Training Vote and A Bombs Hearing Schedule Ahead
Washington news summary reports Congress weighing compulsory military training for African boys, the atomic energy bill, and the Pearl Harbor inquiry moving toward hearings. Eisenhower expected to testify on unifying armed forces, while the price of new cars faces scrutiny and a constitutional eight-year presidency proposal fuels intra party clashes.
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Congress
Clement Attlee
Houze Military ‘Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate Military Committee
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
House “Military Committee
Housé
Pearl Harbor
Tomorut
Carl
Hatch
Democrats
Pevenne
Hatch Tor
Willis
Keefe
Bethesdand. Naval
House
John McCormack
Niouse Elections Committee
Senate Naval Committee
U.S
Chester Bowles
A&- House
Blosser Dies at 65. Columbus Court Clerk
Arthur J. Blosser, 65, longtime clerk of the Columbus Municipal Court since 1936, died Monday after a heart attack. He was born in McLuney, Perry County.
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Columbus
Columbus —i
Arthur J. Blosser
McLuney
Perry County
Tot’s Tragic Strangulation In Carriage Accident
Cincinnati reports the death of John David Winter two year old son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Winter from strangulation Monday. Dr Ralph Cunningham states the child’s neck became caught between the hood and body of a baby carriage as he tried to climb in.
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Cincinnati
John David Winter
Stanley Winter
Ralph Cunningham
James Haley Retired Detective Dies in East Liverpool
James Haley, 70, long known in the Ohio Valley for tracking criminals, a 30 year city patrolman, died today after illness. Memorial discharge papers system notes in Highland County reports 350+ discharged personnel since the war's end. Nellie Caldwell, county recorder, says free service protects originals from loss. Joseph Kates, 65, found hanged in daughter's Akron basement last night.
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James Haley
Ohio Valley
Hillsboro
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Highland County
Nellie Caldwell
County Recorder
Caldwell
Bangs Self
Akron
Joseph Kates
Young Filipino Tells Story of Jap Brutality in Philippines
Manila report on prosecution witnesses detailing Japanese brutality in the Philippine Islands under Lt Gen Yamashita. A Filipino officer accused of aiding events discusses internees at Los Banos and the alleged killings of over 7,000 civilians in Cavite and Laguna early February.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
Tomoyuki
Yama Ia
Ricarte
Yamashita
Romero
Galang
Los Banos
Cayamba
Laguna Province
Ike Warns of Europe Duty
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told 500 diners in Boston that rapid returns of American troops from Europe could harm the nation's ability to fulfill world obligations and sustain lasting peace. He warned that withdrawing too quickly would signal to the German people that the United States is failing its task.
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Boston
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Eisenhower
Dwight D
Bull Sets New Price High at 4700 in Ashville Ohio
Oakwood command a three year old bull owned by Teegardin Oakwood Stock Farm at Ashville Ohio sold for 4700 dollars, the highest price ever paid in the United States for a single purebred polled shorthorn. Previously the breed high was 3000 dollars, said Paul Teegardin, a farm owner.
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Oakwood Command
Teegardin
Oakwood
Ashville
U.S
Paul Tee
Gardin
Peace Nears As Sjahrir Becomes Indonesian Premier
BATAVIA Java Sutan Sjahrir a 36 year old socialist leader described as a moderate Likely to work with the Dutch became premier of the unrecognized Indonesian republic as British forces bombarded Soerabaja In Java cabinet shifts were forecast and elections planned before January 31 Sjahrir said his policy would cooperate with the British release internees and round up Japanese He would send a commission to Soerabaja to investigate fighting between British and Nationalists where naval and air bombardment damaged the port and seven Indian soldiers were wounded while Indonesians and Japanese remained involved in the disturbances.
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Java
Sutan Sjahrir
Soerabaja
Soekarno
Sjahrir
Sjehrir
Potsdam
Socerabaja
Officers Free To Talk On Army Navy Merger Debate
Secretary of War Patterson supports officers expressing personal convictions amid debate on merging armed forces. He responded to a Navy secretary protest over Lt. Gen. Doolittle remarks that referenced B 29 crews and Pacific war leadership figures Nimitz and Mitscher.
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Washington
Patterson
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
James H. Doolittle
Senate Military Committee
Doolittle
Chester W. Nimitz
Marc Mitscher
Navy
Child Thomas Dupler Dies After Truck Collision
Columbus report says three year old Thomas Dupler son of Mr and Mrs George Dupler was fatally struck by a heavy truck near his home yesterday afternoon. He was grandson of Mr and Mrs Sie Wolfe of Deanville Athens County. A brother and sister are left to the parents.
