Atom Talks Start at White House Conference on Bomb
President Truman and British Prime Minister Attlee meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King at the White House to discuss atomic bomb policy and potential Allied actions. Topics include Jewish migration to Palestine, a possible US loan to Britain, and sharing nuclear knowledge under UN inspection.
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Truman
Attlee
Britain
Mackenzie King
Canada
White House
London
Palestine
Associated Press
United States
Middle East
Lord Keynes
Russia
United Nations
America
Xeesions
British Air and Sea Attacks Hit Soerabaja Front
British war planes and artillery blasted Soerabaja as Indian troops advanced toward the naval base amid Indonesian resistance. Reports from Batavia said thousands of Indonesians and civilians were killed and civilians fled in a scorched earth retreat.
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Batavia
Java
Soerabaja
Jogjakarta
Onicha Invites Higgins To Locate Plants In Omaha
Andrew J Higgins, founder of Higgins Industries in New Orleans, was invited by John J Gillin Jr president of WOW Inc to relocate his company to Omaha. The telegram, signed by many Nebraska leaders, emphasizes Higgins Nebraskan roots and boyhood ties to Omaha.
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Omaha
Andrew J. Higgins
New Orleans
Higgins Industries, Inc
John J. Gillin, Jr
WOW, Inc
Nebraska
Higging
Omahas
B 29 To Visit Cedar Rapids Airport
Cedar Rapids and Linn county will see the army B 29 Super fortress when the Boeing built aircraft lands at the Municipal airport next Sunday under the Victory bond committee. Arrangements were made by Bill Norris assistant airport manager who secured the plane from El Paso Texas. No public schedule yet but Victory loan chairman George Hearn will announce details. The B 29 crew, veterans of Pacific combat, will fly the plane and be available for questioning.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Victory Bond Committee
Bill Norris
el Paso
Texas
George Hearn
Victory Loan
Five Killed as B-25 Bomber Hits Peak
Five crew members died when their B-25 Mitchell crashed into Cumberland mountain peak near Middlesboro Kentucky in fog late Saturday. Civil Air Patrol lieutenant Jack Colson reported the crash while Bowman Field Louisville alerted base officers in town for Armistice Day events. Local residents Briscoe Hamlin and Charles Maiden reached the wreckage within minutes and found it burning.
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Middlesboro
Cumberland Mountain
Here
Bowman Field
Louisville
James Doolittle
Jack Colson
Civil Air Patrol
Briscoe Hamlin
Charles Maiden
Three Day Weather Outlook for Iowa
Partly cloudy conditions cover most of Iowa with occasional light rain in extreme south and southeast on Sunday afternoon or night. Monday brings partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures with showers possible Monday night and again Tuesday, as cold air moves in to the northwest.
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Iowa
Kesselring Reported in Washington for Questioning
Reports from Washington say Field Marshal Albert Kesselring former German army chief was in the capital late in the week undergoing questioning by American intelligence authorities. He and other captured officers were moved from Washington by plane early Saturday. Army officials declined to explain the visit or confirm his presence. Sources note such cross examination of enemy leaders was common during the war.
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Washington
Albert Kesselring
Kesselring
Clement Attlee
Missing Children Wave in Mexico City
An epidemic of children aged two to thirteen vanishes in Mexico City. Rumors accuse a gypsy band selling victims or a North American gang abducting fair-skinned youngsters for U S service wives. Local papers race to publish lists as numbers rise from nine to twenty three, then nine more.
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Mexico City
Capital
Labor Department Calls Meeting in Bus Strike
The Greyhound bus strike spreads to 27 states, halting motor transport for two weeks. The Labor Department schedules a Tuesday conference in Philadelphia with AFL Street Railway and Motor Coach Employee Union representatives and Greyhound officials, with Assistant Director Howard T. Colvin of the conciliations service taking part.
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International News Service
Greyhound Bus
Labor Department
Philadelphia
AFL Street Railway and
Motor Coach Employee Union
Pennsylvania and Central Greyhound Lines
Howard T. Colvin
Conciliation Service
Jap training of Asiatic rebels sparks postwar unrest
Tokyo reports say Japanese counter intelligence found a propaganda school at St Pauls University where Japanese and other Asians were trained to foment discontent in occupied regions. Brig. Gen Thorpe and Gen MacArthur note ongoing explosions of Asiatic nationalism.
