Nazis Will Testify in Own Behalf at Trial
Defense counsel said a majority of the 20 Nazi leaders on trial before the International Military Tribunal would testify for themselves and seek witnesses from Britain and the United States. Testimony could include Churchill relatives and British figures to defend top defendants. Hitler’s secret speech to military leaders revealed plans to attack Poland and stir war.
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Mernberg
International Military Tribunal
Britain
United States
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Winston Churchill
Harold Alexander
Churchill
Giles Romilly
London Daily Express
Narvik
Alexander
Michael Alexander
Italy
Astor
Cliveden
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Fritz Sauter
Rudolf Hess
Duke of Hamilton
Hess
Germany
Sauter
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Soviet Union
Hitler
Obersalzberg
Poland
Hermann Goering
Japan
Berlin
Yosuke Matsuoka
South Pacific
Matsuoka
Russia
France
England
Goering
Genghis Khan
Allied forces destroy Japan cyclotrons at five sites
In Tokyo Osaka and Kyoto, American troops began wrecking five cyclotrons used for atomic research under General MacArthur's order. A 210-ton Nishina lab magnet and smaller Osaka Kyoto machines will be removed, while scientists concluded Japan made no significant progress toward an atomic bomb.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Nishina Laboratory
Osaka Imperial University
Kyoto Imperial University
Seishi Kikuchi
Joseph A. O’hearn
Cambridge
Mass
Osaka
Kyoto
Pacific
Nishina Laboratories
Allied
Yoshio Nishina
Fulbright Declares U S Drifting in Fog on U N Policy
Washington Senator Fulbright criticizes United States foreign policy as improvised and unfocused arguing Truman actions fail to give life to the United Nations. He urges U S leadership toward enforceable rules by the UN, proposes charter amendments including abolishing the veto and delegating rule making powers.
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Washington
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
United States
Truman
United Nations Organization
United Nations
Cuhel Wins Victory Loan Bond Display Prize
Cuhel, a window display man at J.C. Penney and Army Air Forces veteran, won first prize in the Victory loan bond window display contest judged Friday. Honorable mention went to Elmer Hardwick of Newman’s and to John E. Lapes and his employees for their floral display. Bond sales lagged Friday as E bond quota progress faltered with 36.6 percent of the target reached and nearly half the campaign time used. Rural Linn county and Cedar Rapids totals were $13,444 and $15,788 respectively, while overall denom ination bonds led sales to $3,225,235, about 47 percent of the quota.
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Cedar Rounds News
Bill] Cuhel
J.C. Penney Company
Army Air Forces
Elmer Hardwick
Newman's
John E. Lapes
Cubel
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Non-Unionist Pay Cut-Off Reported at Buick Flint
General Motors accused CIO United Automobile Workers pickets at the Buick division plant in Flint Michigan of denying non union or delinquent workers entry to the plant until they present paid up dues via a payroll window. The company said workers must show a dues slip or go to the union hall to join or pay back dues or lose pay. UAW regional director Jack Holt said he was looking into it.
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Detroit
General Motors
CIO United Automobile
Buick Division
Flint
Mich
UAW
Jack Holt
Shirt Injury From Garment Disaster At Southbury
In Southbury Connecticut AP reports Max Laboudy dislocated his shoulder while putting on a shirt during a wrestling match. Doctors say the injury occurred as he attempted to don the garment.
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Southbury, Conn
Max Laboudy
Comics and Features Reminder from Daily Record
A fragmented index page lists sections including Deaths Editorial Features Marion and Men Women in Service and Movies with scattered headings. The page hints at radio and sports segments and a courthouse note, but most details are unreadable.
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Ceestee
Daily Record
Cpeveiseta
Marion
Sisteen
Wedemeyer Declares No Immediate Marine Withdrawal
Lt Gen Albert Wedemeyer said no present instructions call for immediate American withdrawal of marines from north China. He cited six to eight months to repatriate Japanese in the area, with 3,000 daily by current shipping and 35,000 to be repatriated by Nov. 30.
