Gas Supplies Dwindle As Stoppages Cripple 3 Key Refining Areas
Strikes hit three major refining regions crippling output and forcing rationing across the nation. Texas coast refineries faced severe curtailment while Calumet near Chicago and Ohio centers reduced production. Government mediation was sought as 14,000 workers were idle and eastern motorists faced shrinking gasoline supplies.
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Texas Coast
Calumet
Chicago
Ohio
California
Oklahoma
New Jersey
Texas
Oil Company
Toledo
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Mich
Flint
Auto Disputes Idle 86,000 as Detroit Faces Gasoline Shortage
A massive labor dispute shuts down transit and halts auto production in Detroit. About 86,000 workers idle as 65 percent of gas stations report empty tanks and several plants close. Mayor Jeffries calls on federal aid while Windsor Canada and Chrysler Dodge plant confront walkouts and picketing.
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Detroit
CIO International Oil Workers Union
Dealers’ Association
Edward J. Jeffries
Truman
Windsor
Ont
Ford Motor Company of Canada
Uaw-Clo
Chrysler Corporation
Dodge
Uaw-Cio
Time in Brass and Nash Labor Disputes Continue
Negotiations report continued progress as Brass and Copper workers strike against American Brass and Nash Kelvinator plant workers stay idle under Local 72 UAW CIO. Detroit talks with Paul Russo and Local 72 executives produced no statement as of press time.
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Brass and Copper
American Brass Company
Nash-Kelvinator
Uaw-Cio
Kenosha
Detroit
Nash Kelvinator Corporation
Paul Russo
International Union
Nash Motors
Local 72
Brass and Copper Workers
Twenty One Death March Survivors Reach Miami
Twenty one survivors of the Batman death march arrived in Miami from Manchuria aboard an Air Transport Command plane. Two Wake Island marines joined them. Captured at Corregidor, they were taken to RAF Biltmore Hospital. Names include Harris Mercer Howard Haase George Robinson and James Ahlstedt.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Manchuria
Air Transport Command
Wake Island
Raf Biltmore Hospital
Corregidor
Leon Elliott
Salinas
Calif
Harris Mercer
Lone Rock
Wis
Pfe
Howard L. Haase
Steele
N. D
George Robinson
Omaha
Neb
James I. Ahlstedt
Lincoln
MacArthur Demands Jap Financial Account
General MacArthur calls for a full accounting of Japanese finances from Pearl Harbor to today, including imperial household funds. He notes Hirohito may not abdicate as Washington hints. Prince Konoye dismisses claims of abdication, while Lt. Gen Doihara continues at the war ministry despite an arrest order.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Pearl Harbor
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Washington
Hirohito
Kenji Doihara
Japan
Japanese War Ministry
Americans Begin Sixth Army Occupation of Kyushu
Allied forces move into southern Japan as the Sixth Army prepares to land in Nagasaki and take control of Kyushu. Meanwhile, 150000 plus Eighth Army troops consolidate Honshu near Tokyo with transports in Nagasaki harbor awaiting landings.
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Tokyo
U.P
Japan
Sixth Army
Kyushu
Nagasaki
Eighth Army
Honshu
Philippines
Pacific
Walter Kreuger
Sixth
Fifth Amphibious Corps
Kreuger
Sasebo Naval Base
Fukoka
Yawata
Moji
Kokura
Tsushima Strait
Japan Sea
Korea
Corregidor
Bateaon
Java
Singapore
Konoye Rejects January Elections In Japan
Tokyo premier Konoye told American reporters that Japan is not ready for January elections due to political inexperience. He said MacArthur will guide steps, noted no formal moves on women suffrage, and explained the constitution prevents Hirohito abdication without illness, necessitating a regency if needed.
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Konoye
Japan
Hirohito
Toyohiko Kagawa
Kagawa
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
States
Suzy
Geisha Life In Tokyo Under Occupation Report
Tokyo dispatch notes that Geisha houses still exist but many young women have left to work in factories. Veterans describe dim glamour, wear droopy slacks for practicality, and customs shift as occupation troops adjust. Soldiers recount disillusionment and routine life away from home.
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Tokyo
Truman Heads Weekend Outing to Jefferson Island Club
President Truman departed at 7 40 a m by car for a two day leisure trip in Chesapeake Bay with fellow Democrats. He will stay at the Jefferson Island club and return to Washington late Sunday. Accompanied by White House staff, his plan includes travel to Annapolis for the Naval Academy before ferrying to Jefferson Island.
