Truman Urges Industrial Peace at Labor Conference
President Truman tells 36 management and labor delegates industrial strife must not slow the drive to high peace time production. He proposes open minded collective bargaining, if needed impartial machinery to settle disputes, and mutual responsibility to uphold agreements. John L. Lewis passes through pickets to reach the conference table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
National Labor Management Conference
Management and Labor
Labor Department
John L. Lewis
Labor
William Green
A. F
Fair Enough and the Davidson Bust Controversy
In a Washington inspired tirade, the writer critiques Jo Davidson and his Latin American busts funded by notable figures and taxpayers. The piece traces Davidson’s tour of ten republics in 1941 and notes mixed reactions, including Rockefeller’s stance and questions over cultural patronage and political messaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jo Davidson
Newark
Davidson
Rassler
Henry Wal‘ce
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Joseph F. Davies
Davies
Warner Brothers
Moscow
Norman Davis
Joe
Geneva
South America
Nelson Rockefeller
Axis
Latin- America
Europe
Rockefeller
Busis
Rockefeler
Eleazar Lopez Contreras
Isaias Medina
Victory bonds urged to aid soldiers homecoming
Washington announces a 4 A victory loan drive from Harold L. Ickes urging citizens to invest savings in bonds to fund demobilization of troops, medical care for the wounded, and easing inflation. The appeal frames bonds as a method to balance prices and ensure a smoother postwar transition for returning warriors and civilians.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Sam
Chest Fund Appeals For Ouachita Parish Boys Aid
The United War Fund asks public support as local institutions rely on civic gifts. A correction lists numerous donors including Mrs J M Hell, $1.00. J W Treadwell, $1000. Missouri Pacific Railroad Employees, $100.50. and others contributing varying amounts to aid needy Ouachita parish boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United War Fund
Ouachita Parish
Evelyn Atkinson
F. W. Dawson
J. M. Hell
A. L. Sensenbough
J. W. Womack, Jr
F. K Vaughan
J. E. McConnell
V. N. Davis
PG. Rowe
C. B. Braun
Ed Reitzeli
W. H. Chumney
T. W. Hardy
J. W. Treadwell
Missouri Passs? Railroad
J. D. Hines
L. J. Bower
A. E. Whiting
Hudson's
Social Security Board
J.H. Simpson
Bennie F. Fulker
Jessie B. Thurston
Valerie Couvillion
Alma S. Peters
A. L. Peters
Rainbow Inn
W. H. Smith
C. P. Gray
Moore's
M. K. Hamm
Pauline Mathis
Breard’s Grocery
Wainwright Describes Hunger at Despotic Karenko Camp
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright recalls August 1942 at Karenko prison camp, detailing daily hunger, rice and watery soup, confiscated luggage, repeated roll calls, and deteriorating conditions as Allied officers endure fatigue, swollen feet, and limited footwear under Japanese captivity.
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Wainwright
Karenko
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Formoesa
King Festures Syndicate Inc
Manila
Bataan
Corregidor
Edward P. King
Father Hopes Kidnap Theory After Fourth Day Search
In Downieville California the distraught father Joseph Tom Suden of the Brush Creek Gold Mine clung to a kidnapping theory for 3 year old Dickie Tom Suden as exhausted searchers in the Sierra Nevada endured a fourth fruitless day. Denman Dorr, mine superintendent, spoke for the family amid mounting concerns for the boy’s safety.
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Downieville
Calif
New
Dickie
Tom Suden
Joseph Tom Suden
Brush Creek
Towersme Sierra Nevadis
Denman Dorr
Inside Role of Germany in Seizure of Austria
Berlin reports reveal Hitler feared foreign intervention in 1938 and pledged Mussolini aid for the Anschluss. Goering air ministry records detail Nazi maneuvers via international lines, with Prince Philip of Hesse acting as go-between. The transcript notes Mussolini’s magnanimity and a telegram intervention to avert bloodshed.
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Germany
Austria
Pries
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Anschluss
Hitler
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Air Ministry
Philip of
Herse
Mafalda
Italy
Buchenwald
Hesse
Rome
Arthur Levss-Inquart
Vienna
Kurt Schuschlniga
Goering
Hebert proposes anti trust curb on labor leaders
Washington reports Rep. Hebert Democrat of Louisiana urges broadening anti trust laws to apply to labor officers and representatives who receive no compensation from unions in effort to curb strikes and wartime disruption. He notes labor as such is exempt currently and cites John L. Lewis as example if amended.
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Washington
Hebert
Louisiana
John L. Lewis
White man rides emperor's horse in Tokyo rodeo
Lt. Dick Ryan rode the emperor’s pure white stallion Hatsushima First Frost at the Tokyo arena on Armistice Day, claiming to be the first white man to ride it. Officials noted the horse’s playful nature and that the emperor prefers Hatsuyuki for gentleness.
