Capitol Hill faces another wordy week on Hurley affair
Congress opens a second wordy week on Hurley quitting as ambassador to China with Pearl Harbor and United Nations debates ahead. Rep Sparkman urges leaving Hurley to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee while Rep Mundt seeks full facts and a chance for un American Activities to question Hurley. Labor issues loom as reconversion failures spur calls for strong anti strike measures and union exemptions in racketeering law. The UN debate continues over whether American troops for LUMO should be treaty bound.
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Washington
Congress
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Capitol Hill
Pearl Harbor
United Nations
Rep. Sparkman
Alabama
House
Hurley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rep. Mundt
South Dakota
Munat
Committee On UN- American Activities
Fent Harbor Committee
George ©. Marshall
Truman
Lucas
D-Ii
Walter C. Short
Pearl Warrior
Short
Hawai
Rep
Cox
D-Ge
Judiciary Committee
Babath
Rules Committee
Hatch
D-N. M
Ball
R-Minn
Donnell
R-Mo
Lumo
Warmer Days Are on Their Way
The weather forecast says clear skies and warmer temperatures Tuesday will reduce highway and pedestrian hazards from Monday. Freezing conditions persist Monday with a weekend storm dropping 0.53 inches of precipitation causing minor accidents. A brief warming trend arrives Monday night into Tuesday with lows near 15 after a Sunday high of 35.
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Weather Bureau
Bu’reau
MacArthur Unveils War Crime List Against Japanese Elite
A new list of 59 wanted war criminals, compiled under Gen. MacArthur, targets leaders from across Japanese society. Prince Morimasa Nashimoto, ex-president of the privy council, is named among former premiers and other prominent figures ordered into custody.
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Gen. MacArthur
Morimasa Naahimoto
Imperial Household
Privy Council
Japan
Parole Granted for Des Moines Man
Des Moines reports that Earl Dean, 24, formerly held in Minls county, has been released from the state reformatory after serving 21 months of a seven year sentence for obtaining money by false pretenses. The state parole board disclosed the release. Weather notes follow with cloudy conditions in Council Bluffs and vicinity and various regional temperature forecasts.
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Des Moines
Earl Dean
Minls County
State Reformatory
State Parole Board
Favors Full Probe of Hurley Charges
Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault urged a thorough investigation of Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley charges that career diplomats sabotage American policy in the orient. He commented on Gen. George Marshall's potential China envoy role but would not speculate, noting capable men have given the problem their best efforts and failed.
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Kansas City
Dep
Claire Chennault
Patrick J. Hurley
Orient
George Marshall
China
Chennault
Charges Against McVay Revealed
The navy formally accused Capt. Charles B. McVay I of negligence and culpable inefficiency in the loss of the 10,000-ton cruiser Indianapolis last July. The seven member tribunal convened at the Washington navy yard finds him accused of failing to steer a zigzag course in danger zones and neglecting timely orders after learning the ship was sinking. The Indianapolis, unescorted to Leyte, sank after a midnight explosion, with 880 dead or missing and 316 wounded.
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Washington
Navy
Charles B. McVay
Indianapolis
Washington Navy Yard
Philippine Sea
Porrestal
Sevenman
McVay
Fiest
San Francisco
Guam
Leyte
Philippines
Survey Shows Unrest in Germany Over U.S. Occupation
A U S intelligence survey from Frankfurt notes growing German resentment toward American occupation methods, with belief the U S administration lacks policy and causes injustice. Clergy with pro allied sympathies share the view. The 20 000 word report explains rising resistance talk amid discontent.
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James F. King
Frankfurt
U. S
Griswold Schools Closed by Influenza
Griswold consali dated school closed Friday with two thirds of the enrollment of 275. Students out because of influenza will reopen Wednesday according to present plans. Harvey Burnham of Griswold schools has been ill and was replaced by Mrs. H. P. Limbaugh. The flu epidemic in Griswold has reached the community with several homes affected.
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Griswold
Harvey 2
Burnham
Mra
Indians Make Sweater for President Truman
In Washington state last year President Truman wore a hand knitted sweater from the Cowichan Indians. The tribe later presented United States Commil Troy L Perkins of Victoria with a heavy hand made sweater for the president. The ceremony drew about 900 whites and 400 Indians. Prices for revolvers and pistols will rise nine percent next Saturday as the OPA says the move restores manufacturers earnings to the 1939 standard.
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Duncan
B. C
Canada
Truman
Mon C. Wailgren
Washington State
United States
Washington, P
OPA
Senate Group Asked to Go Slow on Outlawing A-bomb
Dr. Van Nevar Bush urged the Senate Atomic Energy Committee to delay any premature attempt to outlaw atomic energy. He warned a quick ban could be disastrous and emphasized passing sound domestic regulation and development laws. He outlined five principles for future legislation including control by Americans, safeguarding military knowledge, protecting public health, ensuring open research, and preparing for use of materials.
