Prince Konoye Ends Life With Poison In Tokyo
Prince Fumimaro Konoye, elder statesman and three time premier of Japan, died by suicide in his Tokyo home reportedly to avoid arrest on war crime charges. He drank poison before 5 a.m. after a family gathering. his note or will was not found.
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Tokyo
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Chiyoyo
Sugamo Prison
Supreme
Allied Command
Douglas MacArthur
Konoye
Jogikubo Suginami Ward
Tomohide Ushiba
Ushiba
Kyodo
Diet
Hideki Tojo
Fujiwara
Atsumaro Konoye
Saioniji
Genro
Kyoto Imperial University
Saionji
Fumitaka
Princeton University
United States
Prince Konoye
MacArthur Orders End to State Shintoism in Japan
General MacArthur ordered Japan to withdraw state sponsorship of Shintoism and end propagation of militaristic doctrine. The directive abolishes state Shintoism, bans dissemination in schools, and ends compulsory shrine visits, while preserving private belief.
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Tokyo
Douglas ‘MacArthur
Japan
Roosevelt
Ken R. Dyke
MacArthur
William K. Bunce
Otterbeing College
Westerville
Ohio
Bunce
Textile Workers Vote To Seek Strike Ballot Nationwide
Delegates representing 88 000 members of the Textile Workers Union of America CIO voted to ask for a strike ballot in 102 woolen and worsted mills nationwide. The 250 delegates unanimously approved petitioning the National Labor Relations Board for the ballot due to alleged company failures to meet wage and contract demands.
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Boston
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Truman ties China aid to peace and unity plan
President Truman outlined Marshall's China objectives, seeking an end to civil war between Nationalists and Communists and a national conference to unify China under a broadened government. He tied U S credits to progress, urging cessation of hostilities and a coalition path, with Chiang Kai-shek backing the plan.
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Washington
Truman
George C. Marshall
China
Pacific
Marshall
Chungking
White House
Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
United States
Moscow Reveals New Tabriz Government
Moscow radio announced the establishment of a revolutionary national government of Iranian Azerbaijan in Tabriz with Soviet support. The move follows Tehran’s report that regular government troops had been ordered withdrawn, signaling a shift in northern Iran.
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London
Azerbaijan
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Tabriz
Iran
Tehran
Gazette Inaugurates Intra State Wirephoto Network
The Cedar Rapids Gazette joins seven Iowa dailies in a first state wirephoto circuit linking Town and Cedar Rapids to the AP nationwide network. Readers gain world news pictures minutes after capture, with around-the-clock operation and future local to Iowa exchanges.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa
The
Gazette
Jnow
Town
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Drew Pearson
GI Gazette
Serena Building Sreene
Financial
Wees
Eagles Auction and Kids Movie to Boost E Bond Drive
Linn county’s Victory loan push faces a lag as 13 reporting days remain and bonds total 1 410 596 toward a 2 007 000 quota. A 11 000 bond auction at Paramount theater and a kids comedy show with free admission for a 25 bond purchase are planned to spur sales.
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Specar Rapids News
Linn County
Paramount Theater
Fraternal
Order of Eagles, Cedar’ Rapids Aerue
Paramount theater-Gazette
Iowa Firms Penalized For WLB Wage Violations
The War Labor Board fined 24 workers in Missouri Iowa and Nebraska with income tax disallowances totaling 70375 raising regional penalties to 547188 for wage stabilization violations. Iowa firms include Ty Boyt Harness Des Moines and Kelly Chair Clinton with penalties from 500 to 16000 plus several others in Davenport Des Moines and Burlington. The First National Bank of Beatrice Nebraska was fined 850 as part of the action.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Seventh Regional War Labor Board
Russell S. Bauder
War Labor Board
Bauder
WLB
Ty Boyt Harness Company
Des Moines
Kelly Chair Company
Clinton
O'Dea Finance Company
Bawden Brothers, Inc
Davenport
Republic Electric Company
National Milker Company
Comet Manufacturing Company
Washington
Colorado Cafe
Midwest Biscuit Company
Burlington
Roy Hansen Sign Company
United Light and Power Service Company
First National Bank of
Beatrice
Neb
Senate Appropriation Bill Deficiency Totals Two and Half Billion
The Senate approved a deficiency appropriation bill of 2.5 billion dollars with little opposition. The amount exceeded the House version by one billion dollars and now moves to the House for a conference.
