Five Foreign Ministers Debate Treaties With Balkan States
London reports the big five foreign ministers discussed Finland and future treaties with Romania Bulgaria and Hungary. John Foster Dulles weighed a continental trip for Byrnes while United States Britain oppose recognizing communist governments in the Balkans amid armistice issues.
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London
Big Five
Finland
John Foster Dulles
Thomas E. Dewey
Byrnes
State Department
United States
Balkans
Azi
Dulles
Germany
Italy
Poland
Austria
France
Moscow
Balkan
Britain
Russia
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Potsdam Policy and Japan Occupation Debate
General MacArthur’s Japan occupation plan sparks debate over ongoing U S troop levels and the Potsdam goals. The piece argues that maintaining forces in Japan is essential to enforce the Potsdam program and to pursue moral rearmament through education, beginning with the young.
Shipping Lines To Resume Coastal and Intercoastal Service
The War Shipping Administration announced plans to restart coastal and intercoastal steamship service among Atlantic Gulf of Mexico and Pacific ports through December 31. The ICC found urgent need and no private carrier capable of meeting it, with WSA head Emory Land backed by southern regions but opposed by the Association of American Railroads. Land said prewar operators will act as government agents during temporary operation.
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Washington
War Shipping Administration
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Coast
Iterstate Commerce Commissions
ICC
WSA
Emory S. Land
South
Gulf and Pacific
Association of American Railroads
Land
Nomura Denies Double Dealing With America
In a Tokyo interview Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, former ambassador to the United States, says he did not know of the Pearl Harbor attack when delivering a note to Secretary Hull on December 7 1941. He denies any double play in wartime diplomacy and blames younger hardliners and responsible Japanese leaders for steering Nippon toward war.
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Tokyo
Kichisaburo Nomura
United States
Pearl Harbor
Hull
Nippon
Japan
More Workers Join Ranks Of Unemployed
The Associated Press reports labor disputes expanding across the nation with new idle workers increasing to about 210,000. Oil industry strikes grow, with Texas and Illinois plants closing and Detroit area layoffs rising, signaling a record high national total by week’s end.
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Associated Press
Labor Front
Detroit
CIO Oil Workers
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
West Virginia
Texas
Chicago
Port Arthur
High Point Boy Receives Air Medal For Service
Four officers of the Persian Gulf Command air line receive the air medal for flying more than 100 round trips between Teheran and Abadan. Brig. Gen. Donald P. Booth presented the medals at a Roosevelt Field ceremony in Amirabad post. Recipients include Capt. Alden P. Aaroe of Charlottesville and 1st Lt. William Roman of High Point North Carolina.
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Teheran
Iran
Soviet Russia
Persian Gulf Command
T.a&b
PGC
Donald P. Booth
Roosevelt Field
Amirabad
Alden P. Aaroe
Charlottesville
William Roman
R.F.D. No. 3
High Point
N. C
Abadan
Air Transport Command
Sinbad
Full Employment Legislation Nears Senate Test
Full employment measure No. 5 under Truman’s agenda faces decisive Senate banking committee action. Senator Wagner predicts approval with strong Republican support as Fulbright updates policy to state all Americans able and wanting to work are entitled to full-time employment. The bill is the fifth of Truman’s 721 recommendations.
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Senate Banking Committee
Wagner
D-Ny
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Truman
Marshall Sees End Of Point Plan
Army Chief of Staff General Marshall told Congress that the demobilization item could be abandoned by winter. He outlined a plan to reduce point scores to 70 by October 1 and to 60 by November 1, signaling a possible ending of the point system and release of all men with two years service by late winter.
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Washington
Jad Ne A
Congress
Army Chief of
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Marshall
Army to end point discharge system this winter
Gen George C Marshall told Congress the army will abandon its point system for discharges by late winter and release all men with two years of service. The army chief of staff outlined staged cuts lowering the discharge scores from 80 to 70 by Oct 1 and 60 by Nov 1, with reductions also planned for WACs and officers.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
Army
Army Chief of Staff
Senate-House
Four Turbulent Streams Continue Rampage Through Eastern North Carolina
Four rivers including the Cape Fear and Neuse surged, flooding highways and property as eastern North Carolina faced impassable roads. Fayetteville reported the Cape Fear at 65.7 feet while Neuse crested near Smithfield and rose further toward Goldsboro with forecasts of 23 to 24 feet. The Haw River rose at Moncure as officials noted restricted access.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Cape Fear
Neuse
Fayetteville
Weather Bureau
Neuse Smithfield
Smithfield
Goldsboro
Goldsro
Moncure
Haw
Tuition For Ex-Soldiers Discussed In Raleigh Meeting
President Frank P. Graham and UNC officials met with Governor Cherry to decide tuition policy for returning servicemen. The group adjourned without conclusions awaiting Washington input, with Attorney General Harry McMullan and budget official R. G. Deyton present. More than 600 veterans are in state schools.
