Byrnes Urges Quick Action on Atomic Energy Board
London Secretary of State James F. Byrnes urged the United Nations to create promptly an atomic energy commission and asked major powers to treat it as a sacred trust. He warned against overburdening the UN, stressed peaceful dispute settlement, and outlined two immediate tasks including a security council force and the atomic energy commission.
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James F. Byrnes
United Nations
Atomic Energy Commission
Byrnes
UNO
Security Council
Council
Moscow
Atomic Commission
Pearl Harbor Probers Irked By CIO Blast
Washington lawmakers on the Pearl Harbor investigating committee clashed with CIO officials over delays in legislation. Senator Lucas and Senator Brewster defended the inquiry and warned against halting hearings as Admiral Kimmel and General Short prepared to testify. Cowan accused lawmakers of courting headlines and appeasing Roosevelt's enemies.
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CIO Blast
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D-Ill
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Barkley
D-Ky
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Sen. Brewster
Rlaine
Brewster
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Walter C. Short
Kimmel
Admiral Kimmel
General Short
Cowan
Roosevelt
Sen. Barkley
Wallace Favored For Key UNO Job
London dispatch reports Secretary of Commerce Wallace is favored for secretary general of the United Nations Organization. Polish delegate Jan Stanczyk canvassed delegates on the pick and planned talks with the Russian delegation about selecting a U.S. cabinet member for UNO’s top post amid headlines praising Eisenhower.
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United Nations Organization
Jan Stanczyk
United States
UNO
Vladimi Simic
Uhenice
Washington
Gen
Eisenhower
Explosions Aboard Barge BCL 2569 Shake Manila Harbor
A series of blasts on the barge BCL 2569 caused by liquid oxygen and pyrotechnic gear rocked Manila harbor. The 12 crew escaped with only minor burns, while initial reports misattributed the blast to a nearby tanker, which appears undamaged. The barge is a concrete Liberty ship–class vessel anchored near the crowded breakwater.
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Manila
Vitamin D Patents Opened to Public
Chicago reports a consent decree ending the justice department anti trust suit against the University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and licensees. Most defendants were dismissed on Monday with five remaining to be dismissed, all licenses canceled and Vitamin D manufacture made public property.
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Chicago
University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
John P. Barnes
Quaker Oats Company
Foundation
Rene
Douglas Laboratories
Ninth District Court of Appeals
Los Angeles
United States Supreme Court
Justice Department
Ambroz Seeks Clarification On School City Recreation Plan
Cedar Rapids six member playground and recreation commission led by Otto Ambroz ask the city council for clarity on a proposed merger with the school district. The group questions whether the new arrangement would replace or supplement the current commission as talks continue on shared funding and administration of facilities.
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Cedar Rapids
Otto Ambroz
Ambroz
Louis D. Burgos
Don Hines
Huff Duff Helped Win War Long Range Detection Tool
New York AP The navy reveals the wartime HF/DF gear known as Huff Duff aided the Battle of the Atlantic by locating ships and planes across vast distances. Deployed on ships planes and shore stations it broke up Uboat packs sank one submarine and aided coast guard rescue efforts. It automates circle scans and speeds bearings to pinpoint sources aiding aviation safety postwar.
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New York
Navy Sunday
Earth
Coast Guard
Ocean
Atlantic
Temperature to Drop Tuesday in Cedar Rapids Area
Weather forecast for Cedar Rapids predicts mostly cloudy skies and considerably colder temperatures with snow flurries starting tonight and Tuesday. The mercury may fall to as low as eight degrees above zero, ending a brief warm spell noted by Chambers-Inskeep with early afternoon readings around 39 degrees. No precipitation was recorded Sunday despite colder statewide lows. Mason City reported 14 above zero and Sioux City reached 42 earlier.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Chambers-Inskeep
Sioux City
Mason City
Truman seeks $5 billion cut in federal appropriations
President Truman asked Congress to repeal appropriations and contract authorizations totaling about 5.021 billion dollars, plus 50.345 billion in prior recisions. Major reductions target military establishment navy War Shipping Administration maritime programs lend lease and civilian agencies with varied reallocations to liquidate contracts and support future needs.
