Jap Cabinet Changes Urged Amid Occupation Allowing Reform
AP dispatch reports pressure in Tokyo for a top to bottom cabinet reorganization by mid October as General MacArthur seeks full disclosure of wartime arms output and stockpiles. Japanese sources cite demand for ministers tied to the war regime to resign amid shortages and criticism of policy.
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Toekyo
MacArthur
Japan
Japainese
Shigenori Togo
Eighth Army
Shanghai
Chien
Ta-Chen
Tokyo
Mainichi Aald-today New
Govrin
Higashi Kimishimeek
Wiriter
Prince Fumimaro
Konoye
Tome
Hirohito
Home Ministry
Hetd
Yoyo Keizai Shimpo
Lower Valley Flooding From Heavy Rains Across Ohio Valley
Rains of one to nearly four inches triggered widespread flooding in the Ohio Valley. The heaviest total overnight was 85 inches at Ohio River Dam 36 near Cincinnati, with three feet of water covering the A. & P. Highway US 52 and stranding cars. Readings at various dams show elevated totals across Portsmouth, Maysville, Chile, New Richmond, and Fernbank as creeks and streams overflow.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Weather Bureau
Ohio River
Coney Island
Portsmouth
Maysville
Chile
New Richmond
Fernbank
Rail Merger Approved By Wheeling's Board
Wheeling and Lake Erie directors approved merging plans with the Chesapeake and Ohio Nickel Plate and Pere Marquette Railroads to form a $900 million system. The merger now awaits Interstate Commerce Commission approval stockholder consent from four companies. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz will be welcomed in San Francisco with a parade and reception after his aircraft lands at Oak and air base today.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio
Nickel Plate
Pere
Marquette
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Pete Marquette
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nimitz -San Francisco
Chester W. Nimitz
Naval Air Sansport
The
Oak and Air Base
Fearful Missing Child Drowned, Say Ohio River Officials
A Wellsville mother Olive May Long 23 was jailed for contributing to delinquency of a minor as authorities fear her three year old daughter Elaine was drowned in the Ohio River. Sheriff George Hayes quotes Elaine saying a dark man placed her in water and she stopped crying. Police chase focused on a car and a man with a flashlight after a reported abduction.
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Wellsville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manafield
Olive May Long
Columbians
George Hayes
Army
Philippines
Eline
Long
Hayes
Ohio
Elaine
Ohio River
Lausche picks Ohio Aviation Board members
Gov. Frank J. Lausche announced the appointment of five members to Ohio new aviation board. The panel will name a director of aviation with a salary of 7500 dollars and oversee a statewide air program. Members receive 200 dollars per day plus expenses, not to exceed 500 dollars yearly, and the board will accept federal grants for aviation development. Leading the board is Col. Earle S Johnson, former Ohio Aeronautics director. Other members: George Stone, Milton Hershberger, Lt. Robert H. Young, and Douglass K. Fuller. In separate news, Frank Day, Cleveland Democrat state senator, pleaded innocent to an intoxication charge after allegedly running a traffic light. case continued to October 19.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Aviation Board
Col
Earlesl. Johnson
Lake County
Civil, Air Patrol
Ohio Aeronautics
George Stone
Milton Hershberger
Port Clinton
Island Air Service
Robert H. Young
Wooster
Air Corps
Douglass K. Fuller
Cincinnati
Hallohal
Aeronautics Board
Cleveland
UPI
Frank
Regional War Labor Board Punishes Southern Ohio Firms
The Regional War Labor Board announced findings totaling 120300 in 55 cases alleging wartime wage stabilization violations. The payments are to be disregarded in computing federal taxes and other purposes. Notable entries include Chillicothe Public Transport Inc 1250 and Chillicothe Pure Milk Co 2500. Washington D H etc Show Cases Inc 7.
