Schwellenbach Takes Over As Labor Boss
President Truman signs an executive order giving Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach broad new authority. The War Labor Board the War Manpower Commission and U S Employment Service move to the labor department with WLB decisions final. Unemployment compensation remains under the Social Security Board. Warren named to head the U S Conciliation Service to assess Detroit automakers while Schwellenbach plans future policy.
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Washington
Truman
Labor
Schwellenbach
War Labor Board
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service
WLB
SchweltJenbach
Social Security Board
Social Security Agency
Labor Department
Ewan Clague
U. S
Greying
Chunky i L. Warren
Chicago
Schwellenbech
WMC
Federal Security Administration
Senate Votes Return Of Employment Service To States
Senators voted 54 to 23 to return the United States employment service to state control as part of unemployment compensation legislation. Senator Lucas broke with administration forces to back the amendment, criticizing passing responsibility and urging a shift back to states. President Truman had urged delaying USES return to avoid slowing reconversion and hardship for workers and veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
United States Employment Service
Lucas
D-Iii
Congress
Child Killed When Run Over By Milk Truck
In Lancaster Wisconsin a milk truck backing in a driveway fatally backed over 16 month old Tommy Beetham child of Mr and Mrs Cecil Beetham. The accident occurred Tuesday authorities said.
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Lancaster
Wis
Tommy Beetham
Cecil Beetham
Wave Found Slain at Golden Gate Bridge Mystery
The badly battered body of Mary Joan Dunn McDermott 23 wife of a navy officer on duty in the Pacific was recovered late Tuesday from the Golden Gate. Officials launched a city and county search for her killers and believe she was slain and her body tossed from the 236 foot high bridge.
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San Francisco
Mary Joan Dunn McDermott
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Golden Gate
Navy
Pacific
Golden Gate Bridge
Local Weather Forecast Cloudy With Light Rain Tonight
The weather report notes cloudy skies with occasional light rain tonight and cooler temperatures, with a low around 58. Thursday will be partly cloudy and cooler, with a high near 68 aboard.
Burton Named To Supreme Court by Senate Vote
The Senate unanimously confirms Senator Harold H. Burton of Ohio as associate justice of the Supreme Court. The move suspends rules to approve the nomination within 24 hours of submission. Truman also nominates Robert Patterson as secretary of war and W. Stuart Symington as surplus property administrator.
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Washington
Senate
Harold H. Burton
Ohio
Supreme Court
McCarran
D-Nev
Judiciary Committee
Truman
Owen J. Roberts
Robert P. Patterson
Henry L. Stimson
W. Stuart Symington
Mr. Truman
Burton
Robert E. Hannegan
Frank J. Lausche
Patterson
Taft
Cleveland
Oil Industry Strike Expands Across Chicago Area
The CIO oil workers union calls step by step actions halting Sinclair Refining and Shell Oil plants in East Chicago with 1,900 workers off the job. Threats of broader auto industry layoffs loom as unions shut bulk stations and pipelines, idling over 80,000 in Detroit Gary and surrounding regions.
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Chicago
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Sinclair Refining Company
Shell Oil Company
East Chicago
Ind
Ohio
O. A. Knight
Oil Workers International
Sinclair
Detroit
Toledo
Gary
Nash-Kelvinator plant in Kenosha closes on wildcat strike
The Nash-Kelvinator plant in Kenosha Wisconsin with 2600 workers shut down on Wednesday amid a management described wildcat strike. Local UAW CIO officials could not be reached but earlier stated the union would back strike action if needed.
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Kenosha
Wis
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Uaw-Cio
GM suppliers at risk as Packard strike hits 25 000 workers
Industry reports say about 25 000 General Motors workers could be laid off if the Packard Electrical Co strike in Warren Ohio continues into the weekend. GM officials declined to discuss possible impacts. The CIO UAW threatened possible strike votes seeking a 30 percent wage increase across Ford GM and Chrysler. Kennedy of Kelsey Hayes warned of swift action from Labor Secretary Schwellenbach. Meanwhile 37 000 Westinghouse workers remain idle in a separate six state strike.
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General Motors
Packard Electrical Co
Warren
Ohio
Ohio Company
Chevrolet
Buick
Oldsmobile
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler
R. J. Thomas
Uaw-Cio
Labor Department
George Kennedy
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company of
Detroit
Schwellenbach
Washington
Kennedy
Kelsey- Hayes
Kelsey
Richard T. Frankensteen
Kelsey-Hayes
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Le May's Superfort Expects To Reach Capital
Three B 29 Superfortresses flew nonstop from Japan toward Washington with two diverting to Detroit for fuel. Maj Gen Curtis Le May led the lead plane and was expected to reach Washington by 7 p m CWT after crossing Canada and the U S midwest. The group aimed for a new multi engine speed record.
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le May
Superfort
Washington
Japan
Minneapolis
War Department
Detroit
Curtis E. le May
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Duluth
Barney M. Giles
New Industry Sought In City
The La Crosse Chamber of Commerce industrial promotion committee moved to invite General Electric to discuss a factory here. GE seeks 200000 square feet for fractional electric motor production and may buy a site if none is available in La Crosse. Salzer airport is favored for future industrial use, with council input planned.
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General Electric Company
la Crosse
Chamber of Commerce
E. M. Pinkerton
Minneapolis
General Electric
Salzer
Common Council
Northwest
New England
Farmer Killed At Walworth Canning Plant
Haris Cramer a 63 year old farmer employed at Walworth Canning Co died after falling onto a conveyor line carrying corn husks on Tuesday at the plant in Walworth Wisconsin authorities said the accident occurred during work duties.