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Senate
Washington
Vannevar Bush
Bush
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Sion
Jong
Lin
Chest cleanup set for Thursday campaign report meeting
An appeal to Blutie Community Victory chest and war fund workers is issued for attendance at the final campaign meeting at the Hotel Chieftain Thursday at 7 30 p m General Chairman M L Spence announced the goal of reaching 76948 at the meeting The prior report showed 59034 77 percent of the quota had been raised A list of 96 firms and employees in the classified section joined the 100 percent club was announced including Morris Register Co Firestone Auto Supply and Dahl
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Council Blutie Community Victory Chest
War Fund Chest
Campagn
M. L. Spence
Spence
Morris Register Co
Firestone Auto Supply
Dahl
Former Inmate Called to Stand in Klatt Trial
Former inmate Robert Summers testified as the first state witness in the second week of Carl Klatt s second degree murder trial Summers, 11, of Marswalltown a former Eldora State Training School for boys inmate, described events at the school the night of August 27 including an alleged beating of Ronald Miller Des Moines 17 by Klatt Summers now works as an machinist in Marshalltown and the examination followed closed court meetings between prosecutors judges and jurors.
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Fort Dodge, AF
Robert Summers
Marswalltown
Eldora State Training Sctoo
Carl Klatt
Summers
Marshalltown
Faul Hs McCord
Ronald Miller
Des Moines
Klatt
Vaalt
Truck Operators Plan Fight Over Union Pressure
Nebraska and western Iowa non-union truck firms will meet in Omaha on Tuesday to coordinate resistance to forced unionization. Vice-President Paul Halpine of the Midwest Operators association said they will pursue legal action if needed and cited General Drivers union official Sam Winas ky's warning that nonunion firms must settle before unionized drivers handle their goods. A committee was appointed and accepted the challenge.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Western Iowa
Omaha
Paul Halpine
Midwest Operators Association
Halvine
Sam Wineaky
General Drivers Union
Nominion
Iowa
Winsk
Halpine
Meets Death While on Way for Discharge
Lt. Jack E. Woods, 25, Des Moines, died in an auto crash near Tama at 6:30 p.m. while en route to Camp Grant after a one day furlough to visit his parents and his 18 months old son Bruce Eldon. Woods apparently lost control as he crossed the railroad tracks, the car overturning in a ditch. His wife, riding with them, was uninjured.
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Des Moines
Jack E. Woods
Camp Grant
Forest E. Woods
Bruce Eldon
Woods
Tama
Harvey Jones
Chicago and North Wesern
Southwest Iowa EB bond drive reports varied results
The state war finance committee’s Nov 30 report shows Audubon leading southwest Iowa with 147.32 percent of its quota. West Pottawattamie county stands at 34 percent, with Monona at 28 percent. Other counties listed include Pottawattamie 5.45 percent, Crawford 58.51 percent, Adams 56.65 percent, Montgomery 54.77 percent, Harrison 52.14 percent, Shelby 41.26 percent, Page 40.04 percent, Cass 87.12 percent, Fremont 36.64 percent, and Mills 36.08 percent.
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West Pottawattanue County
State War Finance Committee Ag
Iowa
West Pattawattamié
Monona
Naleg
Audubon
Wat
Towa
Ita
Swar Finance Committee
Imuat Pottawattamly
Crawford
Fist
Ajair
Adams
Montgomery
Harnson
Shelby
Sith
Page
Cass
Fremont
Mills
City Council Bids for 20 Trailer Units
The City council Monday afternoon formally applied to the national housing agency in Chicago for 20 trailer units to ease critical housing conditions. War Dads representative Ross Meneray urged seeking 100 travel units, but officials said prefabricated houses planned for the city may better solve the problem.
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National Housing Agency
Chicago
Ross Meneray
War Dads
French Move Toward Nationalization of Key Banks
Paris reports the constituent assembly advancing a sweeping reform plan to nationalize France's electrical industry and seize shares in Banque de France along with four major deposit banks. General de Gaulle urged restraint on broader nationalization, arguing it could hurt export revival.
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Paris
France
Constituent Assembly
Banque de France
Gen. de Gaude
Chamber of Deputies
Map Uncharted Wealth of Missouri Resin
Kansas City scientists at the Midwest Research Institute tabulate industrial potentialities of the Missouri River valley. Army engineers assist in this fact finding program that could transform the regional economy. The nonprofit tech organization studies uncharted Missouri basin wealth to guide industrial development in the Midwest.
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Kansas City
Missouri River Valley
Midwest Research Institute
Army
Missouri
Pearl Harbor warning reply judged inadequate by Miles
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles testified that Lt. Gen. Walter Short's staff in Hawaii knew before Pearl Harbor that Japanese consular papers were being destroyed. An affidavit from Col. George Bicknell said naval officers learned of the Japanese message to their consuls on Dec. 3, 1941, and that local consul papers were being destroyed. Miles corrected earlier testimony, stressing no complacency in decoding delays and noting rushed efforts to translate intercepted messages.
