Ley Nazi Labor Boss Hangs Self in Detention Cell
NUERNBERG AP Ley, former Nazi labor front head, hanged himself in his jail cell while awaiting war crimes trial. He left a political testimony apologizing for anti Semitism and two other documents a will for his children and a letter to his wives. His death was discovered after a guard noted Ley sat unmoving for over two minutes.
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Robert Ley
Hitler
Labor Front
John Harlan Amen
Ley
Amen
Col. C. B. Andrus
Denver
Paul H. Graven
Madison
Wis
Shey
Labor Bund
Republicans Clash With Truman Over Pearl Harbor Probe
Washington AP Republicans fault President Truman for ordering limits on Pearl Harbor investigation access. The 10 member Senate-House panel, with six Democrats, mayors witness and record requests only by majority vote. Republicans seek broader access, citing wartime probes and unpublished naval report portions.
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Truman
Pearl Harbor
Senate House
Senate
House
Sen. Mead
D-N.y
William D. Mitchell
White House
Inquiry Committee
Naval Inquiry Board
Navy Forrestal
Senate Panel Plans Pearl Harbor Inquiry Trip to Honolulu
Senate committee chairman Sen. Barkley says the Pearl Harbor investigation group will depart for Honolulu on November 5 to begin formal hearings and collect testimony related to the 1941 attack. The plan aims to scrutinize defense readiness and command decisions preceding the raid.
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INS
Sen. Barkley
D-Ky
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Sears Cites Need for Navy Universal Training
Cedar Rapids Navy League heard Capt. H. E. Sears call for universal military training to keep the United States strong. The Glenview based acting chief of naval air training warned another Pearl Harbor would lead to no recovery, urging preparedness as a sacred duty.
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Navy
Cedar Rapids Navy League
America
H. E. Sears
Naval Air Primary
Glenview, Ill
Montrose Hotel
Sears
Couple Hires Taxi for 3000 Mile Honeymoon Trip
Marine Captain H L Kipp could not obtain train reservations to San Diego and with leave near expiry he and Norma Clinton rented a cab to cover roughly 3000 miles. The couple, married in Lafayette on October 2, planned to return to duty at the San Diego marine base.
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H. L. Kipp
San Diego
Calif
Kipp
Silver Creek
Minn
San Diego Marine Base
Norma Clinton
Great Smoky Mountains
Russia and United States discuss Allied control council for Japan
Secretary Byrnes said the United States is in talks with Russia on creating an Allied control council to administer Japan. The move signals possible progress in the Japan issue though US aims to keep final policy supremacy if there is a disagreement among the four powers. Russia has not yet committed a representative to the upcoming Allied advisory commission meeting.
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Washington
State Byrnes
United States
Russia
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
State Department
Byrnes
Control Council
Germany
Allied Advisory Commission
Polie
Douglas MacArur
Repatriation of 138000 Japanese Prisoners and Civilians
Western Pacific Army HQ announced 138000 Japanese prisoners of war and civilians are being repatriated from the Philippines to alleviate feeding guarding and housing problems.
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Manila
Western Pacific Army Headquarters
Philippes
Cedar Rapids Faces War Chest Shortfall and Resolve
Cedar Rapids has fallen about 410,000 short of its Community War Chest goal. Leaders insist the drive must continue to avoid failure and stress the crucial role of Chest agencies in sustaining peacetime growth. They urge all residents to meet their full obligation to support the agencies serving the community and future generations.
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Cedar Rapids
Community Chest
War Chest
War Chest Fund
Truman to deliver pivotal foreign policy speech in New York
The White House said President Truman will speak Saturday at Central Park in New York on foreign policy. The 25 minute address begins at 12 30 p m Iowa time and will be carried on all networks. Assistant Press Secretary Eben Ayers called the speech probably the most important since Truman became President.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Central Park
New York
Eben Ayers
Iowa
Corn Liquor Can Run Jet Propelled Planes
Albany based AP report quotes Benson Hamlin of Bell Aircraft Buffalo stating jet propelled planes can run on corn liquor. He notes current fuel is kerosene but any volatile substance including Kentucky corn liquor could be used.
