Coal and Sugar Futures Dark Says OPA Report
Washington AP reports the coal and sugar outlook is grim while meat and gasoline offer brighter notes. Housewives are to assist the OPA against high prices as reconversion progress is noted by WPB. The unemployment compensation bill faces opposition as the feeders budget is cut by 19 billion dollars. Interior Secretary Ickes says Japan’s surrender reduces little of industry’s needs and mines may struggle to meet demand.
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Washington
OPA
WPB
Ickes
Japan
Anderson
New Mexico
Labor Department
J. A. Krug
Debt totals in 1946 cut as wartime spending plan shifts
Washington reports debt projections drop to 278 billion by next June, down from earlier 85 billion spending estimate for the current year. OPA price rules, meat and sugar measures, and reconversion outlook shape inflation fight. Krug cites WPB survey predicting civilian production rising, while unemployment relief and wage debates surface.
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Financial Exchanges To Close on Labor Day
Financial exchanges across the United States and Canada will close Monday September 3 for Labor Day. The New York stock and commodity markets will also be closed on Saturday September 1, the last of the summer Saturday closings. Proctor and Gamble plans a $1,000,000 soap plant in Cincinnati.
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New York
Financial Fund
United States
Canada
Sandusky
Cincinnati
Proctor & Gamble Company
Unified Army Navy merger urged as Pearl Harbor probe grows
Capitol Hill pressed for a full investigation into Pearl Harbor with calls for court martial action on those censured in Army Navy findings. Hull’s 1944 counter proposals are released, and lawmakers push toward a unified defense department with a joint staff. Hull says the plan was not an ultimatum but a broad Pacific area proposal.
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Pearl Harbor
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Truman
State Department
Hull
Japan
Army Board
Detroit
Ferguson
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Woodrum
D-Va
House
Army
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Department of Defense
May
D-Ky
Joint Staff
Army and Navy
William D. Leahy
Army- Navy
Joint Chiefs
Stimson
Asia
Pacific
Canal Project For East Ohio Area Is Urged
Washington LPI New legislation to authorize a canal from the Ohio River to Youngstown steel district is ready for Congress. Proponents say President Truman supports quick approval of the St Lawrence Seaway, seeing the canal as part of a broader inland waterway plan. Railroads and Pennsylvania interests oppose, arguing it benefits only a few mills. Youngstown seeks lower transport costs shared with Pittsburgh and other steel centers.
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LPI
Ohio River
Youngstown ‘Steel District
Congress
Truman
Roosevelt
St. Lawrence
Railroads
Pennsylvania
Ohio Canal
Younestown
Pittsburgh
Not All Japs Prove Polite
An Associated Press report from Japan recounts hostility toward American journalists. Vern Haugland and his party, traveling from Tokyo to Atsugi, endured two flat tires and long nights on the ground. An interpreter stopped a truck at 1 am, where the driver shouted deadly insults, and another hour passed before a bus was secured.
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Tokyo
Atsugi
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Jap Prisoners Feted by Manila Yanks
Manila witnesses Lt Gen Jonathan Wainwright and fellow officers who were released from a Manchurian prison being feted by American troops. They tour Manila en route to witness Japan’s surrender, receiving new jackets and gear as officers are promoted in the crowd.
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Jonathan Wainwright
Corregidor
Japan
Chungking
Manchuria
John Pugh
Thomas Dooley
Missouri
United States
China
Indo- China
Philippines
Truk
Hideki Tojo
Nippon
Tokyo
Ohio State Grants 350 Degrees In Summer Exercises
Ohio State University will graduate 350 students in summer exercises in Columbus marking the first peace time ceremony in three years. A military note remains with the Navy's mark of commendation presented to Ohio State's research foundation.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Navy
Ohio State
Science Aids Siamese Twin Girls In Ohio Profit News
Phoenix dispatch reports a mercy plane carrying a small quantity of a fibrin film donated by Harvard University to aid five day old Siamese twins in Arizona. The film aims to save the lives of Rita and Jesus Miranda’s daughters from Coldwater.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ijt
Arizona
Hartsvard University
Rita
Jesus Miranda
Coldswater
Allied Prisoners of War Taken on Rescue Ships
Off Yokohama the rescue ship Ancon carried 1000 more Allied POWs, joining 1494 freed from seven camps. Survivors from Wake and Bataan, malnourished and scarred, included a doctor forced to work without care, a prisoner in a brutal hospital setting, and a British guard of honor.
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Yokohama
Wake
Bataan
Navy
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Shinigawa
Gottfried
Guam
Stassen
Hellhole
Japan
Airman Killed In Berlin Show During Airdrop
An American 82nd Airborne parachutist died at Tempelhof Airdrome during a formal review and air drop honoring Marshal Zhukov. A second soldier suffered a broken neck and three others were injured as a stiff wind swept the field. The casualties were identified for publication.
