Pay Control Plan Sparks CIO Alarm in White House Talk
The War Labor Board faces a proposed relaxation of wage controls after V E Day. CIO leaders fear it substitutes for a general government order, while AFL CIO officials meet with President Roosevelt and the labor advisory group to weigh impacts on collective bargaining and wage disputes.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Europe
CIO
White House
AFL
William H. Davis
Japan
WLB
Davis
George W. Taylor
OPA
Manpower Commission
Long Range Guns of Germans Are Battered
London reports British forces have crushed and overwhelmed German long range batteries on Cape Blanchez near Calais. These batteries had shelled Dover for four years as German guns faced assault from the coast.
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London
Berlin
Cape Blanchez
Calais
Dover
Around-Clock Air Offensive Intensifies Across Germany
Allied airpower maintained a nonstop assault with about 7,300 planes and 48,000 crews delivering heavy blows to Nazi war industry over four days. U S Eighth Air Force losses stayed under four percent as thousands of Ninth Air Force planes struck targets from Norway to Switzerland. Mosquito night raids followed daytime Channel crossings and raids on Brunswick and German airfields. German radio claimed brief 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
Reich
Warn Neutrals Not To Harbor Axis Leaders
Secretary of State Hull warned neutrals they would lose American friendship for years if they harbor Hitler or other Axis leaders after the war. Hours earlier the Soviet Embassy published a statement claiming Russia's role in settlement would best guarantee that Hitler would not escape punishment as Kaiser Wilhelm did after World War I.
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Washington
Hull
Hitler
Russia
Kaiser Wilhelm
Sweep raid on Philippines sinks ships and cripples airfields
Tokyo radio reports U S carrier forces delivered a sweeping raid on the Central Philippines. In a near unopposed attack, sea based fighters and bombers sank 22 Japanese ships, damaged about 70 more, and destroyed 36 planes. Nimitz cites 10 planes and 8 airmen lost. The blitz targeted Cebu, Leyte, Negros, Mactan and Southern Luzon as Japanese defenses collapsed. Tokyo and Chungking give conflicting updates on Chinese airfields and Japanese advances in China and Burma.
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Tokyo
China
U. S
Philippines
Nimitz
MacArthur
Jolo
Ten Die In Iowa Train Wreck In Missouri Valley
A fast freight collided with a passenger train near Missouri Valley Iowa knocking five cars on their backs. Ten people were known dead and about 100 injured with 47 treated in Council Bluffs hospitals. Three soldiers were among the dead and two injured were in critical condition.
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Missouri Valley
Council Bluffs
Ft. Crook
Nebr
Legal Action To Insure Negro Vote
U S Attorney General Francis Biddle told the Urban League that the Federal Government may take criminal action to safeguard Negro voting rights in southern states. He noted a Supreme Court decision last April upheld Negro voting in primaries in eight of eleven southern states without white primary restrictions.
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Columbus
U. S
Francis Biddle
The
Urban League
National Urban League
Supreme Court
Lonely MPs guiding convoys behind American lines in France
In Alsace Lorraine American military policemen stand at remote crossroads guiding truck convoys armored vehicles and jeeps to the right routes. They endure all weather miles from their own units as the loneliest jobs in the army.
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Alsace Lorraine
Uncle Sam
Dewey Plans Barnstorming Tour Through the Midwest
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey moves toward an old fashioned barnstorming campaign on a four week trip across the Middle West and South with 26 speeches in 10 days. Bricker, his running mate, heads a four week tour of Washington Oregon and California starting Monday.
