Condemned men to ask shooting see early end of ship strike
Early settlement of the national shipping strike appeared likely as shipowners and two unions signaled progress toward a formula to end the walkout. The maritime commission indicated it would enforce changes on government vessels, while Pacific coast owners stalled progress. Negotiations continued in Washington with key wage demands and union security at the core of talks.
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Associated Press
A. F. of L
Maritime Commission
Edgar L. Warren
Labor Department
Washington
Co. I. O. Marine Engineers
A. F. of L. Masters
San Francisco
Marine Engineers
Anther
Pittsburgh
Independent Power Union
Duquesne
Fair Enough on the Vets and the Cheesecake Coverage
A NY columnist rails against sentimental war veteran human interest pieces using veterans with families in substandard housing. He condemns pitying portrayals, urges scrutiny of the subjects’ past conduct, and questions the value of such journalism over hard accountability.
Palestine conference adjourns until December sixteenth
A British government spokesman announced the Palestine conference would adjourn to December 16 to allow Britain to study Arab counter proposals and enable Foreign Secretary Bevin to attend the Paris foreign ministers council and the New York UN General Assembly meeting.
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London
Great Britain
Holy Land
Ernest Bevin
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Paris
New York
United Nations General Assembly
Abdul Rahman Pasha
The
Arab League
Palestine
Azzam Pasha
Mediterranean
Arab Council
Bevin
George Hall
Jewish Agency
Chaim Weizmann
New Pine and Hardwood Sawmill Planned Near Winnfield
Winnfield La Oct 2 Special Construction of a modern 4000 board feet daily capacity pine and hardwood sawmill was announced Monday by C H Lindsay vice president and general manager of Joyce interests Chicago Ill The plant would be located about three and one half miles east of Winnfield near Gorhamtown between the Winnfield Chatham highway and the Tremont and Gulf Railway main line The Tremont Gulf Railway operates into West Monroe Rochelle and Tremont A L Smith executive vice president of the T G Railway Co attended the press conference along with O Trahan and Monroe Morning World representatives The notice continues on Sixth Page
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Winnfield
Gorhamtown
Winnfield-Chatham
Tremont & Gulf Raiway
West Monroe
Tremont
Rochelle
Joyce
Chicago
Ill
C. H. Lindsay
Louisiana
A L. Smith
T. & G. Railway Co
Monroe Mornin World
A. L. Smith
O. Trahan
Hull urges unity to avert incalculable disaster on 75th birthday
Cordell Hull, gravely ill, counsels the Big Five to replace dangerous differences with mutual confidence or risk incalculable disaster. The former secretary of state, ailing after a stroke, urged cooperation to secure world peace and a system of enlightened reason and just law.
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Alex H. Singleton
Washington
Cordell Hull
Hull
U. S. Naval Hospital
Roosevelt
United Nations
Judge Dawkins restrains OPA on Vivian Packing case
Federal District Judge Ben C. Dawkins in Monroe issued a temporary order blocking the Office of Price Administration from suspending the Vivian Packing Co slaughtering operation at Vivian Louisiana for 240 days pending a hearing October 10 in Monroe The company argues the 1944 quota basis is misapplied and has suffered losses cited as 13000 dollars Their petition claims district OPA allowed an increased quota then the head office revoked it The suit names Paul A Porter OPA administrator and others with a 3000 dollar bond posted and representation by Chandler Lunn and Trichel
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Ben C. Dawkins
Monroe
OPA
Vivian’ Packing Co
Vivian
Dawkins
Meredith A. Pilbury
Oscar R. Liverman
Vivian Picking Company
Vivian Packing Co
Paul A. Porter
Office of Price Administration
Chandler, Lunn and Trichel
Nuernberg Rulings hailed in Japan
Tokyo October 2 Prosecution and defense at Japan war crimes trial praise the Nuernberg verdicts Keenan says they justify a tribunal by victorious powers and restrained judgments Logan calls the German sentences light for Kochi Kidos case Oshima counsel Cunningham argues Papen acquittal supports immunity for ambassadors and that Oshima should not be tried
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International War Crimes Tribunal
Nuernberg
Germany
Hermann Goering
Rudolf Hess
Goering
Tokyo
Japan
Joseph B. Keenan
William Logan
Kochi Kido
Privy Seal
Owen Cunningham
Hiroshi Oshima
Berlin
Franz von Papen
Hitler
Oshima
Des Moines
Comptroller Orders Banks to Report Sept 30 Condition
Washington Oct 2 The comptroller of the currency issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks at the close of business Monday September 30 outlining required reporting by federal institutions and setting the prompt filing expectation.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency Today
Goering called a phony by prison psychiatrists
In Nuremberg the prison psychiatrists agreed Hermann Goering projects a gallant image but is a phony, with Lt Col William Dunn stating Goering enjoys a romantic persona while Dr Gustave Gilbert flatly calling him a phony. The exchange underscores the defendants' self-portrayals versus how they are viewed by experts.
