War Labor Board may ease wage controls post victory
The War Labor Board faces a push from public members to relax wage controls after V E Day, a shift opposed by CIO leaders who fear a substitute for a general government order. A White House meeting with labor leaders will weigh collective bargaining, wage ceilings, and postwar stabilization without triggering price hikes or plant worker poaching.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Europe
CIO
White House
AFL
William H. Davis
Japan
WLEB
WLB
Davis
George W. Taylor
OPA
Manpower Commission
Long Range German Batteries Crushed Near Calais
The Berlin radio reported British forces have crushed long range batteries on Cape Blanchez eight miles southwest of Calais. These guns had shelled Dover for four years.
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London
Berlin
Cape Blanchez
Calais
Dover
Around Clock Air Offensive Continues Across Europe
Allied airpower pressed an around the clock assault on Germany with about 7,300 planes and 48,000 airmen over four days. The U S Eighth Air Force suffered under four per cent losses as British and American Ninth Air Force planes struck targets from Norway to Switzerland. Mosquito raids and daylight waves across the channel kept pressure on enemy industry and airfields deep in central Germany. German radio claimed weak bomber formations over the Reich for the fifth straight day.
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London
Germany
U.S
Eighth Air Force
Ninth Air Force
Norway
Switzerland
Brunswick
The
Reich
Warn Neutrals Urged Not To Harbor Axis Leaders
Secretary Hull told neutrals they would lose American friendship for years if they harbor Hitler or other Axis leaders after the war. Earlier the Soviet Embassy supported a statement claiming Russia’s postwar role would ensure Hitler does not escape punishment as Kaiser Wilhelm did after World War I.
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Washington
Hull
Hitler
Russia
Kaiser Wilhelm
Sweeping Raid On Philippines Is Unopposed
The Associated Press reports an almost unopposed raid on the Central Philippines by sea based fighters and bombers sinking 22 Japanese ships and damaging about 70 others while destroying 36 planes as Admiral Nimitz cites a record pace in the Pacific war. The raid on Sept 23 incurred ten losses to the attackers with eight airmen killed.
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Liuchow
Claire L. Chennault
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Chungking
Paoching
Kwweilin
Burma
Iaian
Tiddim
Ten Persons Killed In Iowa Train Wreck
A fast freight plowed into a passenger train at Missouri Valley Iowa. Five cars overturned and wreckage stretched for half a mile. Ten killed and about 100 injured with 47 treated in Council Bluffs hospitals. Three soldiers among the dead. identities withheld until next of kin notified.
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Tfen
Council Bluffs
Ft. Crook
Nebr
Consider Legal Action To Insure Negro Vote
Attorney General Francis Biddle told the Urban League in Columbus that the federal government is considering criminal action to guarantee Negro voting rights in southern states. He noted a Supreme Court ruling last April upheld Negro voting in primaries in several states that once had a white primary.
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Columbus
Francis Biddle
Tthe Urban League
National Urban League
Supreme Court
Lonely MPs Taking Beating in France
A World War II dispatch notes military police at remote crossroads in Alsace Lorraine guiding traffic for American supply convoys. The MPs endure harsh weather and long separations from their units, standing at forks behind the front lines to keep moving war matériel in the correct direction.
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Alsace Lorraine
Uncle Sam
Dewey Plans Barnstorming Western Campaign Tour
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey may stage a traditional barnstorming trip through the Middle West as part of his extended campaign. Albany reports note his frequent appearances and calls for a Washington housecleaning, while opponents push for Roosevelt's fourth term. Bricker begins a four week tour across the South Midwest and West with 26 speeches in 10 days.
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NEW York
Thomas E. Dewey
Middle West
Albany
Washington
Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
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Middlewest
West
Oregon
California
Kentucky
Tennessee
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Yanks seize Mount Battaglia in Po Valley drive
Allied reports say Fifth Army troops captured Mount Battaglia 11 miles from Lola and seized three heights guarding the Bologna Rimini highway. British Eighth Army advances skirt Po Valley edges as German counterattacks intensify amid heavy rain and mud.
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Lola
Po Valley
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Doughboys
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Adriatic
Eighth Army
Fiumeino River
Father Admits Drowning Son In Coshocton
Sheriff says Warren Patterson 31 of Ashland will be charged with first degree murder for drowning his two year old son Larry in Mohican Creek last night. Patterson allegedly planned to “do away” with all four boys but could not finish the task after dropping two in the water.
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Jay Abbott
Warren Patterson
Ashland
Larry
Mohican Creek
Abbott
Patterson
Charles Fessler
Raymond Patterson
Three Stamps Valid on Oct 1
The Office of Price Administration announced new red and blue ration stamps becoming valid Sunday October. Red stamps H-5 3-5 and K-5 gain 30 points for meats and fats while blue stamps M-5 N-5 P-5 Q-5 and R-5 gain 50 points for processed foods. All stamps good indefinitely. No additional red stamps planned until October 29 and blue stamps until November 1.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Sub-Standard Service Men Are Being Freed
The War Department announced that soldiers below minimum induction standards with no suitable positions are to be released as rapidly as the medical department certifies them.
