CIO and General Motors Wage Fight Rocks Labor Front
Across industries workers staged stoppages overlapping the CIO led campaign. GM said the union demanded 52 hours pay for 40 hour weeks while denouncing the UAW charge as invalid. Walter Reuther signaled continued talks as Ford and Chrysler unions leaned toward sympathy strikes. Bethlehem Steel reported a no strike vote, and NLHB named December 6 for another CIO unit ballot.
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Gr Tee Amorinks Presa
Ciow
General Mowrs Corpora
United States Steel Coruae
Indus
General Motors
United Automobile Works
Washington United Tesa
National Labor Retreat Board
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Bethlehem Steel Co
NLHB
Ike to Testify in Congress Hearings From Frankfurt
General Eisenhower will depart Frankfurt for the United States to testify before Congressional committees. He is expected to back General Marshall in consolidating the armed services and will return to Europe by November 23 likely for a farewell in command before succeeding Marshall as Army Chief of Staff.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Eisenhower
United States
U. S
Army
George c. Marshall
Navy
Europe
Marshall
Truman
Washington
Gen. Marshall
European
Joseph T. Mcampey
Mediterranean
War Department
Eighteen Registrants Leave For Induction
Eighteen Selective Service registrants left today for Fort McPherson for induction into the armed services according to draft board officials. Mrs. Cathrine Collins reported that James Francis Driggers and Charles Bruner Barksdale were sent off from board one, while board two announced WS. Grandberry Beauford Clyde Hagler Damon Alto Hall Billy Frank Skipper Culie Edstt Dowling and Fred Allen Tindell. Mrs. Luther Collins of board number three listed John Hollis Meadows Sam Ennins Hunter Willie Fred Davis Lonnie Lee Avery Arthur Lee Cannon Walter Cooledge Folkers Monex Maxwell Smith Leonard Howard Danford Tullis Barnette Calloway and Wesley Livingston.
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Dothan
Houston
Sunty White Selective Service
Ft. McVellan
Armed Services
Cathrine Collins
James Francis Driggers
Charles Bruner Barksdale
L. Jackson
WS. Grandberry
Beauford Clyde Hagler
Damon Alto Hall
Billy Frank’ Skipper
Culie Edstt Dowling
Fred Allen Tindell
Luther Collins
Regietranta
John Hollis Meadows
Sam Ennins Hunter
Willie Fred Davis
Lonnie Lee Avery
Arthur ‘Ee Cannon
Walter Cooledge Folkers
Monex Maxwell Smith
Eonard Howard Danford
Tullis Barnette Calloway
Wesley Livingston
Japanese Lawyer Declines To Defend Tojo For War Guilt
Fusashi Uzawa a renowned Japanese lawyer and Meiji University president declined to defend Hideki Tojo stating Tojo personally bore responsibility for the war. Uzawa said Tojo should have a fair trial due to international importance, but he would not defend any accused war criminal unless convinced of innocence. He doubted Japanese counsel could be found. In the same report, a Liberator bomber named Harry Truman crash landed near Long Beach after engine troubles, four aboard unharmed.
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Tokyo
Fusashi Uzawa
Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Tojo
Uzawa
Meiji University
Associated Press
Toy
Hirohito
Long Beach
Calif
Harry Truman
South Pacific
Hebert B Campbell
Valdosta
Joseph R. Chaney
Montgomery
Ala
Wedemeyer Faces Clash Over U S China Role
Lt Gen Albert C Wedemeyer returns to China from Washington and encounters a renewed clash with Communist leaders over US involvement in the Chinese civil war while peace talks resume. He says American troops have not provoked but have been drawn into minor skirmishes as negotiators pursue a four point peace plan.
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Associated Press
Chungking
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
Washington
U.S
Red
Wedemeyer
Shanghai
Richard Cushing
Communist
New China Daily News
Daily Worker
New York
United States
Tomorsay
Chiang Kai-shek
Public Urged To Attend VFW Services on Sunday
City Commission President Clyde L. Coe proclaims Sunday Armistice Day and urges Dothan residents to attend sunrise VFW services at City Cemetery. Captain Fred P. Jones will speak at the grave of Chester R. Wekery, the first Dothan World War I casualty, with Ben May and a guest choir from First Baptist Church contributing. The 40 minute program ends with a prayer as bugles sound.
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City Commission
Clyde L. Coe
Dothan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Fred P. Jones
Napier Field
Lexington
Chester R. Wekery
Veterans Organization
Ben May
Jones
First Baptist Church
Chaplain Jones
Bualer
Roy Driggers
U S Ships Transport Chinese Nationalists To Chinwangtao
News despatch reports U S naval transport ferried Chinese Nationalist troops to Chinwangtao to bolster positions along the great wall area. Thirteenth and Sand armies landed under Vice Admiral Daniel Barbey, with thousands of Nationalist forces south of Shanhaiwan Lingur as Communists mass nearby in Manchuria. Tense standoff intensifies as both sides probe for advantage while full war remains avoided.
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Chinwangtaq
Tupeh Province
Great Wall
United States
Daniel Barbey
Shanhaiwan ‘Lingur
Jenty
Chihi
Chinwangiaa
Shanhaiwan
Manchuna
Tat
Grant Wall
No Rural Mail Delivery Monday Due to Armistice Observance
Postmaster John Gen Csivanothan announced rural mail service would be halted on Monday with only skeleton staffing in the morning. City delivery will occur that day while other federal offices including selective service boards Army recruiting Navy recruiting, income tax, court clerk, employment, and Veterans Administration offices close for Armistice observance.