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Columbus
Thomas_ Dupler
George Dupler
Sie Wolfe
Deanville
Athens County
Akron Ministers Demand Apology From Vaughn Over Slur
The Akron Ministerial Association demands an apology from Major General Harry Vaughn for remarks about Protestant ministers in the armed forces calling some “not regular fellows.” The military aide to President Truman had said several ministers serving in the army appeared not to be regular fellows.
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Akron
Vaughn
Akron Ministerial Association
Big
Harry Vaughn
Truman
Aged Widow Dies at Her Home in Racine
Mrs. Mary E. Wolfe aged 22 widow of Oren Wolfe died Tuesday morning at her Racine home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Racine
Pomeroy
Mary E. Wolfe
Oren Wolfe
Irresistible Young Lover Sparks Jail Romance in Orville
In Oroville California Ellsworth Wisecarver a 16 year old known as Sonny draws the attention of several married women. Eleanor Deveny of Los Angeles 25 declares she will divorce her soldier husband and marry him. Deveny and Sonny eloped last week but were stopped at the father’s request.
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Oroville
Calif
Ellsworth
Eleanor Deveny
Los Angeles
Japan
Sonny
Elaine Ludlum Manfredi
Friction Reported in Labor Management Conference Across Nation
The CIO AFL confere nce reassembled after recess amid signs of friction. A CIO Auto Workers contention that John L Lewis had pulled United Mine Workers back into the AFL was denied by Lewis and AFL leaders. About 272 thousand workers idle nationwide. A major lumber strike in the Pacific Northwest stalls. Machinists wage strike threats loom in Bay Area. GM Ford and Chrysler workers vote for possible 30 percent wage raises. US Steel wage talks with CIO USW pending. New York CIO Leather Union cites meetings in 62 cities. General Cable plant in St Louis halts production over picket line. About 3,000 American Airlines maintenance workers to vote for a bargaining agent.
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Associated Press
Labor-Management
Labor
Cio-Auto Workers
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Brush
Lewis
AFL
Richard T. Frankensteen
Cio-Auto - Workers Union
APL
Frankensteen
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Ore
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Chrysler
Ford
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CIO- United Steelworkers
New York
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Hare
General Cable Corporation
St. Louis
New Jersey
American Airlines
Aged Man Dies Under His Car in Oregon
Aged 78 year old Earl Stilson died after being pinned beneath his overturned car for 14 days near a cliff in Gold Beach Oregon. State highway workers found his body with a handwritten note stating he was ready to rest. Search parties had tracked him for days before locating the car Oct 25.PLAN VETS RETURN YOKOHAMA- CP All 70 point veterans and nearly all point men of the U S Eighth Army in Japan will be en route home by Dec 1 according to Lt Gen Robert L Eichelberger.
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Ore
Earl Stilson
Yokohama
U.S
Eighth Army
Japan
Robert L. Eichelberger
Attlee Urges World Prosperity as Basis of Peace
Prime Minister Clement Attlee told Congress that world prosperity and good neighborliness must underpin peace and that U S British cooperation should grow. He urged removing apprehensions about his Labour program while outlining future U S Britain ties and UN backed cooperation amid atomic research talks.
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Washington
Clement Attlee
Great Britain
United States
House of Representatives
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Britain
Labor Party
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Attee
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Mackenzie King
Canada
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United Nations
Open Hearing In Coal Field Barge Plans
The Army engineers open a two day hearing on a $65,000,000 plan to extend navigation into Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia coal regions. The project would create about 135 miles of navigable water with two dams and docks on the Big Sandy and four docks on each fork. Rep May says railroads oppose further extensions and warn mine operators of threats if they back the project.
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Washington
Board of Army Engineers
Big Sandy
Levisa
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
May
Ohio River
Engineers' Board
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and’ Western
Cheap Housing Program Put Before Senate
The Senate considers a general housing bill to promote $5,000 or less cottages with $250 down payment. Senators Wagner Elender Taft back government mortgage guarantees up to 95 percent for low-cost homes. The plan caps price at $5,000 and limits mortgage interest to 4 percent plus 0.5 percent insurance, with loan terms up to 32 years.
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Washington
Senate
Wagner
Ellender
Taft
Ohio
Pomeroy Business Men To Meet Wednesday
Pom eroy Business Men plan a noon Wednesday special meeting of the Pom eroy Business Men's Association to discuss Christmas decorations for the holiday season with a large turnout expected. Norma Ruth Thatcher, 2, died Monday after drinking kerosene. she was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Thatcher.
