Warn Against Reprisals As Undefeated Japanese Soldiers Return Home
Tokyo dispatch reports Allied leaders urging restraint as fresh repatriations stir risk of anti Allied sentiment among demobilized Japanese troops. Doomed soldiers and officers questioned over the 1942 Doolittle raid executions at Shanghai. several figures moved to Omori prison camp. British garrison at Soerabaja evacuates Dutch families. Chinese ground forces begin reoccupations at Yingkow and Hulutao as Russians prepare withdrawal, while Chou En Lai denies Communist threats. A murder verdict is returned for Fred Fisher in Canton.
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Tokyo
Elliot R. Thorpe
China
Allied
Kiangwan
Shanghai
Hata
Omori
Yuel Wai Initsu
Shigeru Sawada
Genki Abe
Nippon
Thought Police
Suzuki
Metropolitan Police Board
Magelang
Java
Soerabaja
Feacon
C. H.G Pugh
Soera 1
Baja
United States
Mingkow
Hulutao
Manchuria
Tientsin
Famous Airman Declares Army And Air Force Still Needed
Maj. Alexander P De Seversky, a noted warplane designer, said in Tokyo that atomic bombs revealed no need to dispense with the army, navy, or air forces. He found no primary fire caused by the bombs and blamed most Hiroshima deaths on collapsing flimsy buildings and stove fires. He doubted bombs would be as destructive in modern concrete cities and warned the weapons imagination surpassed their tactical effect.
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Tokyo
Alexander P_De Seversky
Japan
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
de Seversky
Sinatra Pleads For Tolerance At Froebel High
Gary Indiana Frank Sinatra sang for about 15000 Froebel High School students in Memorial Auditorium and urged racial tolerance amid a student strike. He led a pledge to democratic ideals and asked the pupils to return to classes after a second walkout this semester protesting alleged favoritism toward Black students. an investigative committee had exonerated the principal.
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Gary
Ind
Frank Sinatra
Froebel High School
Memorial Auditorium
Sinetra
Nuzum
Ohio Dealers Receive Increased Milk Supply
The Ohio Co operative Dairy Reporting Service reports September deliveries to licensed handlers set new records with 169 million pounds to manufacturing plants and 126 million to markets. Removal of sales quota restrictions boosted shipments to principal markets across the state. Ford orders exceed 300000 cars despite no price announcements. Columbiana County turkey growers forecast the largest turkey crop in a decade, says extension agent Floyd Lower.
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Columbus
iPi
Ohio Cooperative Dairy Reporting Service
Ohio
P—Columbiana County
Floyd Lower
Bricker Heads Committee in Paralysis Drive
Former Gov John W Bricker leads a list of fifty prominent Ohioans named by R Kenneth Kerr to form the advisory committee of the 1945 Sister Kenny Foundation Drive. Kerr is state chairman with Gov Frank J Lausche honorary chair and Bing Crosby national head. Campaign runs November 22 through mid December to raise funds for infantile paralysis with half staying in Ohio communities and the rest aiding the Kenny Institute expansion in Minneapolis. District chairmen include Gordon Bush Athens Messenger Will P McKinney Maviette Times E G Chapman Herald Sun Journal Jackson.
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Lancaster
John W. Bricker
R. Kenneth Kerr
Kenney Institute
Minneapolis
Minn
Kerr
Gordon Bush
Athens Messenger
Will P. McKinney
Maviette Times
E. G. Chapman
Herald Sun Journal
Jackson
Army Lowers Enlisted Discharge Score to 60
The Army reduced the enlisted discharge score from 170 to 60, expanding eligibility for about 300,000 soldiers to be released. WACs score dropped from 36 to 34 while officer and nurse scores remained unchanged.
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Army
Washington
Britain Labor gains in local elections sweep England Wales
Britain’s Labor Party widened its grip as local election returns show Labour councillors leading Conservatives by about two to one across England and Wales. The victory mirrors last July’s national landslide, marking a strong postwar political surge.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
England
Wales
Union Chief Lewis Visits White House Before Labor Talks
Union leader John L. Lewis met with President Truman at the White House marking his first visit in four years. He attended as a delegate to a labor management conference opening Monday aimed at methods to settle disputes after the War Labor Board ends. Major securities exchanges will close Tuesday, November 63, for elections in several communities.
