House Press Free Debate Shapes $500 Million Relief Bill
Congress debates a free press clause in the $500 million UNRRA funding bill. Rep. Clarence Brown backs withholding aid from nations denying access to U.S. reporters. Senate action looms as tax cuts and reorganizing bills also advance.
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House
Clarence Brown
Ohio
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United States
UNRRA
Republican Steering Committee
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Brown
Russia
Yep. McMillen
Congress
Brien McMahon
U.S
New
Atomic Energy Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
International Relief Agency
Infants' White Shoes To Be Plentiful Again Soon
Washington reports infants' white shoes, scarce for months, should be plentiful again soon. The War Production Board cites titanium, used to whiten leather, as available for civilian production, and officials say the end of shoe rationing will boost supplies of infant footwear.
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Washington
War Production Board
Senate group votes to start work on rivers program
Washington reports the Senate Commerce Committee approved a $500 million rivers and harbors program and urged swift Senate passage of a resolution lifting construction restrictions until Congress declares the war officially ended. In Akron, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Metz celebrate nearly 72 years of marriage and say they have never quarrelled.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Commerce Committee
Akron
Albert Metz
McDonaldsville
Massillon, O
Change Returned by Honest Beggar on Beggar's Night
Eight youngsters rapped at a Monroe door and asked for treats. The householder gave 50 cents, but a youth returned a dime saying here is your change. The incident occurred during Beggar's Night with the group heading to a soda fountain after.
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Monroe
Hirohito Faces War Reparations Clash With Washington
The report states Emperor Hirohito may lose part of his fortune to reparations, with estimates exceeding 106 million dollars tied to the imperial balance sheet. Japan seeks missing war material and funds as occupation authorities audit wartime expenditures, amid public pressure for accountability and peace terms.
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Washington
Japanese War Ministry
Japan
Kyushu
Reds Move Army Out of Manchuria Areas
A Tientsin dispatch says Soviet forces in Manchuria will withdraw by December 1, with Chinese forces to take over garrison duties by December 3. Negotiations were led by Gen. Hsiung Shih-Hui and Chiang Chung-kuo. Communists oppose U S transport of government troops and note recent movement by the Seventh Fleet to Chinwangtao.
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China
Hsiung Shih-Hui
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Kai-Shek
Chiang Chung
Kuo
United States
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Chou En-Lai
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Peiping
Peitaiho
Baruch Urges Federal Science Foundation to Counter War Effort
Bernard M Baruch warned that Germany and Japan will pursue third world war through science and engineering He urged a national science foundation to advise on policing war geared science and called for peacetime research to ready the United States for future emergencies He testified before a Senate subcommittee studying federal aid to science
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Bernard M. Baruch
United States
National Science Foundation
Germany
Japan
Baruch
Senate
Military-Commerce
Ohio Motorists Given Slap for Wild Driving
The Ohio Motorist, official Cleveland Automobile Club publication, editorially faults Ohio drivers as having a bad reputation in other states. Editor Mrs Alice E Roteris cites a Dun Kirk newspaper editorial mocking Ohio motorists and urges caution when one approaches.
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Cleveland
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Enterprise to Become National Shrine Revealed by Navy
The aircraft carrier Enterprise will be preserved as a national shrine after President Truman approves a plan from Navy Secretary Forrestal. The famed ship, called the Big E and the Galloping Ghost, is too old to fight and will be conserved for posterity.
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Forrestal
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Crime at Yamashita trial exposes Manila abuse of girls
Public barred as war crimes hearing details a system of selecting 25 Manila girls aged 12 to 14 for abuse by Japanese troops. Testimony describes orders to kill civilians and use girls on front lines, with accounts of escapes amid February fires and a Filipino witness recounting a phosphorous grenade attack.
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Miners seek ouster of Big Inch and Little Big Inch lines
Washington congress heard coal region concerns over potential disposition of the Big Inch and Little Big Inch pipelines as surplus property. Rep Flood said United Mine Workers and mine towns want lines eliminated as possible carriers of competing fuels. He urged no lease or sale without full public hearings. The issue would affect about 600 000 coal miners and families.
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Congress
House
Flood
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United Mine Workers of America
Pacific Yanks Heading Home
HONOLULU A total of 198000 American troops are being returned from the Pacific today. A naval headquarters announcement said 6600 would land today in San Francisco San Diego and San Pedro Calif 100000 are en route aboard transports and the balance were loading aboard ships in various Pacific ports.
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Travel upheaval as Ohio Greyhound terminals shut down
A statewide disrupted intercity bus system followed a strike by AFL union drivers mechanics and ticket sellers against Central and Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines. No coaches or tickets sold. transfers planned to other lines. Cleveland terminal faced pickets while several routes remained open or limited.
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Pay Increase Sought in Wide Area Strike Hits Greyhound Lines
The Associated Press reports a 4,000 AFL strike halted Greyhound service from Chicago to New England and southern states affecting six lines and many cities. Wage demands include a rise from 5 cents to 5.75 cents per mile for eastern routes and 4.75 to 5.0 in Chicago and St. Louis areas. Other labor actions include Western Union wage talks and Bay Area machinists strikes, with broad industry impact and talks resuming amid wage provisions.
