Unrest in Java as Four Demands Reach Allied Command
Java erupts in political tension as Indonesia’s national council presses four nationalist demands. Amsterdam officials offer self government within the Dutch commonwealth but refuse talks with Soekarno. The council aims to present a national government while Soekarno tours western Java to curb violence. Hatton pledges a national election in six months and suggests a council working committee to aid interim leadership.
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Ralph Morton Batavia
Java
Indonesian National Council
Netherlands East Indies
Mohammed Hatton
Amsterdam
H. A. Logemann
Karno
Soekarno
Hatton
Council
Java violence by nationalist youths shocks Batavia area
Extremist nationalist youths killed and looted in multiple Java areas. Fifteen Eurasians were shot or hacked to pieces at Depok, twenty miles from Batavia. Homes looted and religious pictures torn from Christian houses as a frenzy of hatred against Europeans roils the region.
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Batavia
Java
Nationalist
Depok
Indonesian leaders seek nonviolent path to independence
A report describes Indonesian leaders asking Lt Gen A J Christi son to recognize a Indonesian national council committee as de facto government while seeking peace through nonviolence. It notes Britain Dutch and Japanese roles in restoring order and critiques allied plans post capitulation.
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Fourt
A. JE Christison
Eer
Indies
Netherlands Indies
United Nations Committee
Indonesian National Council
Hatton
Soekarno
Java
Chiefs of Staff
Netherlands
East Indies
Farmers Aid Early Air Mail by Lighting Coastal Fires
During early coast to coast air mail flights farmers along the route were enlisted to build bonfires to guide pilots on their first night flights. The improvised beacons helped navigators maintain course between towns and townsfolk coordinated the glow to signal arrivals and weather conditions.
Southeast coal quota under wartime rules sparks concern
In a State Cont inside report, Eagle blasts the solid fuels administration for a 60 to 80 percent quota on the Southeast, restricting purchases to Kentucky Tennessee and the Virginias while freight rates block other regions. He notes coal shipments to the Great Lakes and dwindling local supplies in Charlotte as winter nears and accuses the policy of discrimination.
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Solid Fuels Administration
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginias
SFA
Eagle
Great Lakes
Charlotte
Southeast
Scientists to testify on Truman atomic control bill
Tomorrow four scientists will appear before the house military committee on President Truman's proposal to regulate atomic force. Andrew May leads the atomics hearings with the panel at odds with the CIA. The same committee today opened a separate probe on repealing the Smith Connally war labor act amid growing labor dispute coverage. Senators Reed and Murray differ on congressional power to curb strikes.
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House
Truman
Committee of Atomic
CIA
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D-Ky
May
Congress
Reed
R-Kas
Tunnel
D-Del
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D-Mont
Committee urges cuts to avoid extending service beyond need
A committee argues it is unjust to retain personnel and funds, noting larger rescissions are possible as agency obligations and needs are clarified. The largest proposed cut is 2,339,561,000 from the lend lease appropriation, leaving liquidation cash and contractual availability at 1,879,183,000.
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Mittee
Penetro Nose Drops Use Instructions
The notice states that Breathe Freer 2 drops shrink membranes with one drop in each nostril, and that a cold stuffed nose opens. Caution: Use only as directed. Penetro Nose Drops.
Typhoid Rampant in Berlin Amid Cemetery Backlog
Describes a severe typhoid outbreak in Berlin causing soaring deaths. Crematoria run overtime with about 100 bodies daily at Wilmersdorf crematorium. Shortage of doctors, coffins, and wood leads to cardboard Urns and improvised coffins. People bring deceased relatives personally as bombs disrupt city services.
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Berlin
Wilmersdorf
America
Aes
Unter den Linden
Mrs Ada Lou Gray Cox Dies at 73 in Ramseur
Ada Lou Gray Cox 73, wife of William E. Cox, died at home in Ramseur Rt 1 after four years of heart disease. Survived by husband, three daughters Her ber t Stinson Kernersville Asheboro and Mrs Carl Hinson of home. four sons Cecil Veruis Arbutus and Alvin Cox Petty Officer 3/c in San Francisco. two brothers Jim Boyd Gray Sparks Nev and Oscar Gray Westwood Calif. 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Pleasant Ridge Christian Church with interment in the church cemetery.
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Cecil Cox
High Point
Veruis Cox
Seagrove
Rt. 1
Arbutus Cox
Asheboro
Alvin Cox
Navy
San Francisco
Calif
Jim Boyd Gray
Sparks
Nev
Oscar Gray
West Wood
Pleasant Ridge
Army medical service explained by Col George Wood at LMC
Col George Wood on terminal leave spoke to the American Business club detailing the army medical service from wounding to return to duty. He outlined evacuation steps from field aid stations to hospital care and noted the aim to maintain fighting strength with experienced surgeons and thorough wound care.
