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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1945
Page
1
Washington reports General MacArthur is to purge Japan of ultra nationalist leaders from public and private power roles. New directives follow Potsdam terms, aiming at industrial disarmament, union freedom, and controlled Japanese finance via the Bank of Japan.
The Ohio Valley Transportation advisory board coal committee forecasts postwar demand rising from 16 million tons in 1946 to a peak after 1949, with 1948 use around 522 million tons and 1950 near 513 million. They describe this as a favorable outlook for the bituminous coal industry despite oil and gas competition.
Zack Kush former Marshall College football center and blocking quarterback who played for the Green team that won the Buckeye conference title in 1937 has been liberated from a Nipponese prison camp. He was liberated with Lt. General Jonathan Wainwright from the Sian camp in Manchuria about 106 miles northwest of Mukden. The War Department notified his family in Gary West Virginia on September 20.
In a Senate debate Senators Chandler and Acheson clash over MacArthur remarks on Japan occupation. Acheson accuses the general of insulting the State Department while Wherry and Barkley defend the administration as the nomination vote is postponed to next week.
The United States extends occupation tactics in Tokyo to curb inflation, manage fair food distribution, and prevent hunger riots as winter nears. MacArthur’s policy directs freezing axis assets in Japan, demobilizing the home army, and delaying heavy industry to support a democratic transition.
Washington reports total American war casualties at 1 071 266, up 136 in a week as the army climbs to 922 386 and the navy to 148 880. Casualty breakdown shows killed, wounded, missing, and prisoners with year-old and current figures.
The Senate unanimously approved and sent to the White House a measure to end daylight saving time at 2 a.m. on September 30. The bill, already passed by the House, was adopted by voice vote.
The federal conciliation service worked to ease two key labor conflicts, the oil workers strike and the auto industry deadlock. About 217,000 idle nationwide, up 12,000, with 80,000 in the auto sector and 19,000 in oil before talks. O. A. Knight led conference efforts while unions pressed for a 30 cent wage rise.
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorizes Chesapeake and Ohio to build a 14 mile branch into Letcher Kentucky and Wise County Virginia and Carolina Clinchfield to construct a 14.5 mile branch in Dickenson County Virginia both serving Clinchfield Coal mines and extending C and O lines toward Bellecamp Creek and Lick Fork Creek with tunnels and multi million dollar costs. The lines will be operated by Atlantic Coast Line and Louisville and Nashville and competition for access was reported as keen.
Washington reports chairman George W. Taylor of the war labor board resigns with Labor Secretary Schwellenbach moving to reset leadership by October 15. President Truman authorizes policy formulation as Congress considers a three phase voluntary settlement plan including mediation boards and a U S board of arbitration.
Cpl. Harold D. Long told Wheeling police he paid a taxi driver 66 dollars to drive him from Washington to West Virginia after his army discharge. He allowed the driver to stay overnight, woke up to find the cabby gone with the money and a German Luger pistol he had brought home as a souvenir.
A well dressed Briton who survived Belsen described the camp as the foulest place on earth to a British military court trying Josef Kramer and 44 guards for mass murder. He recounted bodies piled high, guards who spoke only with blows, and mass graves found after liberation.
Indianapolis Sept 20 Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P Anderson said lower grade beef rationing will end October 1 and the program may be abandoned given strong meat demand and a pay as you go industry. He also disclosed he sent a letter to Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey requesting draft deferments for farm labor and urged the War Department consider using prisoners of war or collaborators as a last resort to ease farm labor shortages.
Berlin reports hidden Nazi tribunal records blame the party for the 1938 pogrom. Judge Ludwig Schneider notes public opinion holds the leadership responsible for the killings and anti Jewish violence. Goebbels relayed orders denying concern over a dead Jew as thousands were promised in days ahead.
In Pasadena California the Rev Charlies G Long leader of about 50 followers in the Remnant of the Church of God sits silent awaiting the predicted end of the world. Officials say the time could be 533 p m Pacific War Time or 733 a m depending on time system with a possible deadline of Sept 29 or next fall. Fifteen Pasadena ministers issue a joint statement denouncing end of world forecasts as misleading and unbiblical.
Washington reporters were told that House Republican Leader Martin and Rep. Knutson advocate a 20 percent across the board reduction in 1946 federal taxes for individuals and corporations. The plan contrasts with Robertson and a postwar tax policy panel proposal to eliminate the 3 percent normal tax for low income earners and repeal the wartime excess profits tax.
A 4 scale tornado swept Bethany West Virginia damaging the Bethany college observatory roof and over 20 trees. No injuries were reported by President W E Cramplett as the storm moved from the western edge through the campus and out toward the eastern limits.
Local Board No 1 Mercer County received a new selective service regulation allowing postponement of induction for high school and college students in their final semesters or early college quarters. Registrants called for Monday must apply today at the draft board office in the National Bank building. Postponement ends when graduation or course completion occurs or upon reaching age limits.
News report from New York details Miss Tobey of Stamford Connecticut who died on Tuesday. Her eyes were donated to an eight month old blind infant after a corneal transplant at Presbyterian Hospital Eye Institute. An unnamed donor requested his eyes be used to help someone live a happier life.
General George C. Marshall presented a wartime demobilization plan to Congress detailing point totals to exit service by dates, with October 1 and November 1 targets. He noted eventual abolition of the point system after two years’ service, and cited officers and enlisted rates while addressing congressmen’s questions about feasibility and impact on leadership.
Senate votes final approval for emergency jobless pay extending state payments to 26 weeks with coverage for federal civil employees and mall workers. The bill guarantees state rate benefits in all states and passes despite a plan for flat 50 percent extension failing 60 to 18.
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