Hearings Set on Armed Forces Consolidation in January
Rep. Jennings Randolph reports House Expenditures Committee will open hearings after the holidays on a plan for a unified national defense department with undersecretaries for war navy and air. The May Vinson bills seek a separate air arm under a secretary for air while preserving secretaries for war and navy. Randolph also cites potential large savings from unification in Army Navy procurement.
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Clair Johnson Washington
House Expenditures Committee
Jennings Randolph
W. Va
Department of National Defense
Navy
Truman
May
Military Committee
Carl Vinson
Naval Committee
May-Vinson
War
Senate Military Committee
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
Randolph
House Committee
Army
H. Struve Hensel
Hensel
Ndolph
Army-Navy
Portable one man elevator claims to lift and lower
An Indianapolis firm advertises a compact one man portable elevator that can elevate upward and downward, promising easy operation and space efficiency for small jobs.
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Indianapolis
WUP
Petition Filed To Halt Power Probe
A referendum petition in Phoenix seeks to refer a $50,000 appropriation to the Arizona Corporation Commission for a state utility rates survey to the voters. Henderson Stockton filed the petition with 12,247 signatures, Gov. Sidney Osborn supported the move and asked for sponsor names, while officials consider whether such maintenance funding can be ballot-refered. The issue, tied to federal power commission plans, will be reviewed by the Arizona Supreme Court.
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Phoenix
Arizona Corporation Commission
Henderson Stockton
Corporation Commission
Federal Power Commission
Sidney P. Osborn
Stockton
Gov. Osborn
Arizona Supreme Court
Single Air Force Formed For Pacific
Gen Douglas MacArthur announces the consolidation of five Army air forces in the Pacific into PACUSA Pacific air command. The Fifth Seventh Eighth 13th and 20th Air Forces join under PACUSA to enforce surrender terms and provide a striking force in the Pacific. Gen George C Kenney will command PACUSA with Lt Gen Ennis C Whitehead as deputy and Maj Gen Clement McAllen as chief of staff. PACUSA will base its advanced echelon in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Army Air Forces
Pacific
Pacusa
Pacific Air Command
U. S. Army
George C. Kenney
Far East Air Forces
Fifth
Seventh
13Th
Ennis C. Whitehead
Kansas City
Clement McAllen
Far East Air Force Service Command
US towns split by highway dependent mode
About half of the United States communities, roughly 54 000 villages and towns, rely solely on highway transportation for access and mobility. This pattern highlights limited transit options outside road networks and potential regional disparities in infrastructure.
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United States
Air command realignment outlined by MacArthur
Gen Kenneth B. Wolfe of Los Angeles heads the fifth air force while MacArthur confirms the five air forces keep their numbers. PACUSA will cover the Ha waiian Islands seventh air force the Marianas twentieth Philippines thirteenth Ryukyus eighth and Japan and Korea fifth.
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Kenneth B. Wolfe
Los Angeles
MacArthur
Pacusa
Hawaiian Islands
Marianas
Philippines
Ryukyus
Japan
Korea
Life term given Jap for killing Yank in Yokohama trial
Tsuchiya, a Japanese war criminal known as Little Glass Eye, was sentenced to life imprisonment by an eight member U S military commission for beating to death American prisoner of war Pfc Robert Gordon Teas at Mitsushima camp. He was convicted on three charges of cruelty and atrocities and cleared on three others. Kei Yuri's trial for similar offenses followed.
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Yokohama
Tatsuo
Little Glass Eye
Tsuchiya
Japan
U. S
Mitsushima
Louis Offen
Atlanta
Kei Yuri
Yuri
Robert Gordon Teas
SP's November net income declines amid year drop
Southern Pacific reports November net operating income at 1,159,000, the lowest since December 1943, with November gross revenues at 40,899,000 versus 51,586,000 a year ago. Eleven months’ gross totaled 552,358,000, down from 576,655,000 last year, and non-operating income fell to 43,831,000 from 47,893,000.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Transportation System
Ajo Utility To Give Refund To Customers
Phoenix December 27 Ajo Improvement Company will cut December bills by 40 percent in response to a plea from Corporation Commissioner W J Eden to refund earnings taxed as excess profits. The move covers water gas and electricity and amounts to about eight percent of the year’s earnings.
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Phoenix
Ajo Improvement Company
W. J. Eden
Eden
Seven Lost Nine Injured In Ship Blast at Texas City Dock
Seven sailors missing and believed dead after an explosion aboard the Swedish tanker Sveaborg at a Texas City dock. At least nine others seriously wounded, with 12 or more injured feared, many Swedish seamen among the victims. Dock officials withheld details pending an official announcement.
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Texas City
Tex
Sveaborg
Orlando Blackburn
Texas City Sun
Five fall unconscious in Texas medical incident
A Marine hospital in Galveston received five unconscious patients after the incident. A Texas City clinic treated eight, released two, and sent six to Galveston for hospitalization.
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Marine Hospital
Galveston
Tex
Texas City
The Nation's Most Heavily Used Roads Listed
The most heavily used roads in the United States are identified among 40,000 highways and corridors in a comprehensive traffic study. The report highlights key arteries carrying the highest volumes, signaling urgent needs for maintenance and modernization.
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United States
Rural mileage carries a fifth of traffic nationwide
The text notes rural roads account for 1.3 percent of total rural mileage yet support about 20 percent of national traffic, highlighting the importance of rural transportation networks.
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el Paso
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