davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-07-26
Clement Atlee, Now Dep
uty Prim G Minister,
Will Become Head OF
Government
tBy Associates prss.s

LONDON, July 2s. -
Counting of the ballots today
in the election that was held
in Great Britain three weeks
ago showed that Prime Mir
lister Churchill's party, shs
Conservatives, were defeated
by the Laborites, led By
Clement Alice, by two 90 one.
First returns indicated
strongly that the Laboriirs
would win, but the greater
the number OF votes received
the more apparent il became
that Labor mad scored an Of.
crwhelming majority.
Final cOuat gave I.aigog
376 seats in parliament g.
181 for the Conservative.
The Liberals have 10. a
branch of the Liberals ~.
and the Communists have
two seats.
Ii was the greatest swing
to the left In the hi tory Hl
British elections. though A..
Ice is described not o. 4 rafl-
ical. or daring innovatar. ~
rather a middle-oF-the.fuas
adherent in British pollii
very deliberate In everythln
he does, and one ot ut 60,
pCnents said today lhat
when Atlee does anything.
you may say IL h done eufl
pletely, without any loose
ends"
He has been working flg s1l ial
reforms in England fof the
20 years. He was well up in co..
councils of the Labor party as,
Ramsey Macdonald. their header
was named prime miuiifr n
1929. the last time that i.aiaa haa
a majority IN the House IT Con.
mons.
Atlee. as deputy prime MIN
ter under Churchill. b aid fa fs
familiar with tine major aets ai
government, particularly n faI
eign affairs. since Churchill ha
been in office. and. in the usaies
of the foreign policy Of thg nfi
ish government. AtioeS vsva
are much the same as ChufChlll
Churchill. whose son ard aan.
in-law were defeated ~ the
landslide will return the sBn
bolS Of his office to KING GrmEs
who will call on Alice 30 faam p
new government When ths nfi.
ish delegation returns d. tllc csa-
ference Of the Big Three - pa.
dam, il will be hesded IS Ait
as Prime Minister.
The Laborite based thfif rfm.
paign issues on the natiunaiifa-
ton Of mines and other gsai Boz
duStries in Great Esrtian uat
are now under the control 81 Taf.
opiy. The people. instead Of tsi
italists, will now b. gwen = clsaafs
TO conduct the affairs 81 nusrfH
mcnt, and one neWrpafaf sa
that il is new era HH f
economic life uf Great Britain
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-07-26
MADE
HARBOR MASTER

Governor Caldwell. yesterday
afternoon, appointed Stephen c.
Singleton harbor master in Key
West to succeed John K. Glenn
mer, resigned, according to an
Associated Press dispatch receiv-
ed too late by The Citizen for
publication yesterday.
Mr.. Singleton, several years
ago, served as harbor master for
two years, then resigned, and
MIR. Clemmer was named to the
position. The latter left recently
for Miami and, before going
away, sent his resignation as
harbor master to the governor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-07-26
Another Applicant
For City Pension

The City Council at it's meeting
last night, received an applica-
ton from Mrs. Sarah E. Gardner,
widow of the late Whitmore J.
Gardner, requesting that she be
placed on the pension roll in lieu
of her husband who served the
city for is years, principally as
chief of police.
The application was ordered
placed on file.
Postscript of the Apache sentinel. [volume] (Fort Huachuca, Ariz.) 1945-1946, 1945-10-26


her mother on the Post
over the Weekend. She
looks very chic In her new
Cadet Nurse uniform. Sheis
in school at Phoenix.
Lots Of fun due over
this coming weekend. Big
use Dance tonight, VACs
farewell party at USO Tue
sday night and the regular
MOO Club Jamboree Saturday
and Sunday nights.
Have you seen the res
ults Of Swanee tonsorial
venture? All it takes is a
little nerve on your part.
Swanee's got his.
Threatening to "re-up";
,Swanee Givens, "Ducky"
Massey and "SnuffyH Patton.
Go to it, boys, it seems
as thong most Of the fell
lows around here now will
be here for little while
anyway.
Maybe the advent Of new
troops Will provide week.
end acti.v tiles at Wells
Memorial Stadium. We sure
miss those football games.
Used TO have them every
Saturday and Sunday throu-
gilout the seas son.
Let,s go roller skating
at the Field House. Always
somebody there to hold up
the 'iduffers". Jesse NC
Game in charge.
The 'Firecrackern is
still inactivated III
Have you seen the new
al1-colored magaz inc NIB
onyn just put on the stand:
by the publishers Of the
Negro Digest ????
Cpl. James( Meathead) Hick'
Postscript of the Apache sentinel. [volume] (Fort Huachuca, Ariz.) 1945-1946, 1945-10-26
W2 nh1
I1W c1aA

