Tojo Said To Have Chance To Face Trial
Tojo and ten wartime ministers named on MacArthur list of 40. Mountbatten received surrender of Japanese forces in Southeast Asia. Osawa reports disarmament of over a million navy men in homeland. Wake Island defender details told by Lt. Col. Devereux. Tojo in Yokoama hospital after a self inflicted wound.
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Japan
Pearl Harbor
Hideki’ Tojo
Pennsylvania
Shigetaro Shimada
Yojo
MacArthur
Tojo
Singapore
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
East Indies
Domei
Imperial Navy
Tokyo
Hokkaido
James P
Devereux
Wake Island
Osaka
Walter ‘Krueger
Sixth Army
Associated’ Press
Spencer Davis
John A. Atchinal
Alentown
New Guinea
Ohio School Girl Saves Two Carloads of Paper
Cincinnati reports 12 year old Audrey Liebel saved waste paper weighing 64 900 pounds enough to fill two cars during a city jamboree. She won a $200 war bond and 649 tickets to see the Cincinnati Reds after the July and August event announcements.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Audrey Liebel
Audrey
Cincinnati Reds
City Experiments With DDT Uses In Cleveland
Cleveland health commissioner Harold J. Knapp announced the city has begun controlled experiments to determine the proper uses and limitations of DDT the war developed insect killer He said we want to find out all about DDT before we advocate its use and will study its effects and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Harold J. Knapp
Dr. Knapp
Postwar Wage Rise Demand Spurs Steel Union Fight
The CIO United Steelworkers demand a $2 daily pay boost, to be reviewed at a Sept. 25 wage conference, claimed 800,000 steelworkers face higher living costs since war’s end. Phillip Murray said postwar gains have eroded living standards and urged a substantial wage increase to sustain purchasing power and avert hardship for workers and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers
Phillip Murray
USWA
CIQ
CIO
Murray
Basic Steel and Allied Industries
Huntington Strikes Hit Milk Deliveries and Bus Service
Huntington faces a two day disruption as milk truck drivers and 150 bus company workers walk out after failed contract talks. Deliveries to schools hospitals and the Army are to be ensured, but transport to Ashland Catlettsburg and nearby Ohio towns is limited with no settlement expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ohio Valley Bus Co
Ashland
Catlettsburg
Ohio
AFL Teamsters
Unton
Ceredo
Kenova
Bacboursville
Milton
Here
Crown City
Long Stay in Italy Forecast
General McNarney announced the abolition of U S Army headquarters in the Mediterranean on December 1. After that date four American troops remaining in Italy will join United States forces in Europe. He hopes to pull all U S forces from the Mediterranean by April 1, 1946, except for about 35 000 occupation troops. The 34th and 92nd Infantry Divisions will redeploy first, with priority for National Guard troops.
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U. S
Toio
Yokoama
Macarthur
Robert L. Eighelberger
Tojo
Air Corps
Tokyo
Mainichi
Europe
Japan
Honshu
Hokkaido
Associated Press
John Grover
Korea
Grover
Rome
United States Army
Italy
United States
McNarney
U.S
Mediterranean
National Guard
War Workers Must Take Drastic Pay Cuts Now
Cleveland area war workers faces major pay reductions as 40 hour weeks and new job openings press the need to cut take home pay. Manpower officials say wartime wage gaps deter filling 11,470 Cleveland area jobs, with many opportunities offering 75 cents an hour or more, while skilled workers previously earning higher wartime wages may see steep decreases.
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Cleveland
Watys
WMC
Dit Manpower Commission
Stoaay. Smith
United States
Veterans Fail To Take Work On Ohio Farms
Ohio farmers facing labor shortages report few war veterans returning to work. Tom Wheeler of Ohio State University notes demand for 422 year round workers and 4 000 seasonal harvest hands, with a 42 percent supply versus 99 percent demand as of January 1.
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Columbus
Ohio
Tom Wheeler
Ohio State University
Lsbor
Wheeler
Bureau of Agricultural ‘Economics
State To Spend More On Hocking Area Lake
The State Conservation Commission authorized an additional expenditure of $16,000 to buy land for a 400 acre lake on Salt Creek in Hocking County. In Uhrichsville J Vind owner of Martins Ferry Grove Co. plant announced its sale to Surety Rubber Co. of Carrollton.
