Rethinking Allied Policy on Nazi and Japanese Power
A columnist argues Patton erred in keeping Nazis in postwar Bavaria and urges a tougher split of power. He ties the Nazi underground to continued resistance and warns against reviving Hitlerism while condemning civilian hunger. He reflects on wartime atrocities at Belsen and Bataan as stakes for policy.
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Patton
Bavaria
Eisenhower
Potsdam
Germany
Hitler
Fuehrer
Truman Urges Major Cuts in War Spending
President Truman proposed repealing about 39.75 billion of current year appropriations, including 28.7 billion for the army, 8.3 billion for the navy, and 2.8 billion for emergency activities. He also called for 4.1 billion in contract reductions and 9.3 million in admin costs for government corporations. An extra 1.19 million would be returned to the treasury from Inter-American Arts entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Truman
Navy
Treasury
Office of inter-American Arts
Congress
Congress Faces Wide Range of Tax and Policy Debates
Congress tackles corporation tax reform and government reorganization as President Truman seeks action on river development and a Canadian American waterway agreement. Senate considers tax relief for service members, while controversy erupts over Marshall recognition and Harbor inquiry. Senate foreign relations questions Braden with Acheson backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Truman
St. Frence
House
Senate
Johnston
D-Sc
A. L. Miller
R-Neb
George C. Marshall
Con
Thei Harbor
Marshall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Spruille _Braden
Argentina
Dean Acheson
Braden
Standard Oil Company
Dondero
R-Mich
Detroit
Palestine
House Committee On Ways and Means
Negotiations To Resume On Local Textile Strike
Negotiations with management to resume this afternoon over the border strike affecting 18 mills. AFL textile union official Lloyd Klewert and federal conciliator Seth Brewer will confer with Kenneth Brim of Greensboro and local mill owners. Tonight at 7 30 Kienert addresses hosiery workers at the union hall on East Washington Street and introduces the new High Point representative replacing Albert Cox who moves to Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Klewert
National A. F. of L
Seth P. Brewer
Kenneth Brim
Greensboro
Kienert
Union
East Washington Street
High Point
Albert Cox
Georgia
Battle Looms Over Power For Truman
The House debates government reorganization power for President Truman with Democrats backing a bill that would let him reshuffle or abolish federal bureaus within 60 days, minus four exempt agencies. Republicans seek to add eight more agencies to the four.
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Washington
House
Truman
Congress
Manasco
D-Ala
House Expenditures Committee
Boyle's War Notes On Manila Rescues By Guerrilla Troops
Two American women reach Manila after dramatic rescues by Col. Russell R. Volckmann led guerrillas in northern Luzon. Mrs. Herman Kluge hid with Ifugao tribesmen for 41 months as a price on her head neared 35 000 pesos. Mrs. Helen McQuaid endured three years in Japanese prisons before capture. Kluge and her husband faced Japanese threats and torture before his imprisonment in Fort Santiago.
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James J. Halsema
Hal Boyle
Manila
Russell R. Volckmann
Clinton
Iowa
Herman Kluge
Schenectady
N. Y
Luzon
Helen J. McQuaid
O. A. Jeffreys
Los Angeles
Kluge
Willea
Fort Santiago
Escape Tales From the Philippines During World War II
Mrs. McQuaid and Mrs. Kluge endured Japanese capture in Aparri and hid with guerrillas in the mountains. They survived beheading threats and a perilous escape aided by Colonel Volckmann and other American missionaries, finally reaching safety after Weeks of hardship near Yamashita's territory.
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Bayoning
14Th Philippine Infantry Regiment
MacArthur
Volckmann
Mrs. Kluge
Pearl Harbor
Yamashita
Baguio
Nippon Told to Stay Out of Korea Politics
General MacArthur restricted Japanese overseas financial and business communications to approved messages and warned Nippon to keep hands off Korean government affairs. Allied HQ said Korea’s government is under military authority and warned of famine risk as rice riots emerge in northern Japan. Premier Higashi-Kuni faces intensified criticism over relief plans. resignation rumors swirl amid cabinet instability.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Russia
United States
Japan
Moscow Radio
Consultative Commission
Secret
Patriotic Societies
Nippon
Korea
Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni
Small Violent Hurricane Threatens Central America
A small but violent hurricane moved from the western Caribbean toward coastlines from Central America to the Mexican Gulf states. It developed from a tropical disturbance near Swan Island and intensified to hurricane strength by night, prompting Forecaster W. O. Johnson to warn vessels to leave the northwestern Caribbean area.
