MacArthur forecasts occupation forces cut to 200000 in six months
General MacArthur stated occupation troops in Japan could be reduced to 200000 within six months as rapidly as ships are available. He said demobilization of citizen draftees Pacific forces would follow, with Japan disarmed and a small force maintaining will. He noted initial risks but praised the successful landings and progress.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Ular
Robert L. Eiihelberger
U. S.eighth Army
Eichelberger
United Nations
Shanghai
Whangpoo
U. S. Eighth Army
Enly
Demon doctor at Umeda tormented Marines in POW camp
Marines at Yokosuka recounts of a brutal Japanese physician at Umeda near Osaka who tortured prisoners with burning strings and lighted sticks. Don Bennett and Sgt Philip C March recall 132 of 400 Americans dying in six months from exposure starvation and brutal care. Marines say the aim was to force work with no real medicine while corpsmen earned fearful nicknames head hunters.
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Yokosuka Naval Base
Umeda
Corregidor
Bataan
Osaka
Donald Bennett
Chicago
Bennett
Philip C. March
Battle Creek
Mich
Tment
Marsh
Navy Plans Major Discharges by Christmas
Vice Admiral Louis E. Denfeld said the Navy will return 764000 enlisted men and 75000 officers to civilian life by Christmas as the Senate committee probes discharge delays. He stressed demobilization will match military needs and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Louis E. Denfeld
Senate Military Committee
Gates
Pacific
Nfeld
Burns Fatal To 2 Children In Tractor Fire
Funeral services were held for Carl Yates Lineberger and Charles Elmer Lineberger ages 5 and 2 who died from burns after gasoline exploded while a father tried to prime a tractor under a shed near Dallas. The incident occurred Saturday night and both children died in a Gastonia hospital.
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Gastonia
Carl Yates Lineberger
Charles Elmer Lineberger
Elmer W. Lineberger
Dallas
Atrocity Reports Rise From Pacific War Fronts
Major John A. Singlaub cites fresh atrocity stories as Five Americans were killed for simply being fliers and three beheaded after marching with signs accusing the United States. Reports from Melbourne and Darwin detail death marches in Borneo and treatment of POWs, including Wainwright and Percival. An Australian intelligence briefing notes many guards as war criminals and a Sydney envoy estimates brutal conditions and mass graves at Kuching.
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John A. Singlaub
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Hong Kong
Melbourne
Borneo
Darwin
Australia
J. W. Larkin
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Cor
Singapore
Blain
Suya
Kuching
Army
Singlaub
Tax program of Congress perplexing and payroll tax risk
Washington reports Congress faces a payroll tax decision as part of a broader $4 billion tax reduction plan. Payroll levies could rise from 1 to 2 percent on workers and employers next January 1 unless social security changes pass. Senator George notes urgency amid Truman calls to broaden coverage, with House Ways and Means pushing a general tax cut while Robertson and Knutson propose specific reductions.
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Washington
Congress
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
House Committee
Rep
Robertson
D-Va
Ny Knutson
R-Minn
Knutson
Michigan Idle Sets Pace In This Country
More than 210000 American workers were idle due to labor disputes with Michigan leading with over 80000 idle workers including 10000 in Windsor. Ohio 21830 and Pennsylvania 17120 followed as strikes and layoffs hit Ford and suppliers, while Westinghouse 47000 idle scattered across 12 states.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Windsor
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Illinois
Jersey
Iowa
Westinghouse Electric Company
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company
Hudson Motor Corp
Murray Corp
Patternmakers
Truman Seeks Wider Unemployment Compensation
President Truman urged Congress to pass broader unemployment compensation. He indicated support for a bill up to 26 weeks, while Senate leaders described ongoing debate and negotiations. The Navy also pledged release of about 764,000 enlisted men and 75,000 officers by Christmas, shaping wartime demobilization context.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol
Navy
Senate
White House
Barkley
Truman Abo Ot
Geo McKellar
DTO
D-Ga
Rayburn Rex
World Today proposes UN trusteeship for Italian colonies
The London talks of the big five councils consider placing Italy's colonies under international UN trusteeship to secure peace. The Mediterranean, a strategic pivot, could see borders aligned with peacetime aims, limiting any renewed aggressive reach by Mussolini.
