Hess claims he faked memory loss to aid trial
Rudolf Hess told the international tribunal he faked amnesia to meet tactical aims, asserting his memory is restored and he will bear full responsibility. The session opened amid disputed claims about his competence as prosecutors and defense counsel reacted with shock and skepticism.
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Rudolf Hess
Olf Hess
International Military Tribunal Today
Adolf Hitler
Hess
Robert H. Jackson
Lawrence
Iam
Counse
Sepibdatrioce
Celanese and Tubize Agree to Merger Plan
New York Nov 30 directors of Celanese Corp of America and Tubize Rayon Corp signed an agreement to merge Tubize into Celanese. Tubize preferred stock converts to Celanese first preferred stock and Tubize common shares convert to two thirds Celanese common. Special shareholder meetings set for January. Celanese operates plants in Virginia Pennsylvania North Carolina with Mexican subsidiaries Visosa Mexicana and Celanese Mexicana. A Texas plant is under construction for cant a 5 Fp Bie.
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New York
Celanese Corporation of America
Tubize Rayon Corporation
Tubize
Celanese Corp
Tubizeyon Corp
Celanese Corporation
Therram Saean
Cum- Narrows
Newatin Ag
With Pa
Staunton
N. C
Viscosa Mexicana, 8. A
Celanese Mexicana
Light Bomber Makes Flight Around World
A twin engined A 26 attack bomber completed a 24 859 mile flight around the world in 96 hours and 50 minutes. Piloted by Col Joseph Kapple of Peoria Illinois the aircraft landed at National Airport Washington. Navigator Charles agne Pa Schumacher Walteria 8 C radio operator Howard J Walden Melrose Massachusetts were aboard.
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Washington
War Department
Joseph Kapple
Peoria
National
Holzaput
Charlesagne
Fee A Schumacher
Waihalla
8. C
Howard J. Walden
Melrose
Mass
Internees Attempt Mass Suicide During Deportations
Stockholm reports mass self harm by about 2700 internees as Sweden moves 2700 Germans and others from four camps toward Russian-occupied Europe. Early word cites 1000 wounded seriously as policemen restrained distressed inmates during the chaos at Trailersborg and surrounding yards.
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Stockholm
Europe
Traileborg
Stockhelen
Supreme Court Bans Picketing Around Plant
West Virginia's state supreme court in a 3-2 ruling grants an injunction against United Mine Workers District 50 pickets at a Huntington area hunting plant. The order bars free access by pickets for 11 days, with a $5,000 bond posted. Judges Lovins and Riley would have denied the injunction. Circuit Judge Hereford had issued a prior injunction protecting plant access last Tuesday night.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
The
International Company
United Mine Workers District 50
William Lovins
James Riley
Soa Te Company
Inco
W. Hereford
Huntington
Failure to See Harmony in GOP Young Turfs Riles Ranks
Washington discovers a rising embryo movement among 39 young in service GOP House members urging independent stance on universal military training and Pearl Harbor inquiry. Leaders deny intra party discord while veterans question handling by senior lawmakers amid mid term program talks.
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Washington
House
Senate
Seeno
Ishouse
Massachusetts
Bennett
GM Offers To Resume Parts Division Work
General Motors asked the CIO United Auto Workers union to resume parts and accessories production for other manufacturers. C B Wilson said the proposal would have GM ship ready materials and operate the division exclusively on outside work if accepted. The UAW given informal notice but did not comment.
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Associated Press
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Corporations
C. B. Wilson
R. J. Thomas
UAW
Wilson
UAW - Cio
General Ae
Harry W. Anderson
Pre-Winter Gale Lashes East Coast Deepening Storm Toll
A pre-winter gale with hurricane force winds lashed the Northeast for two days, causing at least 32 deaths across New York New England and New Jersey. Rail and air service disrupted as 60 foot waves damaged coastal facilities and two fishing boats with 109 and 1 aboard were reported missing.
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New England
New York
New Jersey
Phiadelphia
New England Coast
la Guardia Field
Rawhiding Homeowners Is An Old Political Trick
Bluefield editorial denounces a city plan to replace fire protection funding with a new fee while delaying gross sales tax reforms. It argues utilities pay rates by WV standards, but city officials push costs onto homeowners, urging residents to speak out or risk higher levies.
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Bluefield
Telegraph
West Virginia
Charleston
Hard Coal Price Hike Authorized By OPA
Washington reports new hard coal price increases averaging 19 cents a ton effective tomorrow. The hikes apply to anthracite users and match a portion of the 1942 profit margin, with nine major producers allowed an 11.6 cent rise and others 32 cents. The changes cover through April 30, 1946, tied to the expiration of the United Mine Workers contract.
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Washington
CPA
Cea Gyig Tere
OPA
United Mine Workers
Woman Found Buried in Cellar in Essex Home
Baltimore police say the body of missing 42 year old Clara Roessler was found buried in the cellar floor of her Essex home after a search that began November 6. Her husband Frederick Emile was questioned. no charges filed.
