Demobilization Protest Sparks Mutiny Talk In Yokohama
Col. Charles A Mahoney accuses American troops of near mutiny driven by Communists during War Secretary Patterson’s visit. An anonymous pamphlet quotes him calling demonstrators a bunch of damned babies. Mahoney says pamphlet garbled and notes planned mass meeting for Thursday outside service command headquarters.
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Yokohama
W.P
Charles A Mahoney
Service Command
Robert Patterson
Mahoney
Patterson
Manila
United States
Soldiers Protest Demobilization in Manila Demonstrations
Army officers in Manila face protests over demobilization policy as soldiers abroad voice discontent. Lt Gen Hall notes per Dec 9 redeployments from Japan outpacing replacements, warning of morale risk. A pamphlet titled The Discharge Men or Babies raised mutiny claims and accused officers of profanity amid chants to go home.
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Mahoney
Yokohama
FDR Letter Warned of Possible Armed Clash With Japan
The 1941 Roosevelt letter to Wendell Willkie warned there might be an armed clash at any moment if Japan pressed forward toward the Philippines Dutch Indies Malaya or Borneo. The note dated December 5 1941 emphasized the serious Japanese threat delivered after the Pearl Harbor attack.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Congressional Investigating Committee
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Sumner Welles
Keith Murdock
Australia
Willkie
London
Murdock
New Zealand
Philippines
Dutch Indies
Malaya
Borneo
Senate House Committee
FDR
Break in Degnan kidnap murder hints at new suspect
Chicago police indicate all men are out seeking another man in the Degnan kidnap slaying case as habeas corpus hearings continue for two North Side janitors. Officials reveal bones found were not human and a dismemberment knife was not the tool used, while a red blanket and knife found nearby spurred hopes for an important clue before later doubt.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Jack Hanrahan
Criminal Court
Hanrahan
North Side Building
Winthrop Avenue
Set
Tim O'Connell
Janitor Held in Degnan Slaying Probe
Hector Verburgh, a janitor, questioned at police headquarters as detectives pursue the slaying of Suzanne Degnan six year old. Police report knives found and eleven people held for questioning, seven released. Verburgh has not taken a lie detector test.
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Hector Verburgh
Suzanne Degnan
Verburgh
American Delegation Backs Byrnes on Atomic Energy Safeguards
The United States delegation to the United Nations assembly closed ranks after a two hour conference with Secretary of State Byrnes who said any atomic energy secrecy plan must win congressional approval. Senator Vandenberg said he was reassured on security before disclosures and on U S congressional oversight. Russia is likely absent from the opening session in London.
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London
United States
United Nations Assembly
Byrnes
Assembly
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Atomic Commission
Moscow
UNO
Russia
Soviet Delegation Heads UN Assembly Opening
Step by step the article notes Vice Commissar An drei Vishinsky will lead the Soviet delegation with spokesman Andrei Gromyko. The opening session marks the League of Nations anniversary with Edardo Zuleta Angel of Colombia opening the assembly and Attlee to speak. Paul Henri Spaak is tipped as president.
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Andrei Vishinsky
Andrei Gromyko
Washington
League of Nations
Versailles
Edardo Zuleta Angel
Colombia
Preparatory Commission
Attlee
Paul Hen Spaak
Belgium
Eisenhower authorizes rapid home returns for unused troops
General Eisenhower ordered overseas commanders to send home all soldiers not needed, prioritizing those with lower scores and longer service. The move follows GI protests over slow discharges, with MacArthur citing homesickness and ongoing demobilization concerns as the key factors guiding replacements and troop levels.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Mediators Take Action as Packer Strike Edges Forward
Government conciliation conferences opened behind closed doors with Jesse Jacobson presiding. CIO United Packinghouse Workers led by Lewis J. Clark met Swift & Co with J E Wilson as general superintendent. Hearings continue for Armour, Cudahy, Morrell, and Wilson packers with AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters also involved. The CIO plans a January 16 nationwide 200000 member walkout over wages. AFL threatens action by Friday if gains are not granted.
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Chicago
Jesse Jacobson
CIO United Packinghouse Workers
Pres
Lewis J. Clark
Swift & Co
J. E. Wilson
CIO
Armour Packing Co
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of America
Patrick Gorman
AFL
Roach Considers Run for New Mexico Governor
State Senator Burton Roach of Hillsboro hints at a gubernatorial bid. The former Amarillo sheriff and Ladder Ranch manager has long been named as a possible Democratic candidate, saying thems my intentions about seeking the office.
