Truman appoints fact finding board in steel dispute
President Truman acts to avert a steel strike by naming a three member fact finding panel and directing the OPA to review steel price ceilings. The steel workers threaten a Jan 14 nationwide strike affecting up to 700000 workers. panel reports due by Feb 10 with price decisions by Feb 1.
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Washington
Truman
OPA
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CSO
Roger I. McDonough
Utah Supreme Court
James M. Douglas
Supreme Court of Missouri
Nathan P. Feinsinger
United Steel Workers Union
United Steel Corporation
General Motors
Congress
Williamsburg
Quantico
John D. Small
Iis
CIO
United Auto Workers
Mr. Truman
Guard Reinforcement Around MacArthur in Tokyo
Allied counter intelligence officers report threats against General MacArthur and ordered reinforcement of the supreme commander's Tokyo headquarters. Brigadier General Elliott R. Thorpe, MacArthur's counter-intelligence chief, said the threat makers are known and watched. MacArthur did not order the added guard personally.
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Tokyo
INS
MacArthur
Supreme Allied Commander
Elliott R. Thorpe
Thorpe
Byrnes says MacArthur ideas shaped Japan control plan
Secretary Byrnes said Gen. MacArthur suggested revisions to the Allied Japan control plan, which Byron described as tailored into Moscow's agreement with little change. He noted MacArthur had no voice in forming the policy, and that the plan largely matched what Byrnes had presented. He also reported Truman and Hull praise, and that Molotov would not attend the UN meeting.
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Washington
Byrnes
MacArthur
Japan
Moscow
Tokyo
Truman
Cordell Hull
Hull
Molotov
United Nations
London
Andrei Vyshinsky
Peared
United States
Hirohito
U S Troopship John B Hood Loses Propeller in Atlantic
The American troopship John B Hood carrying 550 troops lost its propeller in the Atlantic. Another U S ship reached her with aid from Gibraltar. The Marion McKinley Bovard offered to assist but was refused. The Hood later said the other ship would stand by.
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London
John B. Hood
Atlantic
Gibraltar
Lloyds
John B Hood
United States
Marion McKinley Bovard
G I Celebrates New Year With Pound Note Gifts
The Daily Express quoted American soldier Cpl. William Grabel of New York giving away thirty pound notes at the Red Cross Rainbow corner at midnight. He said he was not drunk or showing off and wanted to share happiness after coming through fighting. The act totaled about 30 pounds or roughly $120 in under ten minutes.
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London
The
Daily Express
Red Cross
Cpl
William Grabel
New York
the Express
Grabel
Senator predicts U S revenue to be disappointing
Washington AP Senator Johnson of Colorado warned that federal revenues may fall short under the new reduced tax rates as reconversion delays loom. Treasury estimates put year revenue at 26.5 billion, with some authorities suggesting higher totals due to strong national income, while reforms remove wartime taxes and exempt low bracket taxpayers.
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Washington
Sen
Johnson
D-Colo
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Congress
Russian Wartime Taxes Abolished
Moscow reports the government abolishes all wartime taxes as a New Year gift to the people. The same notice includes payment of accumulated back pay to workers who delayed annual increments during the war.
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Moscow
Trustent Plan Triggers Mass Korean Protest in Seoul
In Seoul between 200000 and 300000 Koreans demanded independence on New Year's Eve in a disciplined street demonstration against a Moscow backed five year trusteeship. The marchers, guided by a provisional government group, faced no major clashes though some stones were hurled at Americans.
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Seoul
Korea
John R. Hodge
Chungking
Korean governor Hodge cancels New Year reception after strike
Lt Gen John R Hodge American military governor of Korea canceled his New Year's Eve reception as Korean servants went on strike. His aide Lt Walter T Smith Jr was assigned to fire the furnaces. He said Washington would decide on a conference with the Russian zone commander per Big Three decisions and hoped to take American correspondents.
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Seoul
Korea
John R. Hodge
Walter T. Smith
St.Louis
Hodge
Washington
Boy Nabbed by Czechs May Be Hitler's Son
London AP Reuters reports Czechoslovak police arrested a 12 year old boy who may be Hitler's son. The youth fits the description of the boy pictured with Hitler's papers in a Nuernberg dispatch.
