Bonus Provisions Cut Out Of New G I Rights Bill
Washington reports that a GI Bill of Rights with the bonus provision discarded awaits final House Veterans Committee approval. Changes aim to simplify loan procedures and broaden vocational education while the rejected bonus plan would have given veterans with nine or more days of service a $20 weekly payment. Rankin noted the committee action should not be read as opposing adjusted compensation. Proposals to waive closed shop limits for veterans seeking work were also debated amid absences at the committee meeting.
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Washington
House
Veterans Comit
Cashman
Skun
Mississippi Democrat
Rankin
WPB Considers Ending Materials Control by Oct 1
WPB may abandon the complex CMP system by October 1 moving toward a simple priority framework aimed at preserving war production. J A Krug seeks assurances that essential metal needs will be met, citing sheet steel shortages in auto and household goods, plus guarantees for petroleum, transportation, and farm machinery needs. Union labor opposition is anticipated as the Agriculture Department and others push for earlier relaxation of controls.
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J. A Krug
Steel Division
Steel
Agriculture Department
ODT
WPB
Krug
Philip Murray
CIO
Senate panel probes military doctor shortages
Washington AP report shows a Senate military subcommittee investigating whether Army and Navy tolerate excess doctors or mismanage physician staffing. The drive aims to see if services could be made efficient and surplus personnel released for civilian health roles.
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Washington
Senate
Army
Navy
Irman Downey-Callff
Truman Hopes Big 3 Parley Speeds Victory
President Truman sails aboard Augusta en route to the Potsdam summit with Churchill and Stalin. A two cruiser task force carries the party across the Atlantic as reporters travel with the group. The entourage includes Byrnes Leahy Vaughan Ross and other senior officials and experts as they near the key postwar planning talks.
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Ernest B
Yaccared
Augusta
Truman
Berlin
Trumen
Churchill
Stalin
Jspen
Auisitic
Missouri River
Washington
Newport News
James F. Byrnes
William D. Leahy
Harry H. Vaughan
James K. Vardeman
Presse
Charles G
Ernest J. King
Naval Operations
Henry H. Arnild
Army Air Forces
Joseph E. Davies
Scores Of Strikes Idle 50,000 In United States
Across the country a labor dispute left about 50,000 idle as strikes blocked milk deliveries in Detroit and halted work at war plants and lumber yards. In Detroit 30 percent of milk deliveries were tied up for a third day while 116,500 CIO rubber workers nationwide walked out at Firestone in Akron. Other stoppages affected UAW at Graham Paige and Chrysler, AFL at lumber yards, and coal mines in Pennsylvania.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Motor City
CIO United Dairy Workers
TIO United Automobile
AFL
Cho
United Fuel Gas Company
United Mine
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New Jersey
Chicago
CIO
United Rubber
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
UAW
Graham Paige Motors Corporation
Chrysler Corporation
Dodge
Metal Products Company
Gorham Tool Company
WLB
E. H. Gallup, Jr
Army Ordnance
Jones and Laughlin
Slayer Of Nazi POWs Is Put Under Observation
Pvt. Clarence V. Bertucci 23 of New Orleans, guard at Saline Utah POW camp, fired 250 bullets into tents killing eight German prisoners and wounding 20. He is at Bushnell General Hospital for observation for 10 days to two weeks. Funeral services for the slain Germans will be held at Fort Douglas near Salt Lake City with 10 to 15 fellow prisoners allowed to attend.
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Brigham, Utah
Clarence V. Bertucci
New Orleans
Bushnell General Hospital
Robert M. Hardeway
Bertucci
Saline
Utah
Fort Douglas
Salt Lake City
U. S. Army
Anderson Urges Public Patience In Food Crisis
New York AP Secretary of Agriculture Anderson appealed for public understanding of the food problem and warned shortages stem from demand outstripping supply and not fault alone. He urged truthful briefing, promised action to maximize production while shielding farmers from potential surpluses, and noted Americans face tighter access to meat poultry eggs sugar lard and canned goods.
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New York
Anderson
Advertising Federation of America
America
Hin
Bargain Breakfast Pitcher and Toast for Thirty Cents
Advertising in a Jackson restaurant offers a Monday morning breakfast deal priced at thirty cents. The promo includes a pitcher of ice water, tomato juice, two raw eggs, two aspirin, a cup of black coffee, and the advertiser's sympathy.
