British commonwealth to take part in Japan occupation
Washington reports a U S Australia agree ment to form a commonwealth occupation force for Japan. Lt Gen J Northcott will command under Gen Douglas MacArthur with troops from Britain Australia New Zealand and India to be stationed in the Hiroshima area to handle demilitarization duties and open Kure port.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Australia
Commonwealth
United Kingdom
New Zealand
India
J. Northcott
Douglas MacArthur
Britain
China
Russia
MacArthur
Sying
Pacific Fleet
Hiroshima
Kure
Fukuyama
Chilean Labor Calls Off Its General Strike
In Santiago on January 31, Chilean labor cancelled a nation wide protest after the government promised to lift the state of siege declared following a clash that left several union members dead. The stoppage began with 300 workers yesterday and ended on federation orders as the cabinet announced the siege was no longer needed.
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Santiago
Chile
Chilean Workers Federation
Stassen to Speak at Winthrop College March 6
Harold E. Stassen, former Minnesota governor who resigned in 1943 to join the navy, will address Winthrop College in Rock Hill South Carolina on March 6 as part of a series of lectures announced by the college.
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Rock Hill
S. C
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Navy
Winthrop College
Maren
Lillington Woman Wed Four Times
Norfolk report details Isabelle McLeod Brinkley Malaska Steiner facing charges under the 1942 servicemen dependents allowance act. A federal hearing covered multiple marriages to Staff Sgt Brinkley Corporal Malaska and other spouses while collecting allotments totaling $1. The case traces marriages in Florence South Carolina Raleigh North Carolina Louisville Kentucky and Lillington Fuquay Springs and notes annulment and overseas service factors.
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Norfolk
Isabelle McLeod Brinkley
Malaska-Steiner
Federal District Court
North Carolina
Brinkley
USA
Malaska
USMC
St. Steiner
USNR
Mack Thomas
Lillington
N. C
Raleigh
Louisville
Pay Hikes Spread Across Carolinas Mill Sector
Thousands of mill workers in North and South Carolina receive wage increases starting Feb 1 to Feb 4. Major Burlington Mills adds a second raise in a year boosting pay 25 percent from a year ago. Other plants including China Grove Brown Roberta White Park Concord Mills Rockingham High Point and Canan mills among others announce 10 to 65 cent hourly boosts with various start dates.
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North
South Carolina
Burlington Mills
North Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Canada
Cuba
Greensboro
Burlington
Randleman
Ossipee
Belmont
Graham
Central Falls
Asheboro
High Point
Reidsville
China Grove
N. C
Cotton
Brown, Roberta
White Parks Mills
Concord
Hugh Grey
Concord Knitting Company
Rockingham Mills
Canan Mills
Kannapolis
Salisbury
Rockwell
Kerr
Republic Cotton Mills
Great Falls
8. C
Steel Walkout Drives 54,000 Off Work Across Industry
The 11 day CIO United Steelworkers strike spreads through allied sectors with 10,000 more laid off, totaling 54,000. Ford plans to furlough 10,000. Irving S Olds urges government approval of a large steel price rise to support an 18 cent hourly wage increase. Fifty steel fabricators with about 19,000 USW members sign new deals giving 18 cent raises.
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Washington
Cio-United
Allied Industries
Ford Motor Company
Irving S. Olds
U. S. Steel
Truman
Fear Airplane May Have Met With Accident
A United Air Lines plane en route from Portland Oregon was reported long overdue in Denver. United official J R Dunlay feared a crash in pre dawn darkness with 21 persons aboard. The last report had the flight over Sinclair Wyoming at 740 a. m. MST and was due in Denver at 420 p.m. local time.
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Denver
United Air Lines
Portland
Ore
United
J. R. Dunlay
Sinclair
Wyo
Dunlay
Asheville Doctor Appeals Manslaughter Conviction
Dr. C. D. Gardner of Asheville filed a notice of appeal from a manslaughter conviction tied to the death of Mrs. Lois E. Cordell on Oct. 23. A $5,000 appearance bond and $100 appeal bond were set by Judge H. Hoyle Sink, with 90 days to perfect the appeal and 60 days for the state to respond.
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Asheville
C. D. Gardner
Lois E. Cordell
Superior Court
H. Hoyle Sink
Gardner
Cordell
Garner
Steel Strike Halts Production Across Industries
Steel strike slows production and halts work in allied sectors as GM and UAW CIO resume talks on wages and maintenance of membership in a 72 day walkout affecting 175000 workers at 96 plants. Henry Ford pushes for end to price controls warning idle lines cost 400000 daily with 300 loss per car at current ceilings.
