Labor strikes halt production across 36 industries
Labor disputes idle about 40,000 workers nationwide as strikes curtail output. At Youngstown Sheet and Tube in Ohio 1, workers furloughed after 32 maintenance staff quit. coke ovens and all departments closed. Milwaukee garbage service resumes after 31 hour walkout by 170 employees over wages and reclassification. In Birmingham three newspapers run limited free want ads due to printers walkout.
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Associated Press
Brier Hill
Youngstown
Biram
Ala
General Motors Chevrolet
Nor
Truman Meets King George VI Aboard Renown In Plymouth
President Truman flies from Potsdam to Plymouth and speaks with King George VI for 20 minutes aboard the Renown after touring damage at the port. He then heads to the Augusta for the Big Three Potsdam conference. The king arrives earlier by royal train and later joins Truman on the cruiser.
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President Truman
Truman
United States
Plymouth
King George VI
Berlin
Mr. Truman
U.S.S. Augusta
Europe
Augusta
Britain
Wilson
U. S
Ata
Potsdam
Raf
U.S. Army
Harrowheel
U. S. Naval Base
Yelverton
President
Laski Casts Shadow on Attlee Leadership
The World Today notes Prof Harold Laski, head of Labour's policy body, issues a governmental statement as Attlee, at Potsdam, holds the postwar policy reins. The column suggests Laski's influence is unusual given his non membership in parliament and the Prime Minister's final say.
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Harold Laski
Labor Party
National Exrte
Tom
Min
Laski
Socialist Party
Attlee
Potsdam
London
Big Three Communique Out Today From Potsdam
The Big Three ended the Potsdam conference after drafting a joint communique to be released to the world this evening. Truman Attlee and Stalin wrapped up sessions in an atmosphere of cordiality with decisions that may affect Europe and the Pacific.
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Potsdam
Truman
Attlee
Stalin
Europe
Washington
Plymouth
King Georo
Moscow
Cecilenhof
Friedrich Wilhelm
Erence
Storm Warning Active For Caribbean Disturbance
Weather bureau in Atlanta issues 4:45 am advisory for San Juan and Barbadoes area. Disturbance southeast of Barbadoes prompts caution. Small craft told to await next advisory before leaving port today.
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Atlanta
Weather Bureau
San Juan
P. R
Barbadoes
Americans Set Bombing Record Against Japs
The army air forces report a single air blow against Japan's home islands by 820 Superfortress task force dropping 6,632 tons of bombs. The raid surpasses the largest European load of 4,302 tons, achieved with 2,055 bombers in the Ardennes, as 820 B-29s from the Mariana bases shattered the previous record.
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Washington
Army
Japan
Nippon
Europe
Germany
Hitler Sought Concession To Hit Gibraltar
Paris reports General Bernard Serigny testified at Marshal Petain treason trial that Hitler in early 1941 demanded Franco allow German troops through Spain to attack Gibraltar. Serigny, an intimate friend of Petain, said Franco told Petain of the demand and that Petain refused, though the marshal was wary of Spain.
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Paris
Bernard Serigny
Marshal Petain
Hitler
Conference On Industrial Peace Urged
Senator Vandenberg proposes a conference of top labor management and government spokesmen to seek industrial peace. He asks Secretary Schwellenbach to endorse the plan and suggests a San Francisco style council table approach to reconversion and national economy.
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Washington
Ioo Ee Oe Jony
Vandenberg
Schwellenbach
Geer
San Ae
San Francisco
Michigan
Address Sought by Local Draft Board
Officials of the local draft board seek the address of Jesse James Dunlap a Negro whose last address recorded by the board was 1300 Olga street. Continued on page 5 section A.
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Jesse James Dunlap
Olga Street
Curtailed Expenditures Hit Profits In 1946 Budget
The budget bureau projects a 20 billion dollar cut in government war spending, reducing profits and incomes of war workers. If the war ends before next summer, spending falls further with broader economic effects and unemployment depending on reconversion plans. The revised budget shows total spending of 85 billion, receipts 39 billion, and a debt rise to 295 billion.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
America
Greatest Raid by 54 000 Yanks Reaches Japan
Guam August 2 reports History's greatest air raid by 820 Superforts. Some 54 000 personnel, including 9 000 American pilots bombardiers and gunners, worked to prepare 5 330 gallons of high test aviation gasoline for the mission. The operation flew 2 460 000 miles, with crews sweating through a long overwater flight.
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Guam
Japan
Marianas
Welfare Head Forecasts Program To Take Care Of Needy
North Carolina welfare commissioner Dr Ellen Winston forecasts a broad liberalization of the public welfare program to cover all needy people. She cites federal aid bills and notes NC ranks 46th in aid to the aged and 45th for dependent children, with plans to expand boarding homes and county institutions during reconversion.
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Cora Steganl
Raleigh
Ellen Winston
Public Welfare
Winston
Bryson City
Meredith College
North Carolina
South Carolina
Welfare Department
Lature
Welfare Agency
War casualty totals rise to 1 060 727 since start of war
American combat casualties increased 1 855 in the past week, lifting army and navy totals to 1 060 727 since the war began. War secretary Stimson released July figures showing 920 917 total army losses and 139 as navy casualties through late July.
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Washington
Stimson
Navy
Broad Belt Crops Report Shows General Good Condition
An Associated Press survey finds July farming conditions favorable across the broad belt from the Rockies to the Appalachians. California and Oregon report solid crops, while drought affects parts of the east and certain Tennessee crops.
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America
Appalachians
Rockies
Far West
Associated Press
California
Oregon
Washington - Northern
Idaho Triangle
Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
Appalachian Chain
University of Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Laval Charged With Plotting Against Britain
Pierre Laval, held in Paris on collaboration charges, faces a British white paper alleging a plan to draw Britain into war with Vichy in fall 1940. The document cites Sir Samuel Hoare wiring in 1940 that Laval planned to use the French fleet and forces to reclaim colonies.
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London
Pierre Laval
Paris
Britain
Laval
Samuel Hoare
Madrid
Foreign Office
Spain
Plannin
Charles de Gaulle
Samuel
Temple
Ica
Oil Raid Blasts Japanese Cities and Refineries
In Guam on August 2 a fleet of 820 B 29s dropped 6632 tons of bombs and mines on four Japanese cities and a large oil refinery center. Residents described the blaze as vast and spectacular as crews returned to Marianas bases.
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Guam
Japan
Lester L. Sharpe
Kansas City
Kas
Marianas
Allied air raids on Japan total 20000 planes in month
Tokyo radio estimated that about 20 000 allied planes raided Japan during the month of duty. The count included 8 000 carrier based planes 4 000 superfortresses and 8 000 other land based craft.
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London
Tokyo Radio
Japan
Battle action reported as planes bomb and carve in
A wartime report describes fast fighter planes attacking as American forces press an assault. Simultaneous broadcasts from Admiral Nimiz and Tokyo speak of submarine and warship bombardments around Tokyo plus Wake Island shelling and a daring rescue on a Japanese-held Marshall Island. Major William C. Wilson of Springfield Ohio says they approached, bombed, and withdrew despite enemy awareness.
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Admiral Nimitz
Tokyo
Wake Island
Marshal Island
Maj
William C. Wilson
Springfield
Berlin Under Fire As Allies Bombard Capital
Fires rage after aerial bombardment of Berlin in the final days before the city fell. Berliners queue for water at pumps, waiting for washable supplies amid foul wells. Courtyard signs announce moved shop locations as bombings force relocations.
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Berlin
Wittenberg Platz
Tiergarten
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