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Tokyo
Dutch East Indies
Elliot R. Thorpe
MacArthur
St. Paul’s University
Nine House Members Fight Atomic Bill In Present Form
Nine members of the House military committee protested a permanent federal atomic energy commission as proposed. They urged the bill be returned for study, be interim in character, and grant reduced powers with stronger congressional oversight. The dissent, led by Rep. Sheridan, included eight Republicans and one Democrat.
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House
Federal Atomic Energy Commission
John E. Sheridan
D-Pg
Rep
Short
Arends
Ill
Clason
Mass
Shafer
Mich
Elston
Ohio
Harness
Ind
Fenton
Clare Boothe Luce
Conn
Eisenhower orders improved dress and conduct of troops in Europe
In a dispatch from Frankfurt Gen. Eisenhower directed unit commanders to fix American troops’ dress and behavior in Europe to prevent a bad reputation. He cited fallen courtesy standards, dangerous driving, and nonstandard army dress as issues harming the service.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Eisenhower
Europe
Heavy Guns Boom Along China's Wall
Artillery and mortars thunder along the Great Wall as Communist forces block nationalist advances toward Manchuria. Reports from Chinwangtao and Shan haikwan describe intensified fighting inland and along rail routes toward Tientsin. American forces plan to withdraw by spring, leaving a 6,000-man mission.
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China
Great Wall
Manchuria
United States Marine
Chinwangtao
Associated Press
Richard Bergholz
Shanhaikwan
U. S
Bergholz
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Washington
Fishermen Rescued From Charred Smack Off Georgia Coast
Three fishermen were rescued after a week adrift in the Atlantic aboard their charred 30-foot smack. The Norwegian freighter Marpesia found the vessel about 20 miles off Savannah, with the rescued men in good condition thanks to onboard food and water. Names were not released immediately.
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Charleston
UAW Flexes Strategy as Windsor Mediation Ends
UAW leaders in Washington authorize local officials to pursue wage demands by any means including strikes as Canadian mediation ends in Windsor Ontario. Canadian official Humphrey Mitchell withdraws after Windsor workers reject Ford arbitration. Reuther reports GM talks for a 30 percent raise as textile mills face alleged violence and US Steel shipyards suspend work in New Jersey.
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Texas
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Witness list expands for Pearl Harbor probe
Washington list of 48 witnesses for the congressional Pearl Harbor investigation includes Gov. Thomas E. Dewey former Secretary Cordell Hull and Gen George C Marshall alongside top military officers. Chairman Barkley vows full disclosure of facts and promises no withholding of material evidence.
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George C. Marshall
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Sumner Welles
Japan
Joseph C Grew
Gov
Dewey
Gen Marshall
Gen. Marshall
United States
Marshall
Barkley
Senator John Thomas of Idaho Dies at 71
Washington AP reports Idaho Republican Senator John Thomas died after a prolonged illness in a Washington hospital. He was 71, survived by daughter Mrs. Arthur J. Peavey Jr. wife Florence Johnson died in 1943. Thomas began serving in 1928 and had multiple terms, succeeding Borah and Goodring.
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Washington
John Thomas
Idaho
D. Worth Clark
Thomas
Phillips County
Kansas
Senate
William E. Borah
Borah
Frank R. Goodring
Arthur J. Peavey, Jr
Florence Johnson
Truman Calls for People Driven Foreign Policy
President Truman urged a foreign policy of the people rather than party, citing Britain where the public backs policy across governments. He spoke at a White House state dinner opening talks with Attlee and King on the American British Canadian discussions.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
White House
Clement R. Attlee
Great Britain
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Kin of Pres. Grant Found Dead in Apparent Suicide
New York Police said Ulysses S Grant, 85, nephew of President Grant, was found dead in his apartment on Saturday. Four stove jets were open, indicating an apparent self-inflicted death.
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Ulysses S Grant
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