Hurley asserts Acheson led inside job to destroy policy
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that American foreign policy had been defeated by an inside job. He charged Undersecretary Dean Acheson with a leading role and said career State Department officials sabotaged U S policy. He pledged to supply confidential lists and faced questioning from Sen Connally and others.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Acheson
Hurley
Byrnes
Connally
D . Tex
Eut
United States
Hurley Oboo
Tunnel
D-Deling
America
Washingtn
PBI
Committee
Mansfeldt Sobs As She Testifies In Murder Trial
In San Francisco on December 6 Mrs Irene Mansfeldt sobbed while testifying about shooting nurse Vada Marin on October 4. She expressed regret only for her children and Martin's sister and said she would give her life to bring Marin back. She recalled nothing of the events surrounding the killing.
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San Francisco
Irene Mansfeldt
Bace
Aes Iecer
Vada Marin
Goin H. Mansfeldt
Martin
GOP Committee To Meet Today In Chicago 1946 Platform Debate
The Republican national committee gathers in Chicago for a two day session to review the 1946 platform. Debate centers on collective bargaining and protecting small nations with western voices seeking more party influence in policy and personnel decisions.
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Chicago
GOP
Great West
Southwest
Clarence Budington Kelland
Martin
Massachusetts
House
Arizonas Central Republican Committee
United States
Mrs Hughes Dies at 53 in Washington
Mrs Charles Evans Hughes wife of former Chief Justice dies in Washington on December 5. She was Antoinette Barter daughter of a partner at Hughes firm where her husband worked as a young lawyer before Hughes retired on June 30 1941.
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Washin
Charles
Ce Hines
Hughes
Antoinette Barter
Banana Supply Floods Fairmont Hospital
Myrna Tawpey a nine year old daughter of a coal miner battles leukemia in Fairmont Hospital. Bananas requested by the child sparked a hospital appeal and gifts placed under a special Christmas tree for the young patient and other children in the ward.
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Fairmont Hospital
Rapiaonk
Myrna Tawpey
Jane
Russell D. Tawney
Myrna
Auto Workers Reject GM Pay Hike Offer in Detroit
Detroit December 6 The United Auto Workers CIO rejected General Motors wage offer of a 10 percent raise mirroring a prior proposal. Walter Reuther said the strike continues with no change in status while both sides agreed to negotiation. UAW pressed for 30 percent increase with no price rise and refused to discuss arithmetic.
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United Auto Workers
CIO
General Motors
Walter Reuther
UAW
Esmen
Harry W. Anderson
Analy Reuther
R. J. Thomas
Reuther
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Gmen
Allocations Hike Sale Of Bonds In Mercer County
Mercer County reports bond sales totaling 1,031,467.25 in the Victory Loan drive, about 640,000 short of the 1,670,000,000 quota. County allocations over the past two days include Appalachian Power 38000, Kresge 20, American Cement 5000, Bluefield Coal 25000, Lerner West Virginia 5000, Oilo 6000, National Company 7000.
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Ens
Richmond
Pittsburgh
Clyde J. Stephens
Mercer County War Finance Committee
Federal Reserve Banks
Mercer County Ordinance Committee
Appalachian Co. Power Com
Kresge
Bluefield Coal Ena Company
Bramwell
Siaiaiees Tire and Company
Lerner of
West Virginia, Inc
Oilo
National Company
Press Rider on UNRRA Fund Approval Passed by House
The House approved 1.35 billion dollars for UNRRA with a rider requiring the President to seek free access for American newsmen to countries receiving UNRRA aid. The vote was 327 to 39. Rep. Herter criticized the amendment citing potential access issues with Russia and Ukraine.
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UNRRA
Washington
House Today
Truman
Rep. Herter
R-Mass
Russia
Ukraine
Five Navy Bombers Missing Off Florida Coast
Miami reports a mass air sea search for five navy torpedo bombers with 14 crew and a sixth rescue plane with 13 aboard. The hunt covered thousands of square miles off the Florida coast from Jacksonville to Miami as weather and high seas hinder recovery efforts.
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Miami
Fla
FMA
CSL Uvesl
WLU
Navy
U. S
Solomons
Army
Coast Guard
Jacksonville
See Piorida
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Banana River
Age Seer Tin Mariner
Loan To Britain Faces House and Senate Opposition
Washington reports the Truman administration plans a 4.4 billion dollar credit to Britain in return for reform steps to boost world trade. Critics in Congress fear social and imperial overreach, while supporters say the loan serves US interests and world stability as officials preview congressional action.
