Navy Men Head Home in 17 Third Fleet Ships
Tokyo dispatch reports thousands of American servicemen sail for home aboard 17 Third Fleet ships. General MacArthur’s headquarters say occupation forces may reach 400,000 before easing to 200,000, with Lt. Gen. Robert Fichelberger praising smooth handling of the transition and Japan’s demobilization progress.
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Tokyo
Third Fleet
MacArthur
Robert J. Fichelberger
Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Honshu
Eichalberger
Associated Press
Hamilton W. Faron
New Guinea
Philippines
Japan
Department
Washington
Dean Acheson
United States
Arthur
Acheson
Washington weighs high level talks on Japan policy
A special emissary may be sent from Washington to confer with General MacArthur on enforcing long range peace controls in Japan. Washington disputes with allied command over air operations and urges removal of ultra nationalists and eight powerful families from power while promoting unions and faster democracy.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Islands
McArthur
MacArthur
Bank of Japan
Peaceful Rebuilding Plan Endorsed for Unified China
Ta Kung Pao reports a preliminary agreement between the Chinese government and Communist negotiators for peaceful reconstruction of a unified China under Chiang Kai-shek. It envisions an all party conference, shared government participation, and equal status for Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party leading to national unity and democracy.
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Chungking
Ta Kung Pao
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Foundation of National Unity and Democracy
Kuomintang
Chinese Communist Party
Republicans Draft Legislative Plan for 1946 Win
Seven house Republicans formed a special policy-planning group to craft a positive program for the 1946 elections. Chairman Halleck said the group will sift hundreds of proposals while Minority Leader Martin noted public input. He added the GOP aims to present views for the country to judge if Republicans control Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Halleck
Ind
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Senate G.O.P
Truman
Martin
Army Families to Sunflower Find Housing at Village
Fort Leavenworth troops and their families gain housing at Sunflower Village after permission from housing manager D W McDonald. About 150 to 200 families expected to move in this week due to shortage of Leavenworth quarters.
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Sunflower
Fort Leavenworth
Sunflower Village
D. W. McDonald
Leavenworth
Flowers of Distinction Call Sits on Tames Flower Shep
A Flowers of Distinction call sits on Tames Flower Shep amid a local exchange. The incident involves unidentified parties and awaits further details from officials.
Disappointing Indian Self Rule Outlook Viewed In Press
Indian press reactions to Viceroy Wavell's self government plan voiced disappointment. Bombay Chronicle says the move will not enthuse the people and may delay freedom, while Hindustan Times laments lack of imagination and courage. Wavell announced preliminary talks with provincial representatives to assess Cripps 1942 proposals or modified schemes. The Moslem League pushes for Pakistan as a separate state, while the Congress hesitates on independence and minority self-determination.
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Bombay
Ua Ieee
Pean
Adian
Lord Wavell
India
Bombay Chronicle
Wavell
Hindustan Times
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Devadas
New Delhi
all-India Radio
Sir Stafford Cripps
Congress’ Working Committee
Senate approves travel pay for workers returning home
The Senate voted 65 to 14 to fund travel back home for workers who left home for war work. The bill would provide up to 200 for travel or new job relocation costs, with the government covering moving expenses but not household goods. Senator McClellan condemned the vote as promoting unemployment.
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Washington
Senate
McClellan
Congress
Arkansan
U. S. Conciliation Service Seeks Oil Strike Halt
The U. S. conciliation service aims to unite CIO oil workers and industry officials for a labor management conference to curb expanding strikes. Thousands of oil workers idle in Detroit Chicago area and states including Michigan Ohio West Virginia Texas amid wage demand of 30 percent by CIO oil workers led by O A Knight.
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Washington
U. S
Will Seek Aviation Jobs in Civilian Field
UPI reports the Civil Aeronautics Administration estimates 41,000 Army Air Force officers and enlisted men will seek civilian aviation jobs, about one fourth of the AAF. About 87,000 plan to buy their own planes.
