Threats on Life Bared By Kimmel Threats on Life Bared By Kimmel
Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel told the Pearl Harbor committee that in the months after the attack he received letters from irresponsibles threatening his life. He said the Navy’s public statements inflamed the public and that he offered his services during the crisis but received no assignment. The committee also planned to call former Justice Owen Roberts to explain deletions in the Roberts commission report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Husband E. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Kimmel
Navy Department
Pacific
Navy
Frank Knox
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Walter C. Short
Short
Stark
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Roberts Commission
New Drug Shows Well Against T B
DETROIT UP Preliminary success in the use of the new drug streptomycin in treating tuberculosis was revealed. Mayo Clinic researchers Dr H Corwin Hinshaw and Dr William H Feldman reported that penicillin resistant bacteria could be fought successfully by streptomycin. They cautioned against expecting the drug to replace sanitarium care or surgery. production is so small it is unobtainable except for research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
H. Corwin Hinshaw
William H. Feldman
G I Protest Meetings in ETO Banned
Gen Joseph T McNarney banned mass soldier meetings in the European Theater without commander approval. He said such gatherings served their purpose amid redeployment confusion. Royall told Congress the War Department aims to cut active army to 1.5 million by July 1, relying on enlistments, selective service inductions, and disposal of war surpluses in both theaters.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
Washington
Royall
Congress
War Department
Pacific
Atlantic
Demobilization Plan Draws Strength Against Eisenhower
Honolulu report says service men committee led by T4 David Livingston charges Eisenhower policy is inadequate and fails service members. The statement claims rapid demobilization would neglect overseas commitments and that occupation forces should stay in Germany and Japan. Manila dispatch notes American soldiers plan a mass meeting and demonstration over the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
INS
War Department
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
David Livingston
New York
Eisenhower
China
Philippines
Germany
Japan
Manila
Officer's Arrest Hinted in Killings
MERNBERG AP The army newspaper Stars and Stripes reported that investigators had a hot trail toward arresting an American officer in the cremation slayings of three military officers at Passau ten days prior. Lt. Stanley Rosewater of Omaha appeared to be alive when the killer burned his body, his head smashed by an axe as Maj. Everett Corran and Capt. Adrian Wesseler were also struck before the fire.
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Adrian S. Wesseler
New Rochelle
N. Y
Two Day Corn Borer Conference Opens in Cedar Rapids
The European Corn Borer Conference opens at the Chamber of Commerce in Cedar Rapids with authorities on the insect and its Midwest impact. Speakers include A. M. Vance of Lafayette Indiana H. M Harris and Dr. Carl Drake both from Iowa State College. Rex Conn farm editor for The Gazette presided at the morning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Midwest
A. M. Vance
Lafayette
Ind. H. M Harris
Iowa State College
Carl Drake
Rex Conn
the Gazette
Plane crash near Marseilles kills at least 22
An AP report says a British transport aircraft carrying former Allied prisoners of war from Singapore crashed in snow near Marseilles, killing at least 22 people. The crash occurred Monday night as a snowstorm raged over the Mediterranean port.
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Marseilles
Singapore
Mediterranean
County Board Agrees To Grant Strike Relief
Linn county supervisors met CIO representatives to discuss 15 cent per hour wage increases for 55 county road department workers and relief for possible strikes. Edwin Piper and Joe Polton urged relief planning, while supervisors noted relief is based on need and vowed not to let women and children go hungry. Piper projected up to 7,000 CIO dues paying members in Cedar Rapids could strike soon, with notable actions at LaPlant-Choate Wilson and Company, Link-Belt Speeder, and Cherry-Burrell.
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Linn County
CIO
County Road Department
Edwin Piper
Des Moines
Community Services
CIO National Organization
Joe Polton
Cedar Rapids
Cio-United Packing House
C. L. Beeson
Clare Petty
Springville
Elmer Scevell
Marion
Piper
BRL
LaPlant-Choate Company
Wilson and Company
Link- Belt Speeder Corporation
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Negotiators Renew Steel Wage Talks At White House
Washington officials report President Truman personally pressed steel wage dispute principals to reach a vital agreement for the nation. CIO United Steel Workers seek 19.5 cents an hour, while U S Steel offers between 15 and 19.5 cents as talks resume with top aides and labor leaders. The outcome could influence other major industrial disputes and a pending nationwide strike.
