Sailors and Civvies Clash In Honolulu Riot
A two hour riot in Honolulu involved hundreds of sailors from the naval air station and Damon district residents. Police and shore patrols broke it up after brick and stone throwing. One man, Joseph Guthridge, 75, died of a heart attack during the disturbance. Navy Lt. Blair Coleman was jailed for investigation along with about fifty sailors. others were held in city jail.
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Honolulu
Navy
Honolulu Naval Air Station
Damon
Joseph Guthridge
Blair Coleman
Naval Air Station
Robert Singer
Coleman
Milton P. Kahn
mid-Pacific
Stars and Stripes
Cedar Rapids names 64 in housing committee
Mayor F. K. Hahn announces a 64 member housing group to address Cedar Rapids postwar needs and urges attendance at a 2 p.m. Chamber of Commerce meeting. The panel will form a subcommittee for immediate relief and an ongoing study group for a permanent program.
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F. K. Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Hahn
Mark Anderson
Robert C. Armstrong
Arthur Barlow
Donald P Barnes
Howard I. Barr
H. H. Bennett
Donald S. Barry
John Beck
J. C. Blodgett
Max Bromwell
Arthur S. Buckner
Frank L. Buser
Richard H Buresh
N P. Craemer
Roy Choate
S. E. Coquillette
W. C. Crawford
Arthur Daniels
Jack Denton
Troy M Deal
Naomi Doebel
Frank J. Dvorak
Henry Haegg
Howard R. Green
George Hearn
Howard Hail
Rudolph Heathel
Horace Hedges
Don Hines
E. C. Hoyt
R. D. Hunting
Paul Huston
A. L. Killian
Charles Kriz
C. E. Loomis
Mrs. C. C. Loomis
Bruce McKay
I. B. McGladrey
Howard McLaughlin
Fay Merrill
H. L. Morehead
E. J. Nelson
B. J. Newhberger
Earle Nichols
E. M. Pinney
Arthur Poe
Louis Pachobradsky
John
Kinnick Memorial Dinner Planned in Cedar Rapids
A Kinnick memorial dinner to honor Nile C. Kinnick and Iowa war heroes is set for 6:30 p.m. in the Crystal Ballroom at the Montrose hotel Cedar Rapids. Speakers include President Virgil M. Hancher and coach Eddie Anderson with John C. Reid as toastmaster. Reservations urged by calling Montrose 9111 before noon Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Nile Kinnick
W. C. Shuttleworth
Law Institute
Percy Bordwell
University of Iowa Law School
Shuttleworth
Kinnick
Hawk‘eye
Iowa
Nile C. Kinnick
Crystal
Montrose Hotel
Virgil M. Hancher
Eddie Anderson
John C. ‘Reid
State Board of Education
Montrose
FBI Chief Warned of Imminent War Before Pearl Harbor
Rep. Gearhart said J Edgar Hoover told him on Tuesday he possessed information from November 26, 1941 that war was imminent and warned Pacific forces. Gearhart and Rep. Keefe interviewed Hoover, who said alerting his men could have prevented Pearl Harbor and called Hoover's information valuable for disclosures.
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Washington
Rep
Gearhart
R.calif
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pacific Islands
Army
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Keefe
R-Wis
House
Hoover
Nobel Peace Prize Not Awarded 1939 1943
Oslo reports the Nobel committee announced the Peace Prize will not be awarded for the years 1939 to 1943 due to wartime conditions.
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Oslo
Nobel Committee
Schools prize list announced for Victory bond sales
George Hearn announces complete prize list for schools with top Victory bond sales in Cedar Rapids area. Cedar Rapids district wins a Grumman Hellcat aircraft, outside city wins a Vultee Stinson or Maison trainer, and country schools receive a composite prize of carburetor, altimeter and compass for instructional use.
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Cedar Rapids News
George Hearn
Walter Shupp
Arthur Deamer
Cedar Rapids
Bill Norris
Vultee-Stinson
Aeronca
Maison
Sjahrir Becomes Premier as Soerabaja Fighting Intensifies
Batavia reports moderate Sjahrir succeeds to leadership of Indonesian republic amid Dutch bombardment of Soerabaja. He pledges cabinet changes and cooperation with British in Potsdam tasks while promising to investigate the Soerabaja incident. British Indian forces push into the city core as fires burn.
