Politics of Pearl Harbor Inquiry Divide Senate and House
A Senate vote approved a joint investigation into Pearl Harbor, with a tenman committee of five senators and five representatives proposed. Republicans demand equal representation. House Republicans push a twelve-member panel, while President Truman’s fiscal ideas spark tax-cut speculation and debate over unemployment relief and national research agency plans.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Senate
House
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Barkley
United States
Mr. Truman
Truman
Fredic
Walter George
Georgia
George
Robert Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means
Congress
National Research Agency
MacArthur Leads Army into Tokyo Today
General MacArthur leads the U S Army into Tokyo with a triumphal parade planned along three miles of city streets. Japanese forces in China are reported to have surrendered by Sunday, while Americans in Nanking observe as Chinese prepare to accept the surrender of about 1,090,000 Japanese soldiers. President Truman vows continued pursuit of peace by any necessary means across Pacific bases.
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Tokyo
China
Associated Press
U. 5
Macars
U. 8
MacArthur
Hert
Domei
Nanking
Third Fleet
Yokohama
Nagoya- Hamamatsu
Niiigata
U. S
Marunouchi Business Quarter
Emperor Hirohito
First Cavalry
Japan
Custer
Honshu
Ninth Fleet
Adm
Frank Jack Fletcher
Ominato Naval
Shandai
Japanese officer killings shake Tokyo amid surrender fears
American and Allied reports describe fanatical Japanese officers assassinating a general on August 14 to block Emperor Hirohito's surrender. The piece notes McNutt as a selfappointed high commissioner candidate for the Philippines, a Senate inquiry into Pearl Harbor, and Wainwright commenting on imprisonment. It covers MacArthur's Tokyo parade, Nagoya Hamamatsu and Niigata prisoner evacuations, and surrender talks aboard Fletcher's flagship.
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Biro‘hito
Japan
Dalhems Tit Saps
Gary
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
McNutt
Pacific
Senate
Pearl Harbor
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Domein
Honolulu
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Washington
San Diego
Calif
John S. McCain
Peetgiac
More Members of Sect Are Held in Virginia
In Norton Virginia Rev Harvey O Kirk of Ram sey is jailed on manslaughter charges after his wife Anna died Monday from a rattlesnake bite at Faith Dealers religious demonstrations. Three sect members are also in custody for bringing poisonous snakes to the event and releasing them among spectators and sect members. one snake bit Mrs Kirk, causing her death.
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Norton
Harvey O. Kirk
Ramsey
Anna
Kirk
Return of Troops in Europe To Be Speeded
Paris reports the US Army will ship home 1.3 million American soldiers between September and year end. Brig. Gen. George C. Marshall said any soldier with 70 points or more on V J Day will be out of this theater before Christmas.
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Europe
Paris
George 3
Legless Vet Jimmy Wilson Receives Ocean of Charitable Gifts
Pfc. Jimmy Wilson, a wounded war hero who lost arms and legs in a plane crash, was presented with a gift totaling 100243 from admiring Americans. The Philadelphia Inquirer Charities fund will be placed in government securities until a trust is arranged to provide a steady income.
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Pfc
Jimmy Wilson
Tesis
Sehiabw
Fla
Philadelphia Inquirer Charities, Inc
Jimmy
Wrecked Liner Sighted By Airmen Near Florence
Shaw Field Army Air Base reported sighting the wreckage of a missing Eastern Airliner about ten miles east of Florence near the Pee Dee River. The plane appeared to be a complete wreck and carried 22 persons aboard.
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Sumter
Shaw Field Army Air Base
Florence
Pee Dee River
More Canning Sugar Is Allotted to Ohioans
Ohio 34 county OPA district will mail five extra pounds of sugar for canning to residents who had nine pounds or less since June 2. No application is needed, says Clyde C. McBee, food rationing officer. A Paris dispatch reports U S Army units including the 63rd and 103rd Infantry Divisions and the 6th Armored Division are alerted to depart France soon for homeward shipment.
