Veterans Administration reshapes to speed claims service
The Veterans Administration announces a reorganization placing 13 new area offices in charge of insurance inquiries and death claims. Central handling shifts to regional offices, with a new director of medicine and surgery reporting to Gen. Bradley. A $500 doctor and 1,000 nurse shortage remains a major challenge.
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Veterans
Omar N. Bradley
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Paul R. Hawley
Devastating Florida Hurricane Looms Over Miami Area
The storm battered West Palm Beach and Miami with 99 mph winds, destroying hangars, flooding Collins Avenue, and threatening crops in the Keys. Authorities evacuated and issued extended warnings along the east and west coasts as rescue crews mobilized from Opa Locka and Miami.
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Collins Avenue
Weather Bureau
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Biscayne Bay
Opa Locka
Everglades
Keys
Carysport Light
Navy
Weath Bureau
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Bruae Jacksonville
Florida Everglades
Weekend Weather Outlook Coastal Showers and Squalls
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with moderate temperatures expected Sunday and Monday. Showers affect coastal sections Sunday with moderate to heavy rain and squalls Sunday night and Monday, extending about 100 miles inland.
President Truman Updates On Labor, Appointments And Visit
President Truman, in Washington, announced he will study Detroit labor unrest upon return. He denied knowledge of Major General Hurley’s resignation hopes and said no decision yet on Justice Roberts’ successor. He also mentioned security administrator McNutt’s future and planned to discuss the war department later. He visited his mother in Grandview and stopped at a barber and haberdasher, noting he bought 18 pairs of socks.
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Ford Motor Comm
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Hurley
Permisson
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Toilippines
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War Department
Washington
Grandview
Ee Truman
Frank S. Spinna
Eddie Jacobson
Habadashery
Red Army to Intensify Combat Training After War End
The Red Star reports the party and government led by Premier Stalin are creating conditions to strengthen the military might of the Red Army with persistent combat training. Demobilization continues for older ranks while the youngest affected group is 42 years old.
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Red Star
Red Army
Stalinson
Condit
China Accused Of Snubbing The French In Indo China
Paris reports the French government says the Chinese high command in southern China refused to allow Gen Marcel Alessandri a French delegation to accompany occupying forces into Indo China The Chinese action allegedly had American General Gallagher backing it He warned that French entry would trigger a world conflict The piece also notes state deer populations with Kansas Delaware and Pennsylvania figures.
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China
Marcel Alessandri
Indo- China
Ministry of Information
Gallagher
Indo-China
Florida Hurricane Warnings and Winds Forecast
The storm moves northwest at 12 to 16 mph with a slow northward turn likely, then a northeast shift over Florida. Destructive winds expected across central Florida tonight and Sunday, spreading to north Florida. strong hurricane winds in extreme south Florida to ease gradually after earliest motion.
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Wainwright Returns From New York After Welcoming Tour
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, refreshed by a New York reception, flies to Washington after bidding farewell at LaGuardia. He thanked 20 police escorts and 10 military police, spoke of the city’s welcome, and expressed hope to return, saying he felt like a million dollars. He exchanged goodbyes with Maj. Gen. Terry and Col. Huff.
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Jonathan M. Wainwright
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Washington
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LaGuardia Field
Army Transport Command
Thomas A. Terry
Second Service Command
Col
Sidney Huff
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Congress weighs jobs bill and wartime inquiry plans
Senate and House committees face debates over jobless pay and a 26 week benefit, with Brewster urging MacArthur testimony on wartime actions and unemployment policies. George and others oppose restoring a $25 weekly cap, while discussions center on federal funding to states and extending current benefit rates.
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Elliott Roosevelt
George
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Finance Committee
Bailey and Hays push grants for regional industrial plans
Bailey and Hays urge grants-in-aid from three departments to state and local governments and federal agencies to fund realistic industrial progress plans. An initial $3 million would go to the commerce secretary and $1 million to labor and agriculture each, for spreading technical information, balancing industry and farming, and planning full employment.
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Bailey
Hays
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Agriculture
Screen Star Denies Rumors Of Divorce
Seattle visitors Ella James and Maj Kenneth Trout, recently released from the army air forces, deny gossip of estrangement or imminent divorce. She says they have little fights like other couples, while he notes Hollywood overplays every issue and you only know marital status from the papers.
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Seattle
Ella James
Kenneth Trout
Army Air Forces
Hollywood
Miss Raines
Transport, cruiser return with 2500 men from Pacific
Wilmington dispatch reports an army transport and a cruiser arriving from the Pacific with 2500 soldiers home for discharge or furlough. Transport Wharton carried 1296 personnel and 825 additional aboard.
