Maryland Governor Presses Truman on Veterans Job Security
Governor Herbert O'Conor met President Truman at the White House to urge continuation of the wartime job security clause for veterans. He cited Maj Hershey's Boston address and warned termination would betray returning servicemen as demobilization peaks and said Truman showed concern and possible recommendations. The talk also touched on monthly selective service drafts of about 50 000.
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Washington
Herbert O’conor
Maryland
Truman
O’conor
White House
Boston
Ge.j. Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Congress
O'Connor
O'Conur
Small Typhoon Strikes Japanese Capital
A Japanese report described a small typhoon hitting Tokyo last night. Winds reached about 203 meters per second, with damage not reported. The storm struck the Boso Peninsula area and moved northwest over Tokyo Yokohama before veering toward Hokuriku.
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San Francisco
U.P
Radio Tokyo
Boso Peninsula
Tokyo-Yokohama
Tokyo
United Press
Dome
Hokuriku
Japan
Collision Between U S Battleships Disclosed
The Navy disclosed that two modern 35,000 ton battleships the Washington and the Indiana collided on February 1, 1944 while withdrawing after a bombardment of Kwajalein in the Marshalls. The Indiana had three dead and one injured. the Washington three dead and three missing. Neither ship was damaged enough to retire from the task group.
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Washington
Navy
Indiana
Kwajalein
Marshalls
Weashington
Chamberlain Murder Trial Goes to Jury in Clarendon
Summations were heard in the murder case of Wit Chamberlain 44 charged with killing John Nevylor 43 outside the Chamberlain home on July 18. Defense says he fired in self defense while the state argues premeditation a key issue with gunshot wounds noted in testimony.
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Clarendon
U.P
Wit Chamberlain
John Nevylor
Naylor
Chamberlain
Surrender rush marks turning point in Pacific war
Allied forces move to occupy Japan after a string of surrenders and capitulations. Japanese forces on Mili Atoll and other bypassed islands yield as Tokyo prepares for postwar governance. MacArthur’s return to Tokyo Bay is staged with a massive air and sea show and allied occupation plans begin.
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U. S
Central Pacific
Marshal
Tokyo
MacArthur
Atsugi
Yokosuka
Tokyo Bay
Dome
Wasp and Fleet Losses in Pacific Battle Report
A fragmented account describes a Japanese air attack on a carrier near Bremerton on March 19 with several crew casualties. The narrative mentions kamikaze danger, ships taking damage, and references to the Franklin and Puget Sound Navy Yard repairs as part of wartime rearmament.
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Carrie
Nat
Ester
Sid
Wasp
Franklin
Ring
Puget Sound
Plan for Speedy Evacuation of 32 000 Prisoners
Allied plans aim to evacuate 32 000 prisoners and internees from Japan to the Philippines with air and sea transport as health permits. Lt Gen Wedemeyer confirms contact with Wainwright in Manchuria. Red Cross will assist, with 100 workers to Japan and depots near Manila to receive evacuees.
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Manila
U.P
Japan
Philippines
Manchuria
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Douglas MacArthur
Red Cross
MacArthur
Wedemeyer
Wainwright
American Red Cross
War Department
Washington
Prisoners of war to be moved from camps with aid plan
Tokyo says seven groups from the International Red Cross Swiss and Swedish missions will evacuate prisoners of war and internees from Japan to embarkation points on Aug 24. Manila area camps will operate free exchange depots hospitals and theaters for repatriates with sick sent to Army hospitals. Chinese forces report Weihsien camp in Shan tung province receiving aid and supplies via trucks to airfield for evacuation.
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Manila
United States
Tokyo
Japan
International Red Cross Committee
Legation
Wedemeyer
Chungking
Weihsien
Shantung Province
Huge Rush For Farms Scheduled
Federal officials and agricultural leaders fear a postwar land boom following World War II. Land prices have surged about 57 percent since 1935 49 with demand rising from veterans and workers. Officials urge measures like a capital gains tax to curb speculative buying and credit limits, while predicting farm prosperity may decline as wartime demand wanes.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Poumer
Wickard
War Department
Repeal War Time Hints Raised Ahead of Congress Return
Washington Aug 23 signs on Capitol Hill indicate Congress may act to repeal War Time and restore standard time. War Time runs six months after wartime termination. Rep Howell of Silino's district plans to seek quick committee action when Congress reconvenes Sept 5.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Howell
Silino
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Hong Kong Reestablishment Plans Urged by Attlee
Prime Minister Attlee told the Commons that British administration plans for Hong Kong are fully prepared. He noted arrangements for the Japanese surrender in Hong Kong to be accepted by a British commander while Churchill pressed for swift action. A foreign office commentator said occupation will be Britain’s responsibility as it is British territory and no Chinese occupation agreement has been reached.