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Baltimore
Clara Roessler
Surburban Essex
Baltimore County
George Hohman
Roessler
Cazenoa N. Y
Hohman
German Hill Road
Frederick Emil Ene
Hoh- Man
Bossod
Roess
Hurley To Take On All Comers In Hearings
Major General Patrick J. Hurley agreed to testify before Senate Foreign Relations and two house committees about his charges against career diplomats and the State Department. Hearings were set as lawmakers scrutinize his China policy and appointment changes including General Marshall.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Dtex
Hurley
House
Te Department
China
State Department
Wood
D-Ga
un-American Activities Committee
Ernest Adamson
Senate
George C. Marshall
Rep
Patterson
Calif
Marshall
Rep. Delacy
Norfolk and Western Donates 400000 to Mercer County War Bond Drive
The Norfolk and Western Railway allocated 400000 to Mercer County in the Eighth War Bond drive the largest corporate gift to date. E R Otey Region 5 chairman announced the total as county sales exceed 800000 with the railroad boost bringing Mercer toward a 1600000 quota. Bond sale lags with less than a third of the issue sold.
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Norfolk and Western
Mercer County
E.3. Otey
West Virginia War Finance Committee
M. Dawson
Western General Division
Nor
Federal Reserve
Richmond
Pittsburgh
Mercer
Witness Says Army Scented Hawaii Attack
Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles testified that army high command viewed attacks on Hawaii and the Panama Canal as equally likely in wartime with Japan. He said Pearl Harbor defenders were on alert, noted prior warnings, and described liaison with Navy and federal agencies before December 7, 1941.
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Washington
Sherman Miles
Army High Command
Hawaii
Panama Canal
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Miles
Gerhard Gesell
Navy
Army
Col
Kendall Pielder
Hawaiian Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tokyo
Yarenc O
Red Ceak Ual
S. Wilkinson
Naval Intelligence
Wilkinson
Pacific
Pynama Canal
Husband
E. Kimmel
Nate
Uae
Parley Ends Without Machinery for Postwar Labor Disputes
President Truman's labor management conference adjourned after 25 days with no setup of dispute machinery. Major issues like wages and collective bargaining split the conferees as John L. Lewis urged unity and action. Several clashes over wage increases and national policy followed lengthy debates among CIO AFL leaders.
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Washington
Truman
Labor Management
CIO
AFL
John L. Lewis
Districts 7 And 8 Production Increases
Bituminous coal production in Districts 7 and 8 for the week ended November 17 is estimated by the Solid Fuels Administration as of November 18, 1944. Cumulative production since April 1 reaches 102,762,000 tons, compared with 118,954,000 tons in the same period last year.
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Solid Fuels Administration
Troop Carriers Return Yanks Across Coasts
More than 35 000 troops aboard 24 ships from the war theater fleets to arrive at three east coast ports today while about 5 000 service men on 29 vessels are due at west coast ports. New York Newport News San Diego San Francisco and Los Angeles receive units from Karachi Le Havre and other ports with detailed battalion and company assignments listed.
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San Diego
Calif
San Francisco
Los Angeles
New York
Santa Pava
Karachi
Engineer
NYU Victory
le Havre
Ordnance Heavy
Chemical Company
Ordnance
Sheepshead Bay Victory le Havre
202Nd Field Artillery Battali
USS
Reno
le Harve
Unified Policy Sought By Lewis
John L. Lewis chief of United Mine Workers urged labor leaders to unite on policy at a labor management conference in Washington. He noted divided labor representation and referenced tensions with AFL and CIO leaders, while praising management unity. He suggested a path toward re affiliating his union with the AFL if key conditions are met.
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Lawrence
Hess
Wilhelm Keitel
Hitler
Supreme Command
Maxine Weygand
Henri Giraud
Erwin Lahousen
Keitel
Germany
AFL
Pacific Northwest
CIO
San Francisco
Midwest
Detroit
Ford Company
CIO United Packinghouse
NLRB
United Steel Workers
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine
Lewis
American Federation of Labor
National Association of Manufacturers and
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
William Green
Federation
Richard T. Prankensteen
CIO Auto Workers
Green
Harvey W. Brown
AFL Machinists
Miami
AFL Carpenters
Donor To Give Blood To Leukemia Victim
Atlanta reports Cecil A. Reed, a 61-year-old Labor Department clerk, flies to Nilwood Illinois to donate his rare blood type to four-year-old leukemia patient Harlan Lair. Reed learned of the boy’s urgent Christmas-turned-Thanksgiving need and arranged the trip after contacting Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. The blood’s special quality is said to aid leukemia treatment.
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Atlanta
Nilwood
Ill
Cecil A. Reed
State Labor Department
Harlan Lair
Reed
Eddie Rickenbacker
Atta
Holiday Causes Coal Production Decrease
The National Coal Association blamed Thanksgiving holidays for a drop in bituminous output. Weekly production fell from 11,500,000 tons to 10,200,000 tons between November 17 and November 24, 1944 figures compared, with January 1 to November 24 at 516,360,000 tons versus 565,900 tons the prior year.
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Washington
National Coal Association
Fire at Radford Arsenal Destroys Bus, $5,000 Damage
A heater fire at the Radford arsenal brand formerly Radford Ordnance works destroyed a construction bus and caused about 5,000 in damage. Mason-Hanger crews battled the blaze for about an hour with no injuries reported.
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Radford
Radford Arsenal
Radford Ordnance Works
Struc
Mason-Hanger Senatraction Company
J. G. Conn
Public Office of
Mason-Hanger
Mason-Hanger Fighting
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Jona L. Lewis
Tech Workers
Railroad Brotherhood
Ira Mosher
National Association of Manufacturers
Philip Murray
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