Europe's Little People 1946 Bread Cries From Hamburg Shelters
Pauline Frederick reports from Hamburg on German hunger and cold in prefabricated homes, with Frau Hohlman and others showing scarce food, fuel, and shelter amid British zone rationing. Food officials warn of starvation risks without wheat and bread imports as cities lie in ruins and housing shortages persist.
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Pauline Frederick Wiu
Hamburg
Germany
Frau Hohlman
Fran Hohlman
Russia
Hohlman
Minden
F. Hollins
Hollins
Ruhr
Rhineland
No One Wants to Shoot Children
A Dutch or Danish border witness recalls famine and wartime strain near Hamburg as coal hoarding and public scavenging unfold. He notes a 25 percent coal cut causing factory shutdowns, the official remark that no one shoots children, and stark scenes of poverty in Germany including a teen beggar and an old man digging through a trash can.
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Copenhagen
Hamburg
Denmark
Germany
Harlan Stone
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Stone
Burns
Hoover
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Coolidge
Andrew Mellon
Alumium Trust
Senators urge rules change on filibuster in Senate
Washington reports a bipartisan group of ten senators seeks to limit debate to ten days for any single bill to curb filibuster power and push toward a permanent FEPC. Names Pepper Magnuson Guffey Taylor Huffman Kilgore Mead Ferguson Knowland Capper noted. Pearl Harbor report and Patton diary items follow with related context.
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Senate
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Morse
William Langer
North Dakota
Warren Magnuson
Seattle
Wash
Magnuson
Ernest MacFarland
Arizona
House
FEPC
Pepper
Fla
Guffey
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Huffman
Ohio
Kilgore
W. Va
Mead
N. Y
Ferguson
Mich
Knowland
Cal
Capper
Kan
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Kentucky
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Admiral Kimmel
Short
Kimmel
Patton
George S. Patton
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Shim Princess
South Welle
Chicago 7
Uaame
Kellogg’s
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Fleischmaan
Firestone
Firestone Research
NBC Network
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