Wake Island veteran returns home as war tasks continue
Col James P. S. Devereux, famed defender of Wake Island, arrives home aboard the escort carrier Hoggatt Bay. He notes he cannot discuss Wake battles until reporting to Navy Cmdr Cunningham, and expresses hope his two mates in California had fared well during captivity. Allied forces resume prisoner repatriation and mine-clearing along Honshu and near Shanghai as ships approach Japanese shores.
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Associated Press
James P. S. Devereux
Wake Island
California
Army
Navy
U. S. Navy
Japan
Koge-Osaka
Kemikita
Aomori
Honshu
Sendai-Kamaishi
G. K. Carmichael
Chosi
Tokyo
Sendai
Shanghai
Colossus
Eric C. Taner
Royal Marines
Clear Channel
Devereux
Hoggatt Bay
Ominato Anchorage
Winsfield Scott Cunningham
Wake
Major labor strikes swell idle workers across nation
The CIO UAW announced plans to petition for a strike vote among 325 000 General Motors workers in 135 plants, targeting a 30 percent wage rise. Ford plants near Detroit shut down after crippling strikes, idling about 59 000 workers. Other major stoppages include Westinghouse clerical workers fighting for a bargaining agent, and multiple manufacturers reporting thousands of idle workers in Akron Nicetown New York Detroit and Pittsburgh area plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cio-United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Petitio
Sai
Ford Company
Detroit
Ford
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
CIO - United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Association
B. F. Goodrich Rubber ‘Company
Akron
Midvale Steel Company
Nicetown
New York City
Hollywood
Hudson Motor Car Co
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co
Warren, C
Chrysler
Ford Motor Company
Storm Velocity 143 MPH Hammers Florida Coast
A violent tropical hurricane hit the Florida Keys with peak winds of 143 mph. The storm damaged the Richmond navy blimp base near Miami injuring over 200 people and threatening the hangars. Warnings were issued for the peninsula and tens of thousands sought shelter. One death was reported.
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Florida
Navy Blimp Base
Miami
Fla
Richmond
Florida Keys
Navy
Opa Locka
Everglades
Keys
Carysport Light
Weather Bureau
Jacksonville
St. Marks
Florida Everglades
Gulf Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Peninsula Florida
Central Florida
North Florida
South Florida
Florida Peninsula
West Palm Beach
Palm Beach
Tampa
Fernandina
Georgia State Line
Tallahassee
Florida Bay
Tavernier
Key Largo
Everglades City
Miami Beach
Collins Avenue
Oceanfront
Truman Plans To Tell All About War Department
President Truman announced he would tell reporters everything on the war department at the White House press conference next Tuesday. He declined to name a candidate for the Supreme Court vacancy and said he would address labor disturbances in Detroit upon his return to Washington.
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Kansas City
Truman
War Department
Washington
Henry L. Stimson
George C. Marshall
Federal
Mr. Truman
Supreme Court
White House
Federal Building
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Hurley
Owen J. Roberts
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Philippines
Italy To Be Stripped Of Colonies Report
A Big Five council of foreign ministers tentatively agreed to divest Italy of its colonies and adopt a trusteeship plan granting eventual independence in line with the United Nations charter. The deputies will propose recommendations two weeks before a second foreign ministers session, delaying the treaty draft for weeks or months.
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Italy
London
Big Five
Council of Foreign Ministers
Turkey
Black Sea
Russia
Pony
Russia seeks wider input on peace terms and colonial trusteeship
The council weighs inviting Poland Ukraine and White Russia to submit views in writing on a talan peace settlement while sides argue over Italy's former colonies. An international trusteeship under UN supervision could designate an administrator until colonies gain self government as U.S. officials push to end Italian trusteeship fears. A lane across Crosby Island opens with approval from Chicago fish and wildlife headquarters, aiding access to Crosby Island and Goose Island road repair plans led by County Highway staff and Badger State Sportsmen.
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Russia
Poland
Ukraine
Talan
Dodecanese Islands
Dardanelles
Italy
Paris
Ankara
Council
United States
United Nations
Crosby Island
Chicago
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Ray C. Steele
Mississippi River
Fish and Wildlife Refuge
la Crosse Tribune
Crosby Slough
Brownsville
Roy Ferguson
Badger State Sportsmen's Club
Steele
Badger Club
Goose Island
19Th
Jackson Streets
Paul Hartwig
Yanks Clamp Down On Jap News Service
General MacArthur enforces censorship in Japan declaring the empire a defeated state not yet fit for civilized nations. Detentions include Lieut. Gen. Masaharu Homma and Jose Laurel with Benigno Aquino. Masked political moves stir Tokyo as occupation plans race ahead to October.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Jose Laurel
Philippines
Benigno Aquino
U. S. Army
Nara
Osaka
Yokohama
Countess Appeals To Yank She Loves To Prove She's No Thief
In Salzburg a 23 year old Polish countess Therese Platerzyber and her 41 year old husband Count Henry are charged with stealing art and furnishings from Hermann Goering's summer home. The countess says she loves an American paratroop colonel who she plans to marry and who can prove she did not steal. The trial is delayed as authorities seek the unnamed colonel from the 10th Airborne Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzburg
Germany
Therese Platerzyber
Hermann Goering
Count Henry
Goering
L0rst Airborne Division
Local Weather Outlook Sunday
The forecast calls for a fair Sunday forenoon with increasing cloudiness and warmer afternoon conditions reaching 68 degrees. Light rain is expected Sunday night.
