Amarillo Leaders Discuss War Plant Plans in Capital
Amarillo Mayor Joe Jenkins Rex Baxter chamber manager and John Boyce met in Washington with Senator Tom Connally Representative Worley and War Undersecretary Patterson to review Amarillo Field and Pantex Plant futures. Connally warned no commitments on Amarillo Field or Longview hospital. Baxter to report Pantex details on return. Maj Gen Kirk plans Texas hospital visits including Longview Oct 3 and a national cemetery site for Amarillo region is discussed with War Department officials.
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Joe Jenkins
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
John Boyce
Washington
Tom Connally
Eugene Worley
Texas
Robert Patterson
Amarillo Field
Senator Connally
War Department
Army Hospital
Longview
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Amarillo
Norman T. Kirk
MacArthur orders arrest of General Doihara in Tokyo
General MacArthur ordered the summary arrest of Lt. Gen. Kenji Doihara, a marauder in Manchuria who recently took the top military field command still held by Japan.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Kenji Doihara
Manchuria
Japan
Doihara Arrest Signals Shift in Japanese War Aftermath
Doihara long with Kwantung Army linked to Manchuria subjugation faces immediate arrest as Japanese leaders bow to dwindling prestige. MacArthur imposes a censorship code to curb propaganda while planning occupation moves including Sasebo, Aomori, and Osaka as Allied control deepens in postwar Japan. Edwin W. Pauley forecasts war potential elimination and goods-based reparations.
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Doihara
Kwantung Army
Manchuria
Hirohito
MacArthur
Edwin W. Pauley
Allied Reparations Commission
San Francisco
Japan
Yokohama
Domei
U. S
Sasebo
Aomori
U. S. Eighth Army
Osaka
Rescue Vessels Break Ice Pack Off Greenland Base
Two rescue ships, the Coast Guard ice-breaker Storis and the U S Army transport Belle Isle, reached 11 American soldiers marooned near Skjoldingen Island after a nine month isolation. Six were taken aboard. five stayed to operate the weather station until a Danish crew arrived. Supplies had been parachuted in by First Arctic Search and Rescue Squadron planes.
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United Press
Narsarssuak
Greenland
Coast Guard
Storis
U. S. Army
Belle Isle
Skjoldingen Island
Eugene H. Rice
Eastern Defense Command
Arctic Search and Rescue Squadron
29424 Placed in New Jobs After War Work
In Texas 57424 war industry workers from 16 cities were laid off between Aug. 14 and Sept. 18. The War Manpower Commission reports that 29424 of the workers have been placed in new jobs.
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Austin
Texas
State Office of the War Manpower Commission
Marriages For Berlin Out In American Zone
The United States Group Control Council announced there is no intention to allow marriages between occupational forces and Germans or to billet troops in German homes in the American zone. The stance follows Allied Control Council moves relaxing non fraternization limits, permitting the privileges at zone commander discretion. The statement aligns with an agreement from a Thursday Allied Control meeting.
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Berlin
United States Group Control Council
Allied Control Council
Gas Supplies Tighten as Oil Strikes Grow
Gasoline shortages spread to cities as CID oil workers walk out across Midwestern and Texas coastal refineries. About 20,000 idle workers, 14,000 in Texas alone, press for a 30 percent pay rise via the Oil Workers International Union. Sinclair Refining reports shutdowns in Houston and warns the public may face shortages if refineries do not resume.
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Port Arthur
CID
Texas
Oil Workers International Union
OWIU
George H. Taber, Jr
Sinclair Refining Company
Sinclair
Houston
Taber
New York
Chicago
Tydings storms out after CIO threats remark
Senator Tydings of Maryland angrily left a forum with Maryland congressmen and CIO members after accusing the union of political retaliation. He relinquished the chair to Senator Radcliffe and faced boos as he walked out following a clash with CIO spokesman Robert Lamb.
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Washington
CIO
Tydings
Maryland
Radcliffe
Senate
Lamb
Congress
Rep. Roe
White House
Senate Finance Committee
Philip Murray
Truman
Dewey Silent on Pearl Harbor Tip and Marshall Letter
Gov. Dewey declined to comment on Pearl Harbor data and refused to publish General Marshall's confidential letter saying he would rather be defeated for president than risk American lives. Sen. Ferguson urged releasing Marshall’s letter as part of the congressional inquiry with delivery details.
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Brownell
Dewey
Pearl Harbor
Marshall
Albany
N. Y
Mittee
Ferguson
Michigan
Washington
Marshal
General Marshall
Japan
Admiral King
Elliot V. Bell
New York
Hull
Cordell Hull
Bell
United States
Texas editor hails MacArthur six month occupation plan
In a Dallas article a Texas editor endorses General MacArthur’s plan to govern Japan for six months after an occupation, arguing a firm but not punitive approach will curb future war potential. The piece contrasts MacArthur’s aims with State Department views and highlights predicted reforms.
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Texas
General MacArthur
Nip Islands
Ppede
Japan
Dealey
MacArthur
Army of Occupation
Dean Acheson
State Department
Yokohama
Volunteer Plan To Get Chance Before Decision
In Washington the Senate military committee shelved a draft law revision to focus on Army Navy enlistment inducements. The House approved red apple bill offers mustering out pay travel allowance while reenlisting optional retirement and GI Bill benefits for those enlisting before May 15. The panel adopted one change raising optional enlistment to 18 months for those with six months service and discussed age limits.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate
House
Thomas
War Department
Revercomb
West Virginia
Army
Navy
Amarillo Weather Summary For Weekend Ahead
The Amarillo area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Saturday night with scattered thunder showers and cooler conditions on Saturday except in Big Bend Country and Del Rio Eagle Pass area. Winds turn from southwest to northerly by Sunday. Night temperatures mid sixties easing to high forties by Monday with day temps in the low nineties Saturday and Sunday and mid seventies Monday and Tuesday. Light rains possible as cooler air moves in late weekend into early next week.
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Amarillo
Texas
Big Bend
del Rio Eagle Pass
Sc Dee
Disabled Navy plane crashes over Miami with escort
A Melbourne Florida torpedo bomber in trouble tangled wings with a guiding aircraft over midtown Miami and crashed into a hardware warehouse and garage, killing two crewmen and starting a two alarm fire. Three other Navy planes tried to assist as the fire spread.
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Miami
Fla
Navy
Melbourne
Fla., Naval Air Station
Miami Beach
Biscayne Bay
Tittle Hotel
Coast Guard
Editors Warned To Share Newsprint
Crans ton Williams general manager of the American Newspaper Publishers Association warned publishers they will pay a fearful price in dollars and interruption of public service if a wild scramble for more newsprint occurs after government controls end December 31. He cautioned that gobbling up supplies could deprive other publishers of newsprint for minimum community service and trigger unhealthy government control. An increase over 1945 consumption would worsen the already bad supply situation.
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New York
Cranston Williams
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Williams
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John Agar
Shirley Temple
Temple
Hollywood
Louis W. Davis
Robert Lamb
National Cio
Dallas
New Deal Administration
Armed Services
S. L. Devore
W. W. Renners
Miami Herald Stereotype Department
Devore
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