GI Overseas Urges Draft Be Retained
From Washington AP report Patterson says overseas GIs view continued draft as essential to provide replacements. He defends Army plans to cut demobilization by June 30 while keeping Eisenhower pledge intact. Senate panel weighs demobilization findings as Tydings calls for a White House reaction to his disarmament plan.
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Washington
Patterson
Europe
Asia
Pacific
War Department
Army
Eisenhower
Senate Military Committee
Congress
Tydings
White House
Truman
AFL Welcomes Lewis Return to Federation
MIAMI Fla The executive council of the American Federation of Labor welcomed John L Lewis back after a decade of estrangement. The UMW leader was unanimously elected to the AFLs late vice presidency and placed on its 15 member governing board. He arrived from Springfield Ill in a black limousine for the mid winter session and AFL President William Green hosted a formal welcome dinner.
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Miamy
Fla
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
AFL
Lewis
Federation
UMW
Springfield
Ill
William Green
Curtail use of scarce building materials urged for housing
J D Small civilian production administrator urged local communities to curb building materials for night clubs juke joints and roadside stands as part of a frontal attack on the national housing emergency. He spoke before the house banking committee in Washington. A church fire at Cove Springs Congregational Church in Elizabeth Township was fanned by high winds, reducing the building to charred ruins.
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Washington
J. D. Small
Small
House Banking Committee
Troy
Cove Springs
Elizabeth Township
Steel strike hits allied industries nationwide
A Truman era survey warns the steel strike will idle millions. By mid January 41,450 workers already laid off with projections reaching 1.75 million if walkout lasts, affecting CIO United Steelworkers and related metal and rubber sectors across Ohio, Connecticut, Michigan, and beyond as Allis Chalmers eyes shutdowns and rail freight revenue falls.
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Pittsburgh
Truman
Allied Industries
Reed
St. Louis
Oscar A. Ehrhardt
Secre
Ohio
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Connecticut Manufacturers Association
John L. Lovett
Michigan Manufacturers’ Association
Bis
Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Cleveland
Pearl Harbor Probers Hunt for Winds Message Evidence
Washington AP report says Pearl Harbor committee seeks a lost Winds message in Japanese code. Capt Ellis Zacharias and Vice Admiral William Smith testified as other officers may appear. Capt A H McCollum of Naval Intelligence could confirm or deny the broadcast claim.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Ellis M. Zacharias
Naval Intelligence
William W. Smith
Zacharias
Seth Richardson
A. H. McCollum
Office of Naval Intelligence
Tokyoi
United
L. Safford
Naval |S
Roberts Commission
Supreme Court
Qwen J. Roberts
McCollum
Toledo Council Favors War Vet Bonus Measure
Toledo city council backed a plan urging the Ohio Legislature to create 200 million dollars in state bonuses for World War I veterans. The unanimous vote supports monthly stipends of 10 dollars for domestic service and 15 dollars for overseas duty.
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Toledo
Ohio
Nation Faces Corn Shortage Rams Up Grain Stocks
The Agriculture Department reports a looming corn shortage with lower January 1 stocks than 1944, plus poorer corn quality. The 1945 crop, now being fed, did not mature fully before frosts, offering less feed than prior years and signaling potential impacts on livestock production and wheat exports.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Storm Clouds Spoil Unusual Warm Weather
A brief spell of clear winter weather broke as rain fell in the South and Northwest with snow flurries over the Great Lakes and Northern Rockies. Northeast temperatures returned to normal after severe cold, warmer than usual in the central and southern plains. William Perkins, a 65-year-old blind man who lost his home in a fire, moved his family into a Red Cross secured shelter. Harry Van Dorn Downs, long-time superintendent of Richland County Children's Home, died yesterday.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Rockies
Plains
Melmore
William Perkins
Red Cross
Mansfield
Harry van Dorn Downs
Richland County Children’s Home
Price policy rift widens between OPA and agencies
Civilian Production Administrator John D Small urged realism and flexibility in price policy, saying high price levels that limit goods harm production and inflation. He favors continuing price controls but with aims to raise output rapidly. OPA and Bowles voiced surprise, insisting policy remains close to present levels while allowing discretionary increases for essential production.
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Washington
OPA
John D. Small
Small
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Iprice
Qpé
Truman
Agriculture Anderson
Snyder
Chicago Police Hold Two Boys In Girl's Death
Chief of Detectives Walter Storms said two youths aged 22 and 18 were held on open charges after hours of questioning in the Suzanne Degnan kidnapping and murder case. The suspects Theodore Campbell and Vincent Costello reportedly called the Degnan home on January 7. Costello took a polygraph test with inconclusive results. Campbell was to have a test later as detectives reviewed movements on January 6 and 7.
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Chicago
Walter Storms
Suzanne Degnant
Storms
Theodore Campbell
Vincent Costello
Degnan
Suzanne
Costello
Campbell
Soviet Iran row near solution reported by UN sources
London sources say Soviet Russia and Iran plan a meeting today to ease tension over a three way international dispute on the UN Security Council agenda. Five powers sought a secretary general candidate with agreement within 24 hours, US and Britain backing Lester Pearson while Russia favors Eastern Europe.
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London
Russia
Iran
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
Security Council
United States
Lester Pearson
Washington
Europe
UNO
General Assembly
Definite action forecast in 70 day GM strike talks
In Washington labor and management negotiators seek to avert a power company strike that would affect Ohio's 2.5 million consumers. CIO Union head Alfred Yale signaled willingness to arbitrate, while Gov. Lausche noted potential arbitration outcomes. Farmers fear outages will disrupt dairy, cooking, pumping and production, stressing consumer impact.
