Army Demobilization Sparks Senate Clash On Size
Washington AP General Eisenhower faces cross examination on demobilization as legislators debate shrinking the postwar army toward 1919 levels. Senator Edwin Johnson urges a near million man force by July, opposing Eisenhower’s 1.5 million plan and proposing drafts to raise overseas replacements. The American Legion opposes an early end to the wartime draft act, citing job security and re employment benefits.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
Johnson
Congress
Senate
War Department
Revercomb
W. Va
House Military Committee
American Legion
Legion
Armed Services
China Clashes Again Charged
The National Military Council accuses the Communists of new violations of the Sunday midnight truce ending China’s civil conflict. Foreign correspondents protest over limits on American reporters entering Manchurian cities until Soviet forces withdraw. About 1,100 troops of the Sixth Army depart Shanghai for Manchuria aboard six American LSTs.
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Chungking
National Military Council
China
K.c.wu
Sixth Army
Shanghai
Manchuria
Hulutao
Mukden
Associated Press
Richard Cushing
Three Children Die in Parkersburg Fire
A two story frame home at Washington Bottom eight miles from Parkersburg burned killing three children. Wade Butcher and his wife escaped with their three year old Richard Butcher. Neighbors in Parkersburg learned of the tragedy after returning home.
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Parkersburg
Wade Butcher
Washington Bottom
Richard Butcher
Industrial Insurance Is Ohioan Job Scheme
Rep Gardner of Ohio proposed industrial insurance as a long term full employment program. He framed this as a logical blueprint to secure production employment and a bright future despite strikes, predicting a March 1 recovery with limited government aid. In Painesville, twenty Mexicans who worked on New York Central tracks during the war returned home this week.
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Washington
Gardner
Ohio
Mexico
Painesville
New York Central
Patterson warns slowdown in demobilization to save army
Secretary of War Patterson says world commitments require a continued army and that a slower Octo ber December discharge rate would have left the U S with no army by June 1. He notes 3.5 million men demobilized late 1945 and discusses overseas veterans points.
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Manila
Patterson
United States
Native Ky jurist Hackworth named to international court seat
Green H. Hackworth, 63, native of Prestonburg Kentucky now in Washington, is a U S candidate among 78 for places on the 15 member International Court of Justice. He is a veteran State Department legal adviser and former World Court member 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 Ruins From Explosion and Fire
A large explosion and ensuing fire devastated Findlay refinery property. Eleven storage tanks blew, three workers died, and damage reached about 200000 dollars. Firefighters from Findlay and nearby towns fought flames for over seven hours assisted by a Cleveland unit. An airplane pilot reported the blast like a giant bomb.
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Findlay
Midwest
C. A. Peterson
Cleveland
Carl McVicker
Cincinnati
Alsa the Midwest Corporation
National Refinery Company
Kurile Islands in Russian hands after Potsdam meeting
Report says Russia has occupied the Kurile island chain with troops and families in place for a long stay following Potsdam agreements. The development, tied to strategic Siberian approaches, could affect Japanese territorial status and future peace terms. President Truman suggested the US may seek independent control of former enemy held lands.
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Washington
Russia
Kurile
Siberia
Yamamoto
Pearl Harbor
Kuriles
Truman
United States
Britain Prepares UN Trusteeships for Three Mandates
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the United Nations General Assembly that Britain has begun preliminary talks to turn Tanganyika Togoland and the Cameroons into United Nations trusteeships. Palestine awaits results of a British American inquiry. Trans Jordan will become independent and not placed under UN trusteeship. France seeks death penalty for 22 Nazi leaders to deter Nazi influence and set a justice lesson for a reeducated Germany.
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London
Ernest Bevin
United Nations
Great Britain
Bevin
General Assembly
Tanganyika
Togoland
Cameroons
Palestine
Trans- Jordan
Kevin
International Peace Agency
Assembly
United States
Pacific
Mernberg
France
Francois de Menthon
International Tribunal
de Menihon
Europe
Norway
Denmark
The
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Kill Yank PW's Was Jap Invasion Orders
Capt. Manuel A. Newman testified in Tokyo that Japanese guards were ordered to kill all Allied prisoners of war in case of Allied landings. Newman, the last American officer to surrender on Guam December 11 1941, arrived to testify against former prison administrators.
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Tokyo
Ohio Attorney Aids In Trial at Yokohama
Yokohama report says Capt Hiron Honda former commandant of Onahama prison camp Sendai will face trial tomorrow on charges of atrocities against Allied war prisoners He is the fifth accused war criminal and the fourth camp commander to be tried in Japan Lt Col Garrison L Beachy of Sebring Ohio is on the commission handling the case A Cedarville club buys land to transform into a war memorial park
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Hiron Honda
Onahama
Sendai
Japan
Garrison L. Beachy
Sebring
Ee En
Glass Shortage Halts Major Industries in Columbus Strike
Amid a nationwide glass strike 15 000 workers walkout crippling 75 percent of U S output. Detroit auto plants report limited production with window glass shortages. furniture makers halt mirrors as shortages spread across major producers Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Libbey Owens Ford Co and CSO are at odds over demands. Nash and General Motors face shutdowns due to glass scarcity.
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Detfoit
Federation of
CSO
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Libbey- Owens-Ford Co
Toledo
Detroit Motor
Chrysler and Hudson
Ford Motor Co
Nash
General Motors
Ohio Legion asks VA to take Fletcher General Hospital
The Ohio Department of American Legion urged the Veterans Administration to take over Fletcher General Hospital in Cambridge. Department Commander Harry A. Eaton warned that Ohio lacks adequate facilities for WWI and WWII veterans and called abandonment a tragedy. The army will close the hospital March 31 with a 60 day VA decision period.
