Army Demobilization Debate Aims for 1919 Size
Washington AP report on pressures to reduce postwar Army manpower from 1 000 000 plus to near 1919 levels. Senator Johnson argues for about 1 000 000 to July 1, Eisenhower defends 1 500 000 target, Senate subcommittee seeks alternative demobilization plans and draft adjustments. The American Legion opposes ending the draft act May 15.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
Johnson
Congress
Senate
War Department
Senator Revercomb
W. Va
House Military Committee
American Legion
Legion
Armed Services
China Clashes Again Charge Violations of Truce
The National Military Council accused the Communists of new violations of the Sunday midnight truce in China. Foreign correspondents protested to KC Wu over Chinese refusals to let American newsmen accompany troops into Manchurian cities until Soviet forces withdraw. Meanwhile about 1100 Chinese troops of the Sixth Army left Shanghai for Manchuria aboard six American LSTs, to be landed at Hulutao likely for the Mukden area.
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Chungking
National Military Council
China
Kc.wu
Sixth Army
Shanghai
Manchuria
Hulu- Tao
Mukden
Associated Press
Richard Cushing
Three Children Die in Fire at Washington Bottom
A two story frame home owned by Mr and Mrs Wade Butcher at Washington Bottom eight miles from Parkersburg burned. Three children died and a fourth was burned while the parents fled with three year old Richard Butcher. The two other sons were away in Parkersburg and unaware of the tragedy until returning home.
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Parkersburg
Wade Butcher
Washington Bottom
Richard Butcher
Industrial Insurance Proposed as Long Range Job Plan
Rep. Gerdner of Ohio urged an industrial insurance scheme to curb slack-time losses and balance supply and demand as a national full employment blueprint. He predicted strikes would ease by March 1 with minimal government aid and framed the plan as key to production and a bright future for the nation. Also, 20 Mexicans among 200 wartime workers on New York Central tracks in Painesville returned home this week.
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Washington
Gerdner
Ohio
Gardner
Mexico
Painesville
New York Central
Patterson warns slowdown of WWII demobilization
Secretary of War Patterson says the Oct 1945 to Dec 1945 discharge rate must slow or the U S Army would be gone by June 1. He notes 3.5 million demobilized in late 1945, supports Eisenhower policy, and discusses veteran points and overseas duties in the Philippines. He met with a GI committee to discuss occupation workloads.
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Manila
Patterson
United States
Philippines
Japan
Korea
Pacific
U.S. Candidate for International Court of Justice Named
Green H. Hackworth, a native of Prestonburg Kentucky now based in Washington, is presented as the U S official candidate among 73 nominees for seats on the 15 member International Court of Justice. Hackworth, 63, is a veteran State Department legal adviser and former member of the World Court at The Hague.
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Green H. Hackworth
U. S
International Court of Justice
United Nations
Prestonburg
Washington
State Department
Old World Court
The
Hague
Findlay Refinery Explodes In Massive Fire Ruins Plant
A major Midwest refinery complex near Findlay suffered a seven hour blaze with eleven tanks exploding. Three workers died and $200000 in damages was estimated. Firefighters aided by a Cleveland unit and easterly winds prevented spread to the 65 acre facility. An observer reported a plane circling as the blasts began. Midwest Corporation had purchased the plant less than a month earlier.
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Findlay
Midwest
C. A. Peterson
Cleveland
Carl McVicker
Cincinnati
Midwest Corporation
National Refinery Company
Kurile Islands Said in Hands Of Red Troops
Washington reports say Russia has occupied the Kurile Islands with troops and families, a move linked to Potsdam Conference decisions. Officials note the occupation may influence future peace terms and US stance on former enemy-held islands.
