Nuclear Warfare Study Aims to Probe Bombing Effects
A government survey by civilian and military experts reviews Allied bombing in World War II. The first phase report due in three months analyzes the strategic bombing of Japan and Europe, including effects on ships, cities, and civilians. It notes fire, famine, and civilian casualties as key outcomes and questions long term implications for postwar administration.
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Elton C Far N. Japs
Pont
Arny - Nevy
Japan
Swameh
Mieriz
Germany
Reich
Discharged Sailor Confesses Slaying Publishing Exec
ATLANTA AP A discharged sailor confessed to killing a publishing executive after a drinking dispute. Walter Hill Yearwood, 22, of Bishop, Ga., said he shot Harry W. Williamson on Nov 19 in Atlanta, placed the body in a car seat, and drove with a highway pickup to Bishop. He described spending more of the body and then returning home. He told his parents he would go into town with a friend.
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Atlanta
FBI
I. Means
FEF
Walter Hill- Man
Yearwood
Bishop
Harry W. Williamson
South
Charles Scribner's Sa
Means
Terwood
Ath
Epee
County Short $167,533.95 in E Bonds Drive
Houston County needs 167 thousand 533 dollars in series Ere bonds within 11 days to meet a 377 thousand dollar Victory Loan quota. Drive chairman Robert Ramsey extended the campaign to December 22 and noted daily sales of 10 thousand 818 dollars yet require an average 17 thousand dollars daily. Ramsey urged buying E or B bonds as Christmas gifts to aid veterans and fund school fighter plane prizes. Total E bonds sold reached 210 thousand 466 dollars to date.
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Houston
Robert Ramsey
Ramsey
Patton Improves Slightly After Neck Injury
In Heidelberg Gen George S Patton Jr, paralyzed from a neck fracture after a Sunday car crash near Mannheim, showed slight improvement. A blood transfusion was given, his condition rated satisfactory, and his wife was expected to join him by plane as reports confirm his initial critical status and reaction to shock.
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Heidelberg
Germany
George
Patton, Jr
Patton
U. S. 15Th Army
Corp
Salvatore di Bernada
Oat ‘St
Port Chester
N. Y
Victory Loan Sales Top 17 Billion Mark
Victory Loan sales reached 317167000000 in total to date, announced by the War Finance Division of the Treasury. Corporate investors accounted for 12424000000, individuals for 3470301000, with quotas and percentages cited for each group as the campaign progresses.
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Washinglun
War Finance Division
Treasury Department
Black Person Sought In Attempted Assault Near School
Daily police seek a Black man described as slender and 25 to 30 after an attempted attack on a young Army officer's wife near Young Junior High. She was seized from shrubbery, a coat placed over her head, and a struggle occurred over about 25 feet. She was treated for shock and injuries at Dothan Hospital as police install better lighting behind the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Kelly
Henry Green
Kelly
Scholal
Dothan
Dusy
Lena
John Hilson
George Garrett
F. J. Strickland
Wes Herring
Troopships Bring 35 000 Vets To U S
New York and West Coast ports brace for arrivals of about 145000 veterans aboard fourteen troop carrying vessels on the East Coast and twenty one ships on the West Coast. Readouts list ship names and troop counts for New York Newport News Boston San Francisco Seattle and San Diego as they prepare to discharge veterans.
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New York
East Coast
Dominicean Victory
Chanute Victory
General Fleischer
John Holland
Samuel Griffis
Newport News
George Thomas
Ralph Izzard
Roger McNrely
Cotton Mather
Boston
Brando Victory
General Anderson
Kingston Victory
Henry Lindsley
Charles Sumner
San Francisco
Cowpens
Horace [Urfon
Fremont Older
William Mitchell
Wullstan Tyler
Henry T. Allen
Marine Serpent
Lstt No
Tacoma
Marine Raven
Creanshaw
Film portrays Nazi rise at Nuremberg trial
Documentary made in Berlin by US Navy officers uses old German footage to chart the Nazi ascent from street fighters to power brokers led by an ex corporal. It includes scenes of failed Hitler assassination and excerpts from Triumph of the Will. Judges including Freisler are shown rebuking defendants as the film links party and government leaders to historical events.
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Daniel Deltce Nuernberg
Germany
Europe
Hitler
Len Riefenstahl
Nuernberg
James B. Donovan
E. Ray Kellogg
Hermann Goering
Rudolf Hess
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Baldur von Schirach
Alfred Rosenberg
Julius Streicher
Konstantin von Neurath
Franz von Pape
Fresler
Count Schwerin von Schwanefelg
Freisler
All-America College Grid Team Named by AP
The AP All-America grid selections highlight 11 top collegians led by five from Army’s powerhouse program. Four veterans from the 1944 squad also earn spots, with detailed reasoning and player notes provided by Chip Royal on the sports page.
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New York
Ume
Zist & EI America
Associated Presa
Chip Royal
AP Newn
Army
Zxaio
Tearn
Move Adopted By Pay Policy Group Across Steel Sector
Pittsburgh AP reports CIO United Steel Workers wage policy committee adopted a resolution for a sleet strike Jan 14 at 12 01 pm. It cites 400,000 workers nationwide mandating action to protect themselves, while condemning President Truman's proposed anti labor legislation and rejecting a fact finding board. Ford Motor Co studies a plan to curb wildcat strikes and wage talks with the UAW CIO, amid GM labor strife affecting over 207,000 employees and a 21 day old strike.
