Marshall's Warning on Dec 7 Revealed to Congress
Washington AP report details Gen George Marshall last minute alert to Hawaii before Pearl Harbor attack. Army files show Marshall warned Lt Gen Walter Short by cable, 12 18 pm EST, then Short received it about three hours after the attack began.
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George C. Marshall
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Pearl Harbor
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Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Walter C. Short
Honolulu
Short
Sherman Miles
Cmdr. Rochefort
Navy
Tokyo
United States
Adjutant General’s Office
Atlantic
Panama Canal
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Caribbean Command
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Miller Youth Denied Aid in Trial of Klatt
In Fort Dodge a paroled inmate testified that Carl Klatt former Eldora training school guard refused to take Ronald Miller 17 to the hospital after he collapsed at a coal pile hours before his death on August 29 The state seeks second degree murder charges alleging beatings and mistreatment at the Eldora institution Miller asked for help saying I cant work I cant stand on my feet I cant see and I dont know what Im doing The defense pressed witnesses about locations and movements as more inmates testified and hospital nurse Mrs Tjaden described Miller’s condition before he died
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Fort Dodge
Carl Klatt
Eldora State Training School
Ronald Miller
Klatt
Miller
Des Moines
Robert Zuetlau
Otho
Zuetlau
Marvin McAdoo
Ottumwa
Leon Bell
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Alice Tjaden
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Mac McAdoo
Tjaden
Eliatt
Paul H. McCord
McCord
Jack Howell
Eagle Grove
Eldora
Zuet- Jan
Senators Probe Charge By Pat Hurley
Senator Wherry introduced a resolution for a senate investigation into state department personnel and policy over Hurley’s China duties. He warned that if diplomats sabotaged the ambassador, they bordered on treason, prompting bipartisan debate and calls for broader probes in the House.
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Washington
Kenneth S. Wherry
R-Neb
Senate
State Department
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Tom Connally
Dtex
Foreign Relations Committee
Wherry
House
Albert Gore
D-Ténn
Christian A. Herter
R-Mass
United States
Hurley
Wedemeyer Signals U S Aid to China amid China Sovet Talks
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer in China indicated the United States may provide military aid to Chiang Kai-shek’s government as Sino Soviet talks center on Manchuria. He noted Marshall’s envoy trip aims to assess needs and urged caution over reports of U S planes in China.
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Manchuria
Albert C. Wedemeyer
United States
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Mukden
Wedemeyer
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India
Yenan
Lindbergh Scores In Combat Over Balikpapan
Charles Lindbergh flew with U S forces in the Southwest Pacific on Oct 10 1944 and shot down a Japanese Zero at Balikpapan Borneo using a Lightning P 38 His role followed secrecy due to his civilian status and new combat assignment by Gen George C Kenney The raid supported by B 24 Liberators involved Maj Richard Bong and Maj Thomas B McGuire who praised Lindbergh as a top class pilot
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Konoye
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Thomas C. Hart
Asiatic Fleet
New York
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George C. Kenney
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Poplar
Wis
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Ridgefield
N. J
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Bong
California
Kenney
Stalin's Rest Prolonged Likely Delays Return
Moscow report says Generalissimo Stalin plans a long rest before resuming duties in the capital. A source notes he remains in good health and may not return before his 66th birthday on December 21. He might not reach Moscow until the new year.
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Moscow
Stalin
Truman Says Reconversion Is Moving Fast
President Truman said reconversion work is ahead of schedule and unemployment is lower than expected. He noted war plants nearly reconverted, with virtually no time wasted since August, and predicted employment will keep rising as peacetime production expands. Inflation risks and strike upticks since VJ day were acknowledged.
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Truman
J .Day
Cedar Rapids Council Eases Zoning for Housing
Cedar Rapids city council acting as the board of health approved a one year emergency measure allowing homeowners to rent existing apartments or rooms regardless of zoning and permitting trailers on vacant lots if sanitation rules are met. The plan targets current openings only and can be extended if the shortage persists.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Board of Health
300 Interviewers Target Cedar Rapids Homes for Veteran Housing
300 interviewers fanned out across Cedar Rapids using questionnaires and sector plats to locate furnished rooms for veterans and families returning monthly. The effort aims to uncover emergency living quarters for more than 1,500 returning veterans and address housing shortfalls in the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Renting Rooms Does Not Endanger Homestead Tax Credit Rights
No, as long as the owner occupies part of the house, rights remain. James F. Scolaro, survey director, told division leaders and precinct captains at the Memorial building meeting. The mayor’s emergency housing committee office opened Thursday in the Memorial building basement, with Howard McLaughlin as office manager supervising rentals through the O P A rental office and answering survey questions.
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James F. Scolaro
Memorial Building
Emergency Housing Committee
Howard McLaughlin
McLaughlin
O.P.A
Scolaro
600 UNRRA Employees Dismissed for Incompetence in Germany
In Herford, AP reports UNRRA chief Leo Margolin says 600 UNRRA workers, mainly Europeans, were dismissed for incompetence amid a Germany reform led by Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan. Replacements will be American and British demobilized soldiers.
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Herford
Germany
Leo J. Margolin
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Information Bureau
Europe
UNRRA
Margolin
Frederick A. Morgan
Morgan
Sir Raphael Cilento Brisbane
Francis Schiff
Bond posted for murder suspect Slaymaker
Lawrence E. Slaymaker 33, charged with murder, was released from Linn county jail after an appearance bond of 5000 posted by Lawrence B. Miller and Elizabeth C. Miller. The bond was reduced from 7500 by Judge G. K. Thompson. Slaymaker was questioned in the death of Charles E. McMullen after a Saturday alley confrontation behind the CIO hall.
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Cedar Rapids
Lawrence E. Slaymaker
Linn County
Lawrence B. Miller
Elizabeth C. Miller
B Avenue
G. K. Thompson
Justice Court
Slaymaker
Sixth Avenue SE
Charles E. McMullen
Sixth Avenue
CIO Hall
Thirteen Drown After Bombay Beach Tidal Wave
A tidal wave swept Bombay beaches drowning thirteen people. The wave is believed caused by an offshore earthquake reported a day earlier.
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Bombay
Denison Patrolman Kidnapped Freed After Stove Bond
Patrolman John Mahnke was kidnapped near Denison by two men and a woman, chained to a country schoolhouse stove, and freed after seven hours. He described a gun point transfer in Hartley and a seven hour cold confinement before summoning help.
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Lews
John Mahnke
Hartley
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O’brien County
Spencer
Nahnke
Mahnke
Illinois
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