Congress Debates Unemployment and Full Employment Plans
In Washington the reconversion push drives Congress as committees pursue unemployment and full employment bills favored by President Truman. Proposals include boosting federal aid to states for jobless support and a government study of industry prospects with possible federal job creation, plus various related measures on drafts, housing, and production.
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Max Hall
Washington
Congress
Cruman
House Committee
Bilbo
Siresman Surplus Property Board
House
National Association of Home Builders
Truman
Cory Stions
Serurities and Exchange Commission
S. E.C
WPB
Aluminum Company to Close Plant Friday in Newark
More than 1200 employees of the Aluminum Corporation of America will be laid off Friday as the government owned Newark plant, with a value of 30 million dollars, shuts down. Plant manager EB Fassel announced the decision today.
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Aluminum Corporation
Newark
Aluminum Corporation of America
EB. B. Fassel
First Hun Leaders To Be Tried Are Selected
London reports the four major western Allies named 24 Nazi leaders and Prussian chiefs for the first mass trial of German war criminals, including Hermann Goering Rudolf Hess Wilhelm Keitel and Karl Doenitz, set to begin in October.
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London
Herman Goering
Rudolf Hess
Wilhelm Keitel
Karl Doenitz
Germany
Japanese Lay General Election To Be Held
Reuters reports a Tokyo broadcast recording says Japan will hold a general election before the end of 1945. The note reflects wartime political plans announced in London.
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London
Reuters
Tokyo
Japan
Sure That Prayers Brought Dad Back
Janet Sue and Gregory Boyington Jr rise at their grandma's Brewster farm in Washington as Gloria declares she always knew their father Maj. Gregory Bovington was alive. Gloria's faith and the family's relief after reports he was believed to be alive in Tokyo are noted in a touching vigil.
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Seattle
Janet Sue
Gregory Boyington, Jr
Brewster, Wash
Gloria
Maj
Gregory Bovington
Tokyo
Surrender Terms to Japanese in Philippines Labor Leaders
Manila reports American officers relayed surrender demands to Southern Luzon commander Maj. Gen. Sumi as negotiations continued for 10,000 Northern Luzon troops. Parley 22 miles east of Manila used signals and a Japanese flag. Yokoyama’s forces faced a six to nine day deadline after Tokyo signing. In Ohio, lawmakers debated unemployment benefits and retroactive increases as Att. Gen. Jenkins ruled on scope. Willys plans postwar jeep production with first unit Sept. 4.
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Manila
Luzon
Sumi
Yokoyama
Lxizon
Tokyo
Yaguchi
William’ R. Gill
Yamashita
Stage Is Set For Landing At Yokosuka
Americans and British Marines and bluejackets prepare a four phase invasion to seize Yokosuka and establish an Allied shore base. Nearly 10 650 seaborne troops will attack with 1 200 US bluejackets and 450 British forces to seize the Japanese naval base near Tokyo Bay. Residents ordered indoors as landings near Yokosuka are planned with ships and aircraft to follow.
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Associated Press
Yokosuka
Ning
Third Fleet
Tokyo Bay
Itelf
Cape Fujtsu
Children Win Triad Case in Lucas County Juvenile Court
Lucas County juvenile court officials resolved a domestic triangle involving Orville Snyder and Loretta Bacon, the 18-year-old intruder who threatened to disrupt the home. Snyder received another chance while Bacon drew a year in the women’s reformatory. George H. Statler, 103, longtime Nesidgne resident of Scott, died today.
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Toledo
Lucas County
Orville Snyder
Loretta Bacon
van Wert
George H. Statler
Nesidgne
Scott
Toay
Ohio Bell seeks FCC ok for car radio telephone system
Ohio Bell Radio telephone service aims to link cars to homes or offices. A 250 watt transmitter would serve 20 mobile units including six in Ohio Bell cars with compact short wave sets, antenna and cradle phones. Drivers call the central vehicular office by car number, dashboard light and buzzer indicate connection, then the operator completes the call.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Ohio Bell
F. P. Mertick
Marshall Blamed For Pearl Harbor Disaster
Army board findings blamed General George C. Marshall for failures before Pearl Harbor while President Truman released the report and rejected the critique as unjustified. The documents faulted Marshall and others for tense warnings and late transmission of critical information before December 7 1941.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Staf
Pearl Harbor
Army Board of
Truman
Stimson
Marshall
Husband
Kimme
Harold R. Stark
Walter C. Short
Army
Hawaiian Department
Short
Japan
Mass Occupation of Japan Begins Tomorrow by Allied Forces
General MacArthur flies to Okinawa as 17 500 troops prepare dawn landings at Atsugi Airfield. Admiral Halsey leads seaborne assaults at Yokosuka while Missouri and South Dakota sit in Tokyo Bay for the impending surrender witnesses. Carrier aircraft and other fleets stand ready in Sagami and Miura for a joint air and sea occupation.
