New Industries Spread Across Arkansas Postwar Trade
The Jonesboro Jonesboro Chamber plans a $30,000 yearly promotion fund for five years as Jonesboro expands with a shoe factory, hosiery mill, glass and neon sign plants, and Walnut Ridge gains a shoe factory funded by locals. The piece argues postwar towns with prewar industrial promotion gain head starts, notes Hope’s Kraft Cheese setback, and cites broader state progress.
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Hope
Jonesboro
Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce
Ita Glass
Walnut Ridge
Kopiman- Woraecek Manufacturing Company
Flat River
Arkansas
Kraft Cheese Corporation
Kraft
Southwestern Proving Ground
Prosecution Closes Case on Haw Haw Joyce Trial
London September 17 British prosecutors closed their treason case against William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw after a whirlwind presentation of testimony that he broadcast Nazi propaganda during the war. Joyce went on trial at the Old Bailey this morning and at 2 30 p m the crown rested Witnesses included Justice Robert Jackson American chief prosecutor for the forthcoming Nuremberg trials of Axis war criminals.
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London
William
Lord Haw Haw
Joyce
Old Bailey
Robert Jackson
America
Nuernberg
May Force Split Up of Aluminum Co
Attorney General Tom C. Clark urged Congress that the Aluminum Company of America be broken into competing firms to boost national security and industry health. He argued monopoly harmed war production and that only government action can reshape the industry, noting Alcoa dominance since 1893 and wartime expansion.
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Washington
Tom C. Clark
Congress
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
Clark
Pittsburgh
Reconstruction Finance Corp
RFC
Reynolds Metals Company
Alcon
Circuit Court of Appeals
Attorney General
Surplus Property Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Nuotice
Property Board
Canada
Defense Plant Corporation
Reynolds Metals
Reynolds
Navy Pledges Rapid Demobilization By Christmas
Washington reports the navy will discharge 764000 enlisted personnel and 75000 officers by Christmas, as the Senate Military Committee probes why service discharges lag. Vice Admiral Louis E. Denfeld asserts demobilization proceeds as fast as needs and facilities permit, while Gates notes the Pacific’s instability delays full redeployment.
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Washington
Navy
Louis E. Denfeld
Senate Military Committee
Gates
Pacific
Ohio
Army
Burton
Congressional
Naval Affairs Committees
Denfeld
Gurney Crsd
Army and Navy
House Military Committee
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcol
Connally
D-Tex
Stimson and Marshall Are to Retire
Washington reports say Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson will resign this weekend and General of the Army George C. Marshall may also retire. President Truman hinted a top War Department personnel announcement, likely Stimson, would come this week.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Henry L. Stimson
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Stirmson
Roosevelt
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Stimson
Robert P. Patterson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas McArthur
Carl A. Spaatz
Ira C. Baker
Arnold
Truman
Kansas City
War Department
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Army
Outstand ing Co ed Mary Guller White Enrolls in Course
Athens Georgia features Mary Guller White, a two year old Methodist missionary to China for 42 years and survivor of a Japanese internment camp. She has authored two books and now takes a refresher course in feature writing to revive her writing pen. A California doctor comments on thousands dying from kissing.
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Athens
University of Georgia
Mary Guller White
China
MacArthur Forecasts 200000 Japan Occupation Force
General MacArthur announced that occupation forces in Japan could be reduced to about 200,000 within six months as progress in disarming Japan continues. He cited the successful landings and stated that troops would return home as ships become available. The plan aims for a rapid demobilization of Pacific forces and cautious future governance.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Robert L. Eichelberger
U. S. Eighth Army
Eichelberger
Fichelberger
United Nations
Shanghai
Whangpoo
U. S
Eighth Army
Imperial Palace
Manila
Russia
Korea
Higashi-Kuni
Admiral Halsey
Tokyo Bay
Ken Terashima
Tojo
Marines Recall “Demon Doctor” At Japanese Camp
Marine Donald Bennett describes a Japanese medical officer at the Umeda camp near Osaka who used string-bound ritual burning to treat pain. Bennet recalls 132 of 400 Americans dying in six months from exposure starvation and neglect, while doctors offered little medicine.