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Washington
UPI
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Army Air Force
A.A.F
Army cuts in discharge points loom by Oct 1
Gen George C Marshall told Congress the army will drop the discharge score to 70 by Oct 1 and to 60 by Nov 1, with all two year troops released by late winter. He said occupation needs in Japan and Korea require 200000 soldiers plus one marine division, and warned total Pacific forces may exceed 300000.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
Army Chief of Staff
Senate-House
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
War Department
Japan
Korea
Marshall
MacArthur
Tokyo
Alaska
Aleutians
Hawaii
Formosa
China
Europe
13Th Airborne Division
Medical Department
Army
Library of Congress
Capitol
Kansas warms briefly as south winds rise
Topeka Kansas forecast from S D Flora indicates a rise in temperatures with south winds and clear skies. Daytime highs near 70 to 78 degrees with overnight lows mostly 50 to 55 east and 45 to 50 west. Coffeyville topped 80, Garden City 68, Concordia 76, and Goodland cooled to 42. Snow observed in Wyoming and Montana with forecasts showing no long warm spell.
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Topeka
Kansas
Jay
S. D. Flora
Flora
Fora
Orence
Wyoming
Montana
Coffeyville
Garden City
Concordia
Goodland
Savings Ad Promotes Insured Liberal Earnings
An advertisement claims savings are insured up to $5,000 by The Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. It urges hiring The Lawrence Building and Loan Association at 800 Mass St to let savings work for you.
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Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Mass. St
Washington Moves To Extend Price Controls On Homes
Washington officials sped efforts to draft a sweeping price control plan for new homes and their lots, with Chester Bowles saying the measure would reach Congress soon. The plan would also cover existing dwellings through resale ceilings as OPA faces a surge in home prices and the current $8,000 new home limit expires October 15.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Congress
Bowles
Resignation Offer by War Labor Board Chairman
Washington reports Dr. George W. Taylor offered to resign as chairman of the war labor board as Labor Secretary Schwellenbach seeks to preserve the board as an autonomous unit within the labor department. A conference followed heated exchanges over the board's future status during reconversion.
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Washington
George W. Taylor
War Labor Board
Schwellenbach
WLB
Labor
Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service
Labor Department
Truman
Detroit
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company
Ford Motor Company
Taylor
White House
University of Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Tojo to Enter Yokohama Prison With Pearl Harbor Cabinet
Lt. Gen. Eichelberger says Tojo and most of his Pearl Harbor cabinet will be moved to Yokohama prefectural jail after recovery from a bullet wound. The Eighth Army holds 32 war crimes suspects in the local jail as preparations begin.
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Okinawa
Eighth Army
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Calaboose
Yokohama
Pearl Harbor
MacArthur
Yokohama Prefectural
Robert L. Eichelberger
U.S. Eighth Army
Honshu
Tojo
Eichelberger
Tojo Pearl Harbor
Jose Laurel
The
Philippines
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Jorge Vargas
Housing requests for Sunflower Village housing units
Winter General hospital and Topeka Army Air Base seek housing for patient families and base personnel. Sunflower Village would receive about 200 apartments via FPHA to Chicago. Village with 3,000 residents expects peak housing in peacetime if requests keep arriving.
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Sunflower Village
Winter General Hospital
Topeka Army Air Base
FPHA
Chicago
Two Killed in Beverly Auto Crash In Missouri
Beverly Missouri sept 20 two men died and a third was injured in a morning automobile crash on highway 45 two miles north of Beverly near the river. The victims were Bert J Asbury and his father C J Asbury both of Leavenworth Kansas.
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Beverly
Albert J. Asbury
C. J. Asbury
Leavenworth
Kan
Highway 45
Stock Market Index Hits New High for 1945
The Average of 60 stocks rose to 70.3 a new high for the year while yesterday's figure stood at 69.9.
Veterans gain jobs by matching skills to related duties
Lawrence USES officials explained how the Dictionary of Occupational Titles links military and civilian work. Basil Cole outlined job classification by numbers, while Helen Olson described counseling to help veterans choose suitable careers. Barnard noted quick referrals, with 313 veterans seeking work since January 1945 and 186 placed locally.
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United States Employment Service
Lawrence
VFW
American Legion
Heard
Basil Cole
Cole
United States
Army Air Forces
Helen Olson
Miss Olson
Arry R. Barnard
Lawrence Uses
Barnard
Ask Vets to Take Over Hospital in Topeka
Washington reports Topeka officials urge the veterans administration to operate Winter General hospital after army usage ends. Rep. Cole notes encouragement. Mayor Warren and W P Wright seek a full time weather station at Topeka airport and a radio range with Civil Aeronautics authority.
