Senate Hears Palestine Commonwealth Link in Harbor Inquiry
The Senate opened a debate on a resolution linking Palestine and the commonwealth to the Pearl Harbor investigation. The discussion focused on naval intelligence matters, with Vice Admiral Wilkinson and other former officials slated to testify before the Senate House committee.
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Palestine Anc Commonwealth
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Senate House
Politics in Senate probes touches Pearl Harbor and Dewey
Fragmented account notes Senate inquiry topics including possible Pearl Harbor connections, Governor Dewey comments, and testimony plans. References Gen Marshall appeal to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, and calls to hear Chiefs Short and Kimmel before others. Senate weighs Palestine resolution and sale terms for surplus ships.
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Pearl Harbor
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Heefe
Gen
George
Marshal
Thomas FE
New York
Repubii
Mitchell
Brewster
Walter C. Short
Kimmel
Hort
Army
Navy
Hawaii
Senate
Palestine
Senate Military Committee
Urbana Hermit Dies Former College Professor G. Ore Steinberger
Funeral services were held for G. Ore Steinberger 28 a former Western College professor who lived in Saracelin near Urbana for about 25 years. The Hermit of Madnation’s house and cabin were the center of a full-dress gathering. Stassen, Minnesota governor, is slated to speak Wednesday with LaGuardia and Richmond B. Keech scheduled for talks tomorrow at the lawyers convention.
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New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Richmond B. Keech
Truman
Frigid Wave Sweeps Across United States Blasts Buffalo
A frigid wave from Lake Erie dumped up to 48 inches of snow on Buffalo New York prompting a state of emergency. Schools and many city offices closed and emergency calls urged. Temperatures fell far below normal across the nation with widespread subzero readings and rough winds.
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Rockies
Dodiana
Train wreck near here injures dozens on Silver Meteor collision
AP reports eight killed and more than 60 injured when the Florida bound Silver Meteor collided with the northbound Sun Queen near here. About 400 passengers were aboard each train. rescuers formed a human chain to reach the wrecked cars, as survivors described harrowing scenes and hours trapped in the debris.
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Ohio
Welsman
Renning Ott
Cate
Ohio GI Seeks Congress Seat
Cleveland private George L. Mark, discharged after criticizing army brass, said he would enter Ohio's 1946 primary for U S senator or congressman at large. Lt Col Stephen M Young, former congressman at large, also announced his candidacy for the Democratic senatorial nomination. He testified at a Senate hearing and criticized the Army’s high command at a congressional hearing on universal military training.
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Ohio
George L. Mark
Camp Atterbury
U.S
Stephen M. Young
U.S. Senate
Army
Ohio Auto Racing To Award Bigger Prizes
Five race tracks in the East and Midwest will share prizes totaling 100000 for 1946 racing stars. Roy Richwine of Williams Grove Speedway says Winchester Indiana Dayton Ohio Thompson Connecticut Fort Wayne Indiana and Williams Grove will jointly elevate auto racing to major status.
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Roy Richwine
Williams Grove Speedway
Winchester
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Dayton
Ohio
Thompson, Conn
Fort
Wayne
Williams Grove
President to Send Merger Message on Army Navy Union
Washington expects President Graft to send a lengthy message on unifying the Army and Navy for Congress. White House spokesman Charles G. Ross said the message runs from 50,000 to 100,000 words and will be submitted early next week, most likely Tuesday.
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Radio Active Matter Could Replace Coal Claim
Dr. E Vollrath of the University of Southern California opened the World Affairs session noting radioactive matter could yield significant heat. He cited two tenths pounds of an active substance producing as much heat as all the nation’s bituminous coal consumed in a year.
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Peace talks in Moscow cordial as ministers meet
In Moscow the foreign ministers of the Soviet Union the United States and Britain held a cordial preliminary meeting and planned a second session to discuss major issues including international questions. An American observer photographed the ministers at a buffet with vodka, noting Byrnes set down his glass for a safer shot while Bevin and Molotov laughed at the moment.
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Joint Defense Plan for U S Canada Arctic Mission
Washington and Ottawa move toward a North American defense framework with six observers joining a Canadian army air forces Arctic expedition named Exercise Musk-Ox. The 81 day 3 100 mile journey aims to gather military and scientific data through previously impassable terrain starting from Church Hill Manitoba in mid February and from Edmonton Alberta in early March, with air support for personnel.
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United States
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North America
Asia
Europe
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Alberta
Akron Fire Devastates Business District Causing $500,000 Loss
A $500,000 blaze in Akron’s business area destroyed five establishments and damaged another five amid near zero temperatures. Fire Chief Frank Vernotzy reported 24 Akron companies and nearby cities’ crews battled the flames, threatening the Flatiron Building and the Quaker Cats Co. plant. several firefighters suffered frostbite.
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Germans Planned To Starve Soviet Cities
American prosecutors at the war crimes trial of 21 top Nazi leaders charged German plans for conquering Russia would have systematic starvation of Moscow and Stalingrad, naming Hermann Goering as instigator. The plan aimed to cause the deaths of many tens of millions of Russians were they to be captured.
