Strikers Face Stern Action by the WLB
The war era labor board threatened to withdraw union contract rights from 16 700 Goodyear Rubber workers in Akron unless they end a two week strike. Chairman George W. Taylor warned the board may modify directives on maintenance of membership dues check-off shift premium and vacations if work does not resume. the move follows government action aimed at returning workers to their jobs.
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Washington
War’ Lanior Board
Akron
Ohio
George W. Taylor
Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Taylor
Nnlia
CIO- United Rubber
William H. Davis
Cio-United Rubber Workers
Truman
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Wheeler
Goodyear Akron
America
Army
Navy
Davis
Tayior
Leat
Sane
Dirksen Seeks UNRRA Inquiry and Audit
U S representative Dirksen called for a special House committee to investigate UNRRA after substantial funds were appropriated. He criticized administration and noted top officials leaving in disgust while urging a full audit of UNRRA’s activities and objectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tiksen Ur-Im
Fiedman House Committee
United Nations
Congress
Dirksen
Statemet
UNRRA
ENRRA
Oto
All Goals Reached in Seventh Drive on E Bonds
Washington reports the seventh war savings drive ends Saturday with all E-bond goals reached except the E-bond quota. National totals show $3.1269 billion in E-bonds, 78 percent of the $4 billion target, and overall sales at $21.2 billion with $7.06 billion to individuals and $15.15 billion to corporations. The H-bonds surpassed their $7 billion quota Friday and a new $200 bond will feature Roosevelt’s quote.
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E” Bonds
Washington
Montana
Mississippi
Nebraska
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Break In Four Business Places Reported
Four business establishments were broken into and an attempt was made to enter a fifth. At the America Feed Milling company burglars used a chisel to break a safe lock and ransacked the office. The Council Bluffs Seed company had the safe combination knocked off but could not access it and drawers were rifled. Farm Bureau Service office saw the combination pried but the safe remained closed. Thomas Durick grocery had a broken window pane entry and a partial cash drawer theft. Mortensen grocery failed to gain entry after breaking a rear window.
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Aifth
America Feed & Milling Company
South Eighth Street
Paske
Council Bluffs Seed Company
Ninth Avenue
Farm Bureau Service
Eighth Street
Tenth Avenue
Thomas Durick
Eighth Avenue
Minds Thomas
Mortensen
South Highth Street
Britain to Pay Polish Soldiers in Wartime Aid
A British foreign office commentator said Britain will temporarily cover Poland's foreign army expenses. He stressed no desire to penalize troops who fought gallantly alongside the Allies and noted future troop status would be discussed with the Polish exile government and the war cabinet.
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London
Britain
Poland
Saturty
Warsaw
100 Year Old Woman Dies at Ft Dodge
Mrs. Catherine O'Brien, 100, died Saturday in Fort Dodge. Widow of Witham O'Brien, a builder of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad, she had lived in Ft Dodge since 1866. Survived by two sons and a daughter. Funeral Monday morning.
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Fort Dodge
Catherine O'Brien
Mersnie
Simet Spiness
Witham O'Brien
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Sieving
Fyne
House Act Saves OPA Prolongs Wartime Price Controls
Washington reports the House approved a one year extension to keep the Office of Price Administration active before midnight. A plane awaited in Kansas City to deliver the bill to President Truman for prompt signature.
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Washington
House
OPA
Truman
Kansas City
Wasie
Plan to End Food Crisis Proposal From House Food Committee
The House Food Committee proposes a wartime level of farm production, government agency guarantees to buy requested food, and early announcements of price ceilings to reduce shortages. It urges travel-priority for farm labor, a UN Argentina fats oils exchange, and preannounced ceilings to curb uncertainty among growers and processors.
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United Nations
Argentina
United States
Half Inch Rain Blankets City
Approximately half an inch of rain fell here Saturday morning from dark skies with more showers or thunderstorms forecast for the balance of the day and cooler temperatures expected Sunday. The river readings show the Missouri river dropping to about 9.3 feet with small floodwater receding at Bismarck and rising slightly at Pierre while Yankton and Sioux City report declines with ongoing wet weather inland.
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Missouri River
Bismark
N. D
Pierre
Yankton
Sioux
Lawyer Describes Fritsch Sacking in Hitler Frameup
Wiesbaden based lawyer Ruediger von der Goltz testified to allied officers that Hitler used unfounded morals charges to remove Col. Gen. Werner von Fritsch, fracturing the German army’s leadership. Goltz outlined a plot involving Goering and Hitler to replace Fritsch, with a separate Gestapo driven probe and a failed rehabilitation, culminating in Fritsch’s death weeks later.
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George Tucker
Wiesbaden
Germany
Ruediger von der Goltz
Reichstag
Adolf Hitler
Werner von Fritsch
Goltz
Karl von Rundstedt
Hitler
von Fritsch
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goeting
Gelicz
Marshal Werner von Blomberg
Army
Associated Press
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
von Blombarg
Swornan
von Fritsen
Reich “Ministers of’ Justice
Geltz
Reich Minister of Justice
Gestapo
Goering
von' Fritsch
Schmidt
Plot Against U S Provokes House Inquiry
Washington reports that the house committees on un American activities ordered an investigation into a dangerous plot to overthrow the government. Acting Chairman Rankin said reports place the headquarters of the group in Hollywood California with Rankin presenting the statement to the committee.
