Truman Urges Congress Toward Higher Wages and Reforms
President Truman asked Congress to back a broad domestic program to raise wages and output, warning against disunity and inflation. He laid out a 25,000 word plan detailing higher wage structures, stable labor relations, continued price controls, expanded public spending, and a large postwar defense and foreign policy agenda aimed at lasting peace and strong markets.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Youngstown Fund Nears Goal for War Hero Ralph Brown
More than $13,500 has been raised toward a $15,000 goal in the Ralph Brown Corp funds drive. Corporal Brown, a triple amputee, will receive a home funded by the community in a public ceremony at Stambaugh auditorium next Saturday night.
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Youngstown
Corp
Ralph Brown
Corporal Brown
Stambaugh Auditorium
Gallipolis Man Forged Death Letter in Prison Escape Claim
San Quentin prison officials report a man from Ohio Wilbur Streeter a 26 year old prisoner serving time for robbery and under indictment for murder forged a death letter claiming he died in prison The claim was deemed exaggerated and led to scrutiny of prison records and Ohio police reports.
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San Quentin
Calif
Sanan Ironton
Quentin
Ohio
Wilbur Streeter
Streeter
San Francisco
Portsmouth
Charles Addis
Ironton
Robert Hatfield
Addis
London (O
Gallipolis
Ohio Criminal Investigation Bureau
Marvin A. Kelly
Scioto County
Campbells hold $800000 windfall in Canada’s limits
In Red Lake Ontario, George and Mrs Campbell seek to share their $800000 windfall from a gold claim. A nationwide appeal drew 8000 volunteers to fund loans or gifts for diverse aims from permanent waves to a $15000 summer resort, halted by Canadian currency rules on outflow. The note also recounts Ohio crime cases involving Streeter and Addis with tied prison records and legal moves.
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Red Lake
Ont
NEA
George Campbell
Hollywood
New York
Bermuda
Bush
Campbells
Jo Dispatch
Ontario
United States
Canada
Snow Falls Across East as Storm Sweeps In
Snow and ice covered much of the East from New England to Virginia with precipitation spreading to southern Missouri while a new cold front pushed southward. Freezing rain created hazards in areas just south of the snow line, with conditions expected to ease into the day and give way to partly cloudy skies tomorrow. In Alliance two survivors of a fast moving apartment fire were reported in fair condition.
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Chicago
Mississippi River
New England
Virginia
Missouri
Alliance
Aerial spying by Japs to be aired in probe
Senator Ferguson sought State Department documents on Japanese aerial reconnaissance over American possessions before Pearl Harbor. He questioned whether Admiral Kimmel knew Japanese planes flew over Formosa, the Philippines and Guam prior to the war.
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Washington
UPI
Ferguson
Mich
Army
Navy
State Department
Pearl Harbor
Husband B. Kimmel
Senate House
Toda
Admiral Kimmel
Michigan
Formosa
Philippines
Guam
Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Six Ohioans Reach Finals in Prince of Peace Contest
Six semi finals winners from Ohio will advance to the Prince of Peace declamation finals on January 30 during the Ohio pastors convention in Columbus. Winners include Betty Gilespie Toledo Minton Brees Springfield Maurice Heller Canton Richard Hinterleiter Canton George Kepner Newton Falls and Chris De John Ravenna.
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Columbus
Ohio Council of Churches
Prince of Peace
Betty Gilespie
Toledo
Minton Brees
Springfield
Maurice Heller
Canton
Richard Hinterleiter
George Kepner
Newton Falls
Chris de John
Ravenna
Black Market Plans of Germans Exposed at Tribunal
The international military tribunal heard that Hermann Goering and Nazi leaders funded a large black market purchasing spree in occupied France and other territories. German agencies sought to buy vast quantities of seized French funds to cover occupation costs, a 1942 pattern described by French war crimes prosecutors.
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Mernberg
Hermann Goering
France
International Military Tribunal
Army Officer Shoots Self in Manila Hotel Room
Brig. Gen. Harold L. Mace 38 year old Army Air Forces officer was found shot to death in his Admiral Apartments room in Manila. A service pistol lay beside him. he had been in poor health and resided in Jacksonville Florida. Premier Hakimi resigns after failed talks with Russians over Azerbaijan. In Flint Michigan 27000 pupils return to classes after a weeklong maintenance workers strike delayed schooling.
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Manila
Army Public Relations Office
Harold L. Mace
Army Air Forces
Admiral Apartments
Mace
Jacksonville
Fla
Teheran
Ibrahim Hakimi
Azerbaijan
Top Political French Meet De Gaulle Out
The Communist Party launched a drive to name a Communist as successor to Gen. Charles De Gaulle who resigned the provisional presidency after a cabinet crisis. De Gaulle said he completed his task of leading France toward liberation sovereignty. Party leaders planned to convene the assembly later. Some sources doubt his resignation is final while others call it a gaffe. The Communists, after talks with the MRp, urged a Communist provisional president.
