Nationalist forces claim Shanhaikwan seizure near Great Wall
Chinese nationalist troops say they captured Shanhaikwan near Chinwangtao after flanking the Communist Eighth Route Army. officials report lighter fighting and aim to reopen the Tientsin Mukden railway while US Marines guard the line south to Tientsin.
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China
Shanhaikwan
Great Wall
Manchuria
Tu Li-ming
Gulf of Chihli
United State
Tientsin
Tientsin-Mukden
Chungking
French Government in flux as De Gaulle resigns
Paris AP reports the Communist party refuses to join a three party appeal to General Charles de Gaulle to reconsider his interim presidency. A 30 member committee failed to resolve cabinet post allocations as Christian Democrats demand De Gaulle head the government. De Gaulle refuses Communist demands for a key portfolio and hints at private life, delaying assembly action.
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Paris
Communist Party
Charles de Gaulle
France
Constituent Assembly
Christian Democratic Popular Republican Movement
MRP
de Gaulle
British Engineer Volunte ers as Human Guinea Pig for Atomic Tests
Sir James French, noted British engineer, volunteered to be aboard a tar t battleship for U S naval tests measuring the atomic bomb effect on warships. He said he would willingly board a ship and record his reactions, but he did not reveal how he would survive the blast.
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London
INS
James French
United Tes
French
Inmate Claude C. Branch Dies at Alcatraz Prison
Claude C. Branch, an inmate at Alcatraz in California, died Friday night likely from injuries suffered on November 14 in an assault by another prisoner. The incident is under investigation by prison authorities.
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Alcatraz
Calif
Claude C. Branch
Baltimore
Truck Settlement Unconfirmed Across Eight Midwest States
A reported eight state truck strike involving about 20 000 AFL drivers prompted claims of a possible agreement in Chicago but officials denied immediate confirmation. Fred C Wheelock, Kansas City employer chair, said 80 firms were affected and negotiations were ongoing with AFL drivers in Indiana Illinois Ohio Michigan. The idle truck total neared 300 000 nationwide amid labor disputes.
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Associated Press
Midwest
AFL
My Cece
Kansas City
Fred C. Wheelock
Chicago
Wheelock
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
B-29 to Exhibit in Cedar Rapids Sunday
The B-29 Superfortress from the Army Air Forces will arrive at Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport at 3:30 p.m. today and be on display all Sunday as part of Linn County Victory Loan efforts. Executives secured approval from Washington after repeated efforts. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City interurban cars will run every 20 minutes from Sunday noon to shuttle spectators.
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Cedar Rapids
Army Air Forces
Linn County
Tokyo
el Paso
Texas
Linn County Victory Loan Bond Committee
Bill Norris
Washington
Pentagon
Norris
Air Forces
Iowa
Iowa City
Byrnes Outlines Atom Control First Step to Rescue World
Secretary of State Byrnes urged the Anglo American atomic bomb control program as the first step in halting an armament race. He said a United Nations atomic energy commission could be set up within 60 days and emphasized no use of atomic bombs as diplomatic threats.
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Charleston
S. C
Byrnes
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Avenae
Ja” Ee Byrnes
Nimitz Opposes Military Merger Citing Drawbacks
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz told a Senate military committee that merging the armed forces would bring more disadvantages than advantages. He urged a national security council instead of a single defense department and stressed coordination among branches while supporting unity of command in specific areas. He noted wartime successes show the existing system’s merit and warned against changing a proven structure.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Fleet
Senate Military Committee
War and Navy Departments
State Department
Nimitz
Department of Defense
National Security Council
Secretaries of State, War and Navy
Secretary of Navy
Forrestal
Gen. Eisenhower
America
Jobs Seen for All By Next Year End
CHICAGO AP Herman B Byer assistant commissioner of labor statistics told the national employment committee that by the end of 1946 unemployment should be practically sped out. He noted 5 to 7 million unemployed by next spring but predicted 50 million workers and continued job gains through 1946 as returning servicemen rejoin the labor force.
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Chicago
Herman B. Byer
Labor Statistics
Labor Department
Byer
National Employment Committee of the American Legion
Eisenhower in Iowa Tonight
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower arrive by train at 6:30 p.m. in Boone for a weekend visit with Mrs. Eisenhower’s relatives and will stay until 10:45 p.m. Monday before heading to Chicago to address the American Legion convention. A Seventh service command detachment, arriving Friday, had urged secrecy to allow the general rest away from public intrusion.
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Boone
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Chicago
American Legion
Omaha
Seventh Service Command
Court Vetoes Indictment of Young Krupp in Nuremberg
The International Tribunal refused to indict Alfried Krupp replacing Gustav Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach and set Nazi trials to begin November 20. Martin Bormann will be tried in absentia. Gustav Krupp’s prosecution is deferred for now. Judge I T Nikitchenko and Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe contributed to the decisions.
Iowa City Preflight School to Close December Fourth
The Iowa navy preflight school in Iowa City will close on December 4 after operating since April 15, 1942. Most personnel transfer to Ottumwa naval air station which will become a preflight school. some go to Glenview Illinois station. Cadet transfer numbers were not released.
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Iowa City
Iowa Navy
Friay
Ottumwa Naval Air Station
Glenview, Ill
Striking La Plant Choate Workers Exempt From Picket Duties
Veterans of Local 116 United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America on strike at La Plant Choate Manufacturing are exempt from picketing and strike duties, with unemployment compensation eligibility noted. The company and union report no meeting has been requested, while production runs on two shifts though no plant work occurs. The union seeks wage increases and guaranteed pay when hours drop from a 48 hour week, while management cites uncertain prices and past wage changes.
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Cedar Rapids News
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America
la Plant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Charles Hobbie
Saturay
Hobbie
United States Employment Service
Roy E. Choate
Choate
C. H. Sage
Lees
OPA
Japanese Pearl Harbor Plan Outlined 1941
Rear Admiral T B Inglis testified that Japan ordered the Pearl Harbor striking force into Hawaiian waters 13 days before the Dec 7 attack with an option to cancel if diplomacy succeeded. He cited orders by Admiral Yamamoto to attack at dawn and outlined the secret plan delays and secrecy surrounding Hawaii operations.
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Washington
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Waters
Congress
T. B. Inglis
Naval Intelligence
High Command
Barkley
Brewster
Inglis
Hawaiian
Isoroku Yamamoto
United States
Hawaii
Hitokappu Bay
Yamamoto
Conference Blocks Action On Murray Wage Proposal
Washington inputs report a labor management conference executive committee vote to refer CIO President Philip Murray wage proposals and two substitutes to a special subcommittee. AFL and UMW joined industry reps. Murray proposes a framework for substantial wage increases, Green seeks clear gains. talks stalled with no resolution.
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Washington
Labor-Management Conference Executive Committee
CIO
Philip Murray
AFL
UMW
Intel
Caae
John L. Lewis
CSO
William Green
Murray
Truman
Ping
Green
Wilie
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