Magnuson Bill Favored By Dr. Conant
Dr. James B. Conant of Harvard spoke at a Harvard Alumni club luncheon in Pelt Hill endorsing the Magnuson bill. He said federal scholarships could aid qualified high school students choosing colleges and urged study into national research funds for social sciences and the philosophic aspects of social studies.
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Pel Hill
Magnuson
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Harvard Alumni Club of
North Carolina
Conant
Dr. Conant
Japanese Premier Faces Red Pressure and Constitutional Drafts
The Domei agency notes 1930s Japanese moves toward democracy while resisting drastic changes. Newspapers foresee a December diet session for a revised constitution though no broad leadership move to overhaul the document. Konoye's draft reportedly shifts the emperor from supreme commander and adjusts treaty powers to the diet.
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Domei Agency
Japan
National Federation of Toilers
MacArthur
Konoye
Thim
Diet
Strikes Shut London Docks as Walkout Looms
Strike leaders vow intensified action Monday as Royal docks clerks walk out forcing ships to idle. West India dock workers return while a nationwide stoppage narrows exports. Food ministry warns bacon rations may fall short without faster stock replenishment.
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London
Royal Docks
West India Dock
Ministry of Food
Britain
Wakielotey of
War Transport
Frank Campbell
Liverpool
British Revolutionary Communist Party
Jock Faston
Compromise Raise in Minimum Wage Debated by House
House labor leaders weigh a compromise on raising the minimum wage from 40 to 65 and then 75 cents per hour for interstate firms. Ram speck of Georgia warns a 25 cent rise is unlikely, while others seek a middle ground due to labor shortages in agriculture and manufacturing. Republicans back tying UN relief funds to press freedom conditions.
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House
Senate
House Labor Committee
Ramspeck
D-Ga
Japanese American unit helped shorten the war
A highly secret U S army unit composed mainly of Nisei operated in the Pacific. Allied translators decoded seized documents revealing Japanese unit locations and officers. The unit’s work translated combat instructions, morale propaganda, and ship movements, aiding Allied offensives and earning several valor awards.
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Duane Hennessy
Tokyo
Pacific
Cole Sidney F. Mashbir
Washington, D.C
Japan
Mashbir
United States
Unitedtates
Pe Pene
Kokopo
Salamaua
Javese
ATIS
New Britain New Guinea
Izadum
Nisei
Committee proposes public hearings on inquiry evidence
The committee plans to hold public hearings and make all evidence public. Barkley states the committee will withhold no pertinent material, while Forrestal’s reply avoids renewing secrecy terms.
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Barkley
Forrestal
Hold Your War Bonds For Lower Taxes
Senate Finance Committee Chairman George from Georgia advised Americans to hold war bonds to gain a lower postwar income tax rate. He urged bondholders to wait to cash them until postwar tax rates are in effect.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Nationwide strikes loom across midwest and coasts
AFL central states drivers council filed a strike ballot with the NLRB amid demands for a labor agreement with 3,190 Michigan to Kansas employers. Coastal Massachusetts bus and street railway workers, Hollywood movie set decorators, and Pacific northwest lumber unions also strike or threaten action, with federal conciliation aid sought and record vote trends showing strong worker support postwar.
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Indiana
AFL Central States Drivers Council
National Labor Relation Board
Michigan
Ohio
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Misouri
North
Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Massachusetts
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company
Lowell
Lawrence
Lynn
Fall River
Brockton
Haverhill
Quincy
Taunton
Maurice J. Tobin
AFL
Interstate Bus Lines
Providence
R. L
Mass
Albany
N. Y
Hollywood
Columbia Movie Studio
Warner Brothers
Federal Conciliation Service
Pacific Northwest
New York
New York Board of Arbitration
Brooklyn
Municipal Workers of America
CIO
Stassen Plans National Speaking Tour for 1948 Bid
Capt. Harold E. Stassen, soon to leave the Navy, threads a national speaking campaign toward the 1948 Republican presidential nomination. He will push domestic reforms and labor relations while rallying younger Republicans, aiming to build support without immediate bids for office.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Mafti
Stassen
Navy
William Halsey
Senator Shinpstead
R-Minn
Republican Party
San Francisco
Friends
Sweden
Congress
Senate
House
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Party
Chicago
Stassen People
Herbert Brownell
Argentine generals clash as Peluffo detained in Buenos Aires
General Orlando Peluffo, a chief proponent of moving power to the supreme court, is ordered detained at the army's first division HQ in Buenos Aires after leaving Bahia Blanca without permission. Peron, ousted foreign minister, reportedly detained aboard a navy ship as tensions rise over military control.
