Klatt Guilty Of Assault Gets 30 Days
Carl Klatt 38 former disciplinary officer at Eldora state training school for boys was found guilty of assault and battery and sentenced to 30 days at hard labor in Hardin county jail. He will begin Jan 2 after a nine hour jury verdict.
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Fort Dodge
Carl Klatt
Eldora
Hardin County
Klatt
Ronald Miller
Des Moines
Jens Grothe
Robert D Blue
John M. Rankin
Miller
Ben Pang
Paul H McCord
McVay Found Guilty on Navy Negligence Charge
Capt. Charles McVay III was found guilty of negligent failure to order the Indianapolis to zigzag before its sinking in the Philippine Sea. He was acquitted of the related charge of failing to order prompt abandon ship. The case now goes to the Navy Department for review.
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Washington
Charles McVay III
Navy
Indianapolis
Philippine Sea
McVay
Wilder D. Baker
Navy Department
Navy Law
Women Veterans form first national Legion group
Eight women veterans announced the formation of the Legion of Women Veterans in New York. Founder Patricia Dease, a former Marine sergeant, said potential membership could reach 300,000 with about 800 applications already submitted. The charter was approved by the state adjutant general and national approval is being sought.
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New York
Legion
Patricia Dease
Dease
American Legion
State Adjutant General
Sailors and Brazilians clash in Sao Paulo during goodwill tour
About 350 American sailors and Brazilian civilians clashed in Sao Paulo as the Little Rock visit caused rioting. Six Brazilians and several sailors were injured while firemen used hoses to separate crowds. Sailors were ordered to remain aboard the cruiser at Santos as police investigated.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Little Rock
Santos
Sao Paulo
United States
Ronald Welch
Navy
South America
Army lowers discharge scores and service times for personnel
The army liberalizes its discharge rules to release up to 600,000 more personnel by December 31. Enlisted point thresholds drop to 50, officers to 70, service time requirements shrink for enlisted and officers, and WACs gain length of service as a discharge criterion. WAC married to discharged WWII veterans may apply.
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Washington
Army
Dental and Veterinary Corps
Sanitary Corps
Mrs Roosevelt Nominated to United Nations Assembly Post
Washington reports President Truman named Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt to the U N General Assembly nomination along with Senator Connally Senator Vandenberg and Edward R Stettinius Jr former secretary of state for the United States representatives.
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Roosevelt
United Nations
Washington
Truman
United States
United Nations General Assembly
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sen
Conally
Texas
Sen. Vandenberg
Mich
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Churchill to Visit United States Early Next Year
The White House said Winston Churchill will sail to New York mid January and spend a month or more in a warm climate for rest. He will speak at Westminster College Fulton Missouri on March 5 introduced by President Truman. Churchill will stay in Florida with Col. Frank Clarke in February with Mrs. Churchill and daughter Mrs. Sarah Oliver.
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Washington
White House
Winston Churchill
United States
England
New York
Lord Moran
Col
Frank Clarke
Quebec
Florida
Churchill
Sarah Oliver
Relief Hinted But a Repeat Blast Coming
Cedar Rapids weather notes show extreme cold easing Thursday with 15 mph southwest winds shifting to 20 mph north, then a new cold snap Friday. Readings across Iowa include Decorah at 20 below, Mason City and Spencer at -15, Waterloo -11, Fort Dodge and others near -10 to -9 as state highs reach 8 above.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Li’ Abner
Chicago
Decorah
Atlantic
Mason City
Spencer
Waterloo
Charles City
Fort Dodge
Ames
McGregor
Lamont
Sioux City
Eagles Auction to Boost E Bond Quota in Cedar Rapids
Bond leaders push hard as preparations for a Thursday 6 p.m. E bond auction at the Paramount Theater unfold. Fraternal Order of Eagles will host free admission with top bidders in E bonds winning hundreds of items and a minstrel show from 8 to 9 p.m. Cedar Rapids and Linn county trail toward their $2,007,000 quota with 10 reporting days left.
