Ford layoff halts Detroit auto plants amid wage push
About 50 050 Ford workers were idled by crippling unauthorized strikes, boosting U S idle industrial workers to a reconversion high of 213 000. Henry Ford II blamed irresponsible labor groups for delaying reconversion as the United Automobile Workers union threatens a 30 percent industry wide wage increase and a strike policy.
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Truman asks 17 billion in Navy budget cuts
President Truman proposed Congress cut 16.8 billion from the Navy budget and reassess postwar needs. He urged hearings on a plan to size the fleet, keeping wartime ships afloat while prioritizing de mobilization and reallocations across agencies.
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D.-Mass
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G O P Caucus Works on Short Victory Program for 1946
House Republicans met in executive session to map a concise policy platform aimed at victory in the 1946 elections. They stressed ending wartime controls and tax cuts, forming a small coordinating group to draft a public program, and coordinating with Senate Republicans. discussion touched on demobilization timing and President Truman's stance.
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Bremen Harbor Opens to Allied Traffic in Germany
A U S spokesman announced Bremen harbor is open to Allied traffic after six years of closure. Supplies for American occupation forces will pass through the shallow Bremen port and the deep water Bremerhaven, which opened Sept 16.
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Scoreboard notes from early baseball games
National League results include Brooklyn 6 St Louis 1 and Philadelphia 4 Chicago 2 with late game darkness. New York 7 Cincinnati 3. American League mentions Detroit 1 Philadelphia 8 and Cleveland 5 St Louis 4. Chicago at New York postponed by rain. Eastern League entries show Utka at Albany postponed and Wilkes-Barrs at Hartford rain.
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British Mercy Fleet Near Java Aboard HMS Ame
British relief ships approach Batavia to aid an estimated 60 000 prisoners of war in the Netherlands East Indies. The Fifth Cruiser Squadron led by Rear Adm Wilfred Repert Patterson moves forward with HMS Cumberland carrying special personnel to assist prisoners, including potential American nationals.
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Marines With Forty Points Won’t Go Overseas
The Marine Corps announced that any Marine with forty points or more will not be assigned overseas. The order covers both officers and enlisted personnel and aims to limit overseas duty for those meeting the threshold.
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Marine Corps
Army Speeds Discharge Of Doctors
The Army announced expedited releases for medical officers, nurses, and dentists to ease civilian shortages. By January 1946 about 13,000 doctors, 25,000 nurses, and 3,500 dentists are expected to return home, with larger waves next July as overall strength shrinks. Eligibility relies on discharge points, age, service before December 7 1941, or family status, with caps loosened from prior rules.
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Plan to Reorganize Veterans Administration Decentralized Structure
General Omar N Bradley announced a VA reorganization to decentralize operations. An executive assistant to Bradley will coordinate the system, reporting to him with several assistant administrators guiding 13 national branch offices and regional units, resembling a military staff setup.
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Dandelion Planting Requested in Surrogate Court Will
Delmore Frantin Minér, who died August 14, leaves a quaint request in his will filed yesterday in Surrogate's Court. He asks that a dandelion be planted on his grave, saying, Just plant a dandelion. The line evokes spring, good weather, and possibly better things.
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Violent Rain Storm Strikes New York City and New Jersey
A severe rain storm lashed New York City and northern New Jersey with high winds, flooding, and 11 inches of rain in 90 minutes. Two men died in Newark and Perth Amboy, as subways flooded, flights canceled, and traffic halted. Police and fire crews received over 125 calls as commuters faced mass delays.
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Long Branch
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Boss Of Bataan Death March Ready To Give Up
The Associated Press reports Lt Gen Masaharu Horama in Japanese custody said he is ready to surrender to General MacArthur and take responsibility for subordinates actions. Also handed over were Dr Tokuda and Colonel Suzuki as part of the mass arrests tied to the Shinagawa death experiments.