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Senate
Washington
House
Cedar Rapids Braces For Days Of Bitter Cold
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa faced a deep cold snap with sub zero readings and strong winds. The region saw icy streets and a rush of Christmas shoppers braving the weather as forecasts warned 10 to 15 below normal in Iowa with harsher 15 to 20 below in nearby states. Police urged extreme caution after several accidents, noting the potential for fatalities and injuries due to treacherous ice.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chambers
Rockies
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Associated Press
Chicago
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Steve Stolba
Stolba
Ex-Con Confesses Kidnap Murder of 14-Year-Old Bobby-Soxer Thora Chamberlain
Thomas Henry McMonigle 35, ex convict, confessed to abducting and murdering Thora Chamberlain a San Jose teen. He shot her on a lonely road and dumped the body 350 feet over a cliff into the Pacific. search for the body continues. McMonigle was taken into custody by Santa Clara County Sheriff William Emig and reportedly headed for San Jose. FBI and Santa Clara County officials note ongoing line searches despite difficult conditions.
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San Francisco
Thomas Henry MecMonigle
Thora Chamberlain
San Jose
Calif
Bobby-Soxer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
McMonigle
San Mateo
Pacific Ocean
Thora
Thorn
E. J. Connelley
FBI
Chamberlain
Dickie Tom Suden
Santa Clara County
William J. Emig
Redwood City
CIO Union Calls Meeting Today
Members of the United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America local 116 will meet at the CIO labor hall 41914 Second avenue SE at 2 30 p m Sunday Ray Dillman president said the meeting responds to members reaction after the union abandoned plans to pull maintenance employees off the job at LaPlant Choate Manufacturing. Company officials said they would cancel employees hospitalization insurance if maintenance workers were ordered to strike. The company pays the insurance.
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Cedar Rapids News
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America
CIO Labor Hall
Second Avenue SE
Ray Dillman
Dillman
LaPlant- Choate Manufacturing Company
Blue Baby Starts Trip to Hospital
Blue Baby Janice Marie Hayden, diagnosed as doomed to die before her third birthday, travels from Michigan City to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore for evaluation for a life saving operation. She will be examined December 18 to see if surgery like Jude Hackman’s from Buckley Washington can be performed.
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Michigan City
Ind
Janice Marie Hayden
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Jude Hackman
Buckley
Wash
Question Legality of State Board of Control Debate
DES MOINES AP State house officials discussed a section of the Iowa code that might render the state board of control illegal since July 1. The rule bars two members from the same congressional district. McCreery of Alburnet and Carlsen of Elk ad er were from the Second district. Carlsen, appointed last July 1, took office while the governor says he was unaware of the rule. No successor has been named to McCreery.
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Des Moines
Statehouse
State Board of Control
David R. McCreery
Alburnett
E. W. Carlsen
Elkader
Carlsen
Robert D. Blue
McCreery
Labor urged Britain to back GM wage fight
The UAW CIO asked Prime Minister Attlee to intervene as a British stockholder in the General Motors wage dispute. Thomas said Britain owned about 434,000 GM shares as of Oct 1945 and urged a public statement that profits are the workers and owners’ concern. The move comes ahead of Truman’s fact finding board hearings as the strike idles 200,000 GM workers.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corporation
R. J. Thomas
Uaw-Cio
Clement Attlee
General Motors
Thomas
Campbell
American Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Great Britain
Attlee
Truman
Uawcio
Washington
Chrysler Corporation
Briggs Manufacturing Company
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Moscow
John Reynolds
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