Employment Chief Topic In Congress
Congress debates reconversion measures with two main bills under review. The unemployment bill would fund states up to 25 per week for 26 weeks, while the Full Employment Bill would study industry prospects and suggest actions, possibly funding jobs if needed. Other items include draft protests and asset sales, with WPB reporting on postwar supply and price controls across homes, film, cameras, and leather.
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Max Hall
Washington
Congress
Fruman
House
National Association of Home Builders
Truman
Securitiesand Exchange Commission
WPB
Aluminum Corp to Close Plant Friday in Newark
More than 1200 employees of the Aluminum Corporation of America will be laid off Friday with the closing of the 530 million government owned plant in Newark, plant manager E. B. Fassel reported today.
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Newark
Aluminum Corporation of America
E. B. Fassel
First Nazi Leaders Nominated for Western Trials
The four major western Allies named 24 Nazi leaders and Prussian chiefs including Hermann Goering Rudolf Hess Wilhelm Keitel and Karl Doenitz as defendants in the first mass trial of Germanys arch criminals set for early October.
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London
Herman Goering
Rudolf Hess
Wilhelm Keitel
Karl Doenitz
Germany
Japanese Say General Election To Be Held
Reuters reports a Tokyo broadcast recording stating that Japan would hold a general election before the end of 1945. The claim reflects wartime political expectations as World War II neared its end.
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London
Reuters
Tokyo
Japan
Sure That Prayers Brought Dad Back
Janet Sue and Gregory Boyington Jr. woke at their grandma's farm near Brewster Washington with the claim their father Mas Gregory Boyington was alive. Gloria, their baby sister, declared she had known it all along and said she prayed for him.
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Seattle
Janet Sue
Gregory Boyington, Jr
Brewster
Wash
Gloria
Mas
Gregory Boyington
Tokyo
Surrender Negotiations With Japanese in Philippines
In a rugged gorge 22 miles west of Manila American officers relayed surrender terms to Japanese envoys for Southern Luzon forces and pressed for the surrender of about 10 000 Northern Luzon troops. Negotiations used wig wag signals and a Japanese battle flag as contact with headquarters was maintained. Maj Gen Sumi refused surrender without higher authority.
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Manila
Luzon
Sumi
Yokoyame
Labor Leaders Seek Increase In Jobless Pay
Columbus reports labor leaders press for retroactive boosts to unemployment benefits in Ohio. They argue the Legislature should widen the compensation code and treat higher payments as urgent, while Governor Lausche faces critique for timing and political maneuvering during the regular session.
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Ars Mule, Main
Geer J
Columbus
I Onio
Children Are Winners In Domestic Triangle
Eight children emerged winners as Lucas County juvenile court officials settled a domestic triangle involving their father Orville Snyder 33 their mother and Loretta Bacon 18 who threatened to break up the home. Snyder was given another chance while Bacon was sentenced to a year in the woman's reformatory. DIRS AT 108 VAN WERT George H Stuttler 103 died today.
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Toledo
Lucas County Juvenile Court
Orville Snyder
Loretta Bacon
Willys-Overland to Begin Civilian Jeep Production
Charles Sorensen, president of Willys-Overland Motors, urged government to let the country reconvert to peacetime needs. He praised the Truman administration as the postwar jeep line begins operations, with the first vehicle rolling off the line on September 4. The company aims to provide economic freedom and efficient planning beyond government or industry control.
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Toledo
Charles Sorensen
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
Willys
Overland
Sorensen
United States
Jeep
Ohio Bell seeks FCC approval for car radio telephone system
Ohio Bell plans a 250 watt mobile radio telephone network to link cars with homes and offices. The initial 20 mobile units include six on Ohio Bell cars, with future units based on demand. Drivers call a central vehicular office by car number. a dashboard light and buzzer signal connection and verbal call setup.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Ohio Bell
F. FP. Merrick
Occupation of Japan begins with bold Allied landings
General MacArthur and 17 500 troops prepare to mass land in Japan tomorrow. Airborne units start at Atsugi Airfield while seaborne forces land at Yokosuka. Missouri, South Dakota, and Duke of York join fleet in Tokyo Bay to witness surrender by Lt General Wainwright.
