Labor's victory in Britain prompts mixed views on Communism
An editorial responds to Daniel J. Tobin's Laborite forecast of a world of tomorrow, arguing American labor and the A F L oppose Communism, while cautioning that Britain's nationalization ideas may reflect Britain’s specific, small-country needs. The piece defends publishing diverse opinions and questions end goals of European labor victories.
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France
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Europe
America
Italy
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England
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Aew
Mr. Tobin
Seeds of War Call for Change in Human Heart
London dispatch quotes Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris on war and peace noting wars persist until humanity changes its heart. He warns greed arrogance intolerance and vengeance fuel conflict and that religion and education have failed to eradicate them. Optimist Week urged by Governor Laney to aid a war-torn nation as Arkansas campus prepares for fall with record women enrollment starting Sept 10.
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London
Si Arthur Harris
Little Rock
Laney
United States
Canada
Puerto Rico
Fayetteville
University of Arkansas
Double-Cross in Pearl Harbor Strike
OPA told congressmen that most rationing will end this year and rent control will be scrapped in many cities this autumn and winter. Meats and shoes to be decontrolled by year end. tires possibly by year’s start. rents to be decontrolled in 75 to 100 areas in four to five months. Some areas already decontrolled. Also covers revised eviction wait times and outlines removal of price ceilings across metals foods clothing and autos pending supply. In San Francisco, Kurusu denied Pearl Harbor foreknowledge and described Tojo’s peace hopes and Japanese wartime stress.
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Washington
OPA
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Bowles
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B. F. Goodmcn Company
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San Francisco
Saburo Kurusu
Pearl Harbor
Frederick C. Opper
American Broadcasting Company
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Tokyo
Tojo
Pacific
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Vingi
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Airline Priorities to Be Abandoned After October 15
Washington reports that civilian air travel will lose priority status after October 15 as the War Department cuts monthly priority from 100000 to 15000 starting September 15. Some military categories lose priorities. civilians and other service members will be screened. Civilian flights to South America Central America and Alaska also lose priority on October 15 while Atlantic and Pacific routes remain controlled.
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Washington
United States
War Department
South America
Central America
Alaska
Arkansas Dissatisfied as to Bennett
Federal authorities voiced objections to California's action in the case of George Bennett who is at liberty in San Francisco after his indictment in Little Rock on charges of threatening Arkansas officials. U S Attorney James T. Davis said Bennett, declared insane after August sanity tests, would face no legal action unless ordered by the attorney general. Continued on Page Two.
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Little Rock
Caifornia
George Bennett
Liberty
San Francisco
Arkansas
U. S
James T. Davis
Bennett
California
Britain’s ghost battleships fooled foes into thinking stronger navy
An admiralty spokesman confirmed Britain bluffed Germany and Japan with four projected battleships never completed. Lion and Temeraire were halted early and never started. Names and counts varied in foreign naval directories, but only the Vanguard neared sea readiness, launched last October.
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Henry
Jameson
London
Britain
Germany
Japan
Royal Navy
Admiralty
James Directory
James
Vanguard
Congress to Probe Pearl Harbor Case
Senate Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley proposed with President Truman that Congress establish a 19 member joint Senate House committee to investigate Pearl Harbor. A similar 14 member resolution was introduced by Rep. Clarence Brown and others, aiming for a prompt, open inquiry with a report by January 3.
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Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Truman
Congress
Barkley
House Committee
Clarence Brown
Forest A. Harness
Ind
Homer Ferguson
United States
Pearl Harbor
Roberts Commission
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
This Man Lost His Well Until Howling Dog Found It
Newport Tenn story of Edd Simmons who could not locate a presumed underhouse well until a howling dog kept him awake. He searched by lanternless light, found the dog and the well, then neighbors helped pull him out. Includes a note about the mangosteen, an East Indian fruit.
