3 Day Notice Of Jap Raid Officer Says
Capt. L F Safford testified he was ordered to destroy notes after Pearl Harbor concerns interception and delivery of Japanese messages He said a winds message intercepted Dec 4 1941 warned of war and 72 hours advance notice of the Pearl Harbor attack The message translated by Lt Comdr Kramer indicated war with England and the United States and peace with Russia and was sent from Tokyo at 8 30 am Washington time on Dec 4 1941 Archives show Kramer’s pencil note and the paper translation delivered to Navy officials and the White House The witness said the winds translation may have been filed as number 7001 and was present for the Roberts commission.
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L. F. Safford
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Washington
Safford
War and Navy Departments
Alwyn D. Kramer
England
United States
Russia
Tokyo
London
Kramer
United States Pacific
Port Arthur
Japan
White House
Army
State Department
Noyes
Roberts Commission
Locomotive Engineers Join Strike Ballot Vote
In Cleveland the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen began polling their members on a potential strike. The BLOE with 78000 members authorized the ballot for the decision on industrial action.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
B.L.E
Index of sections and indecipherable page notes
A fragmented index page lists sections such as Comics Deaths Editorial Features Farm Marion Men Women in Service MOVIES Radio Sports State and Women’s Features with scattered stray letters and unreadable sequences across the page. It appears to be a catalog of content areas rather than complete articles.
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Seesress
Vescseers
Cseeeceees Fepicges
Marion
Movics
Ccccc Cree Ees
Eaneres Walter Winchell
Bta
Vet Effort To Crash Picket Lines Blocked
Chicago report details a back to work drive at GM McCourk Electromotive in LaGrange halted by 2000 CIO pickets. A veteran driver, Harry Butcher Jr, was forced from his car after two attempts to pass the lines, and Don Winslow saw his car damaged. County police intervened to prevent further violence as two non striking plant mechanics led the effort.
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Chicago
INL
General Motors
LaGrange
CIO
McCourk Electromotive Division
Harry Butcher, Jr
la Grange
Butcher
Don Winslow
Winston
Marc S. Blodgett
William G. Dilworth
Weather hedges leave Cedar Rapids guessing Saturday
The local weatherman offered a split forecast for Cedar Rapids with colder conditions early then warmer later, reflecting a statewide divide. Readings ranged from 4 to 32 degrees as the day unfolded, with Cedar Rapids near the border of colder northern and warmer southern predictions.
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Cedar Rapids
Lamont
Sioux City
Stop Stassen Goal Of Conference Denied Meeting Opens
Detroit UPI John A Wagner Battle Creek Michigan state GOP chairman opened a two day conference of Midwest state chairmen denying it was a stop Stassen meeting. Guests include Herbert Brownell Jr and John Bricker but Harold Stassen will not attend due to unavailability.
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Detroit
John A. Wagner
Battle Creek
Michigan
G.O.P
Midwest
Stassen
Herbert Brownell, Jr
National Committee
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Harold E. Stassen
Wagner
Iowa National Guard May Form 34th Division With 34th Division to Iowa
Brigadier General Charles Grahl presented 25 year Iowa National Guard medals to Lt. Col. Carlton K. Smith and Major Vincent R. Dvorak at a Cedar Rapids Sojourners dinner. He said Iowa likely will gain the major share of the 34th division, tying Iowa with Nebraska instead of the Dakotas, and noted plans foresee a big postwar guard with about 525,000 enlisted men and 60,000 officers. He praised the 34th infantry’s World War II record and discussed proposed training measures and manpower.
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Gazette
Charles H. Grahl
Des Moines
Adjutant General of
Iowa
Iowa National Guard
Carleton K. Smith
Vincent R. Dvorak
Cedar Rapids
Grahl
Dvorak
Smith
Leo B. Sedlacek
National Sojourners
Charles Grahl
Montrose Hotel
Carlton K. Smith
Jong
133Rd Infantry
National Guard
Sojourners
Troops Seek Wrecked Plane On Elk Mountain Peak
Fifty army troops and climbers press the snow bound Elk Mountain peak in Wyoming to reach the crashed United Airlines plane believed to carry 21 lost persons. Bad weather and waist deep snow hinder the effort as an aerial canvass is planned if conditions allow.
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Elk Mountain
Wyo
United Air Lines
Fort Warren
John Terrill
Rawlins
Terrill
Cheyenne
Col
BE. F. Boruski
Cheyenne Weather Bureau
Truman taps Bowles for steel board amid wage strike
Washington AP report says President Truman summons the steel fact finding board and Price Administrator Chester Bowles to the White House for a 3 p.m. conference as a new plan to settle the 12 day steel stoppage circulates. Bowles to cut short South Carolina vacation and return to the capital soon. Public seizure of steel plants not yet involved.
