National Phone Strike Near End Oil Dispute
National sympathy strike for Western Electric workers looms as a poll of 263,000 Bell System members weighs a tieup. Oil wage talks show progress with an 18 percent raise at West Tulsa. Steel and auto sectors face looming walkouts. government fact finding aims to avert broader shutdowns.
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Associated Press
Western Electric Company
Frank J. Fitzsimmons
Independent
Western Electric Employer Association
Bell System
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Joseph A. Beirne
Western Union
New York
Ni A.m
Cio-Oell
Texas Company
West Tulsa
Sinclair Refining Company
Cio-Auto
General Motors
Cio-Glass
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Libbey- Owens-Ford
Kearny
Nlt
Steel
Truman
U.S. Steel Corporation
CIO
Washington
Cio-Packinghouse
AFL
National Federation of Tele Phone Workers
Western Electric Employer’ Association
Okinawa Loss Near Half of Yanks in Fight
Honolulu report on Okinawa shows 42,934 Army casualties, 43 percent of combat troops, excluding Marine and Navy losses. Among 190,383 Army involved, 21,312 battle casualties and 21,592 non battle casualties. Japanese casualties total 120,051 across all categories.
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Honolulu
Okinawa
Pacific
Army
Austria Recognized by U S Britain and France
The United States, with Britain and France, formally recognize the Austrian government led by Chancellor Figl and President Renner. The move aims to establish democracy and independence, while the Allied Council continues to pursue objectives to remove Nazi influence and aid reconstruction.
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Washington
United States
Austria
Germany
Russia
Britain
France
Vienna
Leopold Fig
Karl Renner
Allied Council
Aged Couple Die in Buckeye Lake Blaze
An 85 year old man Stephen Hobtsberry and his 79 year old invalid wife died in a Buckeye Lake home fire caused by a stove explosion. The blaze was found by Hocking Hunter, head of the State Conservation Department and neighbor. The couple passed away at a Lancaster hospital last night.
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tPi
Worth
Buckeye Lake
Stephen Hobtsberry
Hocking Hunter
State Conservation Department
Hobtsberrys
Lancaster
Rainbow Corner Closes As Red Cross Clubs Leave Britain
London prepares to close the Rainbow Corner Red Cross club this Tuesday ending a facility that hosted 18 million wartime guests. By January 20 the United States Red Cross will shutter most Britain clubs leaving only two London canteens to serve about 27,000 troops remaining in the area.
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London
Red Cross Rainbow Corner
Red Cross
Britain
Byrnes to Attend UN Assembly, London Mission Detailed
Secretary of State Byrnes departs for London to attend the United Nations Assembly and press for solutions to key issues from Moscow discussions. He aims to secure a Dardanelles agreement, a Soviet British American oil Iran commission, and assurances for UNO atomic energy operations amid tensions with Turkey, Iran, and China.
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Byrnes
London
United Nations Assembly
Moscow
Dardanelles
Iran
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
State Department
China
George C. Marshall
Southeast Asia
United States
Louis Mountbatten
Indo-China
Dutch East Indies
UNO
Atomic scientists form Federation of American Scientists
In New York the men who built the atomic bomb join with fellow scientists to create the Federation of American Scientists a nationwide group with 2500 members aimed at public education and influencing science legislation. Twelve predecessor bodies merge after a delegates meeting to set up an administrative committee.
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Nt7w
York
Federation of American Sciensis
Japan
Strike Halts Cleveland Papers In AFL Pressmen Strike
The AFL pressmen strike in Cleveland halts publication of the three daily papers on its third day with no end in sight. Representatives of the Cleveland Newspaper Publishers Association met three hours with the Cleveland Newspaper Printing Pressmen's Union. pressmen later conferred among themselves.
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AFL- Pressmen
Cleveland
Cleveland Newspaper Publishers Association
Cleveland Newspaper Printing Pressmen's Union
Highest Court To Hear Yamashita Case
The Supreme Court opened arguments on whether to intervene in Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita’s case for atrocities in the Philippines. The issue could shape future Pacific war crimes hearings. Yamashita sought a Manila to Washington hearing. U S Army lawyers defended him in Manila. On Pearl Harbor’s fourth anniversary, a five member military commission sentenced him to death by hanging for crimes by his troops.
