Communists urge Socialists to form united front against Shidehara cabinet
Japanese Communist leaders asked the Socialist party to join a united front opposing Prime Minister Shidehara's government. Talks were set for tomorrow as the National Federation of Toilers denounced the mass meeting. Yoshida framed the cabinet's task as carrying out the personal note terms smoothly.
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Tokyo
Socialist Party
Shidehara
National Federation of Toilers
Pepsimmetel
Yoshida
Kijuro Shidehara
Yoshio Shiga
Shigeo Kamiyama
Ichizo Matsumoto
Shiga
Uni
Scientists Protest Fast Pace For Atomic Energy Bill
Washington reports atom bomb scientists oppose a rushed plan to put strong domestic controls on atomic energy. Hearings were closed as Dr. Harold Urey and colleagues warn secrecy may backfire. Szilard notes two schools of thought before Congress.
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Washington
Congress
House Military Committee
Harold Urey
Chicago
Urey
Columbia University
Rene
Truman cabinet discusses wage price policies
President Truman and his cabinet debated wage and price policy with no immediate announcement. Ross said a formal statement and new labor dispute machinery would follow the cabinet meeting, with details to come after the president speaks at his news conference.
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Washington
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Labor
High Pointer To Attend Veterans In Rocky Mount
The North Carolina department Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold weekend council sessions in Rocky Mount beginning tomorrow evening. Expected attendees include Department Commander E G Kittles of Charlotte and adjutant to quartermaster Dwayngim of Fayetteville, with Mrs Civilla Stevenson of Charlotte as chief of staff of the North Carolina auxiliary.
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Rocky Mount
North Carolina Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
N. E. Bell
Local Post
E. G. Kittles
Charlotte
A. C. Ingram
High Point
Dwayngim
Fayetteville
Civilla Stevenson
North Carolina Auxiliary
Lottye McCorkle
Asheville
VFW
Managing Editor A T McCain Dies at 66 in Greenville
A T McCain long serving managing editor of the Greenville Piedmont since 1923 died at his home after a months long illness. A Greenville newspaperman for more than 30 years he came to the city before World War I as an Associated Press telegraph operator for the Greenville News. Survived by his wife a daughter Mrs W C Nau and a granddaughter.
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S. C
A. T. McCain
Greenville Piedmont
Associated Press
Greenville News
The
Piedmont
W. C. Nau
Lucky dollars pay for wedding license in Ponca City
Two silver dollars bought the marriage license for Lt. and Mrs. Sam Smith in Ponca City Oklahoma. Lt Smith left for Europe in July 194X and gave one dollar to his fiancée while keeping the other, with plans to pool them after his return. He flew 27 bombing missions over Germany.
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Ponca City
Okla
Sam Smith
Senate Panel Backs Tax Relief for Enlisted Men in War Pay
A senate finance committee vote supports canceling income taxes on wartime pay for all enlisted personnel and gives officers three extra years to pay taxes. The panel also rejected tax cuts proposed for liquor, furs, jewelry, theater tickets, rail fare, and phone calls. Gen H H Arnold urged army navy merger ideas during testimony.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
House
H. H. Arnold
Tirdman
Army
Senate Military Committee
Navy
Dock Strikers In March To Tower Of London
Thousands of London dock workers marched to the Tower of London amid wage talks as food stocks ran low. Elsewhere 350 Belfast dockers and 700 Greenock dockers walked out, with Birkenhead vote to return to work and 38,750 idle per minister George Isaacs.
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London
London Dock
Tower of London
Birkenhead
Liverpool
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Greenock
Scotland
George Isaacs
Commons
Indictment Served on 23 Nazis for Trial in Nuernberg
In Nuernberg on October 19 the indictments were delivered to 23 Germans facing a four power international military tribunal for the lives at stake next month. The 24th defendant Martin Bormann remains at large, likely to be tried in absentia. Maj. Anthony Neave presented the 24,800 word indictment to the condemned in their guarded cells.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Nuernbeg
Martin Borman
Anthony Neave
International Military Tribunal
Berlin
Recruit laments silence as friend sends 102 ecards
Robert Effler at Great Lakes Naval Training Center pens to a civilian friend who forgot him after enlistment. The friend answers with a flood of 102 postal ecards in one mail.