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Washington
Truman
Steel
Chester Bowles
White House
OPA
Bowles
South Carolina
Coe Allotted 25 Temporary Vets Housing Units
Coe college will receive 25 temporary housing units from FPHA to shelter veterans and families. Olmsted said 25 of 50 units requested will be available, with possible substitution of two dormitory units per family unit for 50 apartments. Dorms would be moved to Cedar Rapids under a National Housing Agency re use program. FPHA allocated 80 units to Cedar Rapids. other Iowa colleges also listed with unit totals.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Federal Public Housing Authority
Byron S. Hollinshead
Orville M. Olmsted
FPHA
Coe
Olmsted
National Housing Agency
Olmstead
Hollinshead
Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa Teachers College
Luther College
Parsons College
Upper Town University
Grinnell College
Simpson College
University of Town
Cornell College
Buena Vista College
British Must Quit Greece Says Soviet and Bevin Responds
In the United Nations security council Andrei Vishinsky demanded the speedy unconditional withdrawal of British forces from Greece claiming Greece endangers Europe’s peace and that Britain backs monarchist factions in a terror reign. British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin rejected the charge and argued the crisis warranted more British troops in Greece.
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London
Andrei Vishinsky
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Greece
Europe
Ernest Bevin
Vishinsky
Ickes says Pauley pledged funds to drop Tidewater suit
Secretary Ickes testified before the Senate naval affairs committee that Edwin W. Pauley promised to raise several hundred thousand dollars from California oil men if the federal suit to claim Tidewater lands was dropped. Pauley, then treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, denied interest. The matter followed Pauley’s nomination for under secretary of the navy.
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Ickes
Congressional
Edwin W. Pauley
California
Tidewater
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Pauley
Navy
Sen
Toby
Democratic National Committee
Tobey
Roosevelt
Navy Post
Secretary of the Interior
Army Moves To Discharge 7 000 Medics
The War Department eases discharge rules to free 7,000 medical officers within five months. Eligible physicians and dentists need 60 points, 45 years old, or 39 months active duty with age and service credits accruing. Nurses require 25 points or 30 years old with 18 months service.
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Washington
War Department
Patterson
Department
Medical Department Corps
Veterinary, Sanitary and Medical Administrative Corps
Army Nurse Corps
New Hospital Plan Urges 1500 Beds Near Des Moines
Des Moines authorities hear a minority report urging a 1500 bed state mental hospital within 15 miles of Des Moines. Dr Samuel W. Hamilton of the U S Public Health Service advocates a 100 man tally ill children unit and returning decisive authority to each institution's superintendent. Other recommendations call for community clinics in every district, stronger fire and plumbing standards, and expanded capacity at Iowa Psychopathic Hospital plus reception units at Mt Pleasant Clarinda and Cherokee.
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Des Moines
Samuel W. Hamilton
U. S. Public Health Service
Hamilton
Robert D Blue
Board of Control
Iowa Psychopathic Hospital
Iowa City
Woodward
Independence State Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Clarinda
Cherokee
Independence
Archer Keeps Hopes To Build Cedar Rapids Ballroom
Tom Archer of Des Moines, a ballroom operator, planned a Cedar Rapids ballroom on Mt Vernon Avenue SE near 38th Street but his rezoning petition was denied by the city council Thursday. Agents say he has no other Cedar Rapids property lined up, yet he has not abandoned the idea. Archer runs ballrooms in Des Moines, Sioux City, Omaha, St. Joseph, and Sioux Falls.
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Cedar Rapids
Tom Archer
Des Moines
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Thirty Eighth Street
Archer
Sioux City
Omaha
St. Joseph
Sioux Falls
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Thomas To Remain Away as GM-Union Talks Continue
DETROIT AP President R J Thomas of the CIO United Auto Workers will not join further GM negotiations for now. Other union negotiators will carry on as Thomas says he speaks only for himself and believes talks continue without a breakdown. Government mediator James F Dewey said wages are not the main issue and noted maintenance of membership as a top topic. GM counters with a proposed 1314 cent per hour raise while the union seeks about 30 percent. Thursday’s meeting was described as very pleasant, contrasting with Wednesday’s bickering session.
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Truman
United States Steel Corporation
OPA
Henry Ford II
Detroit
R. J.thomas
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Thomas
C. E. Wilson
Tain
Uaw-Cio
James F. Dewey
Walter P. Reuther
Dewey
Vet Agency Handling Is Under Fire
Washington UPI reports the American Legion demanded a congressional probe of the Veterans Administration under Gen Omar Bradley. Legion leader John Stelle accused poor bed utilization, claim and mail processing failures, and urged a seasoned nonmilitary manager to lead the agency.
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Washington
American Legion
Veterans Administration
Omar N. Bradley
Legion
John Stelle
Bradley
Stelle
Congress
Truman
12Th Army Group
Europe
House Committee “On
New Palestine Strike Threat Raised by Arabs
London Ins A Reuters dispatch from Jerusalem said Friday the Arab higher committee has decided to call a general strike throughout Palestine Saturday to protest the British decision to allow 1,500 Jews into Palestine every month.
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London
INS
Jerusalem
Arab Higher Committee
Palestine
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