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Cleveland
Regional War Labor
Board Today
Chillicothe
Public Transport, Inc
Chillicothe -Pure Milk Co
Washington, D. H
Tet A Tae
Show Cases, Inc
Tax Cutting Proposal Gains Democratic Backing
Democratic support coalesces around the administration plan for a 5 billion dollar next year tax cut intended to free 12 million low income earners from further income levies. A spot poll signals speedy Ways and Means Committee approval and Senate Finance Chair approves Vinson plan as constructive.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Martin
Joseph W.martin
Massachusetts
Ways and Means Group
Senate
Workers Slow In Returning To Open Plant
Detroit report says Kelsey Hayes Wheel Company reopened its plants after a strike, but only a few workers crossed picket lines. United Automobile Workers leaders urged a back to work plea for about 4,500 striking employees, with the union seeking reinstatement of three minor officials upheld by the War Labor Board. The stoppage halts wheel and brake part output for Ford and others, as thousands remain idle across area plants including 40,000 Ford workers, 6,500 Hudson employees, and 10,000 at Canadian Ford Windsor, among 80,000 idle overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Kelsey- Hayes Wheel Company
Ancivlalé
United Automobile
Uaw-Cio
War Labor Board
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Hudson Motor Car Co
Windsor
Ohio Employers Asked to Help Forecast Postwar Employment
Ohio workers will mail report forms to more than 51 000 employers this week for a joint postwar employment survey. The survey forecasts Ohio's employment for the first half of 1946 and is conducted by the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation and the U S Employment Service in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
United States Employment Service
Ceremonies Mark Free Traffic Over Bridge
Citizens and officials from Kentucky and Ohio gathered in Marysville for ceremonies marking free traffic over a modern bridge costing 1 362 600 dollars. The bridge, a toll funded successor to the first ferry across the Ohio River dating to 1794, connects Maysville with Aberdeen Ohio and was built in 1931.
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Marysville
Kentucky
Ohio
Ohio River
Maysville
Aberdeen
Capital Hears Bricker Will Seek Ohio Nomination
Washington reports that former Governor John W Bricker will seek the Republican nomination for the Senate next year. The rumor circulated among Ohio congressmen as Bricker publicly weighs a statewide campaign.
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Bricker
Ohio Toga
Washington
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Postwar Labor Unrest Spreads to New Plants
The Associated Press reports a continuing wave of postwar labor disputes hitting coal, oil, and lumber. A CIO oil workers strike tightens. operators and union leaders examine a peace proposal from Labor Secretary Schwel lenbach. Federal conciliators move to settle crippling stoppages affecting over 100,000 workers in coal fields and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO Oil
Schwellenbach
Pennsylvania
Patton Relieved of Command in Germany by Ike
A reliable source reports General George S. Patton Jr. has been relieved of command in the eastern occupation zone of Germany. Lieutenant General Lucien K. Truscott is said to have replaced Patton, with Ike overseeing the change as Allied commander.
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George §. Patton, Jr
Germany
Eigenhower
Lucien K. Truscott
Patton
Eastern Ohio Walkouts Halt Mines in Major Labor Surge
The Associated Press reports more than 22,000 Ohio workers on strike with a labor official predicting near doubling. T. J. Price of United Mine Workers District Six warns Ohio memberships may quit. 2,000 idle in Belmont County mines. Picketing spreads to Southern Appalachia as foremen strike and steel mills face reduced coal. roving pickets affect captive mines and daily output.
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Associated Press
Ohio
T. J. Price
United Mine Workers Union District Six
Columbus
Ohioaan
U.M.W
Belmont County
Price
West Virginia
Solid Push
Pennsylvania
Eastern Steel Mills
Hosses
SFA
United Mine Workers
Lewis
U. S
William Blizzard
Steel Corporation
District 17
Veteran bill touted as key to stopping nationwide strikes
Rep. John Rankin said Congress could end strikes overnight if his veterans' bill passed, barring war veterans from required union membership. The walkouts spread across Texas cities, Oklahoma, California, Pennsylvania, and more, affecting refineries, plants, and utilities with thousands idle. The CIO labor crisis deepened as textile workers and others joined protests while gas and public utilities faced disruptions. Governor Lausche rejected clemency for 19-year-old Henry Hagert on death row in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Rankin
Miss
Congress
Truman Names Raymond S McKeough to Maritime Commission
President Truman nominated former Illinois congressman Raymond S McKeough to the U S Maritime Commission. An employee of the CIO Political Action Committee his nomination faced a Senate Commerce Committee vote of 10 7 against confirmation. The president will not withdraw the nomination despite CIO ties.
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Washington
Truman
Raymond S. McKeough
U. S.maritime Commission
McKeough
Illinois
CIO
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Globester Reaches Midpoint On Pacific Hop Homeward
Manila reports the Globester has crossed the half way point on its world circumnavigation, arriving at Nichols Field after a 1,415 mile leg from Kunming. Passengers rested three hours before boarding the Meteor for a 1,587 mile flight to Guam, marking the second plane change since leaving Washington last Friday. An additional change will occur in San Francisco.
