Labor Policy Faith in Law and Hopkins Career Shift
Secretary Schwellenbach orders staff to follow laws as written, condemning self made policy tweaks and urging full cooperation. The piece also surveys Harry Hopkins dramatic political arc from reformer to cautious insider, noting his fading prominence and influence. It contrasts U. K. election with American politics and touches on Elliott Roosevelt’s finances and humorous tax implications.
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Labor
Schwellenbach
Congress
Harry Hopkins
Washington
Hopkins
Elliott Roosevelt
Young Elliott
Iowa
Yanks Raid Japan in Non-Stop Blitz Across Home Islands
Tokyo says two U S air fleets totalling about 300 Superforts Liberators and fighters struck Tokyo area Nagasaki Omura and other targets on Honshu and Kyushu in a day of continuous daylight raids. American forces also attacked Kyushu airfields and ships while a battle fleet menaced northern Japan after Karafuto bombardment.
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Tokyo
Nagasaki
Honshu
Kyushu
Chiba
Ibaraka
Tochigi
Omura
Miyazaki
Oita
Saga
Japan
Karafuto Island
Mitchell
Okinawa
Chiran
Kanoya
East China Sea
Yellow Sea
Yangtze River
Shangai
Kaishu
Manchurian
Dairen
Suzu Kurihari
Japanese Imperial
Thurman Arnold Resigns From DC Court of Appeals
President Truman regrets the resignation of Thurman Arnold as associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Arnold, once a leading antitrust official, told the President he wished to return to private practice.
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Washington
LLP
Truman
Thurman Arnold
United States Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Arnold
Murder Camp Flourishes After Allied Occupation
US troops uncover a Nazi murder experiment station near Kaufbeuren Bavaria where 211 children and many adults were starved or drugged to death. The site housed 1,578 captives with a branch at Irsee. other stations were found at Harthausen Grafeneck Wuettemberg and Guensburg. Two public health officers led the probe and several officials fled or died amid the discovery.
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Kaufbeuren
Austria
Germany
Ministry of the Interior
Marvin Linick
New York City
Loyal Murphy
Memphis, Tenn
Irsee
Harthausen
Linz
Grafeneck
Wuettemberg
Guensburg
Linick and Murphy
Lothar Gaertner
Valentin Falrhauser
Meanielsieg Will
Australians Seize Balikpapan Center in Borneo Fight
Gen. MacArthur said Australian Seventh Division troops captured central Balikpapan after three days of heavy fighting. Australian forces advanced along the coast to Batakan Ketjil and near Manggar airfield while a remaining Japanese group held a ridge by the refinery area. Rear Admiral Noble cited heavy pre invasion bombardment and multiple defenses as key to the landing.
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Manila
Seventh Division
Balikpapan
Borneo
Imetropolis
MacArthur
Pandansari
Sepinggan
Batakan-Ketjil
Manggar
Mangegar
Albert G. Noble
Surplus Preference For Local Small Businesses in War Plants
The Surplus Property board on Wednesday announced a policy favoring local and small businesses in disposing of government owned war plants and facilities.
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Washington
British Voters Set to Vote in Historic Ten-Year Poll
London votes on Churchill led election day as he warned that a left landslide could plunge Europe into communism. Attlee Bevin Morrison campaigned while Liberal Lord Samuel predicted a post election explosion. A 11-year-old Italian-born boy was fined $8 for tossing a firecracker at Churchill, saying it was to make a noise.
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United Kingdom
Winston Churchill
London
Churchill
Europe
Lord Samuel
Clement Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Herbert Morrison
Attlee
Atlantic Ocean
Michael Gloor le Pelley
Veterans complain of crowded rail travel home from war
Five hundred officers and men returned to Camp Beale from Europe and North Africa in day coaches with poor water supply and clogged plumbing. About 300 more arrived from Charleston with similar complaints. Congressman Havenner urged a House inquiry and Camp Beale commandant Brig. Gen. Oscar B. Abbott opened a personal investigation.
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North Africa
Camp Beale
Boston
Charleston
N. C
California
Washington
Oscar B. Abbott
War Department
Havenner
Calif
House Military Affairs Committee
Peter de Paolo
Army official refutes rumors of German POWs in Omaha Pullmans
Col. William J. Kunzmann of the Seventh service command says German prisoners did not travel in Omaha Pullmans the day in question. He notes liberated American troops passing through Omaha may have sparked the rumor. He adds POWs, unless ill, never ride Pullmans.
