WLB Edict Is Defied by Tire Makers
The Associated Press reports tensions escalate as Goodyear Tire workers defy the National War Labor Board back to work order amid a seventh day strike involving 16 700 employees at Akron. Local president C V Wheeler charges government failure and union ratification delays while other plants in Ohio and nearby states join or threaten actions affecting glass, chemical and hotel sectors.
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Associated Press
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Cio-United Rubber Workers
National War Labor Board
Good Year
C. V. Wheeler
NWLBE
Goodyear
Wheeler
WLB
National Board
George W. Taylor
Smith- McConnally
Qohio
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co
Toledo
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Mount Vernon
Cis-Glass
WLE
Cleveland
Cio-United Automobile Workers
Universal Cooter Co
Marion
International
Cloyd Liehty
WAW Jocal
Acklin Stamping Co
Diamond Alkali Co
Painesville
United Mine Workers
War Department
Columbus
Inafl-Hotel
Deshier-Wallick
L. C. Wallick
Strato-Suit Lets Flier Reach Stratosphere Milestone
Akron reports the development of a flexible pressurized Strato Suit by B F Goodrich under Army Air Forces lead. The experimental costume passed pressure chamber tests up to 30,000 feet. In Columbus Horward G Hudson of Clinton County National Bank is elected president of the Ohio Bankers Association.
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Akron
B. F. Goodrich Co
Army Air Forces
Ohio Bankers Columbus
Horward G. Hudson
Clinton County National Bank and Trust Co
Wilmington
Ohio Bankers Association
7th Loan Box Score Township Quota Sales
Box score lists township sales figures led by Athens City and Nelsonville with totals of 1,056,000.00 and 640,279.47 respectively. Amex and local entities show varied amounts across towns including Carthage Dover and Rome with individual entries and a stated per cent figure of 83,555.
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Alexander
Aihenk
Bern
Canaan
Carthage
Dover
Lee
Todi
Rome
Trimble
Troy
Waterloo
York
Athens City
Nelsonville
Senate to Get Parley Report Next Week on UN Charter
In San Francisco two American delegates say the Senate will likely ratify the UN Charter produced with 49 other nations. Connally and Vandenberg plan briefings after Truman’s closing address, with hearings possible in July as the charter awaits plenary approval and signing. Secretary Stettinius remains for UN Preparatory Commission sessions as ratifications move toward late 1945 or early 1946.
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San Francisco
United States Senate
United Nations Peace Organization
Senate
Tru- Man
Berlin
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Toeave
Truman
Stettinius Peal
United Nations Preparatory Commission
Eisenhower Back Home in Abilene with Family Greeting
Eisenhower arrives in his home town Abilene Kansas after Allied victory, greeted by cheering crowds as he spends time with family. Mayor says parade planned at 10 am. and children eager for the general to visit Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. Also reports two local deaths: Edgar Adams Jr. dies of lockjaw and William M. Laughman dies.
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Ida Eisenhower
Kansas City
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Eisenhower
Kas
Bill
Bud
Kansas
H. F. Strowig
Liberty Memorial
Talks on War Crime Trials To Start Soon
London reports the British Foreign Office notes four power talks will open next week on plans for war crimes trials. A U S source outlines a mass trial before winter to prosecute Nazi leaders industrialists and diplomats under a blanket conspiracy charge backed by Kellogg Briand Pact. Lesser Nazis would testify. Hold Institute for Nuns TIFFIN UP! Nearly 200 Catholic nuns teach in parochial schools in the Toledo diocese gathered today at St Francis home for a Catholic Rural Life Conference institute.
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London
Foreign Office
Germany
United States
Gestapo
Toledo
St. Francis
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
Huge Army Supply Bill Introduced
The War Department seeks a 38.5 billion dollar supply bill aimed at accelerating victory in the Pacific. Generals Marshall and Arnold testified that daily use of 1,000 B-29s and 2.7 million tons of bombs are planned for the coming fiscal year, with a total of 6.97 million army troops projected by mid 1946 and possible future mobilization adjustments.
