Coal parley opens as Washington talks resume
In Washington the coal talks resumed with L. Lewis absent at the morning session while United Mine Workers and operators seek a settlement over recognition of Lewis foremen. Schwellenbach urged ground given the essential nature of coal. The UMW blamed local unit walkouts. operators demand end to strikes before talks.
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Washington
L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Schwellenbach
United
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Abolishing Shinto Could Shape Japan's Postwar Reform
Washington aims to separate religion from state in Japan, weakening Shinto’s grip used by militarists. Emperor Hirohito may abdicate as reform progresses, with the Mikado’s divine status in question and education guided toward Western ideas amid a broader westernization of the Orient.
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Washington
Japan
Hinto
Mikado
Amaterasu
Hirohito
Hess Leaves England for Nürnberg Trial
London Britain’s air ministry said Rudolf Hess departed from England by RAF aircraft to Frankfurt on the first leg of his Nazi war crimes trial in Nurnberg. Hess, once deputy to Hitler, was taken from detention in a British army car with blinds drawn and appeared thinner in a gray suit and hat.
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London
British
Air Ministry
Rudolf Hess
England
Frankfurt
Nuernberg
Hess
Irc approves Southern Railway promissory notes for six passenger motive
The interstate commerce commission authorized the Southern Railway to issue 1,599,840 dollars of promissory notes to help finance the purchase of six passenger motive power units.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Southern Railway, Company
Repercussions Of Atomic Bomb In Congress Hearings
In Washington on October 8, a joint hearing of the Senate commerce and military committees discussed broad federal aid for scientific research tied to atomic energy. Dr. Irving Langmuir of GE warned that the atomic bomb pace remains swift, while Dr. Isiah Bowman of Johns Hopkins testified that the war is not over, only the military phase, urging continued preparedness. Lawmakers sought clear guidance on funding and policy amid lingering atomic energy questions.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Commerce and Military Committees
Irving Langmuir
General Electric Research Laboratories
Isiah Bowman
Johns Hopkins University
Mae
Ile
United States Leads on War Crime Prosecutions at Nuremberg
Berlin dispatch reports a four power tribunal will indict 24 defendants with a broad conspiracy charge as the first count. Justice Robert H. Jackson and the American team lead the western crimes and co present the major evidence on crimes against humanity and wartime violations.
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Berlin
United States
Robert H. Jackson
Fenses
Britain
Russia
France
Wth
Laval Locked In Dungeon Trial Delayed
Paris reports that Pierre Laval remains confined beneath the Palais de Justice as the fourth day of his treason trial begins without him. Judge Mongibeaux is told Laval declines to associate with a judicial crime. Key witness Gen Boyen was delayed by fog affecting his Paris flight. Jurors have begun to miss hearings for the Oct. 21 election, delaying proceedings.
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Paris
Piere Laval
Palais de Justice
Paul Mongibeaux
Laval
Vichy
Boyen
Albert Sion
Georges Levy-Alphandary
Contractors To Hold Meeting In North Carolina
The Carolinas branch of Associated General Contractors Inc will hold its annual session in November 1920 at Southern Pines. Officers include Ben M. Martin president Edwin L. Jones vice president Robert H. Pinnix treasurer and C P Street ex officio director.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Associated General Contractors, Inc
Southern Pines
Frank M. Conner
Ben M. Martin
Easley
S. C
Edwin L. Jones
Robert H. Pinnix
Gastornia
C. P. Street
Truman Heads to Tennessee for Fishing Trip
President Truman left Caruthersville by car at 10 08 a m for Tiptonville Tennessee where he will rest two days near Reelfoot Lake Truman began drafting a speech advocating regional authority control over waterways as he wrapped up a Missouri visit The speech notes the Tennessee Valley Authority and its dam program completing its original ten dam project
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Caruthersville
Truman
Tiptonville
Tenn
Reelfort Lake
Carutthersville
Missouri
Tennessee
Tennesee Valley Authority
New Deal
Byrnes Briefs Senate on Postwar Policy After London Talks
Secretary of State Byrnes will tell the Foreign Relations Committee at 2:30 p.m. EST about American postwar policy following the London conference. Chairman Connally arranged the briefing to outline the conference background and the push for allied participation in peace discussions amid indications of strong support in Congress.
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Washington
Byrnes
Capitol Bill
London
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Lena
Fish Returns To Sea Highlight Coastal Handling Crisis
Beaufort reports fishermen haul big catches but lack of ice and fish boxes forces thousands of pounds overboard. Dare county man $1,300 of fish given away. Captain Bonner Willis dumps 60,000 pounds and later 35,000 sold, rest discarded. Ice, storage shortages blamed for gluts. trucks seek ice from Elizabeth City and Norfolk. Despite losses, Irving Morris and John Smith earn significant sums for houl and trout and a day’s work.
