Tire Ruling Sparks Confusion Over Lifted Rationing
Akron rubber industry spokesmen and local dealers warn that lifting tire rationing on January 7 will not flood markets with passenger tires. They cite limited supply, war production shifts, and pending deliveries as drivers of continuing shortages and dealer reluctance. Officials note overall tire output will rise but motorists should expect waits and price impacts as the market adjusts.
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Council Staffa Tre
Akron
Council Bluffs
Tiger Tire
al Akron
GPA
Ioap
CAP
Joun D
Bowles
Sarge Builds Gadget to Figure Service Dates at Separation Centers
Sgt James T Patterson, formerly with a calendar manufacturing firm in St Paul Minnesota, constructed a device at Camp Blanding Florida using dividers compasses and ink to compute service induction dates. The gadget turns three dials for year month and day to reveal the service timeline and was tested to track records at separation centers.
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Sarge
Atlantic Pi
James T. Patterson
Tong Joe
St. Paul
Minn
T Patterson
8 Cal- Mdar
Camp Blanding
Fla
Death Follows New Development
Gen George S Patton Jr, leader of the American armored forces, died in Heidelberg Germany after a wreck near Mannheim. He had broken his neck in a traffic accident a dozen days earlier and suffered pulmonary complications. Mrs Patton died with him as officials reported a grave decline and updated medical concerns.
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Richard A O’reagan
Heidelberg
Germany
George S Patton, Jr
United Sates
Normandy
Czechoslovaka
Patton
John M Willen
United States 7Th Army
United States
15Th Army
Mannheim
Tos Mught
7Th Army
Afriica
Sicily
France
Belgium
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Enday
Europe
European
Frankfurt
Truce Proposal to Be Put in Writing in China
Communist spokesmen in Chungking said the truce proposal would be written officially as the government presses for a formal peace offer. Gen George C Marshall was to meet Chiang Kai shek in Nanking to discuss the crisis as fighting rages in north China. Red forces report fierce battles in Hopei Chahar and Jehol while claims of American airstrikes are denied by Lt Gen Albert C Wedemeyer in Shanghai.
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Ian
China
Bce
Red
Chungking
Tan Wring
George C Marshall Amerij
Jeaneng
Kai Shek
Nanking
Chahar
Jehol
Shangha
Albert C Wedemeyer
Crippled ships sighted off California coast by coast guard
San Francisco report says two crippled ships were spotted off the California coast Friday by coast guard headquarters with one towed by a coast guard cutter.
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West Coast
San Francisco
Coast Guard
California
Jeulter
South Breaks with Truman On Policies
Washington reports a widening split between President Truman and southern Democrats over postwar policy. FEPC, the U S employment service, and a push for full employment trigger fierce criticism and calls for greater state control, amid a tense, unsettled outlook as Congress heads home for holidays.
Dr Reed Dies at Clearfield Thors, Sper
CLEARFIELD Dr Reed Reed, 44, prominent Valley county physician, died Thursday after a heart attack. A Town University medical graduate, he did an internship at St Mary's Hospital in Kansas City and practiced here for 47 years. Funeral arrangements are pending with word from relatives. Surviving: widow, Wiley son, Patricia daughter, parents Mr and Mrs J F Reed of Dard City, and brother Shrthy Reed of Day City.
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Clearfield
Roed Reed
Teyler County
Town Medical School
St. Mary's ‘Hospital
Kansas City
Funers
Wiley
Patricia
J F Reed
Dard Cit
Shrthy Reet
Eles
Day Qty
Denver Widow May Prove to Be Another Victim of Cline
Dallas detective chief Will Frits said the disappearance of a Denver widow may link to Alfred Is Cline. The case parallels the death of Maud Reynolds Walters, who withdrew funds, vanished, then reportedly died in a Dallas car crash. Cline, a 56 year old ex convict, faces murder charges in a separate case and the body was cremated under an alias Mrs Alice W Carpenter.
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Dallas
Tex
Will Frits
Alfred Is Chine
San Francisco
Fritz
Warling
Maud Reynolds Waltera
Denver
Mra Walters
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Department of Public Safety
Secan
Walters
Cline
Mra
Alice W Carpenter
Weate
Pune
Veteran Hospital Aid Near Crisis
Veterans face a growing crisis as hospitals reach capacity with about 90,010 veterans in care nationwide. World War II and World War I veterans drive demand, with as many as 250,000 projected to need treatment. admissions run around 1,000 monthly. Officials urge more doctors as the VA reorganizes and plans to take over seven Army hospitals to add 6,000 beds, amid a long term expansion request for 48 new facilities.
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Robert EB. Geiger
Washington
Paul R Hawley
The
Veterans Administration
Omar N Bradley
Veterans Administrator
Army
Navy
Intent to Return Governs Iowa Settlement Rights in War Work
Iowa Attorney General ruled that families who left Iowa for four periods or more than a year to work in war industries do not automatically lose legal settlement rights or relief eligibility. The decision centers on the claimant's intent as the guiding factor in determining residency and entitlement.
