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MADAWASKA VICTORY - SEASICK DAILY - 01 OCTOBER 1945  (Page 3 of  4)


NATIONAL LEAGUE

          Cubs  4             Pirates 3
                5                     0
     White Sox  5             Dodgers 0
        Braves 13             Giants  4
        Cards   5             Reds    3

AMERICAN LEAGUE

          Yanks 5             Red Sox 0
          Tigers (rained out) Browns H:- H(

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

       Cornell  19         Bucknell    8
       Penn     50         Brown       0
       Army     32         Air Forces  0
       Navy     49         Villanova   0
       Pitt.    20         West Va.    0


CUBS TAKE PENNANT
The Cubs continued their victory march to the Pennant today, taking a doubleheader away from the Pirates. ·When the Cubs square off against the Tigers, Wednesday, it will be the first time these two teams have faced each other in a World Series tilt since 1908.

NAVY STRONG
The Navy Goat seemed merely to be sharpening his horns on Villanova. Villanova offered no serious threat to Naval power at any time.

••In the other games in the east, Army and Pitt. looked rood. If the mauling Army gave the Air Forces means anything, there are a lot of potential Infantrymen in the Army lines. Army stuck to the ground.

GENERAL EISENHOWER REPORTS
Speaking from his Hqs. today, Gen'l Ike reported on occupation activities in the Am­erican Zone. Since V-E Day, 150,000 Nazis small and large have been arrested. Some have been sentenced to hard labor on ordinary criminal charges, some are held for trial as war criminals, and, others have been paroled, The Nasi law code of intolerance and discrimination has been abolished. Any local official active under the Nazi regime has been replaced. All heavy industry has been cut to 10% of its war time output. All financial enterprises capable of supporting a war time economy have been abolished. In closing he announced that 21 more Nazi criminals have been arrested in Wiesbaden.

JAPAN: General Mac Arthur cracked down hard on the Japanese Home Office today. This group has taken it upon itself the business of preventing the distribution of news papers carrying photos and information about Hirohito's visit to Mac Arthur. The home office tried to keep this information from the p00ple inasmuch as it humiliated the Emperor. Mac has ruled that only American censorship would be used in the future and that the Emperor could be interviewed at any tine.

THE NATIONS NEWS IN BRIEF:
The nations strike picture is improved somewhat with the settlement of one major dispute and definite signs that other big strikes may soon come to an end.

15,000  elevator operators in New York City went back to work in office buildings and ended a strike which effected 1,500,000 workers. The elevator men who had been on strike for 6 days accepted the proposals of Governor Thomas E Dewey to have their case arbitrated.

The twenty day strike of 38,000 Westinghouse Electric workers apparently was to end soon. The union announced that the company agreed to resume negotiations if the men returned to their jobs and the associated press reported the men probably will go back to work this week. The one big strike STILL IN EFFECT is among oil workers. The strike has spread to nine states and involves 40,000 men. The dispute is being discussed in a conference in Washington where the union and industry employees were called by Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach. 

In Oak Ridge, Tenn. the Secretary. of War, Robert Patterson says that President Truman may be expected in a short time to announce his personal opinion on what done about the secret of the Atomic Bomb. Responding to a press conference question, Patterson said; "I cannot give the Army's position on proposals to release the Atomic Bomb secret, but President Truman will make public his personal decision on the matter in a short time". "You won't have long to wait for a statement from the President.

Over the nation war time gives way to standard time today at 2 AM local time, clocks went back an hour by act of congress. Turning them back marks the end of three years and eight months of fast time.

The Navy is still studying the Sailors uniform and has several proposed designs to replace the one with bell-bottomed trousers. The proposed design and samples of materials will be sent to some of the fleet commands and after their comments are received a new uniform will be chosen. In the meantime, the Navy has ruled that the Chief Petty 0fficers will be allowed to wear a dress blue coat identical to that worn by commissioned officers. They will also wear the regulation officers overcoat.

Some 8500 Pacific veterans were due to arrive over the week end at San Francisco. The battle ship Indiana was the first to arrive and carried nearly 900 navy men and marines. Eleven troop carrying vessels are due to arrive today at 3 east coast ports.

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