Military Officers Pressure Peron Return in Argentina
A report says the Army led by Campo de Mayo vetoed Peron allies for the cabinet as it aims to keep an iron grip on government. Farrell’s position is unsettled and a two hour general strike ends at midnight with demonstrators, including many youths, marching in the capital.
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Laurance F. Stuntz Wenos Ayres
Cab Peron
Peron
Farrell
Campo de Yo
Argentina
Army
Hor- Quijano
Armands Arifie
Quijano
Iater
Antille
Aice
Vate
Campo de Mayo
War Chest drive near Oct. 31 deadline
Dothan United Charities and War Chest push to raise 13000 to meet quota by October 31 with little change in yesterday’s figures around 519000 the Alabama War Chest nine local agencies and 19 organizations receive Negro leadership from Rev. C T Hayes and Dr D W Jernumson pledging support to match or exceed last year’s contributions solicitors urged to report promptly and raise funds.
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Dothan United Charities Chest
War Chest
Charities Chest
Alabama War Chest
C T. Hayes
D. W. Jemuson
Drive
Ual
Special
Moment of Mirth at Belsen Trial
LUENEBURG Germany AP The British court trying the Belsen gang had moments of mirth as Oscar Schmitz one of 45 defendants relayed how to become a man in one lesson. He described his capture at Belsen and escape after donning a SS uniform to stay warm. He testified he spent five years in camps for dodging conscription.
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Lueneburg
Germany
Oscar Schmitz
Belsen
Schmitz
World Airline Operators Plan Unanimous Study Set
Montreal AP reports world airline operators adopt a new program to widen international air travel cooperation. The plan covers traffic, technical matters and finance as the industry drafts an instrument for broader commerce after ATA’s first annual meeting.
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Montreal
Mt Tee Srateier
Onal Ain Trang
Eaociation
ATA
Meat Rationing To Be Continued In November
Agriculture Secretary Anderson announced meat rationing will continue in November with possible lower point values. The decision stems from commitments to supply meat to foreign countries while easing overseas shipments. some lower grade meats have been removed from the ration list. Butter subsidies are being cut, with prices rising, and butter ration values may drop from 12 to eight points.
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Washington
Anderson
OPA
Peiping clashes as Chinese attack Japanese in little Tokyo district
In Peiping last night a large Chinese crowd attacked Japanese civilians in the little Tokyo area, triggering three deaths and multiple injuries. Earlier disturbances in Tietsin saw homes entered and hundreds of Japanese beaten. Local authorities restored order, while a separate transport crash in Peiping killed over 60. An angry mob chased three Japanese girls from the Pekin hotel grounds, but Marines intervened to disperse the crowd.
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Peiping
Tokyo
Tietsin
Nippon
North China Occupation
Nanyuan Airfield
Pekin Hotel
Nazi War Crime Count No Admission Of Red Sovereignty
Berlin AP reports Justice Robert H. Jackson released a letter from the four Nuremberg war crimes prosecutors stating that references to Estonia Latvia and Lithuania in the indictment were made to align with Soviet claims and not as U S recognition of sovereignty. The letter dated Oct 6 notes the language was a Russian suggestion to avoid delay. It asserts the United States has no authority to admit or challenge Soviet sovereignty and that nothing in the indictment should be construed as recognition.
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Berlin
Robert H. Jackson
Nuernberg
Triat
Baltic States
United States
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Russia
United States of America
Ae Bavgiet
Trial Of Nazi War Criminals Set For Nov 20
The International Military Tribunal announced the Nazi war crimes trial will begin in Nuernberg on November 20. Indictments were served on 23 defendants in the Nuernberg jail, with 24th, Martin Bormann, likely tried in absentia. Maj. Neave read the 24 count accusation as Lt Col. Owen and US attorneys accompanying him observed.
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Nuernberg
International Military Tribunal
Berlin
Martin Bormann
Sti Js
Politieans
Anthony Neave
Richard Owen
New Haven
Conn
United States
Neave
Dunkerque
Hermann Goering
Rudolf Hess
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hobert
Allies Find Jap s Written Orders For Killing Prisoners
Allied files at General MacArthur's headquarters contain captured Japanese Army and Navy orders advocating killing Allied prisoners on provocation. Diary notes quote a soldier referencing killing prisoners and forcing work. June 1943 directives from Sasebo detachments and others show orders to dispose of hostile prisoners and humiliate captives to achieve “good results.”