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Pittsburgh
Steel Workers
Sirke Wna
Truman
Ford Motor Company
Automotive
UBL
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
Uaw-Cio
Alrike
General Motors
C. E. Wilson
Assii Asiece
Alabama Solons Pledge Sugar Aid in Stamp Push
Four Alabama Congressmen pledged full aid to obtain a new sugar stamp before January 1 as Marion Currey of the Alabama Food Council cites. Senators Hill and Reps Jarman Andrews and Grant said they will press OPA for approval at once noting Alabama has sugar but is blocked without a stamp. The plan aims for January first effectiveness.
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Alabama
Marion Currey
Alabama Food Council
Senator Hill
Jarman
Andrews
Grant
Durrett
Schley Bear
Alabama Merchants Association
OPA
Farben Revealed As Using Captives To Test Deadly Gas
A U S military official testified that the German Farben conglomerate developed the deadliest poison gas and used it on concentration camp inmates. The hearing explored wartime terror and denied U S benefit from prewar Farben ties. Auschwitz and other camps were cited in the testimony.
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Farben
Washington
Germany
I. G. Farben
Wuppertal-Elberfeld
Sog
Auschwitz
Senate
Zis At
Es Shaul
Military and Naval Committees oppose Army Navy merger
Washington. Leaders of the House Military and Naval Committees united to oppose a merger of the Army and Navy and favored creating an independent air force. The joint Bills would create an Air Forces department with its own academy and Cabinet head, taking over the Air Corps and Air Forces later. Passage faces a difficult path in the House as Speaker Layburn delays referral.
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Washington
FAP
House
Miliary
Naval
Army
Navy
Air Force
Craireman
Andrew J. May
Carl Vinson
D. Ga
May-Vinson
May
Vinson
Buth May
Vilson
Air Forces
West Point
Annapolis
Army Air Corps
Army Air Forces
Layburn
Army Bares Work Of Patriots Who Saved 5,000 Airmen
The Army reveals how the underground railway helped about 5,000 Allied airmen reach freedom during World War II. U S and British honors will recognize the network run by French and other occupied countries. The bureau estimates French resistance aided thousands, with many later captured or killed, while the overall escape effort included help from civilians and allied planners.
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Paris
U. S. Arty
United States
Britain
U. S
Furoplans
Army
Bureau of Research
France
Prince and Partners
Patrolman Hurt In Bike Fall After Open Door Collision
Patrolman Ewell Jones was hospitalized in Dothan with leg injuries after a motorcycle crash near the Foster Main street intersection yesterday afternoon. Police Chief J. Draughon said Jones rode slowly along Foster street when he struck an open car door, causing the motorcycle to swerve and fall.
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City Motorcyle
Ewell Jones
Dothan
Foster Main Street
J. ©. Draughon
Draughon
Foster Atreet
Meenas
Truman Health Program Threatens Hospital Legislation
Washington AP reports President Truman’s national heart program plan clashes with a $700 million hospital bill in the Senate. Taft and Elander draft a bipartisan hospital plan. Murray pushes seven amendments to expand federal funds and control. Debate centers on funding levels and center per population, with party lines evident as lawmakers clash over funding sources and scope.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
ReChior
Het
Alat
Eflender
Mt. Teomian
Capitol Math
Murray
Truman
Tan
Hill
Ohio
Lle
Dunwell Ormur
Congress
Sub Freezing Cold Grips Much Of Nation
Sub freez ing temperatures sweep the United States with lows dropping 10 to 20 degrees in many cities including Chicago, St Louis, Louisville, Knoxville and Atlanta. Dothan and the Wiregrass expect colder temps with sleet and rain tonight while a brighter, warmer outlook appears for tomorrow. Snow touched Dothan at noon and frigid air sent snow across the Ohio Valley Great Lakes New York Pennsylvania and New England. Zero readings in parts of Iowa and light rainfall in southern Texas and the Southeast were noted amid widespread cloudiness.
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United States
Dakotea
Minnesota
Mercury
Chicaga
St. Lena
Tules
Louavaille
Knoxville
Atlanta
Bnowel Dothan
Wirrgrata
Mall
Dothan
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Tennessee
Wyoming
Idaho
Iowa
Lowhmapa
Alabama
Missinsippi
Marshall Tells Of Instructions In Warning Note
Gen George C Marshall testified at the Pearl Harbor inquiry that President Roosevelt ordered prewar warning messages to reach American commanders with instructions to wait for an overt act by Japan. He recalled advising how to carry out actions without too rigid a defense posture and noted the Hawaii alert on June 17 1941.
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Jack Bell
Washington
George C. Marshall
Roosevelt
Marshall
Senate House
Pearl Harbor
Walter (. Short
Short
Hawaii
Army
Ferguson
Gro. ¢. B. Merron
Javanese Fight Threatens Gas Use in British Resistance
An Associated Press report describes Javanese stiffening anti British resistance with threats to employ poison gas. Chinese central news says air occupation plans for Changchun and other Manchurian cities proceed amid clashes. Dutch officials report Governor Van Mook traveling to The Hague as Tokyo schedules trials for war criminals starting December 18.
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Associated Press
Manchuria
Ruyaig
Changchun
Mukden
Java
Premer Susan Syahrir
H. J. van Mook
Hague
Tokyo
Thal
Hideki Tojo
P. Hall
Eighth Army
Yokohama
Japs New Carrier Sunk In First Fight
In the Philippine Sea in 1944 the Japanese 40,000 ton Taisho, largest and newest carrier, was torpedoed and sunk by a U S submarine six hours after engagement. A 10,000 ton Chokaku was also sunk by air and submarine action.
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Tokyo
Japan
U. S
Philippine Sea
Ags
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