenditures Committee
Bureau of Customs
Truman
Manasco
D-Ala
Tra
Lunsford resigns as peace justice. Bourland appointed
John Lunsford resigned as justice of the peace due to ill health. County commissioners accepted the resignation and named Franklin Bourland, a veteran attorney from the area, to fill the position. Bourland qualified Friday and began occupying the ground floor courthouse office.
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John Lunsford
Franklin Bourland
Oklahoma
Ada
Bourland
Lunsford
New internment camp located near Mukden in China
A new internment camp about 90 miles north of Mukden has been located. 31 Americans and several Canadians are confined there. A Mukden field processing team is arranging contact with internees under Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer. 120 military personnel had been evacuated from Mukden through Sept 3, with further evacuation planned via the new Dairen port. Nine Americans parachuted into Hainan Island's Baltic bay area with supplies for allied prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Mukden
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S. Comene
China
Toay
Dairen
Baltic Bay
Hainan Island
B. Sutherland
Fa Road
Brookline
Hainan
Japanese Battleship Nagato Sails Under U S Flag
Admiral Halsey announced Nagato has completed its first voyage under the American flag in Tokyo Bay with the Third Fleet. It remains unclear whether she was towed or moved under her own power. Meanwhile the Third Fleet was reassigned from Missouri to the Dakota.
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Tokyo Bay
Nagato
Halsey
Nae
South Pacific
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Los Angeles
Air Trails Pictorial Magazine
Russel Brines
Associated Press
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Philippines
Yank
Grew
Hijimoto
Nishitani
Bel
Cudahy Co
Wall Street
Four Horsemen
Stert
California
Official
Frank Bourland
U.S
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