Navy Officer Predicted Dec 7 Jap Attack Message
Congressional investigators revealed a Navy officer Capt. Alwin D. Kramer predicted a Pearl Harbor attack on Dec 7 1941 after intercepting a Tokyo message. The report notes he sent a note to Secretary Knox with the Japanese envoy message urging a 1 p.m. diplomatic reply and signaling a surprise attack. The portion confirms Navy responsibility for acting on such information.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Alwin D. Kramer
Army Inquiry Board
Barkley
Senate House Committee
Myron C. Cramer
Army
War Department
Cramer
H Kent Hewitt
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Marshall
Short
Secretary of War
L. F. Safford
Navy Communications Security Division
Kramer
Ph Knox
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Army Board
Netherlands
East Indies
Bowles Presses Farm City Cooperation at Ohio Grange Meeting
Columbus OPA Administrator Chester Bowles urged cooperation between farmers and city workers to lift farm incomes through higher wages and stable jobs for 50 million urban workers. He warned unemployment and bankruptcies would rise if farm share of income remains small. The Ohio Grange convention inducted Gov Lausche and about 1,000 others. Bowles predicted clothing prices peaked and rent control efforts would fail.
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Columbus
OPA
Chester Bowles
Ohio
Bowles
Ohio State Grange
Frank J. Lausche
Grange
Lausche
Cleveland
Federal Plan for Sick Study in Ohio Hospitals
A new federal aid plan would fund hospitals and public health centers in Ohio, with $13.345 million in federal money and $17.05 million local match for a $30.395 million five year construction program. The Senate approved the measure, now sent to the House, to tackle acute public institution needs using abandoned army facilities as potential temporary quarters for the sick.
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Washington
Ohio
Senate
Increased Inspection Of Rest Homes Begun
A federal auditor urged expanded action to repurpose surplus B-2 and B-24 bomber frames for housing and community use in Ohio. Alfred K. Robinson said inspectors should coordinate with Cleveland and Columbus agencies to examine licenses and conditions while planning emergency dwellings for the aged and veterans. The move targets crowded cities and aims to transform outdated depots into aged care facilities and housing options.
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Cleveland
Columbus
Welfare Department
Alfred K. Robinson
U. S. General
Robinson
Ernest J. Bohn
Cleve
Jand
Walnut Ridge
Arkand City
Convicted 40 Dachau Atrocity Criminals
DACHAU Germany Forty defendants in the Dachau atrocity trial were convicted by a U S military government court for participating in cruelties at one of the Nazis most notorious camps. Bellefontaine report notes a separate Logan County murder court acquitted Robert I Jackson in the June death of John Mundell. Ohio. Governor may house war veterans in the governor mansion if desired, but they may not be charged rent per attorney general ruling.
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Dachau
Germany
U. S
Bellefontaine
Logan County
Robert I. Jackson
John Mundell
Columbus
Hugh S. Jenkins
Byrnes Heads to Moscow to Shape Big Three Talks
Secretary of State Byrnes departs for Moscow to brief Molotov and Bevin on Anglo American Canadian plans for atomic energy controls under UN auspices. He will seek Russian support for a London UN commission, with six agenda points including atomic energy, peace treaties, Japan, the Balkans, troop withdrawal, and Chinese unity.
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Washington
Byrnes
Moscow
Molotov
Bevin
United Nations
United Nations Commission
London
Europe
Japan
Balkans
Mark Ethlridge
Romania
Bulgaria
Ran
China
B-29 Sets Cross Country Flight Record
The B-29 Dreamboat flew from Burbank California to Floyd Bennett Field New York in five hours 28 minutes 815 seconds at an average speed of 450 mph covering 2464 miles. Piloted by Col Clarence S Irvine the NOC air force craft beat the May record by over an hour. Captain Bruce Hunt of Air Transport Command provided the figures.
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New York
Bruce Hunt
Air Transport Command
Burbank
Calif
Dreamboat
Clarence S. Irvine
St. Paul
Neb
Floyd Bennett
Hunt
Clair Peterson
Inglewood
la Guardia Field
Union Seeks Toys for Children of Strikers in Detroit
The Ohio CIO launched a Toys for Detroit drive to aid children of strikers at General Motors plants in Detroit. President Jack Kroll said about 500,000 members across 29 local councils will donate toys to be sent to UAW headquarters in Detroit.