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Supreme Court
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
High Court
Pacific
Xamashita
Manila
Washington
U. S. Army
Pearl Harbor
Malaya
Yamashita
800 Victims of Tornado Aided in East Texas
In Nacogdoches Texas Red Cross and local relief workers aided 500 homeless families and 300 injured as the death toll rose to 29 after tornadoes hit five east Texas counties. Red Cross director Robert Edson said property damage reached 2.6 million dollars while four more deaths were reported from the Friday night storm. National Red Cross announced priorities for 1 750 000 board feet of lumber to meet immediate emergency construction needs.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Red Cross
East Texas
Robert Edson
Midwest
St Louis
The
Arrest Ten in Cairo Over Regime Protest
Cairo reports ten people detained after protests that followed the funeral procession of assassinated Senator Amin Osman Pasha. Pasha died from three gunshot wounds in the back, and police reportedly detained a 25 year old tied to the Misr El Fatah youth movement opposing the government.
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Cairo
Ipi
Amin Osman Pasha
Osman Pasha
Misr el Fatah
Green Shirts
Marine demobilization ahead of schedule
HONOLULU reports the Fleet Marine force says more than 100,000 Marines have been returned to the United States, three months ahead of schedule, in a demobilization program. The total represents over half of those overseas on V-7 day.
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Honolulu
United States
Fleet Marine Force
Ohioans Drown as Ice Sinks in Lake Thefts And Falls
Three Ohioans died as lake ice melted after unseasonal warmth. A six year old boy and a Kent volunteer firefighter drowned at Brady Lake while attempting a rescue. Carl Neufang, 17, drowned at White Pond Akron as the ice broke under his sled. Herbert Fletcher, 26, tried to save Neufang but was rescued. Heat lifted to 72 in some areas, forecasts urged cooler weather soon.
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Fang
White Pond
Akron
Herbert Fletcher
Neufang
Cincinnnati
U.S
J. Cecil Alter
Cleveland
Toledo
Dayton
Columbus
Pacific GP Protest Delays and War Crimes Probe
Pacific GP faces an Enmasse protest over discharge delays as enlisted men press for a congressional probe. Brig. Gen. Elliot R. Thorpe announces potential lists of Japanese war crime suspects and outlines possible prosecutions after MacArthur orders removals. In Manila, a charge alleges a uniformed man posed as an officer to disrupt demobilization protests, triggering further demonstrations by U. S. enlisted personnel.
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Congress
Tokyo
Elliot R. Thorpe
MacArth
Thorpe
MacArthur
Japan
Shidehara
Mainichi
Shigeru Yoshida
Manila
U. S
Earl Baumgardner
Radio Corporation of America
Gener
Baumgardner
OPA ceiling threat to clothing costs
Washington AP reports OPA moved to avoid cotton price ceilings while urging retailers to hold 100 percent stock for servicemen if needed. Bowles warns ceilings possible if cotton price rise continues, drawing criticism from Rep. Camp who calls the plan ridiculous and questions cotton value.
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Washington
OPA
Bowles
Camp
D-Ga
Forrestal Criticism of Stark Eyed by Probers
Washington AP report on Rep Keefe questioning Pearl Harbor Committee about Secretary of the Navy Forrestal s criticism of Admiral Harold R Stark. Keefe says committee may address matter in report. Stark testified he sent a war warning to Admiral Husband E Kimmel in 1941 while chief of naval operations.
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Probers
Washington
Rep
Keefe
Wis
Pearl Harbor Committee
Secretary of the Navy
Adm
Harold R. Stark
Las
Stark
United States Navy
Senate-House
Forres la
George C.marshall
Army
Naval Operations
E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Dem Leader Urging Unity in Ohio Primary
Maurice W. Lipscher Democratic leader in the Ohio Senate urged unity to avoid turmoil and rivalries in the party ahead of the 1946 primary. In a letter to Democratic State Chairman Albert A. Horstman he urged a slate truly representative of the United Democratic party in Ohio and warned that current discord risks self-destructive political action among state candidates.