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Des Mouwns
Towa
Iowa
Navy Prepared for Jap War Says Turner in 1942 Testimony
Admiral Turner testified before a congressional inquiry that the US fleet had months of preparation for a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and that war with Japan was deemed inevitable. He said Navy leaders agreed on the inevitability and that President Roosevelt’s orders did not demand overt proof before dispatching war messages.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Adm
Rn Turner
Pearl Harbor
Waa
Atawenng & Aerias
Charman Cooper
D‘tenn
Senate-House
Navy War Plana
Harold Stark
Naval Operetons
Royal Engersoll
Bed Beer
Ovonths
Japan
Theodore
Wilkinson
Novel Intelligence
Ben Turner
United States
Turner
Roosevelt
Marshall
William D Mitchell
George C Marshall
War Department Roendages
Navy
Pacific
Turner Alsu
Stark
Court to Seek Advice On Yamashita Plea
The Supreme Court will hear arguments January 7 on whether it should intervene in the Yamashita war crimes case. The Justice Department argues the military tribunal should proceed. the War Department will provide attorneys for both sides. The defendant Tomoyura Yamashita, called the Tiger of Mindanao, awaits execution but remains stayed while the court considers jurisdiction.
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Washington
Au- Preme
War and
Justice Department
Tomoyura
Yamashit
Yamashita
War Department
Yamaghita
Supreme Court
Congress Finishing Touches on 1945 Legislation
Congress nears adjournment with a skeleton House and sparse Senate quorum as leaders push through a flood of minor measures. A conference report on a 2.4 trillion deficit bill passed, funding United Nations relief, veteran housing, and navigation projects, while a second War Powers Act extension and naval V-12 funding cleared. All measures head to the White House for final approval.
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United Nations Organization
Smilar
United States
Senate
House
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Veterana Housing
Prority and Laboring Authorty
Naval Reserve
White House
OPA
Predicted U S Egg Market Glut Forecast
Officials expect a spring glut in U S egg markets and a government outlay near 200 million dollars to curb price declines The Agriculture Department must support prices at a national average around 29 cents per dozen with Midwest producers facing about 27 cents for all edible egg grades and sizes Haig Waste.
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Agriculture Department
Department
1945 Pig Crop Totals 86.714 Million Head
Washington report shows the 1945 pig crop at 86.714 million, slightly above the government goal. 1944 total was 86.668 million and the ten year average is about 97.06 million. Spring crop reached 2.57 million head while fall crop is estimated at 6.144 million, with a last year spring figure of 55.428 million and ten year spring average 48.266 million. The record crop was 125 million in 1843 for wartime pork demand.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Sumer
Housing program starts Jan 15 for veterans
Washington reports a government housing plan to spur construction, effective January 15, reserving dwellings costing 10,000 or less for veterans with rents up to 80 dollars monthly. At least 1.4 million homes projected for 1946, many under 80 dollars. A new materials priority system and 52 offices will handle applications via the Federal Housing Administration. Shown are Weather Bureau summaries for Council Bluffs and vicinity with cold, partly cloudy conditions and snow chances.
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Washington
John D Small
Smail
CPA
Heaamng
US Weather Bureau
Council Bluffe
Nebraska
SIL Ham
GM and UAW seek new wage talks amid profits dispute
President Truman signaled that profits and prices may be relevant in wage talks, prompting resumed hearings by government fact finding boards. GM and UAW prepare to reconvene as a nationwide strike drags on, with GM threatening to bolt if profits are used as evidence and unions pressing for a 30 percent raise.
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General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Truman
Washington
Heandgs
Trumai
Trhyan
Trumans
Charles E Wilton
Company 4
Unnion
Polis
William Needham Washington
Mr .Truman
Cio-United Auto Workers
General Motora
Lloyd K Garrieon
White House
Garrison
Walter P Rettther
VAW
Cbe Wilson
UAW
Thuwity
Steel Workers Vote On National Strike After Wage Demand
In Pittsburgh about 50,200 steel workers participate in a nationwide strike vote led by USW to press for a $2 per day wage increase. The National Labor Relations Board notes 125 to 130 companies nationwide are involved. A November 28 election among about 656,000 USW members favored a strike by a close margin. The USW wage policy committee, with 175 members, then voted for a nationwide strike in affected mills and plants, with action planned around January 14.
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Pittsburgh
CTO United Stel
National Labor Relations ‘Board
Washington
USW
Hee
Parts Shortage Triggers Lincoln Plant Shutdown
Detroit The Ford Motor Company Lincoln division faced a plant shutdown starting Friday due to a parts shortage. General Manager T. W. Slammer announced about 2,180 employees would be laid off while shortages had already forced an extension of the Christmas holiday to four days for nearly 75,000 employees to other Detroit plants.
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Detroit
Lincoln
Fordan Company
T. W. Slammer
Hie
Tts
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