Strike Totals Near Two Million in Labor Turmoil
Nationwide oil workers threaten a 2 million idle workers day as Chicago talks stall. Elevator operators strike in Manhattan expands to 100 buildings, paralyzing commerce and injuring the economy. Across the country hundreds of thousands idle, with coal miners and other unions spreading walkouts in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and beyond.
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Associated Press
Edgar_L. Warren
U. S. Conciliation Service
Chicago
Washington
Schwelten- Bach
Warren
Manhattan
CIO
WLBE
WLE
Tabor
Eil
Federel
New York City
AFL
Pacific Northwest
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Weatinghouse Electric Company
Detroit
Community Chest Plans Annual Campaign
The Community Chest set for an annual campaign with an October 15 meeting at the Civic Auditorium and a start of the drive the next morning. H. J. Shiver chairs in a lineup including W. 53. Argabright and E. C. Cross on committees, with nominees listed for the nominating panel.
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Commmunity Chest
Civic Auditorium
H. J. Shiver
W. 53. Argabright
CC. Hamlett
R. L. Churchill
L. J. Pepper
J. 3. Carson
W.flem Winders
F. Syard
Frank McGlaughan
Clarence Earran
Rev. L. F. Rent
KH. Harkiervad
C K, Hoffman
C. B. Mead
Washington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Omar Frawley
Jimmy Doolittle
Chicago
Bradley
Veterans Affairs
Doolittle
Highth Air Force
Chicago Stadium
Street Scene Hits Patrol Against Dirt Near Shop Window
A beauty operator in a spotless uniform sweeps the sidewalk in front of a shop under two equally clean assistants. The scene includes a child’s question about Christmas in hot weather and a playful disruption of a snowless street by a mischievous pair tossing corn from half empty bags.
Meat rations eased as third of supply goes free
The OPA announced that starting Sunday one third of the meat supply will be ration free through Oct 27. Lower grades of beef veal and lamb hamburger lamb and veal patties and all cheaper cuts will require no points. Canned meats sausage and other products will see point reductions.
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Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
OFA
Truman Presses House on Jobless Aid Revival
President Truman called Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee to the White House to urge revival of his jobless pay expansion plan. He warned that the Senate had “let him down” and noted the bill may not be revived before peacetime tax cuts are addressed.
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Washington
Truman
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Roosevelt
Ways
Democrats
Senate
Iberaliaytion
Jess
Rep. Knutson
Minnesota
Ways and Means
Big Five Ministers Plan Informal Talks On Balkan and Ruhr
London reports say United States Britain and Soviet Russia planned a series of informal talks as Molotov waited word from Moscow. The Big Three foreign secretaries discussed excluding France and China from Balkan treaty talks while a Romanian Bulgarian and Hungarian accord appeared near. Observers noted potential action on Austrian governance and extending the provisional government into the American zone.
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London
United States
Britain
Soviet
Russia
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Moscow
Ruhr
Rhineland
France
China
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Molotov
Council
Straight Loan To Britain Wins Favor Of This Nation
American officials are leaning toward selling a $5,000,000 low interest loan to Britain with no strings attached. Talks in Washington and London hinge on further Anglo American negotiations and formal acceptance. Officials say Britain must reduce its overseas sterling debt by about 40 to 50 percent as a condition for aid.
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Washington
Ig OU
Britain
Congress
London
Ando
United States
Record of Doolittle fliers court martial reveals Japanese bias
Newly released court martial records show that Lt Dean Hallmark Lt William Farrow and Sgt Harold Spatz were executed by Japanese authorities after being tried on military regulation charges. The documents detail torture at Bridge House Shanghai and note that eight airmen were captured after the Tokyo raid.
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Shanghai
Doolittle
United States
Tokyo
James Doolittle
Dean Edward Hallmark
New Dallas
Texas
Harold A. Spatz
Lebo
Kas
China
Robert J. Meder
Lakewood
Ohio
Aled
Nanking
Bridge House
Shanghei
J. 3. Halley
San Francisco
War Crimes Commission
Wakato Toyama
Hata Itsuro
Hungarian Head Accepts U S Recognition Offer
Hungarian Prime Minister Bela Miklos reportedly accepted a United States offer to negotiate a peace treaty as recognition of his government. The U S note, delivered to Foreign Minister Janos Gyongyosy, preceded a Soviet recognition bid. Miklos planned a cabinet meeting to discuss the offer, but Moscow pressed to delay.
