United States Not Ready for Pacific War Says Marshall
Congressional testimony revealed as early as August 1941 that the United States was not prepared for a Pacific war. General George C. Marshall warned of inevitable conflict with Japan and noted efforts to strengthen Philippine defenses while investigations examined intercepted Tokyo messages and a predicted Pearl Harbor attack.
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Cape George
Marshall
United States
Senate-House
Navy
Knox
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Army
Alwin D. Kramer
Keefe
Republican
Wisconsin
Evenia
Japan
Keefa
Pacific
Philippine
Secrat
Myron ©. Cramer
Genera
War Department
Cramer
H. Kent Hewitt
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Short
Kramer
Army Board
Congressional Committee
Secretary of War
Gen. Cramer
L. F. Stafford
Navy Communications Security Division
Com. Kramer
Gearhart
California
Bethesda
MD. Naval Hospital
Saffert
Acton
McCreery Resigns From Iowa Board Of Control
DES MOINES: McCreery, chairman of the state board of control and target of Eldora training school scrutiny, resigns effective Dec 15 citing health. He suffered a hip fracture last January and will remain in Des Moines. Governor Blue calls the move surprising amid grand jury criticisms of board oversight and potential vacancy challenges.
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Des Moines
David R. McCreery
State Board of Control
Brand
Eldora Training School
Hardin County Grand Jury
Eldora State Training School For
Ronald Miller
McCheery
P. F. Hopking
Robert D. Blue Aid
Blue
McCreery
E. W. Carlson
Board of Control
Gay
Geoorge A. Wilson
Alburnett
Linn County
PD. R.olfe
Creery
PF. Hopkins
Hopkins
Altthough
Truman appoints Straus as U S reclamation commissioner
President Truman on Wednesday named Michael W. Straus as U S reclamation commissioner. Straus resigns as first assistant secretary of the interior to take the post. He succeeds Harry W. Bashore, who is returning to private life.
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Washington
Truman
Michael W. Straus
L U. S
Straus
Interior
Harry W. Bashore
United States Outlines Two Year Plan to Rebuild Germany
The State Department released a long range policy aiming to return Germany to normal economy within two years with Allied funding to cover imports. Byrnes outlined four aims including preventing mass starvation, boosting coal exports, completing postwar separation agreements, and establishing German administrative agencies. A second period would see gradual German recovery and retention of certain plants, leading to restored living standards in Europe.
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Graham Hovey
Washington
Germany
Teich
State Department
United States
U. S
War Department
Russia
Britain
France
Anhr
Rhineland
Burnea
Byrnes
Necotsary
Europe
Truman Orders Housing Program
President Truman directs price ceilings on old and new housing and reinstates the veterans priority in housing. He appoints Wilson W. Wyatt as housing expeditor and backs a three point program to speed surplus housing release, establish building material priorities, and cap housing prices to curb inflation. Local ceilings to fit regional conditions and federal credit measures to curb risky lending are planned.
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Washington
Truman
Wilson W. Wyatt
Louisville
Office of War Mobilization
John W. Snyder
Cellinga
Snyder
House Banking and Currency Committee
President to Spend Christmas at Home with Family
President Truman announced he will fly to Independence Missouri on Christmas day to dine with his mother in law and elderly aunt. He will be accompanied by Mrs Truman and their daughter Margaret and will depart by plane to Independence.
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Washington
Truman
Independence
Trman
Margaret
Miller inmate testifies on escape plot in Klatt trial
Ronald Miller a 17 year old inmate at Eldora State Training School testified about plans to escape and to burn a cottage if needed. He admitted smoking in a dormitory and described punishments at the school including merits withdrawal and discipline cottage time. Harald Nelson testified Miller appeared unconscious before his death on the school coal pile.
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Bwight McCormack
Fort Dodge
Ronald Miller
Eldora State Training School For
sTulea
H. J.martin
Carl Klatt
Eldora
Miller
Martin
Union Questions Body Officials Over Plant Closure
Union readers questioned Omaha Standard Body company officials Wednesday at Wright and Kistle offices about closing the Council Bluffs plant. The meeting, arranged by Labor Department conciliator Leo Mitchell, aimed to settle a strike dispute with Local 795 United Auto Workers. Myles Standish cited material shortages and other factors as he announced the permanent closure Saturday. James R. Stufflebeam of Kansas City challenged the closure’s good faith.
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Omaha Standard Body Company
Council Bluffs
Wright and
Kistle
Leo Mitchell
Department of Labor
The
James R. Stufflebeam
Kansas City
Weather forecast and conditions across Iowa Nebraska
The U S Weather Bureau notes mostly cloudy skies for Wednesday through Thursday with light snow and minimal temperature changes. Highs near 30 and lows around 20 degrees, with varying cloud cover and light snowfall in western and central regions of Iowa and Nebraska.
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U.S
Weather Bureau Council
Iowa
Shippers
Nebraska
Iast
Patton Condition Remains Grave in German Hospital
In Heidelberg Germany General Patton remains in grave condition after a Sunday car crash. An official bulletin notes no improvement in paralysis and records vital signs while Mrs Patton visits. Nurses say he is lucid at times and responds to care though refuses food without whiskey.