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Okinawa
MacArthur
Third Fleet
Tokyo Bay
Japan
Manila
Atsugi Airfield
aAumiral Massey
Yokosuka Naval Base
Missouri
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
South Dakota
South Pacific
Nimitz
Duke of York
Atlantic
Scharnhorst
Sir Bruce Fraser
Miura Peninsula
Sagami Bay
Pacific Ocean
Bay
Frank Jack Fletcher
North Pacific
Marshall blamed for Pearl Harbor by army board
President Truman released the army and navy reports on December 7 1941 defending General George C Marshall from blame while criticizing Rear Admiral Husband E Kimmel Admiral Harold R Stark and Major General Walter C Short. The reports accuse Marshall of failing to keep Hawaiian Command informed of rising Japanese tensions and of not relaying decisive information to General Short on December 6 and 7.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
Pearl Harbor
Army Board of
Truman
Marshall
Short
Japan
Stage Set For Landing At Yokosuka
Allied forces prepare a four phase invasion of Yokosuka to seize the Japanese base near Tokyo Bay. About 10,650 seaborne troops including 9,000 Marines and 1,200 Bluejackets plus 250 Royal Marines and 200 Royal Navy personnel will land to disarm and establish a base. Yokosuka residents warned to stay indoors as ships and wreckage clutter the harbor.
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Associated Press
Yokosuka
Third Fleet
Tokyo Bay
Cape Fujtsu
Yokosuke
Bcort
Japan
Experimental Training Blamed in Man's Death
Yale University reported Warren G. Dugan a 27 year old conscientious objector from Sugar Grove Illinois died of poliomyelitis probably contracted while performing experimental work as a laboratory technician at Yale. A university spokesman said the illness likely stemmed from lab work rather than outside sources.
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New Haven
Conne
Yale University
Warren G. Dugan
Sugar Grove
Ill
Needy Projects To Get Soil Conservation Fund
Columbus report shows Elmer F. Kruse of the Ohio Agricultural Adjustment Agency announcing that AAA soil conservation funds will be allocated by farmer formed county committees to the most badly needed local projects. Allocation depends on each farm's earning capacity and caps on funding per farmer.
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Columbus
Elmer F. Kruse
Ohio Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Kruse
New Point Plan Awaiting Orders From MacArthur
Washington AP officials said a revised point system for speeding Army discharges will start soon pending General MacArthur’s green light. Congress may scrap Selective Service before Christmas, with many opposing further draft calls. A volunteers focus is favored, while a few support keeping the draft as a necessary evil. The plan increases points, lowers discharge threshold, overseas shipment only for those under 60, and abandons skill-based retention.
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Washington
MacArthur
Sikes D
Fla
Congress
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Stephen G. Henry
Army Chief of Staff
Traffic Death Toll Climbs After Gas Freed
The National Safety Council reports July 1945 traffic deaths at 2,030, up 15 percent from July 1944, raising seven month total to 13,190. Despite nationwide rise, 232 cities recorded perfect July records and 78 cities for seven months. Chillicothe and Chicago show 0.0 per 10,000 registered vehicles for the period.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Chillicothe
Ghigo
CIO Leader Warns of UEC Claim Delay in Ohio
Cleveland CIO treasurer-manager Joseph Kress announced leaflets will warn locals at the State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation that filing now may cost individuals up to 174 in unemployment claims. He cited Gov Lausche calling the General Assembly into special session to consider higher benefits, noting current law suggests filers would not receive increases.
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Yokoyama
Frank J. Lausche
Tokyo
Rtt
Hugh S. Jenkins
Cleveland
Joseph Kress
Cio-Cleveland Industrial Union Council
CIO
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Kress
Ohio General Assembly
Expansion plans for OSS Home expand to 2400 care capacity
James C. De Nong, commandant of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home, outlined an expansion program to house a total of 2,400 men. An unrelated report states Edward Zieliaski Jr. was fatally injured after running into a street in front of a vehicle in Cleveland.
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Sandusky
James C. de Nong
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home
Sentiourteed
Cleveland
Edward Zielaski, Jr
Halt Inductions On Saturdays and Holidays
Col. W. Goble, state director, announced that selective service induction activities will be halted on Saturdays and legal holidays beginning this week. No registrants will be forwarded for pre induction physicals or induction on Saturdays or legal holidays. Those with orders for this Saturday or Labor Day will receive revised notices.