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Shanghai
Albert C. Wedemeyer
United States
China
State Byrnes
Great Wall
Yellow Sea
Wedemeyer
America
Byrnes
Peiping
Tangku
Tsingtao
Hulutao
Douglas MacArthur
Chinwangtao
Changchun
Manchukuan
Homecoming Picture Brightens G.1
NEW YORK IN January the Queen Mary will be converted to carry 53 000 to 55 000 war brides of American soldiers to the United States. The War Shipping Administration plans moving ships to reduce December backlog, with 50 Victory ships shifted from Atlantic to Pacific. Captain Granville Conway notes momentum and brighter prospects for troops overseas and families.
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New York
INS
United States
Granville Conway
Conway
Europe
Pacific
War Shipping Administration
ETO
MTO
Victory
Atlantic
Jap War Trials Delay Is Ordered
Washington reports the war department will delay trials of Premier Tojo and other Japanese officials due to international dimension. MacArthur is directed to defer their cases, while cases of war-law violations against civilians will proceed. An American diplomat notes international participation is sought.
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Washington
War Department
Tojo
MacArthur
Auto Parts Threatened By Walkout
The United Press reports the GM walkout risks a nationwide impact as auto parts plants may shut down soon, with 100,000 workers added to 430,000 already idled. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach plans talks. Illinois telephone workers threaten nationwide action after failed arbitration. The GM and Ford disputes hinge on arbitration and wage concessions, while unions demand pay boosts and plant protections.
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General Motors
Frank Rising
Automobile and Aviation Parts Manufacturers Association
Rising
Ford
Chrysler
CIO Auto
Schwellenbach
Washington
Illinois
United States
UAW
Cedar Rapids Seaman Elliott Killed in 1944 Action
George Lawrence Elliott, 19, seaman first class, was killed in action October 25, 1944, after the USS Johnston was sunk off Samar Island. A Roosevelt graduate, he trained at Farragut and Bremerton, served overseas in 1943, and is survived by grandparents, father Earl, a brother and a sister. His mother died in 1945 and an uncle also fell in the South Pacific.
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Cedar Rapids
J L. Misbach
Second Street
Navy
George Lawrence Elliott
Johnston
Navy Department
Samar Island
Philippines
Roosevelt
Elliott
Farragut
Idaho
Bremerton
Wash
Pearl Harbor
Earl Elliott
Robert
Martha Kirchner
Carl Misbach
South Pacific
Italian State Chief Resigns After Coalition Collapse
Premier Feruccio Parri and his government quit after three of six coalition parties withdrew support, ending 72 hours of tense talks. Liberal, Democratic Labor, and Christian Democratic factions deserted, though Parri retained broad public backing with mass demonstrations and praise at the Quirinal Palace.
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Rome
Feruccio Parri
National Coalition
Parri
Liberal Party
Democratic Labor
Christian Democratic
Park
Turin
Viminale Palace
Long Live
Maurizio
Troop Train and Freight Collide in Georgia
Sea board railway reports a troop train and a freight crash near Hanlin Georgia thirty seven miles west of Atlanta on Saturday. Engineer D. T. Pope is believed killed and two other crew members injured while military personnel escaped serious harm. Hanlin lies on the Atlanta Birmingham line.
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Norfolk, Va
Seaboard Railway Headquarters
Hanlin
Atlanta
D. T. Pope
Birmingham
Elliott Roosevelt Barred as Hyde Park Vestry Member
Episcopal Bishop William T. Manning nullified the election of Elliott Roosevelt as vestryman of St. James church Hyde Park. The bishop cited that Roosevelt is not in good standing in the church, with speculation that his two remarriages while his first wife lived influenced the decision. The late President Roosevelt had been senior warden of the Hyde Park church.
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New York
INS
Episcopal
William T. Manning
Elliott Roosevelt
St. James Church
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Gen. Roosevelt
Episcopal Church
Hyde Park Church
Message of Nov 30 41 Is Revealed
Washington AP report details a Churchill urging Roosevelt a week before Pearl Harbor to issue a secret or public warning to Japan. A Nov 30 1941 message from Churchill, read to the Senate House committee, urged declaring that further Japanese aggression would bring grave consequences. The note, signed Winant, raised the possibility of joint action and synchronizing with Britain.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Senate-House
Congress
Winant
Gerhard Gesell
John James G Winant
Great Britain
Churchill
Hirohito Dee
Indo-China
South Pacific
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F.R. Warn
Hull
Cordell Hull
U. S
Lady Astor
Yarik
U.S
Cuhel
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George C. Marshall
Harold R. Stark
Army
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