Employment Chief Topic In Congress
Congress afternoon session focus on reconversion with two main bills under review. Unemployment proposal would allow up to 25 a week for 26 weeks. Full Employment Bill would study industry prospects and suggest improvements, with possible federal job creation. Also, repeal moves on draft, asset sales, and price controls trigger protests and agency actions as postwar economy shifts unfold.
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Washington
Congress
Fruman
House
National Association of Home Builders
Truman
Securities and Exchange Commission
WPB
Aluminum Corp to Close Newark Plant Friday
More than 1200 employees of the Aluminum Corporation of America will be laid off as the government owned plant in Newark closes Friday. Plant manager E B Fassel reported the action.
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Newark
Aluminum Corporation of America
Fassel
Anager
First Hun Leaders To Be Tried Are Selected
London reports the four major western Allies naming 24 Nazi leaders and Prussian chiefs as defendants for the first mass trial of Germany's arch criminals. Included are Hermann Goering Rudolf Hess Wilhelm Keitel and Karl Doenitz. The trial is set for early October with trials to Judge the war crimes of high ranking Nazi officials.
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London
Herman Goering
Rudolf Hess
Wilhelm Keitel
Karl Doenitz
Germany
Japanese General Election Planned by End of 1945
London Reuters reports a Tokyo broadcast recording stating Japan would hold a general election before the end of 1945, outlining the government’s plan amid wartime conditions.
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London
Reuters
Tokyo
Japan
Sure That Prayers Brought Dad Back
In Brewster Washington a family wakes to a surprise as Janet Sue and Gregory Jr Boyington climb from bed at grandma's farm. Baby sister Gloria says she always knew their father, Major Mas Gregory Boyington, was alive and adds I know it I just said my prayers for him.
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Seattle
Janet Sue
Gregory Boyington, Jr
Brewster, Wash
Gloria
Mas
Gregory Boyington
Tokyo
Americans press surrender of Japanese in Luzon valleys
In a rugged gorge 22 miles east of Manila American officers relayed a surrender demand to Southern Luzon commander Maj. Gen Sumi and continued talks for 10 000 Northern Luzon troops led by Maj Gen Williams Gill The envoys used signals and a battle flag to stay in contact with headquarters with a Tokyo signing deadline looming
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Luzon
Sumi
Yokoyama
Tokyo
Yaguchi
Lauzon
Wiliam H. Gill
Yamaeshita
Labor Leaders Seek Increase In Jobless Pay
Ohio lawmakers face debate on unemployment benefits in a special session called by Governor Lausche. Labor leaders press for retroactive raises and broader definition of suitable work, supported by an attorney general opinion. Paul M. Herbert criticizes Lausche for political timing and urges making benefits an emergency measure rather than delay.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lauache
Hugh 5. Jenkins
Chillicothe
Paul M. Herbert
Ohio Post
Children Win Domestic Triangle Settlement In Toledo
Lucas County juvenile court officials settled a domestic triangle involving Orville Snyder, Loretta Brecon, and an 18-year-old girl who threatened the home. Snyder received another chance while Brecon was sentenced to a year in the women's reformatory. Also reported, George Stuttler, 103, longtime resident of Scott, died today in Van Wert.
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Toledo
Lucas County
Orville Snyder
Loretta Brecon
van Wert
George Stuttler
Scott
Willys-Overland chief urges broader postwar reconversion
Willys-Overland Motors president Charles Sorensen urged government policy to allow the country to reconvert after the war. He praised the Truman administration as the firm began civilian jeep production with operations starting today and the first vehicle set to roll off September 4.
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Toledo
Charles £. Bucensen
Willys-Over
Land Motors, Inc
Willys- Overland
Sorensen
Truman
Willys
United States
Cleveland Motors to Call Homes by Car Telephone System
Cleveland motorists may soon call homes or offices without leaving their cars. Ohio Bell submitted to the FCC to run a tri telephone station with 20 mobile units, six on Ohio Bell cars, using a 250 watt transmitter linked to the general network. Vehicles would carry a compact short wave set, an antenna, and a cradle telephone with dashboard signals.