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Kurile Islands
Washington
Russia
Kurile
Siberia
Yamamoto
Pearl Harbor
Kuriles
Russialready
Truman
United States
Britain Moves Three Mandates to UN Trusteeships
British Foreign Secretary Bevin announced at the United Nations that Britain has begun preliminary talks to convert Tanganyika Togoland and the Cameroons from mandates into United Nations trusteeships. Palestine pending a British American inquiry. Trans Jordan to become independent. France seeks death penalty for 22 Nazi leaders at the Nuremberg tribunal.
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London
Ernest Bevin
United Nations Today
Great Britain
United Nations
Begin
General Assembly
Tanganyika
Togoland
Cameroons
Palestine
Trans- Jordan
Bevin
International Peace Agency
United States
Pacific
Mernberg
France
Francois de Menthon
International Tribunal
de Menthon
Europe
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Japanese POW Kill Orders Revealed by U S Captain
Capt Manuel A Newman testifies in Tokyo that Japanese guards had orders to kill all Allied prisoners if Allied landings occurred in Japan. He says he was the last American officer to surrender on Guam December 31 1941 and testified against former prison administrators.
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Tokyo
Japan
Manuel A. Newman
Guam
Ohio Attorney Aids In Trial at Yokohama
Yokohama reports Capt Hiroji Honda former commandant of Onahama prison camp at Sendai will face trial on charges of atrocities against Allied war prisoners. He becomes the fifth accused war criminal and fourth camp commandant to stand trial as Lt Col Garrison L Beachy of Sebring sits on the hearing panel. Cedarville progressives buy 11 acre ranch for a new war memorial park.
Glass Output in Hands Of Columbus Strike Meet
Columbus area talks aim to end a strike by 15000 workers that has halted about 75 percent of U S flat glass production. Major producers Pittsburgh Plate Glass and Libbey Owens Ford tied to unions. Detroit auto plants report looming shortages as glass stockpiles near exhaustion.
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Columbus
Detroit
Federation of
CSO
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Libbey- Owens-Ford Co
Toledo
Corp
Detroity Motor
Sacket
Chrysler
Nash
VA Hospital at Fletcher Sought by Ohio Legion
The Ohio Department of American Legion asked the Veterans Administration to take over Fletcher General Hospital trade report. Department Commander Harry A. Eaton said Ohio lacks adequate facilities for World War I and II veterans and warned that abandoning Fletcher would be a tragedy for returning veterans needing care. The army plans to close the hospital March 31, with a 60 day period for VA to accept or reject.
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Cambridge
Ohio Department of American Legion
Veterans Administration
Fletcher General Hospital
Harry A. Eaton
Legion
Washington
Ohip
Fletcher Hospital
Army
Former Clark County Sheriff Guilty of Bribe
Former Clark County Sheriff Niles BE. Young was found guilty by a common pleas jury of accepting bribes. He posted a 10 000 dollar bond and faced a 1 to 10 year sentence in the Ohio penitentiary after being named in a Clark County grand jury gambling investigation.
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Springfield
Niles BE. Young
Common Pleas
Ohio
Young
Clark County
Grand Jury
Strike Security Two Cent Hike Debated as UAW Ford Center
Detroit AP says CIO United Auto Workers and Ford Motor officials restarted talks on a wage increase gap of two cents per hour. Ford reportedly stands by a 17 percent offer, which the union has rejected, with little progress expected toward a raise.
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UAW
Ford Center
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Veterans Seek Strike Benefits and GI Bill Amendments
Washington reports veterans groups plan to press Congress after a decision denying GI unemployment benefits to a worker cut by the General Motors strike. Omer B. H. Ketchum says an amendment will be introduced to aid veterans who lose work due to strikes. The GM dispute mirrors Ford negotiators' demands for a $0.19 4 cent raise, while GM seeks union security pacts. NLRB officials call UAW-CIO objections to trial examiner Reilly unfounded and proceed with hearings on GM bargaining. R. J. Thomas accuses Reilly of straying from NLRA principles.
