Kido Denies Abdication Plans and Potsdam Duty
In Tokyo Kido, a key Japanese official, states the Emperor has not abdicated and reports of abdication are false. He argues abdication is impractical as the Emperor must enforce Potsdam Declaration provisions. Also noted, Philippine puppet leaders are held in Yokohama Prison amid war crime concerns. MacArthur issues a directive banning uranium separated mass work and demands lab data and monthly reports.
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Yokohama Prefectural
Jose Laurel
General MacArthur
United States
Washington
MacArthur
Rumor Denied of Hirohito Abdication Broadcast
In Chungking on September 24 the only Chungking radio broadcasting in English denied any report that Emperor Hirohito abdicated. FCC monitors noted a possible broadcast but will recheck. Helen Liu of Station XGOY suggested a hoax or misattribution to another station. Quisling Appealed to Supreme Court for Treason Sentence Reduction.
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Hirohito
FCC
Helen Liu
XGOY
Quisling
Oslo
Vidkun Quisling
Supreme Court
Judge to Hear Story of Barker Tragedy
Geneva Barker, a girl under eight, awaits a juvenile ward hearing in county jail over a fatal shooting of her father Thomas Barker, 67. Judge E. O. Northcutt will preside in a juvenile officer case this afternoon.
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Thomas Barker
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E. O. Northcutt
Family Tragedy Unfolds as Father Fatally Shot in Amarillo
Geneva Barker, 17, described by sister as nervous, recounts a deadly quarrel between her father and brother Sam, Joe, and Thomas Barker. The murder occurred at the Barker home on North Boyer as neighbors recall years of family tension. Police and Clines aided as Mr Barker collapsed on the way to hospital. Geneva testified without emotion.
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Emoan
Joe
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Strike wave across nation drives 1945 unemployment to new high
Labor unrest in the conversion period pushes total idle workers to 323,000 as 60,000 AFL lumber workers strike in the Pacific Northwest and 11,000 elevator operators strike in New York City. Oil industry walkouts cripple Texas Gulf Coast, Calumet region, and Ohio West Virginia, with refiners and car plants facing shortages and production halts.
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Atlantic Coast
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Chicago
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CIO
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Cleveland
Toledo
Houston
Texas
Magnolia
Beaumont
Shell
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Calumet River Basin
Ohio-West
Virgina
Kelsey-Hayes
Ford
CIO United Automobile
Humble Oil Co
Baytown
News Tip Prize Winners Named in Local Contest
Mrs. E. B. Perryman won the first News Tip prize of five dollars for a story about a man who entered the wrong house seeking an acquaintance. Second prize went to Mrs. David Robertson for a tip about a boy raising an eagle. Glenn Burgess claimed third for a tip about Mr. B. W. Lonemarker finding five dollars in a whirlwind.
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E. B. Perryman
Polk
David Robertson
News- Globe
Glenn Burgess
West Fourth
B. W. Lonemarker
Biddle Appointed To Try German War Criminals
President Truman formally appointed Francis Biddle former attorney general as United States member of the International Tribunal to try German war criminals. An executive order named Circuit Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina as alternate member.
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Truman
Francis Biddle
United States
International Tribunal
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Noisy But Nice The Sound Of New Building
Amarillo begins postwar development in the business district with a Southwestern Greyhound Lines bus terminal. Excavation progresses at Ninth and Taylor behind the Paramount Theater for a 140 by 60 foot structure as heavy machinery draws spectators. A new Greyhound maintenance building rises on Adams between Fourth and Fifth.
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Fifth
Wherry Attacks Acheson Over MacArthur Slur
Senator Wherry of Nebraska labels a MacArthur smearing campaign aimed at ousting the general as Supreme Allied Commander in Japan. He seeks to block Dean Acheson’s undersecretary of state nomination and questions Acheson’s Tokyo policy remarks versus Washington directives.
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Senator Wherry
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Britain
China
Tokyo
Opposition stalls plan to internationalize Europe waterways
In London on September 24 foreign ministers failed to break deadlock over internationalizing Europe's inland waterways. U S observers fear the gridlock could slow relief shipments to central Europe this winter. Soviet delegates oppose joint river craft access and the Danube control seen in Hungary under a unilateral pact.
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U.P
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Soviet Union
Hungary
Danube
Arabic press backs elder statesmen call for Egyptian evacuation
Cairo reports the Arabic press endorses a unanimous committee of elder statesmen decision demanding evacuation of British troops from Egypt and urging Nile Valley unity. E. A. Regal Co., Real Estate and Loans.
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E. A. Regal Co., Real Estate and Loans
Japanese Troops Cut Over One Million Rubber Trees
New Delhi radio said Japanese troops in southern Malaya cleared more than 1,000,000 rubber trees to farm the land during their occupation, according to a survey of British rubber resources.
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London
Malaya
New Delhi
British Traitors Could Be Revealed By Nazi Ribbentrop
NURNBERG September 17. U P reports American officials expect Joachim von Ribbentrop to name high placed Britons sympathetic to the Nazi cause. As London ambassador he boasted of knowing everyone of note. He faces trial likely under war guilt provisions after his arrest. His mood shifts from despair to rare moments of improvement as Goering falters in interrogation. Ribbentrop also recalled a supposed diplomatic feat selling German champagne to the French.
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U.P
Joachim von Ribbentrop
London
Ribbentrop
England
Hannen Swaffer
London Daily Herald
Germany
Britain
Swaffer
Hermann Goering
Goering
Ecer
Stop in at Russell Stationers Com pany today for your office supplies
Readable notice invites shoppers to visit Russell Stationers Company for office supplies today and explore a range of stationery and related items.
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Russell Stationers Company
Administration braced for slim jobless pay bill passage
Washington reports Congress faces a sharp defeat on unemployment compensation expansion. The House Ways and Means Committee begins drafting a weaker bill than President Truman’s request, while the Senate version already trails. A top House leader warned the measure may be cut to shreds.
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Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Weather forecast from the U S Weather Bureau notes fair and cooler conditions this afternoon and tonight with Tuesday remaining fair and slightly warmer. West Texas expects partly cloudy skies today tonight and Tuesday with cooler conditions in the Panhandle South Plains and upper Pecos Valley. High 90 low 55 noon 70.
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Overseas screening slackens as 300000 seek home duty
Washington reports 300000 Army officers and men win exemption from overseas service as screening scores drop. Effective immediately enlisted men with high point totals or older ages stay home. nurses and certain corps given low thresholds. WAC not sent overseas. Reconversion plan frees coal miners and steel workers from point limits.
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U.p)i
United States
Medical Department
Medical Corps
Dental Corps
Veterinary Corps
Medical Administrative Corps
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WAC
War Department
Army
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Lost Five Teeth but Caught Bullet in Mouth
William Barnes Landwehr 31 was shot during a scuffle with a deputy sheriff in St. Louis county court. He lost five teeth but saved the bullet in his mouth and spit it out.
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ST. Louis
U.P
William Barnes Landwehr
Borgan Is Rescued After 11 Days at Sea
DARWIN Australia Sept 24 P Sgt Frank Ternin of Borger and Cpl Eugene Janicek out Cameron rescued after more than 11 days afloat in a rubber life raft in the Arafura Sea north of Australia. They were among five survivors of seven Americans from a transport plane forced down at sea. Flight crew drifted toward Tanimbar Island. natives fed them after reaching land. Japanese aid later alerted an Australian rescue plane.
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Borger
Eugene Janicek
Cameron
Arafura Sea
Tanimbar Island
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