Army to discharge older enlistees and curb overseas calls
The Army signaled it will discharge within a year all enlisted men 34 and older and those with 45 points by May 12, barring overseas postings. Congress' House Military Committee pushed to boost regular enlistments while delaying the draft sunset to May 15, with policy aiming to cut overseas redeployments and preserve troops eligible for discharge.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
House Military Committee
Japan
War Department
Army
Pacific
86Th Division
97Th Division
95Th Division
Europe
Ohio Public Works Funds Begin Flow Amid Federal Grants
Washington reports Ohio receives 27,470 dollars of a 500,000 dollar national spread by the Federal Works Agency for public works planning. The funds will be repaid without interest when construction starts on the projects.
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Washington
Ohio
Federal Works Agency
Mansfield begins civilian appliance production milestone
Westinghouse Electric Appliance division completed the first electric toasters since early 1942 at Mansfield. Vice President J. H. Ashbaugh announced that production of refrigerators ranges washers vacuum cleaners fans and other appliances would begin soon.
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Mansfield
Westinghouse Electric
J. H. Ashbaugh
Ashbaugh
Jimmy Stewart Plans Hollywood Return After War Time
Lanky Col James Stewart returns home from four and a half years in the army and says he will not take a war picture. He is eager to resume acting in his prewar role and denies plans for marriage. A separate Middletown note mentions a plan to exterminate rodents in the city beginning soon.
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Jimmy Stewart
Hollywood
Indiana
James Stewart
Jimmy
Lawmaker Proposes Museums From Ruins in Toyo and Berlin
Rep. Weise D Pa proposed leaving Toyo and Berlin in their ruined state as museums to symbolize treachery and barbarism. The remark came in a Washington statement advocating war monuments and current policy.
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Toyo
Berlin
Washington
Tokyo
Weise
Weis
First Pacific Soldiers Arrive in New York Harbor
The Dutch line Bloemfontein, one of eight ships returning more than 10,000 servicemen from the war, reached New York harbor as the first American troops to arrive on the East Coast from the Southwest Pacific since the war ended. The vessel left Manila July 24 and carried 699 American airforce personnel and 11,025 Royal Airforce members headed for homes in England.
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New York
Deferred Men In New Class
Selective Service ends Class 2-B for occupational deferrals. As of August 31, all 2-B registrants move to 2-A for workers in support of national health safety and interest. Local boards must give special consideration to 18 to 25 year olds taking full-time study in medicine dentistry veterinary medicine or osteopathy in recognized schools.
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Washington
Selective Service
Bite of Snake Fatal To Tennessee Pastor
Chattanooga reports Lewis E. Ford a 32 year old lay preacher from Dolly Pond Church of God died after a rattlesnake bit him during a religious service. A physician confirmed the death due to the snake bite. Cleveland Trust Company announces a 34000 gift to Case School of Applied Science for an stem smashing betatron. Mrs Jonathan M Wainwright says the War Department notified her husband, the Corregidor hero, will probably arrive in Washington Monday.
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Lewis E. Ford
Dolly Pond
Church of God
Ond
Cleveland
Cleveland Trust Company
Thomas H. White Fund
Case School of Applied Science
Seaneateles
N.Y
Jonathan M. Wainwright
War Department
Washington
Caravan of jobless heads to Columbus as benefits rise
A caravan of jobless workers from Cincinnati moves toward Columbus as the legislature convenes to enact an immediate 2.52 week increase in unemployment insurance benefits. The group seeks to file claims with the Cincinnati Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. In Arcadia California a Santa Fe passenger train derailed, killing four and injuring 35 to 49 when two locomotives and seven cars left the tracks.
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Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Arcadia
Calif
Santa Fe
Enlisted Prisoners Return Home To Rekindle Marriages
Four liberated soldiers from Japanese camps are seeking to revive marriages they believed ended by their presumed deaths. Stories include Kansan City bride Ann Birdwell Marshall and Portsmouth Ohio wife Helen Goad, plus Pearl Keiser of Williamsport and Laurie Tales Bernstein of Oakland. Keiser awaits official word that Earl Smith is alive, while Bernstein’s husband James Cales survived a European theater captivity.
