House Drops Unemployment Pay Measure
Congress shelved all legislation broadening unemployment benefits amid strikes and idleness, voting 14 to 10 to reject President Truman's proposal. Knutson cited the strike issue as decisive and plans to draft peacetime tax relief next. Senate debate looms over a full employment bill and a wage hike proposal moves forward with hearings set.
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Washington
Congress
House Wars and Means
Truman
Doughton
D-Nc
Rep. Knutson
Minnesota
Senate
America
House
Aiken
Vermont
Tunnell
Delaware
House Committee On Ways and Means
Dean Acherson
Senate O.K
Japan
Acheson
Schwellenbach Backs 65 Cent Minimum Pay
Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach urged a 65 cent an hour minimum wage, saying it would strengthen the economy by preserving purchasing power during reconversion. He testified before a Senate subcommittee that raising to 65 cents now, then 70 and 75 in successive years, would extend coverage to agricultural processing workers and advance a living standard for workers.
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Washington
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Schwellenbach
Senate Education and Labor
U. S
Schnellenbach
Congress
National League Baseball Finals Cubs Edge Cards in Scrappy Clash
In the N L finals the Cubs defeated the Cardinals 5 to 3 behind strong pitching by Dockins and Crumlings with relief from Borowy and Livingston. Brecheen started for the Cards and was supported by Lopatka and Rice as the Cubs rallied late to clinch.
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Cubs
Brecheen
Dockins
Lopatka
Rice
Crumlings
Borowy
Prim
Livingston
Williams
Tito Rejects Big Five Plan For Trieste
A Yugoslav spokesman said Marshal Tito’s government rejected a proposal to internationalize Trieste via the Big Five council. Belgrade hinted Trieste might hold a plebiscite on its future status, with autonomous city state under Belgrade sovereignty as a key option.
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Edward V. Roberts
London
U.P
Marshal Tito
Council of Foreign Ministers
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Edward Kardelj
Britain
United States
Oil settlement test for U S officers amid industry strike
Officials from 11 major oil companies and the CIO oil workers union met under Colorado Chief Justice Knous to seek a settlement over a strike that has curbed output in three large refining regions. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach warned that failure is not an option and urged immediate return to work. Chrysler wage talks also opened as the UAW seeks a 30 percent rise, marking a broader labor push in the auto sector.
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United Press
Oil Workers’ International Union
CIO
William L. Knous
Colorado Supreme Court
J. O. Hubbard
Houston
Tex
A. J. Hummart
St. Louis
Knous
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Schwellenbach
National Labor Relations Board
United Auto Workers (Cio
Chrysler Motor Corp
Chrysler Corp
UAW
GOP Senators Urge Quick Vote on Enlistments
Republican senators pressed for prompt action on voluntary military enlistment inducements. Senate leaders signaled willingness if action could be swift, amid debate over speeding demobilization and the 18 month minimum enlistment for veterans.
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GOP
Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Truman
Senate
Barkley
House
Vandenberg
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Army
Navy
Germany
Japan
Sen
Revercomb
R-Wva
Senate Military Committee
British ships rerouted over Panama tolls
London September 25 The British ministry of war transport announced that ships from New Zealand and Australia have been rerouted to avoid the Panama canal where tolls must be paid in dollars.
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London
British Ministry of War Transport
New Zealand
Australia
Panama Canal
Truman seeks repeal of Army war funds in bill
President Truman proposed Congress repeal war department appropriations totaling 28.69 billion dollars. An additional 500 million would return to the treasury from special accounts as Army strength declines to about 1.95 million by end of June. The White House outlined 18.44 billion needed for the last 11 months for demobilization and general Army expenses.
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Treasury
War Department
White House
Congress
$150 Monthly Is Advocated For War Vets
Arizona house member Rep. J. W. Estes proposes a six month guaranteed wage of 150 dollars for veterans unable to find work. The measure would create a state employment fund of 100000 dollars and require state offices to hire veterans within a year of discharge for residents with at least one year in Arizona before induction.
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Phoenix
Arizona House of Representatives
Armed Services
J. W. Estes
Maricopa County
Arizona
Military Societies Abolished By Allied Council In Germany
The Allied control council issued a proclamation in Berlin detailing rules to govern defeated Germany. It orders the abolition of all military and quasi-military groups including land air and naval forces SS and SA units the gestapo the general staff reserve corps military schools veterans groups and related clubs.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council
Germany
Gestapo
General Staff Officers Corps
Chinese And Siamese Clash In Bangkok Battle Escalates
In Bangkok Siamese soldiers and Chinese civilians clash with sniping and barricades in China town. A 7 p m curfew is imposed and China town is off limits to British and a small American force. Seven killed and two British soldiers seriously wounded as a three day battle grows after Siamese mood blocks Chinese flag celebration.