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Columbus
W. Goble
Goble
Wainwright Eyes Homma at Tokyo Surrender Scene
Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright prepares to witness the final surrender rituals in Tokyo. He hopes to see Gen. MassHaru Homma, once in command in the Philippines, amid Japan's capitulation and the arrival of allied occupation forces at Yokosuka.
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Jonathan M. Wainwright Weunter
Lewis ¢. Beebe
A. C. Wedemeyer
Chungking
Philippines
Wainwright
NEA
Ocohungking
Gem
Jonathan Wainwright
Tokyo
Corregidor
Japan
Massharu Homma
Surrender News Highlight: POW and Internee Releases
Reports from the Pacific describe 6 125 released prisoners and 54 civilian internees in the Tokyo area. Maj Gregory Boyington, Medal of Honor recipient, may be among them as Pacific theater surrenders unfold. Wainwright arrives in Chungking after liberation and joins MacArthur for the Missouri surrender aboard.
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Tokyo
Maj
Gregory (Pappy) Boyington
China
South Pacific
Rabaul
San Diego
Pacific Islands
Old Glory
Mili Atoll
Marshalls
Morotai
Philippines
Malmahera
Harry W. Johnson
Southwest Pacific
Wainwright
MacArthur
Japan
Chungking
Missouri
Lewis C. Beebe
Col
John Pugh
Thomas Daniey
John Carroll
Ime
Fleet in Sight of Tokyo From Okinawa to Yokosuka and Tokyo Bay
The Missouri anchored off Yokohama and Tokyo's port with Iowa, South Dakota, and Duke of York, escorted by destroyers, aiming to deploy 40 000 Marines at Yokosuka Naval Base and nearby islands. Bombing raids left factories burned while Yokohama dwellings remained largely intact. Japanese battleship Nagato and a cruiser were observed in dock, with further Third Fleet ships in Sagegami Bay as prize crews handled submarines. No trouble reported.
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Yokohama
Tokyo
Halsey
America
Usaga Strait
Tokyo Bay
Iowa
South Dakota
Duke of York
Nicholas
O’bannon
Taylor
Ers
Nagato
Yokosuka Naval Base
Yokosuka
Maira Peninsula
Sage ‘Ami Bay
Third Fleet
Honshu
Hurricane Damage May Reach Fifteen Million
A cyclone and aftereffects threaten Central Texas and coastal areas with estimated $15 million in damage. Homes and crops suffer while aid to the homeless continues. three dead and at least 13 hurt as the storm passes. Wage hikes reported at Canton plants with 20 percent raises for salaried workers. Ford halts 1946 passenger car production due to a strike at Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co.
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Canton
Hercules ‘Motors Corp
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Jwo
CIO Steelworkers
Houston
Texas
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford Rouge
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co
Troops To Be Removed From Near East Post
War Department says Persian Gulf Command advised withdrawal of most U S troops in Iran by November 1 with about 2600 remaining to guard facilities and some Army Air Transport Command personnel to operate routes through the country.
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Washington
War Department
Persian Gulf
Iran
Army Air ,Transport Command
Vanished Houston crewmen linked to Thai guerrilla camp
OSS sources say about 390 survivors from the heavy cruiser Houston and other ships reached a guerrilla training station in Thailand after three and a half years in Japanese jungle camps. Two enlisted Houston sailors escaped and guided aid supplies were dropped in. Patients and cooks were parachuted in as rescue plans proceed.
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Washington
Houston
Thailand
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek Very Optimistic About China
Associates of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek said he was most optimistic about China after his first meeting with Mao Tse-Tung. Chiang hosted Mao at dinner following Mao's arrival from Yenan for talks to resolve National Government Communist differences and avert civil war.
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Associated Press
al Dapking
Tokyo
MacArthur
Korea
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Shanghai
Pacific Coast
Hawaii
Chungking
Mao Tse-Tung
Chiang
Mao
Yenan
North China
Report on Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt's finances eyed
A full investigation report into Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt's financial affairs may be released soon. A spot poll of the House Ways and Means Committee shows a majority supporting the action.
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Washington— UP
Elliott Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
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