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Columbus
State Conservation Commission
Salt Creek
Hocking County
Uhrichsville
A J. Vind
Martins Ferry Grove Co
Surety iRubber Co
Carrollton
Federal Aid for Lagging Rural Areas To Be Urged
Congress will be asked to boost federal aid to underdeveloped rural regions. Aimed at creating jobs, the plan would fund initial activities to survey resources and labor, advise local businesses on financing, and promote manufacturing suited to small towns.
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Washington
Congress
San Francisco
Busi- MacArthur
Japan
Bailey
D-Nc
Senate Commerce Committee
Peer
Marion
Phyllis Annuay
Webster
Jean Eileen Creviston
Secretary of Commerce
Wallace
Parden
Paul
Smith
Commerce Department
Agriculture Department
Labor Department
Role of Air Force in Aleutians Is Revealed
Eleventh Air Force in the Aleutians held a secret war plan as the first aerial task force to strike Japan from Alaska. It consisted of two Army bombing squadrons and a small Navy wing force, tied down to keep security, reducing enemy air strength by about one tenth while needed elsewhere.
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Aleutians
Eleventh Air Force
Tacoma medic named millionth redeployed U S soldier
Pvt. Almon N. Conger of Tacoma Washington was told he was the millionth U S soldier redeployed from Le Havre France since VE Day. The 24 year old combat medic is pictured landing in New York aboard the Queen Mary after the crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pees
Anna
Almon N. Conger
Tacoma
Wash
Sai
U. S
le Havre
France
New York
Invasion peace talks shift focus to Italy and Balkans
London reports Foreign Ministers from the Big Five turn to a peace treaty with Italy while Balkan governments and Soviet occupancy add complexity. Moscow seeks Western recognition of Romania Bulgaria and Hungary and Allied acceptance of Dr Karl Renner's Austrian government.
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London
Italy
Balkan
Soviet Union
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Moscow
Karl Renner
Austria
Kilgore Abandons Plan To Boost Job Benefits
A London Prison Farm report describes Kilgore abandoning a bid to fund unemployment benefits with federal money. Eddie Mason, serving life for murder, and George Casebolt, serving 1 to 3 years for non support, escaped briefly before recaptured. Both face immediate return to the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Toledo
Washington
Kilgore
D-W. Va
W. TF
Amrine
Eddie Mason
George
Pike County
State
Senators Call In Army, Naval Chiefs To Learn About Slow Discharges
Cleveland hosts a Victory Parade drawing about 300000 spectators as Admiral Ernest J. King visits. Police manage crowds while three boys obtain the admiral's autograph, praising the display as a great show and privilege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Naval Chiefs
Ernest J. King
Lorain
Akron Pastors Seek Peace in Rubber Plants
Washington reports Congress pressed Army and Navy over discharges Pearl Harbor and UNRRA with Lehman and Fulish among critics. Ohio labor strikes stalled four actions as Akron pastors aim mediation at B F Goodrich amid 15 000 idle workers. Packard GM and Parker Appliance disputes continue in Warren Cleveland and Lima.
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Akron
Columbus
Ohio
B. F. Goodrich Co
Warren
B. N. McGregor
Packard
General Motors Corporation
CIO Electrical Workers
Cleveland
Parker Appliance Co
Westinghouse Electrical Corp
Lima
Industrial Welfare Committee
Akron Ministerial Association
Gziedrich
Hocking Court Bench Post In doubt as Lausche action looms
The Senate debates airport bill and federal aid terms while Hocking County eyes a first woman common pleas judge candidate Mrs Rhea Bangert Logan attorney formerly with Home Owners Loan Corp seeks vacancy from resigning judge Phil D Henderson. Lausche yet to announce appointment.
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Columbus
Hocking County
Ohio
Common Pleas
Rhea Bangert
Logan
Home Owners Loan Corp
Bangert
Phil D. Henderson
Emperer
South Dakota
Frank J. Lausche
Nebraska
Wyoming
Thele
United Nations
Black Hills
West Virginia Gas Mains Guarded as CIO Strike Persists
In Charleston a CIO Oilworkers International Union strike renews after mediation fails. State police guard pipelines while about 1000 workers halted operations leaving 20,000 to 25,000 consumers in several towns without fuel. Governor Meadows orders intervention as a truce collapses and company officials report severed lines and closed valve gates.