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Washington
Truman
Chesapeake Bay
Jefferson Island Club
Capital
White House
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Jefferson Island
Secrecy Sways Talks on Treaties and Dardanelles
In wartime diplomacy the Big Five foreign ministers trim notes and communiques as Vyacheslav Molotov presses for less disclosure. They weigh Bulgarian Romanian peace terms and whether to outline the entire Bulgarian Yugoslav frontier in the treaty, with the U S side favoring full frontier wording to avoid future mis understanding. Hungary is next on the treaty agenda.
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London
Vyachlesay M. Molotov
Big Five Council of Foreign Ministers
Dardanelles
Molotov
Big Five
U. S
Bulgaria
Hungary
Eight New Polio Cases Reported in Wisconsin
Eight new cases of infantile paralysis were reported to the State Board of Health, raising Wisconsin's total to 150 since September 1. The new patients live in Schley township Lincoln county Franklin township and West Allis Milwaukee county Dunkirk township Dane county Tomahawk city Lincoln county Monroe township Green county and Evansville and Harmony Rock county.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Health
Wisconsin
Schley Township
Lincoln County
Franklin Township
West Allis
Milwaukee County
Dunkirk Township
Dane County
Tomahawk City
Monroe Township
Green County
Evansville
Harmony
Rock County
GOP Demands Dewey Testify on Pearl Harbor Probe
Republicans urge Congress to invite Thomas E Dewey to explain whether top commanders knew Japanese war plans hours before Pearl Harbor. They want the Marshall letter examined by a joint Senate inquiry, and call Dewey to testify now that the war is over.
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GOP
Dewey
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Congress
Thomas FE. Dewey
High Command
Japan
Danel Pharhae
U.S
Roosevelt
U. S
New York
Bridges Crnid
Joint Committee
Marshall
Ferguson
Reich
Bridges
Navy Day plans set by Kenosha Navy League council
A Kenosha Navy League meeting in the Ells building outlined Navy Day events for October 27. Plans include an essay contest for county students, speaker programs for city schools, an open house with Kenosha Ship No. 40, and a dedicated committee to finalize contest details.
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Board of Directors
Inctivities
Kenosha Council
Navy League
Ells
B. M. Hill
Forte
Navy
Kenosha
Navy Club
Kenosha Ship No. 40
League
Hill
Peter DiCello
Charles N. Miller
Cavanagh
Ten Questions Submitted on Demobilization
Senator Wherry pressed Acting Secretary of State Acheson with ten written questions on Japan demobilization and occupation. He sought public answers by Monday as Senate reviews Acheson’s nomination to Undersecretary. Wherry questioned use of channels, possible Eisenhower revisions, and whether government policy or MacArthur shaped surrender terms.
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Washington
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebr
Dean G. Acheson
Senate
Acheson
Douglas Mac.Arthur
MacArthur
Japan
Hugh Baillie
United Press
Wherry
Washington Post
United States
Gen. MacArthur
Navy to Replace Bell Bottoms With New Uniforms
Navy plans postwar uniform changes as bell bottom trousers and square necked jumpers are retired. Chairman Carl Vinson says the service will adopt a better fitting neater outfit once current supply runs out, likely in spring, after review by a special navy board with Congressmen giving input.
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Carl Vinson
D. Ga
House Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Bronze Star Awards For Two Kenosha ETO Soldiers
Two Kenosha men receive Bronze Stars for meritorious service in the European theater. S/Set. Al ben FE. Naydihor and Pfe. Alex Chozwiak are honored while on furlough. Naydihor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Naydihor, served 3 1/2 years with two years overseas in France Belgium Holland Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge with the 101st Airborne and 17th Airborne divisions. He earned a Bronze Star with cluster, a Presidential citation with cluster, an invasion arrowhead and four battle stars. His unit helped stop the German advance, cross the Rhine, and push into the Ruhr pocket.
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Kenosha
al Ben FE
Naydihor
Pfe
Alex Chozwiak
Paul Naydihor
Sixty Fourth Street
France
Belgium
Holland
Normandy
Bastogne
101St
Itis
17Th Airborne Division
Continent
Siegfried Line
Ardennes
Rhineland
17Th
Central Europe
Rhine
Ruhr
War criminals roam Shanghai after Japan's surrender
Japanese war criminals and collaborators remain at large in Shanghai. US authorities report over 20 top war criminals handed to Chinese authorities with no arrests yet. Plans to arrest are blocked by orders to hand names to Chinese and by ongoing unmonitored flights from area airfields. Don Chisholm, dubbed the American Lord Haw Haw, was questioned briefly and released.
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Chikuhei Nakajima
Commerce and Industry
United States
MacArthur
The
Philippines
Commonwealth
Sergio Osmena
Manila
Japan
Hiroshima
Shanghai
U.P
China
Don Chisholm
Lord Haw Haw
FBI
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