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Wilmington
Calif
Pacific
Wharton
British Empire sterling economy under threat editorials say
Lord Beaverbrook in a front page Sunday Ex editorial denounces financiers and politicians both at home and abroad aiming to undermine the British Empire's sterling system. He argues for imperial preference and warns that America respects strength, not dependence, while both dollar and sterling areas can coexist.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
Washington
Hale
America
Free Elections In Prospect For Germans
In the American zone of Germany the first free elections since 1932 are planned for early next year. Election codes, to be set by military authorities under Gen. Eisenhower, will govern township government structures and election procedures. Voting is expected to begin in January, with county and city elections a month later.
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Berlin
Germany
Eisenhower
Cedures
Hoover Declares No Negotiations with Japan After Censorship Move
Hoover states the supreme commander will not negotiate with Japan and orders harsher censorship. Domei suspended for disinformation, then allowed to resume under strict censor supervision. Marines advance on Nagasaki Sasebo Kobe Kyoto Kure with planned occupations through October.
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Thepo
Otaru
Kobe
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Kure
Hiroshima
Kochi
President Truman Buys 18 Pairs Of Socks
President Truman disclosed he purchased 18 pairs of socks at Eddie Jacobson’s Kansas City shop. He declined to reveal sock size citing prior shirt supply issues and emphasized having a closet full of shirts.
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Haberdashery
Eddie Jacobson
Jacobson
Navy men to be discharged after voyage home
The Astoria cruiser returned with 500 sailors aboard, adding to its 1,300 crew. Most are from the Philippines and many are slated for discharge as returning Navy passengers.
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Philippines
Astoria
Rescue Teams Still Finding U S Prisoners
Allied rescue efforts continued as army and navy teams freed hundreds of prisoners in Japan and northern Honshu. Minesweepers cleared routes for ships while carriers reported camps with internees. Wake Island defender Lt Col James P Devereux reached Ominato aboard the Hoggatt Bay and hoped his mates had returned home in better shape.
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G. K. Carmichael
Chosi
Tokyo
Sendai
Kai
Eric C. Taner
Royal Marines
Shanghai
Hoggatt Bay
Ominato Anchorage
Wake
Winfield Scott Cunningham
UAW CIO Plans 84 Million Drive for Higher Wages
The United Auto Workers and CIO outline a plan to strike each major automaker to enforce a 30 percent wage increase. Ford plants idle with 50 000 workers as production slows due to supply shortages from strike-bound factories. George Addes declares readiness to use union funds to win higher wages while Walter Reuther urges negotiation over a strike.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
Auto Workers Union
Uaw-Cio
George F.addes
Addes
General Motors
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Italy Face to Face Over Dardanelles and Colonies
The council spent most of recent meetings on Italy’s colonial claims and possible empire in Africa. A parley among the big five aimed to agree on the colonial issue and refer details to deputies. Reports from Paris and Swiss radio suggested differing views on Dardanelles control and regional influence.
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Britain
Egypt
Ethiopia
Greece
Russia
Paris
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Council
Trukey
Black Sea
Omania
Bulgaria
Turkey
Dodecanese
Wwaleh
Church Council To Gather At Guilford Sept 25
Approximately 125 official and lay members of the North Carolina Council of Churches will meet at Guilford College for the annual business session on September 25. Delegates come from 17 denominational bodies. a pre-session in Greensboro will precede the main meeting. Dr. John R. Cunningham of Davidson College will preside. E. J. Arnold is executive secretary in Durham.
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North Carolina Council of Churches
Guilford College
First Presbyterian Church
Greensboro
Guilford
Department For Women’s Work
John R. Cunningham
Davidson College
E. J. Arnold
Japanese reformer Kagawa calls for moral rebirth of Japan
Prominent Christian layman Kagawa, identified with liberal reformers, predicts social and political shifts in postwar Japan. He argues reconstruction must rest on moral renewal, contending the League of Nations failed and envisioning a future world brotherhood with Japan as a respected member. He cites wartime opposition and a revival of labor unions as signs of change.
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Kagawa
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gashi-Kuni
Associated Press
Philippines
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United Nations
League of Nations
Eisenhower Departure Sparks War Department Speculation
In a Kansas City moment President Truman hinted at changes after Eisenhower’s arrival back in Washington. Berlin officers noted Eisenhower and Spaatz were long time partners in Europe where Spaatz led the U S strategic bombing forces. Army men warned that Eisenhower’s exit would leave a hole in Germany, where he commands broad respect from Allied authorities. If named chief of staff he would back plans to fuse army navy and air force under a single cabinet post.