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Washington
War Department
Defends Labor Record of GOP at Springfield Rally
Cincinnati mayor and Republican governor candidate James Garfield Stewart defended his party’s labor record at a Clark County rally in Springfield. He claimed the GOP would enact Progressive labor legislation and cited Ohio mine safety codes as evidence of the party’s pro labor stance.
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Columbus
CMI
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Clark County
Springfield
GOP
Stewart
Glouster
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Lausche
Ed D. Schorr
Ohio
Republican Party
Republican General Assembly
United States
Security planners reach agreement on red phase talks
The Dumbarton Oaks conference announced a large measure of agreement on plans for a world organization during the Russian phase. Six weeks of talks ended yesterday with speeches by British American and Soviet delegation chairmen.
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Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
V-3 Rocket Details Reach Allied Readers
Information from American troops in Germany reveals details of the German V-3 weapon. The 14 ton projectile is about 60 feet long and five feet five inches in diameter,powered by a fuel mix and launched vertically before radio control guidance.
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France
UFI
Hitler
England
Sostay
Third Army
Germany
Long Wait for New Passenger Cars Forecast
Detroit reports from leaders of the nations auto industry saying if the Europe war ends before January 1 a six to eight month wait will occur before any new passenger car can be produced. They warn that partial wartime production cuts will not speed peacetime output and warn against abrupt removal of controls. Henry Ford notes willingness to build a low priced postwar model if market demands it.
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Europe
Henry Ford
Death of Evangelist To Be Investigated
Pathological tests were to start today on the stomach of Aimee Semple McPherson to determine the cause of death in Oakland California. An autopsy conducted yesterday failed to reveal the cause, and officials disclosed that her death in a hotel room was not due to a heart attack.
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Alameda County
Mark L. Emerson
Aimee
Semple McPherson
Oakland
Calif
Extension of maternity aid to infants for servicemen wives
Columbus report states about 2,000 Ohio newborns monthly will gain health supervision during their first year under the emergency maternity program extended to include infants. State Health Director James Bauman announced the change today.
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Columbus
Ohio
James Bauman
New Construction To Start at TNT Plant
Howard Ferrell of General Chemical Defense Corp said E B Badger & Sons of Boston will run construction of a new TNT plant unit here. 200 to 300 workers will be hired locally with supervision by the Army Engineering Corps. Local land use was stated to be hired land.
German Breakthroughs Halted As Allied Drives Surge On
Allied forces push in multiple sectors across the western front gaining three to five miles. U.S. Third and Seventh Armies deal heavy blows destroying hundreds of German tanks and seizing key positions near Nancy Metz and the Belfort Gap. British forces widen the front along the Reich frontier and press toward the Low Countries.
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Red Army Advances Through Eastern Europe Amid Wider Offensives
Soviet and Allied forces pressed on across Europe with multi-front operations. Red Army units pushed toward Hungary from Romania and Yugoslavia, entered Yugoslavia near Belgrade approaches, and reached close to Szeged as Riga and Virtsu fell to Soviet and Estonian drives. British and U.S. forces advanced in Western Europe toward key targets in Holland and Germany, closing in on Hertogenbosch, Kleve, Hurtgen Forest, and Cologne areas.
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Meuse
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Hungary
Romania
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East Beskid
Frantisek Nemec
Europe
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Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Szeged
Ruga
Lode
Riga
Estonia
Leonid A. Goveoros
Virtsu
Lift Ban Only As Need Ends
Columbus report says the War Food Administration will lift rationing on farm machinery except corn pickers. AAA and Ohio Farm Bureau note 10,000 tractor applications filed but only 8,000 will be available by July 1, and releases mean farmers no longer need rationing certificates to buy implements.
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Columbus
War ‘Food Administration
Ohio
Agricultural Adjustment
Ohio Farm Bureau
Onln Aaa
Modern Conservation Plan Urged for Ohio
Ohio author farmer Louis Bromfield urged unification of state conservation agencies under a new department. He called current organization antiquated and hazardous, citing destroyed forests polluted streams lowered water tables and ruined agricultural supplies and wildlife due to red tape and paralysis of state agents.
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Columbus
Louis Brom
Held
Ohio
Bromfield
British Fleet Moves Into Pacific Waters
Prime Minister Churchill told the House that much of the British fleet is already in water off Southeast Asia and the rest will follow when no longer needed in Europe.
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London
Churchill
House of Com
Southeast Asia
Europe
Shoe Ration Rule Extends Into Next Year
Washington announces continuation of the two part shoe ration plan with a new stamp to be valid from November 1 and usable indefinitely with existing Airplane Stamps 1 and 2 in Ration Book Three. The new stamp number will be announced later.
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Washington
Offic of Price Administration
CIO Officials Refusing Red Direction Are Fired
Two CIO Local 1150 officers told a Dies subcommittee their union ties were severed for resisting political activity and Communist leadership. Harry Morgan, ousted as chief shop steward, opposed political dictation and Abraham Lincoln School. Elmer Henry Churchill said communists led the local and joined Morgan in opposing political dictates and newspaper reading orders.
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CIO
Dies
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
Chicago Flexible Shaft Co
Harry Morgan
Jocal’s
Abraham Lincoln School
Dees Committee
Morgan
Elmer Henry Churchill
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