Leaders Hope For Big Three Meet To Resolve Europe Peace
London dispatch notes debate over a new top level session with Truman Stalin and Atlee potentially reconvened to iron out Europe's peace problems. French demand recognition as a major power colors remarks as delegates hint at December talks if deputies resolve Balkan and other disputes. De Gaulle’s push for prominence grows amid Franco-Russian tensions.
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Flora Lewis
London
de Gaulle
Balkan
France
JAP GENERALS EN ROUTE TO JAIL BULLETIN
London dispatch reports bitter clashes between British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov as the Big Five discuss boundaries reparation and food but fail to near major agreements.
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London
Ernest Bevin
M. Molotov
Big Five
Occupation of Japan Seen Lasting for Years
AP reports Allied occupation may endure for many years with a reduced force. MacArthur spokesman says six months to a reduced size under favorable conditions, but occupation could extend long. Palau veterans land at Aomori as 20,000 service personnel head home from Pearl Harbor. Domei News Agency may dissolve. three Tokyo dailies consider forming a new agency.
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Aomori
Honshu
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Ted Dealey
Dallas Tex
Morning News
Dealey
MacArthur
Allied Command
Domei
Inosuke Formno
Tokyo
Allied
Congress seeks legislation today on unemployment aid
Washington Sept. 25 The rising tide of strikes pushed Congress toward action on emergency unemployment benefits urged by President Truman. The House Ways and Means Committee debated whether to back the aid, with Knutson of Minnesota arguing lawmakers may set aside legislation as the strike drags on. Doughton said administration aid is by request and warned it could encourage idleness.
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Washington
House
Truman
Rep
Knutson
Minnesota
Kuson
Doughton 'D-Nc Inc
Democrats
Republs
Privat
Congress
House Ways and Means
Senate confirms Acheson and reasserts MacArthur authority
Washington dispatch reports a 69 to 1 Senate vote approving Dean Acheson as under secretary of state seen as backing the hard peace for Japan. President Truman’s clarification of General MacArthur’s authority was viewed as a clear signal that Japan must follow American orders, with Wherry's last minute bid to stall Acheson failing.
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Senate
Acheson
White House
M’arthur
Dean G Acheson
Capitol Hall
Truman
Dougglas MacArthur
Cme
Wherry
Nebrase
Timetable Paris Sept 25 Launch and troop movements
The timetable lists units including 10th Infantry and 9th Armored moving through Le Havre and Marseille staging areas toward awaiting shipment to the United Kingdom. Scheduled transfers show 16th, 9th, and 36th Armored units in various assembly and staging areas, with multiple infantry and armored corps alerted for shipment and deployment.
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le Havre
Te Havre
United Kingsdom
10Th Armored
Seille
16Th Armored Arnivites
9Th Armored
Marseille
Gth Armored
66Th
79Th
12Th Armored
Berlin documents reveal Axis invasion plan 1940
Sept 5 report notes German preparations in fall 1940 to strike southern England with two invading army groups. Army group A would land along Kent between Margate and Hastings, while Army group B would sail from Cherbourg toward Bournemouth or Weymouth. Initial landings include 11 infantry and two mountain divisions with six armored, one SS, two motorized divisions. Reserves total nine infantry plus eight more.
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South Vil
England
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Dunkerque
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Somme
Margate
Hastings
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le Havre
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Porsmond
Brighton
Cherbourg
Bournemouth
Weymouth Bay
MINE AND FUEL OS STRIKE HITS STATE
In Fairmont West Virginia the Solid Fuels Administration district office reports 6000 coal miners idle as supervisor union walkout begins. Five Monongalia county mines continued operation despite the strike with 4000 workers idle there and 2000 in the northern panhandle. Windsor powerhouse mine in the area stayed open, Marion and Harrison counties not affected.
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W. Va
Solid Fuels Administration
West Virginia
United Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Employee Union
United Mine Workers
SFA
CIO
United Fuel Operative Mine
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Examinations for medical licenses set in Charleston
West Virginians are urged to observe Fire Prevention Week from October 7 to 13 as Gov Meadows cites rising fire losses. In Charleston the state health council will hold license examinations October 4 through 6. In Morgantown a decomposed body found at Cheat Lake is identified as William Baker, 29, death caused by fumes from a hose connected to a car exhaust.
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Reese Baker
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Riffle
Baker
Hong Kong War Aftermath Brightens Slowly
HAL BOYLE reports from Hong Kong that the war’s end leaves Britain to polish the crown jewel of the Orient. British divers clear wreckage from piers while Chinese laborers remove rubble near docks. Victoria’s main buildings survive largely intact including the Shanghai and Hong Kong Bank building housing the American consulate. The Chinese quarter avoided heavy bombardment as precision Allied strikes focused on Japanese ships and waterfront targets.
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Hal Boyle
Hong Kong
Britain
Victoria City
Shanghai and Hong Kong Bank
Fairmont
W. Va
Sept
Gloucester
Hitchman Coal and Coke Com
Peninsula
Pany
Benwood
WARIS
The
Fuels Administration
Whiskey sale limit set by Utah court ruling
In St Louis on Sept 25 judge George H Moore found Thomas Levin guilty of selling whiskey without a license and sentenced him to 30 days in jail and a 200 dollar fine. The case noted the town was invited to the affair, but the court limited the amount sold in one retail lot.
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St, Louis
Thomas Levin
George H. Moore
Levin
Hirohito's Heir Faces Pressure to Abdicate Power
MacKenzie's column surveys a fragile Japanese throne as Hirohito's heir, under threat from monarchists and public pressure, may abdicate or be coerced. It cites Tokyo sources claiming an unprecedented meeting with General MacArthur at the American embassy, signaling a potential shift in Nippon's facade of divinity and governance.
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Hirohito
Dewitt MacKenzie
Emperor Hirohito
Tokyo
Mikado
Macarthur
Nippon
Japan
Janarese Ant
Emper
M'Kenzie
Government Tries to Halt Strikes and Shutdowns
Washington September 25 The House Ways and Means Committee shelved unemployment benefit reform as it tackles a sharp rise in strikes and work stoppages. About 350 000 workers nationwide idle, 100 000 added in 24 hours amid wage demands and labor disputes. Oil strike idled 30 000 in New York area. AFL building service workers in NYC walkout paralyzing business.
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Associated Press
Labo
New York City
AFL
Yestersee
Oil Worker Strike Tests Postwar Labor Policy
Washington reports a CIO oil workers strike causing gasoline and fuel shortages, testing the government’s postwar labor policy. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach seeks a quick agreement via a Chicago session with union officials and oil company reps to avert broader supply disruption. A three man commission under Edgar L. Warren aims to end stoppages and restore production before war supplies are affected.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
CIO
Schwellenbach
Chicago
Schwellbach
Edgar L. Warren
Warren
The
Petroleum Administration For War
Toledo
Desee Odl
Grafton Sentinel Promotes Tonight's Opera House Acts
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Emma Lewis of Wilford Street to attend tonight's Opera House program featuring Gale Storm in G. I. Honeymoon and Henry Aldrich in Boy Beaut with Jimmy Lydon as current attractions.
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Grafton Sentinel
Emma Lewis Wilford
Gale Storm
Henry Aldrich
Jimmy Lydon
Opera House Theatre
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