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Orlando Peluffo
Buenos Aires
Bahia Blanca
Peluffo
Supreme Court
Peron
Alberto Gilbert
Axis
Tulane Surgeon to Attend Regional Cancer Meeting
Dr Alton Ochsner head of Tulane surgery joins J Louis Neff Lucy R Milligan and Horace B Ritchie in a three day regional American Cancer Society meeting. Sessions at Washington Duke hotel Duke University and UNC Chapel Hill will cover professional and lay cancer work and plans for a five million dollar campaign.
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Durham
Alton Ochsner
School of Medicine
Tulane University
New Orleans
J. Louis Neff
New York
American Cancer Society
Lucy R. Milligan
Horace B. Ritchie
Athens
Field Army
Cancer Control
Virginia
Kentucky
Texas
Ivan M. Procter
Raleigh
George E. Marshall
Mount Airy
North Carolina
Field Army of the
Washington Duke Hotel
Duke University
School of the Health of
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Ritchie
Ochsner
Procter
Marshall
Nation launches greatest highway building project
The United States commits $500.6 million yearly for three years under the 1944 act to kick off a historic highway expansion. The plan envisions a 34,000 mile interstate network plus farm to market routes, urban access criteria, and elevated safety standards, with broader rural and urban funding to follow.
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Alexander R. George Washington
Congress
Prince
United States
American Association of State Highway
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Public Roads Administration
Detroit
Chicago
Washington
Boston
New York
Leaf sales report summary of grade mix and quality
The report notes fair to choice grades last week with a smaller share of common and low qualities. Bulk sold included common to good leaf, low to fine lugs, common to fair smoking leaf, and low to fair cutters.
U S Attorneys Ordered to End Private Law Practice
U S Attorney General Tom C Clark announced a policy requiring all United States attorneys to close private law offices and work solely for the federal government. He spoke at a Dallas luncheon, noting that private practice on the side will be tolerated only in the past.
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Dallas
Tex
United States
Uncle Sam
U. S
Tom C. Clark
Navy Jayvees Win Annapolis Tilt Over Duke Vee
Navy's junior varsity football team beat Duke jayvees 14 to 12 at Annapolis Maryland on October 13. Navy led 14 0 before Duke rallied with a late score to narrow the margin.
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Annapolis
Navy
Duke University
Rumor China May Move Capital Back to Peiping
The Shanghai rumor says China could move its capital from Nanking to Peiping in the north. Analysts note economic and political motives, with Manchuria’s industry and Russo-Chinese ties shaping the dispute.
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San Francisco
Shanghai
China
Peiping
Anking
United States
Mobile
Ala
Washington, D. C
Chiang Kai-shek
Manchuria
Peking
Salon
Nanking
Ho Ying Chin
Kai-shek
Chungking
North
Peining
Soviet
Russia
Britain
America
Chang Chih-chung
Sun Lien-chung
Shang Chen
Chiang
Scientists Push for Atomic Power with Global Control
Independent researchers argue for technical design access to atomic power once secret to the US Britain and Canada. They warn bombs could be far more powerful than Hiroshima and Nagasaki and urge international secrecy abolition and open labs while noting high speed V-2 missiles challenge and the need for drastic action to avert worldwide destruction. They also claim skin preservation at subzero temperatures could allow 60 day stored grafts.
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United States
Great Britain
Canada
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Marshall
Dr Heaton to Deliver University Sermon at Woman's College
Dr George D Heaton minister of Myers Park Baptist church Charlotte will give the opening university sermon at the Woman's College on Sunday October 28 Heaton will stay on campus through Tuesday to meet groups and individuals Heaton has spoken at National Preaching Missions since 1936 and in army camps during the war Heaton is active in industrial human relations and chairs or serves on committees in several Protestant bodies and associations
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Greensboro
George D. Heaton
Myers Park Baptist Church
Charlotte
Woman's College
Heaton
North Carolina
Tennessee
Optimism Hints at De-control of Wartime Economy
The article outlines a shift toward de-control with curbs ending on Monday including housing construction and price ceilings. It notes cautious moves on meat rationing and shoes, while OPA maintains 1942 prices for essentials like washers. Unemployment exceeds 2 million though 700,000 jobs remain open, and industry foresees persistent high unemployment into 1946.
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OPA
Truman
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Surrender Ceremony at Tai No-Tien Palace
Chinese General Sun and 11 officials greeted by crowd as Japanese commander arrives. Police push back protesters while Mimoto and aides present pearl handled samurai swords beside the surrender document on a marble terrace where Manchu emperors once welcomed enemies.
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Sun Arriv
Mimoto
Tai No-Tien Palace
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