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Pomeroy Business
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Business Men's Association
Dies West Union
Norma Ruth Thatcher
Harry Thatcher
Plan Huge Cumberland Dam and Locks for Ohio River
The Ohio River corridor enters a 30 year program to replace dams and locks seen as obsolete. Brig. Gen. Beverly C. Dunn said a new non navigable dam with the world s largest inland lock could start after a deficiency bill passes. The project near New Cumberland West Virginia would cost about 17.7 million dollars, replace Dam 9 and create a 227 mile pool to Montgomery Dam, while eliminating Dams 7 and 8.
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Columbus
Ohio River
Beverly C. Dunn
Ohio River Division
Congress
New Cumberland
W.va
Montgomery Dam
Army
Ohio
William Merrill
Cumberland
War veteran questioned in missing Downieville child case
Richard Worswick, 23, held in San Francisco on accusations of demanding 2500 dollars for information about Dickie Tom Suden, a 3 year old missing boy from Downieville California. Police said any connection to the disappearance on November 1 is remote.
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Richard Worswick
San Francisco
Dickie Tom Suden
Downieyville
Calif
Worswick
Deny U S Aid In China Hiked Amid Civil War Reports
American officials denied claims of expanded U S military support to China. Lt Gen Wedemeyer affirmed war time aid for 39 Chinese divisions while rejecting reports of a 70 division program. War Secretary Patterson warned against any risk of U S troops in civil war and noted focus on disarmament and repatriation of Japanese troops. Serious fighting was reported in interior Manchuria with growing pressure along the North China Manchurian frontier.
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Chungking
United States
China
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Washington
Patterson
Manchuria
China-Manchu
Four Succumb in Auto Crash at Youngstown
A head on collision south of Youngstown last night killed four people and left four others critically injured. The deceased are William Chushey 27 and his wife 25 of Finleyville Pa Leonard S Nentzer 16 of North Lima Ray D Schaeffer 37 of Youngstown. The seriously hurt include Robert Davis 47 of Poland Floyd Gertuba 17 Bruce Gieger 118 and Thomas Stonebrook 17 all from North Lima.
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Youngstown
Here
William Chushey
Finleyville
Leonard S. Nentzer
North Lima
Ray D. Schaeffer
Robert Davis
Poland
Floyd Gertuba
Bruce Gieger
Thomas Stonebrook
Cow Blood Used In Brain Surgery Aid Findings Reported
Dr. Cobb Pilcher of Vanderbilt told the Southern Medical Association that a new gelatin sponge can carry bovine thrombin to bleeding points in delicate brain and nerve surgery. He noted bovine thrombin works as well as human thrombin with no harmful effects, and is preferred for its ready availability.
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Cincinnati
Southern Medical Association
Cobb Pilcher
Vanderbilt University
Pilcher
Allied demolition wrecks large German powder plant
Wrecking squads planted by the Allies yesterday targeted Germanys munitions industry in Kaufbeuren. A major and new powder plant in the I G Farben network was blown up, with only buildings unsuitable for armament production spared.
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Kaufbeuren
Germany
Lsquads
I. G. Farben
Jap Occupation Forces Consolidated In Japan
Reuters style report notes President Truman’s reparations stance after a Japan bill defeat. General MacArthur orders merging the Sixth and Eighth Armies under Lt. Gen. Robert Eichelberger, with Sixth Army to deactivate Jan 26. By spring only select divisions remain in Korea and Japan, totaling about 200,000. Emperor Hirohito prays for peaceful national reconstruction.
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Japan
11Th Airborne
Louth
25Th Infantry
Korea
Hirohito
Ise Shrine
Seven GIs Fly Home With General Eisenhower
Seven high point G.I.s arrived with General Dwight D. Eisenhower on a surprise homeward journey for discharge. From the Marburg Reinforcement Depot in Germany they were flown with the General in his aircraft Flower II to Washington, then to discharge centers. Pvt. Robert E. White of Kent, Ohio, was among the travelers.
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Boston
G.I
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mar+burg
Gerrmany
Washington
Robert E. White
Kent
Ohio
Steel Unions To Take Strike Votes Nov 28
CIO steel workers will vote on strike ballots November 28 at 746 companies nationwide with 14 firms voting December 6. The National Labor Relations Board announced the schedule after filing petitions for the vote at most Hesia SteelFab plants.
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Washington
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Hesia Steel
Army Ponders Visit of U S Wives to Japan
Lt General Robert L Eichelberger said American authorities study allowing wives to join servicemen in Japan with possible later solutions if proper accommodations exist. Eighth Army chief noted some officers asked to bring wives but facilities for families are limited. President Truman fixed Thanksgiving Day as November 22, the fourth Thursday of the month.
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Japan
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Eighth Army
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