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Washington
Truman
White House
CIO
United Steel Workers
United States Steel Corporation
Philip Murray
Benjamin F Fairless
United States Steel
John W. Snyder
John R. Steelman
Mr. Truman
Strike Ties Up 200000 CID Electrical Workers
New York report notes 200000 CID electrical workers halted production nationwide. 79 plants of General Electric Westinghouse and General Motors in 16 states affected cutting electrical equipment and appliance output to about 20 percent of normal since Pearl Harbor. Federal interest limited to talks by John R. Murray with union and Westinghouse officials in Pittsburgh.
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New York
INS
CID
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
Pearl Harbor
John R. Murray
United States Conciliation Service
Union
Pittsburgh
Truman backs retention of needed Japanese islands
President Truman stated the United States would retain islands it needs and place others under United Nations trusteeship. He described a mix of individual and collective trusteeships as the UNO considers sovereignty questions. The President said the US would keep needed islands as long as required.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
UNO
London
General Assembly
United States
Murder Case Against CR Man Dropped
The preliminary murder charge against Lawrence E. Slaymaker 33 of 415 Sixth avenue SE was dismissed after a grand jury found no evidence to warrant trial. The decison followed a Nov 24 dispute at the CIO union hall in Cedar Rapids and a fatal fight with Charles E. McMullen 40 who died seven hours after the incident.
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Lawrence E. Slaymaker
Sixth Avenue SE
Ther Grand Jury
J. E Heiserman
Gazette
Slaymaker
Slaymaker Case Mon‘day Afternoon. the Grand Jury
Otto A. Kohl
Seventh Street SE
Heiserman
Charles E. McMullen
Cedar Rapids
LaPlant-Choate Company
CIO Union
Second Avenue SE
McMullen
Picket Lines Established at Wilson Plant
Cedar Rapids workers join national meat walkout at Wilson and Company plant. Labor leaders report orderly, two shiften picketing with 12 camps by noon. Maintenance staff kept on site while office workers were sent home. Union continues vigil as other local plants strike.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
Smith
Union Leaders Accept Govt Bid to Talks
CHICAGO AP A nationwide packinghouse workers strike began with 268000 in 140 plants across the United States as unions move to confer with Labor Secretary Schwellenbach in Washington. CIO leaders Lewis J. Clark and Ralph Helstein would attend, while the AFL AM B Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen urged postponement after the government plea. The strike disrupted hog markets and caused violence at Swift Kansas City plant.
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Chicago
Washington
Schwellenbach
Lewis J. Clark
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Ralph Helstein
Clark
Earl W. Jimerson
Patrick E. Gorman
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
CIO
AFL
Midwest
Swift and Company
Kansas City
Kan
E. W. Phelps
LaPlant Choate Union Delivers Wage Ultimatum
Officials of local No 116 of the United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America CIO said a compromise settlement is sought this week. If not reached the union will revert to a 30 percent raise demand and seek a fact finding board to assess the company’s ability to pay.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford
AFL
George A. Eastwood
Fof Armour and Company
Cedar Rapids
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America
Roosevelt Hotel
Keith Churchill
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All Justice
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T.B
G.I
Eto
International
Churchill
U. S
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Churchills
Florida
Linn
Relief Department
Lucy Siver
Lowa Employment Security Commission
Today's Index
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Bee
Evieenneae
Sveeene
Asic Treereee
U.S
Wilson Plant
Cedar Rapids News
Maintenance Force
Cti.o
Wilson
United Farm Equipment and Metal
Harry Palmer
Secretary of Labor
ceaDass
Iowa
Tobin Packing “Company
Estherville
Fort Dodge
Armour
Mason City
Bath Packing Company
Waterloo
Iowa Packing Company
Perry
Swift, Armour and Cudahy
Sioux City
Wilson Company
Morrell Company
LaPlant-Choate Union
Church
Craven Shuttleworth
Shuttleworth
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