U S Denies Clashes With Chinese Reds
In Washington the White House stated there have been no clashes between Chinese Communists and United States armed forces. Officially the denial extended to all U S armed forces after initial mention of marines. In Chungking the Chinese central government denied U S intervention in China.
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Washington
White House
United States
Eben Ayers
Ayers
Chungking
INS
China
Communist News Attack on Wedemeyer Promises and American Role
The Communist New China Daily News in Yenan accuses Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer of lies about U.S. restraint in Chinese internal strife. It cites hostilities with American forces near Chinwangtao and Haiyang, arrests of negotiators, and US planes warning and strafing targets as Washington seeks to depoliticize its troops in North China amid a widening civil conflict.
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Chungking
New China Daily News
United States
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
Yenan
Chinwangtao
Haiyang
Tientsin
Nanyuan
Peiping
Kuan
Tientsin-Peiping
North China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Greenbacks Arrive in Tokyo to Ease Soldier Shortage
In Tokyo AP reports relief for returning American troops as $14.88 million in single, five, ten and twenty dollar bills arrived by air from the United States to alleviate an acute greenback shortage.
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Tokyo
United States
Housing Ideas To Be Offered Tuesday at 2
Cedar Rapids leaders from realty banking and construction meet Mayor Hahn at City Hall Superior Court Room at 2 p m to discuss housing for returning veterans. A sample poll shows strong interest in building homes quickly with larger firms joining to improve material flow.
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Cedar Rapids
F. KK. Hahn
Superior Court Room
City Hall
Spencer
Unions Urge Public Probe Into Idle Troopships
In San Francisco CIO Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union and six other Pacific coast unions urged President Truman to investigate reports that 20 troopships capable of bringing home 50 000 to 100 000 veterans were idle in San Francisco Bay. Morris Watson said ships and convertable merchant vessels could have returned veterans and that over 50 000 men could have been sent home since September 30.
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San Francisco
Truman
San Francisco Bay
Morris Watson
CIO Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Watson
Harold M. Johnson Died in Borneo War Prison Camp
Navy records confirm Harold Martin Johnson 24 son of Mr and Mrs John M Johnson of 433 J avenue NW reported missing since Feb 28 1944 died in a Japanese prison camp in Borneo on July 20 1944. He enlisted in 1938 and attended Roosevelt high school. a younger brother Charles also serves in the Navy.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Martin Johnson
John M. Johnson
J Avenue NW
Borneo
Navy Department
Johnsons
Houston
Nicholas Point
Soenda Strait
Johnson
Roosevelt High School
Charles
Navy
Small Holders Sweep Hungary in First Free General Election
In Budapest and across Hungary the Small Holders party appears to have won a wide victory in the first free general elections since the war. Early returns show about 60 percent for the Small Holders, 20 percent for the Social Democrats, and 12 to 15 percent for the Communists, with other parties far behind. Voting proceeded with few incidents of violence and final tallies await counts from 16 national districts.
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Budapest
Hungary
Europe
Social Democrats
River Searched For Missing Boy Near Downieville
In Downieville California authorities focus on the Yuba river near the Jum Suden home as the missing boy Dickie Jum Suden is not believed kidnapped. Soldiers from Camp Beale helped, finding white cloth near a gully. District Attorney Alfred Lowry says it is a missing child case with no kidnapping evidence.
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Downieville
Calif
Dickie Jum Suden
Yuba
Camp Beale
Alfred Lowry
Non-Frat Ruling In French Port Le Havre
A liberated country imposes a virtual non fraternization rule in Le Havre, barring Anglo American troops from cafes hotels restaurants and private homes. The port commander acts after a string of shootings and assaults over two months heightening citywide insecurity as Havre Libre editorializes on nightly danger.
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LE Savre
INS
le Havre
Havre Libre
Jerome Kern Stricken By Serious Heart Attack
Jerome Kern, 60, famed composer of popular songs, suffered a heart attack Monday. City Hospital doctors reported his condition as serious.
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Jerome Kern
New York
City Hospital
Jap Students Strike Purges and Food Shortage Roil Japan
University first year students at Nippon University strike to purge militaristic influence and demand vegetable disposal policy. Glider training is banned nationwide as labor unions spread. half a million Tokyo residents head to Saitama and Chiba for food, trains crowded, special trains run, unions form across coal, seamen, manufacturing and white collar sectors amid unemployment and fishing rights losses.
