MacArthur Rebuffs Soviet Comments On Japan Policy
General MacArthur told the four power Allied council that reviewing past Japan administration falls outside its remit. Brig. Gen. Whitney defended purge pace while noting Japanese compliance. He cited the recent election as democracy in progress and urged credit for occupation policies. In Washington, evidence mounted that Truman would push his legislative agenda through friendly lawmakers amid CIO PAC pressure against opponents.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Allied Council Today
Japan
Russia
Council
Courtney Whitney
Whitney
U.S.S.R
Veterans Enrollment for Training Increases in Midwest States
The Veterans Administration reports a 115 percent rise in enrollments of World War II veterans in vocational training in Ohio Michigan and Kentucky. Deputy Administrator Ralph H Stone notes March registrations reached 49 419 with 24 156 Ohioans, up from 22 936 in February.
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Columbus
Veterans Administrations Authority
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Ralph H. Stone
Coal Operators Gloomy Over Contract Revival
Washington AP reports soft coal operators show little optimism for a quick contract revival as John L. Lewis resists, five hour talks with Special Conciliator Paul Fuller yield no shift. Fuller and Labor Secretary Schwellenbach say Lewis seeks a union funded health and welfare plan financed by tonnage levy. seizure of mines is viewed as last resort.
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John L. Lewis
Lewis
UMW
Nazi Fugitive Arrested in Darmstadt May Hint at Bormann Mystery
In Frankfurt Darmstadt area U S army intelligence says a high Nazi figure arrested Saturday may hold clues to the fate of Martin Bormann Hitler's deputy. Bormann was reported killed near Berlin but reports of his survival persist.
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Frankfurst
Germany
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Darmstadt
U.S. Army
Bormann
Berlin
Another Killing Frost Reported Across Ohio State
Spring frost swept Ohio with killing temperatures in the north. Canton recorded 22 degrees and Warwalk 23 as experts warned widespread damage to fruit trees. Slight warming and sunny days were forecast for today and tomorrow.
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Columbus
Ohio
Canton
Warwalk
Silk Hosiery To Appear In Limited Quantities
Ohio small businessmen urge the OPA to discontinue its administration. Trade sources say silk hosiery will appear in limited quantities within a month or two with prices yet to be set. The Ohio Small Business Commission notes supply depends largely on silk prices and subsoil shipments, stressing the statement is an expression of business sentiment, not an official position.
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New York
Toledo
Ohio
Reso-Jraw
Commission
Farmer Is Charged With Firing at Plane Pilot
Elyria district news reports Michael Hoosech, a Middle Ridge farmer and factory worker, bound over to the grand jury on a charge of shooting with intent to wound the pilot of an airplane over his farm. He did not testify at the hearing, claiming he was in Cleveland when the incident occurred.
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Elyria
Middle Ridge
Michael Hoosech
Cleveland
Unknown World War II Soldiers Proposed for Unknowns Burial
The Senate military committee tentatively approved a plan to bury two unknown Americans from World War II, one from Europe and one from the Pacific, beside the Unknown Soldier of World War I.
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Washington
Pacific Theater
Senate Military Committee
Pondering L-85 Skirt Rule This Month in Washington
A U S legation report notes talk of skirt length under L-85 rules and a possible one inch margin. CPA advisers battle questions about consequences and fabric use, amid jokes about the impact on mood and prosperity.
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CPA
Plunging from Terminal Tower Ends in Tragedy
A 25 year old woman died after plunging from the 14th floor of Cleveland Terminal Tower early today. Police and investigators cordon the area as the city mourns the unusual death at a landmark building.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Terminal
Communists Capture Changchun Railway Depot
Communist forces seized Changchun's main railway station after a nightlong assault, allowing possible northward rail reinforcements. The battle brought fighting within 100 yards of two groups of Americans, including Maj. Robert B. Rigg and staff. Estimates put Communist strength at about 40,000 in the area versus government forces at roughly 4,000.
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Changchun
Robert B. Rigg
Chicago
Russia
Westonhouse Electric Seeks $80 Million Loan Expansion
Wes tinghouse Electric Corp after a 93 day CIO strike says it is negotiating an $80 million loan to fund an expansive $58 million program. The plant says 75,000 striking workers have cost $42 million in wages and $100 million in production losses, as union seeks an 18 percent wage hike while rejecting a 17 percent offer.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
CIO
John Packer Dies Leader in Ohio Junior Order
John L. Packer aged 68, a prominent figure in Ohio circles of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, died yesterday at Mercy Hospital. He was known for his longtime community service and leadership within the organization.
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John Packer
Canton
CPI
John L. Packer
Ohio
Order of
United American Mechanics
Mercy Hospital
Carrier Is Undamaged After Drifting Aground
The 727,000 ton U S S Wasp, veteran aircraft carrier of Pacific battles, drifted aground on the New Jersey shore after a 35 knot wind strained her hawsers. Five Navy tugs nudged her afloat last night and she remained undamaged.