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Howling Dog
Newport. Tenn
Edd Simmons
Simmons
Watermelon gifts knot Arkansas Idaho governor hoax
Idaho Governor Gossett received a note from Arkansas Chamber of Commerce apologizing for the small 1945 watermelons and a 103 pound melon. Governor Dale of New Hampshire received a 101 pound melon from Governor Laney of Arkansas, displayed at the New Hampshire State House with staff.
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Ida
Braggarts’ Club
Hope
Ark
Chamber of Commerce
Idaho
Charles G. Gossett
Arkansas
New Hampshire
Concord
N. E
State House
Express
Dale
Laney
Portsmouth
3 485 Come Back From the Dead
Washington reports a wave of war casualty updates with 3 485 missing army men restored to living status from Japanese POW camps, offset by navy casualty gains. Army totals reach 922 587 killed and wounded 571 589. navy totals 147 865. Also obituary: Mason J. Moore, El Dorado office manager, dies at 67. wife and son survive. Taboo meaning discussed.
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America
Bataan
Corregidor
Navy
War Department
el Dorado
Mason J. Moore
el Dorado Printing and Stationery Co
Moore
Eagle Lumber Co
Eagle Mills
Wright Lumber Co
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Charles Moore
Camp Buleori
Truman Urges Tax Cuts and Postwar Plans in Congress
President Truman urged Congress to keep war powers for reconversion and proposed a 21 point program including limited tax cuts, a vast public works plan, full employment measures, higher federal salaries for lawmakers, and steps to speed peacetime economy. He called for extending unemployment benefits, raising the minimum wage, and broadening social programs while warning against premature cessation of hostilities.
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Truman
Congress
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Tru
Eisenhower Receives Belgian Grand Cordon Award
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower was awarded Belgiums highest military honor the Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold by Premier Achille Van Acker and Defense Minister Leo Mundeleer in Brussels Charles unable to attend due to bronchial attack Mundeleer hailed him as a citizen of the world Van Acker thanked him for aiding the return of art treasures from Germany Newfoundland noted as Britains oldest colony.
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Brussels
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Belgium
Order of Leopold
Defense
Leo Mundeleer
United States
Charles
Eisenhower
Achille van Acker
Mundeleer
Refugees Flood Yokohama as Peace Returns
Hal Boyle reports a tidal wave of refugees returning to Yokohama with women carrying babies on backs, children strapped on, and families living in tin huts amid bombed streets. Shoes scarce and clothing patchwork, many walk barefoot or on wooden boards, while girls emerge shyly from hiding. soldiers note girls resemble Madam Dragonfly in coyness.
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Hal Boyle
Yokohama
Junior
Mama
United States
Madam Dragonfly
Madam Butterfly
Wake Island Prisoners Detail Japanese Brutality
Four marines and 10 civilians from Wake Island describe how captured prisoners were bayonetted when wounded, then fed in a two week feast by Japanese guards to elicit military secrets. They recount mass confinement, beatings, forced labor, and starvation in camps, naming a brutal corporal and the use of relentless interrogation.
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Duane Hennessy
Yokohama
Wake Island
Wake
Midway
Suwa
Yokohma
Watanzehbe
Three Doolittle Raiders Still Not Found
Washington dispatch reports Gen. MacArthur will seek Japan’s answer on the fate of three remaining Tokyo raiders still missing. The press conference confirmed eight men were captured in Shanghai in 1942, with three later freed, three executed per emperor’s mercy, and two dying in prison.
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James H. Doolittle
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Washington, D. C
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Dallas
Tex
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Peiping
Robert L. Hite
Earth
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Hyrum
Utah
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Ore
Robert J. Meder
Lakewood
George Barr
Madison
Wis
Hite
Nielsen
de Shazer
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Meder
China
Farrow
Hallmark
Spatz
Vta Free
Chamber to Survey Harrison Industrial Potential
The Harrison chamber of commerce will direct a survey of industrial possibilities in Harrison to gather data for out-of-city organizations within a few weeks. Conducted by the chamber's industrial committee, the project aims to identify opportunities and attract investment.
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Chamber of Commerce
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