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September 4, 1945

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Headlines from September 4, 1945

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CABINET OFFICERS URGELABOR TO PLAY CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE; It Must Assume Responsibility far Public Good or Risk Federal Curbs, Schwellenbach Says CAPITALISTS' ERRORS CITED Ickes Calls on Unions to Oust Drones and Grafters'--Vinson Asks Unity of All Groups Organized Labor Is Cautioned Government Forced to Act LABOR IS WARNED OF RESPONSIBILITY Says Goals are Indivisible

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Sec Schwellenbach on labor-mgt role

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14 FIELDS OCCUPIED; Americans Cross River and Take Air Base 2 Miles From Capital PLANES POUR INTO KYUSHU Navy Orders Force to Carry Out Firm Rule--Own Police Will Disarm Japanese Tokyo Entry Held Up Firm Control Ordered U.S. FORCES WIDEN GRIP NEAR TOKYO

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US troops cross Tama River outside Tokyo to expand occupation zone; occupy 4 airfields; 1st Cavalry Div sets up hdqrs, Hara-machida; airborne landings start, Kyushu; seaborne force enters Kagoshima Bay; Jap Govt repts MacArthur troops will enter Tokyo met dist Sept 7; Japanese rept US troops in Chiba

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National War Fund to Open Its Last Drive This Month; Budget for Service Men and Women and for Foreign Relief to Be Stretched to Fifteen Months--$16,723,222 City Quota WAR FUND TO OPEN ITS LAST CAMPAIGN Organizations to Continue Limitations on UNRRA Political Factors Propaganda Value USO Allocation

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Building Service Union Suspends 2 Officers Here on Fraud Charges; UNION SUSPENDS 2 ON FRAUD CHARGES

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W L McFetridge, pres, suspends local 32-J pres, L Schwarz, and treas, A Melnekoff, for alleged frauds; lr cites non-payment of per capita tax and initiation fees; NYS Sup Ct to bear Schwarz injunction suit denying charges; defendants claim charges factional dispute outgrowth

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Notable Births

1945Danny Gatton, American guitarist (died 1994)^[†]

Daniel Wood Gatton Jr. was an American virtuoso guitarist who combined blues, rockabilly, jazz, and country to create a musical style he called "redneck jazz" a term which he took from fellow DC-born guitarist Evan Johns, who had composed a song by that name.

1945Bill Kenwright, English actor, singer, and producer (died 2023)^[†]

William Kenwright was an English theatre and film producer. He was also the chairman of Everton Football Club for nearly two decades, from 2004 until his death in 2023.