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Cleveland
Nio Bell Telephone Co
Federal Communications Com
General Telephone
FCC
Ohio Bell
F. P. Merrick
Marshall blamed for Pearl Harbor disaster report
Army board faulted General Marshall for Pearl Harbor failure while President Truman rebuked the findings as unjust. Truman defended Stimson and disputed the report, saying prompt trials would follow if warranted. The inquiry pressed Marshall over warning intel and failure to alert General Short before December 7 1941.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
Pearl Harbor
Truman
Stinmaon
Marshall
Short
Japan
Stage Set For Landing At Yokosuka
American and British Marines and bluejackets prepare for a four phase invasion to seize Yokosuka, disarm Japanese forces, and establish an Allied shore base. About 160,650 seaborne troops will hit the beaches with 9,000 Marines of the Third Fleet and 1,200 bluejackets, plus 250 Royal Marines and 20 Royal Navy personnel. Americans to land at Yokosuka, an airbase north, and Cape Fujtsu while the British hold two offshore islets. Residents ordered indoors and cars halted as ships and wrecks line Tokyo Bay.
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Third Fleet
Forte
Tokyo Bay
Cape Fujtsu
Associated Press
al Depking
Tokyo
MacArthur
Korea
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Shanghai
Pacific Coast
Hawaii
Mass Occupation of Japan Starts Tomorrow by Sea Air Troops
General MacArthur flies to Okinawa and 17 500 battle clad troops prepare to land tomorrow by air and sea. 7500 airborne troops begin dawn assault at Atsugi Airfield while Missouri battlship hosts surrender witness Lt General Wainwright. Allied fleets assemble including South Dakota Duke of York and carrier planes ready to support landings across Sagami Bay.
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Okinawa
Macathur
Third Fleet
Tokyo Bay
General MacArthur
Manila
Atsugi
Sir Bruce Frager
Mura Peninsula
Experimental Training Blamed in Man's Death
Warren G. Dugan a 27 year old from Sugar Grove Illinois died while doing experimental work on poliomyelitis at Yale University laboratory. University officials say death likely resulted from his lab duties rather than outside exposure. OSS Home plans expansion to care for 2400 men were announced by James C. De Jong in New Haven.
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Sandusky
James C. De‘jong
A - Soldiers and Sailors
New Haven
Conn
P—Yates
Senesa
Warren G. Dugan
Wainwright Looks For Rival At Final Tokyo Surrender
Lt Gen Jonathan Wainwright hoped to see his old rival Gen Masaharu Homma among Japanese commanders at Tokyo surrender ceremonies. Homma, once commander in the Philippines, was among figures linked to Japan's capitulation scene as carriers, cruisers, and destroyers prepared to sail for Japan to join the occupation fleet. The arrival follows the landing of about 10,000 American and British Marines at Yokosuka, with patrol duties likely assigned in northern Japanese waters.
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Chungring
Jonathan Wainwright
Ward
Tokyo
Corregidor
Japan
Philippines
Masaharu Homma
Yokosuka
New Point Plan Awaiting Orders From MacArthur
Washington AP reports a revised Army discharge point system awaits General MacArthur’s approval. The plan recomputes points as of May 12 boosting scores, lowers discharge threshold from 5 to 8 points, ships overseas only those under 60 points, and ends keeping specialists purely for skill regardless of points. Congress faces possible end to selective service before Christmas amid broad opposition to further drafts.
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Washington
MacArthur
Sikes D
Fla
Congress
May
D-Ky
House ‘Military Committee
Stephen G. Henry
Army
Traffic Death Toll Climbs as Gas Is Freed
The National Safety Council reports July 1945 traffic deaths rose 15 percent from July 1944 to 2,030. For January–July 1945 total deaths reached 13,190. Despite higher tolls, 232 cities posted perfect July records and 78 cited perfect seven month records. Chillicothe Ohio recorded 0.6 deaths per 10,006 registered vehicles.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Chilhicathe
Ohio
CIO Leader Warns of Unemployment Claim Delays
Joseph Kress, treasurer-manager of the CIO Cleveland Industrial Union Council, announced leaflets warning locals they may lose $174 in unemployment claims if they file now. He cited Gov Lausche recalling the General Assembly to consider boosting unemployment benefits, with current law not promising increased benefits.
