Stimson says war cabinet vetoed pre Pearl attack plan
Former Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson testified that nine days before Pearl Harbor the Roosevelt war cabinet discussed and rejected an immediate American strike on Japan without warning. He described the alternatives and the decision to take the initiative only if necessary, noting a planned but unreleased presidential telegram and a warning to Japan that was not public.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Stimson
Senate House Committee
Japan
Slimson
Asiatic
White House
Thailand
War Cabinet
Hull
Navy
Knox
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
George C. Marshall
Army
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Rangoon
Gulf of Siam
Kra
Congress
Warm Springs
Indo-China
OPA to Allow Price Increases on Rents Food Cars
Chicago report says OPA chief Porter outlined next steps including price boosts on rents and food near present levels and auto price increases up to 65 dollars while promising protection for consumers and continued meat controls. He cites diversion of building materials to nonessential use and vows drastic measures to direct materials to essential construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
OPA
Paul Porter
Porter
Submarine Report Off Java Denied by Officials
London based INS reports Batavia officials deny that Russian submarines are loitering off the southern coast of Java.
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London
INS
A_ Reuters
Batavia
Java
Parents Plan 45-Day Jungle Search for Missing Son
Los Angeles based couple Glenn F. McClung and his wife will spend their life savings to hunt for their missing son First Lt. George A. McClung 26. They depart by Pan-American clipper for Panama City to begin a 45 day personal search through Central American jungles gathering clues from locals and tribes.
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Los Angeles
Glenn F. McClung
Panama City
George A. McClung
Panama
Army
McClung
San Marino
Painters Idle Protest Wages in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids and Marion painters union Local 447 protested wage demands as 25 contractors refused to back a pay increase request. Frank Farmer said the union seeks hourly increases to 1.50 for painters 1.80 for spray painters 1.62 for paperhangers with time and a half on weekends and retroactive to April 1 1945.
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Cedar Rapids
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
Cedar Rapids and Marion
Frank Farmer
Local 447
WAB
Friendly Wave Spurs Trainmen to Aid Crippled Girl
In Covington Tennessee a crippled girl named Minnie Rose Webb who waves to passersby from her porch is honored by Illinois Central railroad workers. A 70 mile per hour Chickasaw limited will stop to take her to Shrine Hospital St. Louis, where she receives care after friendly gestures inspired decades ago.
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Covington, Tenn
Illinois Central
Minnie Ore Webb
Minnie Rose
Shrine Hospital
St. Louis
Three Hurt in Marengo Bus Car Collision
Three persons were injured in a crash between a northbound Greyhound bus and a car at the Highway 6 12 intersection in Marengo at 8 am Thursday. Vince Caslavka seriously injured sent to Cedar Rapids hospital. Joe Caslavka and Harold Glaze minor injuries.
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Marengo
Greyhound
Vince
Joe R. Caslavka
Traer
Harold Glaze
Sweetwater
Tenn
Watts Hospital
Joe Caslavka
Glaze
Vince Caslavka
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Keithley
Omaha
Truman Open to Food Rationing if Absolutely Necessary
Washington report says President Truman indicated he would not object to a return to food rationing if it becomes absolutely necessary.
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Truman
Washington
Street Lighting Plans Hinge On Materials Shortage
Cedar Rapids officials hear Iowa Electric Light and Power faces tight metal hardware supplies and no available lighting equipment. The company favors wooden poles temporarily on First avenue E from Tenth to Sixteenth streets while permanent fixtures and transformers await delivery, with financing and brackets funding still under discussion.
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Earle G. Nichols
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Electric Company
Nichols
First Avenue E
Western Electric Company
Line Material Company
Dave Williams
Tenth Street
Sixteenth Street
Frank K. Hahn
First Avenue
Williams
Olmsted Addresses Lions Club on China Policy
George Olmsted, Des Moines insurance executive and Republican gubernatorial hopeful, told Cedar Rapids Lions Club he favors recognizing China’s friendship and warns of a China Japan union as a second choice. He spoke at the Roosevelt hotel after World War II service in China and a meeting with Harrison Spangler.