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Paris
Communist Party
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
de Gaul‘le
Republican Movement Party
MRP
Japanese War Plants Seized by MacArthur
Allied forces under General MacArthur seized and guarded Japan's wartime plants in Tokyo and across the country. The move targets 265 aircraft and related facilities deemed first priority for removal to Allied nations, with confiscation extending to army navy arsenals and war laboratories. The order cancels prior peacetime conversion permits unless facilities are deemed immediately essential to the civil economy.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Allied Command
Allied Reparations Commission
Violence follows bread and power strikes in Ohio area
Nationwide strikes cripple steel and meat plants across Ohio, with 200000 idle in steel and a 50 percent meat shortage. A three month wage dispute in glass plants ends in Columbus, returning 15000 workers to work. Local power outages threaten Cincinnati and Dayton areas as unions push for wage hikes. In Jerusalem, violence and bombings disrupt daily life as coast guard towers are damaged.
New High Reached as 1.6 Million Idle in Postwar Labor Strife
Major developments show the steel industry nearly shut down by the largest strike in history with 750,000 CIO steelworkers walking out to demand higher wages, 1,300 plants in 30 states closed, and a possible seizure of struck packing plants by Washington. Farm equipment workers at International Harvester Co begin a 11 plant walkout at 11:30 a.m. today, while Pittsburgh Plate Glass and Libbey Owens Ford plants settle and return workers. General Electric and Westinghouse join talks called by Labor Secretary to avert a broader appliance industry strike.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Cio-United
Buckeye
Cio-Afl
Charles DeCaulle
Cio-Federation of Glass, Ceramic
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Libbey-Owens-Ford
Columbus
Tteir
Toledo
Mount Vernon
Joseph Froesch
CIO Unity Workers Union of America
Ohio Edison Co
Ohio Power Co
Dayton Light & Power Co
Joseph A. Fisher
International Union
Cleveland
Dayton Power & Light
Ohio Edition
Akron
Youngstown
Ohio Power
K. Fitzpatrick, Jr
Jerusalem
Palestine
Givat
Olga Coast Guard
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Cincinnati
Coast Guard
Ses
Sion
AFL Bakers Union
CIO
Washington
International Harvester Co
America
Ja Steel Industry Authority
Pennsylvania
Fittsburgh
Johnstown
Bethlehem
Kaiser Mill
Henry J. Kaiser
jPontent
Calif
Kaiser
United States Steel Corporation
Truman
U. S. Steel
Chicago
AFL
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Coo
Libber-Owens-Ford Glass Co
General Electric
Westinghouse
Schwellenbach
CIO Electrical Workers
Atom Control Commission Approved by UNO Security Council
The United Nations Assembly political and security committee approved a special commission to devise controls for atomic energy after a brief discussion. Senator Tom Connally stated the panel would mainly make recommendations to the Security Council and could not compel action by member states. An earlier American delegation dispute involved Senator Vandenberg questioning safeguards of atomic secrets, later appeased by Byrnes assurances.
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London
United Nations Assembly
Tom Connally
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Byrnes
Connally
Germans Cast First Free Ballot in 13 Years
FRANKFURT Germany Germans voted in their first free election in 13 years with high turnout. Returns suggested turnout exceeded forecasts with up to 99 percent of registered voters casting ballots in some villages.
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Frankfurt
Germany
17000 Veterans Due At 4 American Ports
17000 veterans return home as 19 troopships land at East and West Coast ports including New York Newport News San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle San Diego. The 36th Division seeks Congress to investigate the Rapido River action blaming high command for casualties. Rep May doubts value of inquiry, War Dept defends battle as diversion to ease Anzio Beachhead pressure.
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New York
Cpepae
Washington
Senate
House Miliary Committee
Newport News
San Today
Francisco
Los Angeles
Rapido River
Seattle
Wash
Italy
San Diego
Calif
36Th Division
Associaton
Brownwood
Tex
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
House
Miliary Committee
May
36Th Division Association
Rapido
Congress
Mark W. Clark
Clark
U. S
Austria
Vienna
War Department
Anzid
Gus Kasch Ohio State Rep Dies at 78 in Akron
Gus Kasch a colorful and militant state representative and sixth term Ohio legislator since 1923 died in People's Hospital Akron aged 78 after being found semi conscious in his hotel room Friday Born in 1867 in Germany he had worked as a newsboy timer and real estate operator
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Akron
Gus Kasch
Ohio
Gustav Friedrich Karl Kasch
Germany
People's Hospital
Small Scale Skirmishes Flare in North China
In five North China provinces skirmishes were reported today, all small in scale, a week after the truce deadline. In Yenan the Chinese Communist Central Committee rejected the Kuomintang Nationalist Party proposal for broadening the government, as stated in The Emancipation Daily. The committee said it agreed in principle with broadening government scope and offered six alternatives.
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Chungking
North China
Yenan
Chinese Communist Central Committee
Kuomintang Nation Aal Party
Emancipation Daily
Bilbo Ready to Filibuster Despite Muffled Start
Washington wires report Senator Bilbo of Mississippi began a southern filibuster against the Fair Employment Practice Bill. He was seen muffling his throat with a muffler and preparing to speak for as long as needed, up to 60 days or more.
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Washington
Bilbo
Miss
Pickets At Gates of Many Plants Across Nation
The steel strike idle 1.6 million workers, crippling plants in 30 states. Pittsburgh and Johnstown hosts see large picket lines as Kaiser mills stay active. Government weighing seizure options amid broader labor unrest in packing, glass, and electrical sectors. Lady Astor returns to the United States after a stretch abroad.
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Allan
Memorial Cancer Center
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Sclon
North
China
Lady Astor
Streight Yeas
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