New Japanese Cabinet Formed Under Prince Higashi Kuni
Prince Naruhiko Higashi Kuni formed a new Japanese cabinet with most posts given to civilians. Prince Fumimaro Konoe becomes a minister without portfolio and likely vice premier assisting Higashi Kuni. Other listed appointees include Navy Minister Mizumasa Yenai and Foreign Minister Shigemitsu.
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Bomei
Associated Press
Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni
Funtimare
Konoye
Japan
China
Higashi-Kuni
Hirohito
Prince Kenoue
Mainister
Miamoto Shigemitan
Shigemicss
Hideki Tojo
Kuniaki Roiso
Abo Pil Rold
Greater Fast Asia
Domei
Mizumasa Yenai
Navy
Chikuehei Nakajima
Iwao
Yamasaki
Juichi Tsushima
General
Fumimero Konore
Predicted 1946 Income Tax Cut Faces Moderate Scope
Washington authorities predict a moderate reduction in federal income taxes for most taxpayers in 1946 to meet revenue needs. The plan may repeal the normal tax for some low earners, potentially freeing several million Americans from income tax. House and Senate leaders signal support for a quick bill before year end, with broader changes to follow.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Thay Elso
Doughton
D-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bille
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Tn Georgia
Strike Closes St Louis Newspapers Over Carrier Labor Dispute
Three St Louis papers failed to publish yesterday and last night as carriers, aligned with the International Type union, refused to cross a legal picket line. The move followed a stand over bargaining rights, with publishers challenging federal recognition of carrier status. The union hopes for recognition and a quick end to the walkout.
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A. F. of I. Paper
Intetional Printing Pressmen
Asistants' Union
International Union Officers
National Labor Relations Board
Bond
Munro Robérts
Publishers’ Association
NLEB
Eastern League scoreboard totals and mismatches
In the Eastern League Albant leads Scranton 7 to 5 while Utica nips Williamsport 6 to 5 and Hartford also posts 5 with Wilkes Barre 421. In the same era Binghamton 2 Elmirs 0. National League shows New York 2 Pottsburg 4 while American League features Detroit Washington 2 Cleveland tT Philadelphia 4 St Louis 7 New York 2, Chicago 11 Boston 2.
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Albant
Scranton
Utica
Williamsport
Hartford
Wilkes-Barre
Binghamton
Elmirs
Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia
St Louis
New York
Chicago
Boston
Army cuts claimed to solve coal crisis
The Army announced its cutbacks would end the coal shortage and relieve railroad congestion. Officials cited over 30 billion dollars cut from the buying program through next year and projected coal cuts of 148 million tons in two months. Fortas warned shortages would persist in the anthracite region despite Army reductions.
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Washington
E Brennon Somervell
Interior
Abe
Fortay
Fortas
Ines
Goltd
Polish Soviet frontier treaty signed in Moscow
Moscow radio reports Russia and Poland signed a treaty on the Polish Soviet frontier and compensation for wartime damages. The Curzon Line becomes the boundary with limited deviations in Poland’s favor, including up to about thirty kilometers east of the line and a portion of Bialowieza Forest in Niemitow Jalowka.
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London
Moscow Radio
Russia
Poland
Mostow
Boleslaw Bierut
Edward Osubia-Morawski
Curzon Line
Brylow
Bialoweiz
Niemitow-Jalowka
State Department shakeup as Acheson named undersecretary
President Truman accepted the resignation of Joseph Grew and announced Dean G. Acheson as his successor to the Number Two post. Acheson, a lawyer with long service in economic and international affairs, will return from vacation to assume duties next week.
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Washington
Joseph Clerk Grew
Truman
Dean G. Acheson
State Department
Qyrnes
Acheson
Congress
United States Foreign Service
Middletown
Connig
Hretten Woods
Tokyo
Grew
Groton School
Harvard University
Cairo
ODT Eases Rules On Conventions and Trucking
Washington UM ODT broadened to 180 the allowed out of town delegates for conventions and relaxed taxicab and trucking mile limits. It approved holding state and local fairs and announced an American Legion convention in Chicago for November expected to attract about 4100 people. The changes lift the cab cap, end the need for war necessity certificates for commercial vehicles, and plan to revoke wholesale and retail delivery restrictions as conditions permit.
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Washington
Um—Odt
American Legion
Chicago
Legion
ODT
Iiteaty
ODOT
Halsey Receives British Knighthood Aboard Flagship
Admiral William F. Halsey, commander of the Third Fleet, was made a Knight of the British Empire aboard his flagship in the Western Pacific. The ceremony was conducted by Adm. Sir Bruce Fraser, head of the British Pacific Fleet.
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Admiral Halsey
Western Pacific
Wiliam F. Halsey
America
Truman urges labor pledge to end strikes and relax wage rules
President Truman appeals to organized labor to renew no strike pledges and allow limited wage increases during the postwar adjustment. CIO and AFL leaders respond variably, while the War Labor Board retains powers and a planned labor industry conference seeks to minimize production disruptions during the conversion period. Two days, tentative wage goals and unemployment relief are discussed.
