Army Seizes U S Rubber Fire Plant at Detroit
Dispute sparked after Army takeover at U S Rubber Co. Detroit plant as workers return to jobs amid union conflicts. Wage talks and labor unrest ripple nationwide with 30 plus stoppages, including Crosley, Foote, and Republic Steel cases. War front labor strains widen.
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Jackie Coogan To Be Released From Army Air Corps
Lt Jackie Coogan, famous from The Kid with Charlie Chaplin, heads to Santa Ana California for separation proceedings as he is released from the Army Air Corps after service during the war.
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Santa Ana
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Greenville pageant marks 150th treaty anniversary
Greenville hosts a pageant titled Greenvilles Heritage to mark the 150th anniversary of the Fort Greenville treaty of 1795. The production, planned for tonight and in the next two evenings, recreates Gen Mad Anthony Waynes agreement with Native tribes ending Northwest frontier warfare and enabling settlement.
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Greenville
Fort Green Ville
Mad Anthony" Wayne
Northwest Territory
Saved by Miracle at Empire State Building Elevator Fall
Betty Lou Olver a 20 year old elevator girl from Fort Smith Arkansas survived a 1000 foot plunge when the elevator car fell after six cables snapped during a B 25 bomber crash in fog at the Empire State Building She was conscious throughout the descent and sustained burns bruises and possible back fracture relatives say she felt the car leaving her and clung to the sides of the elevator for safety officials say a cushion against the bottom prevented worse harm and that automatic braking failed during the fall
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Empire State Building
Bellevue Hos
Betty Lou Olver
Fort Smith, Ark
Betty Lou
George A. Mount
Otis Elevator Co
Mount
Storm Over Truman UN Delegate Sparks Senate Clash
Washington lawmakers clash over President Truman appointing Edward R Brettinius Jr as security council delegate without Congress defining authority. Connally argues no enabling law needed while Taft and Vandenberg push for legislative framework to govern the post and its powers.
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Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
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Vandenberg
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San Francisco
Itz
Taft
Ohio
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Senate
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Ceiling Charge For Egg Sandwich Sparks Wage Case
Newark resident Don Douglass challenged a ceiling price on an egg sandwich set by local regulations. Mrs. Douglass pursued treble wages or $25 as remedy, but the case settled out of court with funds reverting to the federal treasury. Warden Ousted in Michigan prison admin reform move.
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Sandwich Shop
Don Douglass
Newark
Allies Split Over Hirohito Policy at Potsdam
Washington reports sharp Allied divisions over how to treat Emperor Hirohito after Potsdam. Some urge quick surrender while others favor delaying capitulation to test Japanese public will. U S stance remains a middle ground wait and see approach.
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Hirohito
Japan
United States
Potsdam
Aitough Prowse Munkis
Roosevelt's RAF Release Set for Aug. 15
Washington Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt to retire from the army air forces on August 15 after requesting retirement to end two assignments tied to his European war service. The army said no Pacific need required his services and noted a prior loan report related to a Texas radio venture. John Hartford of Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. disclosed remaining debt in 1942 tax return.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Army Air Forces
Army
Roosevelt
Pacific
Texas Radio
John Hartford
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Serg
Elliort Roosevelt
War Department
All Japanese Over 14 Drafted To Meet China Coast Invasion
All Japanese over 14 in occupied China today were reported undergoing hurried but realistic military training to meet a feared invasion plan. The Home Minister urged civilian volunteers to sacrifice to defend Nippon, while Japan faced food shortages but not starvation. Allied and Australian forces reported heavy fighting in the Solomons and the Philippines, with Japan reassessing defenses around Bougainville, New Guinea, and Okinawa.
