Chiang Makes Counter Peace Bid Aids Marshall as Arbiter
The Chinese central government proposed General George C. Marshall act as arbiter for a truce and suggested a military inspection mission, possibly including Americans, to monitor any armistice. Observers believe Marshall's approval would be required for the plan to succeed amid the civil conflict.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Can
Ito
Cals
Chiang K Stright
Pegler Recounts Remarkable Golf Feat At Pelham Country Club
Byron Nelson is mentioned in broader praise but the piece centers on Pegler's own long celebrated golfing moment at Pelham. The anecdote recalls a shot from 75 yards to reach the green for a two on a difficult hole, described with humor and sportswriter bravado, ending in a storied triumph.
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New York
Byron Nelson
Nelson
Pegler
Pelham Country Club
Gene Brazen
Ock Hutchison
Aidden
New Rochelle
Robert Bender
Ndt
Macy
Montomery Ward
Sears Rosebuck
Sarazen
Hagen’ Pegler
Obert
Pelham Country
Louisiana fair officials plan state meeting in Lafayette
Louisiana fair officials 4-H and vocational extension workers and carnival representatives will gather at the Rangeline Hotel in Lafayette on February 5 to discuss resuming state and parish fairs and regional festivities largely halted during wartime. Harry D. Wilson, commissioner of agriculture, announced the meeting.
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Baton Rouge
Rangeline
Lafayette
Harry D. Wilson
Commiss Agriculture
Wilson
Sioner
Want Ad Action Promotes Rentals and Sales
Classified notice encourages placing want ads for big rental and buying crowds. Advertises economy plan with pay only for days published. Mentions cash with order and telephone ad placement with carrier pickup the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News- Star—World
Government enacts 1948 tax cut to spur reconversion
Washington reports the 1948 tax law provides a 3.1 billion dollar corporate cut and 2.8 billion dollar individual relief. Officials expect higher postwar production and more civilian goods as profits are kept by producers and taxpayers gain purchasing power.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Election Ordered at Higgins Plant in New Orleans
The national labor relations board ordered an election within sixty days for Higgins Industries workers to choose a collective bargaining agent between the CIO Marine and Shipbuilding Workers and the AFL. Higgins had canceled the AFL master contract after two strikes and reopened only the canal plant for ongoing contracts, with no exclusive representation granted yet.
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New Orleans
National Labor Relations Board
Higgins Industries, Inc
Industrial Union Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Andrew J. Higgins
A. F. of L
Higgins
A. PF. of
NLRB
Byrnes Outlines Big Three Peace Steps and Iran Talks
Secretary of State James Byrnes defended the Moscow conference results and outlined future plans including a fourth overseas trip in six months. He said a three power Iran commission was agreed with Bevin and Molotov, and noted a UN assembly Iran policy discussion may occur at London conference.
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Graham Hovey
Washington
Byrnes
Moscow
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
United States
MacArthur
Tokyo
State Department
Russia
Britain
China
Korea
Romania
Bulgaria
Bevin
Molotov
Iran
London
United Nations Assembly
Assembly
Japan’s 10 Major News Stories Of 1945
Kyodo News lists ten pivotal events for the year including the Tokyo air raid March 3 the Hiroshima atomic bombing August 6 Japan’s surrender and emperor Hirohito’s August 15 broadcast the August 23 arrival of U S forces Atsugi airfield and the September 2 signing aboard the Missouri. Other items cover Tojo’s death amnesty for political prisoners and dissolution of zaibatsu with price abolition for fresh fish and vegetables.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Japan
Kyodo
Hiroshima
Russia
Atsugi Airfield
U. S. S. Missouri
Tokyo Bay
MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
Premiéy
Pearl Harbor
Zaibatsu
Roosevelt Named Man of the Year by Pacifican Poll
In Manila the Pacifican polls soldiers in the western Pacific and names the late President Roosevelt as man of the year. Lt. Col. C. H. Davidson, director of operations at Port of Manila, aided breaking a shipping jam and sped movement of troops home.
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Manila
Roosevelt
Western Pacific
Army
the Pacifican
C. H. Davidson
Port of
Twenty Miners Entombed as Mine Sealed in Kentucky
Twenty miners entombed after an underground explosion near Pineville Kentucky were declared dead as Harry Thomas chief engineer of the Kentucky state department of mine and minerals ordered the main entrance sealed. Earlier eight were rescued, one died en route, two found dead, and another rescued man later died. five dead, seven survivors, and nineteen missing in the tragedy.
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Kyle Vance
Pineville
Harry Thomas
Kentucky State Department of Mine and Minerals
Thomas
Business Set for Big Year
New York year-end statement from 132 affiliated business papers forecasts 1946 as a record year for consumer goods manufacture distribution and sales. Editors note labor disputes OPA price ceilings and skilled labor shortages must be resolved first with auto production peaking by June and steel plants running at 80 to 85 percent capacity to clear backlogs.