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Washington
Tetman
Jabor
CIO
Philip Murray
Medor Cio
United Mire Workers
AFL
Welther Murray
Joann L. Lewis
Mine Workers
APL
William Green
Truman
War Labor Board
WLB
Labor-Industry
Murray
Labor Department
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
M Murray
United States Begins Surplus War Goods Releases to UNRRA
United States announces start of surplus war goods releases to UNRRA and for direct purchase by liberated nations. Americal delegate Hupert Emerson said the step follows Japan surrender and aims to smooth aid flow as relief agencies mobilize for refugees and reconstruction. Several governments opposed the refugee help measure at the UNRRA conference.
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United States
London
DNRRA
United Nations
Hupert Emerson
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Japan
Unerra
Connell
UNRRA
Russia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Conscription Not Planned By President
President Truman rejected the idea of a peacetime draft while signaling a future recommendation on universal military training. He stressed no conscription and indicated plans may center on expanding the National Guard and Reserve, with peacetime army growth under discussion. Occupation duties in Germany and Japan loom as Congress weighs postwar military policy and a potential all-volunteer force.
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Washington
GPI
Prieiden
Capitol
Congress
High Command
House
House Military Committee
Truman
Tan
Japan
Germany
Potsdam
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
National Guard
Naval Reserve
Drop in Profits of Package Liquor Stores Forecast
Albany officials forecast a drop in profits for package liquor stores as lifting restrictions on new stores increases competition in retail marketing. Deputy Commissioner George Butterly told counselors at a veterans affairs guidance training session that ex servicemen would seek opportunities in liquor store operations and urged programs to help them enter bundled roles with distillers wholesalers or advertisers. He noted the liquor store landscape is changing and profits may decline while more people gain entry to the trade, though the franchise model from the freeze era will not return.
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Albany Gia
Art
State Liquor Authority
George Butterly
State Veterans Affairs Division
President Doubts Japs Would Have Chance for Vengeance
President Truman said he did not think Japan would have a chance for revenge after defeat and noted atomic bombs helped clinch Japan’s defeat. He cited continued plant operation and cautioned that surrender terms must be signed and implemented before declaring any V day.
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Washington
Radio
Tokyo
Japan
Tokie
Hirohito
Douglas MacArthur
Frelman
Congress
Jap Surrender Halts British Carrier Attack on Penang
A British East Indies Fleet task force with the carrier power and escorts was poised to strike Penang as hostilities ceased. The cease fire halted action in Burma, with headquarters ordering troops to respond only if fired upon. Thousands of leaflets announcing Japanese surrender were dropped to 30,000 to 60,000 remaining Burmese troops.
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Rangoon
Eat ‘Press
Khedive
Shah
Pond
Tartar
Burma
2Th Jarmy
Agia Command
Japanese general signals surrender in China
Bulletin Chungking reports Lt Gen Yasatsugu Okamura, commander of Japanese forces in China, radioed Chiang Kai-shek to accept surrender terms. He said most Japanese troops had withdrawn from Nanking, leaving a small force to maintain order until Chinese National troops arrive.
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Chungking
Yasatsugu Okamura
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Okamura
Nanking
Soviets Give Japs Until Monday to Cease Hostilities
Soviet forces order the Kwantung Army in Manchuria to disarm and surrender by noon Monday as Soviet broadcasts claim counterattacks were repulsed and key communications cities Wangching Sia musze and Tapan captured. Marshal Vassilevsky said Japanese pleas to stop fighting omitted any capitulation terms.
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E. L. Cas
London
Kwantung
Manchuria
Alexander M. Vassilevsky
Rowantung
Moscow Radio
U S Troops to Move Into Japan Ready for Combat
Washington reports General Somervell said American troops will move into Japan fully prepared for combat. A military expert said fighting could continue outside the homeland as some Japanese troops resist or deny surrender. An unnamed officer noted it would take two weeks to two months to assemble a sizeable occupation force.
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Washington
Stehon Somervell
Japan
Pacific
Tokyo Declares Inability to Obey Peace Order
Tokyo broadcasts claim Japanese forces in Manchuria face oral difficulties obeying warders and will not halt hostilities. The message cites Russian offensive. Tokyo says Imperial family plans to depart for Manchuria and north China. A U S transmission notes Allied transports near Kochi Shikoku and that no Soviet commander response yet. Continued on Page Nineteen.
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MacArthur
Belor
Manila
FFC
Manchuria
Mars
Dia To
Atl
Japan
Nousea
Tokyo
Kochi Shikoku
Ryo
Hirohito
Tok
Imperial Family Party
Marchurie
North China
Plan to Set Up International Body Studied
London reports a plan to form a new international organization under the San Francisco Charter. Gladwyn Jebb of Britain proposes a divided UN secretariat to draft work programs, study trusteeship, and organize a permanent secretariat, with reps from major nations urging rapid action.
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Uup
United Nations Preparatory 0
Coumission
Crecars
Gladwyn Jebb
British Foreign Office
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Zechoslovakia
France
Mexico
Netherlands
Iran
Russia
United Kingdom
United States
Yugoslavia
Philip Noel Baker
Britain
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Security Cowell
General Assembly
Economic and Social Council
League of Nations
Trusteeship Council
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United Nations
Ikamine
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Hotaro Sengoku
Naoto Kobiyama
Yaketora Ogata
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Legislation Board
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Pottsburg
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Elffel
Eiffel Tower
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Bulletin
U.S
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