Typhoon Rakes Guam Saipan and Tinian Causing Millions in Damage
A typhoon with 100 mile per hour gusts blasted the Marianas including Guam Saipan and Tinian causing millions in damage. Marines and civilians sheltered for hours as winds toppled structures ripped roofs and disrupted radio facilities. One man suffered a broken back and concern grew for Rota while residents sought safety in central shelters.
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Guam
Marianas
Saipan
Tinian
Rota
Navy
Charles A. Pownall
Pownall
United States
USO
Hospitals Get Meat Preference Under OPA Ration Order
The Office of Price Administration issued a Saturday order to give hospitals, asylums, orphanages and prisons preferred access to meat. Suppliers must allocate the same percentage of demand as in 1944, with adjustments for meals changes. If a supplier shortchanges one month, it must be made up in the next month’s first 15 days. If a supplier refuses a sale to an institution, withholding applies to all buyers until requirements are met.
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Washington
OPA
English Coastal Tempest Strikes South Coast
A September magnitude storm with hundred mile per hour winds battered England's south coast causing at least 11 deaths and injuring 22. The English Channel shipping suffered, a cargo ship Helena Modjeska was wrecked off Goodwin Sands after weeks stranded. A Montgomery flight diverted landing safely after circling Bovingdon.
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London
England
English Channel
Montgomery
United States
Bovingdon
Helena Modjeska
Goodwin Sands
Ouster of Wallace Wasnt Due to Any Request by Byrnes
Paris AP report says Secretary Byrnes did not request Wallace's resignation. Byrnes kept silent on the matter, met with Senators Vandenberg and Connally, and informed Truman that policy confusion harmed the U.S. position, but aides dispute direct causation.
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Wallace
Byrnes
Relman Morin
Paris
Henry Wallace
Truman
Vandenberg
Rmich
Connally
D-Texas
United States
Wallace resignation rattles Paris peace talks
American delegates in Paris Friday night welcomed Secretary Wallace’s resignation as not demanded by Byrnes. Byrnes aides call him content but Vandenberg calls it a tragic comedy. Paris delegates aim to repair damage and show no shift in firmness toward Russia.
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Paris
INS
Wallace
Byrnes
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Truman
Russia
Lena the Hyena Li'l Abner Comic Page Notice
Li'l Abner fans are invited to check the comic page for an interesting announcement featuring Lena the Hyena and related panel details from the strip.
Western Union Strike Threat Looms After Talks Break
AFL official says 50,000 Western Union Telegraph workers would strike within days after bargaining committee walked out of talks. The union seeks 16 1/4 cents an hour raise for all but messengers, who want 10 cents more. Strike poll underway. 75 percent promising action if demands not met.
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Washington
J. A. Payne
AFL National Co-Ordinating Board
Western Union Telegraph Company
Schwellenbach
Payne
Labor Department
Picket Lines Halt Kaiser Frazer Production in Detroit
In Detroit 4500 CIO United Auto Workers refused to cross AFL picket lines at Willow Run, shutting production of Kaiser and Frazer cars for the first time since civilian operations began. The stoppage added to about 60 000 idle auto workers as Washtenaw county trades council led massed lines around the plant and a Briggs supplier strike threatened further outages.
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Detroit
Kaiser and Frazer
Willow Run
CIO
United Auto
AFL
Detroit Area
Washtenaw County Building Trades Council
Louis Hackbart
Kaiser- Frazer
Ates
Briggs
UAW
Mariners Return to Work After Arbitration Award
By Associated Press mariners filed back to work on ships in New York harbor Saturday after union meetings elsewhere voted an end to the strike. Joseph Curran, president of the National Maritime Union, cited the industrywide wage park principle and the arbitration award as the basis for Ending the stoppage.
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Manchester
Gazette
NMU
New York
Philadelphia
Houston
Newport News
New Orleans
Providence
CIO Marine Cooks
Maritime Commission
AFL
James L. Y
CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Harry Bridges
CIO Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
Associated Press
CIO
New York Harbor
East
Gulf Ports
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Objectors Continue Sitdown Protest on Justice Steps
In Washington two conscientious objectors persisted with a sitdown strike on the justice department steps, demanding release of imprisoned violators of the Graft law as rain fell overnight on their cots.