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Washington
Veterans’ Organization
Congress
General Motors
Omer BH. Ketchum
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Truman
General Motors Corporation
Ford
UAW
National Labor Relations Board
Uaw-Cio
Gerald D. Reilly
National Labor Relations Act
NLRB
Paul M. Herweg
Reilly
R. J. Thomas
Detroit
GI Protests Muzzled by Court Martial Threat
In Honolulu Lt Gen Robert C Richardson Jr orders court martial for any soldier or officer in the Mid Pacific command who continues agitation on demobilization. Three enlisted men confined to quarters pending investigation. Public relations officer Col Wilson Gaddis says no charges yet but actions since General Eisenhower explained policy are under review. Two had protested demobilization slowdown.
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Honolulu
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Mid-Pacific
Wilson Gaddis
Eisenhower
Tojo Trials Aim Personal Guilt For Crimes Against Humanity
Tokyo headquarters reports General MacArthur will require prosecutors to prove each defendant committed a specific criminal act. Merely membership in a war cabinet or negligence will not suffice. The trials target personal acts by individuals and are expected to begin early in March.
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Tokyo
General
Plan to Use Nazi PW Barracks for Students
Defiance College in Ohio plans to house seven families of veterans in evacuated German war prisoner barracks. The Quarters would serve 15 to 22 families with a repair fund estimated between 6000 and 9000 dollars.
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Columbus
l?Pi
Defiance
Sevenelans
Defiance College
Doctor Hissong backs future teacher clubs
Youngstown report says Dr. Clyde Hissong state director of education urged creation of Future Teacher Clubs to steer capable youths toward teaching. He called on state colleges to place prospective teachers on a preferred entrance list to help relieve crowded schools.
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Youngstown —P
Clyde Hissong
Board of Education i
24500 Service Men To Dock at U.S. Ports
Forty two transports carrying more than 24500 servicemen are set to arrive today at three eastern and six western U.S. ports. The convoy moves amid wartime logistics with personnel from multiple units arriving across the coast.
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U.S
New York
Truman gives steel wage talks final chance before plan
President Truman urged CIO President Philip Murray and U S Steel head Benj amin Fairless to settle the wage dispute by afternoon and return at 2 pm. If no agreement is reached he will propose a government plan. Talks yesterday showed little progress as union demands remain 19 1/2 cents versus 10 cents offered.
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Washington
Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
Benjamin Fairless
U. S
Mr. Truman
White House
Truman I
Charles G. Ross
Fairless
Murray
Ross
Schwellenspach
AFL
Swift, Armour, Wilson
Cudahy
Swift
Armour
Wilson
Kimmel Defends Pearl Harbor Duty Before Senate Panel
Pearl Harbor committee members questioned Adm. Husband E. Kimmel on his 1941 Pacific Fleet leadership. He said he lacked Washington warnings but the fleet was on alert. He recalled AA guns firing quickly and noted he might act the same with the same information. He also challenged warnings from Capt. Zacharias and testified War Secretary Stimson blocked a jail proposal for Japanese spies.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
E. Kimmel
Kimmel
Senate House
Seth W. Richardson
Lucas
D-Ill
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Rep
Clark
D-Nc
Short
Richard
Naval
E. M. Zacharias
Zacharias
Stimson
Navy
Pacific
Claude C. Bloch
Cleveland Teachers Meet Eyed To Aid Vets
Cleveland reports a nationwide gathering of educators aiming to simplify veterans’ access to education. The three day workshop, run by the National Education Association Adult Education Department, forms committees to explore all aspects of veterans education.
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Cleveland
Adult Education Department
The
National Education Association
Milk price hearings eyed as subsidy ends
Dairymen anticipate a three cent per quart rise in winter and two to three cent increases in spring and summer if the government subsidy ends. Hearings begin in New York tomorrow with later sessions in Boston and other large cities under federal milk marketing orders.
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New York
Boston
Agriculture Departments
Washington
Bove
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