Truman assumes sole control of atomic bomb policy
President Truman said he will personally decide future use and development of the atomic bomb. He denied Wallace pressured for early disclosure and defended Acheson’s Senate confirmation amid criticism from some senators. He emphasized decision timing rests with him for national welfare and foreign policy.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Chesapeake Bay
Commerce Wallace
Soviet
Russia
Wallace
Senate
Dean Acheson
Acheson
MacArthur
Japan
Korea
Washington notes on Texas delegation and Amarillo ties
In Washington on September 23 the Texas delegation gathers weekly for meals and talks headed by Milton West with Sen. Tom Connally often present. Amarillo figures include Rep. Gene Worley, Judge Marvin Jones, Rex Baxter, and Lt. Charles Benter, whose Navy Band concert led to honorary citizenship in Amarillo.
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Washington
Texas
Tom Connally
W. Lee O'Daniel
Milton West
Brownsville
Gene Worley
Shamrock
Marvin Jones
Wilson Cowen
Dallam
W. B. Weatherred
Pampa
Tom Poore
Rex Baxter
Amarillo
Charles Benter
Navy
Municipal Auditorium
John Snider
Ross Rogers
Benter
Rumors Fly on Hirohito Abdication War Crime Immunity
The Chungking broadcast claims Hirohito abdicated to avoid war crimes, citing a Tokyo dispatch. Washington State Department and CBS Tokyo reports deny any confirmation or announced decision, while notes rumors center on Prince Akihito’s succession and MacArthur's stance.
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Washington
Tokyo
Hirohito
State Department
CBS
MacArthur
Prince Konoye
Associated Press
Chungking
Konoye
United States
Kirchito
Yoshida
Akihito Tsugu
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook
The Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions Monday and Monday night for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas stays fair Monday and Tuesday with cooler Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico remains fair with winds southwest at 20 to 30 mph. highs 70 to 80 in the west, 85 to 95 in the southeast.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Overseas service limits for personnel announced by department
The department said enlisted men will not be sent overseas if their Sept 2 1945 point score or age is 36 points or more or 37 years old. Officers face varied limits by corps and age, while Women’s Army Corps personnel are not sent abroad. Ickes attended a Chequers luncheon with Attlee in London for the Anglo American oil conference. Olver and Wiggins Lumber advertises No 1 Red Cedar Shingles at 7.60 per eq.
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Barker
Geneva
Davenport
Minnie Barker
Northwest Texas Hospital
Roy Snodgrass
Joe
Jerry Lunn
J. F. Newton
Billy Reed
Jimmie Weathers
Dad
Mother
Vega
H. E. Cline
Bowyer
Clines
Barkers
Amarillo
Mr. Cline
Sam
Juanita
Nick
Department
Medical Department
Medical Corps
Dental Corps
Veterinary Corps
Medical Administrative Corps
Medical
Ickes
Attlee
London
Harold L. Ickes
Chequers
Interior
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
nylons to hit shelves with no federal sale date set
Washington reports no government plan to fix a nationwide nylon hosiery release date. The War Production Board will not order a common first sale, fearing antitrust issues and market disruption. retailers may stagger releases, with a few pairs possible by Thanksgiving and a larger batch by Christmas.
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War Production Board
WPB
Santa Claus
Juvenile Status in Homicide Cases Outlined by Officials
A proper charge for a girl under 18 in homicide cases is juvenile delinquency with a civil action in County Judge E. O. Northcourt. If convicted she faces a term to age 21 at a state juvenile school. If she turns 18 before trial she may be tried in district court for murder with possible penitentiary or death penalty.
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E. O. Northcourt
C. Lloyd King
Troopship Queen Mary Carries 15000 GIs Homeward
The Queen Mary sailed from Southampton with 15,000 American troops. Included were the 254th and 255th regiments of the 63rd Division and the staff of the 67th General Hospital. Among civilian passengers was Lady Hali fax en route to Washington.
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Southampton
63Rd Division
67Th General Hospital
Lady Halifax
Washington
Herriot Wins in France Rhone Councillor General Race
Edouard Herriot the prewar French premier is elected councillor general in Rhone as about 75 percent of France’s 25 million voters participate in the heavy canal elections marking the widest ballot in history.
Jerry Sadler weighs another bid for Texas governor
Lt. Col Jerry Sadler, former Railroad Commission member, indicated on September 23 that he is considering running for governor again.
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Capitol Austin
Jerry Sadler
Railroad Commission
Strike Solvers Getting Nowhere
Washington reports six weeks of peace undermined by rising labor disputes and limited government action. President Truman expanded the Labor Department. Schwellenbach inherits wartime agencies, with the U S Employment Service under threat to be returned to the states and the War Manpower Commission dissolved. The War Labor Board resigns but stays on to guide its transition, its abolition looming after the upcoming conference despite October and November pressure.
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Washington
Truman
Labor Department
Schwellenbach
U. S. Employment Service
Congress
Senate
War Manpower Commission
Department
George W. Taylor
War Labor Board
WLB
Oil Industry Talks in Chicago Aim to Halt Spreading Strikes
Industry leaders and unions met in Chicago after a CIO Oil Workers union conference to stop spreading walkouts that have cut gasoline supplies in Toledo and Midwest cities. Edgar Warren, former Chicago Regional War Labor Board chairman, was named to help rebuild on U S Conciliation Service. A CIO-U A W vote at General Motors signals possible broader auto industry strikes and potential settlement before ballots counted.
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Schwellentach
Edgar
Warren
Chicago Regional War Labor Board
U. S. Conciliation Service
Chicago
Oil Industry and
CIO Oil Workers Union
Toledo
Midwest
Cio-United Auto Workers
General Motors
National Labor Relations Board
Ford
Chrysler
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Tennessee Gas and Transmission Company
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Faw
Clint Small
Clint Small, Jr
Roosevelt
Burton
Ohio
Supreme Court
Secretary of Agriculture
Clint Anderson
Albuquerque
Hokey
Griggs
Griggs Funeral
Geneva Barker
Thomas Barker
Federal Communications Commission
Australia
New Zealand
Empero Hirohito
Son OF Heaven
O S Weather Bureau
Russell Stationery Company
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