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Washington
Justice Department
Manchester restaurants reverse shutdown plan to keep prices
At a Friday meeting Manchester restaurant operators rescinded an earlier shutdown vote and will keep serving at existing prices, following OPA Administrator Paul Porter's Washington announcement that an OPA order rolling back meat prices to June 30 levels would be reviewed. George Richardson said all local eaters would stand firm on current prices until the OPA issue is clarified.
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Manchester
OPA
Paul Porter
Washington
George Richardson
Richardson
Waterloo cafes cancel Monday holiday plan after poll
Waterloo and nearby cafes will not stage their restaurant holiday Monday as previously announced after a late Friday poll. L L Edwards, secretary of the Waterloo Restaurant Owners association, says they will close if relief from the current unfair order is not forthcoming soon.
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Waterloo
Las Ae
L. L. Edwards
Waterloo Restaurant Owners Association
Helicopters Ready to Evacuate Belgian Crash Survivors
In Newfoundland near Gander the Belgian transatlantic airliner crash left 18 survivors, 2 of whom are in critical condition. Coast guard helicopters prepare to airlift the most seriously injured from the hillside to hospital as ground crews cut a trail to a plateau for stretcher transport.
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Gander
Newfoundland
Coast Guard
United States
Joseph Martin
Martin
Dead Wolf Creek
Here
Oelwein Teen Rider Dies After Training Accident
Gloria Shine an 18 year old from Oelwein died in a Rochester Minnesota hospital a week after a horse she was training fell on her.
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Oelwein
Gloria Shine
Rochester
Minn
Wallace presses policy clash in ongoing foreign affairs fight
Wallace, former secretary of commerce, vows to wage a continued battle over U S foreign policy in a nationwide radio address. He urges open debate and warns against bowing to Russian ideas while questions mount about the Democratic Party's future and 1948 politics. The Independent Citizens Committee urges Wallace to push his case to the people.
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Associated Press
Henry Wallace
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Wallace
New York
State Byrnes
CIO
PAC
Democratic Party
The
Independent Citizens Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vandenberg
Connall
Dairy price controls stay as board rejects recontrol
Washington AP report says the decontrol board declined to reimpose price controls on milk and dairy products. Chair Roy L. Thompson cited insufficient grounds and said the board will monitor dairy prices and act if they rise unreasonably. The panel noted it lacks authority to decontrol meat prices without industry petition and federal action.
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Washington
OPA
Paul Porter
Roy L. Thompson
Thompson
Secretary of Agriculture
Weather and Cedar Rapids Football Opener Report
The weatherboy briefly reported in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City noting showers to follow with cooler conditions. Temperatures ranged from the 70s to the 40s across the weekend, with details for Friday and Saturday skies and a Sunday shower outlook.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Iowa
Mercury
Writ Halts Hotel Picketing in West
A temporary injunction halted picketing of Los Angeles and Hollywood hotels and restaurants. The union was ordered to show cause on September 30 why the injunction should not become permanent.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Vinvent Benevento Shot Dead in Illinois Cabin
Vincent Benevento a 46 year old cheese manufacturer was severely wounded a year ago and was shot to death in a remote tourist cabin near Chicago early Saturday police said.
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Chicago
Vincent Benevento
Here
New York Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co Convicted
In Danville Illinois a federal court convicted the New York Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company and 28 officers and subsidiaries of conspiracy to restrain trade in food products and to monopolize interstate commerce. Judge Lindley imposed potential penalties of up to five thousand dollars and one year in prison per count. The company plans to appeal, calling the verdict a blow to consumers and to the U.S. economy. The trial began April 16, 1945 and spanned 22 weeks, with defendants including John A. Hartford and George L. Hartford among the leaders.
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Danville
Ill
New York Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Walter C. Lindley
New York
America
Congress
Food Distributing Organization
John A. Hartford
George L. Hartford
A. and P. Chiefs
Harttfords
Hicswa Sentenced in Japan Escapes From Hospital
Pvt. Joseph Hicswa of Wallington New Jersey was sentenced to 30 years for murdering two Japanese and escaped from an army hospital Tuesday night after apparently attempting suicide by swallowing nails. He remains at large as the U S authorities arrange transport to the United States.
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Tokyo
Joseph Hicswa
Wallington
N. J
United States
Why Your Paper Was Late Today
Due to motor trouble on The Gazette's press the city edition was late. Workmen are repairing the press before the Sunday edition. The Gazette regrets the inconvenience and is making every effort to return to normal operation.
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the Gazette
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