World tensions mount over Palestine crisis and Jewish home
A World War II era column argues for a World Security Organization role in resolving Palestine without surrendering the British mandate. It notes Jewish refugees demand eased barriers, Arab opposition, and calls for international mediation under the League of Nations framework.
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Palestine
Europe
Mandate For
London
Washington
United States
New World Security Organization For
United Nations
Security Organization
League of Nations
Britain
223 000 Workers Idle as Strikes Spread Across Industries
The CIO union authorized a nationwide strike by 75 000 employees of the mail order sector with Wolchow to set the timing after negotiations. Other labor fights include Hollywood movie workers and a 30 percent wage demand by automobile workers, keeping 223 000 idle, down 2 000 from yesterday.
Local Soldiers Parade Before Truman
Several North Carolina state guard companies will participate in a parade reviewed by President Truman in Statesville. Companies from Morganton Newton Marion Lexington Albemarle Asheville Salisbury Lenoir Concord Hickory and High Point have accepted invitations for the event.
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Statesville
North Carolina
Truman
Hugh G. Mitchell
State Senate
Morganton
Newton
Marion
Lexington
Albemarle
Asheville
Salisbury
Lenoir
Concord
Hickory
High Point
Enlisted Men Forgiven Tax Cuts For War Pay
Senate and house conferees agree on a $5.788 billion tax reduction to exempt enlisted men from federal income taxes on service pay during the war. Provisions also extend tax payment time for officers and adjust postwar revenue plans through 1947.
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Washington
Senate
House
Tvice
Armed Services
George
D-Ga
Black man Williams executed for Lee County rape case
Netted by the Raleigh gas chamber, 24 year old Nett Burt Williams died ten minutes after gas began. He denied guilt at trial for abducting and raping a white Lee county woman and assaulting her male companion, and his mother claimed his body. Chaplain Watts reported Williams prayed for salvation and asked for the end. Governor Cherry declined clemency.
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Raleigh
Burnett Williams
Lee County
Williams
Lawrence A. Watts
Watts
Christ
Lee Superior Court
Cherry
Nine year old Geneva Scalf mails Christmas letter early
In Albuquerque on October 26 Geneva Scalf, nine, sends a holiday letter to Santa Claus two months before Christmas to ensure timely delivery despite slow mail.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Geneva Scalf
Claus
North Ole
Mrs. Roosevelt Cards Truman Policy as Faulty
Eleanor Roosevelt criticizes President Truman's foreign policy and military training plan. She argues the United States needs a sound defense built on clear youth training and questions the administration's stated program without specifying its content. She emphasizes her view that old methods may not suffice for future national defense.
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Philadelphia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Eleanor Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Marshall
Enlistments In New Army Reach 44799
The War Department announced voluntary enlistments in the peacetime regular army reached 44,799 on October 19. Of these, 48.92 percent are former regulars, 43.15 percent are now serving or have served under selective service, and 7.93 percent have no prior service. Most enlistments are for three years. An additional 250,000 are expected to return to civilian life by November 1.
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Washington
War Department
Department
al Aan Tanahah
Tobacco Hits New Highs on Old Belt Markets
Virginia and North Carolina flue cured tobaccos on the old belt posted new highs with most grades higher. Common red smoking leaf led gains up to four dollars per hundred while overall average rose to 44.99 per hundred. middle belt markets showed little change and Wednesday's average was 67 for the season record.
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Raleigh
Virginia
North Carolina
Old Belt
Compulsory Military Training Moves Ahead In Congress
Washington reports that Congress signals fast action on compulsory military training for all youths. Leaders aim to decide by Christmas and perhaps late November to influence the 1946 campaign. President Truman’s proposal heightens political pressure as Pearl Harbor probes spark partisan debate.
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Washington
Congress
House
Truman
Pearl Harbor
Senate Finance Committee
Walter George
Gear
White House
Senate House
GOP
Senate
Champion Picker Bags 70 Pounds in National Cotton Contest
Blytheville Arkansas October 26 1945 national cotton picking champion Bill Adams of Leachville 70 pounds in one hour and 35 minutes. He planned to buy a tractor with the $1000 prize. Mrs Vaile Wilson of Oxley Ark won the new women’s division with 60 pounds and a $250 prize.
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Blytheville, Ark
Bill Adams
Leachville
Ark
Vaile Wilson
Oxley
Truman Accepts Chairmanship of Legion Fund Endowment
President Truman has accepted the chairmanship of the American Legion’s 15 million dollar Americanism endowment fund. Alvin M. Owsley, chairman of the fund’s trustees, said governors of 45 states have agreed to be vice chairs. The fund aims to safeguard the government’s continuance as a democracy under the constitution.