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Shanghai
Genki Abe
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Nippon
Washington
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Philippines
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Solomons
Shortland Islands
Bougainville
New Guinea
Balikpapan
Borneo
U. S. Sixth Army
Tomoyuki
Okinawa
Malay Peninsula
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Tokyo
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Rangoon
Petain Accused by Underground Leader at Treason Trial
Marcel Paul, a member of the Consultative Assembly, testified in the treason trial of Marshal Petain in Paris. He said the French feared the Vichy police more than the Gestapo and that the worst blows against the resistance came from Vichy police acting on Petain's orders.
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Marcel Paul
Consultative Assembly
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Gestapo
Paul
Petain
Ohio built most plants for war production
Ohio built the most war production plants and facilities in the nation during the war, according to the War Production Board. The Buckeye State, which ranked fourth in 1939 for productive capacity, advanced to third after adding 1,293 new industrial units.
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Ohio
War Production Board
Buckeye
Stalin to Resume Parley at Potsdam After Illness
Premier Stalin, slightly indisposed for two days, may attend the Big Three talks this afternoon. Molotov sat with Truman and Attlee as the sessions paused for Stalin’s recovery, with the conference possibly wrapping up by Thursday or Friday.
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Stalin
Truman
Attlee
Vyacheslav Molotov
Laval Leaves Spain in German Divebomber
Pierre Laval, ordered by the Spanish government to depart, took off from Barcelona in a Luftwaffe divebomber headed to an undisclosed destination. He arrived in Spain 90 days prior, accompanied by his wife and two German air force officers in full Luftwaffe uniforms seeking refuge.
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Pierre Laval
Barcelona
Laval
U S Destroyers Bombard Largest Aluminum Plant In Japan
Allied carrier planes devastate or damage 207 Japanese vessels and 430 planes over two days. Destroyers strike Suruga Gulf near Shimizu, targeting Nippon’s Takara Izuka aluminum plant and other industrial targets while massed air attacks continue across Honshu.
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Army and Navy accused of delaying reconversion of goods
Lester P. Doldge, ex chef of the War Production Board durable goods branch, says the Army is stockpiling refrigerators and delaying reconversion while still taking large quarterly allotments. In a separate item, eight year olds Donald Pack and Raleigh Kerns Jr. drowned while wading in a creek near Chillicothe.
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Washington
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Lester P. Doldge
Consumers’ Durable Goods
Chillicothe
Donald Pack
Raleigh Kerns, Jr
Fleet Defeat Tops in History
In San Francisco a sobered account notes the Japanese navy is dead, with American officers describing the loss as historic drama and poor performance. The Italian fleet, despite harbor time, showed more firepower in an attempted fight and honorable surrender. Allied air forces blasted the Japanese fleet, hitting 60 airfields and damaging many ships and planes along a 400 mile arc.
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San Francisco
Mery
Right to Job Policy Goes Global Says Senator Thomas
Senator Thomas declares full employment now a policy of 50 nations as hearings resume on peacetime measures to keep Americans at work. He notes the draft act implied job guarantees for reservists and points to an international Labor Organizations convention in Philadelphia as evidence of the aim.
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Washington
Thomas
Utah
Senate Banking Committee
Thomas Teadly
Congress
Philadelphia
Jase May
Churchill Leaves No 10 After Five Years in Office
London reports Winston Churchill moved out of No 10 Downing Street after five years as prime minister. Buckingham Palace says he declined the Order of the Garter offered by King George VI as he steps back from public life.
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Winston Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
Buckingham Palace
Churchill
George VI
Order of the Garter
War Department Job Reinstatement Ordered
War Department orders reinstatement of former employees now in the armed services within 30 days after application, covering Fifth Command including Indiana Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky. Legislative tug of war looms as factions seek Truman support in shaping a progressive program ahead of Congress.
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Middle West
War Department
Armed Services
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Washington
Senate
Congress
Bete
Tragedy Claims 9 Year Old In Tractor Accident
Columbus reports the death of nine year old Robert Keil son of Mr and Mrs Water Keil after he was crushed by a tractor near his home yesterday. The incident highlights dangers on rural properties and prompts safety reminders for families and farm workers.
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Water Keil
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