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Cambridge
Ohio Department of American Legion
Veterans Administration
Fletcher General Hospital
Harry A. Eaton
Legion
Washington
Ohio
Fletcher Hospital
Army
Veterans ‘Administration
Former Clark County Sheriff Guilty of Bribe
Springfield Ohio report says former Clark County Sheriff Niles H. Young was convicted by a common pleas jury of accepting bribes. He was released on 10 000 dollar bond and faces a 7 to 10 year sentence in the Ohio Penitentiary. Young was among five men indicted in a Clark County gambling investigation.
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Springfield
Niles HE. Young
Common Pleas
Ohio
Young
Clark County
Strike Security Two Cent Hike Debated in UAW Ford Talks
DETROIT AP CIO s United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Company officials resumed contract talks with little progress expected on closing the two cent wage gap. Ford offered a 1 cent per hour boost, rejected by the union, which held firm on its higher demand.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Truman sets afternoon deadline to end steel wage deadlock
President Truman pressed CIO President Philip Murray and U S Steel head Benjamin Fairless to settle their wage dispute by this afternoon or face a public interest seizure. Murray demands 19 1 2 cents for 800 000 workers while Fairless offers 15 cents as talks continue with government seizure denied. Labor and industry experts warn of broad fallout if steel talks fail.
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Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
Benjjamin Fairless
U. S
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White House
Charles G. Ross
Fairless
Murray Ia
Whit House
Ross
Murray
Schwellenbach
AFL
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Swift
Armour
Wilson
Yestersday
Veterans Seek Strike Benefits Amid Camp At Lichfield
Veterans of Foreign Wars official says Congress will amend the GI Bill to cover unemployed veterans denied benefits after a strike at a U S military post in England. The report notes the camp earned the nickname GI concentration camp amid charges against personnel.
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Washington
Veterans’ Organization
Congress
Omar B. Ketchum
Veterans of Foreign Wars
James A. Kilian
U.S
Lichfield
Eng
GM wage dispute sparks 19 percent raise demand
President Tru Feut’s fact finding board urged a 19 percent raise in the GM wage dispute while the union’s Ford negotiators pressed for a similar rise. Sources say GM will seek firm agreements from the UAW on company security as its latest offer links any increase to workable security and productivity. NLRB officials called UAW CIO objections to Gerald D. Reilly’s trial examiner role unfounded and said hearings will proceed. UAW President Thomas accused Reilly of deviating from NLRA principles since his appointment to the GM bargaining case.
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General Motors Corporation
Ford
UAW
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Uaw-Cio
Gerald D. Reilly
National Labor Relations Act
NLRB
Paul M. Herzog
Mr. Reilly
R. J. Thomas
Reilly
Detroit
GI Protests Muzzled in Demobilization Policy
HONOLULU Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson Jr ordered court martial for any soldier or officer in his Mid Pacific command who continues agitation on demobilization. Three enlisted men confined to quarters pending investigation. Col. Wilson Gaddis said no charges yet against the trio, but their actions since General Eisenhower explained the policy are under review. Two had participated in demonstrations against a demobilization slowdown.
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Honolulu
Robert C. Richardson
Mid-Pacific
Wilson Gaddis
Eisenower
Investi ‘Gation
Tojo Trials Target Personal Crimes Malice Against Humanity
General Mac Arthur's charter for the war crimes trials of Hideki Tojo and other top suspects will require prosecutors to prove each defendant committed a criminal act as an individual. The aim is personal guilt rather than membership in a crime group. Trials expected to begin in March.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Plan to Use Nazi PW Barracks for Students
Evacuated German war prisoner quarters at Defiance College may be repurposed for student veterans and their families. The project would provide housing for 15 to 22 veteran families, with a repair fund estimated between 6000 and 9000 dollars.
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Columbus
Defiance
Defiance College
Dr. Clyde Hissong Urges Future Teacher Clubs
Youngstown report notes Dr Clyde Hissong state director of education urged creation of Future Teacher Clubs to encourage capable youths to enter teaching. He asked colleges to place aspiring teachers on a preferred list for entrance to crowded schools during a conference with board of education members.
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Youngstown
Clyde Hissong
Board of Education
Educators Back Veterans Education Effort in Cleveland Workshop
Cleveland educators join national teachers in a three day workshop led by the National Education Association to improve veterans access to higher education. The event features committees tackling varied veterans education issues and aims to ease the path for returning service members.
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Cleveland
Adult Education Department
The
National Education Association
Kimmel Defends Pearl Harbor Action Under Senate Probe
Pearl Harbor committee questions Admiral Husband E. Kimmel on his 1941 Pacific Fleet leadership. Kimmel insists the fleet was on alert and that information from Washington was abundant here. He recalls AA guns responding quickly and says he would likely take the same actions again. He says he did not recall warnings from Zacharias and cites War Secretary Stimson blocking a plan to jail spying consular agents.
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Pearl Harbor
E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Kimmel
Senate House
Seth W. Richardson
Lucas
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Rep. Clark
D-Nc
Short
Richard
Naval
E. M. Zacharias
Zacharias
Stimson
Navy
Claude C. Bloch
Dairymen Eye Milk Price Hike After Subsidy Ends
Washington reports government hearings may raise fluid milk prices by two to three cents a quart in different seasons as the dairy subsidy program ends. Sessions start in New York and Boston with further city hearings planned under federal orders. If Congress extends the subsidy, price increases could be delayed beyond months.
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Dairymet
Agriculture Departments
Anderson
Dairy Indus
Collett
Truekman
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