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NEW York
Thomas E. Dewey
Middle West
Albany
Washington
Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
South
Middlewest
West
Oregon
California
Kentucky
Tennessee
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Yanks Capture Mount Battaglia and Key Po Valley Heights
Allied reports say Fifth Army troops captured Mount Battaglia near Imola and seized three heights along the Bologna Rimini corridor, gaining observation over the road north toward Bologna. British Eighth Army advances on Po Valley edges are reported with heavy German counterattacks and tough weather hindering air support.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Mount Battaglia
Imola
Po Valley
Bologna-Rimini
Doughboys
Bologna
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Fiumeino
Highway 65
Father Admits Drowning Son in Coshocton Tragedy
In Coshocton County Sheriff Jay Abbott says Warren Patterson 31 Ashland will be charged with first degree murder after confessing to drowning his two year old son Larry in Mohican Creek last night. Patterson allegedly planned to do away with all four boys due to housing issues but could not finish the act. A witness account from Raymond Patterson seven described being dropped into the creek with his infant brother. The body was found, and Patterson was later found asleep in a car near the Ashland machine shop where he worked, after drinking.
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Coshocton
Jay Abbott
Warren Patterson
Ashland
Larry
Mohican Creek
Abbott
Patterson
Charles Fessler
Raymond Patterson
Three Stamps Valid on Oct 1 in Wartime Rationing
The Office of Price Administration announced new ration stamps effective Sunday October 7. Red stamps H-5 J-5 and K-5 and three more Red Stamps totaling 30 points for meats and fats join existing Red stamps, while blue stamps M-5 N-5 P-5 Q-5 and R-5 add 50 points for processed foods. All stamps remain valid indefinitely with no further Red or Blue stamp validation expected until late October or November.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Sub Standard Service Men Are Being Freed
The War Department announced an excess of soldiers below minimum induction standards and lacking suitable positions. They will be released as quickly as medical certifies.
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Washington
War Department
Defends Labor Record of GOP in Ohio Rally
Mayor James Garfield Stewart of Cincinnati defended the GOP labor record at a Clark County rally in Springfield. He pledged progressive laws for workers and cited Ohio mine safety code passage as proof the party remains a friend of labor, responding to Democratic challenger Lausche.
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Columepus
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 Agree on Red Phase at World Org Talks
Dum barton Oaks security conferees announced a large measure of agreement on plans for a world organization during the Russian phase of the conference. The six week talks ended yesterday with speeches by the British American and Soviet delegation chairmen.
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Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
V-3 Vengeance Weapon Details Revealed by Allied Forces
Allied reports disclose Germany’s V-3 weapon a 14 ton long range rocket nearly sixty feet long five feet five inches in diameter with a three kilometer explosive radius. The projectile launches vertically by liquid air and alcohol then is radio controlled and has not yet been deployed against Allies.
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France
Hitler
England
Third Army
Germany
Heads of Auto Industry See 6 to 8 Months for New Cars
DETROIT four top executives say if the war in Europe ends before January 1, 194? it will take six to eight months to produce a new passenger car. They warn that partial war-time cutbacks will not speed peacetime output and oppose abrupt removal of controls. Henry Ford hints at a low priced postwar model if market demand exists.
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Detroit
Europe
Henry Ford
Death of Evangelist To Be Investigated
Pathological tests began today on the stomach of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson to determine the cause of death in Oakland California. An autopsy conducted yesterday failed to determine the cause, and officials said the death was not due to a heart attack.
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Alameda County
Mark L. Emerson
Aimee Semple McPherson
Oakland
Calif
Ohio program extends infant health supervision for servicemen wives
Columbus report says about 2000 newborns monthly in Ohio will benefit from extending the emergency maternity program to include health supervision of infants during their first year. State Health Director James Bauman announced the plan today.
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Columbus
Ohio
James Bauman
New Construction To Start at TNT Plant
Howard Ferrell said E. B. Badger & Sons of Boston has set up an office at the TNT plant in Point Pleasant. The firm will direct construction of a new unit expected to finish within a few months. 200 to 300 workers will be hired locally under Army Engineering Corps supervision.
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Point Pleasant
Howard Ferrell
General Chemical Defense Corporation
E. B. Badger & Sons
Boston
Army Engineering Corps
Railroader Frederick Williamson Dead at 68
Frederick E. Williamson, 68, former president of the New York Central Railroad, died here today after illness following his resignation from the post. He recently stepped down due to health reasons.