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Raleigh
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Cherry
Washington
Harry McMullan
R. G. Deyton
North Carolina
Marshall reviews manpower program after Japan surrender
In a Capitol basement briefing Gen. Marshall details wartime manpower plans since the war began. He states the Japanese surrender cancels a planned invasion date and reverses many personnel programs while demobilization proceeds rapidly and no link to further action is implied.
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Library of Congress
Capitol
Gen. Marshall
Japan
Marshall
Congress
Trial reveals sodium seconal found in Mary Epes remains
In Columbia South Carolina witnesses testified that Mary Lee Williams Epes’s body carried seven and a half grains of sodium seconal. Lt Samuel C Epes of Richmond Va stands trial for her death by poisoning and suffocation amid a tense courtroom scene.
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Columbia
8. C
Mary Lee Williams Epes
Samuel C. Epes
Richmond
Samuel ©. Epes
Frank Milligan
Fort Jackson
Epes
Post Hospital
Milligan
Attorne
Edgar A. Brown
State Senate
Brown
Sam Epes
Florida
Mary Lee
Disposition Of Damaged Nagato Stirs Tokyo Rumors
Tokyo reports uncertainty over the fate of the damaged Japanese battleship Nagato. Admiral Spruance has no confirmed plans regarding its use in tests or a possible tow to San Francisco for a victory bond drive, with Navy orders to await instructions.
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Tokyo
Nagato
Raymond A. Spruance
Paul C. Smith
Spruance
Smith
San Francisco
Navy Department
7500 Troops to Arrive Today at East Coast Ports
More than 7500 American servicemen are due to land at three East Coast ports from Europe on 12 troop ships. New York hosts 784 troops aboard the Mormacmoon and 21 or so misc troops aboard the Surprise and 15 misc aboard the Zachary Taylor. Boston docks receive 5917 troops across five ships while Newport News has 784 aboard four vessels. The Kinvdston Victory carries 1961 troops and post detachment units, including the 6th armored division artillery battalions and medics, and the William and Mary Victory brings 1948 troops with the 365th fighter group and several fighter squadrons.
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Europe
New York
Boston
Newport News
Antwerp
Reotan
Ee Ee
6Th Armored Division
365Th
Taylor Offers To Resign As WLB Chairman
Dr. George W. Taylor offers to resign as chairman of the war labor board as Labor Secretary Schwellenbach seeks to keep the board as an autonomous agency. A declaration of policy followed a board meeting marked by heated exchanges over the WLB's future status under Schwellenbach's direction. The labor board, war manpower commission and U S employment service were moved to the labor department by President Truman last Tuesday. The secretary plans to let the board operate independently, reserving conciliation rights only for decisive action such as in the Detroit Kelsey Hayes wheel Ford production dispute.
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Washington
George W. Taylor
War Labor Board
Schwellenbach
WLB
Labor Board
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service
Labor Department
Truman
Detroit
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company
Ford Motor Company
Murray corporation accuses union leadership amid auto strikes
In Detroit on September 20, the Murray Corporation of America charged that radical union leadership is halting a $6 million reconversion and expansion program and risking a depression. The company blamed UAW CIO President R J Thomas for the stalled plan as a strike over plant reorganization and steward access to areas continued earlier this month. Seven conciliators were sent to mediate.
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Detroit
Murray Corporation of America
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Uaw-Cio
R. J. Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Murray
Advisory Body is Appointed in North Carolina Insurance Board
Governor Cherry appointed a seven man advisory board to aid the insurance commissioner in drafting regulations. Members include William P. Hodges, W. H. Andrews, George F. Jones, Edwin Pate, Ralph Hanes, I. M. Bailey, and George F. Jones representing multiple insurance sectors with terms expiring in 1947 and 1949.
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Raleigh
Cherry
North Carolina
William P. Hodges
W. H. Andrews
Greensboro
George F. Jones
Durham
Charlotte
Edwin
Occupation of Japan Progress Reported by Eighth Army
General Eichelberger described the occupation as surprisingly smooth as Allied forces demobilize and disarm three fourths of Japan's homeland army. He said Tojo would be moved to Yokohama, and noted limited friction with Japanese authorities. About 400000 troops total expected by year end, not counting Marines and fleet personnel.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Honshu
Associated Press
Hamilton W. Faron
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Calas House
Yokohama
Pearl Harbor
Yokohama Prefectural
MacAreathur
State Department
Washington
Dean Acheson
United States
Old Belt Tobacco Prices Fall as Eastern Markets Blocked
North Carolina and Virginia old flue cured tobacco prices dropped sharply with losses up to seven dollars per hundredweight. Warehousemen reported numerous rejections and floors cleared for today’s offerings. Eastern belt markets remained blocked though deliveries eased. most sales involved common to good leaf and low to fair cutters with gradual declines and minor gains.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Virginia
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