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General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Uaw-Cio
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
John W. Snyder
OPA
Navy air commander testifies war warning unknown before Pearl Harbor
In a Senate House inquiry, Vice Admiral L Bellinger testified that he learned of the November 27 1941 war warning only after the December 7 attack. He said his 41 1 information came from Honolulu papers and did not prompt a request for long range reconnaissance planes to defend Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
Naval Air
Hawaii
Amie
Pln
L. Bellinger
Senate-House
U. S
Japan
Honolulu
Bellinger
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Fleet
Husband E. Kimmel
UNO Leaders Hope To End All Battles
United Nations delegates expressed hope the security council compromise on the Russian Iranian dispute could guide a settlement of the Greek and Indonesian cases. Russia filed complaints against Britain over actions in Greece and Java. Greek delegates argued British troops are needed for order. the Netherlands backs troops in Java. Indonesian and Soviet positions unclear. Moscow accused Britain of political pressure in Greece. The assembly schedules adjournment about February 9 after which UNO offices, including the security council, move to the United States near Boston or Newark.
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London
United Nations
Security Council
UNO
Council
Geece
Indonesia
Greece
Netherlands
L Nation Council
Java
Moscow Radio
Britain
United States
Boston
Newark
Pacific Bases Urged by Rivers on Pacific Staff Plan
Congressman Rivers of South Carolina urged rapid approval of a bases program for the Pacific and accompanying staffing. He and eight other lawmakers toured the Pacific, Japan, and China to inspect surplus property. They cited acres of available materials and proposed using air bases at Guam, Saipan, Truk, and Tinian for U. S. forces.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Rep. Rivers
D-Sc
Naval Affairs
United States
Japan
China
Rep
Cooley
D-Nc
Agriculture Committee
U. S
Guam
Saipan
Truk
Tinian
CIO Unions Plan State Political Action Meeting
South Carolina CIO unions will hold a joint meeting in Columbia on February 10 to organize a state political action committee. Director Walter Truman of the state textile workers union announced the plan.
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Columbia
S. C
CIO
South Carolina
Walter Truman
State Textile Workers Union
Spain's Toledo Road Shows Castilian Pace of Life and Pluck
In a winter journey from Madrid to Toledo, DEWIT MACKENZIE portrays the Castilian plain’s intense farming and orderly fields. He notes barley, wheat, vegetables feeding Madrid, olive groves, and vineyards. The article frames Spain as war cautious yet bustling with hard work, amid a world war-scarred continent.
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Dewit MacKenzie
Madrid
Spain
Toledo
Castilian
Lend-Lease settlement expected by July first
President Truman told Congress that final settlements for all lend-lease transactions are anticipated by July 1. The report shows total U S lend-lease aid of 46.040 billion dollars from 1941 to 1945, with 69 percent to Britain and 25 percent to Russia.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
U. S
Great Britain
British Empire
Russia
France
China
Netherlands
Greece
Belgium
Norway
Turkey
Yugoslavia
United States
County Schools Continue March of Dimes Effort
Chapel Hill January 31 County schools in North Carolina will continue their March of Dimes drive after the statewide close. State chairman Dr Ralph McDonald and Mrs Phillips Russell said NC is expected to exceed its 354 750 quota and last year raised over 500 000.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Ralph McDonald
Phillips Russell
Kuomintang Approves Unity Conference Decisions
In Chungking on January 31 the Kuomintang standing committee formally approved all decisions from the political consultation unity conference. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek presided as the committee endorsed the agreement.
Case Bill Sparks Senate Test On Labor Control Plan
Congress debates Rep Case's labor bill aimed at curbing strikes by creating a labor management mediation board. The measure would require mutual contracts, deny benefits to workers using violence, jail management for coercion, bar supervisors from unions, and loosen anti labor actions with injunctions in select cases.
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Washington
House
Truman
Mula
Rep. Case
Thue
Labor
Rep
Marecan
Al-Ny
Senate
Labor-Management Mediat Board
Mercury Forecast Shows Sharp Temp Drop For Raleigh
Raleigh weather bulletin cites a rapid fall from near 60 degrees at 10 am to 21 to 26 degrees by dawn tomorrow. Officials warn of an unprecedented cooling trend ahead.
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Raleigh
N_ State college
Filibuster And Country Ham Keep Senator Bilbo On Jump
Senator Bilbo of Mississippi continues a lengthy filibuster over the FEPC bill as a crowd gathers outside his apartment. He jokes about an 18 pound country ham and his planned 30 day speech with 29 days left, while a picket line protests the measure and Bilbo’s steadfast stance remains firm.
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Bilbo
Washington
D-Miss
FEPC
Fair Employment Practice Commission
Gress
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