Calls for nationwide strikes rise amid labor unrest
New labor disputes threaten to halt millions as President Truman urges Congress to curb work stoppages. CIO and NFTW actions loom in Chicago Akron and New York, with Western Electric and Yale & Towne disputes fueling the crisis. GMs 200k workers strike looms, demanding 30 percent pay boosts.
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Associated Press
Truman
Congress
Chicago
CIO Farm Equipment and Metal Workers Union
International Harvester Company
Akron
CIO United Rubber Workers of America
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Western Electric Company
New York
New Jersey
NFTW
AFL
Western Union Telegraph Company
Metropolis
War Labor Board
Stamford
Conn
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co
CIO
United Electrical Workers
General Electric
General Motors
Westinghouse Electric
United Auto Workers
Homma Ordered Death March, Kitayama Testifies at War Crimes Trial
Lt Col Michio Kitayama testified that Lt Gen Masa Haru Homma ordered the Bataan to Camp O’Donnell death march in April 1942. He said Homma bore responsibility for the action though Japanese law does not deem him criminally liable for his troops’ misdeeds.
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Manila
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Camp O'Donnell
Homma
Michio Kitayama
Kitayama
Imperial Army
Aeronca to raise daily output to 35 planes
MIDDLETOWN The Aeronca Aircraft Corporation announced an expansion plan to boost light plane production from 20 to 35 daily. The move targets meeting rising demand and strengthening capacity at the Middletown facility.
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Aeronca
Middletown
Aeronca Aircraft Corporation
UMW Demands Insurance for Mine Workers in Kentucky
Lexington report quotes Samy Caddy, president of UMW District 30, urging that no workers report to mines without workmen's compensation insurance. He cites last week's Pineville disaster with 24 deaths and accuses Kentucky operators of bypassing required coverage, calling it cheating widows and orphans and the public.
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Lexington
Samy Caddy
United Mine Workers of America
Pineville
Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company
OPA
Cleveland Financier Funds School Stadium for Community
Cleveland Heights High School will see a $100,000 stadium funded by Harry W. Hosford, a local financier whose gift honors youth who helped sustain democracy. Hosford announced the gift at a school assembly, noting his background as a telegraph messenger who left home at 12. Also reported is the arrival of about 37,000 servicemen aboard 33 troopships expected today on East and West Coast ports.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Heights
Harry W. Hosford
New York
Truman Drops Sights on Jobless Pay Legislation
President Truman narrowed his aim on unemployment pay reform, signaling he no longer expects $25 a week for 26 weeks. The Senate passed a related measure, but the House Ways and Means Committee blocked action. The president urged Democratic members after the committee adjourned, warning the Senate had let him down and the House may not follow. Concerns rose that the speech could threaten a broader accord to cover federal wartime workers under state-rate unemployment insurance.
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Washington
Truman
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
White House
Democrats
Steel Committee
Surprise Phase in Pearl Harbor Inquiry Followed Up
Rep Gearhart questions surprise during Pearl Harbor attack as Admiral Stark cites warnings to Hawaii commanders. Senate-House committee adjourns for recess to Jan 15, allowing Hawaiian leaders to present their accounts after the break. President Roosevelt's remarks are noted as surprise shared by Stark and Kimmel.
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Washington
Gearhart
Calif
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Fae
FAO
Senate House Investigating Committee
Stark
Roosevelt
Betty
Hawaii
Pacific
Husband E. Kimmel
Emergency Housing Plan Launched By Truman
President Truman unveiled an emergency housing plan targeting 5,000,000 new homes. He appointed Wilson Wyatt Jr. to head the effort, pledging government use of every agency and resource to overcome bottlenecks and supply housing when private enterprise cannot.
