Manila Site Of Soldiers Big Display
In Manila, about 12,000 American troops crowded the shell-dented Philippines hall of congress for a noisy but orderly protest against demobilization delays. They endorsed a resolution urging a congressional investigation while boos rang out as Lt. Gen. W. D. Styer’s statement was read by an enlisted man acting as chairman. Earlier, thousands marched to Styer’s headquarters and formed a five-member committee.
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Manila
The
Philippines
Hall of Congress
W. D. Styer
Western Pacific
Styer
Harold Schiffrin
Rochester
N. Y
Legislative Hall
Le Havre Protest Speaks Out on Demobilization Delays
Two thousand soldiers in a US redeployment camp at Le Havre marched to camp HQ protesting delays in shipment home. They urged letters to Congress, criticized the War Department for changing demobilization rules, and demanded a congressional investigation into the program and foreign policy linked to it. The meeting featured soldiers pressing for faster uprooting of troops and clarifications amid ongoing duties in Japan Okinawa and Korea.
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Paris
le Havre
Stars and Stripes
War Department
Philippines
Western
Pacific
Styer
Japan
Okinawa
Korea
Batangas
Truman
Congress
Early Peace Seen in Oil Pay Dispute
Washington AP reports the oil wage dispute nears settlement as an 18 percent raise for Texas West Tulsa refinery matched Sinclair’s prior settlement. The panel’s progress eases tensions with broader industry strikes looming after navy seizures. Steel, automotive, and meat packing sectors set to strike, risking 1.1 million jobs.
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CIIO
Texas Company
West Tulsa
Sinclair Refining Company
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Navy
CIO Auto
General Motors
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Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Libbey-Owens-Ford
Western Electric Company
New York
New Jersey
Truman
United States Steel Corporation
CIO
Philip Murray
Dixie Storm Dead Reach 37 Across Several States
At least 37 people are dead from weekend tornadoes as a warm air mass collides with a cold front across the Mississippi valley. Texas reports 29 dead from Friday night storms while Arkansas and Mississippi suffer heavy damage. A Coila Mississippi home was destroyed, killing a mother and daughter and injuring others. Hospitals report many critically hurt. Names of towns include Coila Seven Pimes Indianola Lake Village Wilmot and Jennie.
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United Press
Mississippi Valley
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
New York City
Mississippi- Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Coila
Miss
Ernest Shute
Shute
Greenwood, Miss
Pimes
Indianola
Lake Village
Wilmot
Jennie
Ark
Housing Head Pushes Enabling Act at Des Moines
Cedar Rapids emergency housing chief Henry Haegg pressed for enabling legislation to allow cities to levy taxes for temporary housing. At council, a plan to send Hahn or Burgus to Des Moines to push the tax bill with a housing focus was approved. City also reviewed three sewer bids far above estimates, delaying contract awards.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry Haegg
Robert Blue
F. K. Hahn
L. D. Burgus
Des Moines
Iowa
Haegg
How to Figure Your Income From Miscellaneous Sources
Tax primer article number seven in the 1946 series will be delayed until Tuesday due to space. The Ga zette will run the title How to Figure Your Income Received from Miscellaneous Sources and publish three more articles before the series ends.
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The
Gazette
FiveYearOld Artist Skippy Miller Wows Chicago
Norman Skippy Miller aged five projects a bold artistic persona claiming a future mix of science music and painting. He earned 700 dollars selling custom dinosaur themed table mats and leads a studio packed with Teenzers art. He studies piano Chinese Spanish and Malay and envisions varied paths beyond painting.
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Chicago
Norman
Skippy
Miller
Goering Scolded For Trial Flareup
MERNBERG INS Fat Her mann Goering faced a reprimand from Col. Burton C. Andrus for a courtroom outburst. He insulted witness Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski calling him a traitor and a swine, prompting the prosecutor to warn him that such remarks are not allowed. The incident marked the first time a Nazi hierarchy defendant was formally rebuked in court.
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Luftwaffe
50 Pointers from Japan by Jan. 31
Yokohama AP dispatch reports Col. A L Shaw on General Eichelberger staff said all 50 point and three and a half year men in the Eighth Army zone would be homeward bound by January 31 unless shipping assigned to Japan was diverted elsewhere. The plan includes troops in the former Sixth Army area of southern Japan.