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Washington
War Department
Japan
Appropriations Committee
George C. Marshall
H.H. Arnold
Far East
Marshall
Europe
Pacific
Thomas T. Hardy
U S Misjudged By Ribbentrop in War Powers
Frankfurt report cites two Nazi officials stating Joachim von Ribbentrop misjudged American wartime productivity and bluffing about goals, while clinging to the pretence Germany was winning. Ritter recalled the early misread, and von Rintelen noted a search for a new foreign office site weeks before surrender.
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Frankfurt ON the Main
Foreign Office
Joachim von Ribbentrop
United States
Germany
Karl Johann Ritter
Soviet Russia
Ribbentrop
Emil von Rintelen
von Ribbentrop
Franco Expected To Shuffle Administration
Madrid observers anticipate Generalissimo Franco will reshuffle his cabinet and undertake changes to satisfy the San Francisco United Nations Conference demand that any government aided by the Axis be barred from world bodies. Despite official statements that Spain is unaffected, officials and public opinion sense urgency as Spain seeks future UN membership.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
San Francisco
Spain
Truman to Tour Mount Rainier on Auto Visit
President Truman and Gov. Wallgren left Olympia at 1 am for a sightseeing motor trip to Mount Rainier. The party planned a return around 5 pm after an informal tour, following modest fishing efforts with no notable success.
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Olympia
Wash
Truman
Sale
Mount Ranier
Mon C. Wallgren
Lupe Velez Home and Jewelry Sold at Auction
Beverly Hills report says Lupe Velez home was auctioned and her jewels and furs, valued over 210.00, were to be sold similarly under the hammer.
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Lupe Velez
Beverly Hills
de Lupe Velez
Raid on Kure Harbor and Okinawa Losses Reported
American 450 bombers struck the Kure naval base while Okinawa casualties rose to 6,990 dead and 20,595 wounded. The operations, including raids on four Japanese towns, followed a day of heavy losses and continued air strikes on strategic targets across Japan and surrounding coastlines.
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Japan
Kure
Okinawa
Tokyo
Bornen
Hirohito
Pacific
U.S
Tenth Army
Lauchaw
China
Liuchaw
Avai
Tsure
Shzert
Robe-Nagera
KamamigaRara
Akashi
Tamashima
Sant Himes
Destruction of Germanys War Potential Is Urged
Bernard M Baruch urged the United Nations to break Germany's war potential sector by sector to end Europe's aggression. He testified for the Senate Military Affairs Committee and urged a comprehensive postwar settlement with Russia, streamlined government, universal service, and coordinated peace efforts across agencies. He stressed securing Soviet security against Germany and including war makers in labor battalions.
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Washington (Ap
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations
Germany
Europe
Senate
Russia
Sant Francisco
Baruch
Patton Urges Preparedness in Mass Speech
Gen George Patton Jr of the Third Army declares it stupid to risk another war by lacking preparation. He responds to a Stars and Stripes column criticizing his Sunday School comments about children as future soldiers and nurses. He argues thorough training prevents fires of war just as stopping fires saves lives.
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Hamilton
Mass
George 5. Patton, Jr
Third Army
Stars and Stripes
U. S. Army
U S Casualty List Increases By 6358 In May Reports
Washington UP United States battle casualties in World War II total 2 923 483, up 6 358 from a week earlier. Most rise from Pacific action. Army casualties amount to 902 701 and Navy 119 752. In Ohio, 44 inmates at the Toledo prison farm were granted parole by the Pardon and Parole Commission.
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Washington
United States
Columbus
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Towdan
Un-American Probers Chief Silent on Plans
Washington dispatch reports the House Committee on Un American Activities released a policy declaration amid rumors its chairman Rep Edward Hart may resign. Hart declined to discuss resignation reports, saying he wants evidence substantiated before acting. The note coincides with a broader agriculture and rural electrification context in Washington.