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Columbus
Maurice W. Lipscher
Ohio
Senate
United Democratic Party
Lipscher
Albert A. Horstman
Columbus Thief Takes Five Purses And Watch From Home
A thief entered through a locked rear screen door during a dinner event at Mrs. Esther Fine’s residence on 867 Gak Street in Columbus. He stole five purses holding $835, a $300 wristwatch, a diamond watch and other valuables from a desk in the music room, then escaped unseen.
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Columbus — I
Esther Fine
Gak St
Clothing Campaign To Aid War Areas Begun
New York reports the 1946 nation wide drive to gather 100000000 serviceable garments shoes and bedding for afflicted countries in Europe and Asia has begun. The effort aims to supply relief through organized collections and distribution to those in need.
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New York
Europe
Asia
British Arab Leaders Confer on Jewish Immigration
A Foreign Office spokesman said Britain is consulting with Palestinian Arab leaders to maintain Jewish immigration into Palestine at about 500 per month, signaling ongoing official efforts amid tensions in the region.
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London
Foreign Office
Palestine
Housing Splits Triplet Family in Springfield
Robert H Glass, his wife and their triplet sons from England met briefly yesterday as housing shortages forced another separation. The seven month olds, christened aboard the Queen Mary on New Year’s Day, have godfathers 8,800 troopers of the 2nd Airborne Division who helped raise 4,425 for the children’s educational fund. Glass works at Studebaker in South Bend and remains unable to secure a home, leaving the family with his mother in Springfield until housing is found. In a separate note, Jackie Cooper returned to civilian life after 26 months in the Navy, performing as a drummer with an orchestra on shore and at sea aboard ships for 400 shows.
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Gpi
Robert H Glass
England
S2nd Airborne Division
South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corp
Glass
Glasswhite
South
Jackie Cooper
San Pedro
Calif
Pacific
Marshall Says Progress In China Peace Talks
General George C. Marshall met with government and Communist peace negotiators in Chungking and said we have made progress after about three hours of talks with Chou En-Lai and Chang Chun. President Truman’s envoy said conferences would resume tomorrow as truce efforts gain momentum ahead of China’s all party conference opening.
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Chang Chun
Chou
China
Marshall
Marietta Couple to Open Home for Student, Wife
A discharged war veteran and his wife plan to live with Marietta College President William A. Shimer. The president said he and Mrs. Shimer will provide a room and bathroom in their home for a student and his wife as part of aiding housing for students.
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Marietta
Marietta College
William A. Shimer
Foreign Girls Seek Ohio Marriage Advice
Letters from Europe about Youngstown soldiers prompt Mayor Ralph W. O'Neill to consider an advisory to the lovelorn. A Belgian woman asks if marrying a Youngstown soldier and relocating is advisable and seeks his profession and reputation. Another inquiry questions if a French marriage contract is legal in the USA.
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Youncsiocwn — CY
Europe
Youngstown
Ralph W. O'Neill
Iit
France
USA
Yanks Protest at Le Havre Over Redeployment Delays
Faris reports two thousand soldiers marching to camp headquarters at Le Havre protested delays in redeployments. The incident involved a man in uniform demanding to see files at the cable office. Lt Gen Styer and officials explained the action and noted the protests were orderly.
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Faris
U. S. Army
Boston
le Havre
Headquarters
Stars and Stripes
Teay
Slim Summerville Dies at 51 in Hollywood
Hollywood veteran comic actor George J. Slim Summerville died Saturday night at his home after suffering two strokes. Once a top film character star, he had appeared in few pictures lately and favored retirement to fish and enjoy life after saying life is too short to work all the time.
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Hollywood
Calif
George J
Slim
Summerville
Eisenhower to visit Canada for four day talks
General Eisenhower will discuss defense with Canadian leaders during a four day visit to Canada this week guiding high level talks on security and regional cooperation and strengthening allied ties in North America.
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Canada
Ottawa
Eisenhower
First Frost the Imperial Stallion Becomes War Trophy
The white stallion First Frost from Emperor Hirohito’s stables rode aboard a Liberty Ship as a souvenir for Lt. Dick Ryan a former Hollywood stunt man who organized army rodeos in the Pacific He plans to exhibit the horse at veterans hospitals and civic events while turning down film offers.
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First Frost
Hirohito
Imperial
Meiji Stadium
United States
Dick Ryan
Hollyood
Pacific
Ryan
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