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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1945
Page
1
The piece argues that continued strikes and wage conflicts threaten inflation while unemployment pay remains a political battleground. It critiques reliance on public funds to calm labor disputes and urges industry-only settlement without external financial help.
President Truman urged rapid enactment of a full employment bill at a White House conference with Representatives Outland Patman and Manasco as debate opened in the Senate and House. Senate Republicans and Radcliffe led resistance warning of inflation and government spending, citing a potential 65 billion dollar yearly cost and questioning unemployment measurements.
Emperor Hirohito told United Press he expects Japan to adopt a democratic form of government evolving over time. He said immediate revolutionary change is unlikely and urged US and UN observers to watch Japan’s future as it charts a new path toward peace. He also noted Japan’s food and winter needs and anticipated a meeting with General Douglas MacArthur.
Buenos Aires reports an attempted anti-government revolt crushed. Ex-resident Gen Arturo Rawson and Gen Oswaldo Martinez arrested in Cordoba for inciting rebellion. Government confirms general normalcy after failing to sway the Fourth Division amid U S envoy Braden’s departure.
Aomori Japan September 25 Army lands near the devastated city as 81st Division assault begins. Seabees of the 124th Naval Construction Battalion assist with a photographer and a civilian interpreter present on the beach. Three cruisers offshore and 100 rocket planes provide air cover while souvenir seekers ask for directions to the shops.
In Morris Alabama Rev Ruffin Ragland leads a small Oneness Tabernacle cult famed for handling venomous snakes. They display a single eight inch rattler and plan to establish a Birmingham church. Ray Morgan says believers endure bites and even heat with spirit powered faith.
Admiral William F. Halsey endorses General Douglas MacArthur as the person to govern Japan, arguing Japan would remain a fifth or sixth-rate power if MacArthur is allowed to lead without bureaucratic interference. He spoke to American war prisoners in Honolulu and lamented Japan’s postwar condition and the war’s end.
The Navy announced a policy liberalization allowing enlisted men with three or more children under 18 to request release. The change does not alter the point system which grants 10 points for dependency. Officers remain under individual hardship review.
Japanese ambassador to the United States Kichisaburo Nomura said in Tokyo that Japan expected only a draw in war with the United States. He added some naval officers opposed war in 1941 and that U S manpower losses would be heavy for Japan to endure. Nomura noted relations were near breaking point when he arrived in Washington.
Washington Sept 25 The House Ways and Means Committee voted 14 to 10 to indefinitely postpone all plans to liberalize unemployment benefits amid widespread strikes. Rep Knutson said the strike situation drove the decision as the panel next turns to peacetime tax relief.
Capt Fritz Wiedemann former Hitler adjutant and German consul general in San Francisco arrived in Manila under protective custody after arrest in Tientsin. He will be taken to Washington for status determination and may testify in Germany's war guilt trials.
Washington announces large size sugar ration stamps R-1209 and R-330 will be invalid after October 5. Few are outstanding as smaller coupons have been issued since last April. Withdrawn stamps covered furlough and illness rations. Sugar Stamp 38 in Ration Book Four remains unaffected.
Washington reports Labor Secretary Schwellenbach endorses a 65 cent hourly minimum for workers under the wage hour law. He testifies before a Senate subcommittee weighing a gradual rise to 70 cents in year three, saying the increase is needed to maintain an American standard of living and purchasing power. He notes most workers earn well above 50 cents and urges ending exemptions for certain agricultural processing industries.
Benjamin Miller of the Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City said the institute seeks a product made from natural gas. Miller testified for the Kansas Corporation Commission before the Federal Power Commission during its natural gas industry inquiry. He discounted atomic power as a near term substitute for gas and predicted limited aluminum and magnesium output changes in the United States.
United States conciliators met in Chicago to tackle the oil industry walkout as nationwide strike activity neared 350,000 idle workers. Chrysler and UAW opened wage talks while miners, shipyard workers, elevator operators and others pushed walkouts across states.
War ends and Britain moves to restore Hong Kong a crown jewel of the Orient. British divers clear wreckage from piers while Chinese laborers remove debris. Banks and hotels reopen as commercial life revives and rice imports arrive. The era of foreign commerce and coolie labor begins a new chapter.
General MacArthur announced the Allied occupation of Japan may last many years with a minimum force. Emperor Hirohito told correspondent Frank Kluckhohn he did not expect Tojo to declare war in the usual manner. Combat veterans landed at Aomori and 20 000 sailors were scheduled to depart Pearl Harbor for discharge.
The Star announces a nine month subscription special for Hope students going away to school. Subscriptions are valid anywhere in the United States for four dollars.
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