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Washington
tPi
John L. Lewis
White House
United Mine Workers Chieftain
President Truman
War Labor Board
New York
Outcry Over Yamashita Trial in Manila Hearing
Witnesses in Manila accuse Japanese general Yamashita of mass murders and horrific cruelty. Chinese, Filipino, and Spanish observers shout for justice as details of the February massacre at the Manila German Club surface and a witness describes brutal acts against women and children.
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Manila
Yamayuki Yamashita
1 Philippines
Francisco Lopez
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Trepresentaive
Philippines
Yamashita
New Merger Service Row Stirs Solons
Washington AP report on Senate Military Committee debate over merging War and Navy into a single National Defense Department. Navy leaders oppose the plan. admirals Nimitz and Halsey now oppose it. Truman faces Congress as Republicans and Democrats clash over unemployment control and UNRRA funding. Senate and House leaders seek to keep or curb presidential authority in streamlining agencies.
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Washington
Army
Navy
White House
Congress
Senate Military Committee
War
Department of National Defense
Navy League
Chester Nimitz
William Halsey
Nimitz
Halsey
MacArthur
Senate
George C. Kenny
Amy Air Forces
Truman
House
Rep
McCormack
Massachusetts
Ramspeck
Georgia
U. S. Employment Service
Labor
Schwellenbach
UNRRA
Air Force Still Holding Ohio State Fairgrounds
Columbus officials warn that delays in regaining the Ohio State Fairgrounds from the Army Air Forces could postpone plans for a 1946 State Fair. An AAF spokesman at Wright Field promised release “as soon as possible” but cited the need for storage space for materials now on the site.
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Columbus
John M. Hod
Ohio
Army Air Forces
AAF
John Griggs
Air Technical Service Command
Wright Field
Freed fugitive Burns ends chase with clemency return
Robert Elliott Burns, famed fugitive from a Georgia chain gang, is no longer sought. His sentence was commuted and civil rights restored after he surrendered to Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall, closing a 23 year saga that began with his flight from a chain gang and resistance to extradition from New Jersey.
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Robert Elliott Burns
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
New Jersey
Mutual Observance of Contract Emerges as Prime Goal
Washington and Cincinnati report a wage dispute during Truman labor talks with 145 union delegates. A strike threat loomed over the city water system as negotiations stretched six hours with AFL unions over pay hikes. The Journal noted management may limit scope, while Bowles signaled near auto price ceilings and potential profits pressures. Major national stoppages spanned textiles, machinists, transit, and dairy sectors, with Greyhound service halted and government conciliation efforts ongoing.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
United Min Workers
Sumfe
Lewis
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
CLO
Philip Murray
Chester Bowles
Commerce Wallace
Bowles
OPA
CIO
Maine
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Afl-Cio
San Francisco Bay Area
Greyhound Lines
Mississippi
AFL
Greyhound
Howard Colvin
Conciliation Service
Capital Greyhound Company
Hug
Salt Lake City
Slike
Trenton
N. 1
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Detroit
Higgins Quits And For Keeps In Industrial Shutdown
New Orleans Higgins Industries Plants once employing 13 000 shut for keeps after a 2 000 man work stoppage. Andrew J Higgins said he is through manufacturing here blaming local leaders. Waterworks strike threat endangers city services while other unions report continued or resolved stoppages and wage disputes across Ohio and surrounding areas.
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New Orleans
Higgins Industries
Andrew J. Higgins
Weme
Four Forts Finish In Tokyo Non Stop
Four B-29 Superfortress aircraft completed a non stop flight from Hokkaido Japan to Washington covering 6 544 miles in 27 hours 29 minutes landing at National Airport. The mission set a distance record but fuel limits prevented a Cuba or Puerto Rico leg.
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Tokyo
Washington
Japan
National
Hokkaido
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Mizutani
Jap Air Field
Chicago
Bomb Effects Reported Over Corn Belt Area
Boston dated report notes scientists across the country study why strawboard made from Illinois straw, produced 23 days after the Los Alamos atomic test, remained highly radioactive. Tests by Eastman Kodak showed the material would ruin film, suggesting active bomb ingredients may have risen to great heights, moved east by winds, and deposited by rain on Southern Illinois fields.
