Name Change for Army Major Hitler Becomes Major Harrison
The Supreme Court of New York authorizes a name change for United States Army major Paul Hitler who led U.S. military police in Paris. He requested a less hateful name to avoid lifelong bias. Justice Ferdinand Pecora signed the order, likely with a sympathetic smile. The move reflects postwar public sentiment and individual dignity.
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Supreme Court of
New York State
United States Army
Hitler
Paul
Paris
New York Court
Adolph
Major Harrison
Peau
Harrison
U.S.A
Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
License Rehearing Not Provided by Law Statement
State Revenue Commissioner Otho A. Cook testified in Pulaski circuit court that a hearing prior to liquor license revocation or refusal to issue is not provided by law. He said he had not checked this with the department's legal division when making the statement in court.
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Little Rock
State Revenue
Otho A. Cook
Cook
Pulaski Circuit
Resignation of Leo Crowley as FEC Head Accepted
President Truman accepted Leo T. Crowley's resignation as foreign economic administrator and as a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation board. Crowley will leave his remaining posts by October 15 after submitting resignation September 24.
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Leo Crowley
FEC
Washington
Truman
Ates
Leo T. Crowley
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
White House
Crowley
FEA
U S Moves to Break Strike Deadlock
United Press reports Edgar L. Warren of the labor conciliation service took temporary chair as oil refinery talks stalled. A Sinclair official warned of possible Washington venue while a Virginia city faces initial gasoline shortages. statewide turmoil grows with elevator and textile disputes adding pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Edgar L. Warren
U.S. Labor Department
Conciliation Service
Warren
Chicago
William L. Knous
Colorado Supreme Court
Secretary of Labor
Knoous
Daniel T. Pierce
Sinclair Oil Company
Washington
Pierce
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Oil Company
Richmond
Gulf Coast
Norfolk
New York
Providence
Boston
Texas
Austin
Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
Garmet
Regional War Labor Board
Manhattan
Empire State Building
Oil Workers International Union
OIU
O. A. Knight
OWIU
Knight
CID
Great Northwest
The
International Woodworkers
Scientists warn other nations will build atomic bombs soon
Knoxville reporters note that developers of the A bomb warn foreign scientists can produce the weapon within a few years. A group of Clinton lab veterans forms to push for an international authority to control disintegration knowledge and seek safeguards to prevent exploitation by any nation.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Clinton Laboratories
Oak Ridge
Sney
Smajor
RFC Catalog Lists 950 Arcadia War Plants For Sale
The RFC catalog shows 950 surplus government plants nationwide ready for peacetime use. Reconversion Chief John W. Snyder urges joint effort by industry labor finance and government to convert plants into productive employment and community assets. Arkansas sites include Jones Mill near Malvern Aluminum Co of America. Hurricane Creek near Bauxite Alcoa. El Dorado refinery and butadiene plant. Ozark Ordnance Works near El Dorado. Jacksonville ammunition loading plant. Southwestern Proving Ground near Hone, operated by U S Ord Nance Dept.
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Washington
Arkansas
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
John W. Snyder
Jones Mill Aluminum
Malvern
Aluminum Company of America
Hurricane Creek Alumina
Bauxite
Alcoa
el Dorado
The
Root Refining Company
Lion Oil Company
Zinc
Fort Smith
Residue Co
Athletic Mining and Smelting Co
Arkansas Ordnance Plant
Jacksonville
Ford, Bacon and Davis, Inc
Ozark Ordnance Works
Lion Qil
Southwestern Proving Ground
Hone
U. S. Ordnance Department
U S Invites Zhukov Top Soviet General
President Truman invites Marshal George Zhukov of the Soviet Union to the United States and Zhukov accepts, arriving in New York City on October 4. War Department arranging visit. he will call on the president during the stay, with no other details announced.
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White House
Truman
George Zhukov
Russia
United States
Zhukov
Allied Council
Germany
New York City
War Department
Okinawa
Aomori
Honshu
Otaru
Hokkaido
Japan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Frank W. Merrill
Merrill
Ryukyus
Pacific
10Th Army
48Rd
Eighth Army
Tokyo
97Th
43Rd Division
112Th
First Cavalry Division
Sixth Army
Kyoto
Broadcasting Corporation of Japan
Centrol
Patriotic Labor Service
Tokyo Transport Workers Union
Pearl Harbor
USO Councils to Meet October 11 at Little Rock
A state conference of representatives from 22 USO councils in Arkansas will be held October 11 at the Lafayette hotel in Little Rock. William H. Shepperd announced the event with attendees expected from Hot Springs Blytheville Dermott Ft Smith Hazen Rohwer Monticello Newport Osceola Pine Bluff Searcy Stuttgart Jacksonville Clarksville Fayetteville Russellville Walnut Ridge Conway Van Buren Beauxite. Mrs Maurice T Moore of New York City national chairman of the USO Council will attend and speak at a recognition program for 50 volunteers at 8 p m at the Hotel Marion.
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Little Rock
USO
Arkansas
Lafayette Hotel
William H. Shepperd
Hot Springs
Blytheville
Dermott
Ft. Smith
Hazen
Rohwer
Monticello
Newport
Osceola
Pine Bluff
Searcy
Stuttgart
Jacksonville
Clarkville
Faye
Maurice T. Moore
New York City
USC Council
Henry Luce
Time, Life and Fortune
Moore
Shantung Provine
China
Wellesley Alumnae Council
Ywca National Board
YWCA
Hotel
Marion
High Water on Red River Expected by Weekend
Heavy rains in the Little Red river watershed boost river levels in Southeast Oklahoma and Southwest Arkansas. Forecasts indicate a crest near Whitecliffs Arkansas by Saturday or Sunday with no extensive damage expected downstream. Scattered showers are anticipated across the Red river basin.