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Budapest
Bela Miklos
United States
Soviet Union
Janos Gyongyosyi
Arthur Schoenfeld
U. S
Hungary
Klementi Voroshilov
Miklos
Voroshilov
Moscow
London
Balkan
Schoenfeld
Yalta
Dignity ends live coverage of Hirohito MacArthur meeting
Tokyo American newsmen were barred from covering a planned meeting between Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur to avoid impairing the dignity of the occasion. MacArthur's PR officer said correspondents and photographers would be instructed on coverage before the event, which was delayed as Hirohito remained at the embassy. Guards at the gate halted reporters two blocks from the meeting site.
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Arepa
Hirohito
MacArthur
Newasmen
General MacArthur
British Broadcasting Corporation
U. S
Japan
British Broadcasting
New York
NBC
Tookyo
Douglas Willie
Associated Press Today
Allied
Damel
Sixth Army
Kobe
Hongshu
K Wan
Koichi Kido
Fujita
Birohito
Bonner Fellers
Dia
Fellers
Bower
Mace Arthur
e@ settee
Plans For Consolidation Of Army And Navy Snag In Congress
Congress faces a snag over plans to consolidate the Army and the Navy. House Military Chair May of Kentucky and House Naval Chair Vinson of Georgia oppose the merger and indicate the House will not act soon. The Postwar Military Policy Committee offered no firm position after hearings as reports swirled that President Truman may propose a merger in a forthcoming message.
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Navy
Washington
Pikce
House
Representatives May
Capitol Hill
Truman
Congress
Emperor Hirohito Visits MacArthur in Occupation Era
Tokyo dispatch details Emperor Hirohito's unannounced audience with General MacArthur at the U S Embassy. The informal 35 minute talk touched on abdication rumors and constitutional changes, with officials confirming no disclosed topics. Hirohito's gesture signals shift from conqueror to cooperating defeated power.
Funeral Services For E. G. Ingraham Friday
Funeral services for Edward Grover Ingraham who died Wednesday night at his home will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at First Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Glenn A. Lippie with burial in City Cemetery. Ingraham, born 1877 in Southwestern Minnesota, had recent health issues and served as office manager of Franklin Printing Co for 18 months after running his own printing and book binding business and earlier work with Kingsport Press. He lived in Nebraska and Colorado before moving to Kingsport in 1925 and being ordained in Colorado. survived by his widow Mrs. Mabel Whitney Ingraham and four others. Pallbearers named. flowers requested not to be sent.
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Edward Grover- Ingraham
Bristol Highway
Fiist Methodist Church
Glenn A. Lippie
Ingraham
Franklin Printing Company
Kingsport Press
Nebraska
Colorado
Kingsport
First Methodist Church of
Minnesota
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral
B. Blankenhbeckler
J. W. Hodge
G. G. Keener
J. 3. Rogers
D. W. Burgan
D. A. Pyle
J. F. Thompson
Raymond Felix
Mabel Whitney Ingraham
Argentina Jails Opposition Leaders Amid State of Siege
Argentina moved to arrest leaders from across the political spectrum as the military government tightened a state of siege nationwide. Federal police swept Buenos Aires and across the country, suppressing civil rights with decrees while President Farrell pledged elections would still occur and newspapers were urged to curb criticism.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Atlantic
Andes
Edelmiro Farrell
Juan Peron
Cordoba
Farrell
Merchants Group To Meet Tonight in Kingsport
Kingsport Merchants Association calls meeting for Thursday evening at the Utilities Building. Dinner at 7:30. Plans include a Christmas season program, a talk by A. P. Gorman, president of the Kingsport Safety Council, and a musical program by Miss Edith Walker, accordionist.
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Kingsport Merchants Association
W. H B. Greene
Kingsport Utilities
A. P. Gorman
Kingsport Safety Council
Edith Walker
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