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Columbus
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Clyde C. McBee
France
Paris
6Th Armored
Missing on casualty rolls as prisoners return to living
Washington reports 3,485 soldiers formerly listed as missing were removed from casualty rolls after being identified as liberated. Navy reports added 604 belated casualties, keeping total combat losses at 1,070,452. Army total now 922,587 and Navy 147,865. Fritz Kuhn to depart to Germany after 17 years in the United States.
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Washington
America
Bataan
Corregidor
Navy
Ohio Jobless Get Pay Boost From Emergency Law
Ohio's unemployed recipients already receiving unemployment compensation since Aug. 15 will get supplementary checks under emergency legislation. The Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation will continue payments at the old rate until redetermined by increased benefits. The maximum rises from 16 to 21 dollars weekly for 18 to 22 weeks, with officials estimating over 62,000 new claims since Aug. 15.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
BUC
Akron Plant Strikes Lead Growing List
The Associated Press reports all six Akron plants of B I Goodrich Co ceased operations as 15 000 CIO United Rubber Workers remained off the job in protest against chaotic conditions. Office staff and maintenance were few. production had been below normal for four days due to a strike by 780 Firemen's Association of America members. Workers at a union meeting decided to stay away until work was offered to all with proper supervision. The idleness increased Ohioans in the dispute.
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Associated Press
B. I. Goodrich Co
Akron
CIO United Rubber
Firemen’s Association of America
Goodrich
Matthew Demore
Ciog-United Electrical, Radio and Machine
Packard Electric
General Motors
Warren
Fostoria
Machinists Union
Fostoria Screw Co
Toledo
Cio-United Auto
Packard Motor Car Co
Unicast Corp
Toledo Industrial Rubber Corp
Nation's Strike Totals Grow Across the U.S.
A wave of labor disputes tolls more than 90 000 workers, with Detroit’s auto industry hardest hit at about 40 000. A one day walkout at Firestone Tire was halted to resume production after arbitration. CIO and other unions face injunctions and seniority disputes across Packard, GM Warren, Fostoria, Toledo plants.
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New York
Detroit
ARWA
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
AFL International Association of Machinists
Paraex Aipliance Co
Cleveland
Daring Rescue Party Frees 603 POWs From Kobe Train
A 24 member American unit including five Army nurses freed 603 prisoners from seven nations aboard a Japanese troop train. They penetrated deep into Honshu, reaching Kobe to liberate inmates from Bataan Corregidor Wake and Guam camps. Prisoners head to Yokohama for ships and planes home.
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Kobe
Yokohama
Japan
Osaka
Armi
West Virginia Cities Deprived Of Natural Gas
Charleston and Huntington face gas outages as United Fuel Gas Company halts service amid CIO union walkout over War Labor Board inaction. St Albans loses gas. Kenova Local union official cites wage dispute and panel report delay as trigger.
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Charleston
W.va
St. Albans
United Fuel Gas Company
Huntington
Harry A. Wallace, Jr
CIO
United Fuel
Wallace
CIO Oilworkers Union
WLE
Nine-Year-Old Held in Murder Case in Ebensburg Pa
Nineyear-old Lloyd James Edwards of South Fork Pa is jailed in Cambria County awaiting a hearing on a murder charge for the death of three-year-old neighbor Phyllis Jean Epperson. She was found dead on an embankment by the Little Conemaugh River. authorities say she was struck with bricks during an attempted escape. The boy reportedly confessed to pummeling the girl after she stumbled and fell.
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Ebensburg
Lloyd James Edwards
South Fork
Cambria County
Phyllis Jean Epperson
Philippines
Little Connemaugh
Peters
Butcher of Warsaw Captured in Jap Refuge by Five Americans
Mutual broadcast from Tokyo reports Joseph Meisinger the infamous Butcher of Warsaw has been captured by five U S soldiers who crossed into unoccupied Japan on a tip that he was living among 190 German militarists in refuge. Meisinger faced charges of slaying about 100000 Jews in Warsaw from 1939 to 1941. A separate Columbus item notes the National Lutheran Council and Missouri Synod forming a five member commission to visit Europe in 1946 for church rehabilitation and welfare work.
