Trieste dispute dominates talks at Big Five meeting
London Sept 17 The Yugoslav embassy released a 9000 word memorandum backing its claim to Trieste Venezia Giulia and the Dalmatian Islands and plans to present it to the Big Five foreign ministers. Italy Britain and their dominions prepare counter claims as big power borders likely hinge on central Europe influence.
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Flora Lewis
London
Yurgoslav
Trieste
Venezia Giulia
Dalmatian Islands
Italy
Yugoslavia
Europe
Combossovakia
Austria
Poland
Istrian
Whee
Fiume
Wilson
United Nations
Eritres
East Africa
Libya
North Africa
Tunisia
France
Karl Renner
Russia
Vienna
United States
Renner
U. S
State Byrnes
Allied Control Commission
First Rubber Shipment Leaves Indies for England
Singapore Sept 17 The first shipment of rubber from major producing areas heads to England as Allied experts survey Japanese exploitation of Malaya Netherlands East Indies plantations. A British commission is in Malaya checking the four year monopoly on rubber by Japan. Estimates suggest a year to 18 months may be needed to restore neglected plantations.
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Singapore
England
Malaya
Three Divisions Will Leave Pacific Theater
Navy pledges to discharge 764000 enlisted and 15000 officers by Christmas as the Senate committee probes slow demobilization. Defence chief Denfield says releases depend on military needs and facilities while Gates notes pacific operations delay full retirement. He confirms training changes for radar and four year options will follow enlistment terms.
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Washington
Navy
Vicr
Lewis £. Denfield
Senate Military Committee
Gates
Pacific
Denfield
Burton
Republican
Ohio
Army
Congressional Naval Affairs Committees
Gurney
Reiblican
South Dakota
MacArthur Approves Deactivation of Three Pacific Divisions
Tokyo report states War Department approves early U.S. return of the 31st 37th and 38th Infantry Divisions from the Pacific. General MacArthur recommended discharges after campaigns in Aitape Wewak Mindanao and Bougainville. Units include the 1st Alabama Mississippi Florida Louisiana Dixie Division 37th from Ohio and 38th from Texas and national guardsmen.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
War Department
United States
Sith
National Guard
Pacific
William C. Chase
Laren
Bataen Peninsula
Dixie
Morotai
Mindanas
Philippines
Somi
Clarence Martin
High Point
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Louisiana
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
3St
Aitape
Wake-Sarmi
New Guinea
Maro~tai
Halmaheras
Mindanao
Clarence A. Martin
New Georgia
Munda
South Pacific
Fiji Islands
Bougainville
Luzon
Marikana
Maxiveles
Avengers of
Bataan
Fred Irving
Chase
Epes to stand trial in Columbia for wife’s death
Lemuel C Epes, 27, heir to a Richmond, Virginia family, faces a criminal court trial in Columbia for the alleged suffocation and imprisonment of his wife, a former Jacksonville teacher. The disappearance was linked to a foxhole grave at Fort Jackson after Epes led officers to the site following his initial report. The army lieutenant said his wife took sodium capsules, and he found her dead in their apartment.
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Columbia
S. C
Lemuel C
Epes
Richmond
Jacksonville, Fla
Eport
Fort Jackson
Lenin Mausoleum Opens to Beside Red Square Crowd
Thousands of Muscovites filed past Lenin's red square tomb as the mausoleum opened today for the first time since early in the war. The embalmed leader rests in a new cut glass coffin after dying nearly twenty years ago.
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Moscow
Red Square
Nikolai Lenin
Lenin
Truman Delays Action on Unemployment Bill Seek Broad Coverage
President Truman urged congressional leaders to speed a wide unemployment compensation bill as Senate action looms. He met with Senate finance chair George and other leaders, pressed for a maximum $25 weekly payout for 26 weeks and broader federal coverage, while full employment and postwar agency reorganization measures were also discussed.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Capitol Hill
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Burkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Senator McKellar
Rayburn
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Refinery Workers Set Strike Vote Across Texas Coast
Port Arthur Texas September reports union members at Gulf Oil plant set a strike vote date and similar ballots will follow at refineries along the Texas and Louisiana coasts. The oil workers union discusses Texas company demands as unacceptable and actions move toward a regional strike.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Gulf Oil Corporation
Texas Company
Texas
Louisiana
Oil Workers International Union
Texaco
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Atlantic Refining Company
Pure Oil Company
A. R. Kintsley
Fort Worth
International Union
Texas City
Tom McCormick
Hurricane Moves Up Georgia Coast Toward Carolinas
A hurricane that battered South Florida with up to 143 mph winds and caused three deaths and extensive property damage is moving north along the Georgia coast toward the Carolinas. Advisories expect escalating winds near the coast and urge continued precautions from Georgia and South Carolina residents.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
South Carolina
Parris Island
U.S
Charleston
S. C
Florida Keys
Key Largo
Navy
Richmond
Fra
South Florida
Enorgia
Carolinas
Atlantic
Jacksonville
Georgia
Carolina
Hurricane flattens Bahamian out islands and nears U.S. coast
Reports from Nassau and coastal Carolinas describe heavy damage and extreme winds from Long Day hurricane. Bahama islands including Great Exuma Mayaguana Andros Long Cay face devastation, while U.S. airfields in Spartanburg Greenville and Columbia shelter hundreds of planes as Carolinas brace for the storm.
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Associated Press
Carolina
Miami
U. S. Weather Bureau
Florida
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Carolinas
Myrtle Beach
S. C
New Bern
N. C
Coast Guard
South Carolina
Peninsular
Spartanburg
D. C
Greenville
Columbia
Nassau
Bahamas
Snall Island
Great Exuma
United States
Mayaguana
Andros
Long Islands
Crooked Island
Aklins Island
Long Cay
Not More Than 200000 Troops To Police Japan
Tokyo reports that General MacArthur says occupation forces may be reduced to not more than 200000 within six months as Allied forces consolidate postwar Japan. He notes initial landings were risky yet successful and a smaller force can maintain order while pursuing demobilization.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Pacific
Robert L. Eichelberger
U.S. Eighth Army
Eichelberger
Eichelbereget
United Nations
Shanghai
Shange
Whangpoo River
Handa
Jobless Pay Bill Attacked by Kansas Senator
Senator Clyde M. Reed of Kansas denounces the jobless aid bill as it advances in Congress. He cites alleged fraud and dependence on unemployment benefits while noting U S Employment Service federally managed and states administer benefits. Other senators discuss floor action and limits on weekly payments, with debates on a broader full employment policy and a proposed job budget.
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Washington
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
Reed
Senate
Kansas Shell
United States Employment Service
Kansan
George
Georgia
Finance Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Taft
Ohio
Radcliffe
Maryland
Congress
Lafargue Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington Sept 17 The Senate judiciary committee approved the nomination of Malcolm F Lafargue to be United States district attorney for western Louisiana.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Malcolm F. Lafargue
United States
Louisiana
Commitments Will Govern Meat Ration Policy
Secretary of Agriculture Andersonsaid the length of meat rationing depends on food commitments abroad. He told reporters after a White House meeting with President Truman that if continued rationing is needed it will be liberal and near peacetime levels. He noted sufficient domestic meat for normal needs and hoped subsidies end by next June. He foresaw possible 1946 sugar rationing and fats oil rationing ending by January 1.
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Ashington
Anderson
White House
Trueman
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