Food supplies to Europe rise 50 percent for Oct-Dec
Secretary Anderson said the United States will send about 50 percent more food to liberated areas of Europe and French North Africa for October through December. Meat supplies improve but rationing on fats and oils will likely continue into 1946. Sugar outlook remains bleak, with possible shortages until 1947 amid disruptions in Java and the Philippines.
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Washington
Europe
French North Africa
Anderson
Bel
Java
Netherland East Indies
Philippines
FBI Probes 525756 in Draft Drive
FBI report cites 525756 draft violations linked to WW II era enforcement. Five year investigations yielded 12789 convictions and 34000 or more years in sentences, with $1089181 in fines. Hoover notes many non evaders still violate rules yet benefit by induction.
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Washington
FBI
PBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Identification of 22000 U S Dead Planned
The U S Army conducts a major effort to recover and identify about 22000 unknown American soldiers buried from Normandy to Berlin. Graves registration teams work to solve the fate of those who died in anonymity across Europe and the Pacific theaters. Many unidentified in Europe perished in air battles, with remains moved to 37 permanent US military cemeteries.
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Paris
U. S
Normandy
Berlin
America
Anzio
Apennines
Italy
Pacific Islands
USAAF
Air Forces To Leave Ohio Fairgrounds In March
Washington officers set a March date for vacating the state fairgrounds but Ohio Agriculture Department spokesmen say progress for a 1946 fair hinges on occupying part of the grounds before then. Officials will confer to decide on a plan.
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Columbus
Army Air Forces
Washington
Ohio Agriculture Department
Ohio
Report Cattle Seem Affected by A-Bomb Test
ALAMOGORDO New Mexico State Livestock Inspector Alfred Hunter reports cattle changing color and a rancher's beard streaked with gray after the first atomic bomb test near here July 16. He notes red-coated white-faced Herefords appear heavily frosted on their backs, confirming initial skeptic views. A separate item states Adams County Sheriff Grimes Morgan seeks a hit-and-run motorist in the death of 51-year-old Edward Curtis, father of five.
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Alamogordo, N.M
Alfred Hunter
Here
Hunter
West Union
Adams County
Grimes Morgan
Edward Curtis
War Mothers Join To Bring Dad Home
In Toledo more than 300 young mothers have formed the Bring Back Daddy Club to urge Congress to release fathers from service. They warn the cost of living outpaces the typical $100 allotment and state its money remains insufficient for a family.
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Toledo
Army of 5
Johnson Mentioned For State GOP Job
In Columbus the Republican State Central Committee met to discuss selecting a new state chairman, possibly delaying until 1946. Fred H. Johnson of Zanesville and Ray Bliss of Akron lead the list, with backing from key figures and factions aligned to past candidates and committee leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Republican State Central Committee
Schorr
Fred H. Johnson
Zanesville
Nelsonville
Ray Bliss
Akron
Johnson
Margaret E. Baker
Springfield
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Bliss
Cop Slayer Is Electrocuted In Ohio Penitentiary
Frank D. Carter of Louisville Kentucky was executed in the electric chair at the Ohio Penitentiary for the murder of Detective Anthony Overberg of Norwood. He had shared a last supper with fellow condemned killer George Pierce of Franklin County before his death sentence was carried out. Carter shot the detective July 8 1942 during an attempted drug store holdup and arranged to donate his corneas for transplant to a blind person.
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Columbus
Frank D. Carter
Louisville
Ohio Penitentiary
Anthony Overberg
Norwood
D. A
Carter
George Pierce
Franklin County
Buckeye Division To Be in States Dec 2
Major James E. Rhodes announced that Maj. Gen. Robert Beightler and the 37th Buckeye division personnel would arrive in San Francisco on December 2. The War Department informed Columbus of the contingent’s movement amid ongoing demobilization and redeployment plans.
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Buckeye
States
Columbus
James E. Rhodes
War Department
Robert Beightler
37Th
Buckeye) Division
San Francisco
Tokayuki Yamashita
Ralph Scheidley
Cleveland
Yamashita
Manila
Scheidley
Crile General Hospital
NEA
Best Jobs Not For Everybody Cannot Take Choice
Ohio Governor Lausche criticized unemployment benefit policies and said the government cannot match unemployed workers to desired jobs. He argued importing foreign workers would be needed to fill undesirable positions and warned against laws forcing exact job matches for compensation. He noted employers offering lower wages for reemployment and said a broad program is needed to provide work for all even if not the exact type desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Lausche
BUC
Char Jes Jones
Meyer
Training Bill Blocks Being Set in Drive
President Truman faces renewed opposition in Congress as universal military training faces delays. The House Military Committee cancelled today's hearing amid objections to compulsory training, with foes disrupting the process and threatening further action.