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Tokyo
MacArthur
KDW
No. 2 Sasebo
Sasebo
5Th Independent Engineering Regiment
Montgomery Ward Defies War Labor Board Directives
CHICAGO AP wartime dispute grows as Montgomery Ward and Co. regains Army control of seven cities after nine months. Sewell L. Avery, Ward board chairman, announces abolition of compulsory union membership and dues checkoff, amid long legal battles over prior seizures and WLB orders deemed advisory by Ward.
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Chicago
War Labor Board
Montgomery Ward and Co
CIO
Sewell L. Avery
Ward
WLB
Roosevelt
U. S. Supreme Court
Avery
Wards
Stewart Death Probe Delays Verdict In Dothan Shooting
Acting Coroner Hall continues the Stewart death inquiry into the Dothan case at 312 North Alice street. Blood stains and incoherent statements cloud the circumstances of Leo D. Stewart a waiter fatally wounded with a 38 Caliber pistol. The investigation, begun after his chest wound in the bathroom, aims to determine if the killing was personal related as he died en route to hospital.
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Smith Hall
Leo D. Stewart
Dothan
North Alice Street
Cariel
Stewart
North Alice, Street House
Houston Youth Held On Auto Theft Count
A 11-year-old Houston County youth named George Washington Stoopes was held in county jail on auto theft charges. He was arrested by Detective Wes Herring and Police Captain John Hilson after authorities traced a car stolen from a Richmond Virginia garage where he worked. The youth faces transfer to federal custody for transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines, with a hold order to be placed by Dothan authorities.
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Houston County
George Washington Stoope
Richmond
Po- Nee
J. E. Craughon
Stoops
Wes Herring
John Hilson
Draughon
Hig
Dorian
Virgina
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dothan
Strike-Notice Law Endorsed By Congress Debated
Washington AP The Labor Department urged repeal of the strike notice section of the Smith Connally Act arguing it fuels friction between management and labor while cooling-off periods fail to defuse disputes. Lawmakers expect a party-line repeal move with potential new anti-strike measures attached or introduced soon.
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Washington
Thee Labor Department
Wissieton
House
Daorel W. Tracy
Secretary of Labor
Tracy
Charman May D-Kys
Rep. Arends
House Republan
Robertson D-Var
Robertson
Arends
Labor Disputes Thread Through Nation Halting Jobs
Federal and Michigan officials pushed to end a 2000 member CIO walkout while emergency crews kept electric service for about 2 million customers. Union leaders planned to attend a Lansing meeting called by Governor Kelly as some Consumers Power workers faced back-to-work orders amid widespread labor stoppages affecting 457,000 workers nationwide including 216,000 coal miners. The New York harbor longshore walkout ended after 18 days but internal AFL rifts persist. In Hollywood the Screen Actors Guild urged immediate termination of the strike affecting 3,000 to 7,000 workers as producers and unions negotiate over jurisdiction and rehiring demands.
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Associated Press
Michigan
CIO
John W. Gibson
Schwellenbach
Lansing
Harry F. Kelly
Consumers Power Company
Rew
John Lo Lewis
Unitert Mtoe
AFL
New York Harbor
Joseph P. Ryan
Hollywood
Screen Actors Guild
ALF
Sintke
Taders
Baird
Fourth Of Five Escaped Insane Patients Caught
Chattahoochee Florida AP report says the fourth of five men who escaped Sunday from the State Hospital ward for the criminally insane was recaptured in Climax. Woodrow George was arrested by the South Georgia town’s police, the chief physician said. Fred J. Bartik was treated there on Tuesday. The fifth escapee, Victor Ligata, remains at large. he and a family of five from Tampa 12 years ago are referenced.
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Chattahoochee
Fla
State Hospital
Climax
W. D. Rogers
South Georgia
Woodrow George
George
Fred J. Bartik
Bull
Victor Ligata
Iia
Tampa
Truman in Good Health Says Personal Doctor Reports
Atlanta dispatch summarizes remarks from Editor Ralph McGill and Col Wallace H. Graham on President Truman’s health after winter at the White House. Graham describes Truman as an excellent patient who follows medical advice, avoids overeating, and takes an afternoon nap. The interview notes the strain of the presidency and Graham’s view that Truman handles pressure by doing what is asked. McGill’s questions and Graham’s replies frame the doctor’s perspective on the President’s condition.