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National Conference of Business Paper Editors
OPA
Hitler Names Goering Himmler Traitors In Last Will
Adolf Hitler's last will denounces Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler, accusing them of disloyalty and secret negotiations with the enemy. The document, written in the Berlin chancellery bunker, shocks 20 arch Nazis in Nuernberg jail as war crimes trials resume.
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Daniel de Luce
Nuernberg
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Fuehrer
Berlin
Eva Braun
Goering
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Germanfuehrer
Reischmarshal
Himmler
Gestapo
Aso
Big Three Plan Stirs Confusion In Japan
Tokyo reports that the Moscow backed control scheme for Japan may undermine General MacArthur by creating a four nation council with veto power. Sources say Japan fears loss of face if MacArthur’s authority is curtailed while U S Britain China and Russia oversee his actions. Washington officials praise the plan but worry it could complicate Japan’s occupancy directives and MacArthur’s leadership.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Big Three
Japan
Far Eastern Commission (Press
Thomas Blake
Washington
Moscow
United States
Britain
China
Russia
Emperor Hirohito
Allied Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wherry
Nebraska
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate Military Committee
MacArthu
Noisy New Year Fetes Quietly Across Deep South
New Year celebrations unfold in Louisiana and Mississippi with peacetime sentiment after the war. Oklahoma A. and M. and St. Marys arrive in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl with major events planned, while street festivities, hotel bookings, and city offices reflect the holiday. Fireworks are banned and church services are set for midnight.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma A. & M
St. Mary
Tulane Stadium
Softon
Admiral Stark says Kimmel was amply warned before Pearl Harbor
Admiral Harold R. Stark testified that Admiral Husband E. Kimmel was amply warned to be on guard before the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7, 1941. The Senate House committee resumed hearings after a recess as it seeks new counsel and reviews Stark’s 25,000 word statement and officer correspondence from the prewar period.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Naval Operations
Senate House Committee
Stark
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Murder Charges Filed Against Hitch-Hiking Paperhanger
Alonzo Ellis Jones of Birmingham Alabama faces murder charges for killing two men and wounding a third after a roadside shooting near Lutcher Louisiana. Police say Jones admitted the killings and gave a rambling confession as details emerged from deputies and New Orleans detectives. He was arrested near Mobile Alabama and held for arraignment in Convent Louisiana with a March 18 grand jury date pending.
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Jones
Irvin Pincus
Camp Plauche
Shreveport
Walter J. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Gordon W. Ray
Lutcher
Adolph Mayerhofer
New Orleans
Ray
Blackie
John J. Grosch
Brignac
Joseph Pollet
St. James Parish
Marines
Chelsea
Mass
Rodger E. Robertson
Cullendale
Camden
Ark
Pollet
Arthur James
Eagle Mills
Mr. James
Ixplain
Pearlington
Miss
Robertsdale
Ala
Convent
Araigniment
Strike Ends as 4000 Greyhound Workers Return to Work
Four thousand Greyhound workers across 18 states vote to end a two month strike over wages. Return to work begins soon with long distance routes reopening within 72 hours. A separate Western Union anticipated 12 cent wage boost looms as labor board weighs its recommendation.
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Associated Prose
Greyhound Lines
Greyhound
Howard T. Colvin
U. S. Conciliation Service
Labor
Schwellenbach
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Missouri
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Kentucky
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Western Union
War Labor Board
W. L. Allen
A. F. of L. Commercial Telegraphers Union
WLB
Capt Miller Held In Prison In Houston Homicide Case
Capt Archie B. Miller 25 was held without bail pending January 14 for a homicide charge in the killing of Capt Eugene Dale 27 an army flier from Enid Oklahoma Investigators said Miller admitted the shooting and his wife Fay Hancock Miller said she fell in love with Dale while Miller served in Europe and hoped to marry him after a divorce.
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New York
Archie B. Miller
Miller
Bellevue
Tex
Tombs
Eugene Dale
Enid
Okla
Fay Hancock Miller
Jonesboro
N. C
John Kennedy
Koreans clash in Seoul over trusteeship plan protests
In Seoul protesters attacked and stones were thrown at American soldiers amid calls for immediate independence and a Korean provisional government. An 8 p.m. curfew was ordered by U.S. authorities as demonstrations widen, banks closed and workers walked off jobs.
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Seoul
Korea
Big Three
Mosecow
Japan
United States
Russia
Britain
China
Communist Party
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Westbrook
Carck
Shigematsu Sakaibara
Kwajalein Island
Soichi Tachibana
Wake Island
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ribbentrop
Germany
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Erich Raeder
Kaltenbrunner
U. S. Army Hospital
Associated Press
Kimmel
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