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John Gen
Csvanothan
Dethan
Tal Rers
Bell
Selective Service Boards
Army and Navy
Income Tax Office
Court Clerk
Veterans Administration Office
Soviet Atom Secret Interest Shapes Washington Talks
Pravda notes intense Soviet interest in atomic energy as Molotov speeches spark speculation before a forthcoming Washington conference. Western leaders Bevin and Churchill speeches broadcast by Tass are cited, with Truman’s security policies debated and raised questions about control of nuclear power.
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BR Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Pravda
Washington
Politcal
Vyarneslav M. Molotov
Lithia
Mulutuy
Buige
Sain
Garrow Curéle
Commons
London
Winston Whirchil
Ernest Bevin
Tass
Bevin
Churchill
Minater
Bevina
Euerty
Damage suit filed here seeks 165000 in damages
Gehit Mullins sues St Allanta and Saint Andrews Bay Railroad Company the Bay Line in federal court claiming a railroad car ran over both feet while he was wiring an air hose near Millville Junction Florida. He seeks 165000 the largest personal injury claim in local federal court history. Vaughtry notes Mullins home is Birmingham and the suit names a law firm from that city.
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Gehit Mullins
St Allanta and
Saint Andrews Bay Railroad Company
Mullins
Malling
Air Howe
Millille Junction
Flas
W. Daughtry
Birmingham
Vaughtry
Phenix City Jail Probe Ordered
MONTGOMERY AP E P Russell director of corrections said Gov Sparks ordered an investigation into reports of days and night shackling of prisoners in Phenix City jail. The reports were denied by Mayor H D Cobb. Russell said he was advising the mayor and ordering removal of any shackles if present.
Truman Signs 1946 Tax Slash Reducing Individual and Business Burdens
Washington AP reports President Truman signed a bill cutting 1946 taxes by 5.92 billion dollars, the first general tax reduction in 16 years since Hoover. The measure promises job creation and economic stimulus, with 12 million lower earners seeing reductions and big cuts for those earning over 50 thousand dollars. It also forgives wartime taxes for World War II veterans and reduces business burdens by about 3.14 billion, repealing the excess profits tax and other levies. Officials estimate next year’s revenue around 26.5 billion and debt rose about 72 billion after the cut.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Mr. Truman
Herbert Hoover
Thy
Reeves Socia
Treasury
Neasa
Victory Loan Drive Sets One-Day Purchase Record
Houston County officials led by Robert Ramsey report a one day bond intake of 90987 for Series UF, the largest single day amount since the drive began. Ramsey urged residents to shop early in Christman season to boost the county quota of 230,055,000 and keep pace with state totals as other counties push concerted drives.
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Houston County
Robert Ramsey
Rumsey
Alabama
Venton
Horaton County
Aldler departs Northolt for the United States
Prime Minister Aldler left Northolt near London for the United States at 6 30 pm EST. The departure was reported from London amid wartime dispatches.
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London
Aldler
Northolt Auchorme
United States
Lanight
British Demand Unconditional Surrender From Indonesians
Allied broadcast from Batavia demands unconditional surrender by Indonesian forces at Surabaya with a 6 am deadline. Reports say Japanese-trained Nausenats move across Java while British and Dutch forces deploy to quell rising resistance and seek U.N. arbitration amid a tense colonial theater.
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Jentiets
Jaye
Uller
United Nations
United States
Wow
Suerapaji
Indian Summer Ends Ahead Of Weekend Freeze Across South
ATLANTA AP reports Indian Summer ends as a cold snap approaches, bringing cooler weather and chances of frost for Sunday morning across North and Central Georgia and Alabama. Showers and cooler conditions expected tomorrow with warmer weather forecast for Monday and Tuesday, as football games risk disruption from the late-season cold.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
Emperor Divinity Concept Facing Extinction In Japan
Essay notes shifting Japan under Allied occupation raises questions about the Emperor's future role. Despite Hirohito’s continued ceremonial duties, growing calls for democratic reform challenge the sacred status rooted in Shinto. Public pressure remains minor but potential policy shifts loom as Allied oversight evolves.
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Japan
MacArthur
Lewis Urges Labor To Seek What It Can Get
Labor leaders clash over wage policy as John J. Lewis presses a plan to let unions pursue what is reasonably obtainable. He argues for free competition with price controls to curb profits while boosting efficiency, amid sharp criticism from CIO head Philip Murray and AFL figures at the Washington conference.
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Sterling. Green
Washington
Aps
John J. Lewis
Truman
Arement
Lewis
CIO
Philip Murray
Willam Green
Indusstry
Murray
Lewin
CLO
UMW
Fred C. Smith
AFL
Green
Smith
Byer Wade
Price
Twenty one Killed In Navy Plane Collision In Texas
Corpus Christi AP reports twenty-one Navy personnel died when two long range patrol seaplanes collided near Spall Island as they skimmed above the bay eight miles from Corpus Christi. One plane attempted to lift off, the other struck. both sank. Survivors were rescued and treated. four in good condition, others seriously injured. Names withheld pending next of kin notices.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Spall Island
Fondy
Quenip
Sox
Naval Dese Mts
Seriour Bay
Houston County Drivers and Auto Tag Sales Rise in 1945
Records from the Houston County probate office show this year’s driver license sales reaching 9,067 by November 1, while auto tag totals hit 3,981, both up from 1944 figures though exact totals for licenses that year are incomplete. Tag classifications list 2,3 C tags, 922-D, W-353-B, A38-H1, 425-H2, plus various tags for medical vehicles and trucks, with one owner purchasing an eighth A tag for the same car.
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Houston
Houston County
C. W Johnson
Mediarice
Pric
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