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Columbus
Washington
Ohio
Lewis B. ‘Schwellenbach
CIO Utility Workers of America
Ohio Edison Co
Ohio Power Co
Dayton Power & Light Co
Alfred Yale
Akron
CIO
Ohio Edison
Yale
Frank J. Lausche
Dayton Power & Light
E. A. Lewis
Power
Utilities Commission of “Ohio
Perry L. Green
Ohio Farm Bureau
Green
Lise Meitner credited with aiding Allied atomic bomb effort
The article notes Dr. Lise Meitner, exiled from Germany, provided key data aiding Allied atomic bomb production. It also covers 70-day General Motors wage dispute mediation by James Dewey, ongoing steel strikes, and wage actions across Ford Chrysler Hudson Packard and other unions.
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Hitler
Lise Meitner
Germany
Meitner
U. S
Vatican Replies to Soviet Charges on Cardinal Appointments
L Osservatore Romano counters Izvestia claims that seven new English speaking cardinals aim to boost Catholic influence in Anglo-Saxon nations. The Vatican paper also notes Archbishop Spellman defended the Vatican and denied promoting a crusade against Russia.
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Vatican City
Izvestia
L’osservatore Romano
Francis J. Spellman
New York
L'Osservatore Romano
Spellman
Vatican
Russia
Strikes Slow Needed Goods Output in 1945 Review
The Civilian Production Administration forecasted consumer goods output for 1945. Auto production was 33,702 cars, far below expectations. strikes hampered manufacture. December shipments for refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, radios, and alarm clocks fell short of prewar rates, with modest recoveries predicted by June to March.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
Lemst
Lronere
Deaters
Divorce Action Filed Against One-Man Army
Manila reports a divorce filing by Olivia Josephine Oswald Wermuth seeking annulment of a 1941 marriage to Maj. Arthur Wermuth known as the One Man Army. She alleges a whirlwind courtship on the eve of the Japanese bombing and a Bataan honeymoon, while Wermuth, already married in 1935, disputes knowledge of the Manila union.
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Manila
Bataan
Arthur Wermuth
United States
Traverse City
Mich
Wermuth
Olivia Josephine Oswald Wermuth
U.S
Jean Wikins
Chicago
Miss Oswald
Great Eastern
Ba~taan
Workers Search for Bodies in Hangar Fire at Tinker Field
A massive fire gutted the hangar at Tinker Field, killing at least ten and injuring 43. Workers continued sifting through twisted wreckage as seven civilian victims were identified. The 15 acre structure was said to have burned in a gasoline blaze that swept through the depot.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Tinker Field
Army Air Force
Deafened Veterans To Increase in Numbers
Washington reports that about 40,000 American servicemen were damaged by war noise, with estimates predicting 300,000 more veterans hard of hearing in twenty years. The Veterans Administration launches a rehabilitation plan modeled on the army program. In Martins Ferry Ohio two unmasked robbers held up Fidelity Savings and Loan, escaping with about $1200.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Army
Ohio Bank
Martins Ferry
Fidelity Savings and Loan Bank
Reduction of Controls Seen by Democratic Leader Barkley
Senator Barkley indicated the administration may relax price controls to secure a one year extension of the program. He noted modifications could appear where rationing and priority limits have already been lifted and suggested clothing price controls could be eliminated. Senator Taft said exemptions in the law might smooth the path to the extension Truman has demanded.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Chilean Cabinet Faces Showdown With Labor
The Chilean cabinet was reshuffled to confront labor as the government imposes strict censorship and a 60 day state of siege after a riot between police and labor demonstrators left five dead and 77 injured. Military officers gained new posts.
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Santiago
Chile
Labor
Predict Compromise in Bickering Over USES
Washington leaders signal readiness to compromise on returning the United States Employment Service to state control. They consider federal retention through end of 1946 or June 30, 1947 if needed, as urged by President Truman. A British notice lists Alice Reese among 2,400 mothers and babies awaiting transport to America aboard the Queen Mary.
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Washington
Truman
United States Employment Service
Committee of Plans
Bournemullim
England
Alice Reese
Bet Trafton G. Reese
Oak Hill
Jackson County
Ohio
America
Toledo Votes One Percent Local Income Tax
Toledo City Council approved a one percent income payroll tax effective March 1. The levy applies to wages salaries and commissions of residents and nonresidents earning in Toledo and to net profits of Toledo businesses and professions or those by nonresidents in Toledo.
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Toledo
Ohio Officer Slain by Cornered Motorist
Xenia Ohio deputy sheriff Earl C. Confer, 53, was killed early today when officers cornered two men in a suspected stolen auto. Deputy Joseph Anderson was shot in the left leg and Ernest Finlay Evans, 21, of Cincinnati, was hip wound. Clarence Tucker, 20, of Cincinnati, was taken into custody.
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Xenia
Sherif Earl C. Confer
Joseph Anderson
Ernest Finlay Evans
Cincinnati
Clarence Tucker
Evans
Methodist Bishop Protests Ambassador at Vatican
Bishop G. Bromigg Oxman of the Methodists urges Protestants nationwide to protest American ambassadorial station at the Vatican. He spoke at the Ohio Pastors Convention, urging the President not to place a church as a state. He serves as president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. The gathering also heard Dr. William S. Shimer of Marietta College criticize current Sunday Schools as indoctrination centers and warn of World War III within 20 years unless religion and education are greatly reformed.
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Columbus
G. Bromigg Oxman
Methodist Church
New York
Vatican
Ohio
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
William S. Shimer
Marietta College
Shimer
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