New Wage Policy Aims at Broad Settlements in Industry
The administration shifts to broadly applied wage increases 15 to 18 percent to resolve strikes. Steel, packing, and other sectors face talks as CIO and AFL seek 25 cent per hour boosts while pilots reflect on inflationary risks and living costs. FBI warns postwar crime wave grows with youth offenses surging nationwide. Interim troop demobilization plans face reexamination as upheaval in Europe and in Washington unsettles policy. The UN opens with Paul Henri Spaak elected president amid hopes for peace and U.S.-Soviet cooperation.
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Belgium
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Attlee
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U. S
Russia
Spaak
Trygve Lie
Norway
War Crimes: Yamashita appeals as Homma trial opens
As the U S Supreme Court weighs Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita's appeal against his conviction a Manila court begins the trial of Lt Gen Masaharu Homma on charges related to wartime atrocities. A key witness recounts brutal death marches and the lack of food water or medicine for prisoners.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Masaharu Homma
Manila
Yamashita
James Baldassarre
New Haven
Conn
Bataan
Baldassarre
Tobacco crisis cuts barley tobacco price and stalls Kentucky sales
Kentucky acts to close warehouses after farmers report losses of 1 million dollars daily versus the prior month. Barley tobacco, auctioned across the state under OPA rules, saw prices fall to 38 cents per pound from earlier highs as 26 grades are capped at about 50 cents. Polio toll reaches near 14,000 in 1945 across 48 states with an epidemic peak the week of September 15 at 962 cases.
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Floyd R. Eastwood
Purdue University
Eastwood
National Collegiate Athletic Association
American Football Coaches Association
Simeon Willis
Kentucky
United States
National Foundation For
German Mayor Seeks Rebirth of Nuernberg Craft Pride
Hans Ziegler Oberbuergermeister of Nuernberg expects relief after the Allied tribunal aids German recovery. He cites tax hikes, coal and power shortages, and housing ruins while promising to restore the city’s renowned quality goods and export craft. The mayor argues restoration hinges on access to raw materials and world markets, to feed and rebuild Germany.
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Eye Street
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Washington D. C
Mernberg
Germany
Nuernberg Court House
Hans Ziegler
London
Ziegler
International Military Tribunal
Nuernberg
Nuernbergers
America
Ruhr
Saar
Europe
Americans Heaviest Investors in Insurance Says Adams
Claris Adams president of the American Life con states that Americans hold about two thirds of world life insurance. He notes that by end of 1945 about 71 million Americans owned life insurance, over half the population, with wartime in force rising by 40 billion dollars and a family average of 4500 dollars. Life insurance savings are a major budget item.
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Claris Adams
The
American Life
Adams
Barbs and zingers from Bankhage in Nuernberg court
A humorous fragment recalls Bankhage’s embarrassment in Nuernberg court with a guard’s quip about the judge hearing lawyers and notes Churchill’s Florida vacation plan. It mentions a Churchill epigram and witty lines about Europe and long underwear, ending with a casual remark on a wrist watch.
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Nuernberg
Europe
Einstein Lecture Sparks Local Buzz on Relativity
Albert Einstein was slated to lecture in a small town and the crowd awaited his talk. A resident quipped about relativity with a joke contrasting time on a hot stove versus time with a beautiful companion.
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Albert Einstein
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