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Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Rep
Edward Hart
D- NJ
Bart
Hog Shortage Blamed for 1945 Meat Scarcity
CHICAGO PF The 1945 meal supply will fall about 2 125 000 000 pounds from 1944 but exceed the 1936 40 prewar average by more than 5 000 000 000 pounds says R C Pollock general manager of the national livestock and meat board in a prepared talk for the annual two day conference The reduced 1945 meat production is mainly due to fewer hogs slaughtered under federal inspection in the first five months of 1945 48 percent below the year ago level Pollock notes that 1944 meat output was the greatest in war history.
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Chicago
R. C. Pollock
National Livestock and Meat Board
Pollock
A Gasoline Ration Goes Up Nationwide Today
The 50 percent hike in basic A gasoline rations took effect. Motorists with A-36 coupons may buy six gallons with a stamp instead of four, averaging about six miles per day. The six A-16 coupons cover three months through September 21, replacing expired A-15 stamps.
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Washington
Major General Hunt Heads Marine Division Change
Major General Leroy D. Hunt has assumed command of the Second Marine Division, the Fifth Regiment, noted for breaking final resistance on Okinawa. Headquarters announced Woods succeeds Mulcahy as commanding general of Okinawa based air force and the Second Marine Aircraft Wing.
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CUAM
Leroy TD. Hunt
Fighth Regiment
Okinawa
Pacific Feet
Louis FE. Woods
Tia
Francis P. Mulcahy
Army Tactical Air Force
Second Marine Aircraft Wing
Secret US Army airline ferrying troops between Sweden and Britain
Brig Gen Earl S Hoag disclosed the covert US Army air operation in neutral Sweden during the final year of World War II. The so-called secret airline, run under German oversight, moved thousands of American airmen Norwegians diplomats and exiled officials between Scotland and Sweden while disguising as civilian flights. A daring mission evaluated 2900 Norwegian soldiers across German lines near Bruges and Brugge, braving Luftwaffe night fighters and heavy coastal defenses. Counterintelligence and route knowledge enabled ATC planes to evade enemy intercepts over weeks.
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London Fa
Sweden
U.S
Scotland
Earl S. Hoag
Air Trenaport Command
Stockholrt
S Din
Lorton
Hoag
Jffvaring
Prapce
Archedulerkf
Thos
ATC
Truman's Power Request Pigeonholed in House
Washington in President Truman's request for blanket authority to reorganize and contract all federal agencies was buried in a House committee pigeonhole. The Expenditures Committee will likely consider a bill by Chairman Menasco that grants the White House broad powers to streamline agencies but preserves independence of agencies like the Veterans Administration, Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Communications Commission and the Tariff Commission.
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Washington
Truman
House Committee
Expenditures Committee
Rep
Menasco
White House
Veterans Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The
Tariff Commission
Knerr Named ATSC Head at Dayton Wright Field
Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Knerr was appointed yesterday as head of the Air Technical Service Command at Wright Field ATSC headquarters. He succeeds acting Dir Gen Lester T. Miller, chief of ATSC supply, and has prior ties to Wright Field, including service in the old Air Service Command era.
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Wrest
Douglas Macaruin
Joseph W
Vinegar Joe) Stiwell
10Th Army
Okinawa
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Stitwell
Albert V. Harti
Daytona
Hugh J Knerr
Air Technical Serf Command
Wright Field
ATSC
Lester T. Miller
VLR
Strategic Air Foy
Rareope
Wiieh Field
Old
Air Service Command
ASC
Labor Group Assured Full Support by U S Official
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins assured the international labor organization’s 5th session of continued full support from the United States under President Truman. She delivered the opening address amid ongoing discussions on labor cooperation and policy alignment.
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Labor Group
U.S
Quebec
International Labor Organization
As Ov
United States
Truman
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perlintim
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