Short Says He Was a Scapegoat
Washington findings show Maj. Gen. Walter Short claimed he was singled out as the scapegoat for Pearl Harbor. He faulted the War Department for lack of critical data and funds, detailing seven budget and readiness failures that hindered defense and radar upgrades prior to the Japanese attack.
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Washington
Walter C. Short
Pearl Harbor
War Department
Husband E. Kimmel
Hawaii
Short
Congressional
Hawaiian Department
Kimmel
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Pacific
Irate wives confront Eisenhower over demobilization on Capitol Hill
On Capitol Hill General Eisenhower faced angry wives from the Servicemen's Wives and Children's association as they pressed for faster demobilization. They cited divorce fears and disruption in service families while Eisenhower warned that mass discharge would erase the army. He argued there are about 700,000 fathers in service and urged orderly demobilization. The meeting ended with May noting the general was cornered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Servicemen’s Wives and Children’s Association
May
Dorothy Galomb
Wilkinsburg
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Beckley
W. Va
Parkersburg
Atlanta
Seattle
Philadelphia
Military Committee
GM Declines Plan Triggers Work Halt in Detroit
The CIO United Auto Workers strike strategy committee says tool and die workers in Detroit will halt all work on GM materials Monday. Wage demands rise to 30 percent since the strike began, with a 19.5 cent hourly increase rejected as proposed by a fact finding board. Ford wage talks continue, Chrysler lays off 3600 due to glass shortage after the industry settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Tool and Die
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
American Sailors Beaten in Shanghai Parade Clash
In Shanghai a tense parade ended with several American sailors being beaten by demonstrators, while unemployed Chinese residents protested the municipal government. The incident underscores civil unrest amid unresolved local tensions.
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Shanghai
French crisis stalls after De Gaulle resignation
PARIS UP The French assembly held five minutes as De Gaulle's resignation letter was read and postponed naming a successor. Communists, Socialists, and Popular Republicans failed to form a coalition reader for the government. Gouin refused leadership, Herriot sought a revival, and Blum urged a three party balance to bridge the deadlock.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Maurice Thorez
de Gaulle
Vincent Auriol
Felix Gouin
Assembly
Gouin
Thorez
Marly Forest
Haute Marne
Edouard Herriot
Herriot
Lyon
Leon Blum
Crowded Arthur School Protest Draws Parents At Meeting
Cedar Rapids school board meeting featured two Arthur area mothers with a 50-name petition demanding relief from crowded conditions at Arthur school. They cited 398 enrollment, with classes housing 45 to 48 students. The board referred the issue to Supt. Deamer while approving architectural plans for Arthur and Kenwood and considering a teacher wage increase.
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Cedar Rapids
Arthur School
R. T. Ashlock
Twenty-eighth — Street
George Hogan
Twenty-third Street
Arthur Deamer
Kenwood
Dwight Krumholtz
van Buren
Deamer
Kenridge
Arthur
Blodgett
Mr. Ashlock
Samuel David to Appeal Sentence Cedar Rapids
Samuel David aged 25 of Cedar Rapids plans to appeal a 10 year sentence imposed after pleading guilty to larceny and breaking and entering. He spent Christmas with his wife and child before being committed to a psychopathic hospital, then released to Anamosa for transport back to prison.
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Cedar Rapids
Samuel David
Anamosa
G. K. Thompson
Mittimus
Thompson
David
Fifth Avenue SE
Iowa City
Superior Court
Harry 5. Johnson
Larry Condon
Linn County
Wilbur R. Miller
University Hospital
Linn
Dr. Miller
Cedar Rapids Faces Deep Cold With Warmup Ahead
Cedar Rapids sweltered through a brutal cold snap with 18 below zero achieved Tuesday morning the coldest mark this month. Temperatures ranged from 7 above to minus 18, with many nearby towns reporting subzero readings. The forecast calls for a warming trend by Wednesday and Thursday reaching around 40 to 42 degrees, bringing relief to residents.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Center Point Road
Decorah
Elkader
Ames
Spencer
Des Moines
Iowa City
Bemidji
Minn
Matsuoka Japanese War Crim Suspect Surrenders
Yosuke Matsuoka a key figure in arranging Japan's tripartite alliance surrendered Tuesday at Sugamo prison citing long illness. He had been listed as a war criminal suspect on November 19 and his belated surrender was attributed to illness.
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Tokyo
INS
Yosuke, Matsuoka
Japan
Sugamo
Matsuoka
Red Move on Britain Poses Test at UNO
Soviet charges against Britain over Greece and Java test the United Nations. Iran also attacked Russia, signaling a crisis in the peace body as permanents Britain and Russia face action under Article 35. US moderates the tone while Britain signals withdrawal when democratic principles rise.
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Britain
London
United Nations Organization
Security Council
Greece
Java
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Iran
UNO
World Peace Agency
United States
Russia
United Nations
White House Admits Step Is Discussed
Washington AP The White House acknowledged that government seizures in the meat industry are under consideration while denying similar action in steel It cites possible day developments and references a letter from President Truman directing continued study by the steel fact finding board Preparations for a meat seizure are well advanced and a new price formula may raise civilian meat prices to finance purchases for overseas and army use including 1 5 billion pounds for overseas and 1 5 billion for military needs The CIO and AFL wage demands are tied to any settlement and Edwin E Witte leads the board in Chicago as talks hinge on the strike impact and potential for a back to work arrangement Secretary Anderson warns unchecked meat strike could revive black markets and damage U S obligations to Europe
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Washington
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Truman
Steel Fact-Finding Board
OPA
Agriculture Department
CIO
AFL
United States
Europe
Girl Orchestra Rescued After Plane Crash Off Kyushu
Sharon Rogers and her 16 girl musicians were saved by Japanese fishermen when a transport plane crashed near an ammunition barge off Kyushu during their return trip from Korea. The craft sank in about 12 minutes as the band had just finished a three month tour of Korea and Japan and were heading to Yokohama to sail for the United States.
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Yokohama
Sharon Rogers
Kyushu
Japan
Korea
United States
New York Transit Walkout Canceled
New York City officials averted a transit strike that would have shut subways and buses after Mayor William O Dwyer agreed to pursue a public referendum on selling three city owned power plants to Consolidated Edison. CIO Transport Workers union leader Michael Quill called off the strike and said other issues including a $2 daily wage increase and a closed shop would go to collective bargaining with the city board of transportation.
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New York
INS
William O’dwyer
Michael Quill
CIO Transport Workers Union
O’dwyer
Consolidated Edison Company
Quill
Colective
City Board of Transportation
Davis Named Mediator In Electrical Walkout
Washington UNP reports Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach named William H. Davis former War Labor board chairman and Arthur S. Meyer New York state mediation board chairman as mediators in the strike of 200000 electrical workers.
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Washington
Secreary
Schwellenbach
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Arthur S. Meyer
New York State Mediation Board
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Congress
International
Calumet River
Republic Steel Mills
Reds
Jack Ferring
E. F Moorman
Norman Hatton
Robert R. Mayberry
Paul C. Packer
College of Education
University of Iowa
Packer
Cedar Rapids Classroom Teachers Association
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Bueto Farm
Eee
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Enema Peepee
Walter Winchellangacas
Iowa
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John M. Wightower
Indonesia
Andrei J. Vishinsky
Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
Dmitrie Manuilsky
United Nations Secretariat
Gromyko
Manuilsky
Girl Orchestra
New York Transit
Davis
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