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Great Lakes
Ill
Robert Effler
Naval Training Center
United States Official Fired Upon in Caracas Revolt
Reports from Ambassador Corrigan say a U S embassy officer in Caracas was fired upon during clashes as rebels seized the president s residence and nearby military positions The fighting extended to Maracay with rebels armed and government forces claiming control of the air field The Caracas situation appeared confused with disrupted cables and unclear control in parts of the country Meanwhile in Buenos Aires Col Juan Domingo Peron was cleared to run for president with army conditions for impartial elections from Campo de Mayo garrison
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Washington
United States
Caracas
Venezuela
Ambassa
Frank P. Corrigan
San Carlos
Miraflores
Academy
Isiah Medinay Angarita
Maracay
State Department
Corrigan
Buenos Aires
Juan Domingo Peron
Peron
Edelmiro Farrell
Campo de Mayo
Argentina
Italian Cabinet Seeks Public Armistice Terms
The Italian cabinet backed making the still secret armistice terms public to reveal conditions under which the government operates. Foreign Minister Alcide de Gasperi said counter proposals were being prepared on the colonial issue to justify Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, and Libya as necessary to absorb excess Italian population.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Eritrea
Montgomery Ward Defies War Labor Board Rulings
Montgomery Ward and company regain control of properties seized in seven cities nine months ago after a CIO union dispute. Sewell L. Avery announced abolition of compulsory union membership and check-off of dues as the War Labor Board orders were defied. The last seizure occurred on December 28, 1944, under Roosevelt era directives, now tied up in Supreme Court consideration.
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Chicago
War Labor Board
Montgomery Ward and Company
CIO
Sewell L. Avery
Ward
WLB
Roosevelt
U. S. Supreme Court
Union
Indonesians Die By Million Under Japanse Rule
Dr J E Van Hoogstraten, director of economic affairs for The Netherlands East Indies, says 4 million Indonesians died of starvation under Japanese rule. He notes 70,000 tons of food and clothing from the U S are en route for East Indian islanders while strikes in Australia hinder cargo. He warns rice stocks last to Dec 15 and Dutch negotiate to take Hollandia naval base stores.
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Batavia
Java
United States Army
Southwest Pacific
J. E. van Hoogstraten
Netherne East Indies
Tony
Australia
Hoogstraten
U.S
Hollandia
Atomic energy debate splits power over Russia policy
In a House committee session Dr. Leo Szilard warned two schools of thought on atomic control exist one pushing peaceful use and the other advocating bombs. He noted fear and distrust of Russia influence relations, but urged caution before rushing to war or drastic policy shifts. Continued on page two.
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House Committee
Leo Szilard
University of Chicago
Russia
House
Szilard
Army Charged With Stalling By Doughboys
Manila dispatch reports enlistees in the Philippines accuse army authorities of stalling the homeward shipment of veterans. The letters in the Daily Pacifican claim dozens of cargo vessels sail empty to the United States while troops remain, criticizing the army’s handling and comfort-oriented concerns.
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Manila
T. 5
Philippines
Pacifiican
United States
Pacific
First Session Of Council Is Postponed
The state department announced a seven day postponement of the first meeting of the allied advisory commission on 7 and Russian attendance. The session was moved from Oct 23 to Oct 30 because some invited governments cannot send representatives in time.
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Washington
State Department
Allied Advisory Commission
Bill to Cancel Enormous Sum Strikes Snag
A bill to cancel 52 billion dollars in federal appropriations hits a snag over a proposed 30 billion dollar U S Employment Service fund. The main cancellation faces no opposition, but party line fights loom over returning U S E S offices to the states and the accompanying grant.
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Washington
Senate
U.S.E.S
Appropriations Committee
Ree
Dew
R-Il
Labor Aide Urges Repeal of Strike Notice Section
Washington October 19 labor department urged repeal of the strike notice section of the Smith Connally act saying it hinders industrial peace. Daniel W Tracy assistant secretary of labor testified before the house military committee noting a surge in notices 123 in the week ended October 17 up from 23 a year earlier. He said the section is not workable and increases friction between management and labor. He favored keeping other sections and discussed the upcoming labor management conference called by President Truman for November 5.
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Washington
Labor Department
House Military Committee
Daniel W. Tracy
Labor
Tracy
National Labor Relations Board
Management
Truman
May Nye
Rep. Arends
House
Ee Amy the
Cotton wage gap sparks southern farm wage debate
Senator Ellender argues a 65-cent industry minimum would raise cotton farmers’ costs and hinder hiring, stating cotton must reach about 1.25 dollars a pound to equal a 65-cent hourly wage. He warns the move would hurt small southern industries and farmers amid push for higher minimums.
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Washington
Blender
D-La
Ellender
Senate
Frank Graham
University of North Carolina
Clark Foreman
Atlanta
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
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