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San Francisco
Bob Brumby
Tokyo
Warsaw
Joseph Albert Meisinger
Japan
Nagi
Meisinger
Columbus
National Lutheran Council
Missouri Synod
Europe
Last of Navy's Mason-Made Tugs on River
The last of the seagoing vessels built on the Ohio River for the armed forces sails toward the Gulf of Mexico. A 165-foot Army tug LT 322 left Cincinnati after its Point Pleasant West Virginia yard completion, the 47th craft from that plant. The yard also produced 16 185-foot mine planters and four submarine net-layers, amid vast wartime inland manufacturing of LSTs LCI boats and hundreds of other naval and coastal defense vessels.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Gulf of Mexico
Point Pleasant
W.va
LST
LCI
Landed Estates Being Broken Up in Saxony
A decree published across Berlin breaks up large landed estates in Saxony in Russian-occupied Germany. It marks one of Europe's first major experiments in communist land reform following occupation.
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Saxony
Berlin
Germany
Hanging of Boy Is Prevented by Mother
Ohioan among captives released from prison, as U S civilians in Singapore report five boys aged eight to teens tied with a rope. Mrs Erma Sponsel intervened, pulling the rope from the neck of the boy, halting the hanging attempt. Other named individuals include Hobart Aumann Amstutz and Ketta from Lorain County Ohio.
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Middletown
Singapore
Tey
Erma Sponsel
Lime Road
Ohio
Hobart Aumann
Amstutz
Famous Naval Chief Dies at Home in West
Vice Admiral John Sidney McCain, 61, commander of Carrier Task Force 38, died at his San Diego home after months of near nonstop raids against Japan. His planes destroyed thousands of enemy aircraft and ships as Japan neared surrender, and he witnessed the Tokyo Bay ceremony aboard the USS Missouri. He planned a brief visit with his wife before a new assignment in Washington.
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San Diego
John Sidney McCain
McCain
Tokyo Bay
Admiral Tlalsey
Japan
Washington
Officers Will Get Discharge
Washington dispatch reports that army officers up to colonel rank, about 200000, become eligible for discharge today under a new points system. Points are computed as of September 2, with possible six month retention for some specialists. The War Department expects to release 600000 of 800000 officers by July 1 next year.
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Washington
War Department
Department
Army
Censor Chief Praised By President Truman
President Truman lauded Byron Price, retiring censorship director, calling him a good public servant. An unprecedented gathering of about 300 news and radio men, photographers, and colleagues celebrated his wartime achievements and long service.
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Washington
United States
Byron Price
Price
Truman
Truman Portrays Liberal New Deal Image in 1946 Message
President Truman framed the Democratic Party as left of center in the 1946 campaigns, presenting a liberal program with 21 issues. Republicans called it campaign rhetoric in new clothes, while Democrats welcomed proposals on unemployment benefits, a permanent fair employment practice, public works, and full employment goals.
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Washington
Truman
GOP
Pease
J. Parnell Thomas
Rndd
James E. Murray
Ford
Jinioni
Taft
Ohio
Detroit
Wallace
Full Employment Bill Urged by CLO Union
Delegates from 22 states and Canada at a CIO United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America conference in Cleveland urged Congress to pass the Murray Full Employment Bill. They called for higher unemployment insurance benefits and urged decisive action for the nation’s overwhelming majority.
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Cleveland
Murray
Congress
Canada
CIO
United Electrical Radio and Maching Workers of America
Ford halts production in eight cities over strike
Ford Motor Company suspended passenger car and truck output in eight cities, idling more than 30,000 workers amid the ongoing Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company strike in Detroit. The move underscores the broad impact of the labor dispute on manufacturing and employment.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Kelsey- Hayes Wheel Company
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