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Washington
Sherman A. Milew
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Yack Bell
Walter “C. Short
Dtaff
Pearl Arbor
Honolulu
Short
Navy
Peatl Harbor
Sherman Miles
Army Intelligence Division
Senate House Committee
George F. Bicknell
Bicknell
Robert Shivers
FBI
Calonel Philips
Miles
William D. Mitchell
George C. Marshall
Army
Mitchell
Leonard T. Gerow
War Plans Division
War Department
Pearl Harbor
Uastes
Heaid
Gerhard Gesell
Enghan
Roosevelt Vestry Incident Closed in Hyde Park
Arthur De Groff junior warden of the St. James vestry in Hyde Park said the board voted to sustain Bishop Manning in deeming Roosevelt ineligible to serve. He noted a letter from the president's second son rejecting the port and declared the incident closed.
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Poughkeepsie, N
Arthur de Groff
St. James Church
Hyde Park
William T.manting
Hiatt Roosevelt
de Groff
Are
de Grom
Are Weste Paper
Iowa War Deaths Mount to 7133 in State Records
Iowa war deaths continue to be reported at a steady pace averaging about two per day over the last month. State historical records show 60 deaths in November, increasing the town's World War II toll to 7133, more than double the fatalities in the prior war.
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Dra Movnes
Missing Wife and Divorce Plan Shocks Chicago to Dubuque
Mrs Jean Gloor Carbone 19 wife of Lt now a Rochester student was found in Dubuque with Capt Darrell Beachen 25 and Capt John Derreberry. She plans divorce to wed Capt Heschen after meeting in London last January following her husband’s return to the States.
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Dubuque
UPI
Chicago
Jean Gloor Carbone
Darrell Beachen
Germany
John Derreberry
Carbone
University of Rochester
Heschen
London
States
Hoffman Wins at Fat Stock Show in Chicago
Karl Hoffman of Ida Grove wins the grand champion carlot Hereford steer title at the wartime Chicago fat stock show, his 15 steers totaling 15,600 pounds for an average of 1,040 pounds each. He co-owns the entry with Robert Storz of Omaha, who also boosted 4-H support and Iowa participation.
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Chicago
Karl Hoffman
Ida Grove, Jr
Hoffman
George
Fred Schmidt
Delmar
Louis Goecke
State Center
W. H. Jorge
Dilman Wilson
Bryant
Hereford
Robert Storz
Omaha
Iowa
Batony
Storz
Nationalists Near Mukden as Forces Advance North
Central News Agency reports nationalist troops 36 miles from Mukden in Manchuria as Chiang Kai-shek forces move northward with limited opposition. By week’s end Tahushan lies 65 miles from Mukden, with planes expected to land government troops next week. Negotiations on a Chinese Russian Manchuria pact proceed satisfactorily.
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Chungking
Mukden
Mancheria
Jiea
Chinese Central
Chiang Kai-shek
Central News
Manchuna
Tahushan
Tahuahan
Manchuria
Hurley to testify openly before foreign relations panel
Washington reports that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold an open hearing Wednesday with Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley to discuss his resignation as ambassador to China. Hurley opposed secret testimony and preferred public testimony.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Patrick J. Hurley
Chits
Hurley
Brashares Wins Permanent Deferment From Draft
DES MOINES Iowa April draft board granted Brashares permanent 4D deferment to continue pre theological studies. State selective service headquarters said his appeal to the presidential appeal board in Washington was approved, allowing him to remain out of the army.
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Des Moines
Robert Mark
Brashares
Dee Moines
Jace
Ted
Bmondsy
State Selective Service
Brashires
Presidential Appeal Board
Washington
Braah
Truman Asks Congress for labor Board
President Truman asked Congress to create a fact finding board to advise on disputes in nationwide industries and to ban strikes during federal consideration. He proposed a reconversion labor system modeled after the railroad act and urged action on steel, auto, aviation, mining, utilities, and communications. He noted the board would handle the General Motors-United Auto Workers dispute pending statutory powers.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
General Motorsolo
United Automobile Workers
UAW seeks federal probe into GM fuel pump monopoly
R J Thomas president of the CIO United Auto Workers asks U S Attorney General Tom Clark to investigate General Motors for monopoly control of a key fuel pump supply item. He argues GM’s dominance reduces competition. President Truman calls for cooperation and urges workers to resume production. He mentions a parallel steel dispute and asks both sides to cooperate with a forthcoming board report.
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Detroit
CIO
United Automobile Worker
U. S
Tom Clark
General Motore Corporation
R. J. Thomas
Uawcto
General Motors Corporation
Rank and File to Pass on Proposal
International officers of the United Automobile Workers acknowledge mounting opposition within the union to resuming parts production for GM. Detroit and Flint locals object, while R. J. Thomas says GM workers will decide whether to return during the strike. He notes the union must present facts to GM locals and clarifies the plan aims to supply needed parts for rival firms to stay operating.
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United Automobile Workers
CTO
Notary Planta
Big Detroi
Flint
UASV
CIO
R. J. Thomas
Thomas
Firma
CB. Wilson
The
International
Gresser Flint Industrial Union Council
Robert Carter
AC Spark Plug
Kenneth T. Forbes
TAW Regions
Saginaw
Mich
Baye Leiter van Misunderstood
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Wilson
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