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Beaufort
Dare County
Bonner Willis
Willis
Elizabeth City
Norfolk
Irving Morris
Atlantic
John Smith
Davis
Cotton yield outlook lowers from last year this season
The Agriculture Department estimates this year's cotton production at 9.779 million bales, down from 12.23 million last year and 12.293 million in the ten year average. The Oct 1 condition is 70 percent of normal with a per acre yield around 260.7 pounds and harvest area about 18.008 million acres. The Census Bureau notes 2,176,073 running bales ginned prior to Oct 1, versus 3,988,150 in 1944 and 5,749,745 in 1943, with state figures showing variances in yield and area.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Bodies Came Out Of Asylum Says German Nurse
Nurse Minna Zachow testified at Hadamar trial that only bodies left the asylum described as a murder factory. She said Russian and Polish slave laborers including women and children were killed with poison tablets and injections.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Hadamar
Minna Zachow
U. S
Marines Land in North China to Aid Chiang Kai Shek
U S Marines landed at three points along troubled North China shores to help Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek regain control from Japanese influence. A convoy of 7th Fleet transports and ships held off the Taku river bar while Marine veterans began securing Taku port facilities and advancing inland.
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Tientsin
China
U. S
North
Chiank Kai-Shek
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Taku River
First Marine Division
Taku
Yamashita Pleads Not Guilty. Trial Set for October 29
Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita pleaded not guilty to war crimes charges in Manila. The US military panel fixed October 29 for his trial to be held in the former residence of the Philippine high commissioner.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Japan
Malaya
Philippines
Yamashita
United States
Two-Year Army Enlistees Eligible for Discharge in March 1946
Washington hearing notes that next March all enlisted men with two years of service will be eligible for discharge. Brig. Gen. Robert W. Berry said high point releases will allow discharges by length of service, with critical point scores dropping from 70 to 60 by November. He added few two-year veterans will be discharged soon under a policy of releasing surplus personnel.
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Washington
Oct
House Military Committee
Robert W. Berry
Berry
Labor Front Begins To Improve
The labor picture brightened as talks between John L Lewis led United Mine Workers and soft coal operators featured in Washington. Secretary Schwellenbach pushed to reach a compromise to end a walkout in about 600 mines and curb a nationwide strike.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Accused Denies War Crimes At Oswiecim and Belsen
Josef Kramer known as the Beast of Belsen testified he was innocent of atrocities at Oswiecim and Belsen and claimed orders from higher Nazis. He described being loyal to the SS and said he carried out orders while the court heard about a riot and attempted escapes at a concentration camp.
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Lueneburg
Germany
Josef Kramer
Oswiecim
Belsen
Kramer
Eight Violent Deaths In State During Weekend
Eight people died in weekend incidents across the state from highway crashes and a gunshot wound toll. Major accidents occurred near Camp Butner killing three, with several others injured including Mrs. Eileen Host Dunlap and Rufus Morton Jr. The weekend also saw a Norfolk man die in Rolesville after a tire blowout and a Charlotte sailor killed in a collision with a delivery truck.
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Associated Press
Pat Carolina
Camp Butner
Eileen Host Dunlap
Charleston
S. C
Willie Foster Morton
Raleigh
Rufus Morton
Folk
Rolesville
Keely
Charlotte
Harry C. Enloe
Enloe
Leona Pitts
Lloyd Baker
Elmer Bristow
Petersburg
Hendersonville
N. C
H. C. Hunter
New Japanese Premier Forms Cabinet Plan Amid Uncertain Outlook
Tokyo reports Premier Kijuro Shidehara outlined a "safe and sane" government and planned an immediate 15 member cabinet meeting before reporting to the emperor. The roster includes Shidehara, Shogaku Yo shida, Toyoda, Shibu sawa, Ogasawara, Masumura, Shimomura, Ashida, Tanaka, Maseda and others with five holdovers and a cabinet secretary. General MacArthur’s influences and the looming general elections next January add to the uncertain political path ahead.
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Kijuro Shidehara
Japan
Domei
Adm
Soyemu Toyoda
Navy
Daisaburo Tsugita
MacArethur
Tsugita
Baron Shidehara
Shidehara
Shigeru Yoshida
Nippon
Zenjiro
Keizo Shibusawa
Commerce and Industry
Sankuro Ogasawara
Kenzo Masumura
Sadashi Shimomura
Yokosuka
Whuzo “Iwata
Hitoshi Ashida
Austhor
House of Representatives
Takao Tanaka
Tamon Maseda
Joji Matsumoto
Tatsuo Hawai
Board of Information
Wataru Narahashi
Board of Legislation
MacArthur
Conference Of Methodists Opens In North Carolina
Sessions of the western North Carolina conference of the Methodist church will begin tomorrow at the West Market street church in Greensboro with Bishop Clare Purcell presiding. The four day meeting runs through Friday with pastoral appointments for the new year announced Friday.
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Western North Carolina
The
Methodist Church
West Market Street
Clare Purcell
Charlotte
Historical Society
Crusade For Christ
Purcell
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