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Atlanta
APH
Truman
Ralph McGill
Atints Constetation
Washington
McGill
Wallace H. Graham
Kansas Ciy
Graham
Uice
A& A
Te Uniien Btater
Hewih Mecill
State Department
Mate Fers
Scientists Fear International Race For Atomic Power
A group of atom bomb scientists led by Harold Grey and others criticize the rush for peacetime atomic energy. Urey of Columbia says secrecy rules threaten international trust and could fuel an arms race. The House committee heard five hours of testimony amid concerns over costs and safeguards.
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J. W. Davis
Washington
Breas
Harald Grey
Chiraen
Urey
Columbia University
McNey
Wielita
Hod Curtis
Oak Ridge
Yoshida Pledges Potsdam Terms Adherence for Japan
Tokyo AP reports Japanese Prime Minister Yoshida declares Japan will carry out Potsdam terms smoothly and quickly. He stresses constitutional revision may be needed to curb militarist misuse while defending zaibatsu wealth as essential to peacetime prosperity. Allied forces continue freezing Japanese assets and repatriating personnel as investigations trace illegal transfers from Seoul to Tokyo banks.
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Yoshida
Potsdam
Tokyo
Japan
Fouregn
Shigeru Yoshida
Wisl
Higashi-Kuu
Zaibatsu
Planus
Allied
Wilhans
MacArthur
Ando Moku
Imperial Bank of Tokyo
Iino
Chosen Bank
Seon
Korea
Seoul
Tie Periary Bank of Tokyo
Mokw 7
Ae Celtel
al Yowohama
Erenih
Tivale
Strange
Fourth Re
Weos & Hayer
General Weigle
Freeman
Dothan-Lanier Game To Be Broadcast Tonight
John Hubbard of Dothan Broadcasting said WAGF will air the Dothan Wir School versus Sidney Lanier High School game live from the field. The broadcast is set to begin at 7 54 p m.
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John Hubbard
The
Dothan Broadcasting Company
Dothan Wir School
Sidney Lanier High School
WAGF
Hubbard
Broadcasting Company
Nazi Sub Officer Denies Order To Slay Survivors
Hamburg AP Capt Adal bert Schnee a German submarine commander testified before a British military court that no orders were issued to kill survivors of torpedoed ships. Schnee linked to Grand Admiral Doenitz said he never heard of such orders and noted submarines often left sinking sites with rafts in sight.
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Hamburg
Adalbert Schnee
Grand Adm
Kerk Doenitz
Schnee
Addy
Heinz Eck
Ger
Eck
Berlin
Corr Ner
South Atlantic
Rebels Seize Major Towns in Venezuela Alert
AP dispatch reports rebel forces captured Maracaibo and Caracas area, with former president and government officials surrendering. State Department warns of heavy fighting centered on Caracas Miraflores, San Carlos barracks, and potential wider insurrection, amid uncertain, conflicting reports from Caracas and Bogota.
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Venezuela
SEW Vome
Frisate
Veprenelan Tesidenty Brre
Maracaibo
Caracas
Apid
Prealdiot
Washington
Venezula
Cortas
State Department
San Carlos
Gertral Isiah Medonay Yangarita
Miraflores
Bogota
Colombia
Radio
Cayacus
Lim
Family Of Slain Sailor Freed Sparks Family Puzzlement
BRIDGEPORT Conn AP A spokesman for the Kovacs family says they are upset and plan further action after Judge Ernest Dogha dismissed a manslaughter charge against Mrs G R Stevens the 24 year old wife of a U S Army paratroop major in the killing of Albert Kovacs 19 Norwalk sailor in self defense at the time. Willis the state attorney recommended dismissal noting all evidence supported Mrs Stevens self defense claim. Mrs Stevens expressed relief at being released and Major Stevens spoke from Fort Benning Ga.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Albert Kovacs
Norwalk Snc
Mv Ene
Stevens
U. S Army
G. Ral Stevens
Ard
Rudy Kovacs
Ernest Dogha
Ciary
Attorn
Lorin W. Willis
Kovecs
Willis
Kovaca
Columbus
Paula Funderberg
Denver
Calo
Major Stevens
Fort Benning
Whiskey Ration To Be Increased in Alabama
MONTGOMERY AL A control board announced the whisky ration will rise to three quarts per person per month effective Nov 1. Administrator FE Gunn said this is the highest allotment since early 1943. Prices 45, 4 and 47 remain valid for November. Purchasers may buy all three quarts at once or one at a time. The monthly two-quart quota must be bought at once, and two pints may be purchased instead of one quart. If brands are unavailable, four pints may be substituted for a quart.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Control Board
Gunn
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