Bucks Arrive at San Pedro Await Redistribution
More than 1 000 members of the 148th regiment of the 37th infantry division known as the Buckeyes arrived at San Pedro aboard the S S Weltevreden after a three week trip from the Philippines. Officers and enlisted men including about 300 tank crewmen from the 706th battalion are bound for separation centers near home.
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Los Angeles
37Th Infantry
Camp Anza Inday
San Pedro
S.S. Weltevreden
Philippines
Buckeye
New Georgia
Bougainville
Luzon
Manila
James B. Gall
Hillsboro
148Th
Ohio
Robert S. Beightler
37Th
San Francisco
U.S.S
Mitchell
Indiana
149Th Regiment
Col. Gall
Turkey
Camp Ross
Auto strikes feared as CIO ends Chrysler pact
CIO chief Philip Murray denounces Truman labor policy in a radio address accusing the administration of cowardice and aiming to weaken unions. He cites U.S. Steel and GM for resisting pay increases and urges workers to strike to restore purchasing power amid rising profits. In Detroit, GM and Chrysler talks collapse while UAW CIO negotiates limited talks amid a looming fact finding panel.
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CIO
Chrysler
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Harry S&. Truman
Murray
Truman
America
U. S. Steel Corp
General Motors Corp
White House
NLRB
Office of War Mobilization
Detroit
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
Chrysler Corp
Robert W. Conder
Uaw-Cio
United Auto Workers Union
Walter P. Reuther
Mr Truman
Mr. Truman
National Labor Relations Acts
UAW
Reuther
C. E. Wilson
Washington
Congresa
House
AFL
United Mine Workers
Isbor
Darenank
Goering Threats Helped Break Czech Resolve in 1939
Prosecutors at the international war crimes tribunal presented German pressure on Czechoslovakia, including a threat that half of Prague would be ruined within hours, to force Emil Hacha to invite German troops. The case cites Hitler’s coercion and a Hungarian plan for a pretext to invade Ruthenia as Prague fell five months after the Munich pact.
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Hermann Goering
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Prague
International Military Tribunal
Goering
Rman
Neville Chamberlain
Emil Hachal
Berlin
Hacha
Robert Coulondre
Hungary
C&O Merger Move Gains Unanimous Board Approval
Cleveland reports Pere Marquette Railway Co directors gave unanimous approval to a proposed merger with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway on an exchange of stock. The plan, previously issued last summer by C&O directors, will be submitted to stockholders. Pere Marquette also announced disposal of C&O holdings in Wheeling & Lake Erie and Nickel Plate has 47 percent ownership.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake & Id Railroad
Pere Marquette Railway Co
Pere Marquette
Wheeling & Lake Ene Railway
Ye S. E
Ohio Engineers Convene in Cleveland for three-day session
Ohio engineers gather in Cleveland for a three day session with National Society of Engineers officers present. Dr Blake M Teer president of Georgia Tech will be principal speaker. A campaign to raise 20600 for al and Sandusky Chamber is planned. Sandusky Manufacturers Association has accepted 10000 offer.
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Ohio Engineers
Cleveland
National Society of Sessional Engineers
Ohio
Blakem and Teer
Georgia
Ml of Technology
All
Sandusky Chamber
Erce
Sandusky Mamufacturers Association al
Solons Favor Trial of Truman Strike-Fact Plan
Washington AP report shows Congress considering Truman’s fact finding plan amid opposition from CIO AFL and United Mine Workers. Senate hearings begin with Pearl Harbor probe and Hurley critique of diplomats. Senators discuss UN participation and troop thresholds under the UNO framework.
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Solons
Truman
Debates Over Hirohito War Guilt and Abdication
In Tokyo two questions stirred debate about Emperor Hirohito. Independent Diet member Isanji Tanaka asked if abdication was possible, while Kyodo cited officials denying any public discussion of war responsibility. Prime Minister Shidehara stated Hirohito bore no war guilt and that occupiers had not raised the issue.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hirohito
Isanji Tanaka
Dhiet
Joji Matsumoto
Kyodo
Tanaka
Konoye
Kyod
Gramlich Adjudged Mentally Unbalanced
LOS ANGELES a man from Marietta Ohio 40 named Gramlich has been ruled mentally ill after an alleged attempt to unzip a costume in a studio dressing room last November 14. Judge George Dockweiler affirmed the ruling as Gramlich sought a jury trial to review the evidence. He had been in two Ohio mental hospitals before arriving in southern California.
