Population gains 3.28 million in wartime westward shift
The Census Bureau reports a great westward movement from 1940 to 1946 boosting Pacific coast states by 3,281,509 and California by 3.59 percent. California led gains with 2,485,000, while Nevada, Washington, and New Mexico posted over 20 percent increases. Several Midwestern states fell, and the national population rose 6.2 percent to 139,893,406 including armed services.
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Census Bureau
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
United States
Armed Services
More Disloyal Aids Facing Ax
The State Department loyalty investigation has rejected 34 jobholders or applicants as security risks and continues probes. Twelve were fired in under a year. others quit, had jobs abolished, or were turned down before hiring. The Civil Service Commission report cites communism in 10 cases. Officials refuse to disclose evidence or identify individuals.
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Washington
State Department
Marshall
Witen Hunt
Civil Service Commission
Congress
Refiners Fear Shortages Rising Demand Across Midwest
Chicago accordant report says demand for fuel oil and gasoline is outpacing refinery output. The American Petroleum Institute notes demand surpasses any wartime year, with midwestern farm use and transport issues intensifying the supply strain and creating a critical shortage outlook.
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Chicago
Middle West
American Petroleum Institute
Mid West
Ford Pension Pact Drawn Up
DETROIT, Aug. 15. Ford Motor Company pressed to finish a new contract granting a 15,000,000-a-year pension system to CIO production employees. A CIO UAW spokesman said both sides nearly agreed on all but three issues none insurmountable. Technical reasons prevented an accord before Monday at the earliest. Remaining disputes covered administration of the pension system union recognition in certain plants and contract termination terms.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
C. I .O. United Auto Workers
England Quietly Notes Dissolution of Her Empire
England marks India’s independence with a quiet front page shift from For King and Empire to For King and Commonwealth. King George VI is in Scotland as Britain loses its empire while congratulating Pakistan and India on their new dominions. The Daily Mail reflects on past British rule and empire.
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Pakistan
New Delhi
India
Lahore
Calcutta
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Fiindu
Indora
Bhopal
Ph Khairpur
Bahawalpur
Kalot
Baluchistan
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Pakistan Constituent Assembly
Associated Press
Ondon
London Daily Mail
Commonwealth
Britain
George VI
Scotland
Subcontinent
Lucknow
Spey
East India Co
Comry
Queen Victoria
The
Daily Mail
Atlantic
Beck Denies AFL to Battle C I O War on Waterfront
San Francisco August 15. AFL leaders Tobin and I.L.W.U. accuse Teamsters of planning an anti I.L.W.U. move to organize waterfront workers. Beck denies any intent to organize agricultural workers or seize control of the waterfront while arguing there is danger to national food supplies.
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San Francisco
A. F. L. Barsters
west coast / International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
C.I. Ou
Daniel J. Totin
Dave Beck
Seattle
West Coast
Tobin
Teamsters
C. I. Q.food
Hyde Family Returns From Colorado Visit
Mr and Mrs J D Hyde of 540 Orange Ave returned after a month visiting their sons in Colorado They traveled by train and started by plane They visited with son Kenny at Eaton Cole and with son Erle at Ulta Both sons were football stars at Polytechnic High School Hyde is 88 and Mrs Hyde is 87
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J.D. Hyde
Orange, Ave
Colorado
Eaton, Cole
Kenny
Ulta
Erle
Polytechnic High School
Hyde
Bandits Halt Italian Train Near Rome
Rome dispatch reports a band of armed men overpowered a freight train crew a mile from Rome last night, unloaded cargo, and vanished before police arrived at the scene. The incident follows a string of banditry concerns in the region, with authorities investigating to identify the assailants and secure the route.
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Rome
FBI Agents Probe Slaying of Convicts
Savannah Ga August 15 The slaying of eight Negro convicts by guards at a Georgia prison camp near Brunswick July 11 is under FBI investigation. Agents will report to a federal grand jury on September 29 according to U S District Attorney J Saxton Daniels.
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Savannah
Georgia
Brunswick
FBI
Herve
U. 5
J. Saxton Daniels
Suspect Arrested in Beverly Hills Jewel Robbery Case
A man who gave the name Harry Stern, 53, was arrested late last night in New York and booked as a fugitive from justice in connection with a $125,000 jewel robbery in Beverly Hills California, according to detectives.
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New York
Harry Stern
Beverly Hills
Calif
National Lawyers Guild meets in Santa Monica on Taft Hartley act
A three day conference of the National Lawyers Guild convened in Santa Monica focusing on the Taft Hartley Act and western freight rates.
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Santa Monica
National Lawyers’ Guild
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