Yank Ships Arrive at Manchuria
Central government forces report American Seventh Fleet units with three Chinese armies have reached Yingkow and Hulutao in Manchuria, as clashes escalate across the civil war between Chiang Kai-shek loyalists and Maoist Communists.
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Sao Tang Pao
Canton
Haiphong
Tientsin
Yingkow
Hulutao
New China Daily
United States
China
Roosevelt
Truman
Henan
Wuyang
Miyang
Fangcheng
Yeng-Shan
Shanshi
Shih Chiao
United
Richard W. Johnston
Shih
North China
Chinwangtao
Mao Tze-Tung
Manchuria
Shanhaikwan
Shanghai
A. M. Vasilevsky
Yingkou
Realtors Press for Federal Help to Boost Home Building
National Association of Real Estate Boards urges the U.S. government to end delays and remove obstacles to veterans housing. Col. John Emery cites ten barriers including rental approval, price ceilings, GL loan delays, FHA procedures, and restrictive local codes, calling for decisive action.
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Washington
National Association of Real Estate Boards
John Emery
Grand Rapids
Mich
Association
G.I
OPA
NHA
Col. Emery
The
American Legion
G. L
FHA
Floods in Piedmont Force Evacuations in Northern Italy
Heavy rains flood the Piedmont region causing serious damage and road disruptions. Several towns are evacuated while highway communications are disrupted. No casualties are reported.
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Rome
Piedmont
Italy
Tax Bill Goes To President For Signature
Washington AP congress passed a $5.92 billion tax cut and sent it to the White House by the deadline. The bill cuts include individual and corporate taxes with a repeal of the use tax on cars and boats. Finance Committee Chair George and Senator Taft warn actual revenue loss may be less than the figure, citing economic stimulus and limited future tax cuts.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senate
Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Taft
Ohio
Ohioan
Sinatra Appeals to Strike Students in Gary
In Gary Indiana Frank Sinatra addressed more than 5 000 students to urge end of a second strike at Froebel High School. Bobby soxers screamed cried and cheered as he urged allegiance to democratic ideals in schools and youth organizations while protests against principal R A Nuzum continued outside.
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Petty Prosser
Gary
Ind
Frank Sinatra
Voice
Bobby Soxers
I Froebel High School
Sinatra
Nick Odinsoff
R. A. Nuzum
Nuzum
Anselm
Chicago
Joseph Finerty
Bobby Sox
Textile Workers Strike Expands Across New England Plants
The Associated Press reports fresh labor clashes added thousands to idle workers. The biggest action involved about 16 500 CIO textile workers in 19 plants across Maine New Hampshire and Connecticut. In the San Francisco Bay area 5 000 AFL and CIO machinists joined the walkout, widening regional joblessness to 60 000. About 10 000 Maine textile workers left work over wage disputes tied to job classifications.
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Associated Press
CIO
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Connecticut
San Francisco Bay Area
AFL
Rural Plant Reports and Daily Quota Figures
The note outlines reporting days left, daily bond investment needed to reach quota, and totals such as 82,007,000 Silas users and 1,827,381 average daily E Bond investment required. It highlights the urgency to meet the expected target with an estimated 38,070 by period end.
Victory bond drive report from Linn county
Lester Mitchell rural chairman reports $994 in Victory bond sales from rural Linn county in Friday's incomplete count. Lee Winterberg payrolls division chairman credits workers for payroll savings gains and explains campaign organization by plant personnel.
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Cedar Rapids
Victory
Linn
Lester Mitchell
Lee Winterberg
AFL CIO strikes widen across nation as wage demands stall
Across the United States AFL and CIO unions press wage shows causing 60 000 workers idle in about 200 plants and halting service on six Greyhound routes. Mills in Connecticut and New Hampshire strike over a 10 cent hourly raise while carton milk threats and Western Union wage disputes ripple nationwide.