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Okinawa
MacArthur
Third Fleet
Tokyo Bay
Japan
General MacArthur
Manila
Atsugi Airfield
Admiral Halsey
Yokosuka Naval Base
Missouri
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
South Dakota
South Pacific
Nimitz
Duke of York
Atlantic
Bruce Fraser
Miura Peninsula
Sagami Bay
Pacific Ocean
Bay
Frank Jack Fletcher
North Pacific
Experimental Training Blamed in Man's Death
NEW HAVEN Connecticut Yale University announced today a conscientious objector died of poliomyelitis probably contracted while doing experimental work on the disease as a technician in one of its laboratories. The victim, Warren B. Dugan, 27, of Sugar Grove, Tennessee, likely contracted the disease as a result of his work in the laboratory rather than from an outside source.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
University
Warren &. Dugan
Sugar Grove
Needy Projects To Get Soil Conservation Fund
Columbus report quotes Elmer F. Kruse head of the Ohjo Agricultural Adjustment Agency announcing state AAA soil conservation funds to be allocated by farmer elected county committees to the most badly needed projects. Kruse explains allocations previously depended on farm earning capacity and limited farmers to arbitrary amounts.
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Columbus
Elmer F. Kruse
Ohjo Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Kryse
New Point Plan Awaiting: Orders From MacArthur
Washington AP reports a revised joint system to speed Army discharges to begin soon pending General MacArthur's approval. Congress may scrap Selective Service before Christmas, with broad opposition to further draft calls and support for volunteer inducements. The plan adjusts points to discharge, lowers the cutoff, and limits overseas shipments to those with under 60 points.
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Washington
MacArthur
Sikes
Fla
Congress
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Stephen G. Henry
Army
Traffic Death Toll Rises as Gas Freed In July 1945
The National Safety Council reports a 15 percent rise in July traffic deaths compared with 1944, with 2,030 deaths recorded for July and 13,190 for January through July 1945. Despite the overall increase, 232 cities had perfect July records and 78 cities were perfect for the seven months, including Chillicothe Ohio at 0.0 deaths per 10,000 vehicles.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Chillicothe
Ohio
CIO Leaflets Warn of Delay in Unemployment Claims
Joseph Jess treasurer manager of the CIO Cleveland Industrial Union Council says leaflets will be distributed at the State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation office warning residents they may lose 174 in unemployment claims if they file now. Governor Laubs announces a special session to consider boosting benefits, but the present law likely denies increased payments.
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Cleveland
Joseph Jess
Cio-Cleveland Industrial Union Council
CIO
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Kress
Frank J. Lausthe
Ohio General Assembly
Expansion plans announced for OSS Home expansion
James C. De Long, commandant of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home, announced expansion plans to raise capacity to 2,400 men. Edward Zeinski Jr. was fatally struck by an automobile after stepping into the street in Cleveland last night.
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OSS
Sandusky
James C. Delong
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home
Cleveland
Edward Zienski, Jr
Inductions Halted On Saturdays And Holidays
Col. C. W. Goble, state director, announced that selective service induction activities will be halted on Saturdays and holidays beginning this week. No registrants will be forwarded for induction physicals or processing on those days under national policy. Separately, 010Ts Corp. increased salaries for its 3 Engal KAR Aaa workers by 20 percent, effective last Monday.
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Columbus
Col. C. W. Goble
Soule
Yorkers in Canton Receive Pay Increases Notice
Local workers in Canton will see higher wages under new pay reforms. Revised notices are being sent to employees with orders due this Saturday or Labor Day, according to an official briefing.