B-29 Flight Record Attempt Aims for 6700 Mile Nonstop
Four B-29 Superfortresses may attempt a nonstop flight from Hokkaido to Washington, pushing the distance from the present Hawaii Washington record of 4640 miles. The mission tests carburetor versus new fuel injection systems across two aircraft each.
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Washington
Hokkaido
Japan
Hawaii
Congress May Talk Tough On Draft And Discharges
Congress debated tougher measures on military discharges and the draft. The Pearl Harbor inquiry could extend to the Philippines with Gen. Douglas MacArthur possibly testifying. Lawmakers urged faster troop releases and the press noted House members took Saturday off. Elliott Roosevelt’s finances were questioned.
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Congress
Douglas B. Corn
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
America
Elliott Roosevelt
Senate
House
Infantile paralysis cases reported in Wisconsin town
An 18 month old girl from Boaz Wisconsin was diagnosed with infantile paralysis and transferred to Wisconsin General Hospital in Madison after arriving at La Crosse hospital. Health official A M Murphy said paralysis already existed on arrival and seven La Crosse victims at the isolation hospital showed steady improvement.
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Boaz
Wis
la Crosse
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
A. M. Murphy
Murphy
St. Michael's Orphanage
West Salem
Ays Mill
20 Vets Dead In Crash With One Critical
In Kansas City a military air transport plane carrying 21 European war veterans crashed after takeoff from Fairfax airport. Only one aboard survived, in critical condition, as three crew members died and the craft burned.
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Kansas City
Fairfax
Yank Prisoners Dumped Jap Machinery In Concrete
OSS reports American POWs in Japanese Mukden factories in Manchuria sabotaged equipment by burying whole machines and vital parts in fresh cement. Veterans from Bataan and Corregidor carried out the acts, disguising the theft as they cemented holes. Soldiers named include James Gerry and Thomas Proulx with others aiding the effort.
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Washington
Manchuria
Bataan
Corregidor
Mukden
Enya
Set
James Gerry
Dorchester
Mass
OSS
Gerry
Thomas E. Proulx
Compton
Calif
Pfc
John C. Janecek
Roanoke
Melvin A. Bumgarner
Greenhills
Ohio
Bumgarner
Death of Pfc Leslie W French in Luxembourg Jan 1945
Local soldier Pfc Leslie W French is reported killed in action in Luxembourg Germany on January 17 1945. He served with General Patton's 3rd Army 90th Division and previously earned a Purple Heart after being wounded in Belgium and at Metz. He entered service December 27 1943 trained at Camp Blanding and arrived overseas July 1944. He worked at Rock Island Arsenal before enlisting and is survived by his wife Anna his parents and brother Donald of La Crosse.
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U. S. War Department
Leslie W. French
Anna French
R. J. Zoeller
Avon Street
Luxembourg
Germany
Pfc
French
Belgium
Metz
Armed Services
Camp Blanding
Fla
Patton
3Rd Army
90Th
Farmer and Father of Seven Fatally Wounded in Madison
Roy Williamson a 48 year old Dane county farmer and father of seven died at a Madison hospital after a 3 am shooting. Williamson told Sheriff Arnold two men came to his house abducted him and shot him in the chest. he was found by a neighbor. His wife said she heard no noise and he slept downstairs. The sheriff reported divorce papers were to be served yesterday on behalf of Mrs Williamson but were not served.
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Madison
Wis
Roy Williamson
Dane County
John R. Arnold
Williamson
Herring Ex Senator From Iowa Dies At 66
Clyde L. Herring 66 former Democratic senator from Iowa died in Washington at his hotel apartment of a heart ailment He served one Senate term from 1937 to 1942 and two Iowa governorships from 1932 to 1936 He had lived in Washington since his 1942 election defeat and suffered a heart attack earlier that summer He had just returned three weeks earlier from Des Moines Iowa where he had been visiting
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Washington
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Herring
Senate
Des Moines
Eisenhower Seen Set To Succeed Marshall As Chief Of Staff
Veteran officers predicted Eisenhower would replace George C. Marshall as chief of staff. They also expected Carl A. Spaatz to become head of the U S Army Air Forces, succeeding Henry H. Arnold, if Spaatz Europe retirement plans were dropped. Eisenhower left the Riviera for unspecified reasons. President Truman withheld comment until return to Washington.
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Berlin
Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
Carl A. Spaatz
Strategic Air Forces
Pacific
U. S. Army Air Forces
Henry H. Arnold
Spaatz
Nice
Riviera Resort
U. S
Russia
Suzuki Fears Wrath Of People Plot For New Emperor Told
Mutual Broadcasting in Tokyo said Jack Mann reported Japan's wartime admiral Kantori Suzuki evaded anger by moving from place to place. Suzuki claimed a plot to install a new emperor after Hirohito and said he advised ending the war with the United States. He said Hirohito approved Pearl Harbor but did not order it. a later peace path allegedly moved toward Potsdam terms. The report alleges a pre surrender plan to kidnap Hirohito and continue the war, foiled by Suzuki's resignation and Ha Yoshin kuni's premiership.
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Jack Mann
Mutual Broadcasting Company
Tokyo
Japan
Adm
Kantori Suzuki
Mana
Suzuki
Hirohito
United States
Pearl Harbor
Soviet Union
Mann
Hayashi-Kuni
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John A. Parris, JR
House of Representatives
Great Japan Political Society
Toshio Shimada
Moscow
Black Dragon Society
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FCC
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