Russians propose four power panel on Japan policy
Washington AP the London conference heard Russia push a four power commission to run Japan similar to Berlin. Senators warned any shift from MacArthur’s command would provoke House opposition and demanded Russians provide occupation troops if they want a seat at policy making. Some lawmakers viewed the proposal as a bargaining tactic while noting reports of Japanese troops in Manchuria used in Soviet labor battalions.
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Jack Bell Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Congress
Russia
Berlin
State Department
Truman
Lucag D Dh
MacArthur
Shipstead
D-Minn
Johnson
D-Cole
Colorado
Aiken
R-Vi
Manchuria
Japan Premier reshuffles amid secret police purge
KYO AP aged Baron Ki Shidehara takes the helm as premier and orders a purge of Japan’s secret police with new cabinet appointees. Foreign Minister Yoshida is reappointed as the veteran reformer faces criticism of past anti us actions. Home Minister Iwao Yama announces police dissolutions and freed political prisoners as Gen MacArthur tightens control.
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Kyo
Ki- Shidehara
Wen
Emperor Uto
Gen MacArthur
Hei Agency
Min- Shigeru
Yoshida
Pity MacArthur
Iwao Yama
Higashi-Kuni
Wei
Merchants Adopt One Day Hours After Poll
Retail Merchants Association chairman Ed Crawford says a telephone poll found about 75 percent of merchants agreed to open at 7:30 a.m. and close at 5:30 p.m. on weekdays while Dothan followed War Time hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday hours settled with most stores opening at 8:34 a.m. and closing at 5 p.m.
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Ed Craw
Retail Merits Association
Y. Crawford
Ile Dothan
Rawford
Five Vets Enlist In Dothan Regular Army Drive
Lt. J. Tause, recruiting officer, reported that five veterans enlisted in the Regular Army this past week. Enlistees with prior service were James G. For Jack, Willis E. Bond, Louis C. Skipper, James Tring, and Lewis Fillingin. Two enlistees had no prior military service: Jesse R. Parrish and Theo Wood.
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Ted
Dothan
J. Tause
James G
Jack
Willis E. Bond
Mid. City
Louie C. Skipper
Bradshaw St. Dothan
James Tring
Cottonwood
Lewis Fillingin
Jesse R. Parrish
Kington St
Theowood
Abbayilie
U S to Abolish Shintoism as Jap State Religion
The United States announced it will abolish Shintoism as a state religion in Japan. It removes government support, tax privileges, school status, and official enforcement while preserving Shinto as a personal religion. State Dept official John Carter Vincent outlined the policy alongside military and Navy representatives.
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Washington
United States
Japan
John Carter Vincent
State Department
Vincent
John H. Hilldring
War Department
R. L. Benson
Navy Department
Tokyo Censorship of News Listed
The Allied Supreme Commander ended the ship of correspondents news dispatches from Japan and Korea on Saturday. Censorship remained for certain military information, with permission granted to use discretion under War Department authorization.
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Tokyo
Japan
Korea
MacArthur
War Department
World War II era nuclear control bill sparks Senate gridlock
In Washington the atomic bomb looms over Congress as two days of Senate quibbling stall Truman nuclear energy reforms. Senator La Follette decries obsolete rules while Barkley and Morse blame a parliamentary vacuum delaying action and urging rules changes to move the bill from procedural limbo to the Military Affairs Committee.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Truman
la Follette
Morse
Barkley
Military
Lucas
D-M
House
Military Committee For Action
County To Have Three Quota Goals In Victory Loan
Houston County will face three quotas in the Knight Victory Loan drive from Oct. 29 to Dec. 8 with an overall county goal of 1 155 000. Additional targets include two E bond quotas a regular 327 000 and a super 557 960 while a minimum 337 000 is set for E bonds as the committee aims to exceed the top goal.
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Houston County
Robert Ramsey
County War Finance Committee
Ramsey
Nimitz says atom bomb won’t end Navy in our lifetimes
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz told reporters the atomic bomb will not end the Navy. He called the bomb another weapon needing ships to deploy from coast to coast. He doubted invasion, said Japan might have surrendered without it, and opposed uniting Army and Navy.
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Washington
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Japan
Russia
United States
Solicitors Raise $6,000 for Special Gifts Drive
Dothan United Charities Chest-War Chest drive reports $6,000 raised by the Special Gifts Committee toward a $20,150 target. About 200 solicitors will canvass Tuesday as the drive shifts from a breakfast event to four civic clubs handling outreach. Funds support local agencies and the Alabama War Chest.
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Charlies Chest Office
Special Gifts Commiater
Drive
Roy O. Hill
Dothan
Beng
Walter Morris
McCain
Atom Bomb Threat Drives Decentralization Debate in South and West
Washington reports CAPITOL HILL champions urge industrial decentralization to move U S manufacturing away from New England and the Midwest toward the South and West. Senators Bailey and McCarran back plans, citing Hiroshima Nagasaki warnings and a four-group regional map with ten Southern states needing rapid development. A Senate subcommittee will weigh continuing study as New England spokesmen oppose the plan.