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Max Hall
Washington
Truman
Congress
House Military Committee
Truman Signs 1946 Tax Cut Plan Amid Hearings Drift
President Truman signed a bill slashing 1946 taxes by 5.92 billion dollars as hearings on war policy stalled. Chairman May canceled today’s session to delay a decision, with next Tuesday’s vote uncertain. War Secretary Patterson backed the training plan as policy disputes continued.
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Ing
Andrew May
D-Ky
Patterson
War
Navy Departments
Tokyo
Jimmy Doolittle
Senate Military Committee
C. M. Cooke, Sr
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Homer Ferguson
R- Mich
Owen Brewster
R-Me
Army
Ferguson
Brewster
House
Senate
G. I
OPA
Congress
Wage Strike Front Dominates U S Labor Pulse
CIO unions clash with General Motors and United States Steel amid broad threats of walkouts. About 275000 workers idle as GM and U S Steel prepare strike votes, with CIO UAW accusing GM of unfair labor practices and Ford employees hinting at stoppages. Bethlehem Steel contests CIO vote notices, while NSRAB plans a December ballot for GE Westinghouse GM Electrical Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
General Motors Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Detroit
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Cio-Uaw
NLRB
Ford Company
Bethlehem Steel Co
NLRE
Cndeed
Republic. Steel Corporation
NSRAB
United Electrical
General Electric Company
Westinghouse
General Motors Electrical
Manufacturing Works
Louisville
AFL Teamsters 4A
Eisenhower To Become Chief of Staff of US Army
General Dwight D. Eisenhower will return to the United States to confer with officials in Washington and then go back to Europe to bid farewell to his command in Germany and Austria before returning to Washington to succeed General George C. Marshall as chief of staff. Marshall reached retirement age last December 31.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Eisenhower
United States
Washington
Europe
Gerany
Austria
Army
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Ohio U Proxy To Speak Of Federal Surpluses
Washington reports a 40 percent discount on surplus property for nonprofit educational and public health institutions, based on fair value, per new Surplus Property Administration regulation. Granville notes are of Denison University hosting debaters from Ohio State, Ohio University, Marietta, and Kenyon in a pre season tournament. 34 ships arrive in New York with 28,500 troops scheduled to land and 13,000 more to debark on the West Coast with 14 vessels.
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Ohio
Washington
Surplus Property Administration
Granville
Denison University
Denison
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Marietta College
Kenyon College
New York
East Coast
West Coast
Bradley Urges Pay Raise for Vet Unit
General Omar Bradley, head of the Veterans Administration, urged higher salaries to attract qualified staff, supporting a 20 percent civil service pay raise. The proposal sits before the Senate Civil Service Committee as ex servicemen deserve capable care. In Columbus, the Federated Democratic Women of Ohio opened their annual convention.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Veterans Administration
Senate Civil Service Committee
Columbus
Federated Democratic Women of Ohio
Planes Not To Be Sent To China State Dept Denies Report
The State Department rejects as false a Chungking Ta Kung Pao claim that 3,000 American planes would be transferred to Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek's government in China. The official denial labels the report spuriously untrue.
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Washington
State Department
China
Chiang Kanshek
Ta Kung Pao
Farm Marketing Bill Faces Senate Test
COLUMBUS The State Agriculture Department opposed a proposed bill to appropriate 2.5 million dollars yearly to expand national farm marketing facilities. Agriculture Director John M Hodson testified before a congressional committee in Washington, warning the plan could yield federal control over state farm marketing program expansion.
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Columbus
State Agriculture Department
John M. Hodson
Washington
Marion School Reopens After Youth Protest
Marion public schools resumed normal operations after a day of student protest against a $1,936,000 school construction bond. Superintendent E. E. Holt said about 1500 of 2,500 pupils stayed home across three junior high schools and Harding High. Demonstrators marched downtown with the high school band, carrying placards and riding in vehicles bearing signs. The bond failed by six votes, prompting planning group members to consider a precinct recount at Monday night meeting.