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Charleston
W.V
CIO
CIO Oilworkers International Union
Clarence W. Meadows
William R. Wonsettler
International
Meadows
Harry A. Wallace, Jr
Bull Creek
Pittsburgh
Senators Will Be Headliners In Ohio Convention
The State Federation of Republican Women's Organizations plans its fall meeting in Columbus on October 19 with U.S. Senators Robert A. Taft and Harold B. Burton listed as principal speakers. The group, with over 40,000 members, will hold a follow up session October 20 for county chairwomen state committee women and club presidents.
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Columbus
Republican Party
Ohio
State Federation of Republican Women's Organizations
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Harold B. Burton
Japs Surrender In Southeast Asia and East Indies
Admiral Mountbatten received the surrender of all Japanese forces in Southeast Asia and the East Indies from General Itagaki on the Singapore scene. About 85,000 Japanese troops in Singapore area and 500,000 sailors and soldiers in the southern region surrendered. He warned against arrogance and promised stern measures against obstinacy or non cooperation.
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Singapore
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
East Indies
Seishiro Itagaki
Juichi Terauchi
Troops Arrive on Both Coasts From War Ties
More than 27 000 U S troops are due to land at East Coast ports from Europe aboard 14 vessels with another ship at Los Angeles bringing home servicemen from the Pacific. Ports listed include New York Newport News and Boston while a derailed Red Arrow train injured at least six. Conventions and trade shows resume October 1 lifting meeting bans.
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New York
U.S
Europe
Joue
Los Angeles
Pacific
Newport News
Boston
Atom Bomb Area Not Unfit for Humans Denied by Experts
Alamogordo New Mexico reports from Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves say Japanese investigations released here claim Hiroshima area remains safe for permanent habitation. They state 117 days after the blast the ground and air radiation are below tolerance levels, countering enemy claims.
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Alamogordo
N. M
Leslie R. Groves
Army
Manhattan
J. R. Oppenheimer
Alamos, N. M
Hiroshima
Leslie J. Groves
Miroshima
Groves
Atomic tests reveal cratered ground and lingering X rays
American experts returning from Hiroshima report the destruction far greater than expected yet no dangerous lingering radioactivity. A New Mexico test near Taos, nearly as powerful as Hiroshima and Nagasaki, melted a crater and filled surrounding rock with X rays. Groves and a party of 31 writers photographers and scientists toured the crater two months after the blast, noting Earth still emitted X rays though safe for short visits.
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San Francisco
Hiroshima
Sre
Radio Dispatches
Nagasaki
New Mexico
Groves
Taos
End of War Time Is Expected This Month
The Honea Interstate Commerce Committee votes to end wartime time this month. If approved, Congress will revert to standard time at 2 am on Sunday, Sept 30, setting clocks back one hour nationwide.
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Washington
Congress
Army
Navy
D-Day
Guadalcanal
Pearl Harbor
Senate Military Committee
Congressional
Senate
House
Herbert H. Lehman
IURRA
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Pennsylvania
James Fulish
Europe
UNRRA
IPI
Honea Interstate Commerce Committee
Ohio Motorist Meets With Unusual Mishap
Wind speeds estimated by the Weather Bureau above 400 miles per hour caused Miss Ruth Griffin, 34, of Oxford, to lose control near Ebeneezer Ohio. Her car overturned three times and she was seriously injured, police said.
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Ebenezer
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ruth J Griffin
Oxford
German Prisoners Contribute To Red Cross Fund
German prisoners of war in four state area gave more than 150000 dollars to the Red Cross fund. They receive twenty cents a day for their work and the money aids European civilians through the army's fifth service command in Columbus.
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Columbus
Army
Fifth Service
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James B. Johnson
Newark
First Cavalry Division
Hideki Tojo
John
Vic Donahey
Olio
Ephis
Ohio Farms
End of
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Hocking Court
Lausche
Ure
Alrpo
Senate Foreign Relations ‘Committee
West Virginia
Senators
Red Arrow
Red Cross
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