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Associated Press
Japan
Tokyo
Supreme War Council
Naruhiko Higashi Kuni
Sadamu Shimomura
China
Pacific
Shimomura
Nippon
Korea
Formosa
Chingking
Indo-China
Hong Kong
London
Paris
Manchuria
Chiang
mid-Pacific
Philippines
Tokyo Bay
Domei
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Commons
Churchill
Foreign Office
55 Point Air Force Men Won’t Have To Go Overseas
In San Antonio on August 23 authorities at Randolph Field said airmen in the AAF Central Flying Training Command with a service rating of 55 points or more will not be sent overseas unless they volunteer. The order also covers men over 37 or under 19, and applies only to those who have not left their stations.
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San Antonio
AAF Central Flying Training Command
Randolph Field
First Ford Rolls Off Assembly Line in Dallas
The first 1946 Ford to be built in Texas rolled off the Dallas Ford Motor Company assembly line yesterday marking a milestone for the plant and regional production.
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Ford
Dallas
Texas
Ford Motor Company
Willow Run Plant Offered Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
Detroit Aug. 23 Kaiser-Frazer Corporation may lease the idle Willow Run bomber plant for auto production. The government offers the hundred million dollar facility, once the nation’s top bomber producer, for action by the company by Aug. 29.
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Detroit
U.P
Willow Run
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
United Press
U S Attorney Aide Arrives For Fort Worth Visit
Davidt Binion assistant United States attorney arrived here yesterday on business. He will return to Fort Worth late next week.
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Davidt Binion
United States
Fort Worth
OPA Sets Postwar Prices for Home Goods
The OPA announced postwar price rules for consumer durable goods. Washing machines ironing and aluminum kitchenware face ceilings near prewar levels with profits possible from high sales. Bowles urged rapid production and noted 252 war plants offered to civilian manufacture this fall.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Army
Pantex to be put up for sale by government
The Army declared Pantex and 251 other government owned plants surplus. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation will dispose of them. Also to be offered are the Cactus ordnance works at Dumas and a Defense Plant Corporation project with the Borger Phillips Petroleum plant. The Borger toluelene plant may be offered for sale. Phillips Petroleum officials indicate belief.
Government plants surplus fuels push for private sale
The Army declares government owned plants surplus, with a $1.5 billion cost basis and a push from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to lease or sell to private manufacturers. Under White House pressure, broader consumer goods access and looser transportation controls are anticipated, including earlier appliance availability and return of holiday train services.
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White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Was This Trip INN
Dallas regional OPA director W A Orth says ration free gasoline is not enough for a long trip. He reports a trip to San Antonio resulted in seven flats two ruined rims and the need to buy two grade 3 tires to return to Dallas.
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Dallas
W. A. Orth
OPA
San Antonio
Orth
Postwar Hopes and Tradeoffs Challenge Domestic Scene
Farm leaders and federal officials glimpse a land boom while other factors strain the home front. OPA extends sugar rations through 1945 with stamp 38 rising to five pounds and stamp 39 ending August 31. A Senate push for overseas shipments surfaces as Congress weighs postwar housing price ceilings and agency clashes over construction rules. President Truman may mediate a deadlock as wartime limits drift away.
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OPA
Senate
Brown
Ohio Republican
Armed Services
Hugh Potter
Bulgarian election law called most democratic by Izvestia
Soviet dispatches rejected Western claims of unfair Bulgarian election law as an appeal from King Michael of Romania posed a ticklish problem for the Big Three. Izvestia lauded the law as the most democratic the Bulgarian people ever had. The United States and Britain sent officials to Bulgaria, with Britain warning that the results would be rejected due to the undemocratic nature of the law.
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London
U.P
Bulgaria
Michael
Romania
Tassin
Moscow
Izvestia
United States
Britain
Weather notes and music shop ad for Amarillo region
Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon and Friday. Warmer tonight. West Texas partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Friday. New Mexico warmer east of the Continental Divide this afternoon. Highs Friday 80 in the mountains 85 to 95 elsewhere. 24 hour high 72 low 56 at noon. Jenkins Music Co 1505 Ong St advertises pianos and gift ware.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Continental Divide
Jenkins Music Co
Ong St
Red Chinese Plow Ahead Threatens Key Chinese Cities
Chungking dispatch notes Communist forces in north central China gathering strength for an all-out offensive. A column has reached the west railroad station at Tientsin amid street fighting, with forces approaching Wanping and Nanyuan near Peiping and Tsingtao reportedly surrounded. Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer reported to Chiang Kai-shek that mortar shells found north of Sian were not American made.
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Chungking
New China Daily News
China
Tientsin
Wanping
Nanyuan
Peiping
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S
Chiang Kai-shek
Sian
Shensi
Screen Wire Window Screens and Doors Ad
J. B. Coe Lumber Co advertises screen wire window screens and screen doors with address 1009 Lincoln and phone 6271.
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J. B. Coe Lbr. Co
Lincoln
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