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Masaharu Horama
Jonathan Wainwright
Philippines
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Tokuda
Shinagawa
Eighth Army
Suzuki
President Arrives at Independence for Rest and Reunion
President Truman and Mrs. Truman returned to their Independence home after a 6 1/2 hour flight from Washington stopping briefly in Paducah Hy and Scott Field. Senator Barkley left the plane in Paducah and the Kentuckians will rejoin in Washington tomorrow.
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Red Army to Withdraw From Czechoslovakia
Swiss Radio reported Marshal Ivan Konev agreed to pull Russian troops from Czechoslovakia by October 1 and redeploy to the Russian frontier, a Prague dispatch quoted.
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American Pirate Fleet Aided Greek Resistance in War
OSS reports reveal a covert fleet aiding Greek resistance from Cairo. Peak involvement included 368 fast boats delivering 2 600 tons of materiel, smuggling 700 agents, and 6 missions, with vessels sailing through the Aegean under danger.
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Trials of Top Nazis Nears Nürnberg Indictments
Indictments against Hermann Goering and 23 top Nazis near ready as Britain announces 14 prosecutors for Nürnberg trials. Sir David Maxwell Fyfe and Sir Frank Soskice lead British prosecution with Hartley Shawcross to Berlin for coordination. American prosecutor Robert H. Jackson travels to Nürnberg. Vienna sets commissions to prepare dossiers on major suspects including Seyss-Inquart Kattenbrunner Himmler aide Baldur von Schirach and Guido Schmidt. First three named already listed for trial.
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Ernest Kattenbrunner
Henrich Himmiler
Baldur von Schirach
Hitler
Reichstatthalter
Austria
Guido Schmidt
Home for Christmas with GIs in European Theater
General Eisenhower said most of the 3,160,000 troops in the European Theater of Operations would be home by New Year’s Day. He urged families to support holiday parcels and noted 30,001,000 parcels were sent last year, with the return trip being more complex.
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Dealers Seek Fixed Nylon Sales Start Date
Washington L A number of manufacturers and retailers urge a uniform start date for nylon hosiery sales, proposing December 1 to avoid a scramble and to stock 3,000,000 dozen pairs in advance. WPS officials seek to end government controls quickly and establish new rules.
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150 Mile Winds Roar Toward South Coast
A Florida hurricane disaster warning spreads across South Florida as winds approach 150 miles per hour. Officials urge refugees to seek safety. Coast Guard, Red Cross, and Weather Bureau coordinate evacuations and sheltering in Miami to Key West and the Keys.
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Soviets Enter Claim for Dodecanese Islands
London reports overnight that the Soviet Union claimed part of the Mediterranean island group along the Turkish coast. Observers note the Dodecanese would block southern access to the Dardanelles and tie to Black Sea routes. The council invited former wartime enemies and seven smaller states to weigh in on the Italian peace settlement.
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Mediterranean
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Italy
Railroad Workers Seek 36 Hour Week Nationwide
AFL of L rail workers representing about 400 000 announced they would ask carriers to cut the work week from 43 to 36 hours with no pay loss. Bert M Jewell president of the AF of L Railway Employes Department said the move affects all but two major roads and would set a six day week under existing contracts. The request follows years of shorter weeks in other industries and awaits action under the Railway Labor Act. Jewell promised a fuller statement soon.
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Eisenhower Vacation Sighted at Cap d Antibes Riviera
The French press reports General Eisenhower with General Mark W. Clark and Ambassador Averell Harriman at a Cap d Antibes Riviera villa for a several day vacation. No other sources confirm the details.
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Mark Oer
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Riviera
Cap D'antibes
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Tojo’s Last Words Revealed Before Suicide Attempt
Tokyo reported Hideki Tojo drafted a final statement claiming in death he would guard Japan, a brushwritten note described as a supreme Bushido text. The note, addressed to a member of the imperial household, surfaced as details emerged after Tojo’s attempted self harm. His tax form showed only a severance payment, reflecting economic strains.
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Hideki Tojo
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Tisha
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