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Columbus
United Automobile
Detroit
General Motors
Ohio Congress of Industrial Organization
Jack Kroll
UAW
Truman seeks home price ceilings and priority on building materials
President Truman proposed price controls on residential property and reinstatement of a building materials priority system aimed at aiding veterans. The plan, under the Office of Price Administration, would restrict materials and services while fast-tracking surplus government housing for veterans and families. Regulations set ceilings for multiple dwelling units costing ten thousand dollars or less, with varying regional ceilings to reflect local conditions.
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Washington
Truman
Death case ties two elderly women across cities
Police in five cities chase a tangle of identities after the deaths of Eva Delora Krebs Cline and Sally W. Carpenter A 55-year-old ex convict Alfred Leonard Cline is jailed in San Francisco on forgery charges linked to the estate documents The investigation widens as cremation records and death certificates in Portland and Tampa surface and detectives seek matching descriptions of Mrs Krebs Cline Mrs Van Atta and Mrs Van Natta are among those described by investigators as possible identities in the involved cases
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Isabelle van Natta
Oakland
Calif
A. L. Cline
San Francisco
Poffice
Cline
Portland
Ore
NEA
Negtritnrn
Alfred Leonard Cline
John Engler
Folsom
California
Colorado
Eva Delora Krebs Cline
Engler
Gene Ferguson
Mabel E. Chase
Tampa
Fla
A. C. Cline
Sally W. Carpenter
Isabel van Atta
Ferguson
Krebs) Cline
Lausche Seeks Ohio Governor Second Term
Columbus Ohio governor Frank J Lausche confirmed his bid for a second term. He dismissed rumors of a U S Senate run and noted his name would appear on the Democratic ticket for the office he currently holds.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
United States
James W. Huffman
Huffman
Harold H. Burton
Supreme Court
Cleveland
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Senate Votes Funds For Hospital Building
Washington action grants 700 million dollars in federal aid for hospital construction over five years. The Senate approved the measure by voice vote and sent it to the House. Senators Murray and Wagner urged amendments to align the bill with President Truman’s health program plan.
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Washington
UPA
Senate
House
Murray
D-Mont
Wagner
D-Ny
Truman
Patton Condition Improves After Auto Crash
Heidelberg reports General George S. Patton Jr. had a "good night" and his condition remains grave after a Sunday automobile accident. Earlier bulletins said he was fully conscious, rational, taking nourishment, and showing normally active tendon reflexes.
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Heidelberg
Germany
George S. Patton, Jr
U.S
Witch of Delray freed after murder conviction retrial
Rose Veres a 64-year-old Detroit resident born in Hungary known as The Witch of Delray has been declared innocent by an eight men four women retrial jury after serving 13 years for the murder of roomer Steve Mak. The retrial overturned the prior verdict.
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Rose Veres
Veres
Witch of
Delray
Steve Mak
Japanese war crimes suspects surrender at Sugamo Prison
A parade of top suspects including Prince Nashimoto Morihiro surrendered at Sugamo Prison under Gen. MacArthur. In Tokyo crowds urged clemency for Gen. Tomoyuki Yamasaki while Masaharu Homma and others were moved to Manila for trial over the Bataan death march and related outrages.
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Tokyo
Iuperial
Morimssa Nashimoto
Sugamo
MacArthur
Tomoyuki Yameshite
Philippines
Nashimoto
Kijura Shidehara
Imperial House
Masaharu Homma
Manila
Bataan
Ohioans See Colleges Filled by Veterans Surge
Ohioans confront crowded campuses as veterans enter colleges, with Dr. Karl Compton of MIT and Dr. Arthur Compton of Washington University warning next fall’s high school graduates face limited registration space. Meanwhile the UAW CEO pledges mothers to donate at least $1 to a strike fund as GM strike looms.
