Union Offers To Call Off Walkout For Temporary Raise
Reconversion Director John W. Snyder announced lifting all restrictions on private home and building construction effective Oct. 15. He outlined a six point program to speed construction, while price ceilings on new homes were not included. WPB order L-41 will be revoked Oct. 15. Price Administrator Bowles urged congressional authority for housing price limits.
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Washington
John W. Snyder
Snyder
OPA
War Production Board
Chester Bowles
Congress
Bowles
Senate
WPB
Meat exports to aid ration program and wage turmoil
Detroit reports stalled auto industry talks as UAW seeks a 30 percent wage boost with a 5 percent compromise offered as a stopgap. Government intervention looms while meat rationing hopes rise with up to 600 million pounds slated for October to December for UNRRA and Allied governments.
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Detroit
U.R
CIO
United Auto Workers’ Union
UAW
R. J. Thomas
Thomas
United Automobile Workers (Cio
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Washington
Truman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Agriculture Department
Great Britain
UNRRA
Congress
Senate Opens Unemployment Pay Debate
The Senate debates how much to pay unemployed workers while the House fights Army discharge rules. President Truman favors higher weekly benefits, but the Senate Finance Committee resists. Committees tackle postwar job guarantees and war production controls as MacArthur signals potential troop reductions.
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Max Hall
Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Truman
Senate Finance Committee
Sen
George
D-Ga
Kilgore
D-W. Va
MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur
Japan
Senate Banking Committee
War Production Board
Heavy Storm Heads Toward New England Across Atlantic Coast
A week-old tropical storm plows north along the mid Atlantic seaboard at 12 mph with 50 mph gales. Warnings extend from Virginia capes to Block Island as rains flood low-lying roads and crops suffer damage in North Carolina. New York faces inland flight withdrawals while New England braces for an icy northeaster from Canada.
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Raleigh
N. C
Middle Atlantic Seaboard
Virginia Capes
Block Island
R. I
Atlantic
North Carolina
New York
New England
Canada
Boston Beats Cincinnati 3-1 in 11 Innings to Win NL Title
In a dramatic National League final, Boston defeats Cincinnati 3 to 1 in 11 innings to clinch the championship. The game features a decisive late rally and standout pitching from both sides, sealing Boston’s pennant.
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Boston
Cincinnati
Wainwright Reveals Japanese Beatings in Captivity
Gen Jonathan M Wainwright disclosed in a NBC radio interview that he was beaten repeatedly by Japanese captors during wartime confinement to prove their claimed superiority He recounted a specific incident in which a Japanese private struck him five times and knocked him to the floor while imprisoned after Bataan and Corregidor falls.
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Washington
Jonathan M. Wainwright
NBC
Bataan and
Corregidor
Report on Governor Osborn's Colorado River Expenditures Voted In
Arizona legislators received the 89 page special committee report on Governor Sid ney Osborn's Colorado river expenditures after a heated session. The House voted 53 to 2 to receive the document but deferred action 24 hours. The panel said it did a cursory study of Osborn's 1944 campaign costs and left impeachment grounds to the House.
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Phoenix
Sidney P. Osborn
Colorado River
Arizona Legislature
House
Sidney Kartus
Maricopa
Kartus
Osborn
Jack Cummard
Cummard
Colorado River Commission
Nellie T. Bush
Parker
Henry S. Wright
Morton Solot Tells Club of Pacific War
Lt. Morton Solot, University of Arizona alumnus and son of local real estate man Ben Solot, spoke at the Santa Rita hotel American Legion lunch. He described his combat baptism on Attu and later fighting on Leyte and Kwajalein, noting 4,500 Japanese killed and 160 American deaths in Kwajalein actions.
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Morton Solot
University of Arizona
Ben Solot
American Legion
Santa Rita Hotel
Attu Island
Aleutians
Leyte
Marshall Islands
Attu
Kwajalein Island
Marshall Group
Solot
MacArthur suspends Tokyo newspaper for 48 hours
Gen. Douglas MacArthur suspended the leading Tokyo daily Asahi for 48 hours over a report charging U S use of the atomic bomb violated international law. The paper was also accused of publishing editorials aimed at disturbing public opinion in violation of prohibitions on press content.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Asahi
United States
Supreme Commander
Col Holbrook Testifies on Army Medical Use Before Senate
Col W Paul Holbrook of Tucson testifies before the Senate Military Committee on demobilization. He cites a study showing the Army and Navy took about 672000 doctors for the armed forces, leaving only 90000 physicians for civilians and a civilian doctor for every 1500 civilians. Downey criticizes waste of medical services.
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Washington
War Department
W. Paul Holbrook
Tucson
Ariz
Sen. Downey
Dcalif
Molotov Signals Soviet Interest in North African Italian Areas
Foreign Commissar Molotov said the Soviet Union is keen on Italian colonies and hinted at a possible trusteeship role in Tripolitania. He avoided specifics on demands and discussed a foothold in the Mediterranean while noting the boundary question with Yugoslavia.
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London
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Tripolitania
Molotov
Italy
Mediterranean
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Venezia Giulia
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Arizona to host Cal Poly for night game on Nov 10
University of Arizona announces a home night game against California Polytechnic Institute of San Luis Obispo on Saturday November 10. A. L. Slonaker, graduate manager of athletics, reports four games scheduled so far with Oct 13 opener vs Arizona State College and Oct 20 at San Diego State.
