Molotov threatens to quit London parley after Bevin clash
Soviet Commissar V. M. Molotov threatened to go home over the weekend after a heated argument with British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin. The two clashed amid deadlocked talks with the United States, Britain, France, China, and Russia over the Potsdam procedure.
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London
Foreign Ministers’ Conference
V. M
Molotov
Ernest Bevin
United States
Great Britain
France
China
Bevin
Russia
Huge Federal Building Plan Is Projected
Washington October 2 Congress was asked to fund 193 million dollars for new federal buildings in states and territories and 172.405 million for buildings near the District of Columbia. A list of 4,020 eligible projects totaling 774.795 million was sent to House Speaker Rayburn with the proposal. Public Buildings Commissioner Reynolds said projects outside DC would be chosen by new equitable distribution and that the plan also funds health service hospitals federal courthouses post offices and offices.
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Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
Public Buildings Administration
Post Office Department
Rayburn
D-Tex
W. Englebert Reynolds
Public Buildings
Health Service
State Department
Navy
War Departments
National Archives
Smithsonian Institution
Zoological Park
Pentagon
War Department
Reynolds
Patton Relieved Of Command In Germany
General George S Patton Jr is reported relieved of command of the Third Army in the eastern American zone in Germany. Lt General Lucien K Truscott is named to replace him as Patton moves to command the Fifteenth Army which is now a reduced paper organization. The Washington War Department called the report news and noted Eisenhower makes the decision.
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Gen. Patton
Germany
Frankfurt ON the Main
George 8. Patton, Jr
Eisenhower
Bavaria
France
Fifteenth Army
Fifteenth
Berlin
George
Patton
Lucien K. Truscott
Washington
War Department
Bad Toelz
World Today: Peace Talks lag as relief delays threaten lives
The World Today discusses the London foreign ministers conference healing Europe postwar. It warns delays in food distribution and peace treaties for Bulgaria Hungary Romania and Finland may cost lives. It notes past wartime leadership by the big three and calls for decisive action to rehabilitate and feed war-torn regions.
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Council of Foreign Ministers
London
Europe
Asia
Ent
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Finland
American Woman Faces Domestic Strife in War Tangle
An American woman in Saigon narrates life during a native rebellion and month long Annamite uprising. Helen Spengler of Memphis, with two American born sons Etienne 12 and Francois 11, keeps them away from patrols while husband, a French official, had died in Bangkok. She recalls moving to Dalat for schooling after bombings and hardship.
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Saigon
French Indochina
Helen Spengler
Memphis
Tenn
Etienne
Francois
America
Chicago Tribune
Bangkok
Dalat
Memories of Occupation Devotion and Theft in Saigon
A British woman recalls Japanese occupation near Saigon ending in March with barricaded roads and nightly door openings. She sheltered with two children in a villa as jungle predators roamed nearby and faced betrayal from servants during evacuation.
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Saigon
Harrowing Journey Through Saigon Refugee Days
Read by Hal Boyle recounts a 70 mile cattle car trip where a mother and her sons slept on the floor beside the ribs of a Japanese officer. She recalls September 2 when Annamese mobs sacked 500 French homes and praises a small group of Americans who saved 400 French refugees by claiming ownership of a hotel.
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Saigon
Pressure Mounts for Cabinet Shakeup in Japan
Tokyo reports a push for a full cabinet cleansing as demobilization nears in mid October. General MacArthur seeks detailed 1941 to 1945 arms production data and postwar stock inventories. Rumors rise of Emperor Hirohito abdication and ministers tied to the war regime face replacement.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Hirohito
HAL
Shigenori Togo
U. S. 8Th Army
Shanghai
Chien Ta- Chen
Mainichi
Prince Higashi-Kuni
Higashi-Kuni
Army
Navy
Burley Tobacco Crop To Show Sharp Increase
Asheville reports nearly 19 million pounds of burley tobacco harvested in western North Carolina for the coming sales season. The Asheville market expects 10 million pounds more, with growers around 5 million dollars in potential revenue. Last season the local market sold over 8.2 million pounds for about 4.1 million dollars. Tobacco marketing specialist W. P. Hedrick notes expected strong buyer competition while opening dates and price terms are still to be announced.
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Asheville
North Carolina
W. P. Hedrick
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Washington
Globester Reaches Manila in Globe-Span Flight
The Globester crossed the hump of China and reached Manila at 1:25 p m Manila time after a 1 415 mile hop from Kunming. Passengers rested three hours before boarding the Bataan Meteor for a 1587 mile leg to Guam, marking the second aircraft change since the service began.