Capt.: uEhy do you have
all the big nsn in the
front ranks and all the
snail men in the rear?"
Lieut.: "It's the SER
geant's idea, sir. He used
to work in fruit store"
A tactful girl is one
who makes a slow boy be-
lieve he is q fast worker.
IF every GIL: could read
a GIRLS mind, the gaso-
line consumpt ion. would
drop 50 per cent.
A GIL on furlough rush
ed up to the cigar counter
in the Union Stat ion, puff
fling like all get out, and
slammed five pennies down
OF the counter.
IA can opener, quick"
he gasped.
SO the clerk gave him a
nickel and the Gel. said,
"Thanks, n grabbed 1t ard
rushed out.
He took his girl to a
barn dance, but he got the
same old stall. ,.
School boy's answer to a
question in an anatomy
test: HYour Legs Is what
if you amt got two pretty
good ones you can't get to
f rst base and neither can
your sister.
Staff Sgt.: nETait a min
ute, I thought / heard
something break.
Gal: ''Never mind, that
was just ny promise to
Postscript of the Apache sentinel. [volume] (Fort Huachuca, Ariz.) 1945-1946, 1945-10-26

BETHLEHEM, PA.-John Web
er, who doesn't like his
brother, has been ordered
by a court to pay the Lat
ter $3.50 for biting his
left thialb off at the Sec
ond joint in a fraternal
fracas several months ago.
CHICAGO Because they're
too hot to handle, wartime
racketeers here are pedal
ing $1,000 bills for $500.
The big folding stuff was
acquired in black market
operations, officials said.
DETROIT = Esther SchlGn,
l2, has AT easily aroused
boy friend. When she park
ed his car overlong while
shopping, he cut off all
her lovely blonde curIs
with a hedge shears. Now
she's suing him.
PHILADELPHIA James Mas
on, a bod carrier who help
ed build Philadelphia Gem
tra1 High School in 1894,
has enrolled in it at the
age Of Is.
SILT LAKE CITY Burglars
entered the home Of Mrs.
Grace Irvine, stole her
si1verware and q portable
radio, then took a bath
and left. nat least,n said
Mrs. Irvine, "they left the
ring in the bathtub. u
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-31
WOMEN BOND LEADERS
ASKED FOR LAST BIG
SALES DRIVE TODAY

SPRAY, Dec. 30-(P)-Mrs. Karl
Bishopric, State Chairman of the
Women's Division Of War Finance
Committee, recommended today
that women bond leaders and
statesmen in all parts of the state
greet passerby Monday with the
query. lean you buy an extra E
bond this year?"
Monday, Last Chance Day"
will be the last sales day of the
Victory Loan drive, the final bond
campaign of the World War II pc
riod, and the women's division will
make special efforts to raise North
Cardinals E bond record over the
top of its $30,000,000 quota. More
than score of counties have pass
ed their respective quotas, but the
state as a whole is tagging.
Mrs. Bishopric also urged that
the women in every county make a
last check of all issuing agencies
to be sure that all bond sales are
reported by Monday night, so that
they may be counted officially on
the quotas
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-31
BY RALPH TEATSORTH
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

OHAtcu TreSS StaII correspondent
TOKYO, Dec. 80. - Gen. Doug
las Macarthur said today that the
new Allied plan for control of ia
pan was made behind his back and
over his objections, but that he
would "try to make it work"
In typical, outspoken statement
the Supreme Commander made it
plain the plan for an 11-Nation con-
troll body displeased him, and re-
vealed:
l. That he objected formally to
the idea on Oct. 81.
2. That he was not consulted
again before the plan was adopted
by the Big Three Foreign Ministers
at Moscow.
Macarthur disclaimed response
bility for the decisions reached al
Moscow, but said that he would
try to make the new plan work be-
cause ''the issues involved are toe
vital for the future of the world
to have them bog down."
IA statement attributed to Far
Eastern Commission officer that ]
did not object to the new Japan con-
troll plan before it was approved al
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-31
100000 MORE CTS
TO BECOME ELIGIBLE
FOR RELEASE TODAY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-WH-
An additional 100000 men and wo-
men in the Army become eligible
for discharge tomorrow under re-
visions in the Army discharge sys-
tenn which lower the point score
for enlisted men to so.
The discharge score was dropped
from 70 to 70 for male officers
except those in the medical ser.
vices. The length of service re-
quired for separation was reduced
from 70 to AZ months for enlisted
men and from 81 to 40 months for
male officers.
For the first time, length Of
service will be a criterion for dis
charge of WAC personnel. En-
listed WACS will be discharged
after 80 months and WAC officers
after 80 months of service.
WAC officers and enlisted per-
sonnet married to a discharged
veteran may be separated upon
application.
Medical and dental corps offie.
ers now become eligible for dis
charge at the age of 48 instead Of
81
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-31
Mine DEATH TOLL
MOUNTS TO FIVE
Little Hope Held AT Pine
vile That Remainder
OF Men Alive