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Washington
House
Rankin
Hollywood
Caliz
Survivors Lifted From Shangri-la Valley Rescue
Three survivors rescued today by Ralph Morton amid the Shangri-la valley operation in New Guinea. WAC Corporal Margaret Hastings and two others were brought to safety as four Filipino parachute troops and cameraman Alexander Cann aided the mission. Four more rescuers remain, including an army captain who led the party.
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Ralph Morton
Rollandia
Umm
Shangri-la
WAC
New Guinea
Filipe
Alexander Cann
Netherlands
Ares
Margaret Hastings
Oswego
Cpl. Hastings
John B. Mel Collom
Trenton
Kenneth Decker
Kelso
Wash
Oranje
Shrangri-la
James Hiron
Devers Assigned to Command Army Ground Forces
General Jacob L. Devers will succeed General Joseph W Stilwell as commander of the Army Ground Forces. Stilwell had replaced Lt General Simon Bolivar Buckner who led the 10th Army on Okinawa. Devers previously led the 6th Army Group in the European Theater during World War II.
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Washington
Jacob L. Devers
Joseph W. Stilwell
Stilwell
Simon Bolivar Buckmer
Wood
Senate Rather Cool on Succession Bill
Washington reports the House backed a measure to designate Speaker Sam Rayburn as next in line for the presidency, replacing the secretary of state. The Senate shows slowdown due to international relations focus and thorough study of the succession issue. Some senators fear a Republican victory in 1946 could place a Republican as presiding officer with first claim to the presidency.
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Washington
House
Senate
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
Truman
Congress
Japanese Oil Facilities Crumble Under Air Blows
GUAM, UPI The B 29 campaign against oil plants in Japan was extended to mid night to the eighth inch target. Nearly 50 Superforts bombed Kudamatsu oil refinery on the Inland Sea coast of southwest Honshu. Tokyo radio reported raids in Hokkaido and northern Honshu as well as mine sowing in Niigata and Sakata harbors.
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Guam
UPI
Japan
Kudumatsu
Nippon
Honshu
Tokyo Radio
Hokkaido Island
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
Niigata
Sakata
21St Bomber Command
Subunlay
Koriyawa Chemical
Hodagaya Chemical
Horiyama
Otake
Tokuyama
Oshima
Atsube River
Yakkaichi
Sasebo
Kyushu
Okayama
Katsuura Harbor
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Shanghai
China
Canton
Iudo China
Truman Policy Praised by Alf Landon in Kansas City
In Kansas City Alf Landon, former Kansas governor, praised President Truman's bid to unite bipartisan support for a foreign policy of international cooperation. Landon said the developing program offers a basis for mutual agreement and noted Truman's focus on flood control and farm relief amid a food crisis.
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Ernest B. Vacarto
Kansas City
Truman
United States
Republic of Nations
Alf M. Landon
Truman International
Washington
Congress
San Francisco
Senate
White House
Kansas
Arong
Landon
Fiat
Change Regulations On Train Reservations
Washington civilian train reservations cut to five days in advance from 30 days. Office of Defense Transportation aims to maximize limited civilian space and aid furloughed soldiers. The measure also discourages unessential rail travel and upcoming vacations.
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Washington
UPI
Office of Defense Transportation
Mde
Mary Doom
Meat Shortage Across Omaha and Council Bluffs
Report of meat shortages in Omaha and Council Bluffs with stores noting limited supply and similar levels to a week earlier. Louis Cohen, president of the Council Bluffs Retail Growers and Butchers, cites reliance on non federally inspected Omaha packers and federal restrictions. OPA promises aid. meetings with packers planned next week amid rising butter prices and waste paper issues.
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Omaha
Council Bluffs
Council Bluff
Louis Cohen
OPA
Cohen
Deadline Extended for Farm Slaughterers to Register
Washington OPA says the deadline for farm slaughterers to register under the meat control program has been moved to October 14. The extension allows farmers who begin slaughtering in the fall to complete registration.
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Washington
OPA
Chinese Move on Kume Island in Okinawa Area
U S troops overran Kume island and began converting it to an assault base aimed at reaching Japan or China. Minesweepers and destroyers patrolled nearby waters as Chinese forces recaptured Linchow and advanced toward Kweilin amid broader Japanese redeployment in southeast China.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Kume Island
Okinawa
Japan
China
Tokyo
U. S
Okinoerabu Island
Linhai
Chiang Kai-shek
Shanghai
East China
Liuchow
Gon
Hely
Kweilin
Yung- Ning
Nanning
Southeast Asia
Linchow
Pingalang
Indo- China Frontier
Lindow
Pace Baye Wate
Weather and Military Leader Maynard Die in England
The U S Weather Bureau notes cloudy conditions with showers and thundershowers in Bluffs vicinity, highs near 75, lows around 60, and variable cloudiness through Sunday. In Nebraska, cooler east and central portions with highs near 70 to 75, partly cloudy nights, and continued cool conditions. Separately, Major General Sir Charles Maynard, 74, former allied commander at Murmansk and Ras, died Saturday in BeXhill England.
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U. S. Weather Bureau Council
Bluffs
Nebraska
Noutheast
Gilles
Satuniay
Bexhill
England
Sir Charles Maynard
Murmanak
Ruatia
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Akron Rubber Workers
Imogene Stevens
Bridgeport
Conn
Albert Kovacs
Ft. Dodge
House Committee
Howard Flieger
House Food Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N. M
Fritsch
Galtz
Lochner
Sodier
Warnex
Scripps-Howard
Ie Shima
Ernie Pyle
Kaiser Shipyard
Vancouver
Wish
Kume
Chiang
Gen
Maynard
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