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Bangkok
Siam
Chinatown
Osborn Wins Approval for 25000 to Handle Colorado River Matters
Phoenix, Sept. 25. Governor Sidney P. Osborn wins final legislative approval for a 25000 appropriation to hire legal and engineering experts on Colorado River issues. The senate passed without dissent, sending the bill to the governor after the house approved it last week. A companion measure abolishing the Arizona Colorado River Commission and splitting duties with other state bodies also cleared the senate, awaiting house action. The house also backed a traffic safety division for the highway department and set a 6500 ceiling for the state health superintendent’s salary. The resolution expressed regret over Mohave legislator Ken St. Charles.
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Phoenix
Sidney P. Osborn
Senate
House
Osborn
Arizona Colorado River Commission
State Land Department
State Power Authority Commission
Arizona Highway Department
Ken St. Charles
Kingman
Mohave County
Legislature
Eisenhower orders removal of Nazi holders from offices in American zone
General Eisenhower ordered immediate removal of all Nazi holders of civic offices and key industrial posts in the American zone of Germany. The move followed a Stars and Stripes report alleging General Patton refused to denazify Bavaria. Lt. Gen. Walter B. Smith announced a Wednesday press conference to address Patton’s stance on military government.
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Frankfurt
Dwight DB. Eisenhower
Germany
Eisenhower
Stars and Stripes
George S. Patton
Bavaria
Walter B. Smith
Smith
Patton
Carl Levin
Herald Tribune
Levin
Mikado to Meet MacArthur Would Shock Japan
DEWITT MACKENZIE reports Tokyo sources say the mikado plans an audience with General MacArthur. Such an act would defy Nippon’s ancient sacred rites and test the emperor’s grip on his throne as Allied occupation reshapes Japan.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hirohito
Tokyo
Mikado
MacArthur
Nippon
Japan
Gen. MacArthur
Nip
Tovrea Manager And Companion Lost In Gulf While Fishing
Wilfred L. Bainbridge general manager of the Tovrea Packing company and Delbert D. Daley partner in the Daley Electric company are missing since a fishing trip on the Gulf of California off Rocky Point. Army planes searched Sunday and yesterday but found no trace of the men or their boat. Bainbridge from Phoenix and Daley from Tempe were joined by four companions for the trip.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U.P
Hope
Wilfred L. Bainbridge
Tovrea Packing Company
Delbert D. Daley
Daley Electric Company
Gulf of California
Rocky Point
Bainbridge
Daley
Tempe
Gulf
Millard Scott
Tovrea
Rea Farmer
Los Angeles
H. J. Hunt
Col
Harry Watson
Elevator Strike Expands Across New York Buildings
New York elevator operators threaten to widen a walkout from 2015 office buildings to apartments and hotels. The 11000 plus workers oppose a war board ordered pay cut for shorter hours. The union plans a 10 am meeting to coordinate actions.
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New York
U.P
Building Service
International Union
AFL
War Labor Board
Garment Center
David Sullivan
32B
John Goodman
Regional War Labor Board
The
Realty Advisory Board
UA approves social work major in public administration
E. J. Brown dean of the school of business and public administration at the University of Arizona announced a letter from the American Association of Schools of Social Work praising the bachelor of science in public administration with a major in social work. Mary Sydney Branch noted the program aims and course sequence, highlighting integration of sociology economics political science biology and psychology.
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E. J. Brown
Business and Public Administration
University of Arizona
Fred Allen Conrad
American Association of Schools of Social Work
Chicago
Mary Sydney Branch
Two Arizonians In Frisco War Prisoner Ceremony
Sgt. Glen Farmer of Phoenix and Pfc. Derlind K. Hamblin of Mesa were among a symbolic group of war prisoners honored at a ceremony in San Francisco on September 25.
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San Francisco
Glen Farmer
Phoenix
Pfc
Derlind K. Hamblin
Mesa
Nomura says Japan had no chance against US in war
Former ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura says Japan expected only a draw from war with the United States and that some naval officers opposed going to war in 1941. He recalls warnings about the US war effort and discusses diplomacy with Roosevelt and Konoye before Pearl Harbor.
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Tokyo
U.P
Kichisaburo Nomura
Japan
United States
Nomura
Yomiuri Hochi
Saburo Kurusu
U. S. State Department
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Roosevelt
High Seas
Prince Fuminaro Konoye
Pacific
Konoye
Tojo
Kurusu
Silver Star Awarded Posthumously to Pvt Hendricks at Sells
Col B P Shotwell announced a posthumous Silver Star Medal of Honor for Pvt Joseph P Hendricks of Vamori who died aiding his platoon by silencing a three man machine gun crew during a combat reconnaissance. The ceremony at Sells drew 450 Navajo to witness Hendricks's father receive the medal.
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Joseph P. Hendricks
Vamori
B. P. Shotwell
Ninth Service Command
University of Arizona
Col. Shotwell
Sells
Joseph M. Hendricks
Hendricks
William C. Isett
Presbyterian Church
Joaquin Lopez
Hendrick
Freezing Temperatures Recorded in Arizona at Flagstaff
The Phoenix weather station reported the first freezing temperatures of the year in Arizona with 32 degrees at Flagstaff. Meteorologist E L Felton said it is the first freezing reading from regular stations in the state, though higher mountains may be colder.
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Phoenix
U. S. Weather Bureau
Arizona
Flagstaff
E. L. Felton
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