Free Speech Shifts in China and Russia Clash
The War Today notes two shifts toward frankness at the United Nations. From Kunming Clyde Farnsworth reports China’s fighting tales are hampered by weak leadership, while Brooks Atkinson cites loosened censorship at Chungking. John Hightower describes America and Britain cautiously engaging with Stalin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Roberts, Jr
DeWitt MacKenzie
United Nations
China
Russia
Clyde Farnsworth
Associated Press
Kunming
Brooks Atkinson
New York Times
Chungking
Europe
John Hightower
Washington
America
Britain
Stalin
Relief To Make Factories Hum
Relief demands presented to the UNRRA conference in Montreal show Europe’s needs will keep U S Britain and Canada busy for at least 12 months after Germany’s collapse. Footwear 78.5 million pairs and repair material for 48 million more. Clothing and textiles require 69 percent of woolen goods, eight percent of cotton goods, 29 percent of knit goods for the first six months. Farm machinery 186000 tons.
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Montreal
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Europe
United States
Britain
Canada
Germany
UNRRA
U. S
Ohio woman named Chicago unopposed for auxiliary vice president
Akron Ohio Mrs Linn Perry a member of the American Legion Auxiliaries central division is an uncontested nominee for vice president in the election at the organization's closing session today.
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Ohio
Chicago
Linn Perry
Akron
American Legion Auxiliary
Central Division
Miners Irked by Ickes Telegram
Cincinnati reporters note Secretary Ickes pressed John L. Lewis to confirm UMWA adherence to contracts. The UMWA convention called Ickes remarks an insult to every mine worker. A prior telegram urged miners to refrain from strikes against mine supervisors. Ickes defended praise for miners while noting subpar production despite fewer workers.
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Cincinnati
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
Lewis
Future of U S Vets Discussed At Legion Meet
CHICAGO September 20 An educator and a top industrialist told the American Legion that armed forces veterans deserve full input in postwar planning. F L Schlagle president of the National Education Association urged veterans participate in debates on compulsory military training. Robert M Gaylord president of the National Association of Manufacturers said industry must help veterans regain productivity and find skilled work. Schlagle noted the education policies commission does not oppose such a move but argued it is not an immediate necessity given existing compulsory training.
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Chicago
American Legion Today
F. L. Schlagle
National Education Association
Robert M. Gaylord
National Association of Manufacturers
Schlagle
Educational Policies Commission
Man Identified as Keevert Fatally Struck by Auto
Athens Ohio September 20 a man tentatively identified as Frank Keevert about sixty of Woodsfield was killed by an automobile as he stepped from a curb according to the Highway Patrol report.
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AUTO
Athens
Frank Keevert
Woodsfield
Highway Patrol
Bag of Prisoners Since D-Day Nears Half-Million Mark
London dispatch reports that over 464 346 German soldiers have been captured since D-Day June 6 with Brest and Boulogne adds. tally breaks down to U S First Army 180 000 U S Third Army 86 000 U S Seventh Army 42 000 U S Ninth Army 20 000 and the 21st Army Group including British Second and Canadian First Armies over 73 000 with Canadians accounting for about 52 971.
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London
France
Brest
Tottering Boulogne
Hermann Ramcke
U. S. First Army
U. S. Third Army
U. S. Seventh
Miners Present Contract Terms Amid Wage Talks
The United Mine Workers unveil demands for a new soft coal contract including shorter work days, extending coverage to supervisory staff, and free equipment. A basic rate increase remains to be set later. Negotiations start next March unless government wage ceilings rise. The scale committee urged referring all anthracite scale resolutions to the tri district convention next March.
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers
UMW
Oleo Trust Targeted by Republican Lawmakers
Washington reports amid a butter shortage and push for oleomargarine reform, seven statements in a Congressional Record urge action against the so called Oleo Trust. GOP leaders fault oleo corporations for influencing policy with support from the New Deal, CIO, and cottonseed interests. Rep Clevenger of Ohio argues the 18 oleo firms wield greater power than five million cowowners.
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Washington
Congress
Oleo Trust
GOP
CIO
Clevenger
Ohio
Push on in Baltic War Editor By Leonard Milliman
Palau's southern islands seen as American held as Mitchell bombers target Japanese defenses in the southern Philippines. Infantry cleanups proceed on Angaur while Marines seize Peleliu. Navy reports the loss of the submarine Flier and the mine layer Perry with limited casualties. Morotai air raids spark fires on Buayan airfield Mindanao and Japanese night raids on Morotai prove ineffective. Chinese leaders acknowledge a serious military situation with Kweilin under threat as U.S. forces target Nipponese lines 40 miles from the encircled front.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Palau
Mitchell
Philippines
Angaur
81St
Peleliu
First Division
John Cooper
Palaue
Navy
Tokyo Radio
Perry
Noa
U. S
Morotai
Buayan
Mindanao
China
Kweilin
Dewey Heads South After Narrow Escapes in Portland
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, unruffled by two escapes from serious injury, prepared to board a refurbished campaign train for San Francisco where he will speak on a Republican program of freedom and security for all. He urged that no indispensable man guide the republic, a remark aimed at Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin, as cheers rose from about 7,000 in Portland.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
San Francisco
America
Dewey
New York
Roosevelt
Churchill
Great Britain
Stalin
Russia
Grand Jury Indicts Crooksville Killer
NEW LEXINGTON OH Sept 20 Vincent Nash 50 of Crooksville was indicted on five first degree murder charges by a grand jury for the ax slaying of his family Nash confessed to killing his wife and four children on September 10 Prosecutor J L Meenan said a 30 day sanity observation at Lima State Hospital would be requested
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New Lexington
Vincent Nash
Crooksville
Nash
J. L. Meenan
Lima State Hospital
W C T U Urges Sobriety On V Day Convention
Columbus Ohio September 20 AP Members of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union should do everything in their power to keep the nation clear eyed and clear minded on V Day. Dr Bernard J Clausen pastor of Euclid Ave Baptist Church Cleveland told the 70th annual convention that an inebriated nation on V Day is not the example America should set for war weary nations who look to this country for leadership.
