Gamble Pays Need Few Troops for Japan Occupation
Wartime dispatch notes a plan to station about 200 000 troops in Japan to secure island occupancy as ships return home. Rationing ends aiding cheese sales which rise with recovered supply. Wisconsin cheese dealers report limited varieties but growing demand as households rely on cheese as a staple.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Pacific
Robert L. Eichelberger
U.S. Eighth Army
John McCormack Dies at 61 Golden voice of Athlone passes away at home
Dublin born tenor John McCormack died after bronchial pneumonia at Booterstown Dublin, aged 61. His family at bedside included son Cyril, a captain in the Irish army, and wife Lily Foley. He rose to fame after debut in Cavalleria Rusticana in London in 1906 and later sang for the Red Cross. He was celebrated for songs like Mother Macree and I Hear You Calling Me. His career spanned touring, study in Italy, and a move to the concert stage in New York in 1909. Funeral plans not announced.
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Athlone
Booterstown
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Lily Foley
London
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Edward Pyke
Kirkham
Lancaster
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Royal Albert Hall
Red Cross
Ireland
Italy
Signor Sabiaini
U.S
King Edward
Oscar Hammerstein
New York
United Nations
Shanghai
Whangpoo
Shigeru Yoshida
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Shigeitsu
Yoshida
Oiso
Tokyo
Shigemitsu
MacArthur
Japan
Imperial Palace
Manila
Halsey
Tokyo Bay
Adm
Ken Terashima
Toio
Jananse
Toin
17. S
Yokohama
James M. Perry
Meat Rationing Debate Persists as OPA Receives Mail
OPA weighs ending meat rationing by Oct 1 or extending it for a year while pressing for continued aid to Europe. Officials report a vast, mixed response from across the nation, mostly housewives urging rationing to continue to prevent meat shortages. Meat industry voices push for lifting limits to reduce red tape, while some consumers call for steady shipments to liberated countries as guns fall silent.
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Washington
OPA
Brooklyn
Parkersburg
W. Va
Berkeley
Calif
Heron Laxe
Minn
Beast of Belsen Trial Opens as Defendants Plead Innocent
The court overruled defense pleas for separate trials for 27 defendants and for a separate trial of 12 charged at Auschwitz. Krames, Belsen’s stern commandant, smiled as the trial began while Herta Ehlert fainted and was revived, helped by Irma Grese, both SS guards amid the remade courtroom scene.
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Krames
Belsen
Herta Ehlert
Irma Grese
Ravensbruck
Auerhwitz
Poland
New York Times Dispatch Reports Atomic Bomb Test on USjailed Japanese Ship
A Tokyo dispatch claims the 25,000-ton Japanese battleship Nagato, held by the U S Navy at Yokosuka, will be towed 500 miles to sea for an atomic bomb test. The plan aims to learn if a single ship can be destroyed and the bomb’s effect on water, with press invited to witness the experiment.
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Jaz
New York Times
Tokyo
Naesto
U.S. Navy
Yokosuke
United States
William
Billy) Mitchell
General Mitchell
Farm unions press 30 percent wage rise demand
In a joint statement the CIO United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers union and its rival United Automobile Workers demanded a 30 percent wage increase from four farm machinery manufacturers and a guaranteed annual wage.
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Remand Ware
Chirsen
CIO
United Farm Equipment
Metel Workers Union
Ite
United Automobile Workers
Navy to Release Big Groups Soon
Vice Admiral Louis E. Denfeld told the Senate committee the Navy will restore 764000 enlisted men and 75000 officers to civilian life by Christmas. Gates said the Pacific situation remains unstable, delaying full demobilization. a detailed plan will be ready soon for congressional review.
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Navy
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Senate Military Committee
Gates
Pacific
Denfeld
Cour
Burton
R-O
Army
Congressional
Naval Affairs
Escapes Injury as Car Overturns Near Juda
Stamey Huffman aged year son of Mr and Mrs John Huffman Monroe route 5 miraculously escaped serious injury when he lost control of his father's car Friday at about 7 p.m. near the Boman farm just west of a gravel shortcut to Juda. The car skidded onto the gravel and tipped onto its side against a telephone pole. Huffman was alone and unhurt. Auto damage estimated at $200. County Highway Officer George W Armstrong investigated the wreck.
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Stamey Sunman
John Huffman
Monroe
Juda
Boman Farm
Huffman
George W. Armstrong
Dismissed From Service For Illegal Marriage
Berlin Captain Carl G Schultz, who wed a WAC sergeant in Berlin while still wed to a Chicago wife, was convicted by court martial and sentenced to dismissal. Tried three days ago, charges included bigamy making a false affidavit and conducting a ceremony without command authority.
