Bill Affects 41 Federal Corporations Under New Controls
The House forwarded a bill placing most government corporations under Congress oversight. Forty-one would file annual business budgets and face GAO audits, with 60 more subject to audits. TVA and Farm Credit exempted. bill awaits Senate action with bipartisan backing and White House support.
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Congress
General Accounting Office
Tennessee Valley Authority
Farm Credit Associations
House
Byrd
D-Va
Butler
R-Neb
Truman
Senate
House Expenditures Committee
Lindsay Warren
Warren
Kimmel Replies to Navy Offer in Court-Martial Row
Washington Sept 12 Rear Adm Husband E Kimmel reportedly told Secretary Forrestal he does not want a general court martial while the Pearl Harbor investigation continues His letter though not made public was said to favor a future court martial. the Navy confirmed receipt but would not publish contents A joint House Senate committee is to probe the matter following Truman's disclosure of court of inquiry findings.
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Washington
Husband E. Kimmel
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Pearl Harbor
Kimmel
Navy Department
Adm. Kimmel
House
Senate
Barkley
Truman
Pacific Fleet
Navy Court of Inquiry
Adm
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
United States Navy
Navy
Ten Are Hurt When Circus Crowd Rushes for Exits
Dallas reporters describe a wind driven surge at Ringling Bros circus that sent nearly 3 000 patrons toward exits. Bleachers collapsed injuring Fred Bradna and Mary Bulick who were hospitalized. two others hurt and several treated for shock.
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Dallas
Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus
Tommy Turner
Dallas News
Turner
Fred Bradna
Mary L. Bulick
Beheaded Chicken Still Runs Around Near Fruita
In Grand Junction Colorado on September 12 a white rock chicken at the L A Olsen home near Fruita has continued to move three days after beheading. The neck was severed but throat and windpipe remain open allowing air and water to be fed into the bird. The head is fully detached yet the fowl walks, flaps wings and croaks occasionally as the Olsens feed it.
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Grand Junction
Colo
L. A. Olsen
Fruita
Marines Ease Discharge Rules To Quick Demobilization
The Marine corps cut its point total for releasing male personnel from 85 to 70 effective immediately and authorized commanding officers to discharge Marines 35 or older. The War Department sought a 6,000,000 man demobilization by July 1 while vowing swift Army release to required strength. Undersecretary Patterson and Maj. Gen. Henry testified on demobilization plans and Army reductions by July.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Marine Corps
Robert Patterson
Stephen Henry
Senate Military Committee
Patterson
University President Will Get Navy Release Saturday
Lt Comdr James A McCain named president of Montana State University will be released by the Navy Saturday and arrive Monday to assume office. The 38 year old officer, then at Arlington Virginia, succeeds Dr E O Melby who resigned to become dean of education at New York University.
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Missoula
James A. McCain
Montana State University
Navy
Arlington, Va
E. O. Melby
New York University
Melby
R. H. Jesse
Comdr. McCain
South Carolina
State Board of Education
Helena
Wofford College of
Duke
Stanford
Colorado State College
Fort Collins
Atom Bomb Leaves No Radioactivity
Hiroshima destruction totaled 68,000 buildings while no measurable radioactivity remained after the blast Brig. Gen. T. F. Farrell reported from the official investigation mission He said there is no evidence the bomb will cause deaths from radioactivity over time
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Tokyo
U.P
Hiroshima
T. F. Farrell
Farrell
Work Begins on Italian Peace Treaty
London reports the Big Five foreign ministers council opened talks on an Italian peace treaty. Italy signals willingness to internationalize Trieste and its African colonies and to review borders with France and Yugoslavia. France lists three territorial claims including alpine villages and a Sahara oasis.