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Greyhound
Mississippi
Atlantic Seaboard
AFL
New York
George E. Lift
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and
Coun
Salt Lake City
Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Washington
CTU
Detroit
C-47 Plane Crash Kills 21 Soldiers Near Karlsruhe
United States army officials report 21 soldiers killed and at least three survivors after a C-47 crash near Karlsruhe Germany late Thursday. Names of the dead were not released.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
United States Army
Karlsruhe
British Chief Resigns Post in Palestine Turbulence
London AP report says Field Marshal Lord Gort resigns as high commissioner in Palestine amid widespread sabotage blamed on Jewish elements. Colonial Secretary Hall calls the outrages thoroughly planned by a large organization. In Cairo and Jerusalem, strikes and street clashes accompany reactions to the Balfour Declaration as authorities pledge to restore order.
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London
Lord Gort
Palestine
George Hall
Egypt
Cairo
Hall
Commons
J. W. W. Shaw
Palestine Police
Jerusalem
Cooper Faces Rough Run At Eldora Boys' School
Fred N. Cooper, superintendent, said conditions at the Eldora training school are troubled but not chaotic. He denied a beaten inmate report, noted a stockade window broken, and said about 12 inmates fled over the weekend with eight returning. escapes have leveled off with one runner since Monday night.
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Eldora
INS
Fred_N. Cooper
Boys’ Training School
Cooper
Fort Dodge High School
Gazette Granted Channel for FM
The FCC announced 65 new FM station grants as part of the postwar expansion, bringing conditional grants to 129 with about 550 applications remaining. Grants confirm qualification and allocated channels. construction permits follow engineering review. Iowa grants list Cedar Rapids The Gazette Co metropolitan Dubuque Telegraph-Herald metropolitan possibly rural Waterloo Josh Higgins Broadcasting Co metropolitan possibly rural.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette Co
Dubuque
Telegraph-Herald
Waterloo
Josh Higgins Broadcasting Co
Higgins closes three strike bound Higgins plants
New Orleans reported wartime producer Higgins closed three strike bound plants as part of a 25 million reconversion program. About 3 500 workers were involved in a wage dispute over representation and Wagner act provisions. The Michaud plant remained open producing atomic bomb parts and life rafts with non union labor.
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New Orleans
Andrew J. Higgins
Higgins
AFL Metal Trades Union
CIO
Big Michaud
Captains of Industry Pay Homage to Chicago Newsie
Tony Galente, 57, longtime Chicago newsboy who sold papers at LaSalle and Adams for 48 years, was honored by 300 friends from business and civic circles. City leaders and professionals rose in tribute as Galente spoke, recalling his decades at the corner.
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Captains of Industry
Chicago Newsie
Chicago
Tony Galante
LaSalle and
Adams Streets
Tony
Justries
Cage Times
Tony Galente
Witnesses Describe Japanese Atrocities At Yamashita Trial
Chinese Filipino and Spanish witnesses testified in Manila that Japanese forces killed and tortured civilians including a mass slaying at the Manila German club. A Chinese woman sobbed as she described her missing child and vowed vengeance on Lt General Yamashita amid scenes of extreme brutality.
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Dean Schedler
Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Yamashita
Jep
Francisco Lopez
Foremer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Philippines
Jose Maldonado
B 29s Make 6553 Mile Nonstop Japan to Washington Flight
Four B 29 Superfortresses completed a nonstop 6553 mile flight from Mitzutani Field, Japan to National Airport in Washington. Brig Gen Frank A Armstrong Jr led the mission with Maj J C Cox Jr Maj Apparehiees 25 and Col Kenneth O Sanborn also flying as key commanders. Official party included Lt Gen and other officers as the planes landed across late evening CST. One aircraft reportedly blew two tires on landing and a crash truck met the field.
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Washington
Hokkaido
Japan
National
Frank A. Armstrong
Richmond
20Th Air Force
Mitzutani Field
J C. Cox
Guam
Ore Oes
Brody
Des Moines
And
Exchanges to Close Major Securities Throughout the Nation
New York AP reports that major securities markets will close for the day due to anticipated weather impacts. Traders await updates as financial centers prepare for possible trading suspensions and shifts in liquidity.
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NEW York
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