Occupation units seize Tokyo banks in asset search
Allied forces under General MacArthur close 21 financial institutions in Tokyo and six other cities, oust officials, and seize assets tied to war financing. Bank of Japan undergoes closure and inspection as deposits face panic while officials deny overseas holdings. Shibusawa and other bankers dispute transfers and asset locations amid investigations into imperial funds.
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Tokyo
Japan
General MacArthur
Tok
Bank of Japan
Imperial Household
Allied Command
Col. R. P. Kramer
MacArthur
Finance Ministry
Yokohama Species Bank
Allied Permiss Atton
Allied
Lippines
Oc Cme Id
Siam
Indochina
Bank of
North China
Philippines
China
Keizo Shibusawa
Shibusawa
Kramer
Editles
Henesendner “Abt Tan Enji Odama
Central China Development Company
Central Liaison Office
Ken R. Dyke
Civil Information and Education Section
Two American Soldiers Killed in Japanese Vehicle Crash
Two American soldiers died and at least six were injured when an army truck collided with an electric car near Kawanaki about September 30, with names withheld pending notification.
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Tokyo
Upi
Kawanaki
Truman to Present Views on Atomic Bomb Use
Washington Oct 1 President Truman will send a message to Congress early this week on how he thinks atomic energy should be handled. A House appropriations subcommittee urged secrecy and transfer of development to a commission representing scientists, the Joint Chiefs, State Department and Congress. The panel also noted war department demobilization delays cost prestige among troops abroad.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
White House
House Appropriations
U. S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Department
Snyder
D.-Pa
Aud
War Department
G. I. Joe
United States
Sergio Osment
Philippines
Five Haskell Institute boys arrested in Topeka robberies
Police nabbed Wilson Turmahkira 16 and three others at a dormitory after a burglary at the Southern Pit on Massachusetts Street. The group is linked to robberies at Dust Rhodes cafe and a radio theft, with items recovered and suspects jailed.
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Haskell Institute
Haskell
Southern Pit
Massachusetts Street
Wilson
T. Turmahkira
Fritzel
Nineteenth
Massachusetts
Leon Borden
Jimmie White
Walter Lakehouse
Vincent St. Cyre
Tahmahkira
A. Bliesner
Rhodes Cafe
West Sevent
Girl 9 Is Injured After Pony Kick in Lawrence County
Patricia Hamill nine daughter of Mr and Mrs R H Hamill Route 4 six miles west of Lawrence received facial injuries when kicked by a pony in a pasture. She was taken to Montorigo hospital with a splintered cheekbone and deep cut above the brows. Her condition was fair and she would stay hospitalized for several days.
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Patricia Hamill
R. H. Hamill
Route 4
Lawrence
Patricia
Dana
Brownie
Patrician
Montorigo Hospital
Sipel
Power Is Off In 16 Texas Towns
A.F.L. electrical workers struck hydroelectric power to 16 Texas towns and about 25 000 rural customers. The stoppage hit four units of the Lower Colorado River Authority in central Texas with 140 workers out. Threats of further stoppages were reported as talks continued.
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Associated Press
A.F.L. Electrical
Texas
Colorado River
Harry Bernard
Truman Sees Burton Take Office Oath at Supreme Court
President Truman made an unprecedented visit to the Supreme Court to witness Harold Burton of Ohio sworn in as associate justice. Court officials note no prior president attended while in office, Truman entered the yellow marble courtroom before the bench to watch Burton take his seat on the high tribunal.
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Washington
Truman
Supreme Court
Harold H. Burton
Ohio
Teir
Mr. Trueman
Stone
Burton
Senate
High Tribunal
No Rain Expected Across Kansas Settling Flooded Rivers
Kansas weather forecast calls for two days of sun with no rain to allow rivers to retreat and fields to dry for winter wheat. S. D. Flora notes temps will hover around 65 to 70 then dip. several rivers remain high and multiple highways and bridges are closed or detoured due to flooding.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Weatherman
Neosho
Walnut
Arkansas
Marais Des Cygnes
Coffeyville
U.S. 166
Independence
Winfield
Wichita
Little Arkansas
Flora
Cottonwood
Cottonwood Falls
Saffordville
Emporia
Iola
Oklahoma Line
Chanute
Parsons
Oswego
Harveyville
Osage City
Reading
Lyndon
Ottawa
Osawatomie
Paola
la Cygne
Garnett
Florence
Elmdale
Lebo
Columbus
Concordia
Clay Center
Phillipsburg
Salina
Herington
Anthony
el Dorado
Augusta
Oxford
Goodland
Quinter
Scott Ci
Garden City
Dodge City
Sabotage Suspected in Rail Wreck Near Turner
Officials investigating a railroad accident near Turner Kansas believe bolts and angle bars were removed from a rail. A freight train was scalded by fireman, and a passenger train on an adjacent track collided with the wreckage after warning flares could not be set.
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Turner
Kan
Here
Carrier Yorktown Heads Toward States in Pacific War Retrospect
Up Admiral Nimits headquarters aboard carrier Yorktown participates in the relentless Pacific offensive that carried American forces across the theater in 1944 45 and now sails toward San Francisco. Also note the Flowers of Distinction Gala Flower Show.
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Pearl Harbor
Admiral Nimits
Yorktown
Ierror
Pipant
Pacific
San Francisco
Five Billion Tax Cut Proposed by Vinson
Secretary Vinson unveiled a $5 billion tax cut plan for 1946 aiming to ease wartime burdens. It would repeal the 3 percent normal tax, eliminate the excess profits tax on corporations, end high wartime excises on luxury items, and temporarily freeze social security taxes while allowing later adjustments. Republicans pledged a 20 percent across the board cut.