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President Truman
Legion’s
Americanism Fund
Indianapolis
Truman
American Legion
Alvin M. Owsley
Owsley
Top German Field Marshals to Face Trials After Nuernberg
At Nuernberg the war crimes system adds Karl Rudolf von Rundstedt Gerd von Rundstedt and Albert Kesselring to future trials. Appendix B covers high command officers from 1938 to 1945, with the four Allied powers asserting supreme command responsibility for illegal wars and crimes against humanity.
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Nuernberg
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Albert Kesselring
Berlin
von Rundstedt
Ardennes
Albert” Kesselring
Italy
United States
Russia
Great Britain
France
von Ronstedt
Kesselring
Cheaper Tires Seen From Synthetic Rubber Promise
Akron dispatch notes a side story of the tire industry that motorists may one day ride on 100 percent synthetic rubber produced for about ten cents a pound. The shift is not immediate, but leaders expect 70 million passenger car tires in 1946 and again in 1947 with costs varying widely.
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Akron
Truman to deliver important foreign policy speech tomorrow
President Truman is set to give a 25 minute speech in New York marking Navy Day. The White House secretary calls it the most important speech from a news standpoint since taking office. It will be broadcast on all networks at 1 30 p m E S T.
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Washington
Truman
New York
White House
E.S.T
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Eben Ayres
Central Park
American Eagle Flips Sides on Flag and Emblem
President Truman unveiled a new presidential flag seal and coat of arms showing the eagle facing right and clutching an olive branch in its right talon, replacing the former pose that looked left with arrows.
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Washington
Truman
War Powers Needed Says Snyder for Cautious Reversion
Washington leaders urged Congress to slow revocation of wartime powers, warning premature repeal could disrupt reconversion. John W. Snyder cited rationing, priority authority, and the selective service as essential, while four Republicans pressed for immediate war end dates August or September 2.
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Washington
Congress
John W. Snyder
House Judiciary
Snyder
A. L. Miller
Neb
Marion Bennett
Lewis
Ohio
Boren
Rokla
Miller
Montgomery Ward Strike Authorized by United Retail Union
The United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Employes union authorized a nationwide strike against Montgomery Ward and Company. Union president Samuel Wolchok cited the board’s refusal to negotiate in good faith and the discharge of five active members as provocation. He will call the strike at the most opportune time.
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Associated Press
Montry Ward and Company
CIO United Retail
New York
Samuel Wolchow
Wolchok
Hollywood
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Montgomery Ward and Company
United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Employes
CSO
Samuel Wolchok
Ewell L. Avery
Montgomery Ward Board of Directors
Navy
Chicago
Navy Coxswain Describe High Cost Dinner in China
Navy Coxswain Jack Bogue told his parents on liberty in Tientsin that a rickshaw ride cost $100 and a dinner $2 200 in Chinese money, but he said he had $360 000 in his pocket and told them not to worry.
Ley Hangs Self in Nuremberg Jail Amid War Crimes Trial
Dr. Robert Ley, former Nazi labor chief, killed himself in his Nuremberg jail cell as he awaited trial for war crimes. Officials reported he left a political testament defending antisemitism and a will for his children, with notes to his wives. His death may affect evidence and proceedings for the 22 co-defendants awaiting trial.
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Robert Ley
Hitler
Nuernberg
Labor Front
John Harlan Amen
Ley
Amen
Martin Bormann
MacArthur Orders Japanese Isolation Policy Faces Objections
Tokyo dispatch reports Japan hesitates to fully implement General MacArthur's isolation orders as the foreign office weighs adherence against Potsdam declarations. The directive requires Japan to transfer diplomatic properties to the Allies and end relations with foreign governments, while occupation plans await broader Allied consensus.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Domei Agency
Foreign Office
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Switzerland
Sweden
Portugal
Fire
Afganistan
Holy See
Brush
China
Russia
Richard Marshall
Cigar Leaf Tobacco Price Ceilings May End This Week
An OPA official told a Senate banking panel that price ceilings on cigar type leaf tobacco could be removed soon. John Gismond said the decision would be made this week or next, with lift possible late this week or early next week after the inquiry by Senator Taft.
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Washington
OPA
John Gismond
Senate Banking Committee
Taft
Ohio
Gismond
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