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James F. King
Heidelberg
Germany
George 8. Patton, Jr
Dulletin
U. S
Nursea
Patton
Bertha Hohle
Grygla, Minn
Tave
Newamen
Grand Central Station
Chiang's Troops Enter Manchurian Cities
Military reports say central government forces entered Mukden with little resistance on a Wednesday and began air landings at Changchun as part of a Russia accord allowing Chongqing forces to occupy the two major Manchurian cities.
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Harbin
Changchua
Mukden
Manchuria
Russia
Chungking
Chiang
Tientsin
Chintae
Central
Changchun
Tu Li-ming
94Th
Central Government
German military court sentences Dreue for aviation crew killings
A military court in Dachau Germany sentenced 1 Richard Drauz, four minors, and party leader to hang for slaying two handcuffed captive Americans. The victim was among six aviators murdered on March 24 1945. Chief witness Helna Endres had also been sentenced to death for killing four aviators.
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Dachau
Germany
Richard Drauz
Filer
Fiers
Dreue
Helna Endres
SW Leaders Assemble Plan Strike For 700000 Workers
The CIO United Steel Workers of America executive board met in Pittsburgh to map strategy for the largest strike in history, planning a January 14 walkout of about 700,000 workers in steel aluminum and iron ore mills. White union officials worked out details for the proposed strike to win a $2 a day raise, with some hope it could be averted.
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Associated Press
CIO
United Steel Workers of America
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Truman
Murray
Atee
American Tron and Steel Institute
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
United Auto
Cio-Waw
General Motors
Ford Company
International Uaw
Ite
CIO Steel Workers
CIO United Rubber Workers Executive Committee
President Truman appoints fact finding board in GM dispute
President Truman named a three member fact finding board to probe the General Motors labor dispute. Led by Judge Walter P. Stacy, the panel includes Lloyd K. Garrison and Milton Eisenhower. A similar board was promised for the steel industry as a nationwide strike looms amid wage talks and union resistance to proposals.
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GM Board
Washington
Truman
General Motors
Walter P. Stacy
Stacy
Lloyd K. Garrison
War Labor Board
Milton Eisenhower
Kansas State College
Art. Truman
Cio-United Steel Workers
United States Favored as Home for United Nations
Debate over the UNs permanent home continued into a fifth day with Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko pushing Europe as a regional center for the organization. The steering committee set January 10 as the opening date of the UN assembly.
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London
United Nations Organization
United States
Russia
Andrei Gremyko
Preparatory Commission
World Pesca Agency
Europe
United Nations Assembly
Juvenile Theft Ring Reported in Oakland
County Attorney Don Jackson announced a juvenile theft ring involving fifteen children aged 11 to 15 in Oakland. Eight youths face juvenile delinquency charges in Avoca district court. hearings set for December 20, with possible charges to be filed against the remaining seven. Thefts included candy bars and small items from stores, some break ins.
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Oakland
Don Jackson
Fern McKinley
Avoca
Atores
Japanese Leaders Gather at Tokyo Prison in Surrender Push
Nippon Big Shots Report shows 88 leaders including Prince Morimass Ashimoto arriving at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo for a new appraisal of status as 59 surrender by midnight. Foreign Minister Shigeru Yoshida tells Diet Japan has discussed resuming diplomatic relations with allies and notes Tokyo lacks full sovereignty.
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Associated Press
Gum Suzamo
Tokyo
Prince Morimass
Ashimoto
Imperial Family
Japan
Shigeru Yoshida
Diet
Forty Convicted in Atrocity Trials
In Dachau Germany a United States military government court convicted all 40 defendants Wednesday for their participation in cruelties at the notorious concentration camp. The sentences reflect one of the Nazis most infamous crimes during World War II.
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Dachal
Germany
Dachau
United States
Bave Waste Pap
Inter State Commission Denies Abandonment of Iowa Branch
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused the Chicago and North Western railway’s request to abandon a 68 mile branch line in Clinton Jackson and Jones counties Iowa. The line runs from near Lyons to Anamosa and carries inbound shipments of feeder cattle and fertilizer and outbound cattle and hogs. Farmers and local plants rely on rail service for freight and freight flows.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago and North Western Railway
Clinton
Jackson
Jones Counties
Towa
Lyons
Anamosa
Marines to Remain in China Until Japanese Surrender
President Truman said the United States will keep Marines in China until surrender terms with Japan are carried out. The move follows Byrnes remarks that U S forces are committed to aiding homeward movement of defeated Japanese units under the surrender terms.
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Washington
Truman
United States
China
Byrnes
Truman bets on strike prevention law before holidays
Congress abandoned hope of enacting a strike-prevention bill before Christmas as leaders quoted privately. The labor committee heard from AFL and NAM witnesses while Senate panel opened hearings with Labor Secretary Schwellenbach testifying. Opponents say the plan faces strong labor opposition and potential delayed action after recess.
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William F. Arbognat
Washington
UPI
Truman
House
House Labor Committee
Labor Committee
Mr. Truman
Labor
House Committee
Marcantonio
Amp-Lab
N. Y
Marcontonio
White House
Rouse
Rep
Hobbs
D.als
Biterly
Isbor
Supreme Court
AFL
New York
Plan Revival of Clinton Vigilantes
Clinton County Vigilantes association considered revival after bankers in Grand Mound named a committee of law officers and three bankers to study the proposal. The group historically foiled robberies and captured offenders.
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Clinton Vigilantes
Clinton
Clinton County Vigilantes Association
Grand Mound
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