Reich Zone Being Sovietized
Five American correspondents toured the Russian occupation zone of Germany finding a Soviet rooted program of planned economy and agrarian reform led by the Russian military government. The tour covered Berlin to Dresden through Saxony as authorities distribute Junker estates to 281,155 new holders, with 100 percent unionization and strict production plans under Zhukov direction.
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Berlin
Germany
Dresden
Saxony
U.S
Halle
Leipzig
Georgi K. Zhukov
Little Glass Eye Is Given Life in Pen
Tatsuo Tsuchiya known as Little Glass Eye becomes the first Japanese war criminal tried in Japan to receive life imprisonment for beating to death an American prisoner. An eight man US military commission convicted him on three charges of cruelty and brutal offenses at Mitsushima camp where he served as guard.
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Yokohama
Tatsuo
Little Glass Eye
Tsuchiya
Japan
United States Military Commission
Mitsushima
Louis Offen
Atlanta
Pfc
Robert Gordon Teas
ICC postpones rail rate changes after court injunction
The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed railroads to postpone indefinitely the May 15 class rate adjustments. The delay follows a federal court injunction preventing a 10 percent increase in northern and eastern states while permitting a corresponding decrease in the South and West. The Utica N Y court ruling halted enforcement as of the planned January 1 effective date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Commission
Utica
N. Y
Chinese Reds in Peace Proposal
Chinese Communist leaders submitted a formal proposal for immediate and unconditional cease fire as unity meetings resumed after a 40 day deadlock. Gen Yeh Chien ying joined the original three as Chou En lai met Gen George Marshall. Nationalist forces advanced in southern Manchuria and captured Tang chi we station, 65 miles west of Mukden.
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Chungking
Yeh Chien-ying
Chou
George C. Marshall
Consultative Council
Tui Li-ming
Manchuria
Tang-chiawe
Mukden
Truman Shifts SWPC Duties To Commerce and RF C
President Truman orders transfer of Smaller War Plants roles to the commerce department and the Reconstruction Finance Corp. Maury Maverick, former San Antonio mayor and ex-congressman, to survey small business trade in Pacific nations. He will visit the Philippines China Korea Australia and New Zealand to gauge boosting international small business commerce with the United States. White House says move creates a permanent program to help small businesses grow and prosper.
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Washington
Truman
War Plants Corporation
Commerce Department
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Maury Maverick
Pacific
Maverick
San Antonio
Congress
Philippines
China
Korea
Australia
New Zealand
United States
State Department
White House
SWPC
Frazer Car to be Built at Willow Run Plant
Detroit AP reports Kaiser-Frazer will produce a new Frazer automobile at the Willow Run bomber plant. The mid price car features flowing front to rear fenders, widened seating for four on a rear seat set forward of the rear axle, a 12314 inch wheelbase and 64 inch height, powered by a 100 horsepower engine. Price not disclosed.
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Detroit
Frazer
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
Willow Run
Germans Letters Demand Harsh Punishments for Nazis at Nuernberg
German citizens flood the Nuernberg tribunal with letters after the first Nazi trials. Emil Ruege recalls a Sachsenhausen inmate forced to dig graves and Dirk Hohenberg named as being used in heavy labor. A 17 year old Heinrich Mueller writes as a youth accuser of Nazi influence and intent to punish.
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Nuernberg
International Military Tribunal
Emil Ruege
Sachsenhausen
Count Ernst von Hohenberg
Ruege
Hohenberg
Ernst
Max
Heinrich Mueller
Karl Stuebner
Zwickau
Manfred
Hitler
Russia
Germany
Plan to Build $5,000 Homes for Veterans in Des Moines
In Des Moines the emergency housing committee invites local contractors to a city hall meeting to review plans for 200 permanent homes for veterans priced at $5,000 or less. Lt. Col. Mark T. Martin says bids will be requested and the veterans group aims to spur affordable housing. The cost of moving 200 trailers could be paid by the federal government if the National Housing Administration approves, potentially lowering veteran rentals and improving camp site facilities.
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Des Moines
Mark T. Martin
Emergency Housing Committee
Veterans
Martin
National Housing Administration
Navy Hero Declared Dead Three Years After Java Sea
Harley Leo Berry 31 Navy chief quartermaster declared dead in a telegram to his Cedar Rapids Davenport family after being missing in action since the Java sea battle of March 1942 aboard the USS Pecos. He earned honors for heroism and duty. survived by his mother Mrs Faye Berry, father H R Berry, three brothers Wayne Dale Dennis and a sister Mrs Lloyd Bryant.