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Washington
Truman
Britain
Congress
N. Y
Senate
Moore
Okla
Hill
Ala
United States
Beckley Named Site for 200-Bed Veterans Hospital
Beckley West Virginia designated as the site for a new 200 bed veterans hospital approved by President Truman and Veterans Administrator Omar Bradley. The $2 million facility will be built in Beckley with state and local support and serve veterans in the region.
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Beckley
Administration
Hedrick
Wva
Truman
Omar Bradley
Experts See Atomic Power As Coal Competitor In Years
New York December 6 experts at a National Association of Manufacturers symposium said atomic power could compete with $15 a ton coal within years to decades. Leaders noted Hanford solved atomic heat, but shielding must be heavy, delaying car and airplane use. potential uses include locomotives and ships.
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New York
L. R. Groves
Charles Thomas
Ssa
Monstanto Chemical Co
J. A. Wheeler
Princeton University
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Hanford
Washington State
Raeder Led Plan Invade Norway
Admiral Erich Raeder and Dr. Alfred Rosenberg pushed the invasion of Norway from the war’s outset, records show. British prosecutors at the International Military Tribunal described a treacherous push for e boat bases and Norwegian betrayal. Raeder urged naval staff for a Norway base report on Oct 3 1939, after Britain and France entered the war.
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Noland Norgaard Nuernberg
Erich Raeder
Norway
Alfred Rosenberg
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Reichsmarshal
Poland
Hitler
Roosevelt
Neville Chamberlain
Eduard Daladier
Pius XII
Fuehrer
Laun
Ciano
Coun
Euan
Wehrmacht
Raeder
Rosenberg
Great Britain
France
Mercer County Schools To Reopen Today If Weather Allows
Mercer county schools will be in session today unless a heavy snowstorm during the early morning hours makes travel hazardous. County superintendent Charles H. Archer announced the plan after a county school officials meeting at the board of education office. If changes occur, radio WHIS will broadcast the update. Traffic in Bluefield improved as snow and ice melted with most streets clear by nightfall. Temperature was 30 degrees and then rose to 33 degrees by early evening.
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Mercer County
Charles H. Archer
WHIS
Archer
Board of Education
Bluefield
Keeney
Sugar Ration To Remain Unchanged In 1946 First Quarter
The Office of Price Administration says sugar rations stay at five pounds per person per month from January through April 1946, but January and February may be harder to obtain. A new stamp number 39 validates January 1, signaling a likely shortage, especially on the East Coast. Industrial allotments remain at current levels.
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Washington
OPA
Hargrove Has Job For Office Boy Colonels
New York December 6 Marion Hargrove author of See Here Private Hargrove addressed 5000 industrialists at the National Association of Manufacturers convention He said the solution for war veterans who return as colonels is to put them back to work as office boys The audience gave loud applause as he added that many senior ranks are held by men doing private first class work during the war
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New York
Marion Hargrove
Hargrove
National Association of Manufacturers
Pauley urges stripping Japan of key industries and assets
Edwin W. Pauley, U.S. reparations commissioner, urged President Truman to remove most of Japan's shipbuilding capacity and half its electric power and machine tool industries. He proposed shipping facilities abroad and sending gold and precious metals to the San Francisco mint, with arms production equipment destroyed to prevent future war.
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Tokyo
Edwin W. Pauley
U.S
Japan
Pauley
Truman
Manchuria
Eee
San Francisco
United States
China
Philippines
Einstein
Surplus Property Available To Vets
Veterans may purchase surplus army items for business use through the Smaller War Plants Corporation from the third service command depot in Philadelphia. Maj. Gen. Philip Hayes says retail or spot negotiated sales may be approved if in the government’s best interests. Available items include orchestra equipment roofing material auto parts textile office equipment building supplies and lab tools. The Army sells small lots with larger lots going to other agencies, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation announced 27 surplus army vehicles to be sold.
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Baltimore
War Plants Corporation
Third Service Command
Philadelphia
Philip Hayes
SWPC
Washington
Pennsylvania
Virginia
War Department
Service Command
Army
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Marshall testifies Pearl Harbor attack hinged on non-alertness
General George C. Marshall told a joint committee the Pearl Harbor strike depended on Japan's gamble and Hawaii's readiness. He said forces at Pearl Harbor could have disrupted the attack, and warned stronger air power and forces would have deterred or defeated the assault.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Pearl Harbor
Joint Committee
Pacific
Hawaii
Marshall
Roosevelt
Britain
Gerhard Gesell
British Isles
Germany
Gesell
Roose
Ceommnent
Rita Hayworth to Divorce Orson Welles
Hollywood reports Rita Hayworth will divorce Orson Welles after two years of marriage. She plans to issue a joint statement with Welles when he arrives in town. The couple’s union, once a Hollywood romance, ends amid public interest.
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Orson Welles
Hollywood
Welles
Miss Hayworth
Orson
Rita
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