March 1941 warning on Pearl Harbor raid predicted
Capt. E M Zacharias testified he warned Admiral Kimmel in March 1941 a war with Japan could begin with a Sunday morning air attack on Pearl Harbor. He said the plan would aim to destroy four battleships and could use carriers or merchant ships to conceal planes. He noted Kimmel was busy and that Vice Admiral W W Smith would recall details.
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Washington
E. M. Zacharias
Naval Intelligence
Husband E. Kimmel
Japan
United States
Pearl Harbor
Kimmel
Zacharias
Navy Department
Pacific Fleet
W. W. Smith
Smith
Salt Lake City
New Mexico
San Francisco
Kichisaburo Nomura
Youth Sentenced On Breaking and Entering Charge
Donald D. Sheronick an 18 year old of 219 Seventh Street NE Cedar Rapids was sentenced by Judge J E Heiserman to one year in the county jail and a 1 fine plus costs for breaking and entering The sentence was suspended after the judge questioned the youth County Attorney William W Crissman recommended suspension Restitution was made for stolen radios and other equipment a liquor book obtained by altering a birth date was confiscated The theft occurred Jan 19 and Sheronick had been arraigned the previous Wednesday
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Cedar Rapids
J. E. Heiserman
Donald D. Sheronick
Seventh Street
Sheronick
Heiserman
William W. Crissman
Crissman
Blaze Sweeps Hangar at Tinker Field Kills Eight
Eight people died and 38 were injured Monday as flames ripped through the main hangar at Tinker Field in Oklahoma City. Fire crews labored to recover victims buried in the smoldering wreckage, with identification unavailable at first.
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Oklahoma City
Tinker Field
Local action urged to curb night club construction
Washington AP J D Small civilian production administrator urged local communities to curb use of scarce building materials for night clubs juke joints and roadside stands as a frontal attack on the national housing emergency.
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Washington
J. D. Small
Small
Deaths and Editorials Highlighted in Today's Record
The Daily Record presents a concise page featuring deaths notices and editorial features alongside sections on Marion county affairs and public notices. Items include sports, State news, and community service notes with standard obituary and commentary items.
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Cccceeseneene
Cccesneeaane
Cceeenes
Teeeaehese
Marion
Spederesavakste
Fagin Tale Unfolds As Cedar Rapids Youths Loot Stores
A weekend Dickens scene in Cedar Rapids saw a father Lewis Adams 70 with his two sons and another boy 11 shoplifting in downtown stores. Adams faced district court on receiving stolen property charges pled not guilty blaming his son. Police report the youths pilfered items from department stores dime stores and drug stores and were later detained by detectives.
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Cedar Rapids
Adams
Chester Bennett Hero of Hongkong Espionage and Rescue Efforts
Chester Bennett a stout American known as the Hongkong hero spurned safety to aid internees in Stanley camp. He relayed Japanese shipping data to British and Chinese agents and helped smuggle money to feed inmates, working with Marcus da Silva under Ginger Hyde's oversight despite risking execution.
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Hongkong
Stout
Chester Bennett
Stanley
Bennett
Elsa Soares
Nam
China
Stanley Camp
Ginger” Hyde
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank
Bennett F
Marcus da Silva
Chester
Marcus
Iie
da Silva
Ginger Hyde
Russia Challenges Iranians Appeal At UN Council
London AP report notes Russia questioned Iran's appeal to the United Nations Security Council as Tehran's new premier Ahmed Qavam took office. Iranian delegate S H Taqizadeh warned the dispute could cause international friction while Soviet official Andrei Vishinsky criticized the charges as groundless.
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London
Russia
Iran
United Nations Security Council
Soviet Union
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Ahmed Qavam
Tehran
Ibrahim Hakimi
UNO
S. H. Taqizadeh
Steel Peace Within Week Predicted In Nationwide Labor Talks
A White House official forecast a steel strike end within a week or so amid signs a “settlement bloc” is gaining leverage over a “fight it out” faction. Government seizure seems unlikely as wage deals affect Ford Chrysler RCA GM unions and the broader 750,000 steel workers dispute. President Truman praised arbitration by railroads as proof collective bargaining remains functional.
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Washington
AFP
Ford
Chrysler
White House
United Construction Workers
United Mine Workers
Kentucky
Virginia
Radio Corporation of America
United Electrical Workers
RCA
Camden
N.J
CIO
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
Potomac
United Auto Workers
Truman
Clothing Hoard in Storage Charged
The Evening Sun reports thousands of suits hoarded in Baltimore Philadelphia and New York warehouses as veterans and civilians face a severe clothing shortage. Estimates of suits withheld range from 400 000 to 750 000 with release unlikely until OPA relief. Manufacturers say profits delay movement while OPA sees no ceiling rise on the horizon.
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Baltimore
Evening Sun
Philadelphia
New York
The
Sun
the Sun
OPA
Meat Supply Lag Delays Normal Meats After Seizure
About 270000 AFL and CIO packinghouse workers returned to work for the federal government as 134 strike-bound plants were seized. Officials warned it would take nearly a week to restore normal supplies and that Chicago slaughtering would resume late Monday with full operations by Thursday or Friday.
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Chicago
AFL
CIO
Agriculture Department
Gayle G. Armstrong
Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
United Packinghouse
Harry A Palmer
Ten year old Don Bowers dies after coasting accident
Donald Edward Bowers 11 of Toddville died in a Cedar Rapids hospital from a basal skull fracture suffered in a Toddville coasting accident. He is survived by his parents two sisters and a brother. Services set at Free Methodist church Toddville with burial in Dunkard cemetery. Friends may call Beatty chapel until noon Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Donald Edward Bowers
Meryl Bowers
Toddville
Rolland Golt
Earl van Alst
Town City
Joan
Janet
Junior
Free Methodist Church
Dunkard
Beatty Chapel
Graf Spee Crewmen Escape From Argentine Internment Camp
Buenos Aires AP records 14 former Graf Spee crewmen escaping a Villa de Guadalupe internment camp near Santa Fe with 66 others. Two weeks earlier several more escaped a Mendoza province camp and remain at large. The Graf Spee was sunk at the Plata river mouth in December 1939 after a running battle with three British cruisers.
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Buenos Aires
Santa Fe
Ante Spee
Villa de Guadalupe
Graf Spee
Mendoza
Plata River
Tydings presses world disarmament conference in Senate
Senator Tydings demanded in the senate that President Truman call an immediate world disarmament conference to avert an atomic world war. He questioned the United Nations ability to control the bomb and warned great powers are rearming.
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Washington
Tydings
G I s To Disband Protest Committee
Manila AP reports a three week soldier protest group opposing Army demobilization slowdowns will be disbanded. Chairman Lawrence N Spitz says hearings with War Secretary Patterson and the Mead committee achieved their goals and a Pacific-wide sub committee was formed to study demobilization. The group hopes U.S. troops won’t be used for intervention in the Philippines.
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Manila
Soldier Committee
Lawrence N. Spitz
Woonsocket
R. I
Patterson
Mead Congressional Committee
Pacific
G. I. Committee
United States
Philippines
Aherne and Labrot Tie the Knot in Nyack Marriage
New York socialite Mrs Eleanor De Liagre Labrot and actor Alice Brian Aherne were married on Sunday in Nyack New York, marking a high society union reported by AP.
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Nyack
N. Y
Aclce
Brian Aherne
Eleanor de Liagre Labrot
New York
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