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Cleveland
Joseph Kress
Cio-Cleveland Industrial Union Council
CIO
Focal Justice
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Kress
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio General Assembly
Fatally Horti Cleveland—Edward Zie laski Jr. Killed
Edward Zie laski Jr. was fatally struck when he ran into a street in front of a moving automobile last night, according to local police reports. The incident occurred in Cleveland and is under investigation.
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Cleveland
Edward Zielaski, Jr
Needy Projects To Get Soil Conservation Fund
Columbus report says state AAA soil conservation funds will be allocated by farmer elected county committees to the most badly needed projects in their area. Allocation previously relied on farm earning capacity, limiting individual farmer access. Elmer F. Kruse explains the shift to need based funding.
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Columbus
Elmer F. Kruse
Ohio Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Kruse
Halt Inductions On Saturdays and Holidays Halt
Canton workers receive a 10 percent pay increase at Timken Roller Bearing Co and 20 percent for those with Saturday or Labor Day orders. Col. C. W. Goble notes national policy halts selective service inductions on Saturdays and legal holidays. Houston hurricane causes casualties and aid efforts across affected Texas counties. Ford Rouge production paused due to Kelsey-Hayes strike, delaying 1946 passenger car output.
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Columbus
Col. C. W. Goble
Goble
Hercules
Motors Corp
Timken Roller Bearing Co
CIO Steelworkers
Houston
Texas
Japs To Free Prisoners In Tokyo Area Surrender News
Japanese medical officers freed prisoners of war near Malmahe region as occupation forces landed. Maj. Gen. Harry G. Beyington led 125 prisoners released with 94 others. MacArthur to reunite with Wainwright, newly liberated, in Tokyo this week as surrender events unfold across the Southwest Pacific.
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C W. Johnson
Tokyo
Southwest Pacific
Gregory (Pappy) Wainwright
MacArthur Will Beyington
Congress
Japan
Wainwright
China
South
Nt Chung
MacArthur
Rabaul
San Diego
Pacific
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Fleet in Sight of Tokyo Near Yokohama Ships Prepare to Land Marines
The Missouri and South Dakota with the Duke of York pass Yokohama and enter Tokyo Bay after navigating Uraga Strait. Destroyers Nicholas O Bannon Pang Taylor Buchanan Landsdowne Lardner Whelp Wager escort the fleets. About 10 000 Marines and landing parties will occupy Yokosuka and three small islands. Yokohama smoke stacks and bombing damage visible from ships. Nagato beached. Yokosuka dry dock busy. Tokyo skyline visible. Third Fleet ships and two Japanese subs spotted, prize crews aboard. No trouble observed.
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Tokyo
Halsey
America
Uraga Strait
Tokyo Bay
Iowa
South Dakota
Duke of York
Nicholas
O'Bannon Pang
Taylor
Ers
Yokoham
Nagato
Yokosuka Naval Base
Yokosuka
Maira Peninsula
Sage Jam Bay
Third Fleet
Honshu
Troops To Be Removed From Near East Post
The War Department said American troops in Iran will be withdrawn by November 1 with few exceptions. About 2,600 personnel will stay to guard installations and support some Army Air Transport Command roles. Persian Gulf Command will oversee the withdrawal.
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Washington
Department
Persian Gulf
Iran
Vanished Houston Crewmen Found Alive in Thai Jungle Camp
OSS sources report about 300 survivors from the heavy cruiser Houston, long listed as vanished since the Java Sea battle in 1942, were living in jungle camps in Thailand and Southeast Asia. Two Houston sailors reached a guerrilla station and told of prisoners held by Japanese, aided by Thai locals and OSS drops of medicine and meals.
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Thailand
Washington
Houston
United States
Nicol
Bueasian
Asia
OSS
Chiang Kai-Shek Optimistic After Mao Talks
In Chungking associates of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek said he was most optimistic about China's future after his first meeting with Mao Tse-Tung. Chiang hosted Mao at dinner following Mao's arrival from Yenan for conferences to settle differences between the National Government and North China Communists and avert possible civil war.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Mao Tse-Tung
Chiang
Mao
North China
Roosevelt Finance Report May Be Made Public
Washington reports that the investigation into Major General Elliott Roosevelt's finances may be released soon. The inquiry centers on Roosevelt's financial affairs and potential impacts on his public duties.
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Washington
Bri
Elliott Roosevelt
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