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Boston
Illinois
Los Alamos
N. M
Robley D. Evans
Massachusetts
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester
Eyns
Evans
IMT Radioactive Laboratories
Sugar Shortage Blamed on New Deal Economists
Clarence J. Bourg president of the American Sugar Cane Association told a House Agriculture Subcommittee that prewar agriculture department officials limited homegrown sugar by favoring imports, claiming the United States would have had more sugar during the war if not for certain New Deal economists.
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Washington
Clarence J. Bourg
American Sugar Cane Association
United States
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Agriculture Department
Jewish Leaders Blamed for Palestine Turmoil
London reports Field Marshal Lord Gort resigns as high commissioner of Palestine amid British claims that terrorism stems from Jewish elements. Colonial Secretary George Hall calls the outrages the most widespread sabotage in the country’s history, planned by a sizable Jewish organization within the communities.
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London
Lord Gort
Palestine
George Hall
Pay Issue Taken Into Georgia Restores Civil Rights
Georgia restores civil rights for Robert Eliott Burns after 23 years, with the State Pardon and Parole Board commuting his sentence to time served but denying a full pardon. The case follows Burns’ famous escape and his book I Am A Fugitive From A Georgia Chain Gang. Meanwhile in Columbus, James W. Nevins sues Curtiss Wright Corp for wage increases based on seniority lost due to military service.
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Columbus
UPI
James W. Nevins
Curtiss Wright Corp
Nevins
Atlanta
Georgia
Robert Eliott Burns
State Pardon and Parole Board
Price of Butter Rises After Subsidy Ends
Washington report notes housewives paid five to six cents more per pound for butter as the wartime subsidy to butter producers was cancelled by the government.
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Washington
Predict Snow Flurries Along Lake Saturday
Snow flurries are predicted along Lake Erie tomorrow as the weather man cautions fans with Middy Irish tickets for the Cleveland Stadium game Saturday to wear heavy overcoats or bring an extra blanket.
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Lake
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Cleveland Stadium
False Wedding Story Ends in Court Hearing
In Gloversville New York an 18 year old girl Miss Leona M Diffenbeck admitted giving a false marriage story to the Gloversville Leader Republican and was placed on probation after a suspended sentence. The charge was a misdemeanor under New York law but she was treated as a youthful offender because of her age. The city editor was told Sept 17 about the marriage to a discharged serviceman.
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Gloversville
N.Y
Wesley H. Maider
Hereford Cattle Bring High Prices at Auction
In Chester West Virginia fifty head of registered Hereford cattle sold for 1029520 at Hillcrest Farms first annual sale attended by 1500 breeders and buyers from 16 states. Top price was a two year old heifer Lorena Mixer TIT at 10000 to Flattop Ranch Walnut Springs Texas. Yearling Dominetta XIII sold for 9000 to John Wisdgin of Bloomfield Jr and Charles Bianchi of Macon Ma.
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Chester
W. Va
Hillcrest
Walnut Springs
Tex
John Wisdgin
Bloomfield, Jr
Charles Bianchi
Macon
Reduction in Income Taxes Does Not Affect Returns To Be for 1945
Washington report explains the 1946 income tax cut approved by Congress. It clarifies that 1945 taxes are not changed and about 12 million people will owe nothing in 1946. The 1946 changes include the same normal tax and exemptions, a 3 percent cut in all surtax rates, and a 5 percent across the total tax. It outlines two tax types, standard tax and surtax, with deductions and new exemptions for 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Presiding Judges Receive Saturday Supplies Access
David Johnson, clerk of the Athens County Board of Elections, announced that presiding judges must visit the Board offices on the Courthouse grounds between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday to receive supplies and be sworn in.
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David Johnson
Athens County Board of Elections
Caure House
A. Rm
Shirt Swapping Is New Ohio Business
Miss Ruth Shrader of Ruth Shrader Mending and Repair started the Shrader Shirt Exchange after a veteran suggested men at the army camp could swap shirts. The idea grew from practical need as soldiers returned lighter, prompting a homegrown effort to reuse garments.
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New Ohio
Cleveland
Shrader
Ruth Shrader
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Scott Lucas
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W. R. Kellogg
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Mechanics’ Educational Society of America
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