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California Polytechnic Institute of San Luis Obispo
University of Arizona
A. L. Slonaker
Cats
Arizona State College of Flagstaff
San Diego State
Navy
Slonaker
California Polytechnic
Ronald Henderson
Henderson
Ajo
Ajo High
Mike Casteel
Boyd Morse
Jury Sought For Second Calixtro Trial In Nogales
In Nogales Arizona the prosecution seeks a 12 member jury from 32 names as Manuel Calixtro faces a second degree murder case involving Herman Bender. Key witness Benito Arias 17 undergoing surgery may testify from hospital bed. Arias and cousin Ricardo Rodriguez plus Kellogg 14 witnessed the crime. Librada Lopez Bender also expected to testify.
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Nogales. Ariz
Manuel Calixtro
Herman Bender
Benito Arias
Arias
Bender
Ruffo Espinosa
Calixtro
Ricardo Rodriguez
Kellogg
Librada Lopez Bender
Nogales
Florence State
Stimson Steps Down Burton Named to High Bench
President Truman nominates Harold H. Burton to the Supreme Court and elevates Robert P. Patterson to secretary of the war department. Patterson succeeds Henry L. Stimson. Burton is a close ally and member of the Senate war investigating committee. The president notes resignations of John C. McCloy and Robert Lovett, not immediately accepted. He also creates a single surplus property administrator with W. Stuart Symington as head.
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Washington
Truman
Harold H. Burton
Ohio
Supreme Court
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Patterson
Henry L. Stimson
Burton
Senate War Investigating Committee
John C. McCloy
Robert Lovett
Arizona educator Mrs Smith dies in San Diego at 56
Constance Fitch Smith former Pima county school superintendent from 1931 to 1936 passed away in her sleep at her San Diego home. She authored the Arizona teachers retirement act and moved to California years ago. Survivors include husband Talbot Smith and two sons Talbot Jr and Raymond D. Smith. Funeral plans not announced. She came to Arizona in 1901 and held teaching posts after earning a Michigan bachelor's degree in 1908.
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Constance Smith
Arizona
San Diego
Talbot Smith, Jr
Southern Arizona Bank
Tucson
San Diego Sun- Tribune
Constance Fitch Smith
Pima County
Associated Press
Smith
Talbot Smith
San Diego Sun-Tribune
Tucson Daily Citizen
Arizona Daily Star
Raymond D. Smith
Childress
Tex
Ferris H. Fitch
Detroit
Marjorie Tuttle
Dearborn
Mich
Congress To Welcome Nimitz Home Oct 5
The house voted unanimously to receive Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz at a joint session of the house and senate on October 5.
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Congress
Nimitz
Washington
House Today
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
House
Senate
Two Japanese Army Officers Arrested in Allied War Crimes Sweep
Yokohama report says Lt. Col. Seiichi Ohta and Lt. Hana shi Takauchi were arrested on charges of atrocities in Manila and mistreatment of Allied prisoners at Camp 1-B Kawasaki. Lily Abegg, a naturalized German, was taken into custody for broadcasting propaganda. The trio, joined by Sybille Abe, remains among the wartime criminals list with five others still unaccounted for.
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Yokohama
Eighth Army
Seiichi Ohta
Manila
Hanashi Takauchi
Kawasaki
Lily Abegg
Tokyo Radio
Ohta
Takauchi
Miss Abegg
Sybille Abe
Col
Akira Nagahaka
Philippines
San Osane
Pris
Food Shortage Threatens Europe as Winter Looms
The AP reports a growing European food crisis with 47 American groups urging quick shipments to avert famine. President Truman vows full effort while warning of continued suffering this winter as grave conditions and graves for Berliners press the urgency.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Europe
Truman
Truman expands powers of labor department in government reorganization
President Truman announced a sweeping reorganization transferring all powers and operations of the war labor board the war manpower commission and the United States employment service to the labor department. He also moved the economic stabilization functions to the office of war mobilization and reconversion under John W Snyder. Secretary Lewis Schwellenbach will wield the new powers and promises to act quickly in the Detroit strike. A labor industry leaders conference was anticipated.
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Secretary of
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Washington
Labor Department
Schwellenbach
Truman
Labor and Industry
Detroit
Schnellenbach
UAW
Chrysler Corporation
Ford Motor Company
CIO
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
Trenton
Mich
Oil Workers’ Union
Midwestern
Ford
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company
Kelsey-Hayes
War Labor Board
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
Mr. Truman
Office of Economic Stabilization
John W. Snyder
Lewis Schwellenbach
WLB
WMC
LABOR
Navy and Marine Corps to cap postwar personnel at 666000
Senate and House bills set peacetime strength for the Navy and Marine Corps at 666000 total, with 500000 enlisted and 58000 officers in the Navy and 100000 enlisted with 8000 officers in the Marines. Leaders Walsh and Vinson cited aim of speedy demobilization and consulted naval officials.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Navy
Marine Corps
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
David I. Walsh
D-Mass
House
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Walsh
Vinson
Naval Department
Lord Haw Haw Relieved Of 2 Treason Charges
A British court at Old Bailey reduced the treason case against Brooklyn born William Joyce to a single count. Joyce broadcast German propaganda as Lord Haw Haw for nine and a half months while holding a British passport. Justice Tucker threw out two counts asserting Joyce was a British subject. defense argued he was a U.S. citizen. The broadcast period cited ran from September 18, 1939, to July 2, 1940.
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W. W. Hercher
London
William Joyce
Lord Haw Haw
Tucker
Old Bailey
Joyce
United States
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Allen V. Dowling
U. S
Wainwright
Kartus Group
Col. Holbrook
Tucsonian
Probhers
Mrs. Bender
Stimson
Mrs. Smith
Germany
Berlin
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