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Shreveport
Little Red River
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Shreveport Weather Bureau
Bureau
Whitecliffs
Ark
Red River
Third Fleet Heads For Navy Day Frisco Arrival Times Set
Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet of 54 warships will docking at 16 west coast ports from mid October to Navy Day October 27 for celebrations in Washington Oregon and California. Lead by the South Dakota the force includes Alabama Wisconsin Maryland Yorktown Bon Homme Richard Chevalier Moore and Blue Bay.
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Pearl Harbor
William F. Halsey
U. S
West Coast
Washington
Oregon
California
Halsey
South Dakota
San Francisco Bay
Oknawa
Task Force 38
Western Pacific
Navy
Pacific Coast
Kalsey
Alabama
Wisconsin
Maryland
Yorktown
Bon Homme
Richard
Chevalier
Moore
Blue
Monopolistic Charges Fuel Gas Hearing In Kansas City
Federal Power Commission heard charges of monopolistic practices by producers and pipelines in the Hugoton gas field during the closing session. Testimony noted wide price variation and calls for fair pro rata gas shares as hearings resume in Oklahoma City on October 9 with figures from Helmerich and Payne Tulsa and Argus Gas Omaha involved.
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Kansas City
Federal Power Commission
Oklahoma City
Kansas Corporation Commission
St. Louis
Missouri
Helmerich and Payne Oil and Gas Company
Tulsa
Okla
William Broadhurst
Vicce
Helmerich and Payne
C. P. Craft
Amarillo
Tex
Northern Natal Gas Company
Broadhurst
Hugoton
Kas
Craft
Argus Gas Company
Omaha
Neb
Truman Says Senate Let Him Down On Unemployment Bill
President Truman told House Ways and Means Democrats that the Senate had let him down and that he would stand by his 26 weeks and $25 unemployment compensation plan. The meeting followed the committee's 14 to 10 vote to shelve the administration bill, with Messrs Mills Gregory West and Camp among the senators present.
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Raymond Lahr
Washington
Truman
House
Ways and Mesuns Committee
Senate
White House
Charles Ross
Ways and Means Committee
Ross
Robert L. Coughton
N. C
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
Ark
Nobles
Gregory
Milton H. West
Tex
Sidney A. Camp
Roosevelt
Ways and Means
Legislative Branch
Capitol
Scrap Paper Pickup Tonight by Hope Boy Scouts
The Hope Boy Scouts will collect scrap paper this Thursday beginning at 6 30 PM. Residents should place bundles at the curb in front of their homes by 6 30 PM.
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The
Hope Boy Scouts
Emperor Hirohito to MacArthur in Tokyo meeting
Emperor Hirohito visited General MacArthur at the U S embassy in Tokyo bowing to the commander in a historic gesture signaling a new imperial role in occupied Japan. Reports say abdication discussions are possible but unconfirmed and the scene underscored a quiet transition in Japanese leadership.
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Marlin Opencer
Morrie Landsberg
Tokyo
Hirohito
General MacArthur
British Broadcasting Corporation
U. S
MacArthur
Japan
New York
NBC
Douglas Willis
Japanese Central Liaison Office
Associated Press Today
Allied
Domei Agency
Sixth Army
Kobe
Honshu
Koichi Kido
Privy Seal
Associated Press
Potsdam
Admiral Fujita
Bonner Fellers
Maj
Saubion Bower
Fellers
Bower
Fujita
Edward Schurr
Roya Oak
Mich
Manila
Record high: 35 filings for Arkansas corporations in Sept
Thirty five domestic and foreign companies filed articles of incorporation in Arkansas this month, the highest one month total in state history. The year 1945 has a cumulative total of 233 filings in the secretary of state's office.
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FIMS
Little Rock
Secretary of State
Soldier dies for crime he did not commit murder at Love Trust
Navy tale recalls a young army officer and a nurse on a Pacific island. Envious assailants struck at night as the couple talked, killing both and leaving shallow graves washed away by tides. The officer's death is framed as a wrongful crime.
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Hal Boyle
Navy Transport
Western Pacific
Japan
Pacific Islands
Army
Hell
Special on School Subscriptions Hope Students
Parents are alerted to The Star's annual subscription offer for Hope students leaving for school. Nine months anywhere in the United States costs $4.
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The
Star
United States
One-Third Of Meats To Be Ration-Free Next Sunday
Washington announces that one-third of all meats will be removed from rationing with the October period. Low grades of beef veal and lamb hamburger sausage and luncheon meats become free. better grades retain points. certain cuts become free. Pork remains rationed except for hearts liver and tongues. Total meat supply up 11 percent in October. red points unchanged at 50 per holder.
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William B. Allen, JR
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Warion
Price
Chester Bowles
Department of Agriculture
More Rain Is Forecast for Arkansas
Rainfall spread across Arkansas with 20 stations recording precipitation in the 24 hours ending 7 am. Fort Smith led with 1.48 inches as the Arkansas River gauge rose. Fort Smith and Van Buren saw 1.4 feet rises though not near flood danger. Ouachita river at Arkadelphia may rise to 7 feet. Texarkana and Portland posted highs around 90 degrees.
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Little Rock
U. S. Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Oklahoma
van Buren
Ouachita River
Arkadelphia
Texarkana
Portland
Thief snatched wallet as accomplice urged retreat
In Philadelphia on September 26 a thief grabbed a man's wallet while a second man told the pursuer to back off noting the loot was already taken. Investigators report the incident occurred as the suspect fled with the wallet.
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Philadelphia
i/P
Yeoman
Earle C. Lenhart
Lee
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Latin America
Gen. MacArthur
Ralph Teatsorth
U. S. 10Th Army
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Douglas MacArthur
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