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Columbus, CO
Women's Christaan Temperance Union
Bernard J. Clausen
Euclid Ave. Baptist Church
Cleveland
America
Police Chief Michael Hughes Dies in Toledo Hotel
Michael Hughes aged 65 chief of police Newton Massachusetts died of a heart attack in his hotel room at the Commodore Perry Hotel in Toledo on September 20.
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Toledo
Michael Hughes
Newton
Mass
Commodore Perry
Secrecy Shrouds Fate Of American Submarine Flier
Washington reports the loss of an American submarine flier with secrecy about details. The Navy says crew members have been notified and positions unclear whether she sank in action or was destroyed with crew captured. Total US subs lost since war began reaches thirty, among 183 naval losses including Pearl Harbor era. Japanese submarine losses tally 931 ships with 89 combat vessels. American subs claimed 29 Japanese ships in a single patrol.
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Washington
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Perry
Palau
Noa
Pacific
Ohio Unionists To Endorse FDR
Ohio labor leaders at the 60th AFL convention in Columbus predicted a Roosevelt endorsement for a fourth term. Phil Hannah and Ed Murphy said pro Roosevelt resolutions from several AFL affiliates would be introduced, needing a majority vote. John E. Breidenbach backed Dewey, saying he might oppose Roosevelt endorsements.
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Columbus
Roosevelt
Ohio Federation of Labor
Phil Hannah
Cleveland
Ed Murphy
Teamsters’ Union
Hannah
Teamsters
AFL
John E. Breidenbach
Dayton
Ohio Building Trades and Construction Council
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Cyclist Killed in Delaware Crash at 16
Delaware, Sept 20. Donald Neasse, 16, of Delaware, was killed when his bicycle collided with an automobile. He died at the scene.
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Delaware, CO
Donald Neasse
Delaware
Roosevelt names Charles Sawyer as U.S. envoy to Belgium
President Roosevelt selected Charles Sawyer of Cincinnati to be United States ambassador to Belgium, subject to Senate confirmation. Sawyer, a former Democratic national committeeman from Ohio and 1938 governor candidate, would be new to the diplomatic service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
United States
Belgium
Senate
Sawyer
Democratic National
Ohio
Japanese Deny Peace Talk Rumors
An Associated Press report quotes Sadao Iguchi, spokesman for Japan's Board of Information, calling as false rumors that Germany seeks peace with the Soviet Union while Japan negotiates with Britain and the United States. A Domei dispatch in Tokyo cited the denial, noting such rumors reflect Western war weariness and aim to split allied powers.
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Associated Press
Japanese Board of Information
Germany
Soviet Union
Japan
United States
Domei
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Sadao Iguchi
Britain
See Loophole To Avert Ohio Power Company Strikes
Cleveland news reports a wage dispute at the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. may be certified to the National War Labor Board as rare and unusual to avert strike votes. CIO utility workers president Leonard E. Palmer said WLB discrimination and unusual procedures are involved. Sympathy strike votes are planned at Canton Ohio Power Co. Akron Ohio Edison Co. and Dayton Power and Light Co. Balloting is set for October 7 by the NLRB.
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Cleveland
Ohio Power
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
National War Labor Board
Leonard E. Palmer
Ohio Council of the
CIO Utility Workers Organizing Committee
Palmer
WLB
CEI
Ohio Power Co
Canton
Ohio Edison Co
Akron
Dayton Power & Light Co
National Labor Relations Board
George E. McClellan Killed In Auto Crash
George E. McClellan 47 president of the Littleford Nelson School of Commerce and former OPA district director was killed when his car crashed into a wall and pole today.
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Cincinnati
George E. McClellan
Littleford-Nelson School of Commerce
Office of Price Administration
Hitler Forces Beaten Back on Holland Front
Allied air and ground offensives pushed into Holland with swift advances. Eindhoven fell to Allied forces and armor moved toward Nijmegen while Boulogne and Brest surrendered in Brittany. In air combat, 26 German aircraft were downed for nine Allied fighters.
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Hitler
Holland
Brittany
Brest
Germany
Boulogne
Commmunique
Mont Lambert
Augiers
Boulogne Garison
Eindhoven
Nijmegen
RAF
Bricker Attack: New Deal Broken Promises at Harrisburg
Governor John W. Bricker charged in Harrisburg that the New Deal has a 12-year record of broken promises. The Republican vice presidential candidate urged voters to expect a change, saying the administration’s promises of abundance, security, economy, and less bureaucracy have not been kept.
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Harrisburg
John W. Bricker
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Reversal Petition Seeks Court Rehearing On Insurance Commerce
A joint petition to reverse the Supreme Court ruling that insurance is interstate commerce was sent by 38 states including Ohio. The Department of Justice suit against the Southeastern Underwriters Association for rate fixing prompted the decision, with U S Judge Marvin Underwood having previously ruled insurance interstate commerce.
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Atlanta
United States Supreme Court
Ohio
Department of Justice
Southeastern Underwriters Association
U. S. Dis
Marvin Underwood
Lanta
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Tallinn
By Jack Bell
Grand Jury
W.C.T.U
Ohio Power Company
Dwight Pitkin
Atlantic
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