American Navy Commander Escapes in Shanghai to Aid China Front
An American naval commander long listed as dead recounts escape from Woosung camp and a 1944 25 foot wall ascent with seven others. He returned to free China and then aided U S plans for invading the China coast before Washington recalled him for vital intelligence work.
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Truman
Detroit
Navy
Shanghai
Associated Press
United
Tri-State
NEA. Acme
Washington
Annette Ai Ateanarit
Amarillo
Texas
China
Smith
Yangtze River
United States Navy
Pear Harbor
Wake
Woosung
Free China
Navy Department
Yangtze
Labor Secretary to act on Detroit dispute after restructuring
Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach said he would move immediately on the troubled Detroit labor situation using most of the powers requested. He indicated President Truman will announce a Labor Department reorganization tomorrow to strengthen the agency, after which he will intervene directly in Detroit.
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Washington
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Detroit
Truman
Labor Department
CIO
Schwellenbach
White House
Labor
General Motors
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler
Ford
Cio-United Auto
CIO Oil
Demobilization Debate Shapes House Action
The House debated faster military demobilization but rejected a speedup order. Critics attacked brass hats while supporting limited enlistment incentives. General MacArthur and Marshall featured in discussions on postwar troop releases and labor conflict amid auto industry shutdowns and strikes.
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Washington
Army
Navy
MacArthur forecasts 200000 troops could police Japan
General MacArthur said the occupation could be run with about 200000 regulars within six months using Japanese authorities to enforce demands. He outlined a drastic cut in occupying forces and a shift to democratic reeducation as Allied control shifts to Tokyo.
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Reed
New York
May
Kentucky
Military Committee
Miller
Nebraska
Kilday
Texas
House
MacArthur
Japan
George C. Marshall
Army
Congress
Marshall
Library of Congress
Tokyq
State Department
Washington
United States
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Admiral Halsey
Third Fleet
Nomoru Shigemitsu
Shigeru Yoshida
Yokohama
Tokyo
Southwest Pacific
Manila
Tragic Suffocation Fatalities In Dumas Household
A young mother Eva Gay Deaton and her infant Helen Louise were found dead in their Dumas home from accidental suffocation caused by a gas fire under a wash boiler. Clyde Deaton discovered them after returning from work. funeral plans and burial in Dumas cemetery are being arranged.
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Dumas
Eva Gay Deaton
Helen Louise
Clyde Deaton
Columbia Carbon Company
Stalin seeks six billion dollar loan from United States
Moscow reports Stalin met U S congressmen for an hour and urged a 6 billion loan to aid postwar recovery. He outlined repayment ideas while noting Soviet friendship with the United States. British leaders seek a 3 to 6 billion grant in aid rather than a loan.
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Moscow
Stalin
United States
Europe
Russia
Lord Kernes
Lord Halifax
Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
Russe
Pepper
Florida
House
William Colmer
Mississippi
Colmer
Congress
Reds Demand Roman Pay-Off
London report says Russia sought 600 million dollars in material reparations from Italy at the foreign ministers council session. The Russians were the only Big Five power pressing for payment as Italy had sent divisions against the Soviets on the eastern front. No agreement was reached after an afternoon of talks.
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London
Russia
Italy
Soviet Union
Atlantic Storm Delays Troopships
The Army port of embarkation reported troopship arrivals along the East Coast will be unpredictable for two days due to a tropical storm. Ships scheduled for New York may head to Boston or Hampton Roads, while some may speed up to beat the storm and others slow down to wait for winds to pass.
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New York
Atlantic
Army Port of Embarkation
Boston
Hampton Roads
Weather Summary Amarillo Area And Southwest
The section reports partly cloudy and cooler for Amarillo and vicinity with west Texas and New Mexico conditions. It lists temperatures, winds and highs ranging from 75 to 95 degrees, with a 0.01 inch 24 hour precipitation and sunrises and sunsets noted. Distinctive printing credits Russell Stationery Co.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Navy Plans Atomic Bomb Trial On Jap Battleship Nagato
The Nagato battleship, seized by the U S Navy at Yokosuka, would be towed 500 miles to sea for an atomic blast to study its effect on a ship and task force. The plan, reported by The New York Times from Tokyo, explores underwater shock, water pressure, and expansion effects versus land targets.
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Navy
New York
The
New York Times
Tokyo
Nagato
U. S. Navy
Yokosuka Naval Base
United States
Times Dispatch
United States Navy
the Times Dispatch
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
Potter County Ration Boards Decide to Stay On Duty Together
Potter County ration officials voted to remain on the rationing boards as a unit until they decide to quit and then all quit together. The meeting, led by Chansler Weymouth, transferred gasoline panel members to the price panel under Bill Frost and lasted about an hour and a half.
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Potter County
Office of Price Administration
Bill Frost
Chansler Weymouth
Four Plainsmen Freed From Nips
The War Department reports four more local men liberated from Japanese POW camps. Civilians Arthur V. Capps of Wellington and J. J. Coker of Muleshoe are named, along with soldiers Pfc. Claud R. Harris of Memphis and Pvt. William EF. Yarbrough of Plainview.
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Japan
War Department
Arthur V. Capps
Fred Capps
Wellington
J. J. Coker
Walter O. Coker
Muleshoe
Claud R. Harris
Lily Harris
Memphis
William EF. Yarbrough
Clara May Yarbrough
Plainview
McCracken Sentenced for Theft of Suit from Local Store
J. D. McCracken received a ten day jail term after a theft incident involving a suit of clothes. The case referenced materials include No. 1 Red Cedar Shingles valued at 7.60 per square and Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co located at 1200 West Sixth Street.
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J. D. McCracken
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
Time is Fleeting on Dallas Street
A Minneola man vowed never to give the time to a stranger again after a passerby asked for the time yesterday, then grabbed his watch and vanished up the street.
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Dallas Street
Dallas
U.P
Mineola
Jin Guancabra
Guancabra
United Nations Meeting Set in London for December
The United Nations General Assembly will meet for the first time in London possibly by December 4. The Preparatory Commission executive committee urged signatories to act promptly, aiming to finish work by November 1 and hold the full commission in the first half of November.
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London
United Nations General Assembly
League of Nations
United Nations Preparatory Commission
San Francisco
United Nations
United States
Wainwright Decries Japanese Atrocities and 20 Year Occupation Plan
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright recounts wartime torture by Japanese soldiers and cruelty under officers in an NBC interview. He says Allied officials faced forced labor and false promises, then urges occupying Japan for about 20 years to cripple its industry and economy.
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Shanghai
Smith
Washington
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Morgan Beatty
NBC
Wainwright
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Frank Jack Fletcher
North
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Hideki Tojo
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Supreme War Council
Asahi
Nippon Times
Domei
Hiroshima
Yoshida
Tojo
Higashi-Kuni
Bee
Reds
Roman
U S
Russell Stationery Co
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