Truman to propose 48 hours pay for 40 hours work
President Truman to propose industry pay for 40 hours of work at a 48 hour wage, a compromise between unions seeking 52 hours and employers. The plan aims to raise wages about 20 percent versus 30 percent asked, with price-rise exceptions for hardship and handling through price agencies.
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Washington
Truman
Amarillo
Office of Price Administration
Office of Economic Stabilization
CIO
Mr. Truman
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Photo caption shows Ayres pleads for peace and return to Hollywood
Sgt Lew Ayres returns to the United States after 22 months noncombatant duty in the Pacific. The former actor and pacifist, once a conscientious objector, declares his goal to teach men to get along and to love one another and says he hopes to resume film work in Hollywood.
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NEA
Lew Ayres
Pacific
Hollywood
Amarillo Traffic Court Fines Total $169 in Parking Violations
In Amarillo yesterday motorists faced fines for moving violations and parking infractions. Names include Hatley, McCullough, Carter, Sherell, Slaton, Wear, Robinson, Hendrick, Doster, Glover, Weise, Herne, and Satchel with combined fines and numerous speeding and stop sign offenses. Parking fines totaled 32 tickets and $169 collected.
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Amarillo
A. G. Hatley
Tyler
Huey L. McCullough
Washington
C. S. Carter
Wildorado
Willie T. Sherell
Hayne Slaton
East Fifth
John A. Wear
English Field
Warren Robinson
Pierce
Marion D. Hendrick
Louisiana
van Doster
Joe Glover
Jackson
Frank L. Weise
North Pierce
Vance Herne
Elegel Satchel
North Washington
That's the Ticket: Amarillo School Zone Speed Limit
Amarillo police emphasize a 12 mph speed limit in school zones and urge drivers to stay in line. Officers warn that a child can dart into the street and it is too late once they appear. traffic safety education is ongoing at nearly every school.
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Amarillo
United States Recognizes Venezuelan Revolutionary Government
The United States on October 30 announced recognition of Venezuela's revolutionary government following consultations with other American governments.
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Washington
United States
Venezuela
No More Rice Thank You From General Wainwright
The article notes General Jonathan M. Wainwright at a Victory Loan event rejecting rice with his meal. He requested the rice be removed after being served chicken a la king, quipping he would not eat rice again. The piece reflects wartime morale and dining anecdotes linked to Corregidor.
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Philadelphia
Gren
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Schools Push Bond Drive With Facsimile Surrender Papers
Amarillo school children selling a $25 Series E Victory Bond will receive a facsimile of the Japanese surrender papers. H O Hodson, director, says bonds ordered from the treasury will be distributed around the Victory Loan close. Potter County quota is $1 290 000 in F Bonds and $4 150 000 overall.
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Amarillo
H. O. Hodson
Treasury Department
Pearl Harbor
Potter County
Hodson
Talks on Atomic Energy Start Near Nov. 11
Three power discussions on the future of atomic energy will open in Washington about November 11 with President Truman Prime Minister Attlee and Mackenzie King. The talks exclude the Soviet Union. Canada Britain and the United States share atomic tech but U.S. plants have produced the bomb. Attlee visited the U S in April for the San Francisco conference.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
Britain
Canada
MacKenzie King
London
Great Britain
United States
United Nations
San Francisco
Potsdam
Time and Money Stand Between You and New Car
Washington reports that new autos will not be rationed and will be sold on a first come, first served basis. Officials acknowledge some individuals may face delays but urge dealers to help those with unusual hardships.
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Washington
U.P
OPA
WPB
Chester Bowles
Return of Japanese Repatriates to Begin Soon
Officials of the immigration service said the return to Japan of voluntary and involuntary Japanese repatriates will start soon, possibly by November 15, with both groups to be recalled in the initial phase.
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Newell
Cal
Japan
Immigraion Service
House committee moves to repeal strike vote law
The War Labor Disputes Act provision forcing strike votes 30 days after dispute notification is proposed for repeal by the House military committee in Washington. The bill may not reach the floor for weeks, with major applications noted at Ford and in steel, while a 12,000 machinists strike disrupts San Francisco Bay area operations and Holywood studios face renewed walkouts. Sorrell reports gunfire against him as 6,000 pickets set to resume major studio marches unless an AFL dispute is settled tonight.
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Associated Press
House Military Committee
Washington
Ford Motor Company
AFL
CIO
San Francisco Bay Area
Pacific Coast
Holywood Movie Studios
Herbert K. Sorrell
Glendale
Cal
Sorrell
Bloodless revolt: Brazil moves to restore constitutional government
Chief Justice Jose Linhares assumed the presidency of Brazil from the ousted Getulio Vargas in a bloodless coup. Elections remain scheduled for December 2 to restore constitutional government, after Vargas faced military pressure and the army occupied key capital points.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Jose Linhares
Supreme Court
Brazil
Iron Man
Getulio Varwas
Linhares
Vargas
Army Releases 307000 Soldiers In One Week
Washington Oct 30 U P The Army released 307000 soldiers in the week ended Oct 26. This lifts total released since V-E Day May 12 to 2225000. From Oct 1 to Oct 26 1047000 were released and from V-J Day Sept 2 to Oct 26 1633000.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
Partly cloudy this afternoon to tonight and Wednesday with continued warmth. West Texas shows little temperature change, while New Mexico notes possible scattered thundershowers in extreme west tonight and Wednesday. Lows tonight range 35 to 45 in the north and 45 to 50 in the south. Wednesday highs 70 to 80. Front pace news announces the new 1946 Chevrolet coming soon from Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Communists accuse U S of meddling in China crisis
In Chungking Oct 30 AP reports say the United States is meddling in internal Chinese affairs increasing tensions in North China. A Marine garrison in Tientsin is alerted amid clashes feared between Nationalist and Communist forces as railroad damage and troop moves disrupt supply lines and civilian hardship grows in Tientsin.
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Chungking
United States
Tientsin
China
United Aies
Unified Armed Forces Proposed Under One Department
A Senate military affairs briefing outlined a plan by the joint chiefs of staff to merge the Army Navy and Air Force into a single Department of Armed Forces. The scheme preserves autonomy for each branch while creating a secretary of the armed forces and a central chief of staff with three service chiefs under him.
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W.P
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Department of Armed Forces
J. Lawton Collins
Ataff
United States
Collins
Air
War Department
Adm
William D. Leahy
George C. Marshall
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Force
Ernest J. King
Senate
Armed Forces
Lost Battalion Veterans End Reunion in Wichita Falls
Survivors of the Lost Battalion of World War II return home after a ceremony in Wichita Falls. They vow to hold annual reunions as leaders urge peace and caution against future world wars, noting atomic weaponry and mediation councils as tools to curb global violence.
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Associated Press
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Ldridyve L. Rayburn
Lubbock
Oscar W. Keithly
Austin
Oscar Webster
O. S. Webster
Mississippi
Willie de la Fuente
San Diego
Tex
U.P
Java
1311St Field Artillery
United States
Coke Stevenson
Fred L. Walker
36Th Division
Ed Gossett
Wichita Fells
John Lyle
Corpus Christi
Cnaissons
Traffic deaths jump 40 percent in September
The National Safety Council reports 2830 traffic deaths in September, the first full calendar month of unrestricted gasoline sales, marking a 40 percent rise from the same month a year earlier.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
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