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Tokyo
Dick Ryan
Hatsushima
Japanese Horse Racing Association
Seino Chuzo
Japan
First Frost
First Snow
Kleinhammer
Silver King
Silver Tip
Coxe Urges Visitation of Schools During Education Week
Baton Rouge November 5 State Education Supt John E Coxe urged Louisiana citizens to visit their schools during American Education Week November 11 7 to see how tomorrow's citizens are being prepared for life He asked all schools to hold open house and sent out guidance under the theme Education for the General Welfare He stressed education as essential amid rapid scientific control of energy and global progress.
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Baton Rouge
John E. Coxe
Lonsiana
Coxe
Greyhound bus strike widens across seven states
Bus drivers and other workers for Southwestern Greyhound Lines walk out in seven states including Texas and Oklahoma joining eastern strikers. Wages dispute cited with raises demanded. company offers differ by region. Union leaders plan talks as officials warn of schedule disruptions.
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Kansas City
Southwestern Greyhound Lines, Inc
Greyhound
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
New Mexico
Colorado
Arkansas
W. C. O'Kelley
Amalgamated Street Railway and Motor Coach Employes Union
A. F
Southwest
Mississippi
Albuquerque
N. M
Rufus Miller
Pacific Greyhound
Southwestern Division
Dallas
C. K. Wilson
W. C. Estes
Oklahoma City
Houston
Denver
Kansas-Missouri
Tulsa
Oklah
Union
O'Kelley
P. W. Tibbets
Greyhound Lines
Fort Worth
Washington
Howard Colvin
Labor Department Arbitration Service
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Southeastern Greyhound
idled crowds as labor conference opens in Washington
The shadow of about 265000 idle workers across 31 states looms over the opening sessions of the labor management conference in Washington. Major disputes include 60000 AFL lumber workers in the Pacific Northwest and the Greyhound bus strike spreading nationwide.
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Axsociated
Labor-Management Conference
Washington
A. F
L. Lumber
Pacific Northwest
Greyhound Bus
Marines Accused Of Aiding Chiang By Spencer Moosa
Chinese Communist New China Daily News accuses Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer of lying about American restraint in China. It cites American actions at Chinwangtao Haiyang and Tientsin including arrests, leaflets, air strikes, and cooperation with Kuomintang troops in northern China during October.
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Spencer Moosa Chungking
Navy
New China Daily News
United States Today
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
Yenan
Chinwangtao
Haiyang
Tientsin
Nancyuan
Pei
Ping
Kuan
Kuomintang
Shanhaikwan
Lingw
Adm
Daniel Barbey
U. S. Seventh Amphibious Force
Gulf of Chihli
Mayor's Race 1948 Preview in New York City
National figures including Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, James Farley and Mrs. Roosevelt enter NYC mayoral campaign as 1948 presidential contest looms. William O'Dwyer leads Democrats and American Labor. Jonah Goldstein tops Republicans with Liberal and City Fusion support. Newbold Morris runs on no-deal ticket with La Guardia backing. Dewey accuses Tammany as Morris aides warn against aligning with Tammany behind Goldstein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Thomas E. Dewey
James A. Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dell Willkie
U. S
Robert Wagner
White House
F. H. la Guardia
William O'Dwyer
Tammany Hall
General Sessions
Jonah Goldstein
Tammany
Partes
Newbold Morris
la Guardia
Dewey
Goldstein
Hassell Davenport
Wendell Wilkie
Morris
Jensh Goldstein
Yamashita Refuses To Revoke Kill All Filipinos Order
Filipino witness Joaquin Galang testified at the war crimes trial that Japanese Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita angrily refused to revoke an order to kill all Filipinos and destroy cities. Galang quoted Yamashita saying an order is an order and must be followed, despite pleas from Gen. Artemio Ricarte to revoke it. The testimony surfaced amid questions of Galang’s credibility as a co defendant in custody.
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Dean Schedler
Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Joaquin Galang
Tiger of
Malaya
Narciso Lapus
Yamashita
Galang
Artemio Ricarte
Philippines
Ricarte
Planes and ships scour Pacific for missing air crew
Seven ships and six airplanes comb the Pacific 450 miles east of Honolulu for 11 men and a woman missing after the forced sea landing of an ATC Liberator. Survivors from a Pan American clipper are being taken to Honolulu aboard escort carriers Casablanca and Hills.
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Honolulu
Pacific Ocean
Here
S. E. Robbins
Palo Alto
Pacific
the Hills
Manila
Honolullu
Fred C. Richards
San Francisco
Robbins
Englewood Hills
Richards
Casablanca
Ills
Roberts
Hemminger
Snyder
Etten
Lanes
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