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Marion
E. E. Holt
Harding High
Civic Planning Group
Jewish Leader Urges Zionist Commission for Middle East
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, co chair of the Zionist Emergency Council, charged Britain with responsibility for outbreaks of violence in Palestine and Egypt. He urged an international joint commission to settle Middle East problems including the Zionist question and to modernize the region.
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Cleveland
Abba Hillel Silver
Zionist Emergency Council
Palestine
Egypt
Middle East
Women Pioneers
Wrangle Tops 275 000 Idle Wage Policy Debate
Washington AP John S Lewis drafts a wage bargaining policy to unite labor at Truman's labor management conference. He denounces CIO chief Murray's plan to cap wage gains, supports free negotiation, and argues against price and profit controls. Session grows stormy as disputes flare over collective bargaining and strike vote plans.
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Washington
John S. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
CIO
Philip Murray
AFL
William Green
Murray
UMW
United Steel Work
U. S. Steel
United States Steel Corporation
Schwellenbach
United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
United Electrical, Radio and jMachine
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric
General Motora Corporation
British Order Surrender of Javanese Force
Leaflets from British planes at Soerabaja call for unconditional surrender by Indonesian Nationalists under Lt. Gen. Sir Philip Christison. The ultimatum gives 6 am tomorrow and warns of further military action. Fifth Indian Division troops arrived, with 4,000 Dutch volunteers expected in Batavia. Indonesians rally 100,000 in Central Java.
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Batavia
Soerabaja
Java
Philip Christison
Netherlands East Indies
General Hits Red Charge in China Peace Talks
General Albert C. Wedemeyer, back from Washington, became embroiled in a dispute with Communist leaders as New China Daily News accused U S forces of aiding Nationalists in a railroad station capture. Wedemeyer told AP that American troops were not provoking trouble but were drawn into minor skirmishes during renewed peace talks between Chinese government representatives and the Communists.
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Chungking
P—_LL
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
Washington
U. S
New China Daily News
Wedemeyer
Associated Press
Richard Cushing
W Ankenbrand Dies At New Jersey Home
Athens friends were informed yesterday of the death of W W Ankenbrand, superintendent of the Athens city schools for two years ending in 1932, at his home in Ridgeway New Jersey. Death followed a sudden heart attack. Mrs Ankenbrand wired Athens acquaintances. Ankenbrand, after leaving Athens, held executive positions in Rocky River Mansfield and Yonkers New York, later going to Ridgeway in a similar capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
W. W Ankenbrand
Athens City
Ridgeway
N. J
Ankenbrand
Rocky River
Mansfield
Yonkers
N. Y
Magnolia Mother To Receive Son’s Medal Of Honor
Mrs. Mary Hastings of Magnolia Stark County will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for her son Joe R. Hastings. The War Department said he single handedly killed three enemy gun crews near Drabenderhohe Germany last April and cleared the way for two American infantry platoons.
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Washington
Mary Hastings
Magnolia
Stark County
Prc
Joe R. Hastings
War Department
Hastings
Drabenderhohe
Germany
Hirohito Faced With Shinto Decline Under U S Rule
Tokyo dispatch reports the Japanese emperor retains religious esteem among many, yet rising dissent linked to Shinto and militarist remnants threatens the throne. U S occupation preserves him as a political symbol, but future policy and democratizing reforms could erode the imperial role and Shinto influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Babb
Tokyo
Japan
Dlis
New York
Financial
The
Mikado
Hirohito
United States
Cold Wave Sweeps Western States and Canada
A north polar cold snap blankets much of the West and Canada with heavy snow. The Denver Weather Bureau reports White Court Alberta at 34 below, Edmonton at 25 below, Big Piney Wyoming at 12 below, Livingston Montana at 4 below, with other areas near zero or above.
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Denver
Siberia
United States
Canada
Denver Weather Bureau
White Court
Edmonton
Alberta
Big Piney
Wyoming
Livingston
Mont
Protest Fails To Stop Highland Lake Project
Columbus Ohio. Chairman Paul H Ballard of the State Controlling Board said protest by Highland Countians against a lake and park at Rocky Fork will not affect the release of a 400000 appropriation. The delegation urged withholding funds claiming the site, six miles east of Hillsboro, is too valuable for farming.
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Columbus
Paul H. Ballard
State Controlling Board
Rocky Fork
Hillsboro
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W. Ankenbrand
New Jersey
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