Java struggle reflects long regional push for independence
The analysis links Indonesian calls for non violence to a broader Southeast Asian demand for self rule that predates World War II. It notes colonial powers pooled wealth from the region while neglecting native education and health, fueling unrest in Burma Malaya and the Indies as imperial ties waned after the war.
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India
Java
Southeast Asia
Burma
Malaya
The
Indies
Pacific
Bodies Of Six Removed By Pack Horses
Six bodies recovered from a missing Army C145 transport wreck near Mount Sequoyah. Army and Park Service teams, after a two day search, began removing the five men and one woman aboard the aircraft, which vanished October 5 en route from Lambert Field to Charlotte.
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Gatlinburg
Tenn
Army
Tennessee - North Line
Mount Sequoyah
Army and Park Service
Lambert Field
St. Louis
Charlotte
N. C
Mount Guyot
North Carolina
Sequoyah
Greenville, C., Army Air Base
WLB To Stop Functioning Monday
The War Labor Board will stop issuing orders next Monday while hints of a new wage price policy commission surface. Ant inflation speech by John W. Snyder, reconversion director, fuels speculation as UMW strike widens in soft coal fields. UMW President John L. Lewis may summon the 250 member policy committee to Washington to discuss foremen union recognition amidst a potential 400 member walkout. Senators push anti strike talk, with Reed urging legal responsibility and Murray advocating negotiated settlements. House military committee continues.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Truman
Boston
John W. Snyder
United Mine Workers
Labor
Schwellenbach
UMW
John L. Lewis
Sen. Reed
R-Kans
Sen
Murray
D-Mont
House Military Committee
Two Children Safe After Jersey City Car Theft
In Jersey City on October 17 a car theft left two sleeping children, Edward Winkier Jr. three, and Clara Louise six, in the stolen vehicle. Police found the car downtown an hour later and arrested a youth who said he moved the children to another parked car several blocks away.
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Jersey City
N J
Edward Winkier, Jr
Clara Louise
Miners End Soft Coal Strikes for Monday Return
John L. Lewis announced the soft coal strikes will end and miners return to work next Monday. A UMW spokesman said the move is in the public interest and negotiations on clerical and supervisory recognition will resume later. Government conciliation under Secretary Schwellenbach failed after eight days of talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
K. V. Adams
Schwellenbach
Coal Miner Walkouts Shrink As John L Lewis Ends Strike
The AP notes idle lines drop from 450000 to one half of prior totals as John L. Lewis says striking coal miners will end their walkouts. Other major labor frictions include New York longshoremen, Hollywood studio battles, and sitdown tactics amid broader postwar disputes.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
New York
Hollywood
Bus Terminal Closes In Thomasville For Sanitary Reasons
Thomasville residents must board buses on the street as the local terminal behind a West Main Street service station is closed by the state utilities commission. The facility may reopen by Friday. cited issues include unsanitary toilets poor ventilation no towels or soap and no janitor. George L. Hundley leased the building from Standard Oil and subleased it to Mrs Ivy Pearce administratrix of her husband's estate.
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Thomasville
State Utilities Commission
George L. Hundley
Standard Oil Company
Ivy Pearce
West Main Street
Pene
State Coal Piles Drop Suddenly Amid Shortage Crisis
North Carolina faces rapid coal stock decline with no near relief as strikes curb supply to homes and plants. Senator Hoey and Governor Cherry press solid fuels administrator C J Potter for immediate help while Raleigh blames homeowners stock shortages. J Arthur Eagle of the NC Retail Coal Merchants Association calls the Raleigh claim false, noting dealers lacked coal and quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Solid Fuels Administration
Sen
Hoey
D-Nc
Washington
C. J. Potter
Potter
Charlotte
J. Arthur Eagle
North Carolina Retail Coal Merchants Association
Raleigh
Eagle
Truman to Tell Congress On Peacetime Training Plan
President Truman plans to address Congress next Tuesday at 12 30 p m EST with a message on peacetime universal training. Speaker Rayburn said the White House conference discussed the administration's legislative program and support for General Marshall's plan. Secretary Patterson urged merging the War and Navy Departments as a step toward world peace.
