Florida Storm Damage Set At Fifty Million
A hurricane which struck South Florida caused about 50.9 million dollars in damage. It tore through the Navy Richmond Bump Base wrecking three hangars, 366 airplanes and 25 blimps. The storm moved inland over the peninsula and reemerged into the Atlantic, with warnings extended toward the South Carolina coast. Fifty sailors were injured. the blimp base loss is put at 30 to 34 million dollars. Continued coverage notes possible reformation as it heads toward Cape Hatteras.
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Charleston
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Florida Peninsula
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Capa Hatteras
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Australian Says He Saw Japs Slap Gen Wainwright
An Australian POW prisoner describes witnessing Japanese soldiers slap and beat Allied leaders including General Jonathan Wainwright and Lt General Arthur Percival during captivity in a wartime camp. He recalls daily parades where high-ranking officers were struck with bamboo canes by guards.
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Gen
Wainwright
Darwin
Australia
Mosan
Jonathan A. Wainwright
J. H Latkin Seld
Baseball Scoreboard Highlights From National and American Leagues
The score roundup lists multiple results in both leagues with mixed outcomes. Notable tallies include Brooklyn and Chicago scores, Philadelphia, St Louis, New York, Boston, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Detroit, and Washington games, plus playoff note from Albany and Wilkes Barre.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Washington
Detroit
St. Louis
New York
St. Louisa
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Boston
Albany
Uticano Bartlera
Wilkes Barre
New Tax Bill Vies to Trim Wartime Burdens in Congress
Representative Robertson proposes elimination of the 3 percent normal tax and a 95 percent excess profits levy on corporations to cut 1946 tax burdens by 4 billion dollars. His plan clashes with Knutson’s 2 percent personal income cut and payroll deduction relief. Robertson argues the normal tax repeal preserves purchasing power and targets relief to those with higher incomes, outlining assumed 1946 income and 1947 budget figures.
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Washington
Rep
Robertson
D-Va
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Knutson
Minnesota
Tynes
Robert 150m
Allied Armada Begins Java Occupation
Allied armada anchors at Batavia Java to retake the Dutch East Indies from Japan. Rear Adm Patterson and officers receive aid from Japanese officials who supply data on Java prisoners. British Cumberland guides through mine swept channels to the capital harbor.
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Java
Jave
Netherlands East Indies
Pearl Harbor
W. KR. Patterson
Royal Navy
Cumberland
Sushimura
Yamamoto
Maeda
First Grade Rubber On Way To England
Singapore CPI says a small Mehit ship brought on 000 tons of rubber from Allied forces. The first postwar flow from areas reclaimed from Japan reaches England. Prewar rubber supply was about 1,000,000 tons annually, with 7 percent from Malaya and the Netherlands East Indies.
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England
Trade and Industry
Military and Civil Affairs Commission
Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
Senate seeks Army demobilization briefing from Marshall
Senate Military Affairs Committee moves to renew invitation to Army Chief of Staff General Marshall to testify on discharges. Senators press for speed on civilian releases as hearings wind down with Navy officials set to testify and concern grows about how quickly personnel cuts will reach the target.
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George C. Marshell
Capitol
Revercomb
R.W. Wa
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Army Chief of Staff
Gurney
R- 5
Marshall
Lsten
Congress
House
Senate
Artemus J. Gates
Navy
Adai E. Denfield
Army
Hill
Alabama
Leon Blam Urges Western Europe Bloc for Peace
Former Premier Leon Blam calls for a Western European bloc as a condition for peace. He says the group must avoid anti Russian politics and anti American economic stances.
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Leon Blam
West Europe
Party
Bloc of
Nation Not Ready To Meet Crisis
Washington faces a labor crisis as more than 200 000 workers idle and strikes threaten to remove 325 000 more from work. Officials fault lack of a functioning tribunal after the War Labor Board was dissolved and warn swift action is needed as reorganization plans stall amid interagency politics.
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Tru Suan
Contezn
War Labor Board
WLB
Botteneck
George W. Taylor
Leber Schwellenbach
Capitol
U. S Employment Service
Unemployment Compensation Agency
Schwellenbach
Commerce
Veterans Administration
Truman
Missouri
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Westinghouse Eiectri¢ and Manufacturing Co
Auto Union
Ford Workers
Richard T. Leonard
Ulaw-Clo
Ford
Deleczies
Kelsay ‘Haves
Percy Llewellyn
UAW
Llewellyn
Llewellin
Focus
Pargaiming
Uaw-Cio
Kelsey-Hayes
Gestapo Book Claims Boy Scouts Were Spies
Berlin official documents from Reich security police allege a Gestapo handbook classifies the international Boy Scout movement as an instrument of the British Secret Service. It says youth leaders worldwide are recruited to relay intelligence to Britain through a vast spy network.