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Batavia
Javan
Sutan
Sjahrir
Soerabaja
Soerkarno
Soekarno
Potsdam
East Java
Aneta
R.A.F
Bandoenga
Buitenzorg
Hollinshead Opposes Draft of 18-Year-Olds in Chapel Address
Coe College president Hollinshead urged against drafting 18-year-olds for a year of compulsory military training. He favored continued reserve officer training in colleges, a summer basic training for high school graduates, and a strong standing army and navy. He argued for enhanced foreign service, warning against political influence in the State Department and stressing the role of scientific and industrial power in national security.
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Chapel Tuesday
Hollinshead
Coe College
State Department
Russia
Joe
Ecclesiastes
Boeing Swordfish Fighter Unveiled by Boeing
Boeing Aircraft announces a fast new fighter with a long propeller hub resembling a swordfish in flight. The aircraft can exceed 450 mph, mount a 6,400-pound bomb load or two one-ton torpedoes, serve as interceptor or attack craft, and reach a high service ceiling Comparable to the Superfortress. It is designed for the navy and has flown over 100 test hours.
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Seattle
Boeing Aircraft Company
Boeing
Navy
Bowles Denounces Pressure as Auto Price Plans Face GOP
In Washington, OPA chief Chester Bowles rejected dealer demands for higher prices on new cars. He warned that lobbying pressure threatens democratic rights and said more than 5,000 telegrams opposed OPA plans. Bowles pledged to announce new auto prices Thursday before hundreds of dealers.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Congress
House
Small Business Committee
OPA
America
Bowles
De Gaulle Elected Interim French Leader by Chamber
The new French chamber of deputies elected Gen. Charles de Gaulle as interim head of state with the result seen as a foregone conclusion. de Gaulle’s election follows the collapse of the Fourth Republic and signals a turning point in French politics.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Russians Said To Be Giving Up Manchuria
Military sources report a mass withdrawal of Soviet forces from Manchuria while Chiang Kai-shek moves to airlift occupation troops into the region. An agreement allows use of Chang chun airfield, and Shanhaikwan has fallen to government forces.
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Manchuria
Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Changchun
Chiang
Shanhaikwan
Great Wall
Korea
Vladivostok
Port Arthur
Yellow Sea
Russia
China
Red Command
Attlee Links Survival to Christian Brotherhood Policy
Prime Minister Clement Attlee told Congress that civilization can survive the atomic era only if nations embrace the Christian principle of mankind being one. He urged world prosperity and good will, called for broader US Britain cooperation, and rejected exclusive allegiance while stressing UN unity. He avoided specifics on Soviet plans and atomic secrets discussions with President Truman.
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Washington
Clement Attlee
Congress
Great Britain
United States
House of Representatives
Britain
Attlee
Labor Party
Truman
United Nations Organization
London
United Nations
Russia
Josef Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Training Plan Survives Test
The House military committee rejected a move to defer universal military training legislation by a 15 to 12 vote. It will resume hearings Thursday on the plan requested Oct 22 by President Truman in a closed session led by Chairman May with members’ positions undisclosed.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Truman
May
United States Accepts Anglo American Palestine Study Plan
President Truman announced acceptance of a British proposal to form an Anglo American committee to study the Palestine problem. He also released a letter to Prime Minister Attlee requesting admission of 100,000 more Jewish refugees into Palestine, a request Attlee rejected. The president urged evacuation of non-repatriable Jews as a key to relief and solutions.
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Washington
Truman
Palestine
Attlee
Europe
Bevin says US to join Britain on Jewish and Palestine issues
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin announced in the Commons that the United States accepted an invitation to collaborate with Britain on examining European Jewry and Palestine. He stressed Britain will take steps to improve Jewish rights and opposes expelling Jews or denying them a role in rebuilding Europe, noting further work is needed.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Commons
United States
Britain
Palestine
Bevin
Europe
Colder Weather Returns Tonight in Iowa Forecast
Colder weather moves in tonight with partly cloudy skies in Cedar Rapids. Temperatures fall from 60 highs to overnight lows around the mid 20s, while Dubuque and surrounding cities report rainfall totals up to .84 inches and a windy storm damages trees and stores.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers-Inskeep
Dubuque
Iowa City
Davenport
Burlington
Waterloo
Mason City
Iowa
Spencer
Sioux City
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