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Jackson, Miss
Jackson
Revenue Men Cite 1659 Non Buyers for $5 Car Stamp
Revenue agents from the Internal Revenue Service target motorists who failed to buy or display the $5 automobile tax stamp. So far 3,069 citations have been issued across Ozark Eufaula Abbeville Elba Enterprise New Brockton Samton Geneva Hartford Slocomb and parts of Dothan and surrounding counties Barbour Henry Dale Coffee Geneva and Houston.
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Sam
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Dothan
Ozark
Eufaula
Abbeville
Elba
Enterprise
New Brockton
Samton
Geneva
Hartford
Slocomb
Barpour
Henry
Dale
Coffea
Geneve
Houston
Tara
Submerged V-2 BombLab Plot Revealed at Toplitz
Major Hayden Esty of the 1th Armored Division and Sgt Harvey Hayes inspect heavy German gear at Toplitz Sea in the Austrian Alps where U S forces uncovered experiments showing V-2 bombs fired from 300 feet under water. The plan aimed to bomb New York and other coastal cities from submerged submarines. records and material were reportedly destroyed with the war ending soon.
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Hayden Esty
Lth Armored Division
Harvey Hayes
Iight
Toplitz
Austrian Alps
U.S
New York
United States
Blockade Prelude to Future Assault Declared Across Homeland
Guam AP dispatch reports Fleet Admiral Nimitz and Tokyo radio signaling future invasion moves after a 1000-plane carrier strike on Tokyo. Only 184 enemy planes were accounted for. air opposition appeared absent as U S forces pressed a strangling blockade preparatory to further amphibious assaults. Japanese defenses minimal, ships undamaged, but ships and ports suffered bombardment and shipping losses.
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Leif Erickson
Guam
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Nimits
Ryukyus
Douglas MacArthur
Marine
Navy
Japan
Loo
Nimitz
Hells
Kobe
Honehy
Souhwest
Feed Shortages May Block Postwar Meat Increases
Washington AP reports a possible livestock feed shortage threatens plans to expand meat output. The Agriculture Department cautions 1947 feed grain production may be the smallest since 1939, risking hog, beef, poultry, and egg gains and delaying new farm subsidy proposals. Army units arriving in U S from Europe listed for New York and Hampton Roads, including general hospitals, divisions, and various support units.
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Washington
Maat
Agriculture Department
IDM
Anderson
House Food Investgrating Committee
Chicago
Ascocives
United States
Europe
New York
Évance
Eighth Adr
24Th Ordnance Base
1190Th Engineer Base Depot
370Th Air Service Groupe
87Th Division Artillery
87Th Division
3Th Engineer
205Th
CIC
4Th
Ordnance Light
104Th
Wiel Cavalry
12Th Armored Group
22Nd Infantry Regiment
Hampton Roads
22Nd
Newport News
8Th Infantry Divisions
Beaton
Eighth Infantry Division
Xviii Corps ‘Airbornes
Xviii Airborne Corps
85Th General Service Regiment
337Th Field Artillery
Wife Of Army Champ Salvatore Proposes Plan
In Oxford Massachusetts AP report, Rita Salvatori wife of the Army eating champion outlines a three-step solution to curb his appetite. She would review their ration points, prepare a meatless hearty homestyle meal with no seconds, and present a price table on rising living costs. If this fails she believes nothing will work.
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Oxford
Mass
Pfe
J. Salvatori
Rita D. Salvatori
Blood Test Results Show County Racial Positivity Rates
Houston County reports the third highest white positive rate among Iiny Alazema counties and the second highest for Negroes at 2.98 and 25.55 percent respectively. Jefferson County leads Negro positivity at 30 percent. Sumter and Russell Counties exceed Houston in white positivity at 3.6 percent. About 22,000 residents were tested.
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Houston County
Iiny
Jury Convicts Man On Weapon Charge in Houston Circuit Court
A. F. Pumphixey was found guilty of carrying four concealed pistols without a license and fined 3.74 in the Houston circuit court. Howley Vann, charged with assault and battery, was fined 50. Two other juries acquitted the defendants Albert Allums and Chartle C. Thornton on similar charges.
