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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1945
Page
1
Our Daily Bread column by Alex. H. Washburn examines the economic and social costs of war, weighing government spending versus human impact. The piece argues for prudent policy, highlighting fiscal strain and long term consequences on households and communities.
The piece argues wage demands after WWII may not boost take home pay due to new taxes and deductions. It warns higher car and tire prices, inflation, and rising living costs could slow trade and curb civilian spending as production shifts to peacetime. It stresses vigilance in occupation and postwar policy to prevent renewed aggression.
The War Department announced that by next July 1 the army will discharge at least 30000 doctors, 10000 dentists and over 40000 nurses, reducing medical corps strength to about 70 percent of its VE day peak and army strength to 2500000. A new system will return 13000 physicians, 25000 nurses, 3500 dentists and other medical officers to civilian life by January 1 based on lower point scores, age and length of service.
Detroit September 15 The nation wide stoppage halts all Ford Motor Company production and leaves about 50 000 Ford workers unemployed. The shutdown stems from strikes on key parts suppliers led by Kelsey Hayes Wheel Co and is followed by a hard line from UAW CIO demanding wage increases and warning of an industry wide blockade.
Senate approves Paul V. McNutt former Indiana governor as United States high commissioner to the Philippines. He previously directed the War Manpower Commission and led the Federal Security Administration and served as Philippines commissioner from 1937 to 1939. Also approved were Donald R. Russell and William Benton as assistant secretaries, Benjamin V. Cohen as State Dept counselor, and Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines as ambassador to Panama.
An application by the Oaklawn Jockey Club to hold a 30 day race meet at Hot Springs from November 5 through December 5 will be considered by the Arkansas Racing Commission on September 24. Commission Secretary Otho A. Cook announced. The application was filed Thursday.
Jane Froman, still using crutches after a 1942 accident, boards the S S Queen Elizabeth in Southampton with 15 000 Americans returning home. Her eight month 8000 mile European tour entertained 300 000 troops and she expects to discard the crutches in about a year.
President Truman enjoys a relaxed stay in Missouri mingling with locals in Independence. He visits his mother, checks mail at the Kansas City federal building, and attends stag receptions with old friends. The president plans to announce his Supreme Court vacancy decision after returning to Washington.
Berlin dispatch reports Gen Dwight D Eisenhower announcing new codes to govern German local governments in the American zone. Officials are ordered to draft structures and powers for township city and county councils with terms set. codes due by Oct 15 for military approval. first elections in January with broader balloting to follow.
Circuit Clerk Cecil Weaver announced the petit jury for the Hempstead October term starting October 1. Names include James Leslie, Gaston Bland, G C Clark, Irby Turner, Bob Maton, J M Harbin, Smead Mayo, Eddie Harris, Wilmer Williams, Leo Hartsfield, Lester O'Dell, Willis Morrow, A L Roberts, Gordon Beckworth, John Laha, J G C Turner, Fran Wray, Will Flowers, W D Gathright, T H Wortham, H E Sutton, O E Taylor, O R Green, Sam Ingram. Alternate jurors listed: H B Barr, Lois Boswell, Ed Lee, Herman Worthy, A G Martin, L A Boyce, C E Cassidy, John Clark, Arnold Middlebrooks.
Shigenori Togo, Tojo era foreign minister and No. 2 on MacArthur's war criminals list, signals willingness to surrender to U S forces at Yokohama. Hashida Hashida, education minister, dies by poison as police arrived. Ueda and Hashimoto also agreed to surrender. Tojo remains hospitalized in Yokohama as surrender talks continue.
Kansas City Sept 15. A Douglas C 47 military air transport crashed only 14 seconds after leaving Fairfax airport killing 19 European veterans returning to the west coast and four others aboard. Only three of 24 aboard survived, with Sgt Ora D DeLong in critical condition. Wreckage scattered near Burlington railroad tracks. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
A Baltimore Sun reporter recounts a Japanese envoy at the Manila conference exchanging American five dollar bills for cigarettes. He accepted two cartons of cigarettes but balked at his change, pocketing it with a poker face after receiving Japanese printed Philippine occupation currency.
Washington Sept. 15 The Pearl Harbor investigation likely to force a debate on unifying military command. A joint House Senate committee will organize next week with counsel to conduct the inquiry and may question officers on consolidation of services amid Navy opposition. Senator Lucas notes possible broader probes to Philippines Wake and Guam.
Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes arrived in London to renegotiate the British American oil treaty amid British concern over Russia's demand for a large share of Austrian oil. Vienna reports said Soviet Russia and the Austrian government near agreement on Zistersdorf field development as a foreign ministers meeting convenes.
A floating power plant built for the U S Army Navy is housed in a steel hull 318 feet long 50 feet wide and 14 feet draft. It produces 13 800 volt electricity via a 19 stage turbine using steam from two gas or oil fired boilers. The units have been operated in Mississippi at Vicksburg and Jackson and in Florida at Pensacola and Jacksonville.
In a Narumi Nagoya prison camp the starving American Marines formed a strange bond with an ordinary Japanese bull. Enduring scarce feed and brutal camp routines, the soldiers grew attached, hoping to claim the bull for a victory feast once freed. Pfc. Edward M. Fechwaliski recalled the tale at a release banquet.
Miami forecaster warned of a hurricane striking the Keys with winds over 100 mph as warnings stretched from Naples to the Keys. In Tokyo, Gen Masa Haru Homma and 69 others were captured or surrendered, with MacArthur supervision and censorship orders reshaping wartime reporting and arrests.
Lt. Gen. Mashaharu Homma and Gen. Shigenori Kuroda surrendered to Kanagawa police in Tokyo for Allied questioning over war crimes linked to the Philippines. Homma denied ordering the death march of Americans from Bataan but said he would take responsibility for subordinates. Both stressed retirement from the army and expressed surprise at their inclusion on MacArthur’s wanted list.
S F Bates, 58, of Wickes Ark, died at 2 p m in a Texarkana hospital from an unusual anemia and bone marrow suppression. Doctors cited exposure to chemicals used in the atomic bomb. Bates had worked at the Richland Wash atomic bomb plant for eight months and fell ill in January per his wife.
In Tokyo a strong business driven effort seeks to remove longtime imperial policy figures from government. Backed by Bank of Japan Yokohama Specie Mitsui Mitsubishi and other industries the group expects January elections and a new cabinet. They aim to end military dominance and replace the transitional cabinet with new faces in the Diet.
The State Department must determine Iva Toguri’s nationality before treason action. If she loses American citizenship by long stay in Japan or marriage to a Portuguese, treason charges falter. Toguri, known as Tokyo Rose, broadcast propaganda to Allied troops and is held in Yokohama awaiting a nationality ruling. U.S. Attorney Carr planned to seek extradition from Japan for a civil treason trial in Los Angeles.
London reports a Soviet proposal for Mediterranean territorial influence, possibly over the Dodecanese islands. Diplomats tie the move to shifts in power as the Big Five discuss Italy’s colonies and allied wartime peace terms. An accompanying note mentions civilians consuming 17 percent more meat since the war.
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