Japanese women and the vote seen as civilizing force
In a San Francisco report the writer argues that granting Japanese women the vote could liberate the Japanese race by expanding women's rights. He portrays Japanese women as largely confined to servile roles yet capable if given chance, noting limited public roles and traditional domestic training. The piece presents a stark gendered critique amid wartime commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Japan
Orient
Truman Hosts Old Fashioned Powwow With Democrats
President Truman dined informal with party stalwarts at an island retreat near Annapolis as 150 more attendees were expected. the event emphasized Jeffersonian ideals rather than official business. In Detroit, the UAW CIO filed for a strike vote at GM plants nationwide, seeking a 30 cent wage rise affecting about 325,000 workers with a possible October 24 ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Annapolis
Thomas Jefferson
Harry Hawes
Washington Attor
Mr. Truman
Hawes
Missouri
Washington
USS
Maryland
Naval Academy
Detroit
Nation
United Automobile Workers (Cio
National Labor Relations Board
Walter P. Reuther
Uaw-Cio
Reuther
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
Wellenbac
George W. Taylor
National War Labor Board
Paul Her
NLRB
Food Outlook In Europe Sees Hopeful Recovery
The American Institute of Food Distribution reports Europe’s civilian food supplies improved after V E day but 1946 imports will exceed expectations and likely continue for at least two more years. Transportation coal and fertilizer shortages, plus price controls, slow agricultural recovery and boost black markets. The group calls for heavy federal financing and long term credits to support relief and reconstruction.
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Hudson Phillips
New York
Europe
American Institute of Food Distribution
Non
Research Agency
United States
Executive Department
Congress
Treasury
Institute
United Nations ‘Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
The
Food Institute
Great Britain
Denmark
Sweden
Russia
Taft signals tough line on full employment bill
Senator Robert A Taft led a Republican conference to soften spending themes as the full employment bill faces Senate debate Tuesday He proposes amendments and a new plan with Senator Radcliffe of Maryland while Republicans Morse Tobey Aiken Langer and Butler weigh in on the measure.
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Francis
Kelly Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Senate
Banking Committee
Radcliffe
Maryland
Wa Morse
Ore
Notim
Morse
Workers of America
Tobey
New Hampshire
Aiken
Vermont
Langer
North Ora
Butler
Indo China Protest Against Return of French Rule
Annamite workers in southern Indochina struck and called a boycott on French families amid renewed French authority. British and French officials predicted a short crisis, but French civilians feared worsening tensions as disturbances loom. Distressed French residents gather at Col Cedile’s office while unrest flares in Saigon.
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Nigel Palethorpe
Saigon
Indochina
Cedile
MacArthur and Dewey Face Public Criticism in wartime policy row
The article reports on political sparks between Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Dewey era remarks over Japanese occupation policies. It notes Republicans pressing Acheson over war policy statements and questions about Dewey and Marshall regarding Pearl Harbor code knowledge during the 1944 campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
MacArthur
Dean C
Senate
Acheson
Japan
Washington
Wheeler
Nebraska
Untary
Wherry
Charles
Roosevelt
United States
Dewey
George C. Marshall
Pearl Har- Marshall
Army
Herbert F. Brownell
GOP
Pearl
Harbor
New York
Seven Nazis Go On Trial For Lethal Injections
Seven Nazis charged with killing more than 400 Russian and Polish men women and children at Hadamar asylum by lethal injections go on trial before a military court in Wiesbaden on October 8. The case marks the first of five major concentration camp prosecutions by the U S army in Europe.
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Wes Gallagher
Wiesbaden
Germany
Hadamar
U. S. Army
Dachau
Nordhausen
Buchenwald
Gardelegan Epi
Epes Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder
In Columbia on September 22 an all male jury convicted Lt. Samuel C. Epes of murder and recommended mercy. Judge A. L. Gaston imposed a life sentence noting a new trial motion will be heard later. Epes showed no emotion as verdict read and a court crowded with spectators watched the outcome.
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In Y Lesesne
Colmbia
Samuel C. Epes
A. L. Gaston
Wan
Edgar A. Brown
Epes
Travis Epes
Richmond
Jeanette
Gaston
Bill Would Give Congress Voice In Atomic Policies
Senate Foreign Relations Committee moves to act on a bill by Senator Vandenberg to create a joint Senate House panel with exclusive authority over nuclear policy. President Truman has not decided, with Connally, Vandenberg, and Lucas in talks after a White House conference.