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Santa FE
Burton Roach
Hillsboro
New Mexico
Roach
Potter County
Amarillo
Ladder Ranch
House of Representatives
Senate
Mother of Two-Headed Baby Reported in Grave Condition
Mrs Ernest Brickey of Norton Virginia remains in grave condition after delivering a male infant with two heads by Caesarean section. The dual body infant, dead at birth, had two chests two hearts and four arms.
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Norton
Ernest Brickey
Ike Reaches Ottawa for Three Day Visit
General Eisenhower arrived in Ottawa today by special train for a three day visit. Local business note: Dependable Lumber Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co., 1200 West Sixth Street, phone 4222.
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Ike
Ottawa
General Eisenhower
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
6Th
Milk price hike threatens Panhandle dairy shipments
Dairymen in Amarillo and Lubbock press for a 60 cent per hundredweight milk price raise as OPA new rules trigger possible milk stoppages. Producers warn they may sell cattle if demands aren’t met while shipments to Amarillo face suspension and essential deliveries plan debated. The blockade could affect roughly 10,000 gallons daily from a 175 mile radius.
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Lubbock
Amarillo
Dairymen’s Association
OPA
Francis Weber
OPA Poultry, Egg and Milk Unit
Dallas
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
USDA
USA
Panhandle
Telegraph
West Texas
42 States Hit By Phone Strike Expands Nationwide
The Associated Press reports a walkout of installation workers has expanded to 42 states. The strike boosted the number idle to around 107,000 as the dispute threatens to disrupt the nation’s telephone system. Most of the 8,000 members belong to the Communication and MKAssociation.
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Associated Press
Bell Workers Here Walk Out In Sympathy With Western Electric
In Amarillo a small group of Southwestern Bell equipment installers joined a sympathy strike for Western Electric workers seeking a 30 percent wage increase. Picket lines were planned, toll and dial services could face disruption, and union spokesmen warned of possible major service breakdowns across the Bell system in 42 states.
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Western Electric
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Cora Miller
Five-State Telephone Workers’ Union
Amarillo
Bers
Western Electric Company
Bell Telephone System
Strike by CIO telegraph workers confines to New York City
R. S. Scruggs, local superintendent of Western Union Telegraph Co., says the CIO strike is limited to greater New York City. Telegrams to and from New York will be delayed indefinitely while other national traffic runs normally. cables and radio messages to Europe and South America via New York offices are interrupted.
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CIO Telegraph
New York City
R. S. Scruggs
Western Union Telegraph Co
Europe
South America
New York
MacArthur All-Powerful In War Crimes Setup
Allied war crimes proceedings in Tokyo grant General MacArthur sweeping authority to appoint prosecutors and judges for nine nations and to review final decisions. Joseph B. Keenan to be chief prosecutor. Nuernberg differs as a four nation court. In London, Norman Baillie-Stewart pleads guilty to defense regulation violation and faces possible banishment to Germany.
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MacArthur
Washington
Germany
Tokyo
Tojo
General MacArthur
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
U. S
Britain
Russia
China
France
Netherlands
New Zealand
Australia
Canada
Nuuemberg
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Joseph B. Keenan
U.S
Nuernberg
London
Norman Baillie-Stewart
Lord Haw Haw
Old Bailey Court
Rus sell seeks divorce after sixty years of marriage
Frank E. Russell, who wed Lena Russell on November 24 1897, has filed for divorce within two years of their Golden Wedding anniversary citing three years of separation.
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Las Vegas
Frank E. Russell
Lena Russell
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Summary
The Weather Bureau reports Thursday conditions across Amarillo and vicinity with partly cloudy skies and warmer trends. West Texas remains partly cloudy and cool with Panhandle and South Plains cooler than the Pecos Valley and Big Bend region. New Mexico sees scattered snow flurries over mountains with partly cloudy Thursday and fair Friday night and Saturday.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
Big Bend
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Phantom FD-1 Jet Fighter for Carriers
The Navy unveiled its first exclusively jet powered carrier fighter the FD-1 Phantom built by McDowell Aircraft Corp of St Louis. It exceeds 500 mph with a seven mile service ceiling and about 1000 mile range. Designed mainly as an interceptor it features a high rate of climb and carrier suitable landing gait enabling wave offs.
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Washington
Jan
Navy
McDowell Aircraft Corp
St. Louis
Naval Aviation
OPA Plans to Break Lumber Black Market in Dallas
Miss Marie McCutcheon, an OPA lumber executive, says the agency recognizes a lumber black market and has been drafting a plan to smash it. Congressman Sumners reports open black market activity to Texans seeking housing veterans relief as East Texas mill operators back ceiling prices.
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Dallas
Marie McCutcheon
OPA
Hatton W. Sumners
Dellas Builders
East Texas
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