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Washington
Truman
Rayburn
White House
George C. Marshall
Patterson
War and Navy Departments
Argentina Labor Body Calls 24 Hour General Strike
Argentina's General Confederation of Workers announced a 24 hour nationwide strike starting at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow. The union with about 1.5 million members protests against a government of oligarchs and the delivery of power to the supreme court. members include railroad, tramways, telephone, commerce, construction, waiter, and meat industry unions.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
General Confederation of Workers
Supreme Court
General Workers Confederation
Railroad and Tramways Unions
Telephone Workers Syndicate
Commercce Employes and Construction Syndicates
Waiters Union
Meat Industry Workers
Weed Prices Reach Season Highs On Tobacco Markets
Tobacco markets across the old and middle flue cured belts posted season high prices with most middle belt grades rising by 1 to 2 dollars per hundred pounds. Eastern belt prices advanced to about 47 to 48 dollars, while overall demand was strong and leaf volumes increased with cutters and smoking leaf leading activity.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Tobacco Marketing News Service
Iunec
Middle Belt
Canada Plans Bigger Regular Army To 55,000
Ottawa reports Canada will raise regular armed forces to as many as 55,000 men, far above the pre war total of 10,877, with indications that reserves will be strengthened as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Hirohito Grants Amnesty To Nearly One Million
Emperor Hirohito announced an amnesty to nearly a million Japanese as part of uniting Nippon amid postwar change. The rescript pardoned 320000, cut sentences for 37000, and restored civil rights to 600000, with rights recovery dating to before Sept 2 1945. Domei noted elections may benefit from broader participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hirohito
Nippon
Domei
Postwar Dilemmas Move Into Congress Agenda
Congress faces a heavy load of postwar issues including atomic energy risks raised by scientists, a $52 million House appropriations plan for early fiscal year, a $221.8 million push for postponed public works, Braden's Senate confirmation as assistant secretary of State, and pressure from business groups for substantial income tax cuts. Senate debates on tax plans loom as scientists warn of diplomacy risks with atomic power.
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Washington
America
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Spruille Braden
Braden
Argentina
Senate
Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
House
Senate Finance Committee
Walter George
D-Ga
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Senate Military and Commerce Committees
Cherry observes 54th Birthday in Raleigh
Governor Cherry was 54 today and feeling fit as a fiddle. He worked hard and planned to attend a law enforcement officers barbecue at sundown. A surprise party was canceled due to a prior engagement, while a pound cake awaited him at the mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Cherry
Manufacturers Back 20 Percent Income Tax Cut Proposal
The National Association of Manufacturers and the U S chamber of commerce urged a 20 percent cut in individual income taxes next year with a possible range up to percent. They forecast the reductions would save 8 billion dollars and balance the 1948 budget. They also called for repeal of excess profits tax and capital taxes and lowering postwar excise taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Senate Finance Committee
H. BE. Humphreys, Jr
NAM
Patterson urges consolidation of Army and Navy for peace
Secretary of War Robert Patterson told the Senate military committee that unifying the war and navy departments into a single agency is essential for future security and world peace. He argued air, land, and sea forces should be under unified control despite Navy opposition.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
War and Navy Departments
Senate Military Committee
Secretary of War
Navy
Patterson
House committee backs massive cancellation of 952 million
The house appropriation committee recommended canceling 952,453,535 in current year spending, trimming direct appropriations by 48,264,441,439 and contracting authority by 4,187,903,339. It also cut war agencies and urged rapid demobilization while noting limited tax relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Cannon
D-Mo
Oee
Establishment
Naval Establishment
AIR Corps
Army Air Corps
Army
Budget Bureau
Navy
Lake Regions Searched For Missing Flier
GREENSBORO Oct 17 Exhaustive search is under way on Lake Michigan and surrounding Great Lakes for T/Sgt Donald P Anderson 29 who bailed out of an army C 47 after severe turbulence over Lake Michigan. Anderson son of Mrs Verna Andrews Boston Mass coast guardsmen and Glenview IL pilots continue search. Other occupants Capt Robert Campbell Pvt Walter J Herod and WAC Julia F Hunnicut escaped with minor injuries. Campbell suffered facial abrasions Herod a fractured ankle hospitalized at Camp Sheridan Ill.
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Greensboro
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
Donald P. Anderson
Ord
Anderson
Greensboro High Point
Verna Andrews
Tremont Street
Boston
Mass
Andrews
Paul R. Younts
Greensboro Post
Glenview
Ilinois Naval Air Base
Glenview Naval Air Base
W. K. Thompson
Madison
Wis
Robert Campbell
Schenectady
N. Y
Walter J. Herod
Greensboro Ord
WAC
Julia F. Hunnicut
Charlotte
Campbell
Herod
Camp Sheridan
Ill
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Atlanta
Shanghai
China
Ned
Louis V. Thompson
Detroit
Pontiac
Mich
J. M. Roberts, JR
AP Foreign Affairs
High Point
Se & War Chest
Becauqg
WLB
MacArthur
Japan
Philippines
Korea
United States
Correspondents Club
U. S. Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone
President Truman
Hugo L. Black
Felix Frankfurter
Stanley F. Reed
Harold H. Burton
Wiley Rutledge
Frank Murphy
William O. Douglas
J. Howard McGrath
Tom Clark
Charles Elmore Oe
Thomas E. Waggaman
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