Japanese Crowds Demand Food and Government Change
In Tokyo, over 30 Nippon Working Class Party members protested before General MacArthur’s headquarters, seeking American aid for bread. Koreans returning home by train and foot swelled southwestern ports, complicating U S policing as food and clothing shortages grow. A buried cache of Japanese silver was uncovered 190 miles from Tokyo, while a Navy captain revealed Pearl Harbor attackers believed they were on a training mission.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nippon Working Class Party
MacArthur
Imperial Palace
Haka
Kyushu Island
Americal Division
Mitaue Fuchida
Pearl Habbor
Pearl Harbor
Noted U S Men Urge World Government
A Dublin conference of nearly fifty prominent Americans urged creating a world federal government with limited power to prevent war. They argued the United Nations is behind the times and favor a constitution based system with representative participation and resource factors while avoiding sovereignty-league models. The report warned of global war risks in the atomic age and called for world governance to preserve freedom and liberty.
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N. H
the Times
Breday
Supreme Court
Owen J. Robberts
United Nations Organization
U. S
Tax Grants for Veterans Gains Support in Senate
Washington UPI reports tax concessions for veterans drew sympathetic reception from the Senate Finance Committee on the second day of hearings. Spokesmen for CLO and the National Lawyers Guild urged forgiveness of income taxes up to 250 dollars for years to discharge, and a 1500 special exemption post discharge for a year. Both urged parallel relief and continued benefits after service.
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Senate Finance Committee
CLO
National Lawyers’ Guild
Senate
George
D+Ga
Agufford McAvoy
Henry H. Wolf
Lawyers’ Guild
McAvoy
Wolf
Truman Readhes Peace Draft Law Contest Seen In Congress
President Truman urges Congress to pass a peacetime universal military training law, signaling a major policy clash. Lawmakers face questions on maintaining large forces after the atomic era and whether voluntary service suffices or conscription is needed. Opposition appears locally entrenched while the Selective Service Act remains in effect for months.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol
Capitol Hill
Armed Services
War and Navy Departments
London Dock Workers Vote to Continue Strike
Five thousand London dockers reversed a 20 earlier decision and will not return to work. A mass meeting was called for this morning at Victoria Park to decide whether to resume work. Hull and Grimsby dockers joined London in staying away as Liverpool waited on a promised decision amid nationwide shipping disruption.
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London
Victoria
Park Waere
Britain
Hull
Grimsby
Liverpool
75 Millions Set as Cost For New U. S. Hospitals
Washington senators study a broad program of federal aid to build hospitals. They agreed on 75,000,000 a year for five years, matched by states to total about 160,000,000 annually. Aid would be distributed by need with 15 poorest states getting 47.4 percent, 16 middle states 22 percent, richest 1 0 percent, territories 3.2 percent.
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Washington DP
Ful Senate Éducation and Labor Committee
Argentine laborers back Peron march in Buenos Aires
About ten thousand workers marching through Buenos Aires shouted slogans in support of Peron as the government sought to form a new cabinet. Police kept order with no disturbances while union leaders claimed armed men forced employees to quit in Avellaneda and join the city parade. The government said Peron, once vice president and labor secretary, was not detained but in protective custody. Labor leaders fear Peron’s return could undo gains won under his regime despite proclamations that labor advances would not be reversed.
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Buenos Aires
Peron
Chice
Labor
Edelmiro Farret
Abgentena
World Convention Seeks Agreement on Air Travel
World aviation leaders from around the globe began work on shared passenger and cargo standards to advance internationalism. H. J. Symington, Canadian Airlines president and IATA head, urged abandonment of selfish national or company aims to prevent world chaos and foster world order.
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Yesterniday
H. J.symington
Canadian Air Line
International Air Transport Association
I A. T. AL
Santisse
Symington
Sailor Held in Homicide of Army Service Captain
Robert Gurga a 98 year old Brooklyn born discharged Navy enlisted man was held on a homicide charge in the beating death of Army Captain Lawrence Dedell 50 found unconscious in his Hotel McAlpin room. Dedell died en route to Bellevue Hospital. Autopsy cited a fractured jaw and other injuries.
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Robert Gurganat
Brooklyn
Navy
Wea
Army
Lawrence Wi Dedell
McAlpin
Dedell
Bellevue’ Hospital
B. Morgan
Vance
Dutch Report Willing To Grant Java Self Rule
Dutch overseas minister Logemann said the Netherlands is willing to discuss self government for Java within the Dutch Commonwealth as a concession to nationalist forces, but will not negotiate with Soekarno. He blamed allied staff planning failures for East Indies woes and warned demobilization may take priority after Japan’s collapse. The Indonesian Republic denied declaring war on the Netherlands, while All-India Radio noted British reinforcements landing in the Dutch East Indies.
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Toe
Ih HA Logemant
Soekarno
Logemant
Fong
East Indies
Free Indonesian Radio
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Aneta
Dateh
Logemann
Australia
Japan
Orient
Free Indonesia Radio
Java
All-India Radio
Marshall praised for peacetime training and citizen army call
President Truman lauds General George C. Marshall as having completed the greatest military task in world history. Marshall urges immediate readiness for a citizen army and peacetime training. Truman honors Marshall with lifelong ROA membership as he reflects on victory and leadership.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Truman
Army
Star
Reserve Officers’ Association
Marshall
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Arnok
Marewall
Rail equipment shortage delays San Francisco trains
Lack of rail equipment caused schedule changes delaying departures for third Zeet dischargees to separation centers. Twelfth Naval District officials said discharges would be held up for a few hours. Santa Fe trains to Lido Beach and Western Pacific trains to Sampson and Toledo were affected. one Western Pacific train did depart for Norfolk, Virginia.