PINEVILLE, KY, Dec. 30-tR-
The death toll in coal mine ex-
plosion near here last Wednesday
morning mounted to at least five
today as one of the men carried
out alive Friday died this after
noon.
Weary rescue crews continued
to search for 49, or more miners
still unaccounted for in the wreck
ed tunnel Of the Kentucky Straight
Creek Goal company's number
one mine.
Tom Mcqueen, 30, Magnet, KY,
died in the Pineville Community
hospital about 2 p. M, Central
Standard Time, today without re-
gaining consciousness. He was
married but had no children.
He was one of the nine miners
found alive in the in the fire-swept
pit more than SO hours after the
unexplained explosion trapped 81
or more men about $3.50 a. m.
Wednesday. Albert Bennett, "a,
Pineville, died before he could be
brought to the surface. Mcqueen
was the last of the eight survivors
carried out OF the tunnel and he
was in an oxygen tent until he died
Experienced miners held little
hope for the survival of the 10 OF
more men still unaccounted for
but the rescue work did not slack
en-.
Late last night word was sent up
that four bodies had been found but
today officials said this was mis-
take-three not four were found.
The bodies of mine foreman
NathT Centers, 81, and Hobart Sui
fridge, "A, were brought out of the
mine this morning. They were bad
" burned but were identified by
company officials and relatives.
Both were married and Centers
had three children and Sulfridge
five.
There was no announcement
about the Identification of the body
which had not been brought out OF
the tunnel.
Two of the dead were found on
their knees and there was evidence
that they had dragged themselves
several feet. They were badly
burned.
Fires, which have plagued the
rescue crews since they first en-
Continued on Page Two; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-31
ELECTRIC employees
REFUSE SUGGESTED
CANCELLATION PLAN

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-U.D-
The Western Electric Employees
Association, whose strike scheduled
for January threatens to involve
telephone workers throughout the
nation, today refused to enter con-
Citation proceedings unless Wes-
tern Electric Co., indicates its
willingness to go beyond a Is per
cent pay rise offer.
Henry Mayer, attorney for the
Union, following three-hour con-
ference with us. conciliator Jacob
R. Mandelbaum, said the Union
felt ats 30 per cent pay rise de-
mand was "an irreducible mini
mum" as long as the company
regarded the Is per cent offer as
an 'unincreasable maximum"
Mandelbaum said following the
conference that he would consult
with company officials tomorrow
to determine whether Western
Electric was prepared to make a
further offer.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-31
NEW FIGHT LOOMS
ON uses CONTROL

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-U.H-
A new battle for state control OF
The United States Employment Ser
wee shaped up tonight as Secretary
of Labor Lewis B. Schwellepbach
called on the agency to whip un-
employment in 1916.
He said in letter to USES, Di-
rector Robert C. Goodwin that the
service is expected to excel all
previous records of achievements
in finding jobs for displaced war
workers, returned veterans, minor
lily groups. handicapped workers
and new entrants into the labor
force.
Gov. Edward Martin of Pennsyl-
vania, chairman Of the United
STATES conference Of governors, dis
closed in Harrisburg, meanwhile,
that a committee will meet here
next weekend to consider steps to
offset President Truman's veto Of
bill containing rider" which
would have returned USES 20 the
states by early April.
The governors were instrumental
in having the rider attached to the
bill which was intended to recap
ture unexpended war funds Mr..
Truman imposed a pocket veto a
week ago while Congress was in
recess and USES promptly tackled
s5l 900, 000,0 900 (b) of comprehen-
sive displacement program.
Congress is almost certain to
cooperate with the governors. The
House Labor committee is expect
ed to consider a new USES bill soon
after the legislators reconvene JAN
IA. If it is passed and vetoed, Con-
gress will be on hand this time to
'ote on overturning the veto.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-31