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Stalingrad
Hermann Goering
Wall ace Returns to Ohio After Calf Theft Escape
Lester Wallace, 36, a former prisoner who fled a Cleveland calf theft sentence 14 years ago, is being returned to Sandusky Ohio from Chicago with State Farm service after police learned of his record and arrested him for return to the state.
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State Farm
Chicago
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Cleveland
Public Opinion Plan Aims Oil Wage Strike Settlement
Fact finding begins to pressure a resolution of wage disputes in the oil industry. The General Motors strike looms as the oil case tests President Truman's plan to use public opinion to influence labor talks. Kaiser-Frazer negotiators meet with CIO UAW leaders while Ford and GM reject wage demands and production drags.
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CIO Leader Declares He Would Drop Dead Before Backing Work Pause
B J Thomas president of the International United Automobile Workers union told 1,000 CIO rally attendees in Cleveland that he would rather die than urge General Motors workers to return to work under President Truman's back-to-work proposal. He urged GM workers to stay out until the strike ends, stating he hopes to drop dead rather than advise labor to resume.
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B. J. Thomas
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Thomas
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Truman Policy Praised by China Leaders in Quiet Talks
Government leaders in Chungking welcomed President Truman's China policy statement with enthusiasm and wary Chinese Communist leaders voiced polite skepticism. As negotiations with General George C. Marshall proceeded, both sides urged a peaceful settlement without full civil war, while acknowledging one party rule in China. Meanwhile, UAW wage talks and oil industry disputes dominated headlines as new fact-finding boards prepared to meet and Greyhound workers ended a lengthy strike with a new contract and retroactive pay.
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Probe Death At Vet Party Near Lexington
Perry County sheriff and prosecutor report Legionnaire Martin J. Green, 49, was questioned regarding the stabbing death of Carl Bowers, a 30 year old ex serviceman, at the American Legion Home. Green allegedly signed a statement admitting striking Bowers with a butcher knife after a veterans party, as officials say no charges yet filed. The slaying followed an argument over plans to close the home for the night.
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Crash Fatal to France Injures Vet at Toledo
In Toledo a 20 year old war veteran Robert Hunt and his 18 year old fiancée Mary Elizabeth Cass were in a deadly crash four hours after getting engaged. Cass was killed and Hunt seriously injured as they returned from a dance and visited friends with the engaged ring on display. In Dayton James Gadle 26 died in a fire that damaged a two story apartment house, four others were injured.
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Beightler Gets Big Welcome at Ohio Honor Ceremonies
Ohio's 37th Division returned from overseas as Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler urged for a battle star correction. Gov. Lausche welcomed him in the State House and a memorial ball followed, while a parade was postponed to Memorial Day due to cold weather. Embarkation delays risk delaying homecoming for troops.
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Earl Bay and McArthur Victims Die in Auto Crash
Earl C. Bay aged 45 former Vinton County treasurer killed when his automobile was struck Saturday night near McArthur. The accident occurred on a rural road and police are investigating details of the collision.
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Prince Fumimaro Katoue's death shocks Japanese empire
In Tokyo Prince Fumimaro Katoue died by his own action, a blow to Emperor Hirorito's prestige and the imperial house. The incident revives abdication talk and could trigger broader political reverberations. Confidante Konoye Jong is linked to Hirshito, while Marquis Koichi Kido surrendered as a war criminal suspect shortly after.
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Fumimaro
Katoue
Hirorito
Imperial House
Konoye Jong
Hirshito
Konovye
Koichi Kido
Aerial fox hunt ends in plane crash near Columbus
In Columbus a rented plane crashed in a cornfield during a fox hunt. Riders Robert Dodge and Stanley Larcomb, both from Union County, escaped with bruises after attempting a third fox, having shot two with a rifle as the craft went down. The incident follows a separate note on building materials shortages and calls to substitute scarce bricks and lumber to speed housing production.
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Robert Dodge
Stanley Larcomb
Union County
Dodge
Washington
Commie
John D. Small
Patton regains feeling as neck mends in German hospital
Gen. George S. Patton Jr. spent a comfortable night in a U S Army hospital at Heidelberg. Medical specialists report he is slowly regaining sensation in numb limbs and his broken neck is healing.
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Germany
George 5. Patton, Jr
U. S. Army
US Changes Course on Intervention for World Peace
The Truman administration signals a shift toward collective action in international affairs, arguing that once nations ratify the UN Charter any internal strife may become global business. Policy hints tie aid to speedier Unity in China while Uruguay backs intervention when rights are violated. Ambassadors and Spain sit at a political pivot toward postwar UN criteria.
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Gallia Man Struck by Car in Hit and Run
Golden E. Callicoat, 59, of Bidwell Gallia County Ohio, was hit as he stopped to repair a flat tire. He sustained a compound fracture of the right leg a fractured foot and head injuries and was taken to a Huntington hospital. Callicoat worked as a car repairman at the Raceland Kentucky shops for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co.
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Ban on Public Meetings Lifted in Meigs Today
The Meigs County Board of Health meeting lifted the ban on schools theaters and gatherings in public places. Pomeroy schools to resume Wednesday while Middleport remains closed all week for Christmas vacation.
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