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Washington
Truman
Wilson W. Wyatt, Jr
Wyatt
Secrest Poised to Run for Congress in Ohio District 15
Bob Secrest, former congressman from Ohio, is expected to announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 15th District after his Navy service ends in about three weeks. He previously represented the district, which is now held by Republican F. W. Griffiths. Secrest considered a Senate bid but chose to pursue the House race instead. The Veterans Administration today began implementing a 2800‑person staffing expansion under a Truman‑sig ned bill, seeking 1500 doctors, 1200 nurses, and 100 dentists to serve returning veterans amid hospital overcrowding, with civil service exemptions sparking controversy.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Nhine
Truman
Paul R. Hawley
Bob Secrest
Congress
Ohio
Secrest
House
Navy
Qhic
F. W. Griffiths
Morgan cites European Jewish mass exodus plan to Palestine
Lt Gen Sir Frederick E Morgan GNRRA chief in Germany told a Frankfurt press conference that Jews in Europe seem to have an organized plan to flee to Palestine. He said he is convinced reports of atrocities in Poland are exaggerated and aimed at pressuring the United Nations to grant Jews a homeland.
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Frederick E. Morgan
GNRRA
Germany
Frankfurt
Europe
Palestine
Poland
United Nations
Gand
Church Rebuffed by Nazis in Atrocities
Documents released by American officials depict the Nazi regime rebuffing Vatican efforts to stop atrocities against the Catholic Church in Poland. The Holy See’s letter to Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop was refused delivery by the German foreign office.
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Mernberg
Germany
Naz
Vatican
Poland
Foreign Office
Holy See
Jochim von Ribbentrop
von Ribbentrop
Father Shoots Children After Mother Leaves
Emil Scheutz a 57 year old Philadelphia father despondent after his wife left him shot and killed four of his five children as they slept on New Year’s Day then killed himself. Police reported the bodies found in a blood spattered second floor North Philadelphia apartment.
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Philadelphia
Emil Scheutz
James Kelly
Relief ships arrive as massive aid reaches China
Fifteen vessels carrying 100000 tons of food clothing and medicine reach Chinese ports marking the first major relief shipment in years. In Cincinnati Charles Kelly begins his 65th year with The Cincinnati Times Star after a rejected job application due to his thin frame. he is 79.
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Washington
China
Cincinnati
Charles Kelly
The
Cincinnati Times
Star
the Newsper
MacArthur Moves to Purge Japanese Politicians
General MacArthur issues two directives to abolish ultra nationalist and militarist groups and disqualify officials who misled the public. The actions target wartime elites while leaving administrative machinery intact, signaling a strict purge of Tojo era influencers and a widening field for independents in upcoming elections.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Two-Headed Child Born To War Wife Is Dead
In Birmingham England a two headed baby girl born to Mrs Joseph Govro 21 wife of a former US soldier died after 50 hours 35 minutes of life. The infant born New Year's Day near Festus Missouri was believed to be twins but hospital officials indicated she had been told partial facts.
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Birmingham
England
United States
Joseph Govro
Festus
St. Louis
Goore
Hess Tried for Peace Bargain in Fall 1940
Confidential papers from MERNBERG reveal Rudolf Hess, deputy leader, sought covert contacts with "reasonable Englishmen" to end the war as early as fall 1940. A 1,400 word report to Hitler by advisor Dr. Albrecht Maushofer dated May 25, 1941, follows Hess's 1941 flight to England.
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Mernberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Rudolf Hess
Fuehrer
Hitler
Hess
Albrecht Maushofer
England
Milk Producers Vote on Market Order in Columbus
Milk producers who served the Columbus market last September will vote Tuesday on a marketing order setting minimum prices. The U S Department of Agriculture production and marketing administration dairy branch sponsors the referendum.
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Columbus
Department of Agriculture
Start Work on Licking River Dam in Spring
The Dillon Dam on the Licking River moves toward reality with talks in Baltimore about relocating railroad tracks for a 22 mile section. A $900000 deficiency appropriation funds start of construction on the $10000000 project to create a ten mile, 1500 acre lake. Engineers say flood control will protect Zanesville and parts of the Muskingum Valley as the Licking joins the Muskingum at Zanesville.
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Columbus
Dillon
Licking River
Muskingum Conservancy District
Corps of Engineers
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Licking Valley
jConetesa
Zanesville
Muskingum Valley
Muskingum
Communist negotiators seek peace in civil China
In Chungking the Chinese Communist and central government teams discussed conditions on peace offers to Chiang Kai-Shek. They generally agree with Nationalist ideas to include Marshall on a three member panel to oversee a cessation of civil hostilities and favor immediate end to fighting with broad national representation.