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Walworth
Wis
Haris Cramer
Walworth Canning Co
Bing Crosby to Rest in Hospital After Film Shoot
Bing Crosby will spend a week in a hospital for a complete check up and rest after finishing his current picture. He was absent from the set of Blue Skies for two days due to severe back pains.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Ramiro par don hearing delayed in Madison
A pardon hearing for Pedro Ramiro age 32, wounded Monday while fleeing two Madison detectives, was postponed until next month at his attorney’s request.
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Madison
Wis
Pedro Ramiro
Yank airman lashed to cross in Hong Kong killing
Liberated prisoners from Camp Stanley report that an American airman who parachuted into Hong Kong last January was lashed to a wooden cross and shot dead after a mock trial by Japanese forces accused of indiscriminate bombing.
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Hong Kong
Stanley
Urge Greeks Hold Election
Britain, the United States, and France urged Greece to hold elections for a provisional assembly soon. The Allies said elections should occur before year’s end and planned to send observers to monitor the process following talks with Archbishop Damaskinos at the Big Five conference in London.
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London
Britain
United States
France
Greece
Archbishop Damaskinos
Attempt To Break Evanston Crime Wave
Evanston police and 192 auxiliary officers patrolled the Chicago suburb after a string of sex crimes. Sheriff Mulcahy ordered deputies in as two rapes, six attempted rapes, and two ice pick attacks were reported in the 63 000 population area.
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Evanston
Ill
Cook County
Michael Mulcahy
Chicago
Northwestern University
Midwest
Mulcahy
Truman pledges no padding in armed forces as demobilization accelerates
President Truman announced there will be no padding in the armed forces and that more than 2 million soldiers will return home between V J Day and Christmas 1945. He said daily discharges would rise from about 15 200 to at least 22 000 this fall and over 25 000 by January 1946.
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Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Korea
Yule
MacArthur
Charles G. Ross
America
George L. Mark
Cleveland, O
Fort Belvoir
Camp Shelby
Miss
White House
Senate
U. S
House
Barkley
Solon Protests Closed Fort Brady On Oct 1
Rep Bradley protests the closing of Fort Brady Michigan urging reversal after army declared the fort surplus. Built 1812 it guarded the Sault Ste Marie canal crucial to iron ore shipments. 17 000 troops were stationed there in World War II era. now only a small contingent remains.
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Washington
Brady
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Bradley
R-Mich
Vandenberg and
Ferguson
United States
Sault Ste Marie Canal
Government Not MacArthur To Formulate Pacific Policy
Acting Secretary of State Acheson said the United States government, not General MacArthur, is making policy for Japan’s occupation and control. He stated occupation forces are instruments, not determinants, of policy, highlighting Washington’s role in shaping postwar plans.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
State Department
Byrnes
State
War Departments
Haw Haw Sentenced To Be Hanged
William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw is convicted of treason at Old Bailey and sentenced to death for German propaganda. Jurors deliberated briefly after legal arguments. Joyce will appeal and displayed a Nazi salute as crowd cheers erupted outside the bombed court.
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London
William Joyce
Haw Haw
Old Bailey
Tucker
Joyce
Edwin Joyce
Postwar Fleet Needs and Demobilization Debates Reach Capitol
Washington reports focus on postwar naval strength and demobilization. Secretary Forrestal urged a peacetime fleet of 300 combat vessels with large reserves, while campaign for a 65 cent minimum wage advanced. Army private George L. Mark claimed he faced retaliation for speaking to reporters about morale, as Truman presses demobilization. Senate battles over unemployment pay and job services highlighted the wartime to peacetime transition.
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Washington
D’s
House Naval Committee
Secretary of Navy
James V. Forrestal
Senate Military Committee
Rep
Norton
D-Nj
House Labor Committee
Truman
Forrestal
United States Navy
Jap War Crimes lists and cabinet shakeup loom in Tokyo
General MacArthur's headquarters said a new list of suspected Japanese war criminals would be issued soon as tensions rise over responsibility for the war. In Tokyo Premier Higashi-Kuni faces pressure amid rumored cabinet resignations led by Prince Konoye and others.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Higashi-Kuni
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Prince Migashi-Kuni
Nippon Times
Konoye
Asahi
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Toshishiro
Obata
Taketora Ogata
Black Dragon” Society
Prince Higashi-Kuni
Citywide limits on gatherings to curb infantile paralysis
La Crosse health officials ban all gatherings of children except school classes and restrict under sixteen from theaters and amusements. The measure aims to slow the polio wave, with schools to cooperate and parents urged to ensure rest and hygiene while isolations and hospital cases rise in the area.
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la Crosse
Board of Health
A. M. Murphy
Murphy
R. W. Bardwell
Health Board
la Crosse County
St. Michael's Orphanage
West Salem
Barre Mills Farm
Bus-Truck Crash Injures 33 Near Osakis Minnesota
A westbound Greyhound bus and a Gamble-Robinson produce truck collided near Osakis Minnesota injuring 33 people, six seriously. Ambulances carried victims to Alexandria area hospitals. Sir Duane Harris of Phillips Wisconsin suffered a cut above the eye as rescuers freed seven trapped victims.
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Osakis
Minn
Greyhound
Gamble-Robinson Produce Company
Alexandria
Sauk Center
Sir Duane Harris
Phillips
Wis
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Rosy) O’donnell
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George Hoel
R. L. Bangsberg
H. J. Hirshheimer
H. G. Corbett
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Solon
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Gen. MacArthur
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