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War Shipping Administration
War Risk Insurance Fund
Maritime Commission
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Maritime
Federal Works Agency
Agriculture Department
Interior Department
Hawaiian Islands
Department of Labor
Old War Labor Board
Doenitz Charged Over Ban on Rescue at Sea Evidence
The war crimes tribunal heard evidence that Germany and Japan agreed early in World War II to sink US merchant ships without warning to kill crew, with Hitler seeking 20 to 24 U boats off the US coast. Doenitz faced charges for orders banning survivor pick up and permitting sinking rescue ships in Allied convoys.
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War Crimes Tribunal
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Japan
United States
Adolf Hitler
Hiroshi Oshima
Hitler
Phillimore
Doenitz
Hickenlooper Seeks Price Amendment Extension
Washington reports Senator Hickenlooper says the price control law should extend a full year to June 30 1947 with an amendment preventing OPA from pricing below production cost plus a normal peacetime margin. He argues this would enable full production and employment to beat inflation.
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Truman
Sen. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
OPA
Hickenlooper
Why Not Go Home Chinese Demonstration Shouts
In Shanghai riots Chinese students shouted Why don't you go home to American troops during a nationwide demonstration for a democratic China and withdrawal of U S forces. Student leaders described the event as widespread.
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Shanghai
China
Tri city Troup of 18 000 Called Off
John B. Watkins district VP of the CIO United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America announced the mass demonstration of 18 000 CIO workers planned at the J I Case plant in Rock Island has been temporarily called off. The rally, in sympathy with the Case strikers, had been set for 1 30 p m Monday.
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John B. Watkins
CIO
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America
J. I. Case
Tri-city
Case
Congress Opens Second Session With Truman Urging Fast Action
Washington AP report says the 79th Congress began its second session at 11 a.m. with President Truman asking leaders to speed up unfinished legislation. Acting House Speaker McCormack indicated the President was "very anxious" for early action.
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Washington
79Th Congress
Truman
House
McCormack
Mass
White House
Mrs Roosevelt unsure on Russian trip timing
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said in London she intends to visit Russia after the United Nations assembly ends but is undecided on the exact departure time. Her duties as a delegate will keep her in London for at least six more weeks.
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London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Russia
United Nations Assembly
Assembly
Jackson Plans Return To U.S. In Spring Justice Jackson to rejoin Supreme Court later in spring term
Justice Robert H. Jackson, chief U.S. prosecutor at the German war crimes trial, said Monday he expects to leave the case and rejoin the Supreme Court of the United States at some time during the latter part of the spring session.
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Mernberg
Robert H. Jackson
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Picket by Equipment Workers Delays National Telephone Strike
The threat of a nationwide telephone strike was postponed for at least 30 days as the ACEW and NFTW reached a temporary halt. Members were told to return to work by 1 p.m. local time, while the NFTW delayed actions to allow 30-day notices. The delay followed wage talks affecting GM and broader postwar labor tensions.
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Washington
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Western Electric Company
Telegraph
The
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Federation
Independent Federation
CIO
General Motors
NFTW
J. A. Beirne
UAW Threatens GM Tooling Shutdown Over Truman Board
The CIO United Automobile Workers warned Detroit Monday it will halt tool and die shop production for General Motors if the Truman fact-finding board's recommendations are not accepted by next Monday. About 3,500 UAW members in tool and die shops would stop work on all GM orders.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
Federal
UAW
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Truman
Clock stolen from police station courtroom in Chicago
Police report a thief stole an eight-foot high courtroom clock from its hang in place at a Chicago station. The culprit allegedly crept through the squad room and exited through a back entrance.
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