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Manila
UPI
China
Nichols Field
Kunming
Ataan
Guam
Washington
San Francisco
Union Steel Men Will Collect Back Wages
YOUNGSTOWN Officials for the CIO United Steelworkers announced back wages totaling 800,000 will be paid by the Ruscon Steel Co a Republican Steel plant subsidiary to 3,500 present and former employees under terms for a company union contract signed recently. Payment covers shift differentials from December 25, 1943 to September this year.
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Youngstown
L’ti
Cio-United
Rus' Con Steel Co
Republican Steel Lana
Dayton Dispute Triggers CIO United Electric Workers Strike
At Dayton preliminary negotiations opened between CIO United Electric Workers and Frigidaire Division of General Motors as about 13 000 workers across five plants strike over suspensions. Union president Ralph E Moses says four employees were disciplined amid alleged union activity and peace talks, while company contends the walkout violates a no strike pact. Nearby shortages persist as other unions report acts of stoppage and wage disputes across Ontario and Cleveland areas.
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Dayton
Cio-United Electrical Workers
Frigidaire Division
General Motors Corp
Ralph E. Moses
Pecaee
Moses
Northern
Ohio
Cio-Oil
Toronto
Follawsbee Steel Corporation
Cio-United Steelworkers
Charles Manion
Railway Express Agency
Cleveland
Afl-Drivers and Helpers Union
Afl-Teamsters’ Union
Parleys About To Close After Futile Debate
London AP report says the Council of Foreign Ministers met over two hours and planned to reconvene at 3 pm. No sign of unity or possible end to the first conference as top five ministers maneuver to avoid declaring failure. Debate over Balkan proceedings shifts to final conference documents.
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London
Council of Foreign Ministers
Ailure
GAR Members Plan Ongoing Gatherings At 79th Encampment
In Columbus AP Robert Rownd of Ripley New York says GAR members will continue marches for meetings as the 79th annual encampment convenes. He accepts 5400 dollars from five affiliated GAR groups to fund ongoing veteran work. Meanwhile in Wiesbaden Germany Friedrich Schaefer is ousted as Bavarian head per authoritative report.
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Columbus
GAR
Bavaria
Wiesbaden
Germany
Tap
Friedrich Schaefer
War Workers Face Vacations as 700000 Jobs Go Begging
Washington officials report 700000 job openings unfilled though over 2 million unemployed. Analysts say causes include mismatched skills, high wartime wages, low pay in open civilian roles, and many workers taking long vacations after four years of war. Most available positions are in farming, services, and finance, with some through peacetime hiring not yet adequate to absorb former munitions workers. Some will seek new jobs this month per USES.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Service
Governor To Interview Homeless BIS Inmates
Governor Frank J. Lausche will interview five homeless inmates of the Boy's Industrial School in his Columbus office Friday to seek release solutions. One boy has been eligible since May 1943 and four others since early 1944. they have stayed at the institution near Lancaster due to lack of homes to return to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Iap
Frank J. Lausche
Lancaster
Perry County Attaches Coal Operator Machinery for Taxes
NEW LEXINGTON Ohio for the first time in its history Perry County attached machinery of a coal operator to satisfy unpaid taxes. County Auditor FE L Eveland said a power shovel used by the J L Boots Co of Columbus in strip mining here had been attached. The county seeks forty one thousand three hundred dollars to cover personal property taxes and interest.
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New Lexington
Ipi
Perry County
FE. L. Eveland
J. L. Boots Co
Columbus
Acquitted Wife Rejoins Soldier Husband in Marion
Mrs Phyllis Ann Webster, 30, freed by Judge Paul D. King after a temporary insanity verdict on child theft charges. She was deemed sane following testimony from five witnesses and prepared to join Sgt Ernest Webster at his post.
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Marion
Phyllis Ann Webster
Ernest Webster
Paul D. King
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Bob’ Armstrong
Hilliards
FEAR
Lausche
Ohio Aviation Board
Yokohama
Dem
Eastern
Texas
Secre
Aouthern Canal
McCook
Electro--Motive Diesel Division
Oklahoma
California
Wilmington
Sinclair
Marcus Hook
Philadelphia
Sovony Vacuum Company
Austa
Kas
Coffeyville
Kansas City
Phillips
Indiana
Louisiana
New York
SKF Industries,Inc
Orange-Montclair
N. J
Public Service Electric & Gas Company
New Jersey
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway
Motor Coach Employss of America
Pacific Greyhound Bus Company
AFL
Alkali and
Amimonia
Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc
Lake Charles
Columpus
Henry William Hagert
CIO Man
Globester
BIS
Perry Coal
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