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Chungking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Newear
George C.marshall
Truman
Truman Urges Action Over Talk to Halt Strikes
President Truman urged Americans to pressure Congress for swift reconversion legislation and warned that delays threaten full production and employment. He cited strikes in auto, steel, electrical, and meat packing as dangers to the nation’s postwar economy and global leadership.
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Congress
Mr. Truman
Seizure May Follow Meat Packing Strike Threat
Washington reports the Labor Department says government seizure would be an last resort if medicating and fact-finding fail to avert a strike by 220,000 CIO United Packing House Workers. The department prefers mediation and a fact-finding board to probe the dispute. Congress, industry and labor leaders urge firm wartime postwar leadership to solve economic problems in 1946.
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Washington
Labor Department
CIO United Packing House
Congress
Industry
Chief Executive Warns on Extending Price and Rent Controls
The Chief Executive says pressure groups lobbying to lift price controls will meet resistance as extensions beyond June 30 are needed. He argues controls on scarce materials are far stronger than those that caused postwar inflation and the 1940s mood, signaling prolonged measures.
Railroad workers restless as mediation planned today
Federal mediators were to meet with operating brotherhoods to resolve contract dif ferences affecting 130 Class One railroads and 1.4 million employees. Non operating unions agreed to narrow issues to wages and would meet the mediation board on Monday. The speaker urged Congress to grant legal authority for wage increases to prevent strikes and save production from disruption.
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Chicago
Mediation Board
President Truman Urges Congress to Act on Strikes
The President expressed hope that legislators will discuss a solution with their constituents while home, asserting Congress has done neither and urging action when it reconvenes in ten days. He emphasized that Congress should follow his recommendations or at least propose viable measures to address strikes.
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Truman
Congress
Toledo Hotel Killing Prompts Police Hunt for Assailant
Police in Toledo investigated a deadly hotel stabbing of an unidentified ex soldier found with a slashed throat. Two women were seen with a man at the scene as detectives search for clues and the assailant. Conti nued on Page 6.
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Toledo
Ralph Murphy
Charles E. Miller
Youngstown Traffic Violators Return to Court System
Youngstown police revoke the pay at your convenience approach and restore hauling violators to traffic court. The move ends a wartime measure meant to save workers time, reimposing traditional fine collection and court involvement.
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Youngstown
Lausche Convenes College Presidents Conference on Campus Welfare
Gov. Frank J. Lausche will host a meeting with six state university presidents in Columbus to discuss student enrollment and housing issues. The Saturday session aims to address shortages in dormitory space and related campus welfare concerns.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Secretary of War Can't Answer GI Questions
Soldiers in Hawaii and Guam press Secretary Patterson on demobilization policy. Army reporters relay confusion over discharge points and March 20 release date. Patterson expresses surprise at changes and notes the Adjutant General's office handles emergency furloughs since Japan's surrender.
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Honolulu
Patterson
Pacific
Army
Guam
Hawaii
Associated Press
Secretary of War
Stripes
Eral Marshall
Washington
Japan
Grant
Pat
Vet Entrances Push Cincinnati U to Peak
The University of Cincinnati announces mid year classes open with capacity enrollment of 450 students most of them veterans. Dean Robert C Gowdy says no new students are being accepted.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
College of Engineering and Commerce
School of Applied Arts
Robert C. Gowdy
Butter Supply Cut in First Quarter 1946
Washington reports civilian butter supplies will be 30 009 100 pounds leaner in January March than the last quarter of 1945. In Cleveland early morning runs resume as Central and Pennsylvania Greyhound lines bring back buses halted by a November 1 strike. In Columbus Rev Dr Carroll B Lewis is named superintendent of White Cross Hospital succeeding the late Rev Dr Frank W Fowler.
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Washington
Cleveland
Central
Pennsylvania
Greyhound Lines
Columbus
Carroll B. Lewis
White Cross Hospital
Frank W. Fowler
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Russell L
Keenan, Jr
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