Aviation Fuel Shortage Expected Next Year
ASHINGTON Sept 24 Col G H Vogel of the Army Navy Petroleum Board said it looks almost impossible for the armed services to obtain as much aviation fuel as they need during the first six months of 1948. He noted shortages in diesel fuel motor gasoline and other fuels and said a conference with petroleum industry committees will be called.
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Ashington
A.P
G. H. Vogel
Army-Navy Petroleum Band
Vogel
Army
Navy
Robert E. Friedman
Interior Department
Oil and Gas Division
Krug
NLRB Boycott Move Adopted by CIO United Electrical
In Boston on September 24 the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers adopted a resolution by locals demanding contract clauses barring any dealings with the National Labor Relations Board under Taft Hartley. The convention also urged repeal of the Taft Hartley Act, condemned as restraining labor to please Wall Street interests.
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Boston
National Labor Relations Board
C. I. Os
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
NLRB
Bond Available Veteran Hunted Edmonds Notary Public
Navy informs James A Edmonds Jr a notary public at 3613 First St that a terminal leave bond for Boullie Naval veteran was received and accepted. a notice was sent to the notary due to Boullie’s whereabouts unknown.
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James A. Edmonds Jr
First St
George
Boullie
Navy Department
Edmonds
Bone
Bouille
Russ Disclose View on Oil
Moscow dispatch notes that Tarvestia reports Iran's ruling circles may reject foreign advice against ratifying the Soviet Iranian oil pact. A foreign diplomat in Iran is cited as joining the campaign against the agreement's fulfillment, with speculation that the preferred target is U. S. Ambassador George V. Allen in Tehran.
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Moscow
Tarvestia
Iran
U. S
George V. Allen
Tehran
Starvation Faces Many in Europe
Burlington Vermont reports that at the 238th annual meeting of the American Board of Foreign Missions Rev Emerson G Hangen of Meriden Connecticut warned that starvation is certain for many Europeans this winter. He described no improvement in sight and signs pointing to greater distress than last year.
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Burlington, Vt
Europe
American Board of Foreign Missions
Emerson G. Hangen
Meriden
Conn
Congressional Christian Service Committee
Wartime white pennies scrapped for older copper coins
Washington reports the Treasury will retire wartime zinc coated pennies as they wear out and are returned. They will be replaced with older copper cents. the process involves melting and flattening, and the pennies themselves are sought for scrap but fetch low prices due to their steel zinc mix.
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Washington
Treasury
Leland Howard
Howard
War Production Board
China Faces Communist Push as Rail Lifeline Breaks
Sept 24 Tientsin reports severed rail links to Manchuria as Red raiders strike north and south of the Great Wall. About 20,000 Communists mass near Shanhaikwan, while Nanking proclaims a victory in clearing Red forces from the Shantung Peninsula and seizes Tsisia near Chefoo.
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Manchuria
Tientsin-Mulden
Great Wall
Ithe-Wall
Shanhaikyan
Jehol
Nanking
Shantung Peninsula
Tsisia
Chihsia
Chefoo
Russ Papers Assail Briton
MOSCOW Sept 24 Soviet newspapers published a mass dispatch from New York accusing British Minister of State Hector McNeill of a direct attack full of provocations against the unity and cooperation of United Nations members. The dispatch referred to the address McNeill delivered Monday before the UN General Assembly. Tass said McNeill supported all proposals by US Secretary of State Marshall and that New York newspapers printed the speech under headlines Britain Joining American Attack on Russia. McNeill replied to Andrei Vishinsky accusing the US and Britain of warmongering blamed Russia for world affairs and charged it with inconsistency and obstructionism.
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Moscow
New York
Hector McNeil
United Nations
MecNei
U.N. Genetral Assembly
Tass
McNei
U. S
Marshall
Britain
Russia
McNeill
Poy Andrei
Vishinsky
U.S
Million Japs Are Homeless After Floods in Honshu
The Home Ministry reports over 1,100,000 people homeless in northern Honshu after last week’s floods. Victims build temporary villages on levees and high ground to survive, while reports mention rough shanty camps, black market food prices, and flood pirates preying on displaced homes. Prices soared with two quarts of rice or water costing yen, and some vendors charged up to 5000 yen daily for relief routes.
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Tokyo
Home Ministry
Honshu
Vic
Ship Lines Plead for Air Services
Washington reports ship lines urge permission to run scheduled air services to stay competitive in world trade. Tirey L. Ford, chair of Shippers Sea Air Committee, says merchant ships risk losing dominance as air routes become essential to expanding American trade. He accuses CAB allies of bias, claiming airlines have preempted primary world air routes.
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Washington
President
Air Policy Commission
Tirey L. Ford
Shippers’'Sea Air Committee
North Atlantic
Ford
Airrtine Clique
Civil Aeronautics Board
Congress
CAB
Japs Mines Found on Florida Beach After Hurricane
Coast Guard teams discovered six fully armed Japanese mina mines on a Florida beach near Fort Pierce after a hurricane. The mines surfaced during a routine beach check a week after the storm. Officials offered no theory on how they arrived, with one unofficial explanation suggesting Italian submarines delivered them via Japan.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Fort Pierce
Coast Guard
Cape Horn
Japan
Italy
New York Police Dump Postwar Armory in Sound
New York police begin disposal of a vast postwar arsenal dumped into Long Island Sound. The haul includes 467 machine guns, rifles, 2041 air and spring subway turnstiles, 2943 other items, 838 toy pistols, and 3154 pistols and revolvers.
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New York
Island Sound
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