Unemployment a major postwar worry says AFL chief
Chicago Aug 11 William Green AFL president warns unemployment will be labor’s chief worry after peace. He says the no strike pledge, set for wartime only, should last as long as the war labor board. Leaders urge collective discipline during reconversion and quick lifting of wartime controls.
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Chicago
AFL
William Green
White House
Pearl Harbor
Green
American Federation of Labor
Japan
War Labour Board
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
War Labor Board
Thomasville Man Killed In Train Crash
Thomasville resident Martin A Lawing dies in a train collision. He was born July 17, 1905 in Lincoln County and owned National barber shop. Survived by wife Flo Wright son Martin and four sisters and four brothers. Funeral at Main Street Methodist church with services Sunday at 5 PM.
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Thomasville Chair Company
C. W. Smith
Mr. Lawing
Lincoln County
Martin A. Lewi
Mary Keener Lawing
Thomasville
Main Street
W. Va
Oscar W. Lawing
Newton
John B. Lawing
Carl H. Lawing
Lester R. la
J. G Green and Sons
Main Street Methodist Church
City
Nationwide steel strike nears three dozen plants halted
About 48 000 workers including thousands of steelworkers walked off jobs amid disputes in Illinois Indiana Ohio New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Inland and American Steel Foundries plants reported significant production cuts and furnace closures as unions protested disciplinary actions and contract terms. A Wheeling Steel Works local voted to return after pay dispute while Philadelphia Battery plant ended its week long stoppage as negotiations resumed.
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CIO United Steel Workers Union
American Steel Foundries
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Inland Steel Foundries
Inland
Portsmouth
CIO
United
Electric Storage Battery Company
Philadelphia
Alos
CIO Electrical Radio and Machine Workers Main
Allies press surrender terms for Japan and emperor issue
The big four outline steps for Japan to surrender under Potsdam terms and require the emperor to authorize signatures and orders to cease fighting. Prisoners of war and internees to be moved to safety, with a future government to be decided by the Japanese people. The plan keeps an emperor on the throne as a constitutional head while allies decide the postwar arrangement.
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Government of
Japan
Imperial General Headquarters
Potsdam
Jane
Ooe Rn
Thal
Ior
Mystery Lobster Wash Ashore Stuns Santa Monica Coast
Thousands of lobsters washed ashore along Santa Monica Canyon in a Pacific coast mystery. Residents collected the crustaceans with sacks and containers, turning the event into an unexpected bounty on a ration free day.
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Santa Monica
Cal
INS
Santa Monica Canyon
Pacific Coast
Honeymooned with Subs Southland Returns to Service
The 35 year old American steamer Southland once dubbed a honeymoon boat used as submarine bait in World War I is back in service. Stripped to hull and engine it led a convoy to lure U boats away from the main force and drew submarines away from the transatlantic route. It now shuttles troops and supplies between England and France.
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New York
INS
Southland
Ships Magazine
England
France
Prince Akihito Gains Publicity In Japanese News
San Francisco dispatch reports Tokyo broadcasts showing Crown Prince Akihito, born December 23, 1933, at 11 years old, living at the Peers’ School on rationed food yet in robust health amid war. The Domei agency notes his daily routine mirrors classmates from 7 am to 4 pm and includes classroom cleaning.
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San Francisco
Japan
Hirohito
Domei
North America
Tokyo
Hirowoe
Tsugu
Akihito
Peers’ School
Massive U S Japanese air war escalates over Honshu
U S planes sweep northern Honshu for two days hitting Niigata and Ominato areas. Seven cargo ships damaged and a destroyer escort of the Kaibo Kan class hit at Yokohama. State of war with Japan remains. B 29s not flying today per General Spaatz. Tokyo radio reports mine laying continuing.
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Honshu
Niigata
Sea of Japan
Yokohama
Tokyo Bay
Ominato
Aomori
Threatened Japanese forces expose surrenders amid fierce attack
A dispatch reports enemy fighters rushing Red Army Navy planes hurling grenades and weapons as they attacked with knives. In Kelso Washington a filing ant wrecked three highway vehicles injuring two people when an insect flew into C H Gore’s eye causing a swerve into a bus and a truck driver veering into a ditch.
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Red Army Navy
Kelso
Wash
C. H. Gore
Kneeland in Mindanao Fires BAR Against Jap Jam
With the 24th Division on Mindanao Pvt. Thomas B. Kneeland of Tillamook Oregon a 19th Regiment infantryman fired at a Japanese soldier at the moment the Jap fired at him. Kneeland felt a shock and saw smoke from the muzzle of his Browning automatic rifle as the Japanese 25 caliber belt entered the flash hider and jammed halfway down the barrel.
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Mindanao
INS
Pvt
Thomas B. Kneeland
Tillamook, Ore
Kneeland
Weather Outlook for North Carolina Clears and Warms
Clear to partly cloudy skies bring a mild increase in temperatures across North Carolina. Few thundershowers are possible in the mountains Sunday afternoon as the weekend proceeds.
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North Carolina
Public debate over Mikado status as Japan seeks surrender
The piece weighs two viewpoints among Allies on whether to punish the emperor and risk unifying Japanese sentiment. It notes Tokyo’s potential capitulation terms, the emperor’s 20 centuries of deified status, and Adm. Nimitz’s directive that Pacific forces continue offensive actions unless told otherwise.
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Tokyo
Adm. Nimitz
Pacific
What If Germany Had Won the War in North Africa
In reflection on World War II strategy, many Wehrmacht officers blame missed opportunities to send more troops to North Africa and threaten the Suez route. Some argue Spain and Gibraltar could have been leveraged to cut Britain’s Mediterranean lifeline, while others doubt any alternative would have changed the outcome. They lament the years of ruin in their cities and insist the responsibility rests with their own decisions.
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Germany
North Africa
Suez Canal
Britain
Mediterranean
Hitler
Spain
Gibraltar
Return of peace divides on Hirohito fate at war’s end
Japanese Americans in Brooklyn hotels react to the surrender with mixed views on Hirohito. Some favor maintaining the emperor while others call for constitutional change. Veterans cheer as ships dock and discuss whether Hirohito is a war criminal or figurehead. Community voices split along ethnicity and political lines.
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Mussolini
Brooklyn Relocation Hotel
Hirohito
Tom Ehara
Japan
Chinatown
Shavey Lee
Broadtail Lamb Fur Sells High at Premature Born Lambs
Broadtail, the priciest lamb fur, commands top prices as it comes from lambs born prematurely, highlighting market demand for rare pelts and specific breeding factors.
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