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Cedar Rapids News
Paramount Theater
Order of Eagles, Cedar Rapids Aerie No
Eagles
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Celdar Rapids
Des Moines
Iowa
State War Finance Committee
Pocahontas County
Audubon County
Monroe
Clarke
Wayne
Black Hawk
Carroll
Polk
Ipworth
Benton
Dallas
Southee
Christmas May Find 82 000 Soldiers Stranded in West
Eighty two thousand homebound Pacific soldiers may be stranded in west coast ports on Christmas unless rail facilities are cleared. The Office of Defense Transportation ordered western railroads to move troop trains and empty cars at speed until March 1. San Francisco hosts 45 000 troops with 17 000 more due midweek, while Los Angeles has 30 000 waiting in camps and ships.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Army
Navy
Office of Defense Transportation
Wie
Los Angeles
Army Transportation Corps
Association of American Railroads
West
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Puget Sound
Chicago
Association of Western Railways
Pacific Coast
Wing, Division Leader In Pacific War Dies at 52
Maj. Gen. Leonard F. Wing veteran of four major Pacific campaigns and leader of the 43rd Winged Victory division was found dead in bed from a heart attack in Rutland Vermont. He had returned from Japan in October with occupation troops and was a prominent lawyer.
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Rutland
Leonard F. Wing
43Rd
Pacific
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Wing
Death of Carlan Infant in Chelsea Sued as Natural Causes
Medical Examiner ruled Ronald E. Carlan died of natural causes after asphyxiation linked to acute respiratory infection and focal pneumonia from inhaled food. The case centers on the same central figure involved in a hoax kidnapping.
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Carlan
Chelsea
Mass
William Brickley
Ronald Carlan
Ronald E. Carlan
U.S. Adjusted Army Ratings Set For Dec 26
The United States headquarters for the India Burma theater said new adjusted rating scores will take effect December 26. Enlisted men receive 50 and officers 70, as announced Wednesday.
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New Delhi
India
United States
India~Burma
U S Battleship Washington Reported in Peril Near Azores
An unofficial Lisbon report claimed the U S battleship Washington faced danger off the Azores as gales hit the Atlantic. Meanwhile the cruiser Augusta and aircraft carrier Wasp were to dock in southern England for storm damage repairs delaying about 6500 American troops on their homeward voyage.
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London
Lisbon
Washington
Azores
Atlantic
Augusta
Wasp
South
England
United States
Ships Carrying Presents To Overseas Men Stalled
New Orleans reports 28 merchant ships idle as Christmas gifts for Americans overseas go undelivered. War Shipping administration official Aubrey Sharp said seamen to man the vessels could not be found as sailors preferred home for the holidays.
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New Orleans
INS
Gulf Coast
Aubrey Sharp
War Shipping Administration
DeMolays Present Painting Of Truman’s Mother
The Order of DeMolay gave President Truman a painting of his mother Mrs Martha Truman. Frank S Land, secretary general of DeMolay, presented it in Washington. Truman said he would hang it in the White House study and joked his mother had told him to come when he can behave himself for 60 years.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Navy
Department of National Defense
War Department
Congress
Senate Military Committee
House Votes U. S. Role in World Organization
The House passed by 344 to 15 a Senate bill authorizing U S participation in the United Nations Organization. The measure, now headed to a conference with the Senate, would make U S representatives to UNO answerable to the President and require periodic presidential reports to Congress.
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Washington
INS
House
Senate
United Nations Organization
United States
World Organization
Congress
UNO
U. S
Security Council
Foreign Affairs Committee
General Assembly
UNO Security Council
Laws for Public Coal Ownership Introduced in Commons
London AP reports Labour proposes public ownership of Britain's coal industry as a central plank of its program. The bill introduced in the House of Commons on Wednesday outlines state control and nationalization aims to reshape energy policy.
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London
Britain
Commons
Long Distance Phoning from Auto May Be Possible Soon
American Telephone and Telegraph plans extensive trials of Mobile radiotelephone service on nearly 1000 miles of highway routes from Chicago to St. Louis Albany and Buffalo, New York to Boston, and via Illinois routes. Urban service to begin in months with road trials lasting after FCC authorization.
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New York
Bell
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Chicago
St. Louis
Ottawa
Peoria
Springfield
Albany
Buffalo
Boston
Illinois
Federal Communications Commission
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
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