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82Nd Airbourne
Tempelhoff
Georgia Zhukov
U. S. House of Representatives
Beat Navy Ace Boyington Freed From Torture Ordeal
Marine Major Gregory Boyington, famed Southwest Pacific flying ace, recounts 20 months of secret imprisonment and torture aboard a ship off Omori Prison Camp in Tokyo Bay. He describes bullet and grenade injuries, a failed Mae West life vest, a dramatic water escape, and rescue by Commodore Roger Simpson's expedition after being shot down near Rabaul. He credits 200 enemy aircraft encounters and a Congressional Medal of Honor.
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Reeves
Omori
Tokyo Bay
Gregory Pappy Boyington
Roger, Simpson
Boyington
Rabaul
New Britain
Zeke
Ammuni
Poison tablets taken by mistake kill woman
Mrs Pau line Micelo, 20, died after swallowing poison pills she mistook for sleeping tablets. Police reported the death. the Westering wounds were noted as foul smelling. A separate line mentions an internee applying net water bandages and a transfer to a secret navy camp in 1944.
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Cleveland
Pauline Micelo
Scarce Shirts and Pajamas Face Months of Shortage
A wartime report describes civilians and prisoners facing shortages of shirts and pajamas through spring 1946. The piece notes brutal treatment by guards, with mentions of injuries including a swollen jaw and beatings in a camp setting. Names appear linked to the National Association and camp administration.
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Lega
New York
Trump
Jessi
Max Lovell
National
Shirt
Paeicieg Taglay
Hummel First To Get Into Ohio State Race
Secretary of State Edward J. Hummel, a Cincinnati Republican, announced reelection bids for 1946. Hummel is serving his second term and jumped the gun on the field of state office aspirants.
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Hummel
Ohio State
Columbus
Edward J. Hummel
Cincinnati
Occupation Forces Press Into Tokyo Bay and Surrounding Areas
Unarmed Americans wander Tokyo streets as 200 miles of occupied territory open up. Troops move toward Tateyama Naval Base and Tokyo Bay as 1,500 freed POWs recount horrors. General MacArthur to relocate headquarters after Eighth Army arrival secures Tokyo region.
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Tokyo Bay
Tateyama
Japan
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Y Ookohama
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Yokohama
U. S Jome
Altaj
Robert
Sichelberger
Eighth Army
Landings Without Incident In Japan Mark Ending War
Allied forces began landings on Honshu at Yokohama and nearby Atsugi and Tateyama with minimal resistance. American minesweepers and naval units moved to secure Tokyo Bay while occupation spreads to Kyushu. Reports describe Japanese cruelties to POWs and calls for accountability as Allied leaders plan postwar moves.
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11Th Airborne Division
Atsugi
Tateyama
Tokyo Bay
Japan
Kansas Bride Learns Husband Alive After Dead Rumor
In Kansas City a 19 year old woman learns her soldier husband Gene Birdwell is alive after being listed missing in action. The news arrives as he and other U S troops secure surrender of Ryukyu Japanese forces. The marriage to her husband’s uncle ends with surprise reunion plans in Wichita.
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Kansas City
Ann Ross Birdwell
Manila
Gene D. Birdwell
Burma
U. S
Wiliam S. Ross
Oyuki Yamashita
Gene
Japan
Philippines
Skipper of Famous Sub Tang Freed From Jap Prison
Yokohama report says Richard Hetherington O Kane commander of the Tang, the famed U.S. submarine, is among those released from a Japanese prisoner camp. Navy had announced the Tang overdue and presumed lost on February 5.
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Yokohama
Richard Hetherington O'Kane
U.S
Navy
Duce's Favorite Child Held on Fascist Charge
Countess Eddal Ciano, favored daughter of Mussolini, was in the custody of the Italian Interior Ministry to face possible Fascist crime charges. Reports say she was released by Swiss authorities at Chiasso and handed to Italian officials by the Allies in Rome twelve hours later.
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Eddal Ciano
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Chiasso
Three Sailors Die In Oil Tanker Explosion
In Portland Oregon three crewmen of the Norwegian tanker Heesland were missing and believed dead after a massive explosion and fire while anchored at Portland harbor. The 15,000 ton vessel had discharged about 4.53 million gallons of crude oil at Portland Pipe Line Co. before the blast.
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Portland, Ore
Heesland
Ehow
Portland Harbor
Portland Pipe Lane Co
Job Benefit Claims Hit Historic High in Nation
Washington UF unemployment compensation claims surged to 596,495 initial claims last week, the highest on record. Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer of the Social Security Board told the Senate Finance Committee that the figure was more than 50 percent higher than any prior week since the war began.
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Washington
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Senate Finance Committee
Whiskey Plants To Close Next Week After Sept 1
New York report says many distilleries will shut down seven days a month due to grain allotments post Sept 1. Beverage companies warn of scarce quality aged bourbon and reduced aged rum, but neutral spirits blends and other liquors will stay plentiful, ensuring no overall shortage for consumers.
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New York
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