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New England
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New York
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Westinghouse Electric Corporation
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Beth. Moses
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15 Nazis Killed in Train Crossing Crash at Blissfield
Army and civilian authorities investigated a train track collision near Blissfield Michigan that killed 15 German POWs and injured 11 others. The POWs from Rommel's Afrika Korps were returning to the Blissfield camp after work on a farm when their open-body truck was struck by a New York Central passenger train. Bodies and wreckage lay along the tracks for about 300 feet. The driver Pascal Martinez of Blissfield was hospitalized in serious condition along with MP Edward Laughlin of Adrian and three Nazis. The remaining Nazis received treatment in Toledo and Camp Perry. Camp Perry commander Captain Richard Dement said comrades were stunned but there were no demonstrations.
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Afrika Korps
New York Central
Bligsfield
Pascal Martinez
Bissfield
Toledo
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Edward Laughlin
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Richard Dement
Farm price parity bill tied to labor wage rise demand
Washington lawmakers led by Rep Pace seek to rewrite the farm parity formula to include farm labor costs. They argue maintaining farmers purchasing power rivals laborer power. Experts estimate parity could rise about 31 percent, with wheat near 2.02 per bushel instead of 1.55 and corn about 1.47 instead of 1.72. The House has approved parity changes recently but the Senate has balked.
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Truman
Pace D-Gal
Pace
House
Senate
More Benefits for Vet Are Urged in Senate
Washington lawmakers consider changes to the 6.1 Bill of Rights for veterans. The Senate subcommittee endorses reforms to broaden educational benefits and loan programs. Proposals include loans based on reasonable value for property and allowing all veterans to attend school at government expense, not just those inducted before age 23.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Athens Man Is Named Eastern Star Officer
Mrs Edith Conger of Dayton is the new worthy grand patron of the Grand Chapter of Ohio Order of Eastern Star and H Frank Miller of Toledo is worthy grand patron elected yesterday they will be installed at ceremonies closing the 56th annual convention Other officers include Ural V Westfall of Athens associate Grand Patron Mrs Delia Dolny of Groveport associate grand conductress
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Edith Conger
Dayton
Grand Chapter
Ohio
Order of Eastern Star
H. Frank Miller
Toledo
Ural V. Westfall
Athens
Delia Dolny
Groveport
14 Perish in Navy Plane Crash on Rich Mountain
Fourteen people were killed when a Navy transport plane crashed on Rich Mountain near Page Oklahoma. Fire and wreckage were cleared with assistance from U.S. Forestry Service officials.
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Page
Okla
Rich Mountain
U. S. Forestry Service
Cleveland Man For Bite By Prowler
Patrick B. Patterson, 23, was treated for manlike injuries today at Glenville Hospital after chasing a prowler found in the rear of his home. Patterson seized the intruder by the neck, who bit his fingers before escaping over a fence.
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Patrick B.patterson
Glenville Hospital
Patterson
Ohio Workers Back Rehiring of Service Man Hoge
The executive board of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association backs the bid to rehire Wilson E. Hoge as secretary of the Public Employees Retirement Board. The board urged the retirement board not to reconsider its action in retaining an available secretary.
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Columbus
Wilson E. Hoge
Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
Public Employes Retirement Board
Tolaodo
Hoge
George H. Bell
Navy
Willys Overland Motors
British Forces Face Intensified Attacks in Java
Reported extremist Indonesian forces, May be out of control of President Soekarno, pressing British units in central and western Java. At Magelang, three British fighters attacked as extremists and Gurkhas recaptured most of the town after mortar fire. A bombing line was set to bar extremists from Magelang as Soekarno led talks in Batavia on recognizing a de facto Indonesian government with Dutch cooperation sought. Lt Gen. Sir Philip Christison hosted the informal conference.
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Batavia
Java
Soekarno
Magelang
Philip Christison
Netherlands East Indies
Hull Cleared of Blame Over Pearl Harbor Plans
Secretary Byrnes said Navy data cleared former Secretary Hull of any implication he pressed the wartime trigger. Navy Secretary Forrestal had referenced documents seized on a Japanese cruiser showing plans to attack Pearl Harbor sent to the fleet on November 5, 1941.
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Washington
Byrnes
Navy
State Hull
Japan
Forrestal
Pearl Harbor
Woman Dies After Being Struck by Wild Bullet
CINCINNATI 1 Mrs. Cles jomina Di Pilla died late yesterday from a bullet wound police said likely ricocheted from a wall or sidewalk. Her husband Angelo Di Pilla heard a noise and thought it was an automobile backfire before they returned home and found her injured.
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Cincinnati
Clesjomina di Pilla
Angelo di Pilla
Bond issues on Ohio ballot prompt voter turnout
Ohio voters in Buckeye State head to the polls on November 6 to decide bond issues and tax levies. Officials emphasize local races from mayors to school boards amid a surge in bond proposals, with a projected total far surpassing any prior statewide election.
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Buckeye State
Columbus
Ers
Ohio
United States
Ohio to Extend Federal Child Care Programs to March
Federal aid will continue child care programs in 17 Ohio communities until March 1. Roland Ashton of the Federal Works Agency said communities granted extensions will use the time to develop local financing plans for the projects.
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Chicago
Ohio
West
Federal Works Agency
Roland ©. Ashton
En Runeer
FWA
Bureau of Community Facilities
New Cut in Newsprint Confronting Publishers
Washington CPI reports the War Production Board may require a ten percent cut in newsprint for December delivery. The order could affect distribution and costs for publishers nationwide.
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CPI
War Production Board
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