Wage-Price Policy Sparks Settlement Pattern Across Industries
The Truman administration shifts to grant price increases to ease labor disputes, aiming for wage rises of 15 to 18 percent amid steel and packing talks. G I concerns rise as demobilization slows, while FBI warns of a postwar crime surge highlighted by the Suzanne Degnan case. UNO opens with Spaak as president and Attlee urging international cooperation between US and USSR.
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Truman
CIO
United Steel Workers
AFL
USW
Suzanne Degnan
Chicago
Ill
Degnan
Edward J. Kelly
Americans Lead World in Life Insurance Holdings
Claris Adams, president of the American Life convention, states that about two thirds of global life insurance is owned by Americans. He notes 71 million Americans held life insurance by end of 1945, over half the population, with war-time in-force growth of 40 billion dollars. Family average coverage reaches about $4,500. Life insurance savings are major budget items.
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Claris Adams
American Life Convention
Adams
War Crimes: Yamashita Appeal and Homma Trial Open in Manila
As the U S Supreme Court weighs Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita's appeal against his conviction, the war crimes trial of his predecessor Lt Gen Masaharu Homma begins in Manila on similar charges. Witnesses describe brutal executions and neglect by Japanese forces amid Allied efforts to punish war crimes.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Masaharu Homma
Manila
Yamashita
James Baldassarre
New Haven
Conn
Bataan
Baldassarre
Kentucky Acts to Close Tobacco Warehouses Amid Market Drop
The Kentucky legislature recommends closing all tobacco warehouses after a sharp drop in barley tobacco prices. Gov. Simeon Willis enforces closures under OPA rules as 26 grades are priced up to 50 cents per pound. Infantile paralysis cases near 14,000 in 1945 mark a record year with 962 polio cases in the week of September 15.
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Hoover
Simeon Willis
Kentucky
United States
National Foundation For
Business prophets on 1946 prices and production
Washington analyst argues that 1946 will hinge on human reactions to ongoing economic shifts. He notes potential price pressures from union wages and government aims, but predicts production recovery and renewed competition may restrain inflation amid political factors.
Truman era power plays mix with foreign policy chatter
Washington gossip highlights Tom Corcoran backing law partner D Worth Clark for interior secretary and other shifts. Tributes to Roosevelt rivalries surface with Ed Flynn and James Roe maneuvering for NY posts. Reports flag G I arms in India and peacetime Germany plans, plus Moscow pact tensions and MacArthur in Japan.
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D. Worth Clark
Idaho
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Interior
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Roosevelt
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Bronx
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FDR
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Sumner Welles
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Ken Galbraith
OPA
Fortune Magazine
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Anglo-American Palestine Commission
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London
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Italy
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Havenner
California
U. S
Pacific Islands
Slim Pretty Frock Pattern for All-Occasion Wear
Sewing circle pattern notice touts a slim flattering all day frock with princess lines. Pattern No 8969 available in sizes 34 through 50, with fabric yardage for size 36. Pattern No 1437 offered in sizes 34 to 48, short sleeves require four yards for size 36.
Noted Pianist Defines Three Ages of Man
From the shaded side of 75 Moritz Rosenthal, a famed pianist, offers a view on aging. He says a man is young if a lady can make him happy or unhappy, middle aged when she can make him happy but not unhappy, and old when she can make him neither happy nor unhappy.
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Moritz Rosenthal
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