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Omaha
INS
William J. Kunzmann
Seventh Service Command
Pullmans
Kunzmann
War Chief Admits Poor Housing for 500 Veterans
Secretary Patterson acknowledged 500 veterans faced poor accommodations from Boston to San Francisco. He called the inconveniences regrettable and said this is not the only case to have occurred.
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Washington (Ap
Patterson
Boston
San Francisco
Six Die and Twelve Hurt in Nebraska Tornado
A tornado near Rising City Nebraska killed six people and seriously injured at least 12 as it tore through a five mile by two mile patch, destroying farm buildings and livestock. About twenty miles southeast at Seeward the same storm hit a fireworks program grandstand, injuring one person as spectators fled before the roof was torn off.
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Rising City
Neb
Seeward
Secretary of Treasury and Jurist Resign
President Truman announced the resignations of Secretary Morgenthau and Supreme Court Associate Justice Owen J. Roberts. Morgenthau will remain in the Treasury temporarily until his return from the Big Three meeting, while a successor will be named after the President’s return from Germany.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Treasury
Morgenthau
Owen J. Roberts
United States Supreme Court
Germany
Spaatz Named Pacific Air Force Commander
General Carl A. Spaatz, who directed strategic bombing in Europe, is appointed supervising general of the new U S Army Air Force in the Pacific reporting to General Hap Arnold. Two main air forces will lead the bombing campaign the Eighth under Lt Gen James Doolittle and the 20th under Maj Gen Curtis LeMay.
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Washington
Carl A. Spaatz
Germany
Pacific
Patterson
United States Army Air Force
Spaatz
Army
H. H. Arnold
Eighth Air Force
James Doolittle
Curtis E. LeMay
MacArthur declares the Philippines liberated after Leyte campaign
General Douglas MacArthur announced that the Philippines had been liberated and the Leyte landing campaign has effectively closed. He said 23 Japanese divisions totaling about 450,000 troops were virtually annihilated and outlined six strategic objectives achieved, including piercing enemy centers, seizing bases, and breaking the Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Navy
Pacific
Germany
Japan
East Asia
Far East
Reynolds Fined for Reckless Driving in Cedar Rapids
Harold W. Reynolds, 45, of 860 Camburn Court SE, Cedar Rapids, was fined $100 and costs by Judge Harry S Johnson after pleading guilty to reckless driving. Police reported he drove erratically on First Avenue SE near Eleventh Street, staying on the left side more than the right.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold W. Reynolds
Camburn Court SE
Harry S Johnson
Reynolds
First Avenue SE
Eleventh Street
Truman Orders Navy Seizure of Goodyear Plants
President Truman ordered the navy to seize Goodyear Tire and Rubber plants in Akron Ohio after a 19 day strike by United Rubber Workers CIO. The move comes as the War Labor Board urged a return to work and the plants were key suppliers of aircraft tires and other war products. Navy control lasts up to 60 days until production returns to pre strike levels. The strike was described as unauthorized by the union and tied to grievances not resolved through government channels.
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Washington
Truman
Navy
Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Akron
Ohio
United Rubber Workers of America
CIO
War Labor Board
William H. Davis
Goodyear
Secretary of Navy
Davis
WLB
International Union
Army
Pacific
Ten War Agencies Funds Cut in FEPC Battle
Washington AP reports the House cut 548.3 million dollars from a 752 million war agencies bill amid FEPC disputes. The obliterated items include IW information offices and OSS, shipping administration, War Production, War Labor Board, and other agencies. no action on War Relocation authority. The Senate may restore most funds on return.
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House
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Fair Employment Practices Committee
Office of War Information
War Labor Board
Office of Defense Transportation
Office of Economic Stabilization
Office of Scientific Research
Office of Inter-American Affairs
War Production Board
War Shipping Administration
Office of Strategic Services
Petroleum Administration
War
War Relocation Authority
Marpatents
Cool Weather Forecast Follows Iowa Rainfall
A state wide rain event left Cedar Rapids with .08 inches while Council Bluffs reported 1.37 inches. Heaviest totals included Clarinda .97 and Sioux City .89 as Iowa braces for cooler, fair conditions tonight and Friday.
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Iowa
Cedar
Chambers
Fort. Dodgé
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