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Virinia van der Veer
Washington
Capitol
United States
Potomac
Misssippi
Pat McCarran
Nevada
New England
North Central States
McCarran
Senate
Arkatans
Tennessee
Mississippi
Kentucky
North
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virgina
South
Laval Repeats Refusal as Treason Trial Advances
Paris AP Pierre Laval exiled once more from the treason trial as he refuses to reenter court. The session proceeds with jurors facing shouted insults and a tense mood. Laval claims the court fears the truth and vows a silent defense, while former President Albert Lebrun testifies. The judge continues with the case after a recess, as chaos dominates the afternoon.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Frurals
Laval
Vichy
Paul Mongibeauz
Andre Marne
Shetra
Albert Lebrun Lebrun
Hle
Palace of Justice
Argumen
No Gambling Ban At Houston County Fair
City commission president Clyde L. Cue stated a second straight no gambling ban would be in force at the Houston County Fair this month. Operators of games have been notified that wagering will be prohibited and Police Chief J B Draughen was instructed to enforce the rule during the event.
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City Commission
Clyde L. Cue
Houston County
J.B. Draughen
Two Known Dead In B-29 Crash
A B-29 bomber from the Mariana area crashed about 200 miles off San Francisco. The Navy reported two dead, with rescue attempts by coast guard and small craft ongoing. The bomber was one of 19 Superfortresses from the 407th Bomb Group returning to California from Saipan.
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San Francis
Marianas
Wea
San Francisco
Navy
Coast Guard
Naval
Tae Guard
Hormner
407Th
Borner
California
Saige Pan
Bankruptcies Reported in Fever County Postwar Period
A composite report by J W Daughtry deputy clerk of the U S court in Doxon shows only 15 bankruptcy filings in the period after December 7 1941 through now versus 57 from 1937 to November. Most cases filed were personal bankruptcies indicating a thriving Wiregrass business during the war year.
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J. W. Daughtry
U. S. Court
Doxon
Daughtry
Lewis Silent On Pleas To Halt Coal Strikes And Union OK
The National Labor Relations Board approved a contract between Standard Telephone and Telegraph Company and the telephone workers union after a four hour protest work stoppage. Union leaders J N Thornton and J W Hansen said the action, aimed at satisfying NLRA requirements, left Dothan with emergency service only as five doctors calls passed through. The stoppage involved four operators on duty and followed a June contract submission to the NLRA.
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National Labor Relations Board
Standard Telephone and Telegraph Company
Teleplone Workers Union
J.N. Thornton
J. W. Hansen
Dothan Alihation
Meanvenile
G R McKelvey
Telephone Company
Dathan
NLRA
Washington
Thornton
Dothan
McKelvey
McKelven
Fred Lucas
Union
Ozark
Andalusia
Maev
Ellen Mowers
Cevford St
Gerald
Cat
Hearetin
Woorohesen
Tuese
Previeis
Unser 18
Ateead Federaien
Trlephoy Worker
NFETW
Ciny
AFI
NETW
Coal Strikes Hit Steel Production In Pittsburgh Area
Spread ing coal strikes that idled more than 159,000 men and closed 623 mines began to erode steel output yesterday. CIO union leaders announced initial demand for a 28 day wage increase and would meet with five United States Steel subsidiaries to discuss policy. CIO President Murray says higher pay is needed to offset reduced take home pay from shorter hours while industry argues no raise without price increases.
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Pittsburgh
Unien
Truman to dedicate Kentucky dam next Wednesday
President Truman travels from Washington to Blytheville and Caruthersville for personal events including a senator’s wedding, then heads to Gilbertville Kentucky to dedicate a TVA dam on Wednesday. Weather delays and a planned Martinsburg departure alter the schedule.
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President Truman
Kentucky
Washington
Truman
Blytheville
Ark
Virginia
Caruthersville
Berlfoot Lae
West“'Fenibsace
TVA
Gilbertville
Official Amendment Vote Count Reported
An official vote tally from Houston County shows 464 votes for the amendment and 1,614 against it. The report was prepared Friday afternoon by the County Election Board, with Deputy Judge Lex P. Poynver, Sheriff B. G. Farmer, and Clerk Roy O. Hill key figures in the process. About one-fourth of the estimated 6,000 voters participated.
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Ableton
Bowrek
Evergon
Election Board of Supervisora
Laf
Lex P. Poynver
Sherif B. G. Farmer
Uroy O. Hill
Operators press for end of soft coal strikes at briefing
Washington AP John L Lewis rejected a plea from bituminous coal operators to end the soft coal strike, while Secretary Schwellenbach withheld his own push to end the stoppage. About 159,000 miners idle in 600 mines over a dispute about recognition of Lewis labor union. The talks resume Monday at 10 AM, with no side conceding ground on union inclusion or return to work.
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Washington (Ap
John, LL Lewis
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
United Mine Workers
Lewis’ E Supervisory
Schwellenbach
Lewis
United
Lewa
Lewia
Lewis’ United Mine Workers
UMW
Dulles Says Reds Were Testing U S Principles At Parley
New York AP John Foster Dulles, adviser to Secretary of State Byrnes, said the Soviet delegation in London sought to gauge how much of American principles it could sacrifice. He asserted the United States would not abandon its core principles or friendship with Britain and France, and urged leadership to reestablish morality after the war. He defended Byrnes and urged united support.
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New York
John Fossnc Dulles
Secretary OF States
F. Byrnes
Regent Council of Foreign Minnsters
London
United States
Dulles
CBS
Princ Ripled
Cuma
France
Soviet Union
Byrnes
CED Survey Says Reconversion May Proceed Rapidly
Washington report notes survey of business readers in nearly 900 cities by the Committee for Economic Development found reconversion may proceed very rapidly. Sixty of 84 large cities and war production centers expect no grave unemployment problems in peacetime production. Walter D. Puller of Curtis Publishing voiced concern yet optimism about meeting the 33 to 54 million jobs goal.
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Washington
Committee For Economic Development
CED
Walter D. Puller
Curtis Publishing Company
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