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Washington
Topeka, Kan
Veterans ‘Administration
Winter General Hospital
Army
Rep. Cole
R.kan
Frank Warren
W. P. Wright
Topeka
Chamber of Commerce
Warren
Army General Hospital
Wright
Weather Bureau
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Busy on the Hill as KU Rush Week Opens
KU rush week begins with 293 women and 150 men visiting Greek houses ending silence for women and isolation for men. Sorority and Inter Fraternity activities unfold as Jayhawk football prepares for TCU game in Kansas City.
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Kansas University
Jayhawker
Haskell Stadium
T.C.U
Ruppert Stadium
Kansas City
Frank Strong
Pan Hellenic
Jane Miller
Martha Peterson
Memorial Union Building
I.S.A
Horned Frogs
Lawrence
Jayhawk
First War Fund gift arrives from distant shipboard donor
QM 3/c Joe Traylor aboard a destroyer sent ten dollars to District Chairman James Parsons for the War Fund. His letter from the Philippine Islands arrived as the ship prepared to sail for Japan, while his wife and child recover from a fatal car crash that killed his mother-in-law and grandmother. The city campaign aims to raise 34 797 dollars starting October 15.
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James Parsons
Philippine Islands
QM 3
Joe Traylor
Japan
Lawrence Insurance
Parsons
Lawrence
U.S.A
War Fund
Community Chest
Traylor
Jon
Lawrence Men Among Arrivals From Europe on Five Ships
Three Lawrence men listed by the Associated Press aboard ships due in the United States from Europe. Merle Gentry aboard the Coaldale Victory arriving Newport News yesterday. Eugene L. Doane due today in Boston on the Lake Charles Victory. William T. Kopp aboard the General Anderson set to arrive tomorrow in New York. Two more from the area, Walter E. Burke and Lloyd P. Garner, arrived yesterday aboard the Queen Elizabeth in New York.
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Lawrence
Associated Press
United States
Europe
Merle Gentry
Coaldale Victory
Newport News
Eugene L. Doane
Indiana Street
Boston
Lake Charles
William T. Kopp
Massachusetts Street
General Anderson
New York
Walter E. Burke
Route 2
Linwood
Lloyd P. Garner
Oskaloosa
San Francisco
Monterey
Murray P. Tripp
Vermont Street
Willard J. Krout
Olathe
Large enrollment expected at KU this fall
About 1106 new students took psychological examinations in Hoch auditorium at the University of Kansas, just two shy of the school record. Of these, roughly 60 percent were women and 40 percent men. Enrollment is expected to exceed the all time high with more veterans and a 3 to 1 freshmen to upperclassman ratio. Registration runs September 24 and 25 with classes starting September 26.
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Hach
University of Kansas
Laurence C. Woodruff
Woodruff
Jayehawker
Leonard Axe
Veteran Service
Kansas University
Potter Lake
Y.W.C.A
Memorial Union Building
W. .Il
Hoch Auditorium
North College Hill
Corbin Hall
Memorial Stadium
Navy offices move within Kansas University campus
The Navy administration office and science tactics classrooms on the Kansas University campus were moved from Frank Strong hall to the newer Serene building. The napitine pre fice remains in Strong hall. Vacated space is being reassigned to prewar departments. Political Science, led by Professor Walter E. Sandelius, returned to former offices and classrooms last week.
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Navy Administration
Kansas University
Frank Strong
Anther Serene
Lieut
Fing
Naval Offices
Walter E. Sandelius
Enrollment of 485 at Sunflower Village grade school
Sunflower Village grade school reports an enrollment of 485 pupils as per superintendent F. K. Ponticus for Village and DeSoto grade schools. First through fourth grades are split into two classes each with teachers Emma Wall and Maxine Coker. Mildred Coulson and Pansy Penner. Lena Harbaugh and Alta Jennings. Emily Ballance and Margaret Steele. Fifth through eighth grades list Mary Sullivan. Lucille Byerley. Ruth Yost. Gwendolyn Jewett. Myrtle Watson directs music for all grades.
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Sunflower Village
F. K. Ponticus
DeSoto
Emma Wall
Maxine Coker
Mildred Coulson
Pansy Penner
Lena Harbaugh
Alta Jennings
Emily Ballance
Margaret Steele
Mary Sullivan
Lucille Byerley
Ruth Yost
Gwendolyn Jewett
Myrtle Watson
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Nippon
Contin
Bace
Cuiha
U. S. Conciliation Service
George Taylor
Winter Hospital
Dictionary of Occupations
Haskell
Seaman High School
B. F. Goodrich
K. U
Ges
Atc
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