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Los Angeles
Ne — Charles
Gramlich
Marietta
Oma
Carole Landis
Toom
George Dockweiler
Harold Pressman
Ohio
California
Farm price benefits to be lowered next year
Government price guarantees to farmers will be generally lower in 1946 with most commodities at 90 percent parity except for cotton. Sugar beets sugar cane flaxseed soybeans and dried beans may be supported above the 90 percent level due to higher anticipated domestic needs. Undersecretary Hutson projected prices near present levels with 8 to 10 percent of output exported depending on foreign relief funds and credits.
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Washington
H. B. Boyd
Agriculture Department
State Agricultural Extension Service
Boyd
Hkely
J. B. Hutson
Rubber Decoy Craft Fooled Nazi Watchers Before D-Day
War Department reveals the use of pneumatic balloon fabric models to mislead German observers with phantom PT boats landing craft and artillery. Decoys appeared and disappeared along the English Channel coast before June 6 1944. Companies involved included Goodyear Firestone General Tire U S Rubber and Dunlop Rubber.
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Akron
O.—2
United States
War Department
English Channel
High Command
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
General Tire & Rubber Co. U.S. Rubber Co
Dunlop Rubber Co
GOP Solons Fix Platform
Washington UP Congressional Republicans meet to draft a statement of principles aimed at boosting House and Senate seats next year. Only a later National Committee meeting in Chicago will reveal any consensus. The steering committee trimmed a 1500 word draft, but leaders say far more opinions prevent a detailed agreement. Senator Taft voiced doubt about timing a statement.
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Washington
House
Senate
Go.p.s
National Committee
Chicago
Republican House
Taft
Gime
Last Flyer Out As Berlin Fell Reveals Hitler Death Pact
Capt. Hanna Reitsch, who flew the last Nazi plane from Berlin, told U S Counter Intelligence that Martin Bormann joined in a death pact with Hitler hours before the fall. She described Hitler and aides in the bunker as Russian shells rained, Goebbels dramatic, Eva Braun distressed, and Bormann drafting a final record as Naziism ended. Akron plant news notes Goodrich plans a plastics facility near Marietta at about 4 million dollars.
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Hitler
Oberursel
Germany
Hanna Reitsch
Berlin
U. S
Martin
Bormann
Reichschancellery
Fuehrer
Volkssturm
Inter
Nuernberg
Reitsch
Goering
Himmler
Nazi SA
Marietta
Akron
Midway Victory Halted Japanese Advance in 1942
Tokyo reports reveal American pilots blunted the Japanese fleet at Midway in June 1942. Japan aimed to seize bases from the Aleutians to New Hebrides and coordinate a larger naval offensive. Dive bombers and fighters sank four carriers on June 4, stalling Isoroku Yamamoto’s plan and ending the assault.
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Tokyo
Midway
Pacific
Toshikazu Chmae
Navy Ministry
Japan
U. S
Raymond A. Spruance
Maine
Chmnac
Aleutians
New Hebrides
Kiska
Isoruka Yamamoto
Rubber From Alcohol Plants To Be Closed
The government will shut down its entire rubber from alcohol operations. The three large butadiene plants at Institute West Virginia Kobuta Pennsylvania and Louisville Kentucky will be kept in standby condition ready for reopening if an emergency arises. Officials of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation said the plants cost 117 million dollars to build and operate.
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Washington
UPI
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Institute
W. Va
Kobuta
Louisville
Canton Stadium Bond Issue Passed at Minerva Vote
Canton O Hometown reporter: Carroll County board of elections announced a proposed 50000 bond issue for a football stadium at Minerva was declared passed. The measure drew a 65.2 percent majority, narrowly meeting the required 65 percent threshold.