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Berlin
Carl G. Schultz
Wac
Chicago
Sermo Aierict
Schultz
New York Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea defense opens
Counsel for the New York Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company opened defense today against the government charge that the firm conspired to restrain trade and ruin a monopoly in the nation s food business.
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P. Owens
Danvile, I
New York Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
White House summons Schwellenbach over reconversion labor issues
AP bulletins report Labor Secretary Schwellenbach called to the White House to discuss reconversion labor problems marked by strikes and layoffs. Also Clark urges splitting Alcoa into competing firms for national security and prosperity. A Madison shooting and a field soldier death are noted, plus Moscow talks with Stalin and a Shanghai plan for mass Japanese evacuation.
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Truman
Schwellenbach
White House
Tom C. Clark
Congress
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
Three Men Sentenced for Extortion Attempt in Wisconsin
Burdell Boardman 20 Carl Garman 32 and William Huber 36 of Delavan Elkhorn were given 15 months in federal prison by Judge Philip L Sullivan after pleading guilty to attempting to extort 40000 from Harvard Bank president William Hubbell. FBI nabbed them Aug 11 at a rendezvous where Hubbell would deliver 10000, with no probation granted. Garman and Huber are World War II veterans.
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Wisconsin
Harvard, M. Bank
Federal Penitentiary
Philip L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Congress
Burdell M. Boardman
Carl S. Garman
Delavan
William M. Huber
Elkhorn
William C. Hubbell
Harvard
FBI
Hubbell
Garman
Huber
Polio Closings Lifted As Monroe Reopens
Normalcy returns in Green and Monroe counties after a 10 day partial closing to stop poliomyelitis spread. Twenty new cases since the ban began signaled the threat fading, mirroring northern Illinois. Dr L A Moore, city health officer, said no new development allows resumed business hours, though polio has not been declared eradicated. Theaters taverns and amusement venues may resume normal hours, with thanks to The Evening Times and local groups for cooperation and to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis for countywide DDT spraying in schools and public buildings.
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L. A. Moore
Monroe
Board of Health
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Evening Times
C. J. Goetz
Green County Tavern- Keepers Association
Turner Hall Club
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Lord Haw Haw on Trial in London for Treason
William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw faced a high treason trial at the Old Bailey and pleaded not guilty to three counts. A secret indictment remained unread after a judge’s whispered consult.
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Lord Haw Haw
London
William Joyce
Old Bailey
Joyce
Tax Cuts Debate Faces Payroll Tax Linkage in Congress
Congress weighs a $4 billion tax cut while considering payroll tax changes aimed at funding Social Security. Senate Finance Chairman George notes broadened Social Security may delay action before January. House Ways and Means seeks early general tax relief. Robertson favors normal tax elimination and corporate excess profits removal, versus Knutson’s flat 20 percent cut.
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Congress
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
House Committee
Robertson
D-Va
Knutson
R-Minn
Washington Roundup Unemployment and Time In Service Main Topics
The story outlines House military committee plans to offer enlistment inducements to current service members to extend their time in uniform, aiming to cut draft calls and enable faster discharges. It notes Sen Clyde Reed’s criticism of jobless aid bills and reports President Truman meeting with Capitol leaders to review the legislative picture.
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House Military Committee
Army
Navy
House
Clyde M. Reed
R-Kas
Senate
Truman
Missouri
White House
Barkley
Kentucky
McKellar
Tennessee
Rayburn
Texas
House Mary
McCormack
Massachusetts
South Florida Eruption of Gulf Hurricane Causes 50 Million In Damage
The Gulf hurricane battered south Florida with winds up to 143 mph, killing three and destroying the navy blimp base at Richmond. It damaged thousands of homes, a furniture factory area, and crops in the Redlands district, with Red Cross shelters operating in Perrine, Goulds, and Homestead as warnings ease northward toward Georgia and South Carolina.
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Fla
South Florida
Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Brunswick
Charleston
S. C
U. S
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South Carolina
Fl Keys
Key Largo
Navy
Richmond
Redlands
Red Cross Disaster Unit
Perrine
Goulds
Homestead
Florida
Motor Car Plant Strikes and Auto Idle Widen Rift
Nationwide labor troubles idle more than 200000 workers as unions press for a 30 percent wage rise. In Detroit 80000 idle amid Ford and GM actions, with Windsor Ontario also affected. Ford calls a Sept 29 30 meeting to decide on strike votes. GM weighs a national strike if demands are not met, with production disruption possible at Warren Ohio wiring plant.
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Detroit Rea
Automotive Idustry
United Automobiles (Cio
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Ont
Uaw-Cio
Ford
Henry Ford II
General Motors
UAW
National Labor Relations Board
Warren, O
Ohio
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