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Canton
Hurricane Damage May Reach 15 Million Dollars
A tropical hurricane ravaged the Central Texas coast causing crop and property damage estimated at 15 million dollars. Three people were dead and at least 13 injured as relief efforts continued in stricken areas down the coast. The Houston Post reported the losses and noted relief aid actions underway. The Timken Roller Bearing Co. boosted salaried workers pay 10 percent, while wage increases for CIO Steelworkers were delayed pending union decisions. Ford halted production at the Rouge plant due to a strike at Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co.
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Houston
Texas
Houston Post
Timken Roller Bearing Co
CIO
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford Rouge
Kelsey-Hayes
Wainwright eyes final surrender in Tokyo scene
Lt Gen Jonathan Wainwright looked forward to seeing in Tokyo the Japanese commanders who capitulated at Corregidor. He hoped to spot Masaharu Homma among the scene of Japan's humiliation as 10,000 American and British Marines and sailors land at Yokosuka and occupation forces prepare to sail.
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Chungking
Gem Jonathan Wainwright
Tokyo
Corregidor
Japan
Philippines
Masaharu Homma
Yokosuka
Japs To Free Prisoners. Boyington May Be Among Releasees
Japan promised freedom for 6 125 prisoners of war and 94 civilian internees in the Tokyo area as occupation forces land. Maj Gregory Boyington, Medal of Honor hero, was reported alive and may be among those released. Surrenders continued in the Pacific with Atoll garrisons yielding and Morotai capitulation marking MacArthur advances. Wainwright, freed from a Japanese camp, joined MacArthur for the Missouri surrender voyage and invited aides and associates to witness the formal signing.
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Tokyo
Gregory
Pappy) Boyington
China
South Pacific
Rabaul
San Diego
Pacific Islands
Old Glory
Mili Atoll
Marshalls
Morotai
Philippines
Harry W. Johnson
Southwest Pacific
Wainwright
MacArthur
Japan
Chungking
Missouri
Lewis C. Beebe
Col
John Pugh
Thomas Dooley
John Carroll
Fleet in Sight of Tokyo After Yokohama Bombardment
The Missouri anchored off Yokohama and entered Tokyo Bay with destroyers and cruisers, preparing to land 10,000 Marines at Yokosuka. Japanese ports show bomb damage at Yokohama while Nagato rests beached and Yokosuka's base remains largely intact. No resistance is reported as Third Fleet ships and prize crews continue operations.
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Yokohama
Tokyo
Halsey
America
Uraga Strait
Tokyo Bay
Town
South Dakota
Duke of York
Nicholas, O'Bannon
Taylor
Ers
Nagato
Yokosuka Naval Base
Yokosuka
Maira Peninsula
Sage Ani Bay
Third Fleet
Honshu
Troops To Be Removed From Near East Post
The War Department announced that most American troops in Iran will be withdrawn by November 1 with few exceptions. About 2,600 will stay to guard installations and some Army Air Transport Command personnel will remain to operate flight routes through the country.
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Washington
War Department
Persian Gulf
Iran
Army Air Transport Command
Vanished Houston Crew: 300 Japanese Prisoners in Thailand Camp
A new report from OSS operative Lt Col Nicol Smith says about 300 survivors from the heavy cruiser Houston, among others, were held in jungle camps in Thailand and Southeast Asia. Two Houston enlisted men escaped and reached guerrilla stations with aid from OSS drops. medicines and cooks have been parachuted in, and the men are to be flown out soon.
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Thailand
Washington
Houston
United States
Nicol
Chiang Kai-Shek Optimistic After Mao Meeting in China
CHUNGKING Associates of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek declared he was most optimistic about China's future after his first meeting with Mao Tse-Tung. Chiang hosted Mao at dinner following the Communist leader's arrival for conferences to settle National Government and North China Communist differences and avert civil war.
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Nagato
Associated Press
MacArthurst
Korea
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Mao Tse-Tung
Chiang
Mao
Dinnner
Yenan
North China
Investigations on Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt’s Affairs
Washington report says full probe results into Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt's finances may be released soon. A Ways and Means Committee polling majority supports making the report public and airing the findings.
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Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
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Bell Company
Soil Conservation Fund
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