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Albany
N. Y
Benson Hamlin
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Buffalo
Kentucky
Navy to Celebrate Navy Day on Routine Operations
Yokohama AP reports the Third Amphibious Corps part of the Tokyo force will observe Navy Day Saturday by continuing standard duties rather than a public celebration. The routine operation underscores a disciplined posture and ongoing readiness.
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Yokohama
Tokyo
Third Amphibious Corps
Belgian Mata Hari Lands in Yankees Jail
Helene Bogaerts a 25 year old Belgian beauty with four language fluency and a sharp memory was captured after a career as a Gestapo agent. American counter intelligence describe her as possibly the best female Nazi operative, detailing her rise from dancer to mistress of key officials and her capture after a botched intelligence mission.
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Helene Bogaerts
Europe
Secret Service
Germany
Mata Hari
Helene
Antwerp
Brussels
Gestapo
Hauptmann Wiederroth
Belgium
Udelene
Kurt Meyer
Meyer
Werner Kleemer
Rhine
Kleemer
Cologne
Mulheim
Otto Abetz Reported Arrested by French Authorities
Paris radio reports German ambassador Otto Abetz in custody of French authorities on Friday. The broadcast says Abetz was arrested in the French zone of Germany.
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Otto Abetz
New York
INS
Paris
Abetz
Guard Shot Injures Two at Iowa Training School
A state guardsman discharged a shotgun by accident at Eldora Iowa Training School for Boys wounding James Porter 15 seriously and Hugh Riddle 16 slightly. Porter struck in chest and arm. Riddle hit on wrist. Governor Blue ordered a full report.
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Des Moines
INS
State
Iowa Training School For
Eldora
Robert D Blue
Blue
Earl Wickam
Sheldon
James Porter
Council Bluffs
Hugh Riddle
Dow City
Col Wickam
Wickam
Two C. R. Hotels Settle with OPA
The Montrose and Magnus hotels in Des Moines settled with the OPA overcharging for room telephone calls. The Magnus payout was 305.25 dollars and the Montrose 247.50 dollars, with excess ceiling charges noted for both.
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Cellar Rapids
Montrose
Magnus
Des Moines
OPA
The
Gazette
Walter D Kline
McMahon Chosen Chairman of Atomic Energy Committee
Senator McMahon of Connecticut was elected chairman of the special committee on atomic energy by Senate Vice Chairman McKellar. The group includes Democrats Johnson Colorado Connally Texas Russell Georgia Byrd Virginia Tydings Maryland and Republicans Vandenberg Michigan Mifflin Colorado Austin Vermont Hickenlooper New Jersey Hart Connecticut.
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Washington
Senate
McKellar
Dtenn
Sen
McMahon
D-Conn
Johnson
Colo
Connally
Texas
Russell
Byrd
Tydings
Vandenberg
Mich
Miflikin
Austin ,Vt
Hickenlooper
Hart
Conn
Ford Plans Addition of 86 000 to Payroll
Ford officials said reconversion will raise employment by 86 000 over 18 months. General superintendent M. L. Bricker cited current payroll at 104 000 and projected U S plant capacity needs of 190 000 workers.
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Ford
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
M. L. Bricker
United States
Stettinius Undergoes Gallstone Operation in New York
Former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes Stettinius Bri day underwent gallstone removal surgery in New York. Doctors described his condition afterward as excellent and stable with a quick recovery expected.
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Stettinius
New York
Stettinius Briday
Truman to Broadcast Wage Policy Tuesday Night
President Truman announced a 9 PM Tuesday national broadcast detailing a new wage price policy and appointed Dr. John R. Steelman as special assistant to help curb the postwar strike wave. He outlined a labor-management conference agenda and said reconversion chief John W. Snyder is not resigning.
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Washington
Truman
Central Standard Time
John R. Steelman
Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
John W. Snyder
Labor
Management
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
Lewis
White
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