Army Of Strikers Skyrockets To Two Million
Nationwide labor strife nears two million idle workers as strikes surge from city to city. Chicago oil talks stall with CIO and federal mediators amid threats of a major oil workers strike. New York City endures a fourth day of transportation paralysis causing millions in losses. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad seeks ICC permission to issue 1.2 million in notes to fund 500 steel hopper cars.
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Associated Press
Chicago
AFL
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tday
Jails Swallow Up Argentine Opposition Leaders
Buenos Aires reports state of siege as federal police sweep key opposition figures from the capital and nationwide, suspending civil rights amid rising resistance to President Edelmiro Farrell and Vice President Juan Peron. The decree follows a Cordoba military uprising and tightens control across Argentina.
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Vaughan Bryant
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Atlantic
Andes
Arzatina
Edelmiro Farrell
Juan Peron
Gurat
Farrell
Theatre listings for Strand and Phe theatres in town
JOSEPH LYONS presents at West Washington Street on Thursday night at the Strand theatre with The Inton Strangler featuring John der and at the Phe theatre showing Mystery Man.
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Joseph. Lyons
Washington Street
Strand Theatre
John der
Phe Theatre
Five Billion Dollar Loan Without Strings Helps Britain
American officials work on plans to aid Britain proposing a 600 million loan with very low interest and no spending restrictions. Final plan hinges on further talks and formal acceptances by London and Washington. The issue centers on Britain's need to survive the next three years as it reconverts to peacetime trade.
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John M. Wightower
Washington
Britain
London
Briain
Photographer of Hirohito and MacArthur in Tokyo Embassy
Second Lt. George Fairlace, the chief cameraman at a Tokyo meeting in the U S embassy, photographed Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur. He described the emperor's sharp attire and the meeting's calm, noting his own heartbeat as he captured three poses.
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Morrie Landsberg
Tokyo
George Fairlace
Emperor Hirohito
General Macarthur
U. S
Signal Corps
Hirohito
MacArthur
Faillace
Japan
Los Angeles
New York
Rodeo
Christmas Cove
Walled
Bagulo
Philip- Lee
Flashes Of Life New Arrivals
In Tacoma Washington Clark H Eldridge back after years in a Jap prison camp with wife by his side their daughter Mrs Renwick W Taylor welcomed a baby boy in the hospital. In Oregon City C E Lynn at 85 yelled when a deer hunter aimed a rifle at him while searching for a section corner marker. In Topeka cribbage champion Paul W Otto debuts a four handed frame showing all players names and dates.
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Tacoma
Wash
Clark H. Eldridge
State Highway Department
Eldridge
Renwick W. Taylor
Oregon City
Qre
C. E. Lynn
Lynn
Topeka
Kan
Paul W
Otto
Three power talks loom as Molotov word awaited
Foreign ministers from the United States Britain and the Soviet Union planned informal discussions amid unconfirmed reports Molotov waited word from Moscow. The Big Five council delayed its morning session to review French Ruhr and Rhineland proposals while renewed Soviet demands over Balkan treaties circulated. Observers believed a breakthrough on the Romanian Bulgarian and Hungarian issues or possible action on the Austrian government occupation might come.
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Flora Lewis Loneon
United States
Britain
Soviet
Rusia
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Balkan
Ruhr
Rhineland
France
China
U.S
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Molotov
Sess
Lawlat
Six more coal mines shut as WV strike widens
In Fairmont West Virginia on September 27 six additional bituminous mines with about 2900 workers halted operations as the strike by mine bosses spreads in the northern West Virginia coal field. The Solidarity administration estimated 4323 miners idle area wide with about 58200 tons daily loss. Mines affected include Grant Town Federal No 1 of Koppers Coal Division in Marion and others in Farming ton Rachel Edna and Everst tville.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia
Solid Pne
Marion County
Monongailia County
United Mine Workers’ United Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Employee Union
Koppers Coal Division
Grant Town
Jamison Coal and Coke Company
Farmington
Rachel
Morongalia County
Southern Coal Company
Edna
Federal
Koppers
Eversttville
Booth
One-Third Of All Meat Will Become Ration Free Sunday
Washington dispatch reports that one third of the growing meat supply will be ration free from Sunday through October 27. Lower grades of beef veal and lamb, ham burger and other cheap cuts will not require points, while canned meats and sausage lose points. OPA estimates October civilian consumption at 147 to 150 pounds per person, with higher totals needed to meet demand.
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Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
Chester
Reform Of Japan And Germany Gains Momentum
MacKenzie's column discusses Emperor Hirohito’s surrender and his appearance before General MacArthur signaling a shift from imperial rule toward civilian authority. The piece envisions a new world era and the possible decline of divine empire myths in Japan.
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Japan
Germany
Dwitt MacKenzie
Hirohito
MacArthur
Notice to City Water Users
City water users must pay water rent for the quarter by October 1, 1945. If unpaid within fifteen days, water service will be shut off. Property owners are liable for tenants’ unpaid rent. Dated September 27, 1945.
Emperor Hirohito Visits MacArthur in Historic Call
In Tokyo on September 27 Emperor Hirohito met General Douglas MacArthur at his residence in a 35 minute private conversation. Allied and Japanese officials would not disclose topics but called the gesture significant to postwar occupation relations. A Tokyo student described the scene and noted the event marked a shift in imperial history.
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Marlin Spencer
Morrie Landsberg
Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito
General MacArthur
British Broadcasting Corporation
MacArthur
Japan
Associated Press
Allied
Hibiya Park
Army Army merger idea faces House opposition
Washington reports that plans to merge the army and navy hit a snag as May of Kentucky and Vinson of Georgia oppose. They said Congress will not consider the proposal soon, despite talks of a postwar defense department combining armed services under one cabinet.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Navy
House
Representatives May
D-Ky
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Congress
May
Vinson
Capitol Hill
Truman
Department of National Defense
Army Navy
Marine Corps
Air Forces
Grafton Sentinel Promotes Film At Opera House
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. TROY POLING Warder Avenue to see current attractions at the Opera House theatre including The Fighting Seabees with John Wayne and Susan Hayward and Lone Texas Ranger with Wild Bill Elliott.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Troy Poling Warder
Fighting “ Seabees
John Wayne
Susan Hayward
Lone Texas Ranger
Wild Bill Elliott
Opera House
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