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Washington
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Vinson
Capitol Hill
House
Ways and Means
Rallo
Social Security
G.O.P
K U Enrolment Near Pre War Levels At 3404
Kansas University reports total enrollment of 3404 with 1692 men and 1687 women. Naval trainees and medical students in Kansas City included. 1939 peak was 4613. current gain 634 on campus, with more arrivals by November as naval trainees transfer.
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Kansas University
L. C. Wood
Kansas City
Arrivals From Europe Bring Five Lawrence Men Home
Five Lawrence men returning from Europe are listed among arrivals. On the Boston Victory docking in Boston were Sgt. Roger L. Quakenbush, Sgt. Nathan McGee, Cpl. Herman B. Fairbanks, Pfc. Francis C. Penfold, and Pfc. Leonard Roper. Other arrivals include Major Leonard T. Newlor on the Cody Victory at Newport News and Sgt. Harry R. Sorensen in New York on the Santa Maria. Pfc. Allen E. Hahn arrived in New York aboard the Queen Mary. Sugar refinery workers recruitment noted in Denver with job offers in Colorado plants and travel fare arrangements. Also reported: Grove E. Wells killed in an auto accident near Pittsburg, Kansas.
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Lawrence
Associated Press
United States
Europe
Boston Victory
Boston
Roger L. Quakenbush
Mississippi Street
Nathan McGee
Colorado Street
Herman B. Fairbanks
North Fishth Street
Francis C. Penfold
Elm Streat
Leonard Roper
Oak Hill
Cody Victory
Newport News
Leonard T. Newlor
Rhode Island Street
Harry R. Sorensen
Tonganoxie
New York
Santa Maria
Allen E. Hahn
McLouth
Telephone workers ready for strike across Southwest region
Kansas City reports 2500 workers in Missouri and about 20 000 more across Kansas Oklahoma Texas and Arkansas prepared to strike. The protest would be a four hour meeting to halt operations and tie up radio and long distance lines while dial service remains briefly available. The action targets the Western Electric Employees association amid National Labor Relations board disbandment efforts. Local Southwestern Bell employee confirms readiness to follow national leaders.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Telephone Workers’ Union
F. P. Lonegran
General Plant
Southwestern Telephone Workers Union
Warm September Tops Records Since 1939 Weather Data
September closed with a mean of 71.27 degrees, 2.69 above normal, the warmest since 1939. High 99, low 42, rainfall 4.84 inches, seven thunderstorms, two foggy days, 12 clear days, nine partly cloudy, nine cloudy. Total nine months rainfall 41.09 inches, 10.98 above normal.
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C. J. Posey
AMG Newsmen Invited to Inspect Refugee Camps
American military officials arranged for newspaper correspondents to visit refugee camps to verify conditions. Lt. Gen. Walter B. Smith ordered a personal flight to Munich to assess reports alleging poor treatment of Jews, with notes on Belsen and Austrian camps under Allied control.
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Frankfort
Walter B. Smith
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Munich
Truman
Eisenhower
Earl G. Harrison
United States
Intergovernmental Committee On Refugees
Germany
Austria
Harrison
Belsen
Bush Proposes Rule for Board of Health Appointments
Topeka October 1 Rep Kirkland A Bush of Harper a Democrat in the Kansas House suggests appointments to state board of health come only from professions tied to public health This could spark a osteopathic medical dispute while a council investigation unfolds In a separate item a collision at Seventh and Tennessee damaged two cars driven by Mrs Lester Kahler and Mrs Glen Glotzback per police report
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Topeka
Kirkland A. Bush
Harper
Kansas House of Representatives
Board of Health
F. H. Gatd
Legislative Council
State Board of Health
Council
Cara
Seventh
Tennessee
Lester Kahler
Glen Glotzback
Stock Market Index Reaches New High for 1945
The average of 60 stocks climbs to 71.6, a new high for 1945, reported for Saturday trading.
Alumni approve drive and Campanile tower memorial
University of Kansas Alumni Association board approves a scenic memorial drive with a campanile tower. The plan, prepared by Justice Hugo Wedell and a memorial committee, will go to the board of regents for approval and may form a financing corporation.
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University of Kansas Alumni Association
Justice Wedell
Edward W. Tanner
Department of Architecture
Tanner
J. C. Nichols Co
Kansas City
Alumni Board
Purose
Oread Avenue
Mississippi Street
Marvin Grove
Strong Hall
Huil
Potter Lake
University Drive
Petuniahed
Engineering Group
Wakarusa
Kaw Valley
Deang W. Malott
F.C. Allen
Bob Hel
Allen Crafton
Fred Ellsworth
Eugenia Hepworth
E. “. Quigley
Justice Wedeill
Topela
Albert Haas
J. C. Nichols
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Shigenori Toxo
P and
Hideki Tojo
Pearl
Santa Fe
Shanghai
J. C. Kenneidy
Seciion
Bombay
Lower
Colorado
Max Starcke
Authority
C.I.0. Oil Workers Union
Detroit
Keystone
Aurora
Pennsylvania-West Virginia
National Bituminous
General Motors Corporation
Building Service
New York City
Colorado Fuel and Iron Minnequa Steel
A.F.L
Knoxville, Tenn
Union Oil Company
Gleam
Wilmington
Calif
CLO. Oil Workers Union
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
United Farm Equipment Workers
Peoria
Caterpillar Tractor Company
West
California Limited
The
Associated Peass
K. U
W. G. Dorsey
Great Western Sugar Company
Denver
Coplorment Service
Pittsburg
Grove E. Wells
Weir
State Highway Patrol
Bob Lockwood
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
AMG
Bush
Boards of Health
K. U. Memorial
Board of Regents
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