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Miami
Central America
Mexican Gulf States
Caribbean Sea
Swan Island
W. O. Johnson
Federal Storm Warning Service
Caribbean
Truman To Talk On Atomic Bomb Use And Fact
President Truman plans an announcement today at 4 p m about the atomic bomb and its use. Press secretary Charles G Ross told reporters the briefing will be at the presidential news conference in Washington.
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Washington
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Labor unrest widens as 415000 idle in 400,000 strike wave
Government seeks conciliation as strikes expand across coal and oil sectors. About 130000 workers in coal and oil face halted production while oil refineries in 15 states remain closed. CIO oil workers weigh a government peace plan with a decisive vote due later today.
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Labor Department
Rotary Schwellenbach
Washington
CIO Oil
Oil Workers Union
Better Grades Of Weed Show Price Advances
In Raleigh on October 3 prices for four flue cured tobacco belts show irregular movements for lower grades while higher qualities hold steady. Middle belt markets start four weeks of sales with slight gains and losses for several lower grades.
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Raleigh
Middle Belt
North Carolina Congressman Urges Mountain Industry Relocation
Representative Ervin of North Carolina argues for moving industry to rural and mountainous areas to shield against a Pearl Harbor style attack. He notes decentralization is driven by private enterprise but holds government and public interest. Representative Clark also sits on the Pearl Harbor committee.
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Washington
Rep. Ervin
D-Nc
House
Congressional
Ervin
Pearl Harbor
Rep. Clark
Textile Strike Situation Is Improving
About half of roughly 3,600 Carolina textile workers on strike two days ago returned to work. At White Oak mills in Greensboro about two thirds of 2,000 employees resumed duties after a four day stoppage. Hartsville South Carolina plants also reported renewed activity as unions decide representation in bargaining. Durham Erwin mills hold talks to avert a Monday strike while Broad River Blacksburg and Limestone Gaffney workers seek strike rights.
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Carolinas
White Oak Mills
Greensboro
Hartsville
S. C
Cio-Textile Workers Union of America
Afl-United Textile Workers Union
South Carolina
Gaffney Manufacturing Company
Rock Hill
Durham
Erwin ‘Cotton Mills
Broad River
Blacksburg
Gaffney
Oil Workers Face Decision On Government Plan
CIO oil workers poised to accept a government plan that would arbitrate wage demands and grant a 15 percent temporary pay hike, while the union seeks 30 percent. Secretary Schwellenbach to receive union board decisions as oil refineries risk government seizure amid nationwide strikes.
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Washington
CIO
Labor
Schwellenbach
EWT
Detroit
Labor Department
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Solid Fuels Administration
Four-Power Plan Proposed for Japan by Allied Powers
A Moscow broadcast reported Russia pressed for a four power control government for Japan to be formed before a long range policy body. The plan would replace Gen. MacArthur as allied commander and unite the United States Britain Russia and China in a common policy. Molotov urged an allied advisory committee after a central government for Japan is formed.
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Associated Press
London
Mosocow
Japan
U. S
James F. Byrnes
United States
Russia
Britain
China
Gen. MacArthur
Balkan
V. M. Molotov
Brynes
George Bidault
Europe
Moscow Radio
Lotov
Byrnes
Kremelin
Comeiny Gen. MacArethur
Centrol
Molotov
Bidault
South To Put 12 Million in Furniture Mart
Leo J. Heer of the National Retail Furniture Association said government price controls hinder rapid postwar furniture production and distribution. He urged price stabilization but warned OPA freezes raise costs for lower price merchandise. J. T. Ryan announced the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association ready to invest 12 million dollars in improved facilities once equipment is available.
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Charlotte
Leo J. Heer
National Retail Furniture Association
Carolina
Heer
National Association
Washington
OPA
J. T. Ryan
High Point
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
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Bataan
Bradley
Omar N. Bradley
Mathilda Burling
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International Soundphoto
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Sergio Osmena
Paul McNutt
Osmena
International
Boyle
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