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Tokyo
INS
University
Japan
Land Development Department
Nippon University
Ministry of Education
Germany
Jiji
Mainichi
Saitama
Chiba
Welfare Ministry
Hokkaido Island
Hokkaido
Honshu
Kyushu
Tokyo-Yokohama
Two Men Plead Not Guilty in Cedar Rapids Break-ins
David Whalen and Marvin Whalen, both charged with larceny and breaking and entering, denied the counts at a Linn County district court arraignment. David posted bond. Whalen remained jailed on forgery, with trial set for November 19.
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Cedar Rapids
Marvin C. Whalen
Samuel David
M C. Hamiel
Linn County
David
Whalen
Hamiel
Alex David
Fifth Avenue SE
Sixth Street
Eton
Second Street
Okinow
Ruling on Wards Seizure Refused
The Supreme Court refused to rule on the wartime seizure of Montgomery Ward and Co. properties in seven cities. The decision sent the Chicago circuit court judgment to dismiss as moot, after the Army relinquished control in October, ending the case. Ward had urged a ruling amid anticipated further seizures and War Labor Board disputes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Montgomery Ward and Company
Justice Department
Department
Wards
United States Circuit Court
Chicago
Circuit Court
District Court
Ward’s
War Labor Board
Baby travels on from London to Stillwater with Army father
Fourteen month old Michael Collins, child of an American Army sergeant, travels with nursemaid Miss Helen Johnstone from London to New York. His father Sgt James Collins stayed behind to arrange the boy’s move to Stillwater Minnesota as his grandmother decides. Michael, cheerful and well behaved, enjoys watching a telephone and remains under care in New York awaiting plans.
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New York
Michael Shaun Collins
London
Stillwater
Minn
Michael
Helen Louise Johnstone
Office of War Information
Sgt
James Collins
Sheila McCluskey
Miss Johnstone
LaGuardia Field
America
Nylon Distribution Plan Goes Haywire in Memphis
Memphis merchants postponed over the counter sales for nylon hosiery to prevent riots. Customers were asked to mail in coupons to their chosen store and wait for stock. More than 200 readers complained their papers were raided and coupons removed. one man asked for extra papers for four daughters. A merchant spokesman blamed the public for not being sportsmanlike.
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Memphis
Commercial Appeal
Allied approve converting 28 Japanese airports to salt beds
Allied headquarters on Monday authorized Japan to convert 28 airports into salt beds to ease a severe shortage.
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Tokyo
Allied
Linn County Trails In E Bond Drive As Qutoa Slips
Linn county and Cedar Rapids fall to ninth in Iowa as only 10 percent of the E bond quota is met. Daily Linn sales run about 38 000 while Iowa totals near 600 000. rural reports awaited to boost totals. Cedar Rapids Olivet Presbyterian youth group to staff a Victory loan booth at the scout expo with Herb Herald as scoutmaster.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Victory Loan
George Hearn
Lester Mitchell
Flearn
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Herb Herald
Victory loan enters second week with early strong individual sales
Washington reports the 11 billion Victory loan is in its second week with over 10 percent of the goal from individuals. Officials say the first week was satisfactory but caution progress relies on payroll savings and purchases. E bond sales total 198 million, nearly 10 percent of the phase goal, with total individual sales at 417 million and nonindividual sales not yet reported.
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Washington
Autumnal front brings rain and snow forecasts Iowa wide
Forecasters expect increasing cloudiness and light rain in Cedar Rapids with a Tuesday drop in temperatures. The Chicago station predicts snow across Iowa Wednesday and a severe Thursday freeze, while Cedar Rapids records show a 44 degree high and 12 low amid a statewide moisture sweep.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Iowa
Chicago
Towa
Sioux City
Chambers- Inskeep
Charles City
Weather Bureau
Fathers of Three Exempted from Draft Policy
Washington AP reports selective service banned induction of men with three or more children under 18. The policy targets ages 18 through 25, with boards urged to grant breaks to these fathers under the wartime exemption framework, at the request of War Secretary Patterson and Navy Secretary Forrestal.
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Washington
Selective Service
Patterson
Secretary of Navy
Forrestal
President in Challenge as Talks Begin
President Truman opens the labor management conference urging workers and bosses to settle industrial strife in the democratic way. He calls for collective bargaining with real negotiation and warns against government directives.
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Washington
Truman
Labor Department
Congress
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