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London
U.P
Big Five
Foreign Ministers Council
Italy
Trieste
France
Yugoslavia
Britain
America
Russia
China
Lancaster House
Greece
Ethiopia
Count Carandini
Ernest Bevin
Council
Sahara
Labrigue
Tende
Alps
House Examines Roosevelt Loan Details and Tax Implications
Members of the House ways and means committee said the Elliott Roosevelt loan inquiry may go to the court of tax appeals for decision. A public report on the full investigation will be presented, following Hart ford loan testimony and Jones's claim the loan was settled for 4000 by order of FDR.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Elliott Roosevelt
Court of Tax Appeals
Young Roosevelt
Roosevelt
John Hartford
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Jesse Jones
RFC
Hartford
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Four Navy Men Die of Poison
Four Navy enlisted men have died and seven others are under treatment at Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton Washington for suspected poisoning from an unknown agent. The first death occurred Sunday, the second Monday, and the remaining two on Tuesday. The seven hospitalized are expected to recover.
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Bremerton
Wash
U.P
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Navy
OPA to Reject Protests on Reconversion Pricing Policy
The OPA plans to reject protests from merchants against its reconversion pricing policy. Retailers had labeled policy as uneconomic and unfair and urged refunds with 1942 price levels. The agency will not bend on cost absorption, though minor concessions may occur without changing the core plan.
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OPA
Washington
Truman
Field Marshal Sugiyama Kills Himself
Tokyo dispatch reports Japan’s Field Marshal Sugiyama, former war minister and army chief of staff, died by his own hand as American forces closed in on war criminals on Gen. MacArthur’s wanted list. The cabinet met amid tensions over the purge and arrests.
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Tokyo
Japan
Gen. MacArthur
Black Dragon Society
Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Uant
Gen
Sugiyama
Army General Staff
MacArthur
Shigetaro Shimada
Tojo
Navy
Yokohama
Shimada
Domei Agency
Naruhiko Higashi-kuni
Hirohito
Truman Announces Ten Appointments In Quick News Conference
President Truman disclosed ten appointments at a rapid-fire news conference. Among them are Francis Biddle as American member and John J. Parker as alternate of an international tribunal to try war criminals. Neil Dalton will head the Office of War Information. Senate confirmation not required.
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Washington
Truman
Francis Biddle
Federal Circuit
John J. Parker
Charlotte
N. C
International Tribunal
Biddle
Parker
Senate
Neil Dalton
Louisville
Office of War Information
Elmer Davis
Wool Growers Hope for Postwar Wool Purchases
Miles City reports about 200 eastern district members of the Montana Wool Growers' association see continued wartime wool buying by the Commodity Credit Corporation to stabilize prices. J M Jones of Salt Lake City and Sen Burton Wheeler press for continued government policy. discussions include grazing rights in national forests and industry problems. Wheeler plans to depart for Washington after the one day meeting.
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Miles City
Montana
Commodity Credit Corporation
J. M. Jones
Salt Lake City
National Wool Growers’ Association
Burton K. Wheeler
Dmont
Butte Fair Weather Thursday Warmer With Frost At Night
The forecast calls for Thursday and Thursday night in Butte to be fair and slightly warmer with continued cool temperatures and heavy frost overnight. Expected high near 75 the day before, with Wednesday reaching 74 and a low of 25.
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Butte
Montana
House Votes to End War Time Standards
The House unanimously repealed wartime daylight saving time, volvering to standard time at 2 a.m. on Sunday September 30. The Senate is expected to concur, finalizing the change without presidential approval. Wartime time drew no strong support across the chamber.
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Washington
House
Senate
Liberation Task Near Completion
Allied and Japanese authorities report near completion of freeing over 14 000 Allied POWs on Honshu as 1700 prisoners are moved from Hokkaido. U S Third Fleet units evacuate prisoners from seven camps near Tokyo and along the coast to Yokohama with hospital ships in use.