Scans Offer
For Traps
CHANG DUBIOUS
Nationalist Leaders Taking
Communist Peace Plan
With Proverbial Salt
By SPENCER MOOSA
APP Staff CORRESPONDENT

CHUNGKING, Dec. 3O.-(P)-Chi-
nese government quarters and
communists each charged that the
other was pushing military often
sives today as the government look
ed for possibly BOBBY traps in the
Communist proposal for an uncon-
dtional truce.
First, government quarters have
made it clear they could accept
no truce were it to impede in any
way the restoration of railroad COM
munications or interfere with dis
armament and repatriation Of Jap
anese troops.
Secondly, there are reliable indi-
cations that if the government
were to accept the proposal without
qualification the Communists
would renew some of their prev
ious claims, such as share in the
disarmament of Japanese.
The Communist proposal has
been in the hands of Generalissimo
Chang Kai-Shek since Dec. % and
is being given serious considera-
ton The governments reply might
be delivered at the next formal
meeting a few days hence OF rep
resentatives of the two sides, who
last conferred Dec. q.
There is practically no prospect
that the forthcoming unity CONVEX
sations will open on New Year,
Day, as proposed by the Com
munists. Most quarters believe it
unlikely this conference will start
before the second week of January
A Communist spokesman assert
ed that 225,O00 government troops,
in drive aimed at conquest OF
Conlmunist-dominated Jehol pro.
vince, captured Kupehkow, Great
Wall border town between China
proper and Inner Mongolia, on
Christmas Day.
A government dispatch declared
the Communists, since mid-Decem-
Der, have been attacking KufoW,
the Chanting province birthplace
of the sage Conducius. It said so,
900 Communists were attacking the
sacred city, trying to isolate il
from the outside world.
More than 5000 fully armed
Japanese, a Communist dispatch
alleged, were sent to fronts north
and south Of Taiyuan, capital Of
shansi province, to participate in
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-31
CONTROL PLAN
RKS GENERAL

Moscow is incorrect" MacA'
statement said.
ION Oct. 81 my final
ment was contained in q
to the Chief of Staff for the S
tary of State, advising tina,
terms in my opinion are not 4
ceptable.' Any impression which
the statement might imply that I
was consulted during the Moscow
conference is also incorrect"
Macarthur indicated that the plan
had been outlined to him before
the beginning of the Big Three
meetings in Moscow in December,
and that he objected to it then, but
it was adopted without ever con-
sulting him further.
His statement was amplified by
an official spokesman for his head
quarters who said that Macarthur
didn't even know Japan was being
discussed at the Moscow confer
ence until he saw it announced in
the Daily Press
"Gen. Macarthur never receiv-
ed any information or communica-
ton whatsoever from the Moscow
| Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-31
DUTCH TRANSPORT
REACHESBATAYIA