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Nuernberg
Hermann Goering
William Dunn
New York
Reichsmarshal
Air Force
Gustave Gilbert
Goering
Army 10 Seek Speed Marks for Neptune Flight
The Army Air Forces prepared two jet planes to challenge the British speed record after Navy loss. Lockheed F2V Neptune set a distance mark of 11,236 miles from near Perth to Columbus Ohio in 15 hours 25 minutes. A Washington or Bermuda landing target remained tentative due to head winds and fuel gauges. Cmdr. Thomas D. Davies led the flight from Cleveland.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Navy
Perth
Australia
Columbus
Ohio
Bermuda
Cmdr
Thomas D. Davies
Cleveland
Meat shortage debate grips Washington in early October
Washington reports the Truman administration weighing options to ease a meat shortage. Agriculture authorities cite two main approaches: easing controls to boost cattle and hog marketing or government seizure of meat animals. Secretary Anderson had earlier floated seizing livestock arriving at markets as a possible step.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Clinton P. Anderson
White House
Spence
Kentucky
Truman
Plans to Change Executions for Nazi War Criminals
Lawyers for 11 condemned German war criminals announced appeals to the Allied control council to convert death sentences from hanging to shooting if clemency fails. In Nuernberg, Allied delegates prepared for October 16 executions as guards tightened security around the courthouse and jail.
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Thomas A. Reedy Mernberg
Germany
Allied Control Council
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Berlin
Martin Bormann
Allied Council
Nuernberg
Hjalmar Schacht
Franz von Papen
Rhine
Hans Fritsche
Wilhelm Keitel
Alfred Jodl
Britain
France
Russia
United States
U. S
International Military Tribunal
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Heremann Goering
Joachim von Ribbenstrop
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Hans Frank
Wilhelm Frick
Alfred Rosenberg
Julius Streicher
Fritz Sauckel
Arthur Seyss
Inquart
Forced Service Plan Revealed in Army Training Proposal
Washington outlines a universal military training plan with a one year commitment. About 726000 would train for the army and the rest for the navy, with civilian status and a $30 monthly allowance. Registration would begin at 17, with training starting at 18 or upon high school graduation.
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Army
Patterson
American Legion
San Francisco
War Department
Navy
Sea Arm
Congress
Legion
Armed Services
National Guard
Selective Service
Germans Say Three Acquitted Men Seen as Guilty
Berlin papers across American British and Soviet lines agree Hjalmar Schacht Franz von Papen and Hans Fritsche were acquitted by the Nürnberg tribunal yet remain guilty in the minds of Germans. Papers criticized leniency in sentences and urged handing the trio to German courts for reckoning.
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Hans Fritsche
Franz von Papen
Hjalmar Schachtfright
Nuernberg
Germany
Richard Kasischke
Berlin
Hjalmar Schacht
Tagesspiegel
Schacht
Vor Fußen
Hitler
Telegraf
Arno Scholz
Social Democrats
High Command
Berliner Zeietung
Socialist Unity Party
Neues Deutschland
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