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Twelfth Naval District Headawar‘ Iers
Pesterday Cap
G. W. Brashears
Paistriet
Santa Fe
Lido Beach
Western Pacific
Sampson
Toledo
G. Feil
Norfolk
Lism
Deny O'Dwyer Charges Albany GP
New York City's mayoralty candidate Willam O'Dwyer faced criticism as State Comptroller said last night he presented a distorted and woefully incomplete picture of state city finances in response to an attack on the Dewey administration.
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Albany
Dewey
Willam O'Dwyer
New York
Vnayoralty
State Comptroller
O Dwyer
Halsey Urges U.S. Readiness and Destiny Call
Admiral Halsey warned at a civic banquet that America has reached a rendezvous with destiny. He cited Japan as a ruthless foe and credited atomic bombs and Soviet entry as pivotal in Japan's surrender. He recalled the "shoestring era" and the Navy's role in preparing the way with air and sea strikes.
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Halsey
America
Dewimny
Jupsn
Society of Civilized Nations
Sea Dog
Third Fleet
Jigen
South Pacific
Russia
Japan
Bdaser
Honshi
Moslems Attack U S Stand on Palestine Issue
Calcutta dispatch reports the influential Moslem daily Starefi India accusing the United States of backing unprovoked aggression in Palestine. Sir Khwaja Nazimuddin vows Muslims in Bengal will sacrifice to aid Arab and Muslim Arabs against Jewish expansion, promising monetary help and active support to defend Arab rights.
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Starefi Tndia
United States
Palestine
America
Britain
Khwaja Nazimuddin
Bengal
All India Moslem League
Khwaja
Siuth
35 Dead 41 Missing in Typhoon Off Okinawa
Revised Navy casualty figures show 35 dead and 41 missing from the typhoon near Okinawa last week. Ninety one injured seriously, 332 injured lightly, and severe ships lost or damaged. The yacht Southern Seds, once Admiral Heisel’s flagship, was among losses along with other ships and shore facilities sustaining extensive damage.
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Pearl Harbor
Okinawa
Southern Seds
Admiral Heisel
Tate Cyril
Longshoremen Scorn Back-To-Work Call
Labor unrest worsens as idle miners approach 450 000 with new disputes and mine walkouts. In New York only a fraction of 35 000 strikers return to the wharves while soft coal operators meet in Washington amid stalled federal talks. Carnegie Steel reports 15 000 coal workers laid off, 1 300 AJP workers strike in Massachusetts, and CSO threatens a 36 000 member general walkout in Wilmington. Secretary Ickes calls the coal situation bad and worsening as output falls.
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New York
Washington
Carnegiellingis Steel Corp. J
Massachusetts
AJP. S
New Castle County
Wilmington
Ickes
White House
Laval Made Futile Appeal To Stay Death
Paris reports Pierre Laval wrote a last public statement before his execution. Gen. de Gaulle ordered the immediate carrying out of Laval’s death after a failed attempt to kill himself. The Associated Press said the protest, titled During the Death Watch, was penned in Laval’s handwriting on two sheets. He argued the rapid pace silenced his voice and insisted prison would not suit him. He claimed opponents fear his unmasked face and that he defended the people’s simple intelligence.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
de Gaulle
Laval
Viet Nam Appeals for Asian Voice in United Nations Panel
Viet Nam leaders broadcast to President Truman and Stalin requesting representation on the UN advisory commission for Asia. They denounce British actions in Indo China aiding French aims, claim massacres by allied forces, and note setbacks for Annamese nationalists near Saigon amid fighting with irregulars and trained troops.
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Indo-China
Viet Nam
Truman
Stalin
United Nations Advisery Commission For Asiatics
Indo China
Hanoi
Thennas Mse
Igland
Japanese Admiral jailed for two months confinement
Shanghai report states Rear Admiral Mino and Katsuno, commandant of the Marine barracks at Shanghai, were jailed for two months solitary confinement after refusing to reveal the identity of the Japanese Marine who fired a shot that seriously injured an American sailor on September.
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Mino and
Katsuno
Marine
Martine
Lt Gen Doolittle Plans Retirement From Service
Dayton reports Lt General James J. Doolittle disclosed plans to retire from the Army Air Forces. The famed World War II air raid leader at Tokyo hinted he received offers and noted he had “plans.” He spoke during an Army Air Force fair, signaling his decision amid rumors of a Hollywood dispatch.
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Dayton
O. Ubi-La
James JH. Doolittle
Army Secon
Tokyo
Army Air +Porce fair
Hollywood
Aving
G O P Chairman Criticizes Executive Diplomacy
Washington report quotes Republican National Chairman Herbert Brownell Jr. asserting European issues are resolved by executive agreement and predicting no immediate peace conference. He says future decisions will be made by executive determination.
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Washington
Navy to cut points for enlisted sailors after November
Washington reports plan to reduce point scores for enlisted men from 44 to 41 effective Nov 1 as part of a broader demobilization push. Officers and Waves see varying cuts, with doctors and nurses affected differently and many classifications remaining frozen or unchanged as the Navy accelerates personnel releases beyond its timetable.
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Washington
Navy Lass
Janus
Navy
Jam Lowien
Saty
Nav
Speedig
Freomien
Japan
Germans Still Choosy About Accepting Jobs
An official survey reports Germans in Frankfurt and across Germany remain choosy about taking work despite food shortages and severe winter. It notes lingering reluctance among released POWs to shift to civilian life and a greater interest in white collar roles over physical labor or agriculture.
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