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Associated Press
Enoch Arden
Ann Birdwell-Marshall
Kansan
Helen Goad
Portsmouth
Ohio
Robert A. MacDowell
Laugher
Hes, N
Pearl Keiser
Williamsport
Laurie Tales Bernstein
Oakland
Calif
Keiser
Sgt
Earl Smith
Montgomery
Pacific
Pennsylvania
Cales Bernstein
James Cales
Navy
Must Wait Until Leather Is Ready
Cleveland airport ticket seller Jean Hall received a live alligator in an express package. A note from donor Ben Lauck of New Orleans instructed her to feed it raw meat until it grew large enough to be made into a traveling bag, creating a bizarre rationing puzzle.
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Cleveland
Jean Hall
Halli
Ben Lauck
New Orleans
Probe of Pearl Harbor Blame Hinted in New Congress
Congress convenes its first peacetime session since the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack amid renewed calls for a probe to identify responsibility. Indications point to political timing in 1946 elections, with Republican concerns over potential damage to the minority and Byrnes joining Hull in Pearl Harbor inquiry debates. Byrnes criticized the Army board for overstepping, urging congressional review of foreign relations.
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Pearl Harbor
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Byrnes
Hull
Army
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Army Board
Byies
Lausche Opposes More Liquor Permits in State
In Columbus Governor Frank J. Lausche says there will be no increase in liquor permits for on premise glass sales or night clubs after a conference with the state liquor control board. He also opposes expanded wine permits for off premise consumption.
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Gev
Frank J. Lausche
State Liquor Control Board
Lausche
Japanese Tiger Yamashita Surrenders Filipino War Forces
Lt Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita signs surrender of all remaining enemy forces in the Philippines. Lt Gen Jonathan M. Wainwright accepts the surrender. Yamashita is confined at New Bilibid Prison awaiting trial as a war criminal.
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Malaya
Nip
Philippines
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Corregidor
Yamashita
New Bilibid
Tris
Yank Cavalry to March Into Tokyo and Face Army Court
The First Cavalry Division was ordered to march into Tokyo Friday night U S time with demobilized Americans homeward aboard Third Fleet ships. Lt Gen Eichelberger said POWs in Japan and Formosa would be freed and their accounts of Japanese brutality sent to General MacArthur for court martial.
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Associated Press
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Nimitz
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Formosa
Robert L. Eichelberger
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Hideki Tojo
Prince Higashi-Kunk
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Lang Hsin
Nanking
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Nan
Chungking
Wake Island
Pichelberger
Eighth
Honshu
Hokkaido
Fisarmen
Walter C. Krueger
Byushu
Shikoku
Korea
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Aliea
Guinea
Solomons
Ireland
Nese Briain
Melbourne
Tokyo Rose link tied to UC Los Angeles graduate
American born Iwa Ikuko Toguri, one of five young women described as Tokyo Rose, broadcast propaganda to Allied troops. She is pictured in the cap and gown from her 1940 University of California at Los Angeles graduation, noted as only slightly above average as a student. Born July 4, 1914, in Los Angeles.
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Iwa Ikuko Toguri
Tokyo Rose
University of California At
Los Angeles
Salons To Pass on Pay Boosts For Ohio's Idle
Columbus Gov Frank Lausche and Ohio House and Senate leaders discuss unemployment pay boosts at the special session opening day. Labor groups attend as lawmakers weigh retroactive increases from Aug 14 and potential immediate boosts from Oct 12. Also under review is State Auditor Joseph Ferguson's proposed soldier bonus legislation.
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Columbus
Frank 2. Lausche
House
Senate
Ohio
Joseph Ferguson
Tells Workers To Form Lines
In Columbus six B F Goodrich Co plants failed to resume normal output as CIO United Rubber Workers urged members to ignore picket lines held by striking foremen. URWA leader John Saylor appealed to workers to return for the 10 oclock shift, producing only a trickle of entrants. Company officials said about 25 percent of the 15,000 workers reported for duty while URWA stayed out of the foremen protests over alleged wholesale layoffs during reconversion.
