Truman Seeks Higher Wages While Guarding Prices
President Truman urged higher wages for labor with no general price rise while authorizing wage boosts in essential reconversion industries. He cited three classes of workers in need of increases and warned that peacetime pay cuts threaten unemployment. He pressed price restraint and urged Congress to pass full employment legislation.
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Washington
Truman
John C. Collet
War Labor Board
House
Congress
Mixed Reactions to Truman Wage-Price Proposal
CIO leaders offered mixed responses to President Truman’s wage price policy for reconversion. UAW leaders praised the plan as a statesmanlike answer, while a CIO spokesman criticized it for not detailing wage increases without price boosts. Key industry figures and manufacturers offered cautious or no comment.
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CIO
Truman
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
R. J. Thomas
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Ira Mosher
National Association of Manufacturers
Chamber of Commerce
Uni
J. F. Lincoln
Cleveland
Mr. Truman
Lincoln
Briton Threatens All-Out War After Mallaby Death
Lt. Gen. Sir Philip Christison warned Java that all air, land, and sea forces will be deployed against Indonesian extremists unless they surrender after the slaying of British commander Brig. A. W. Mallaby in Soerabaja. He accused nationalist leaders and Dutch commander Huyer of missteps leading to the airfield surrender and subsequent fighting.
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Batavia
Java
Sir Philip Christison
Dutch East Indies
A. W. Mallaby
Mallaby
Soerabaja
Christi
Singapore
I. R. Sukarno
Christison
Huyer
Truman wage price speech draws mixed congressional reaction
Congress split along party lines over President Truman's wage and price policy address. Democrats and Republicans voiced criticism of two congressional committees for delaying administration bills, with House leaders offering varied appraisal of the speech's impact.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
McCormack
Mass
Martin
Controls Lifted From Ammunition
Washington announces WPB order removing all controls on manufacture delivery and sale of ammunition. No production estimates available but manufacturers may use lead allocations to ramp up output amid ongoing lead shortages and labor bottlenecks. Heavily reduced military requirements enabled revocation.
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Washington
INS
War Production Board
WPB
Shunned Funeral Triggers Farm Blaze Near Hebron
In Rockford Illinois three youths admitted setting a 20000 fire at Doland Price’s barn north of Hebron after Price missed the funeral of Donald Johnson. Gordon Johnson 17 William Theodore 16 both Rockford and Donald Bearce 17 Lake Geneva Wis charged/arrested.
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Rockford
Lester Fielder
Gordon Johnson
William Theodore
Donald Bearce
Lake Geneva
Wis
Doland Price
Hebron
Fielder
Price
Donald Johnson
Gordon
Donald
Johnson
Theodore
Bearce
Don Wicks
Old Franklin Strikes Car in Deadwood
Bert Salmon’s air cooled Franklin, over 25 years old, escaped with minor damage after a 1941 model car struck it. The mower car suffered extensive damage in Deadwood, South Dakota.
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Deadwood
S. D
Bert Salmon
Salmon
Franklin
Santa Faces Toy Shortages in Reconversion Era
Chicago report notes toy production lag as wartime materials shift back to peacetime. Bicycles and other items may be scarce while prewar lines return slowly. Dealers fear price spikes and late buyers miss limited stock as mop-up efforts continue.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
Tokyo
Berlin
Navy Plattes Promote Bond Preview In Cedar Rapids Air Show
Navy flyers and combat veterans displayed Avengers Corsairs Hellcats and Tigercats at Cedar Rapids municipal airport for a Victory loan air show. Planes performed low altitude maneuvers as 15 aircraft roared over downtown Cedar Rapids in support of the E Bond quota with proceeds aiding the war effort.
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Navy
Cedar Rapids
United States Fleet Air Arm
Avengers
Victory Loan Bond
Bill Norris
Mt. Vernon
Moline
Pacific
Truman says Britain Canada and US have know-how on atom bomb
President Truman said Britain Canada and the United States have the know how to produce the atomic bomb but denied a secret Roosevelt Churchill pact for peacetime use. He noted Attlee will discuss atomic energy when he visits and a three power accord will lead to broader talks in Europe.
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Washington
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Truman
Roosevelt
Churchill
Attlee
Mackenzie King
Chicago Grain Elevator Blaze Draws 200,000 Viewers
A seven story grain elevator in Chicago burned as flames rose up to 600 feet. About 200000 spectators along South Side streets watched firefighters combat the blaze amid strong winds and intense heat.
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Chicago
Allies to divide Japanese fleet not destroyed
Secretary Byrnes announced Russia Britain and China will share equally with the United States a portion of the Japanese fleet not destroyed including 38 destroyers and several 800 to 900 ton coast defense ships. Destruction plans include a battleship four carriers four cruisers and 51 submarines with scuttling as the method. President Truman said Stalin’s reply suggests Russia will join the Far Eastern advisory commission soon.
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Washington
State Byrnes
Russia
Britain
China
United States
Byrnes
Truman
Josef Stalin
Far Eastern Advisory Commission
Stalin
Harriman
Japan
I-Nation Commission
Bevin Reveals Soviet Rejection Of British Trade Protests
Foreign Secretary Bevin told the House of Commons that the Soviet Union refused to acknowledge Britain’s concerns over Moscow's new trade pacts with Hungary and Romania. He said Britain and the United States protested that a council member in an enemy country had no right to discuss such treaties without allied consent.
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London
Soviet Union
Hungary
Romania
Bevin
Commons
Britain
United States
Moscow
Allied Control Council
Truman's 12 Points Accepted by Britain
Foreign Minister Bevin reported to the House of Commons that Britain accepts President Truman's twelve points for universal peace outlined last Saturday.
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Truman
Britain
London
INS
Bevin
House of Commons
Massing Chinese troops near Manchuria and Great Wall
Soviet and Chinese authorities reported plans for landing Chinese government troops in Manchuria. At Chinwangtao, thousands of Nationalist troops aligned with the government faced Communist forces near Liaoning, while negotiations continued to avert a wider war. The Nationalists reportedly landed 200,000 troops along the Yellow River region. American ships and planes monitored operations as a two engine Grumman Tiger Cat patrol aircraft flew overhead.
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Manchuria
Chinwangtao
North China
Manchuriar
Liaoning Province
Great Wall
Shanhaikwan
Yellow River
United States Navy
Eisenhower Warns of German Unrest and Denazification Progress
General Eisenhower reported rising German youth and ex-soldier discontent signaling possible organized resistance to American occupation if unemployment persists. He noted increasing German criticism of U.S. policies, intensifying leftist pressure, and growing supervised political activity while denazification nears completion with about 100,000 removed from public offices and 250,000 more screened.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Eisenhower
Truman reveals plan to shift Germany to Allied civilian rule
President Truman disclosed a plan to transfer military control of Germany to Allied civilian authorities by June 1, presenting General Eisenhower's letter as outline. He said the same principle could apply to Japan, but the June 1 deadline would not bind Japan or end U S occupation of Germany immediately.
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Washington
Truman
Germany
Eisenhower
Japan
Uni States Army Ocot
Cold Snap Surprises Weatherman Throughout Iowa
The Cedar Rapids forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a milder night and Thursday. Readings hit 24 degrees in Cedar Rapids and 19 in Spencer, surprising the weatherman who noted a potential warm spell with highs near 74 degrees in Sioux City.
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Spencer
Sioux City
Cedaroo
Dodge
Thevetadii
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