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Eisenhower
Kansas City
Truman
War Department
Washington
Berlin
Spaatz
U. S
Europe
Germany
Britain considers interim loan to sustain exports
Britain may receive an interim post loan in two to three weeks at 2 3/8 percent interest to move essential goods and raw materials. Negotiators have yet to fix the total but expect millions of dollars. Long term aid sought could total 3.1 to 6 billion dollars without interest or repayment terms.
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Britain
Seattle Port Dispatches Troop and Cargo Volumes
Brig. Gen. Eloy P. Denson disclosed that the Seattle port of embarkation handled 524000 troops and 10219000 ship tons of cargo to Alaska and the Pacific since Pearl Harbor. Operations had been conducted with secrecy for security reasons.
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Seattle
Eloy P. Denson
Alaska
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Only One Vet Survives Plane Crash
A military C-47 crash near Fairfax airport killed three crew members and left one of twenty-one homeward bound European war veterans alive in critical condition. Names of passengers were not released due to kin notifications pending. The plane struck an embankment after takeoff and burned, with witnesses noting engine trouble.
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Fairfax Airport
Missouri River
Bernard C. Tucker
Etna
Calif
Fred Ebert
Broken Bow
Neb
James E. Wuest
Michael E. Wuest
S. 11Th St
Hamilton
Ohio
Pfc
Elbert P.kepiah
Mary C. Outten
Lackey Post Office
York
Newark
N. J
Wonder Boy Orson Wells Still Active
AP features writer surveys Orson Welles as of 1940 30 years old with multiple projects across film radio and theater. He earned 80 000 in one year but faced 65 000 deficit from theatrical investments and plans to direct star in an unnamed film. He collaborates on a stage production with Cole Porter writes a political column and will begin a Sunday network broadcast.
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Rosalind Shafer
Hollywood
Orson Welles
Wonder Boy
Welles
Claudette Colbert
South America
Cole Porter
Tomorrow
Rita Hayworth
Sealed borders and cruel rule mark Korea under Japanese power
The text traces Japan’s rise to seclusion and Korea’s subjugation from 1592 through 1910, detailing failed trade talks, Korean resistance, and eventual annexation. It notes Koreans’ suffering under Japanese rule, including police oppression and exploitation, contrasted with a critical, probing view of both nations and the era’s power dynamics.
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Iyeyasu
Fusan
Japan
Igeyasu
China
Apan
Ane Ents
Korea
Asia
Ee Soreans
President Truman To Get Peace Pipe Gift From Sioux Nation
RAPID CITY S D Sept 15 A two century old peace pipe gifted by Chief Standing Bear to Chief Crazy Horse is on its way to President Truman. The pipe persuaded Crazy Horse to abandon the warpath after the Custer massacre. The Sioux presentation marks a historic gesture amid ongoing war and pacification efforts.
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Rapid City
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Crazy Arse
Truman
Standing Bear
Crazy Horse
Woman Acquitted In Bath Slaying Of Husband
A Warren jury acquitted Adaline McKinney a 25 year old blond mother of two after less than an hour deliberation in the bath slaying of her husband Wendell McKinney at Youngsville Pennsylvania last July 16 She testified he beat and threatened her and she fired after he warned of killing her when he came out of the tub The defense called it justifiable homicide and the court praised the verdict bringing tears to McKinney's family and friends
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Warren
Adaline McKinney
Wendell
Joseph H. Goldstein
William S. Glassman
McKinney
Youngsville
Devereux recalls harsh officer camp in Hokkaido
Former prisoner Devereux ranks the officers camp on Hokkaido as the worst of his long captivity. He describes forced labor in mines and lumber camps and says the camp violated Geneva rules for officer prisoners. He notes a 25 pound weight loss and that he hoped to return to report to headquarters. He mentions making an American flag from parachute cloth and pants.
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Devereux
Hokkaido
Geneva
Patrick
John P. Welch
Brooklyn
America
Pacific
Sioux Dancers to Present Victory Message in Washington
Col William C Lewis commands Rapid City base to dispatch a ceremony for the president as 3 000 Sioux perform their ancient dance to celebrate Japan's defeat. Senator Chan Gurney of South Dakota will present the Washington message.
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Rapid City
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Washington
Chan Gurney
South Dakota
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