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Cedar Rapids
Harley Leo Berry
Navy
Faye Berry
Davenport
Berry
Frank Knox
Pecos
Gazette
Grant High School
Second Christian Church
H. R. Berry
Wayne
Dale
Dennis
Long Beach
Calif
Lloyd Bryant
North China Puppet Wang Keh-min Dies in Prison
Peiping dispatches report Wang Keh-min once Japan's top puppet in North China died in a Chungking prison. The semi official AP summary notes his status as a former high level collaborator and his death while imprisoned.
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North China
Chungking
Peiping
Wang Keh-min
Japan
China
E Bonds Drive Urges Investors to Act by Saturday Noon
County Chairman George Hearn warns that E bond receipts must reach the $2,007,000 quota by Saturday night to count by the Federal Reserve in Chicago. With four reporting days left and holidays ahead, agents must mail reports Saturday. An average daily purchase of $9,033 to $12,044 is needed to cross the goal.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
George Hearn
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Hearn
Federal Reserve
Tieups Seen In Electric, Phone Strife
National labor tensions rise as CIO unions threaten a walkout at Westinghouse General Electric and General Motors affecting 76 plants in 22 states. Telephone workers may strike after Western Electric wage dispute. Joe Beirne NFTW pledged support. Western Electric offered 15 percent raise. GM decision awaited on government fact finding.
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CIO
New York
Western Electric Company
New York-New Jersey
Westinghouse
General Electric
General Motors
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Edgar L. Warren
Warren
Henry Mayer
Western Electric Employes Association
Independent
National Federation of Telephone Workers
New Jersey
Mayer
Bell System
Western Electric
NFTW
Western Electric Workers
Joseph A. Beirne
Federation
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Washington
Smoke drives back rescue crews at Kentucky mine
Blind ing smoke drove rescue workers back as they tried to reach at least 31 men trapped in the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal No 1 mine two miles from the shaft mouth. A flareback forced them from the drift and a mine official said ventilation and delayed access hampered rescue efforts.
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Pineville
Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company
Frank Rhodes
Byrnes Announces Atomic Energy Commission Pact After Moscow Talks
Secretary of State James Byrnes said the United States Britain and Russia agreed to form a commission on atomic energy. The communique will be released tonight in Moscow Washington and London. Byrnes described the conference as constructive with cordial relations yielding hope for future settlement of problems.
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Moscow
James F. Byrnes
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Commission On
Atomic Energy
Washington
London
Byrnes
Berlin
Paris
Viacheslavy M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Six Below Zero In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday with lows near 5 above. Temperatures rise Friday as the south wind returns, ending a recent cold spell. Morning reading at 7 o'clock hit six below, then climbed to 26 by 1:30 pm before dipping to 23 an hour later. Highways remain treacherous from holiday icing and local streets are dangerous as snow shifts. Downtown removal of snow progresses but warm sun or sand will speed it up.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Chambers-Inskeep
Ford To Close Again Over Parts Lag
Ford Motor Company will shut down its plants again for four days due to a parts shortage. The previous weekend saw similar closures, idling about 80,000 workers across the plants.
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Ford
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Iowan Chosen To Lead National Savings Bond Division
Secretary Vinson names Vernon L. Clark of Des Moines as head of the new postwar savings bond division. Clark will start January 2, will earn one dollar yearly, and becomes an assistant to the Treasury secretary. He replaces Ted R. Gamble, who retires December 31 to return to theater business in the Northwest.
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Washington
INS
Treasury Vinson
Vernon L. Clark
Des Moines
Iowan
United States Savings Bond Division
The
Treasury
Clark
Ted R. Gamble
War Finance Division
United States
Gamble
Building Boom Foreseen As Material Shortages Ease
A nationwide survey by George W. Warnecke and company predicts building material shortages should ease in spring as labor and volume production rise. It forecasts a construction boom with 1946 spending of about 2.7 billion dollars on apartments and family dwellings, and about 1.5 million jobs in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
George W. Warnecke and Company
Lady Luck
Four power scheme for postwar Japan revealed by source
London reports the Big Three foreign ministers agreed on four power rule for Japan and five year Korea trusteeship. Russia United States Britain and China would control Japan with a likely four power council. It notes possible authority split between the council and MacArthur. Atomic energy plan to be presented to the UN in January with Russia joining US Britain Canada. France and China asked to participate.
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London
Japan
Korea
Russia
United States
Great Britain
China
Douglas MacArthur
Britain
Canada
France
Twelve Hurt in Iowa Bus Crash
Twelve passengers on a northbound Greyhound bus were injured seriously when it rear ended a parked truck about noon Thursday six miles south of Blenco. Most were taken to Onawa Hospital. Roy B. Golden, the driver, was listed as injured.
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Blencoe
Greyhound
Thursda
Onawa
Roy B. Golden
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