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Hitler
London
Reuters
Nuernberg
Short Tells His Side of Hawaii Case
Lt. Gen. Short testifies that a timely message could have given about two hours to prepare for a Pearl Harbor attack. He contrasts his account with Admiral Stark and says war department timing limited his actions to avoid increased civil alarm. Continued on Page 8 Col. 4.
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Short
Hawaii
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Walter C. Short
Congressional
Harold R. Stark
Stark
Chief of
Naval Operations
Husband E. Kimmel
George C. Marshall
War Department
Navy Department
Hawaiian
Labor Department Sees 1946 Unemployment Less Severe
Washington report quotes A E Hinrichs stating spring unemployment will not approach eight million figures. He says postwar wage declines are milder than anticipated and deflation effects limited. Outlook for 1946 sees expansion fueled by construction, private investment, and consumer durable demand. Women workers seen as normal part of labor force with no current surplus of workers.
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Washington
INS
Labor Department
A. E. Hinrichs
Labor ‘Statistics
Hinrichs
De Gaulle Threatens Resignation Over Defense Cuts
Paris reports President de Gaulle warning he may resign with his cabinet amid Socialist and Communist calls to slash national defense credits by 20 percent. The debate arose during a budget vote on 125 billion francs for the army in early 1946, with a Socialist amendment seeking a 20 percent cut opposed by de Gaulle.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Consultative Assembly
France
Socialist Party
Assembly
Communist Party
Vincent Auriol
Marshall to mediate China peace talks with Chou En Lai
Gen. George C. Marshall met for two hours in Chungking with Communist Gen. Chou En Lai amid signals he may accept a peace maker role in China's internal turmoil. Discussions reportedly covered a truce proposal in north China and the central government's counterproposal.
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Marshall
Britain and Siam Sign Peace Treaty
Singapore report: Britain and Siam signed a peace treaty ending the state of war. M. E. Denning signed for Britain and said Siam retains freedom sovereignty and independence. Siam undertook undertakings on restitution security commerce and economic collaboration.
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Singapore
Britain
Siam
M. E. Denning
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia Command
MacArthur Praises Hirohito Liberal New Year Rescript
General MacArthur voiced pleasure at Emperor Hirohito’s New Year statement calling for democratization and liberal reforms. He said the emperor’s stance to remain on the throne aids Japan’s social economic and governmental liberalization. The emperor rejected divinity and warned against radical and communist pressures.
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Tokyo
Gen
MacArthur
Hirohito
Japan
New Year Weather Grips Cedar Rapids With Record Cold
Cedar Rapids records a low of 18 below zero marking a new winter coldest for the city and matching the bleak, still air of New Year’s Eve. Across Iowa and the upper Midwest, subzero readings spread with several fatalities from icy roads and accidents as cold continues.
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Cedar Rapids
Mississippi
Missouri
Iowa Weather Bureau
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Highway Patrol
Storm Lake
Clinton Lad
Spencer
Mason City
Sioux City
Atlantic
Ames
Iowa City
Davenport
Ottumwa
Lamont
Weather Bureau
New England
Pacific Northwest
Pembina
N. D
Chicago
Death Toll Rises to Eight in Oregon Floods
In Oregon the Willamette River flood toll climbed to eight with Joseph Jones, 10, among the victims. Bodies recovered include a woman and two men. others remain missing as waters receded from Oregon City to Portland and Salem. The coast highway reopened to California and normal roads returned in most areas.
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Portland
Ore
INS
Oregon
Willamette Valley
Joseph Jones
Oregon City
Salem
Albany
Corvallis
Eugene
California Line
Highway Department
Waymack Reappointed Reserve Bank Director for Chicago
W W Waymack editor and vice president of the Des Moines Register and Tribune is named a Class C director of the federal reserve bank of Chicago for a three year term beginning Tuesday and is redesignated deputy chairman for 1946.
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Chicago
W. W. Waymack
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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