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Washington
Senate Foreign
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Truman
Senate
House
Congress
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Russia
United Nations
Wallace
Army
Navy
Senator Lucas
D-Ill
White House
Erwin Workers Overwhelmingly For Strike Vote
In Durham 1,229 Erwin Cotton Mills employees voted yes in a strike vote by the National Labor Relations Board. Of 1,592 eligible voters, 63 voted no and 300 did not vote. The walkout threat follows a dispute over a workload clause and failure to submit to war labor board arbitration. The old contract expired August 22.
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Durham
Erwin Cotton Mills
National Labor Relations Board
G. D. Blackwood
Textile Workers of America
CIO
War Labor Board For Arbitration
Blackwood
WLB
Witnessley Testimony Links Kramer to Gas Chamber At Oswiecim
Polish Jewish survivor Ada Bimko testified at the Belsen war crimes trial that Josef Kramer and Irma Grese oversaw sick prisoners loaded for gas at Oswiecim. She described kickings and beatings, aiding in recapture, and named Karl Flazarich as the man who shot an inmate. The court struggled with her emotional, rapid testimony as British officers corroborated cannibalism and executions.
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Charles Chamberlain
Lueneburg
Germany
Ada Bimko
Josef Kramer
Belsen
Oswiecim
Kramer
Irma Grese
Bimbo
Fritz Klein
Hessler
Karl Flazarich
C. Brown
Farm Youth Falls 1500 Feet From Plane
Lincoln Nebraska September 22 a 16 year old farm youth Hagaman fell 1500 feet to his death from a plane traveling 130 miles an hour. Hagaman attempted acrobatics and failed to pull the ripcord until the last 75 feet. Lieutenant Lyvere piloted the plane and blamed untethered safety equipment.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Nebraska
Howard Hagaman
Gerald Lyvere
Hagaman
Justin Hagaman
CIO Textile Workers urge Schwellenbach action over strikes
The CIO Textile Workers Union asked Secretary Schwellenbach to intervene in four southern mills already on strike and warned of eight more potential strikes. The list includes Gaffney Manufacturing, Athens Manufacturing, Industrial Cotton Mills, and Entwhistle Manufacturing, affecting about 2,500 workers. Baldanzi urged wartime board directives be enforced to protect living standards and called for talks in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Pthe Cio Textile Workers Union
Schwellenbach
Southern
George Baldanzi
Labor Department
Washington
Gaffney
S. C
Athens
TWUA
Government Orders Arrest Of Big Shots
Government orders the arrest of top Japanese wartime leaders as the United States moves to crush Japanese militarism and ultranationalism. The policy allows occupation forces under General Douglas MacArthur to suppress armed revolt by propping up self defense while preserving occupation aims.
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Joan M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Japan faces winter hunger after wartime defeat
Vice Premier Prince Konoye said Emperor Hirohito is the main force holding Japan together as mass unemployment and starvation loom. He dismissed abdication rumors as disastrous and noted a diet session would amend the constitution if abdication were needed, or a regent could take the throne until the emperor dies for Crown Prince Akihito to rule.
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Tokyo
Fuminaro Konoye
Hirohito
Japan
Konoye
Akipito
United States Sets Occupation Policy for Japan After War
White House releases four week old policy outline approved by President Truman directing General MacArthur on Japanese occupation. It states US directs policy where possible with allied input and calls for rapid arrests of war leaders under new orders. The outline envisions sweeping changes to Japan’s economy politics and social structure and signals a transition after Nippon’s surrender.
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White House
United States
MacArthur
Japan
State Department
Flood Crest Hits Coastal Plain Towns
Flood conditions extend along Cape Fear and Neuse rivers threatening routes near Elizabethtown and Fayetteville. Water over the Elizabeth town bridge rises as officials warn U S 117 closures and highway threats persist while U S 15 A and other routes are affected. Interstate and local roads face closures as rivers crest and recede in parts of North Carolina.
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Raleigh
Cape Fear
Fayetteville
Elizabethtown
Neuse
Goldsboro
Kinston
Eee Department
U. S
South Boston
Highway Department
U. S. One
Roanoke River
N. C
Fayletteville
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Fontana
TVA
Graham County
North Carolina
Little
Tennessee
Erwin
Herta Ehlert
Berney Ficklin
Dr. Bimbo
Coastal Plain
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