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NEW York
Frederick E. Williamson
New York Central Railroad
Nazi minister Joseph Buerckel dies in London
German radio reported that Joseph Buerckel, a high ranking Nazi and minister in Hitler’s government, died today in London from inflammation of the lungs.
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London
Joseph Buerckel
Hitler
Allied Break German Fronts In Wide West Front Advances
U S Third and Seventh Armies push three to five miles beginning in the Forest of Parroy and near Nancy while Patton’s forces seize Port Sur Seille and press toward Metz. British drive pins 200000 Germans against the sea and close in on Antwerp Turnhout Canal. Third Army reports 82 tanks destroyed, bringing total to 1158.
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U. S
Nancy
Vosges
Rhine
Holland
Belgium
Antwerp-Turnhout Canal
Calais
Hodges
First Army
Remich
Luxembourg
Cologne
Patton
Seventh Army
Belfort Gap
Saar Basin
Berlin
Third
Parroy Forest
Allied and Soviet Advances Across Western Europe and Hungary
British forces push within five miles of Hertogenbosch and near Kleve as they drive toward the Rhine border. U S forces reach within 27 miles of Cologne while Red Army offensives unfold from Romania and Yugoslavia toward Hungary, with Tito forces approaching Belgrade and fronts advancing along the Beskid range and toward the Hungarian Plain. Soviet and Romanian units press north toward Szeged and Budapest, and Baltic and Estonian localities fall as Riga and Virtsu are captured or threatened.
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Hungary
Romania
Yugo Slavia
Lupkow
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
East Beskid
Frantisek Neemec
Europe
Budapest
Mareshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Szeged
Riga
Lode
Estonia
Leonid A. Govoroy
Virtsu
Lift Ban on Farm Machinery in Ohio Details
Columbus reports the War Food Administration will release farm machinery from rationing except corn pickers. Ohio AAA and Farm Bureau note 10,000 tractor applications filed but only 8,000 available through July 1. Release means no rationing certificates needed though farmers may still seek nonessential implements.
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Columbus
War Food Administration
Ohio
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Ohio Farm Bureau
AAA
Modern Conservation Plan Urged for Ohio
Louis Bromfield an Ohio author and farmer urged unifying state conservation agencies into a new department. He called the current system antiquated and chaotic noting forests destroyed streams polluted and the water table lowered due to red tape and poor organization.
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Columbus
Louis Bromfield
Ohio
Bromfield
British Fleet En Route to Pacific Waters
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that much of the British fleet is already in waters off Southeast Asia and the rest will follow when no longer needed in Europe.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Southeast Asia
Europe
Shoe Ration Rule Set to Continue Through Next Year
The Office of Price Administration announced a continued two-pairs-a-year shoe ration. A new shoe ration stamp will be validated Nov. 1 and remain valid indefinitely with existing Airplane Stamps 1 and 2 in Ration Book Three. The stamp number will be designated later.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
CIO Officials Refused Red Direction Are Fired
Two CIO Local 1150 officers from Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. testified before a Dies subcommittee that their union ties were severed for resisting political activity and Communist leadership. Harry Morgan, ousted as chief shop steward, said he refused to take political dictation and opposed Abraham Lincoln School. Elmer Churchill claimed communists were strong in the local leadership and described resisting dictates on political matters and newspaper choices.
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Washington
CIO
Dies
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Chicago Flexible Shaft Co
Harry Morgan
Abraham Lincoln School
Dies Committee
Morgan
Elmer Henry Churchill
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Robert E. Stripling
Associated Press
Tanchuk
Kweilin
Liuchow
Claire L. Chennault
14Th Air Force
Kunming
Chungking
Paoching
Burma
Tiddim
Lonely
CIO Political Action Committee
Wallace
Pennsylvania
Scranton
TNT
Red Army
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Hertogenbosch
Maas
Meuse
Kleve
Aachen
U. S. First Army
Hurtgen
Pacific
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