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Hal Boyle
Yokosuka Naval Base
Ameda
Corregidor
Bataan
Amp Umeda
Osaka
Donald Bennet
North Fancisco St
Chicago
Bennett
Philip C. March
80 000 Idle as Auto Plants and CIO Face Showdown on Wages
Detroit area faced widespread idle time as Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler workers prepared for a wage dispute with the UAW CIO. About 80,000 are idle in Detroit with 70,000 in the city and 10,000 nearby Windsor as strike votes loom for a 30 percent raise. Ford and GM consider strike votes. Chrysler sets a date for its own ballot. Parts shortages from Kelsey-Hayes contribute to plant stoppages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Automotive
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Windsor
Ont
Uaw-Cio
Ford
Henry Ford II
General Motors
UAW
National Labor Relations Board
Warren
Ohio
Chrysler
International Uaw-Cio
Kelsey-Hayes
Kelsey
Kelsey Local 174
50 Million Loss in Wake of Hurricane
The hurricane weakened as it moved north from Florida to South Carolina with estimated 50 million dollars in property damage. Warnings lowered south of Cape Hatteras to Brunswick as Charlestown, S C, reported the storm centered inland. The storm once reached 143 mph over the Keys and 99 mph in Miami with deaths and extensive destruction.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
South Carolina
Parris Island
U. S
C.W.T
Weather Bureau
Noton
Cape Hatteras
Brunswick
Charleston
S. C
U. S. Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Florida Keys
Key Largo
Navy
Richmond
Carolina
Hatteras
North Carolina
Chairmen Are Named for Store Groups
Temporary chairmen for Hope merchants were named by Jim Cole of the Merchants Committee. They will organize members, elect permanent leaders, and act for each group. A full meeting of permanent chairmen was set for September 24 at City Hall to discuss hours and Christmas prep.
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Hope
Jim Cole
Merchants Committee
Hope Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Dewey Baker
C. C. Lewis
Frank Ward
H. G. Hamston
Ched Hall
Robert LaGrone
Leo Robins
Louie Carleson
C. M. Hairston
Lymar Armstrong
E. M. McWilliams
William M Walls Die in Grants Auto Crash
Boatswains Mate first class William M Walls 22 of Little Rock Arkansas was killed in a car wreck about 12 miles east of Grants New Mexico. Passengers Jewell Tollison and Lucille Parker of Sparta Tennessee were injured when the automobile overturned after a tire blew out.
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Grants
N. M
William M. Walls
Little Rock
Ark
Jewell Tollison
Lucille Parker
Sparta
Tenn
Paper cans with plasticized glue lining used for motor oil
A report notes that paper cans lined with plasticized glue have proven effective as containers for motor oil, suggesting a practical packaging innovation.
Russia apologizes for downing US B 29 over Korea
The Soviet Union said the August 29 downing of a US B 29 on a mercy mission over northern Korea was a mistake and expressed regret. Gen. Douglas MacArthur protested the incident. all 12 crewmen survived with six bailing out and six crash-landing. The mission aimed to drop food and medical supplies to prisoners at Konan near the American zone.
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Caswell
Tokyo
Russia
Korea
Douglas MacArthy
Japan
Konan
Hammung Airfield
Joseph Queen
Ashland
United Yuase
Ater
Queen
Hammung Field
Douglas Arbuch
Millersburg
Fugmi
Jesse H. Owens
Fayetteville, Tenn
Halsey Rides White Horse in Tokyo Visit
Admiral William F. Halsey rode a horse placed at Tokyo by Maj. Gen. William G. Chase during a visit with the Fifth Cavalry Regiment. He joked about being afraid as he rode around the parade ground while guards looked on.
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Tokyo
William F. _ Halsey
Hirohito
William G. Chase
First Cavalry
Halsey
Fifth Cavalry
Nimi
Ex Lieutenant on Trial for Wife Murder in South Carolina
Former army lieutenant Samuel C. Epes 27 goes on trial in Columbia for the murder and burial of his wife Mary Lee Epes 26. Prosecutors cite a love triangle and letters to a Lake Charles worker who dated him while he was on maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Noland
Columbia
S. C
Samuel C. Epes
Epes
Richmond, Va
Richland County
18-Pound Baby Reported Born in Pennsylvania
Lawton Pennsylvania September 17 an 18 pound baby girl was born last Wednesday to Mr and Mrs Francis Strohl. Dr Harvey N Fry of Montrose said the child is alive and well. Mrs Strohl 38, mother of 15, recovered uneventfully. Previous births were normal weight. AMA records note heavier births in 1940 and a 1916 stillbirth in Georgia.
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Lawton
Francis Strohl
Harvey N. Fry
Montrose
Strohl
Fry
American Medical Association
Chicago
Joseph Hunter
Poplar Bluff
AMA Journal
Pelham
Early New York Estate Values Define Wealth Thresholds
In 1678 the total estates in New York province totaled 750000 dollars. A planter with 1500 dollars or a merchant with 3000 dollars was deemed a rich man, reflecting colonial wealth standards and social ranking.
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New York Province
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Martin Niemoelke
Toyohiko Kagawa
Stephen Decatur
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Niemoedler
Kakawa
Decatur
Aluminum Co
Dallas
Tex
California
CIO
U.S
Associated Press
John A. Singlaub
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Hong Kong
Melbourne
Borneo
Darwin
Australia
J. W. Larkin
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Arthur Percival
Singapore
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Percival
Larkin
Formosa
Pennsylvania
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