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Pullman
Wash
Pohia
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arthur H. Compton
Washington University
St. Louis
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Navy halts training of 24000 NROTC cadets in Java fire
In Parkersburg two more missing after blaze at Grand Hotel as Navy halts all 24 000 NROTC cadet and V 12 training. Rep Patman calls for probe by House Naval Committee and Navy chief to identify those responsible for the deadly fire.
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Navy
Parkersburg
Washington
Pat
Grand Hotel
Park Department
Ersburg
Cecil McWilliams
Don Wright
Netherlands East Indies
House Naval Committee
Chief of Naval Operations
Labor Secretary urges fact finding in labor disputes during emergency
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach urged Congress to approve President Truman’s fact finding plan as critically needed during the emergency period. He noted collective bargaining is faltering in key industries and production must continue. the plan would establish 30 day no strike periods. House actions show slow progress on broader labor reform amid votes against a Senate bill and resistance to curb union activity.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
Truman
Buinvereuuall
Blicaeml
Wee
Senate
House
House Military Committee
Congress
Armed Forces
Air Force
Hill
Dala
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Military Committee
Truman names fact finders for GM dispute
President Truman appointed a fact finding board for the General Motors labor dispute and signaled a similar panel for the steel industry. He stressed fact finding should not unduly delay wage pleas and reiterated a 20 day limit. He plans to press a merger message to Congress next week and supports Cabinet reorganization for the armed forces. The House Education Committee advanced a bill proposing 50 million dollars for the first year and 100 million for the second to boost state education funding.
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Washington
Truman
General Motors
Capital Hill
House Education Committee
Willing To Negotiate In Face Of Steel Strike
A CIO United Steelworkers spokesman said detailed plans for a January 14 strike are being finalized with 700000 steel aluminum and iron ore workers at a meeting of the new executive board. Philip Murray denied claims no strike would occur if pledges were kept, and said the strike does not violate contracts. The wage policy committee authorized a 5 to 1 vote, with further ballots under NLRB supervision to be completed by December 21. Murray called the $2 a day wage demand negotiable and urged talks. the union warned of a campaign to wreck the union and condemned Truman’s anti-strike legislation. A nationwide strike would affect over 40 percent of the nation’s workers and close nearly 800 mills plants and mines coast to coast, including Weirton Steel Co. and Welton’s independent unions.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers of America
Arecutive Board
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steels Workers
theiAm
Murray
USW
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Truman
American Iron and Steel Institute
Welverton
Ohio Coal Output Seen To Rise In First Three Quarters Forecast
Ohio mines and strip operations are projected to yield 32,000,000 tons of coal this year according to the State Division of Labor Statistics based on reports for the first three quarters. Strip mining is forecast at 12,760,000 tons this year, a new record, with total production rising from 13,900,000 in 1932 to a peak of 47,900,000 in 1918. Governor Lauscher has clashed with coal companies over strip operations, which have grown with production since 1932.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
State Division of Labor Statistics
Frank J. Lauscher
Farm price policy revision urges flexible production plan
Agricultural economists in a Chicago seminar urge full production and flexible prices, condemning the parity formula as outmoded. They argue a healthy national income supports strong markets and propose government payments to cushion deficits, with 15 winners from a prize contest highlighting reforms.
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Chicago
American Farm Economic Association
Iarmers
Tevel
William H. Nicholls
D. Gale Johnson
University of Chicago
Frederick JV. Waugh
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Washington
Officer Gets Hirohito Famous White Horse
The controversial Japanese white Arabian White Frost, touted as Emperor Hirohito’s owl mount, is shipped to the United States. The Japanese Racing Association handed the horse to Lieut. Dick Ryan after he found the animal five weeks earlier in a secluded compound.
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Toryto
Japan
White Frost
Emperor Hirohito
United States
Japanese Racing Association
Dick Ryan
Sales of Surplus to Veterans Proposed
Surplus Property Administrator W. Stuart Symington urged Congress to make surplus goods available to veterans via thousands of wholesale dealers. He told a Senate military subcommittee the current release method through 31 RFC regional offices has not been successful.
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Washington
W. Stuart Symington
Congress
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Frisco
Wavi
Frances Brown
Richmond
Ind
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Law
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Hirohito
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