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Yokohama
A. L. Shaw
Robert L. Eichelberger
United States
Eighth Army
Japan
Sixth
Mutiny Sentences Set Aside for Negro Sailors
The National Urban League says the Navy has set aside sentences for 50 Negro sailors convicted of mutiny at Port Chicago California after July 1944 explosions on two ammunition ships. Similar action was taken for 36 Negroes convicted of riot and illegal possession of government property at Guam following Port Chicago.
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New York
National Urban League
Navy
Port Chicago
Calif
The
League
Guam
Flooding Closes Roads In Iowa As Oakville Levee Breach Threatens Farm Area
Severe flooding driven by ice pressure and heavy rain breached a levee on the Iowa River near Oakville, flooding thousands of Louisa county acres. Trains and buses resumed service in Cedar Rapids as highways reopened, while a Coast Guard unit rescued a marooned farm family. Floodwaters eased statewide, with remaining closures mainly on rural routes and a plan to blast ice at Burlington.
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Oakville
Louisa County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Highway Patrol
Stanley Reiman
Coast Guard
Monmouth, NL
United Press
Iowa Weather Bureau
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R. S. Toogood
Government River Observer
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Four Die In Blaze At Four-Story Portland Apartment
PORTLAND Maine police report four persons perished and 11 injured when a fire trapped residents in a four story frame apartment building Monday. Firemen rescued 35 others as flames enveloped the structure.
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Maine
Jap Prison Camp Boss Given Death
YOKOHAMA AP Lt. Kel Yuri former commandant of the Omuta prisoner of war camp was sentenced to hang for ordering the bayonet execution of one American and for allowing another to starve to death. Eight men on a U.S. military commission condemned Yuri in the first Japan war crimes trial with a death penalty. The verdict will be reviewed by Gen. MacArthur and Lt. Gen. C P Hall before an execution date is set. Yuri showed no emotion as he was led away. Also in Manila, Takuma Higashiji a Japanese civilian interpreter was sentenced to death by hanging for mass killings and atrocities against Filipino civilians. He confessed his responsibility on the stand.
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Yokohama
Kel Yuri
Omuta
United States
Yuri
Japan
MacArthur
C. P. Hall
Eighth Army
Pvt
Noah C. Heard
Salinas
Calif
Cpl
James G. Pavlokos
Chicago
Harold Emmons
Detroit
Manila
INS
Takuma Higashiji
Higashiji
Philippines
Boy, 10 Tries Hotel Holdup in New York
A 10 year old boy attempted a hotel dining room robbery using two toy pistols. He demanded money from cashier Miss Rennie Diamond, grabbed $22, and was detained by police after a waitress aided in restraining him. The youth, described as blond and dirty faced, cried as officers took him into custody.
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New York
Mona Smith
Miss Smith
National Clothing Collection Opens Nationwide Drive
New York announces the National Clothing Collection to aid war sufferers overseas. More than 90 million Americans in 11 078 towns mobilize to collect 100 million serviceable garments plus shoes and bedding through Jan 31. The effort is supported by 93 national organizations and 562 000 local units encompassing 79.5 million members.
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New York
INS
Henry J. Kaiser
Victory Clothing
Kaiser
President's War Relief Control Board
Joseph E. Davies
OPA Hopes To Avoid Cotton Price Ceilings
Washington AP reports the Office of Price Administration plans to clamp price ceilings on Taw cotton to curb clothing costs but hopes to avoid action. Officials say there is no bluff, yet decisions depend on whether the announcement reduces cotton price speculation.
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Washington
OPA
Ransom for Girl, 6, Put At $20,000
Suzanne Degnan, six, was abducted from her Chicago home in the early hours. Her father James Degnan an OPA executive appealed publicly for the kidnapper to return her and offered compensation. The note demanded $20,000 in $5 bills and warned against harming the child. Police investigated as neighbors reported dogs barking and a ladder found near the building.
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Associated Press
James Degnan
Chicago
OPA
Suzanne
Ray Crane
Center
Walter Storms
Suzanne Degnan
Degnan
Helen
Ethel Hargrove
A. Louis Flynn
Flynn
Thomas Keegan
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