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Tokyo
U.P
Army
Honshu
United States Army
Hokkaido
Roger Simpson
United States Third Fleet
Third Fleet
Eighth Army
Japan
Yokohama
42Nd General Hospital
Benevolence
Marigold
Simpson
San Juan
Hamatsu
Nagoya
Niigata
Sendai
Manila
Navy
Guam
Houston
Tang
Fourth Marine (Shanghai) Regiment
Philippines
Wake
Herington
Kan
Spencer Burge
Farmville
Madagascar
Singapore
Jules Beasley
Burton
Wash
Silent Japanese Surrender at Singapore
Adm. Mountbatten accepted the formal surrender of Japan's southern armies from silent envoys in Singapore. He warned troops to act firmly against obstinacy or non-co-operation while pursuing Terauchi's personal surrender when travel allows. Seishiro Itagaki led the southern armies as commander. About 85,000 troops were surrendered with Allied observers present.
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Singapore
Louis Mountbatten
Japan
Southeast Asia
Seishiro Itagaki
Juichi Terauchi
Mountbatten
Terauchi
Lord Louis
United States
Netherlands
Australia
France
China
Robber Takes $25,000 From Valley National Bank
Glendale Arizona robbery at Valley National Bank where a white male, about 35 to 40, armed with a rifle, threatened the manager R. E. Moore and escaped with $25,000 after taking it from the bank safe. Moore described the suspect as about 140 pounds and may have appeared intoxicated.
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Glendale
Ariz
Valley National Bank
R. E. Moore
Moore
Jap Field Marshal Joins Nipponese Suicide Crisis List
Tokyo radio said Field Marshal Gen. Sugiyama joined a growing roll of Japanese leaders who chose self destruction after Japan’s capitulation. The report lists prior suicides by Anami Okamoto Onishi Yoshinaru Morizumi and others tied to wartime roles and the Hiroshima bombing fallout.
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Tokyo Radio
Sugiyama
Kuniaki Kois
Japan
Nippon
Koebichika Anami
Kurusu
Meany Attacks C I O In Britain Over Russian Unions
George Meany AFL secretary treasurer accused the C I O before the British trades union Congress of aiding Russian unions seen as a tool of virtual enslavement. His remarks drew protests with cries of Tommy-rot and shame.
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Blackpool
England
George Meany
American Federation of Labor
Trades Union Congress
Japanese Declare Tojo Disgraced by Failure to End His Life
Yokohama report says Gen Hideki Tojo, revived by American blood transfusions, remains disgraced as he fails to kill himself and his war actions haunt Japan. A Montreal doctor described Tojo’s condition as very satisfactory after a full blood transfusion from Sgt John Archinal of Allentown.
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Tojo
Yokohama
Hideki Tojo
Karakiri
Ray Gold
Montreal
Canada
98Th Evacuaa
New Guinea
Morotai
Philippines
Archinal
Britain Seeks 3 to 6 Billion Dollar Loan From U S
Britain requests US financial aid in the range of 3 to 6 billion dollars to convert its peacetime economy, while President Truman says American funds will not affect British politics. The Anglo American conference discusses options, with Lord Keynes outlining the goal and conditions for negotiation.
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Washington
Britain
United States
England
Truman
Great Britain
Islands
White House
Lord Halifax
Lord Keynes
Keynes
Sugar Beet Policy Committee Formed
Denver reports the organization of the American sugar beet industry policy committee, with Harry Clark of Eaton Colorado elected chairman and Fred Taylor of Washington secretary treasurer. The 27 member executive panel is led by Frank A Kemp of Denver. Subcommittees on labor and fertilizer are chaired by Gordon Lyons and D J Roach respectively.
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Denver
American Sugar Beet Industry Policy Committee
Harry Clark
Eaton, Colo
Fred Taylor
Washington
Gordon Lyons
Stockton
Calif
Noble Hunsaker
Brigham City
Utah
H. M. Trowbridge
Comstock
Castilló Named Consul General at Tangier
The Spanish cabinet named Cristóbal Castillo, ex undersecretary of foreign relations, as consul general in Tangier on Wednesday night. The move appears to align with an Allied decision to reestablish Tangier as an international zone.
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Madrid
Cristobal Castillo
Ministry of Foreign Relations
Tangier
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