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Bayonne
U. S. S. Wasp
New Jersey
Enoch Arden Tangle Solved For Ohio Girl
Ohio girl Helen Goad formerly Ports mouth remarried after her bomber pilot husband was reported dead. Judge Leslie Stil dissolved her marriage to Ensign Robert A. MacDowell and declared Lt Harold A. Goad her legal husband. Goad, shot down over Burma, survived a Japanese prison and reconnected after release, triggering the annulment.
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Long Beach
Call
Martail
Helen Goad
Portsmouth
Ohio
Leslie Stil
Helen
Burma
War Department
Ensign MacDowell
Saugerties
Goad
MacDowell
UN Turns to Polish Charge Poland accuses Franco Spain of harboring Nazi plotters
The United Nations Security Council shifts from Iran to Poland's charge that Franco's Spain endangers peace by harboring war plotters. France’s Henri Bonnet expects a lengthy argument amid suspected unofficial charges from Spanish Republican leaders in Paris. They claim Franco has 450,000 troops poised along the French frontier.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Poland
Spain
Henri Bonnet
France
Paris
Francisco Franco
Investigation of Lumber Black Market Beginning
The OPA opened one of the largest Price Control Agency probes on the West Coast to curb lumber black market dealings. Noel Gray, OPA district enforcement attorney in San Francisco, said the aim is to raise lumber production and speed supply for housing. The report also notes an annual $65 wage increase for teachers and other Tiffin public school employees, effective September 1946, approved by the Tiffin board of education.
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U.S
Budapest
Ironton
San Francisco
OPA
Price Control Agency
West Coast
Noel Gray
Tiffin
Tiffin Board of Education
Price Control Future Is Doubtful in OPA Vote
In Washington the House votes on OPA reforms amid alarm from Truman allies. Proposals aim to curb OPA life, shift agricultural pricing to the Agriculture Secretary, and end subsidies. Porter warns of inflation spikes if price control collapses. Twelve lawmakers urge severing ties with Spain and taking the issue to the UN Security Council.
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OPA
Washington
House
Truman
Rep
Monroney
Okla
Patan
Secretary of Agriculture
Rep. Wolcott
Michigan
Porter
Bataan Hero’s Medal Sent To Orphaned Girl
An eight year old orphan girl received her father Sgt Everett D Mackay’s Purple Heart after writing General MacArthur asking for the medal. The ceremony included a WAC band and honor guard, honoring Mackay who survived the Bataan death march and died in a Japanese prison on March 4, 1945.
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San Francisco
Bataan
MacArthur
Joan Dewey Mackay
WAC
Everett D. Mackay
Philippines
Joan
Alice Mackay
May F. Ryder
Bilihid
Manila
Nana
Poppa Everett
Mama Alice
Lighted Candles Found In Time to Avoid Fire
Highteen burning candles were found early today in a basement storeroom at a parochial school attached to Holy Family Catholic Church. Andrew Jimdra and assistant pastor Rev Clarence Leiderbach discovered the lit candles and warned some were about to ignite papers and rags.
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Cleveland — i
Holy Family Catholic Church
Andrew Jimdra
Msgr
Wesceslaus F. Novak
Clarence A. Leiderbach
Witness Recalls Beheading Of Filipinos By Japanese Forces
A 20 year old Filipino witness Cirineo testified at a war crimes trial in Manila describing the beheading of 81 Filipinos on Panay Island by Japanese troops. He accuses Lt. Gen. Takeshi Kono of permitting mass executions and other atrocities by Panay forces.
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Manila
Panay Island
Cirineo
Takeshi Kono
Panay
Lehman Calls For Renewal Of Rationing
The Agriculture Department announced wartime meat distribution for April through June. Civilian per capita meat supply is expected to average about 132 pounds annually, with allocations among civilians, the armed forces, and needy areas abroad through early fall.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
DIETING URGED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON-4
President Truman urged Americans to cut food intake to low European standards for two days a week during the world crisis. Lehman urged renewed rationing to meet overseas famine relief goals, criticizing postwar planning and calling for export grain priority. Agriculture Secretary Anderson warned wheat rationing could hinder relief, while UNRRA's Hoover mission continues in Europe.
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Washington
Truman
Hoover
Athens
Herbert Hoover
Charge Former Wave Abandoned Baby in Pew
Pleasantville New Jersey police charged 23 year old former WAV E member Miss Mittle Gardner Anderson with abandoning an infant found 10 days earlier in a pew of St Marys Catholic Church She was taken into custody and to Washington police later She said in a letter she loved a military man and feared religious differences would keep her from returning The baby boy was found with a nearby letter and the mother said she was Catholic raised in the South This is a brief record of the incident and custody arrangements with details from Captain Walter H Atkinson
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Pleasantville
N. J
UPI
Mittle Gardner Anderson
Walter H. Atkinson
Washington, D
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Atkinson
W. E. Keats
South
Capt. Atkinson
Mics Anderson
Atlantic City
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