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America
Big Five Council of Foreign Ministers
London
Italy
United Nations
Mediterranean
Europe
International trusteeship debate reshapes imperial influence
The article argues for UN safeguards and a trusteeship solution to curb Mussolini’s expansion and secure future peace. It stresses Britain's pivotal Mediterranean role, from Gibraltar to Egypt, and notes potential readjustment of influence as Egypt and other regions consider eastern requests.
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Britain
Mediterranean
Egypt
John McCormack Dies in Ireland at 61
Dublin reports the death of John McCormack the famed ten or known as the golden voice of Athlone at Booters Town County Dublin aged 61 after bronchial pneumonia following a week long cold. His son Cyril a captain in the Irish army and wife Lily Foley of Dublin were at his bedside. He had retired after a farewell in Royal Albert Hall 1938 returned for Red Cross tours before illness ended his stage career. He was once described as historys wealthiest singer and a millionaire.
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Dublin
John McCormack
Athlone
Booters Town
County Dublin
Cyril
Lily Foley
McCormack
London
Royal Albert Hall
Red Cross
Ireland
Jury Selected to Try St. Epes in All Male Panel
In Columbia South Carolina on September 17 an all male jury was chosen to try a young army lieutenant accused of murdering his wife, a radiant auburn-haired girl he wed five years earlier, as his trial began.
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St. Epes
Columbia, S. C
Wind and Rain Aftermath Of Hurricane Strikes South Carolina
A brisk wind and heavy rains, aftermath of a Florida storm, moved through South Carolina near Sumter and possibly Columbia. Weather officials noted decreasing intensity as the storm advanced inland with limited extent of damage. Roads flooded statewide but not closed. two dam failures caused inundation and casualties. A small tornado near Gourdin killed two at a Campman camp lumber site.
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Columbia
S&s. C
South Florida
South Carolina
Charleston
U. S. Weather Bureau
Sumter
G. C. Merchant
Merchant
N. C
Pee Dee
West Rockingham
Kingstree
8. C
Camp Manfacturing Company
Gourdin
Huge U S Navy hangars destroyed in South Carolina hurricane
A hurricane sweeping inland from Florida crippled the Richmond naval air base near Charleston. Officials estimate 30 to 40 million dollars in losses from the destruction of eight million dollar hangars and 366 aircraft and blimps. Fifty sailors were injured and thousands homeless as the storm moved north inland.
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Naval Air Station
Richmond Naval Air Station
Florida
Miami
International Soundphoto
South Carolina
Parris Island
U. S Weather Bureau
E.W.T
Weather Bureau
Cape Hate Teras
Brunswick
Charleston
S. C
South Florida
Richmond Naval Air Base
Can Tey
Harry Kultz
the Navy
T World
Kate
State's Press To Assemble On Week End
North Carolina Press Association holds its 73rd annual convention in Raleigh with Rob ert Bunnelle of the Associated Press UK as principal speaker. D Hiden Ramsey introduces him after opening remarks by Julian Miller. Events include group meetings, a luncheon hosted by News and Observer and Raleigh Times, and talks by Carl Gazley and Dr George D Heaton.
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Raleigh
Robert Bunnelle
Associated Press
United Kingdom
North Carolina Press Association
Bunnelle
D. Hiden Ramsey
Asheville
Citizen-Times
Julian Miller
Charlotte Observer
Sir Walter Hotel
Associated
Carl Gazley
Gener
Audit Bureau of Circulations
New York
News and Observer
Raleigh Times
Carolina Hotel
Josephus Daniels
Sesson
Governor
George D. Heaton
First Baptist Church of
Charlotte
Sylvester Green
Durham Morning Herald
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Mussolini
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