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Berlin
Heinrich Hitmier
France
Boy Scout Movement
Secret Service
Reich Security Police
Scouis
Emziand
WPB Lifts Controls On Industrial Materials and Equipment
Washington The War Production Board lifted quantity controls on more than twenty industrial materials and equipment items. Asbestos building materials and textiles dry cell batteries bearings forging and foundry machinery gauges and precision measuring tools incandescent lamps pulp wood seed pulp metal melting furnaces and mechanics’ hand tools were added to the unrestricted list.
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Washington
War Pro Suction Board
Imaxvica. Dia
War Crimes Arrests Across Tokyo and Yokohama
Tokyo authorities arrest five of thirty nine Japanese suspects in MacArthur’s war crimes inquiry. Nobushe Kishi a cabinet member under Tojo is detained as others face questioning at Yokohama prison. Tojo in custody after a failed suicide attempt. Halsey’s fleet and MacArthur order asset seizures and disarmament as Premier Higashi-Kuni’s government is told to obey Allied terms.
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MacArtius
Nippon Times
Pearl Harbor
Nobushe Kishi
Commerce and Industry
Hideki Tojo
the Times
Kishi
Yokohama
Tojo
Macarthur
Japan
Higashi-Kuni
Higashi- Kunis
Halsey
Germany
Italy
Bulgaria
Finland
Hungary
Romania
Thailand
United Nations
Russian Bomber Downed by Russian Aviation Near Korea
Supreme Headquarters reports a Russian fighter salvo damaged a U.S. B-29 over northern Korea on August 29. The crew bailed out as the bomber headed seaward after interceptions and evasive maneuvers. Moscow called it a regrettable mistake, citing possible Japanese air activity.
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Korea
Lacarthur
Supreme Headquarters
Riastan
MacArthur
Amerikan
Yom Kippur Eve Observed by Jews in Jerusalem
Thousands of candles lit in Jewish homes across Palestine on the eve of Yom Kippur marking the day of atonement. Special prayers for the dead at Jerusalem's wailing wall and in synagogues. rabbinate appeals urged abstaining from candy.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Europe
Yugoslavia Hopes Trieste Settlement With Russia Aid
London reports Yugoslav and Italian negotiators presented Trieste and Venezia Giulia claims to the Big Five Foreign Ministers. Molotov met Byrnes at the Soviet Embassy to discuss council talks though details remain undisclosed. De Gasperi leads Italy while Kardelj argues for Yugoslavia as Subasic recovers from a stroke.
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London
Wilson
Yugoslavia
Alcide de Gasperi
Plate
Rome
Edward Kardelj
Ivan Subasic
Japs Surrender as Union Jack Rises Over Hong Kong
Japanese commander General Okada signed unconditional surrender documents for the Hong Kong and Howloon Areas. The ceremony occurred at government house overlooking Hong Kong Bay with British, Australian, Indian, and Hong Kong forces present.
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Howloon
Agim
Ceti
Chandé-In-Thief
Umenichi Okada
Nipton
Hong Kong Bay
Kowloon
Bas
Royal Merines
Vanguard Explosion Destroys Clydebank Battleship
An explosion ripped Britain's 40 000 ton HMS Vanguard at John Brown yards Clydebank last night killing two workers and injuring six. Workers described a terrific blast with corridors filled by smoke and flames as the ship burned and victims were burned beyond recognition.
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Clydebank
Scotland
UPA
Britain
John Brown Yards
McCormack the Irish tenor dies at 41 in Dublin
Irish tenor McCormack died at his County Dublin home after a illness described as brow pneumonia. The naturalized American citizen aged 41 left a wife and son Cyril at his side as details filtered out. Known for opera film radio and recording triumphs he rose from Athlone to global fame with famed Irish songs and was once named a Papal count.
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Cyril
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Pharance
wAlthough
Covent Gamme Simost
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Red Cross
London
Albert Hail Earn
Aurisiiews
Ireland
Besan
McCormack
Athlone
Lmblin
Dadiane Clent
Soong In London After Transatlantic Flight Arrival
Premier T. V. Soong of China arrived in London by plane from the United States. He planned to spend several days in London and Paris before returning to Chungking.
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London
T. Ve Soong
United States
Paris
Chungking
Philippine Senator Demands Osmena Resignation
A Philippine Senate debate featured calls for President Sergio Osmena to resign over alleged collaboration during the Japanese occupation. Senator Pedro Hernandez spoke for Osmena, defending him amid accusations that Osmena’s sons aided the Japanese and benefited from funds linked to war operations.
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Osmena
Sergio Ostrexa
Chartes
Senate
Mariano Cuenco
Cem Thestors
Manuel Roxas
Osmene
Pedro Hernandez
Megros Island
Ceby
W Ho
Osmenta
Prest
Sérgio, Jr
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