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B. F. Goodrich Co
CIO
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Hnes
John Saylor
URWA
Foremen's Association of America
Hotels Plan Rate Increases After War Office Closure
Cleveland report says hotels will raise rate schedules by at least 25 percent after the Office of Price Administration ends. A F Landstreet of Memphis president of the Hotel Grosters Association of America cites higher labor and materials costs during the war. Washington item notes plans to retain lake vessels built during the war for Great Lakes traffic.
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Office of Price Administration
A. F. Landstreet
Memphis
Tenn
Hotel Grosters Association of America
Washington
Great Lakes
Early Freeing Of Ohio's Toll Bridges Seen
Ohio bridge tolls may end sooner than expected as traffic surges postwar. Auditor A. E. Schonhard notes rising motor vehicle use could accelerate bond repayments. Revised dates push East Liverpool Chester Bridge to 1951, Fort Steuben to late 1947, Sandusky Bay and Pomeroy Mason to early 1947.
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Ohio
A. E. Schonhard
Bridge Commission
Schonhard
Asere
East Liverpool-Chester
Fort Steuben Bridge
Steubenville
Sandusky Bay Bridge
Pome- Toy-Mason Bridge
Impudent Wall Street Denounced by Briton Duke of Bedford
The Duke of Bedford described Bretton Woods as impudent and an attempt by Wall Street financiers to dominate global finance. He called for a self governing group of financiers above governments during a Rotary Club speech. Police Chief George L. Dunkle dies at 54 after 17 years in Lancaster police force following a long illness.
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Eng
Bretton Woods
Duke of Bedford
Great Britain
Wall Street
Rotary Club
Lancaster
George L. Dunkle
Bristol
Perry County
Police Department
Jobs Prospect For Early Fall Cited by WMC
Washington report notes War Manpower Commission findings on openings in retail sales store staffing peaking by October for Christmas build up. Construction also needs about 200000 workers by mid October, with 100000 for new buildings and 100000 for repair. Agriculture expects about one million hires from August to October due to postwar harvest.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Japan
Wake Island Flag Raised as Marines Reclaim Symbolic Victory
The American flag was raised on Wake Island at 1:30 PM yesterday, symbolizing Marine achievement. The Japanese rear admiral who commanded Wake since October 23, 1941, saluted the Stars and Stripes along with his staff and 40 garrison troops as a Marine bugler played Colors.
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Wake
Wake Island
Treasury Expert Describes Washington Mess
Washington report quotes Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren, dubbed the Watchdog of the Treasury, criticizing a hodgepodge of duplications and inefficiencies and urging President Truman to grant broad powers to overhaul the government.
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Treasury
Washington
Lindsay C. Warren
Todey
The
Truman
Japan must be occupied 20 years to change ways says witness
Washington Major Thomas Mesereau, who witnessed Japan's surrender, said Japan may require up to 20 years of occupation to alter Nipponese methods. He based this on conversations with Japanese civilians who view the war as over and expect a new conflict, like a baseball game.
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Washington
Thomas 4A
Mesereau
Japan
Horror reports of Japanese war crimes reach U S citizens by news
In a wartime briefing the state department disclosed grim episodes of American prisoners being abused by Japanese guards. Details include a captured airman tortured by sticks until mid afternoon, and a civilian beheading. Engulfing Philippines tunnels victims were burned and bayoneted. Diplomatic notes demanded punishment and assurances not to repeat such acts.
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Washington
New Guinea
Iolfi
State Department
Byrnes
Grew
United States
Liuta
Philippines
Hojimoto
Allied generals freed as Tokyo battle trends noted
Allentown dispatch reports eight U S generals liberated from Manchurian POW camps pass through Hawaii en route home. London and Nimitz spokesmen describe demobilization, Wake Island flag raising, and occupation plans for Japan with Northern and Southern targets outlined.
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Manchurian
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