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Manila
China
Nichols Field
Kunming
Bataan
Guam
Somber Hue To Textile Walkouts
Textile strike activity spreads across the Carolinas with stoppages at Hartsville South Carolina and pending Oct 8 strikes at Erwin mills in Durham and Cooleemee North Carolina. Petition drives for right to strike loom at Blacksburg South Carolina and Gaffney Limestone mills while Greensboro North Carolina reports two thirds of 2000 White Oak workers returning to work at the large denim plant.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Hartsville
S. C
Erwin Mills
Durham
Erwin
Cooleemee
N. C
Textile Workers Union
Ick Mills
Blacksburg
Limestone Mills
Gaffney
Greensboro
Herman Cone
Proximity Manufacturing Company
White Oak
Vick Employees To Return To 40 Hour Week With Raise
Greensboro and Philadelphia laboratories totaling 347 workers will shift to a 40 hour week starting October 31, reducing hours from 45 and causing a smaller take home pay despite a 10 percent base pay rise. The new base plus a 10 percent war bonus yields a minimum hourly rate of 55 cents.
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Greensboro
Vick Chemical Company
Philadelphia
George C. Eichhorn
Pennsylvania
Vick
Congress Clears 3 Billion Road Program and Tax Talks
Congress moved a 3 billion road building program through with a 50 50 funding plan between federal and state governments. The Ways and Means Committee eyed broad tax changes including a potential repeal of the 3 percent normal tax on net incomes over 500 dollars while staggered debates continue. The post office and public buildings requests totaled 193 million for new states and territories and 172.405 million for Washington area buildings. The AFL urged a 65 cent hour minimum wage for interstate firms. A bill to award a special gold medal to General George C Marshall was approved by the House Military Committee awaiting action. President Truman named Raymond S McKeough to the U S Maritime Commission indicating Senate consideration.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Post Office Department
Public Buildings Administration
States
Territories
American Federation of Labor
Lewis G. Hines
House Military Committee
George C. Marshall
Truman
Raymond S. McKeough
U. S. Maritime Commission
McKeough
Illinois
CIO
Beasts of Oswiecim Guard Accused After Gloating Murder
Esther Wolgrod testified at the Oswiecim and Belsen trial that Juana Borman an SS guard set a dog on a prisoner and watched the killing then boasted to SS superiors Look-see what I have done. She identified Borman as defendant number six the beastess of Oswiecim.
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Lueneburg
Oswiecim
Juana Borman
Esther Wolgrod
Belsen
Borman
Bradley Plans To Cut Red Tape
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, veterans administrator, said steps to cut red tape and simplify forms to make VA service easier. He announced the creation of a division of organization planning and coordination as part of modernizing procedures at the Veterans Administration during the opening session of the VFW 46th national encampment in Chicago. Delegates from over a million veterans were represented.
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Chicago
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans Administration
Veterans of Foreign Wars
15 Percent Increase Is Advocated
CIO oil workers and 11 major oil companies study a government peace proposal calling for a temporary 15 percent pay raise and acceptance of an arbitrator's final settlement. An immediate end to strikes would follow, effective across 12 states, with new impact on the west coast and Pacific military naval supplies.
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Washington
CIO
West Coast
Pacific
AFL strikers fired as Texas hydro plants resume service
Threats of water shortages and public service breakdowns in several Texas cities ended today when AFL strikers were dismissed and hydroelectric operations restarted without them. Max Starcke, general manager of the Lower Colorado River Authority, said workers are out of jobs and will not be re-employed, except at Lampasas and nearby areas. He added he would inform a federal conciliator that there is nothing to conciliate.
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Texs
AFL
Max Starcke
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Lampasas
Secretary Schwellenbach Urges Breakthrough in Coal Strike
Secretary Schwellenbach presented a peace plan to weary negotiators hoping to end seven days of consolidation under government supervision. He warned of winter hunger if the strike persists and urged immediate return to work by the 36,000 striking union members.
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Schwellensbach
Schwellenbach
John L. Lewis
Auto
CIO
Senate Pushes $3 Billion Postwar Highway Drive
Senate Democrats and Republicans unite to back a vast road program with an outlay exceeding 3 billion dollars over the next three years. The plan aims to accelerate postwar highway construction across the nation.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Republic Cars
Congress acts on $3 billion highway program
Congress votes immediate start on a 3 billion federal state highway construction plan. Senate approves the postwar program by voice vote and sends it to the White House. funding appropriation still rests with Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
White House
McKeller to Step Down as Presiding Officer on Post Roads Bill
Senator McKeller of Tennessee plans to resign as presiding officer and urge immediate action on a post offices and post roads bill that passed the House unanimously. As committee chair he will call up the measure, which the committee approved without dissent. The program authorizes over 500 million dollars in federal funds for current and next two fiscal years, with state matching funds and allocations for roads and related projects, parks, and Indian crests.
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McKeller
D-Tenn
House
Congress
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