Return of Vets Om Pacific Be Speeded
Tokyo reports a two fold plan to bring 1.49 million Pacific veterans home in seven months and to shield Japan from famine. General MacArthur allows use of raw materials for civilian goods but blocks luxury items. 265,000 tons of shipping for returning troops is denied to prioritize food and raw materials. A Japanese effort to rebuild hospitals, water systems, and vaccines is noted. The article mentions arrests of 34 Japanese and war prisoners, a landings schedule for 265,000 American troops by October, and domestic reforms including a new Socialist party and labor federation. Government budget cut totals 27.523 billion yen.
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Tokyo
Japan
Y. Gen. MacArthur
Arthur
E. E
Palawan
Philippines
Socialist Party
Federation of Labor
Patriotic Labor Service Association
Imperial Cabinet
MacArthur
Textile Workers Strike Spreads Across 284 Plants
The textile workers strike expanded to 284 plants, lifting the nationwide count of workers off the job to a new high of 412,777. Indirect effects include 1.5 million kept from offices and shops due to 15,000 New York building maintenance workers’ strike.
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Associated Press
New York
J. John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Schwellenbach
Washington
Montgomery Ward
C. I. O. United Automobile Workers Union
Kelsey- Hayes Wheel Company
Detroit
Native Uprisings in Saigon Subside
Maj. Gen. D. D. Gracey, British commander of Allied forces in southern Indo China, reported uprisings in Saigon had subsided somewhat. A senior French officer accused Japan of arming natives and taking part in the disorders in disguise. Gracey flew in for conferences on the situation as Saigon’s occupation was said to be completed and the French government functioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
D. D. Gracey
Indo-China
Saigon
Gracey
all-India Radio
Braden Says Argentina Fails to Meet Obligations
Ambassador Spruille Braden charged that the Argentine military government has not met hemisphere and United Nations obligations. He noted suspensions of constitutional guarantees and arrests, citing the Mexico City act of Chapultepec. Argentina’s embassy countered that a state of siege was needed to curb disruption and promised elections by year’s end. Braden expressed optimism about the Argentine people and friendship with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Spruille Braden
United Nations
Mexico City
Argentina
Chapultepec
Braden
Farrell
Buenos Aires
Strikers Boo Union Chief Into Silence At Detroit Meeting
About 2,000 United Auto Workers members packed a Detroit high school to hear R. J. Thomas appeal to end the Kelsey-Hayes strike. He announced the international board order to cease the walkout still stood and urged workers to return to their jobs, but no decision was reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
Thomas
Bedlam
International Board
Truman Presses Jobless Pay Plan Amid Senate Tug of War
President Truman's push for a broad jobless pay program drew sharp GOP criticism in the Senate and House. Senator Forrest Donnell argued the Senate is not subordinate to the President as he challenged the White House claim that the Senate let him down. The Senate passed extended unemployment duration to 26 weeks but rejected a nationwide $25 weekly aid. The House Ways and Means Committee shelved all jobless pay measures amid ongoing strikes.
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Washington
Truman
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Forrest Donnell
Missouri
Mr. Truman
White House
Donnell
Ways and Means
Wainwright Receives New Army Command Post
General Jonathan N. Wainwright, famed for Corregidor and Bataan, is named chief of the eastern defense command in the United States. The War Department said he will take the post after a period of rest, following his return from a Japanese prison camp in Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jonathan N. Wainwright
Corregidor and
Bataan
Eastern Defense Command
United States
The
War Department
Wainwright
Manchuria
Senate Passes Full Employment Bill With Tax Offset
The Senate approved by 70 to 10 a full employment measure sending it to the House. It would authorize an annual job budget and presidential recommendations to spur employment via private and public spending while requiring a tax program to cover costs and limit debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Chamber
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
George L. Radcliffe
Truman
Wheat Subsidy Rates Named for October
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation announced October wheat subsidies. Outside the Pacific coast area ground wheat receives 26 12 cents per bushel, up from 19 1/2 cents last month. Inside the Pacific coast area and outside ground wheat originates in the area but is grown elsewhere at 27 1/2 cents, up from 24 1/2 cents in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Pacific Coast Area
Japanese Press Suspended Over Hirohito Interview Story
The Japanese board of information suspended publication of all Tokyo newspapers for printing coverage of the interview with Emperor Hirohito by two American correspondents George T. Forster of NBC reported from Tokyo Friday night.
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New York
U.P
Japanese Board of Information
Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito
George T. Forster
National Broadcasting Company
Halsey to retire as Admiral cites MacArthur praise
Pearl Harbor Sept 28 Admiral William F Halsey announced he had applied for retirement from the Navy He defended General MacArthur s occupation of Japan saying he was reducing Japan to a fourth rate power The 63 year old officer said he was tired and wished to make way for younger leaders and planned Navy day duties before leaving for the west coast
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
U.P
William F. Halsey
Navy
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Halsey
MacArthur
United States
West Coast
Strikes Delaying Reconversion Hit Industries Nationwide
A survey by the national conference of business papers editors finds strikes in four key sectors slow reconversion. Auto workers idle 63,000. oil 250,000 idle. coal 42,000 idle. lumber 60,000 workers. totals include millions in lost pay and man-hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Conference of Business Papers
Northwest
A. F. Oi L
Pacific
Former Butte Man Dies in Plane Crash
Lt. Comdr. Arthur J. Conchin a former Butte basketball and football star was killed in a plane crash between San Diego and Los Angeles. He served as officer in charge at Mugu air stripe Port Hueneme and had been in the Navy three years. He is survived by his wife and three children, plus sisters in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Conchin
Navy
Butte
San Diego
Los Angeles
Elias Griffiths
Park Hotel
Comdr
Conchin
Port Hueneme
Calif
Grant
Mont
Butte High School
Butte High
Chicago
Lillian McCaleb
Leah Wylie
Minnie Gurnee
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
German Doctor Reveals Cannibalism at Belsen Trial
Dr. Fritz Leo, formerly a Dresden physician, testified at the Bel sen Oswiecim atrocity trial about cannibalism among inmates at Belsen. He described 200 to 300 cases, details of mutilation, and the SS punishment for those who ate human flesh. He stated conditions at Belsen were far worse than Buchenwald and noted an English inmate, Keith Meyer, shot after a brief hospital examination.