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Canton
Minerva
Carroll County Board of Elections
Rubber rationing to ease as 400000 tires released
Washington AP reports the first new civilian casings, about 400,000, will hit the market within a month, possibly by January 1, easing rubber shortages. Surplus auto, truck, and tractor tires will follow at a sizable rate as the government shifts away from alcohol-based synthetic rubber.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Consumer Goods
War Assets Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
United States
G. B. Hadlock
Office of Rubber Reserve
Institute
W. Va
Kobuts
Louisville
Britons Open Door to India Independence
Britain’s new labor government signals total self rule for India with no restrictions on its future, a non-partisan parliamentary committee to study governance, and plans to form an assembly to draft an Indian constitution next spring after provincial polls. The Times editorial salutes an opened path to full Indian control of internal and external affairs.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
London
Britain
John Bull
India
Herbert Morrison
House of Commons
Leborites
Times of London
Farmer Guild Meet Is Split in Two Conventions
In Greenville Indiana a faction claims the national Farmers Guild convention and reelected Carl H. Mote of Indianapolis as president with Orville L. Hart of Darke County named vice president. Meanwhile a Monticello Indiana group led by Harry Atchison of Northville Michigan calls itself the legitimate convention and vows to carry on despite the split after four directors removed votes over alleged un American activities.
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Greenville
National Farmers Guild
Carl H. Mote
Indianapolis
Ind
Orville L. Hart
Darke County
Monticello
Harry Atchison
Cincinnati Man Sues Over Sale of New Car
A suit filed in U S District Court by the Office of Price Administration seeks to force Cincinnati Ful ler Automobile Co to deliver a promised new car to Jacob Plaut without requiring a trade in. The injunction asks delivery of the auto despite the dealer saying it would only hand over the vehicle if a trade in occurred.
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Cincinnati
Office of Price Administration
U. S. District
Fuller Automobile Co
Jacob Plaut
Junless Phaut
Ohio seeks WWII veteran bonus by early action
Secretary of State Edward Hummel urged Gov. Lausche to include a WWII veteran bonus in a special session call. He noted many inquiries from discharged Ohioans and warned the program would need voter approval via a constitutional amendment. Past WWI bonuses cost about 28 to 30 million, funded by a real estate tax levy.
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Columbus
Edward
Hummel
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Wade C. Christie
Wife of Missing Oil Official Seeks Divorce
In Cincinnati Mrs Wilhelmina M Nunn sues for divorce from Ellsworth M Nunn president of Trexter Oil Co stating neglect and cruelty. Nunn has been missing since May 27 1943 after a telephone promise to meet someone within 15 minutes. Attorney Edward J Murphy states a court appointed trustee notes Nunn as a missing person.
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Cincinnati
Ellsworth
Tricked Into Wedding Rites In Ohio Man Files Divorce Suit
Lawrence R. Slane of Fremont sues Vergie C J Slane for divorce in common pleas court claiming he was tricked into a marriage during an influenza epidemic. He alleges his wife’s family forced him to attend a ceremony across multiple townships in Trumbull and Mahoning counties and that schools were closed by officials, contributing to his intoxication during the nuptial service.
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Fremont
Jpi
Lawrence R.slane
Common Pleas Court
Vergie C J
Slane
Natichorches
Youngstown
Siane
Honing County
Inland
Trumbull
Truman assures orderly reconversion at industry talks
President Truman told the Golden Anniversary Congress of American Industry that reconversion problems are capable of orderly and speedy solution. He praised wartime industry’s role, saying manufacturers and workers provided the tools for victors, while noting that reconversion difficulties stem from many factors but are solvable.
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New York
Jlahor
Truman
jCommerce
Wallace
National Asso
Congress of American Industry
Verdict Near For Yamashita After Final Arguments
The U S military commission weighing Lt Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita’s fate recessed after final summations in Manila. Prosecutors urged death by hanging for alleged atrocities in the Philippines while the defense pressed for acquittal under American justice. A Friday verdict was promised.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Maj
Robert M Kerr
Portland
Ore
Kerr
Philippines
Harry Clarke
Yamashita
Beginning Check of State Fairground Buildings
State Agriculture Department officials planned the first postwar state fair since 1941 and began inspecting buildings to decide which should be returned first by the Army Air Forces. Bryan P. Sandles led a Tuesday tour of the grounds, used as an RAF forage depot, with Engineers Corps officers to catalogue buildings for early return.
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Columbus
State Agriciculture Department
Army Airy Forces
Bryan P. Sandles
Agriciculture
Engineers Corps
Youngstown to Hold Wet Housing Program
The Youngstown Chamber of Commerce will launch a double-up housing campaign next Tuesday to ease a housing shortage for returning veterans. Residents will be asked to share homes with family members to save space and accommodate veterans. In Amherst, Harry Linry, 76, a dairy farmer, was killed after being struck by a car as he tried to stop his wife from driving away during a domestic quarrel.
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Youngstown
Chamber of Commerce
Amherst
Harry Linry
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