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Houston
A. F. Pumphixey
Howley Vann
Albert Allums
Court of Common Pleas
Chartle C. Thornton
Sixteen Inductees Report For Exams At Ft. McClellan
Sixteen registrants from Houston County Selective Service Board including one transfer reported for pre induction physical examinations at Ft. McClellan. Names listed include Calvin Lester Thomas Norman Alexander Caltins Ernest Edward Davis Fred Sconyers Tessie Hardy White head Charlie Pankel Skate Walter Butler Limmie Lee Helms Ferm Avbry Exum Brady Wilson Lawrence Samuel Jenkins Grover Howell Blakey Marcua Andrew Davy Ernest Paul Enfinger Cal Jie Edsel Dowling and Joseph Cecil Strickland transferred from Orlando Florida.
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Houston County Selective Service Board
Ft. McClellan
Calvin Lester Thomas
Norman Alexander Caltins
Ernest Edward Davis
Fred Sconyers
Tessie Hardy Whitehead
Charlie Pankel
Walter Butler
Limmie Lee Helms
Ferm Avbry Exum
Brady Wilson
Lawrence Samuel Jenkins
Grover Howell Blakey
Marcua Andrew Davy
Ernest Paul Enfinger
Cal Jie Edsel Dowling
Joseph Cecil Strickland
Orlando
Fla
Filmland Romance Fades Seeks Divorce
Angeles AP reports wealthy heiress Barbara Grant files divorce from Cary Grant citing mental cruelty and great mental anguish. They married July 8, 1932 at Lake Arrowhead and separated February 15. no children or property settlement noted. Grant’s custody dispute with ex wife Countess Hauawitz-Reventlow earlier featured in their ongoing marriage history.
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106 Angeles
Hutton Grant
Cary Grant
Mra Grant
Grant
Hollywood
Lake Arrowhead
Cal
Hauawitz-Reventlow
Lance
Superforis Bomb Out 40 Per Cent Of Jap Industries
AP dispatch from Guam cites US bomber command reports on July 7 incendiary raids. Recon photos show Shimizu 60 percent destroyed, Chiba 43 percent burned, Kofu inland city nearly wiped out, and Nagoya Arsenal district and Tachikawa Army arsenal heavily damaged.
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Superforis
Jap Industries
Guam
Bomber Command
Kotu
Shimizu
Chiba
Coigusa
Nagoya Arsenal
Takeikawe Army Arsenal
Utsube River
Chiguan
Tachikawa Army Arsenal
Kofu
Japan
Tokyo
Caiba
Leget
Wan
Elf
OPA Warns Break In Clothing Price Line
Washington D A F James F Brownlee OPA deputy price administrator warned that clothing price controls may fail to hold and could reverse. He cited a 12 per cent rise in 22 months and noted shortages of low and medium priced items. He warned war demands may tighten yarn supply and push prices higher while some services claim military needs are down.
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Washington
James F. Brownless
OPA
Brownlee
Frost In Impromptu Weather Scene Debut
The Associated Press reports frost touched the nation as cold snaps pulled temperatures about 15 degrees below normal. From Southern Oklahoma to Tennessee Valley readings rose to below freezing while forecasters promised moderation by tomorrow. The U S Weather Bureau of Chicago confirmed frost in the Wisconsin swamp region and a national low of 33 degrees at Land O Lakes Wisconsin with readings of 26 at Gladwin Michigan.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Afj Kan
Tennessee
U. S Weather Bureau
Chicago
Wisconsin
Land O'Lakes
Wie
Gladwin
Mich
Charter Opponents Are Given Hearing by Senate Committee
Washington AF reports opponents of the United Nations Charter testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Chair Cormally expressed confidence restrictive amendments would be beaten down. Agnes Waters and other critics denounced the Charter as dangerous, while supporters urged swift action.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Agnes Waters
Waters
Sud
Hive Star
Ae Oan
International
Cecil Bray
Arlington
Americans United, Inc
J. Paul Cotton
Cleveland
World Peace Forum
Senate
Ely Culbertson
World Today brief military updates from Asia
The AP reports Japanese fighter planes surged over southern Japan while radio Tokyo said Allied forces with 1200 carrier planes withdrew south. Preliminary tallies show 160 Japanese planes destroyed or damaged yesterday. In Borneo, Balikpapan fell as Pandansari refinery and adjacent facilities came under attack. Burma saw British forces retreating along the Sittang River bend near Rangoon. In China, Kanahien near 200 miles north of Hong Kong joined new attacks against landing beaches off Amoy.
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Associated Press
Japan
Radio Tokyo
Burma
Lower
Sittang River
Rangoon
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