Probers Detail Roosevelt Rejected 1941 War Plan Signals
Congressional investigators report Roosevelt declined on June 7 1941 to approve a British American plan for joint military operations if the U S entered war. WM Watson indicated papers would return to the president for approval, and a 1941 telecast plan with Canada was approved. Winds message about a break with the U S prior to Pearl Harbor is discussed, with no evidence that Japanese consuls received the signal. The inquiry also probes Stimson opposition to continued diplomatic talks with Japan in November 1941 and notes memoranda by General Gerow and Marshall concerning potential actions if Japan advanced toward Burma and Singapore.
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Roosevelt
United States
Senate
House Committee
Pearl Harbor
Majden EM. Watson
War Department
Jack Bell
Uki
William D Mitchell
Senate-House
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Pugil Harbor
Britain
Russia
Mittchell
Stimson
Henry L Stimsons
Army Navy
Congressiona
Leonard Therow
War Plans Division
George C Marshall
Gero
Stamson
Marshall
Harold R Stark
Japan
Gerow
Slimson
Burma
Singapore
President Names Minister to Hungary
President Truman nominated H F Arthur Schoenfeld to be minister to Hungary, the first formal American diplomatic representative there since the end of the war. Schoenfeld previously served in the War Department as a horse trainer and aide to government leadership.
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Washington
Truman
H F Arthur Schoenfeld
Hungary
Stuhies Schoenfeld
Wiss Quntes
Lardan Geren Tosi
Hhrse
Hurley accuses diplomat over arms for Chinese communists
Maj Gen Patrick J Hurley told the Senate foreign relations panel that career diplomat George Atcheson Jr at the Chungking embassy sought to undermine the Chinese nationalist government by directing arms to the communists. Hurley said Atcheson was recalled after the issue, and that the 1944 proposal to let Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s government collapse was raised by John S Service. He testified he would not have resigned as ambassador to China if Byrnes had not already dispatched a clear policy.
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Washington
Patrick J Hurley
Chungking
George Atcheson Jr
Hurley
Atcheson
Chris Hurey
China
J Kenhy Washington
Lpr
Joseph W Stilwell
Byines
United States
Far East
Rep Anderson
Calif
United Nations Organization
Anderson
Byrnes
State Department
Warm Weather Returns to Area This Week
Temperatures climbed above freezing on Wednesday with a 29 degree reading and warmer weather forecast through Thursday. The weather bureau expects highs near 55 on Wednesday and around 35 on Thursday with gusty winds in the afternoon and evening as a milder spell returns to the area.
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Weather Bureau
Save Maule
US Weather Bureau
Mit
Eacesa
Noted Churchman of England Dies
Lord Lang former Archbishop of Canterbury died after collapse near Limey station. He was pronounced dead at Royal Hospital Richmond. Lang served 13 years as Canterbury and 20 years as York Archbishop, resigning March 31, 1942.
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Lunon Uph
Cosmos G
Lord Lang
Canterbury
Imlney Station
Royal Hospital
Richmond
York
Americans Banned From Three Luzon Towns
Three Pampanga towns in Luzon were ordered off limits to United States military personnel by the military police due to extensive prostitution and sale of poisoned liquor. The towns Angeles and nearby David Mabilacat were identified as restricted areas linked to Clark Field and the 6th Regiment depot.
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Alanila
Pampanga
United States
Angeles
David Mabilacat
Clark a+ reater
Market Fat Show Champion Sets New Record Price
Roy Johnston of Belton Mo. sold the Chicago grand champion steer at a national stock show for a record price. The 1,105 pound Shorthorn steer fetched $11,050 plus over $1,300 in prize money, bought by Joe Duea of Belmond Iowa and Carl Henkel of Mason City Iowa for a 1929 international expo. The Wagley building restaurant in Chicago purchased the pen’s 322 pound carload of steers totaling 15,530 pounds for $30,660, a then record per pound and total.
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Chicago
Roy Johnston
Belton
John R
Duea
Ateer
Carl A Henkel
Mason City
Lucky Stithe
Elliott Brown
Rose Hall
Thompson
Henniai
Karl Hoffman
Ida Grove Ta
Robert Storz
Omaha
Wagley Building
Hoffman
Storz
Ottumwa Police Inquiry Closed
The civil service commission sustained the discharge of Carl M Higdon from the Ottumwa police force after nearly 23 years of service. Five dismissed officers were restored or suspended, with Stark and Station each given 60 day suspensions. Higdon may appeal to district court. commission recommendations urged retirement for Police Chief Kap and stricter enforcement of tavern conduct.
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Ottumwa
Civil Service Commission
Carl M Higdons
Harold Buell
Tentative Farm Agreement Drawn In Ames
A memorandum of understanding between the Corn Bluffs Chamber of Commerce and the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension near Ames outlines provisions awaiting approval by the state board of education the interim committee and the chamber board. The draft arose from a conference of chamber and Iowa State College representatives led by E E Buchanan.
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Aday
Ames
Corn Bluffs Chamber of Commerce
Towa Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension
Parlave
Southwestern Iowa Horticultural Experimental
Here
State Board of Education
Towa State College
E E Buchanan
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station Chamber
Roy Herding
Frank Swanson
Allies Moving to Peacetime Basis
The United Nations scale of demobilization grows as troops return to civilian life seven months after V E day. US Army peaks near 5.9 million personnel, Navy around 2.66 million. Britain and France release hundreds of thousands of troops. Canada, Australia, and others rapidly wind down armed forces amid debates on postwar force size and conscription.