BATAVIA, Java, Dec. 30.-U1-
A battalion OF Dutch Marines train
ed in the United States has reach
ed Java, it was announced today.
British troops, cleaning up this
capital city arrested 81 persons.
including seven known Extremists
and some former members of the
disbanded Indonesian civil police
force.
A Dutch. liner, the Noordam, ar
rived off Tandpoengpriok, port for
Batavia, last night with about L..
900 Marines under command of Col.
M. R. De Bruyne, their equipment,
repeatedly including American
made tanks, followed on a second
liner.
The Marines will relieve Dutch
and native troops now on guard
duty in uneasy Java, where self
styled Indonesian republic under
DR.. Soekarno is seeking complete
independence for the Javenese.
Allied circles said the British told
Indonesian officials that the Dutch
Marines were planning to land. In
donesian authorities have indicat-
ed they opposed any such step and
would consider it as definitely
harmful to any peace plans TOR
Java.
British officials announced that
number of former members OF
the now disbanded Batavia civil
police force were among the 81
persons arrested in Batavia, where
searches and arrests were carried
out without resistance. The Allied
authorities disbanded the police
force latter some elements OF it
had proven unreliable and were ac-
cused CT involvement in looting and
kidnapping.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-31
Byrnes Denies Agreement
Will Obstruct Macarthur;
Koreans Stone Americans
FLOATING ICE, FOG
ALTERS PRESIDENTS
NEW YEARS. CRUISE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. -
W.|-Floating ice and dense
fog interrupted President Tru-
mans cruise down the Po-
tomac today, forcing him to
return to anchorage off Guam
tico, Va, where he planned to
spend the night.
The presidential yacht, the
Williamsburg, was 10 miles
south of Quantico, the White
House said, when Consider
able floating ice was encount-
cred. The ship ran into a
heavy fog and turned back to
the anchorage off Quantico
where 1t was planned to stay
the rest of the day and night"
Mr.. Truman boarded the
yacht Friday night to devote
his time primarily to writing
the nationwide speech he will
deliver the night of January 3.
The President plans to return
to the White House on the
morning of January 2. This
means he will spend New
Years Eve and New Years
Day aboard the Williamsburg.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-31
State Head
Backs Stand
Of Big. Three,
BOMB CONTROL "SAFE"
Secretary Says u. S. Not To
Share Atomic Secrets
Unless Protected
BY ROBERT BARKDOLL
UNITED PRESS STAFF
CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 80. -W.D-
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes
tonight defended the Big Three
agreement concerning the admins
tration of Japan and said it would
not affect the position of Supreme
Commander Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur.
Byrnes said the authority Mac.
Arthur yields will not be OBJ
structed by the inability Of the
Far-Eastern commission to agree
on policies or by the inability of
the Allied council to agree upon
the methods of carrying them
OUT
1--WE were determined, he said,
Ito assure that the outstanding
and efficient administration set
up and executed by Gen. Mac
Arthur should not be INSTRUCTED.
Byrnes staunchly defended the
Big Three agreement on atomic
bomb control and asserted that
the United States is not expected
to share its secrets until it was
certain that effective safeguards
had been developed to insure our
mutual, protection" .y..e,-.-s.
He said the conference discussed
no technical or scientific matters
concerning atomic energy. Neither,
he said, did the Russian govern
ment ask any questions about the
atomic bomb.
Instead, he declared, the Soviet
Union shares this country's belief
that the atomic bomb is such a
revolutionary weapon that methods
of controlling it internationally
should be explored through a Unit
ed Nations commission.
Regarding Macarthur and Japan
he said the agreement whcih
brings Russia into the picture
does not mean the United States
will forfeit its policy for Japan.
He pointed out that nothing can
be done without this nations con-
currence.
He said the United States had
always intended to make control
of Japans an Allied responsibility.
even though this country had borne
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-31
CIBENEFlTS MAY
COST 100 BILLION

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30-UP-By
signing the revised CT Bill OF Rights
President Truman may have added
as much as 10 to Is billion dollars
to the future tax bill.
And that sum is just a starter
on the overall bill for veterans
benefits of World War II. The figure
is so high veterans administration
budget experts won't even guess
at it.
Omar KetcFlum, legislative direc-
tor of the veterans Foreign Wars,
said tonight that in the next Is
years World War II benefits may
cost 100 billion dollars.
Since the Revolutionary War and
through fiscal 1915 relief for vete-
rams of all wars has cost % billion
dollars. The current fiscal year,
alone, will boost this figure by
four billion.
Next year VAS budget will jump
to five billion and that figure will
be duplicated or increased in the
several following years.
Thus VA will spend as much in
the, next half dozen years as it
and its predecessor agencies spent
in $50.
The annual Veterans Administra-
ton bill will far exceed what the
whole federal government spent,
say, in fiscal 1890, when the U. S.
budget was 50, 440, 1858, 1884.
The rise in veterans benefits
parallels closely the rise in magni-
tude and cost of wars. World War
II cost around 300 billion dollars.
1t produced u million veterans,
compared to four million in World
War I.
The CT bill, with it's free educa-
ton, loan guarantees, and unem-
ployment compassionate new
in the history of veterans benefits
was originally estimated to cost
from eight to 10 billion dollars.
Ketchum said that estimate might
now be raised to Is billion, with
new allowances for CT scholars
and with the possibility that more
veterans than originally contem-
plated might take advantage of the
$40 weekly unemployment allow
anceS.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-31

CAMP SHANKS, N. Y, Dec. 80
-(P-Blossom, a shaggy white
dog from the Bronx, official greet
er for at least a million GIs who
passed through this camp on their
way overseas and coming home,
will spend happy new year in
Texas.
After two years Of strenuous
duty, city wise Blossom will have
chance to have adventures with
Texas jackrabbits. His latest mas
ter, Pfc. Hooper Herson of Route
l, Bonita, Texas, who is being dis
charged here tomorrow, is going
to take Blossom to his father S
ranch.
A high-spirited dog about the