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Cedar Rapids
China
Japan
George Olmsted
Des Moines
Lions Club Thurssday
Roosevelt Hotel
Harrison Spangler
Iowa
Republican National
MacArthur Denounces Homma Plea and Upholds Death Sentence
General MacArthur delivers a detailed review condemning Masaharu Homma for the Bataan Death March and other atrocities. He says the court martial verdict is fair and final unless the White House intervenes, noting Truman previously refused to intervene in Yamashita's case.
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Tokyo
Mac
Arthur
Masaharu ‘Homma
Philippines
MacArthur
Bataan
Manila
Homma
White House
Wilhelm D. Styer
Western Pacific
U. S. Bataan
Supreme Court
Murphy
Rutledge
Truman
Yamashita
New Naval Material Office Opens in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids inspector will oversee all navy material for Iowa Nebraska and western Illinois with the Collins Radio plant as headquarters. Lt. R J Wayland heads the office and about 35 civil service staff remain. New divisions cover expediting shipping and tech work while Beatrice and Lincoln Neb join Davenport Waterloo in regional offices.
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Ferne Gater
Navy
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Quad-Cities
Cedar Rapids
Ninth Naval District
Collins Radio Company
R. J. Wayland
Collins
Civil Service
Lt. Wayland
United States
Omaha
Des Moines
Bettendorf
Davenport
Waterloo
Beatrice
Lincoln
Nebr
Washington
W. E. Malloy
Chicago
Wayland
Eelectronics
Truman backs urgent UN showdown over Iran Iran dispute
President Truman said the United States will press for a quick United Nations Security Council meeting on the Soviet Iranian case and denied plans for a Big Three restart. Russia seeks a 16 day postponement while Gromyko says hasty action would complicate the issue.
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Washington
United States
Russia
UNO
Truman
United Nations Security Council
Bates
Byrnes
Security Council
Spring Arrives In Cedar Rapids With Verbal Quips
The Spring equinox report is issued by Senator Claghorn and notes Cedar Rapids temperatures of 63 at 4 p.m. 56 at 7 p.m. 49 at midnight 45 at 7 a.m. and 50 at 9 a.m. The senator rambles about vernal equinox and the equator, blaming hot air from the south for gales.
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Cedar Rapids
Claghorn
Ahi
Iran summons 19 year olds as border tensions rise
Tehran reports three Iranian guardsmen were attacked by Kurdish tribes near the Iraqi border. The embassy noted conscripts are usually 20 to 22 in training. Tudeh leaders faced private sessions while rightist factions warned the party could spearhead demonstrations over UN council appeals against Soviet troops in Iran.
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Tehran
Iran
Iraq
Washington
United Nations Security Council
Waverly Tops Sioux City 35-33 in OT Thriller
In a second round state tournament game in Iowa City the Go Hawks edged Sioux City 35-33 after overtime. Waverly pulled ahead in a tense finish as the teams traded points into the extra period.
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Waverly
Sioux City
Bulletin
Iowa City
Go- Hawks
20 000 Sail Home Early From Europe
U S army redeployment officials say about 20 000 soldiers set to sail for home in April will depart European ports before end of March. The faster pace follows improved Atlantic shipping conditions enabling the higher rate of shipments.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Atlantic
Lloyds Decline to Insure Perfumer George Parkinson
New York based perfume blender George E. Parkinson seeks $500000 nose insurance from 13 insurers. Parkinson, with 25 years in aroma work, says his sense of smell is his bread and butter and vows to press Lloyds of London for coverage after initial rejections.
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New York
George
E. Parkinson
Manhattan
Parkinson
Lloyds of London
Lloyds
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Associated Press
James Lincoln, Jr
Cleveland
Joliet, Ill
Jack Ferring
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