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London
United Nations
Associated Press
World
United States Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Germany
Britain
Rusam
France
Russia
Stalin
Soviet Union
Moscow
Newa
Canada
Australia
Japan
Hasle
Missing Army Plane Reported Safe
Port of Porto Alegre dispatch says a US Army C47 transport missing for two days has landed in Uruguayana near the Argentina border. The flight carried 14 people including a geographic mission group en route to the United States.
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Bio DE Janeiro
Porto
Alegre
Asuncion
Uruguayana
Argenttina
United States
Death pact claim ties Bormann to Hitler in final days
Capt Hanna Rejtsch testified to US counterintelligence that Martin Bormann joined Hitler in a death pact hours before Berlin fell. Her account, drawn from interrogation notes, details the chaotic Reich Chancellery bunker as Russian shells rain in. She says Goebbels, Goering, Himmler and others figure in the last hours, while Bormann stayed at his desk drafting a historical record of Nazism.
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Oberursel
Germany
Hanna Rejtsch
Aviatix
Berlin
Martin Bormann
Hitler
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Goering
Himmler
Goebbels
Tng
Braun
Bormann
Hermann Goering
Fatherland
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Hiter
Greim
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Hanne
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Hummler
Alent
Russiag
Gremn
Grein
Restsel
Denier
Brandenburger
Jobless Veterans Still On Upgrade
Washington reports unemployment among World War I veterans for the week ended November 17. Readjustment allowances totaled 225,579 ex-servicemen receiving 5,233,209 dollars, up by 18,237 payments from the prior week when 207,342 unemployed ex-servicemen received 4,799,439 dollars.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Wedtivadly
Thos
Youth Confesses Slaying Father in Missouri Case
In Vienna Missouri a 15 year old Gene Westerman and his mother Edna Westerman 31 and neighbor Ben French were held after the youth confessed firing a .22 rifle at his father Henry Westerman 45 during an argument over French staying at the home The attack left Henry dead as Gene led police to a tobacco shop safe containing 1250 dollars The case centers on family tensions and a long running romance between the Westerman matriarch and French with the couple married since 1929 and five children in the family
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Gene Westerman
Edna Westerman
Ben French
Maries County
Ozark Hills
Henry Westerman
Hamp
Rothwell
Doy
Gene
French Rothwell
French
Westerman
Benj
Mra Westerman
Vienna
WC Parker
Henry
Ozark
St Louis
Waste Pasex
Omaha Strike Reaches Stalemate as Union Sticks to 10 Cent Pay Rise
Negotiations stall in Omaha Standard Body Company stake dispute after union rejects Monday contract. Union members insist on a flat 10 cent per hour raise in a five percent rate, while company offer matches current pay plus an incentive plan. Local 785 UAW president Herman Jorgensen says the demand stands firm and no start date for the plan is indicated.
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Omaha Standard Body Company
Timoz
Herman Jorgensen
United Automobile Workers
AFL
Iowa sheriffs hear delinquency discussed
Iowa Governor Harvey Long urged reform and mental hygiene approaches to juvenile delinquency at a Des Moines meeting. He argued that the large reform schools housing hardened inmates complicate issues and that identifying causes is as vital as determining guilt. Soviet union marks ninth anniversary of the constitution with nationwide celebration in Moscow.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Harvey Long
Ihnois
Moscow
Soviet Union
Bitter Labor Fight Over Truman Plan Widens
The Associated Press reports a broad clash between labor leaders and President Truman over proposals to end strikes and curb walkouts. CIO chief Philip Murray led the pushback from Pittsburgh, while AFL head Green and John L. Lewis joined. Despite opposition, House labor chair Ramspeck predicted approval, as unions prepare conferences and wage actions, including GM and UAW discussions, with continued labor unrest across auto, steel, and diamond sectors.
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Truman
Congress
Associated Press
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steel Workers Union
Murray
Pittsburgh
AFL
William Green
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
CLO
Clarinda Youth Denies Escape Plot In Klatt Murder Trial
Dwight McCormick reports from Fort Dodge that 16 year old Raymond Smith, an inmate at El Dora state training school for boys, denied under defense questioning on Wednesday that he admitted an escape plan or urged others to “get it over with.” Smith began testimony in the second degree murder trial of Carl Klatt, a former guard, in connection with the Aug 27 beating that led to guard Miller’s death. Smith said he knew of an escape plot and knew others were involved, but claimed earlier statements about the severity of the beating were not accurate. The trial involves seven juvenile witnesses and ongoing cross examination over prior grand jury testimony and school records.
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Dwight McCormick Fort Dodge
Raymond ‘Smith
Eldora
Iniates
Smith
Carl Klatt
Miller
Jens Grothe
Paul H McCord
Lundy
Examin Smith
Grothe
Clarinda
Webster County
Ships Rushing to Aid of Disabled Troop Ship
New York dispatch reports the Liberty ship Henry Ward Beecher stricken with a failed propeller en route from Marseille to Norfolk with homebound veterans. Rescue ships, including tug Reasurer with provisions, raced to the scene 510 miles north-northeast of Bermuda. A navigation error delayed final aid though one vessel carried extra provisions as Beecher’s supplies ran low.
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New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Marseille
France
Norfolk
Bermuda
Third Naval District
Reasurer
Beecher
Stearner
Navy
Recue
Iowa Traffic Deaths Rise in November Report
Des Moines figures show thirty five deaths in Iowa traffic accidents during November, up from thirty last year when gasoline was rationed. For the year to date, three hundred four deaths have been reported, compared with two hundred eighty four in the same period in 1944.
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Des Moines
State Safety Education Department
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