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Lueneberg
U.P
Fritz Leo
Dresden
Belsen
Oswiecim
Leo
Keith Meyer
Buchenwald
State Finishes Fiscal Year in the Black
Montana reports a 12 month ending June 30 surplus of $922,633 and adds $4.5 million to a postwar planning and construction fund. The report lists fund balances, income of $31,666,866 and expenditures of $26,338,206 with a bonded debt of $7,331,000.
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Helena
Montana
State Auditor
Board of Equalization
Capitol Building
Heavy cattle shipments highlight Butte as northwest hub
Butte's role in livestock trade grows with 388 carloads of cattle about 9,700 head shipped in the past week. Cattle moved south through Salt Lake City to Southern California and other western markets, with 25 percent originating in Butte from Montana Livestock Auction yards. Shipments span Sept 18 to 26, totaling 86, 76, 36, 90, 54, and 46 car trains. Officials anticipate a 60 day peak shipping season ahead.
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Butte
Northwest
California
Montana Livestock Auction Company
Salt Lake City
Montana
Seek to Halt Strife in India
Hindu and Moslem leaders pressed to end communal strife in Bombay where violence killed 19 and wounded at least 80. Police reported 160 arrests with more than 50 charged with illegal weapons as mosques held prayers without incident and authorities hoped for quiet dispersal.
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Bombay
Support grows for little powers bloc
London dispatch reports the Foreign Ministers' council facing a possible revolt of small nations as the Big Five meet without final adjournment. Evatt leads a bloc including Greece, South Africa, and Canada demanding a voice for smaller powers on German control, Pacific issues, and Italian peace terms.
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London
U.P
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Big Five
Little Powers
Herbert V. Evatt
Germany
Evatt
Greece
Australia
Pacific
South Africa
Ottawa
Philippines to seek large war reparations from Japan
President Sergio Osmena announced in California that the Philippines will ask substantial war reparations, including transfer of entire industries, to achieve simple justice. He travels to Washington to discuss reparations and rebuilding with President Truman, stressing the need for food, clothing, and materials to resume industrial growth and restore American trade relations.
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Hamilton Field
Calif
U.P
Sergio Osmena
Philippines Commonwealth
Japan
Osmena
Philippines
Washington
Truman
Philippine
America
Traffic deaths rise sharply after V J day
The National Safety Council reported a 261 percent increase in road deaths from the previous year two weeks after V J day. August fatalities reached 2,430, lifting eight month total to 15,620 across the nation.
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Chicago
U.P
National Safety Council
Butte Forecast Calls for Warmer Saturday Skies
Butte area weather outlook shows fair and warmer Saturday with a high near 58. Friday's high 56 and low 21. Montana Saturday expected clear to partly cloudy with warmer afternoon temperatures.
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Montana
Seven Butte Men Return on Queen Mary from Europe
Seven Butte soldiers were due home in New York Friday aboard the Queen Mary, including T/4 Thome as E. McKiernan and others. Additional Montanans were listed to arrive in New York on the Zenobia, Boston on the Brandon Victory, and Boston on the Dominican Victory, with names including Sgt. Frederick V. Wendt Lewistown and Corp. Willis L. Foreman Great Falls.
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Associated Press
Butte
New York
Europe
Thomeas E. McKiernan
Harry J. Downey
Francis Vincent
Harold I. Miller
Albert F. Shepard
Donald Melich
William F. McClaggerty
Zenobia
Frederick V. Wendt
Lewistown and Corp
Willis L. Foreman
Great Falls
Boston
Brandon Victory
Robert E. Burke
Regis
Joseph A. Stuber
Thorny
Brush Fire Rages Out of Control on Mt Tamalpais Slopes
A timber and brush fire on the western slopes of Mt Tamalpais grew uncontrollable late Friday. Smoke was visible from the Golden Gate Bridge as forecasts of continued dry weather raised alarm over multiple uncontained fires in northern California. Hundreds of firefighters fought to contain the blaze amid ongoing hot, dry conditions.
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Mt. Tamalpais
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
California
Butte Officer Nominated for Navy Medal in Okinawa Carrier Battle
Lieutenant Commander Edgar H. Reeder of Butte is recommended for the Navy Medal for Heroic Service while commanding a battery during the burning battle of the U S S Sangamon off Okinawa. He and shipmates repelled kamikaze attacks and fought amid raging fires after a bomb hit. Reeder has arrived home on terminal leave from Norfolk with Mrs. Reeder. residence listed as 3636 Atherton Place.
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Edgar H. Reeder
U. 8 S. S. Sangamon
Okinawa
Butte
Comdr
Reeder
Naval Base
Norfolk
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U.S
Nets
Gen. Wainwright
Admiral Halsey
William F. Tyree
Adm
Comdr. Conchin
Kansas City
Ann Birdwell
Butte Yards
India
By Bruce W. Munn
William Best
Queen Mary
United Press
E. H. Reeder
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