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George Wood
Army Medical Corps
American Business Club
Army Medical Service
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Carr
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Stati
Army
United States
Zone of Interior
City Memorial Hospital
Charlotte
England
Africa
Italy
Baxter Freeze
World Today on Pacific War Race Ties and Indonesian Uprising
The article argues that Malayan and Indonesian extraction bands of 150 to 200 million people are shaping a regional struggle against western domination. It notes the Philippines as a model toward self government and warns that ignoring the Pacific race problem could trigger a future world war. Gen. Carlos Romulo cautions that the Pacific issue is a global race problem.
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Libyia
Pacific
Philippines
Java
Carlos P. Romulo
United States
Collier's
Labor unrest grips Pacific Northwest as mine and steel strikes bite
Some 61 000 AFL lumber workers walk out in the Pacific Northwest while coal strikes and looming layoffs menaces steel mills in Chicago and Gary Indiana. Secretary Ickes warns the coal crisis could worsen next week as steel production drops to multi year lows and Carnegie Illinois furloughs thousands. The Magazine Iron Age estimates a 300 000 ton week loss in ingots and a 145 000 ton shortfall in consumer deliveries.
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AFL
Pacific Northwest
Kago-Gary
Ind
Interior Ickes
Washington
Pittsburgh
Chicago
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Gary
Iron Age
Hearings On Repeal Of Smith Connally Act Start Today
WLB scheduled hearings today on repeal of the Smith Connally act which allows unions to petition for strike votes after a 30 day cooling off period Critics say the act pressures strikes by implying government approval if unions vote to walk out The heated issue also centers on revising war price policy to curb strikes tied to pay demands in the capital.
North Carolina Weather Forecast Continues Fair
Continued fair conditions in North Carolina with warmer temperatures today and Thursday and a cooler night. The outlook calls for pleasant daytime highs and mild nights through Thursday.
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North Carolina
End Of Strikes Lifts Markets On Opening Rally
New York stocks rose after John L. Lewis called off the soft coal strike ending the major threat to reconversion. U S Steel and Bethlehem reached 1945 highs, with others like Youngstown Sheet Curttiss-Wright A Power & Light Pacific Great Northern and Standard Oil NJ also posting new highs.
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New York
John L. Lewis
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet
Curtiss - Wright “A
Are Power & Light
En Wg A
Ee Pacific
Great Northern
Fvery Ward
American Weter Orks
Standard Oil
J. I. Case
Cotton textile market quiet with scattered print cloths released
New York October 17 The cotton textile market remained quiet with only scattered lots of print cloths and other constructions released for quick delivery. Wool goods deliveries stayed slack and stockings were scarce with no improvement expected until late in the fourth quarter. Rayon goods were quiet and there was heavy unfilled demand from the converting trade.
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New York
Cotton futures edge up modestly amid thin open
New York price quotes show October futures at 23.01 to 23.20 depending on contract, with December and March around 23.24 to 23.33. Trading notes indicate bids running 30 to 50 points above or below prior close as markets open.
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New York
Eee
DE Cad Saeenss
Sanabae
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago Supply and Prices
US DA report shows arrivals 106 and total shipments 277. Market steady for best stocks with moderate demand, weak for poorer stock. Prices listed: Idaho russet Burbanks US No 1 at 3.00 to 3.30, Washington russet Burbanks 3.30 to 3.35, Colorado red McClures 2.80 to 3.05, Nebraska Bliss Triumphs 2.90, Minnesota and North Dakota Bliss Triumphs washed 2.40 to 2.60, unwash ed 1.75 to 1.95, Cobblers commercial 1.85, Wisconsin Cebagos 2.10.
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U.S
Nebraskka Bliss
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Livestock Market Report From Chicago Prices Steady Across Grades
Livestock market data from Chicago shows hogs 3 500 head salable with 10 000 total, 140 lb barrows and gilts at 14 85 ceiling, sows 14 10, full clearance. Cattle 11 000 salable of 12 000 total, calves 800, strong fed steers and yearlings, vealers steady, stockers and feeders firm. Leading good and choice cattle 16 00 18 00, 925 lb yearlings noted, several loads at 18 00 ceiling. cows 12 75 good weight sausage balls. heifers 17 85 strong, canners 7 00 8 50.
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Chicago
Will tires with helium boost payload on airliners
Industrial Aviation reports the 204 passenger Con solidated 37 uses helium in tires instead of air. Helium weighs far less than air, reducing tire weight from 180 pounds to 26, increasing available payload for the aircraft.
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New York
Consolidated 37
Industrial Aviation
New Zealand White Doe Sets Rabbit Production Record
In Portland Oregon Gus Karos reports his New Zealand white doe produced a first litter of 22 bunnies all reaching fryer size, indicating a potential production record for rabbit rearing.
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Ore
INS
Gus. Karos
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