Big Three Meet on Iran Question Stirs Allied Talks
New York reports say the Big Three delegation led by Byrnes and Bevin pressed exploratory talks in a three hour session with James Byrnes and Ernest Bevin guiding discussions. Iran issue cited as main agenda item while parties chart procedural steps and outline future discussions.
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Weissers
Malik
Japan
U. S
James F
John Carter Vincent
B. Conant
Viners
Byrnes
Iran
Ernest
Ree
Moscow
U. Great Britain
Prussia
Ernest Bev
Great Britain
Vyacheslav M Molotov
Ussr
James P. Byrnes
ACME
NEA
Emi Reynold
Japanese guard Tsuchiya on trial for murder of American POW
Deposition in Tokyo describes Beating of American prisoner of war Robert Gordon Teas at Bataan camp hospital and subsequent murder. Testimony from Charles Gavard and Clif Snodgrass details the brutality by Tsuchiya and other guards, date set for March 1943, trial stalled by translation needs.
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Tokohama
Qison Camp
U. S
Japan
Tatsuo Tsuchiya
Robert Gordon Teas
For
Mita
Charles B. Gavord
Ing. N. Mex
Gavord
Tsuchiya
Teasie
Bataan
Mushmotth
Glass Eye
Gavard
Fey
Accusers Begin Hearing On Nazi Storm Troopers
The trial details SA actions from 1930s to curb opposition. Prosecutors claim the storm troopers organized before Hitler rose to power and aided violence against political opponents, the church, unions, and Jews. Evidence ties SA to spreading fanaticism and building up Germany’s armed forces in breach of Versailles.
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Muernberg
Hitler
International Military Tribunal
Storm Troopers
Robert G. Storey
U.S
Col. Storey
Germany
Industry Critical Of Housing Plans
Washington AP report says industry leaders criticised the new housing program as unworkable while federal officials defend it as essential to speed veteran housing. Civilian Production Administrator Small said Truman directs rapid home building and industry will be consulted. regulators plan to earmark about 5 percent of building supplies for homes under 10,000 dollars amid industry complaints and pledges of adjustments.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
OPA
Advisory Conference of Labor and
John D. Small
Truman
Douglas Whitlock
Producers’ Council, Inc
H. R. Northup
National Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Bond Sale Contest Report Urged For Saturday
Principals of city and county schools were urged to report Victory Bond drive plane contest sales by noon Saturday. County reports go to Solomon Baxter, county superintendent, city reports to Bruce Flurry, Dothan schools superintendent. The winner is to be announced Monday. the prize is a Navy Hellcat fighter plane.
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Solomon Baxter
Bruce Flurry
Dothan
McVay Acquitted in Loss of Indianapolis
A Navy general court martial acquitted Capt. Charles B. McVay III on charges of inefficiency in the loss of the cruiser Indianapolis. The verdict clears the captain of wrongdoing in the wartime disaster.
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Washington
Navy
Charles B. McVay
Indianapolis
Congress Gilds Skids For Altered GI Bill Rights Bill
Congress moves toward final adjournment and action on an amended GI Bill of Rights after a compromise. Rankin objects to deducting future bonuses by loans and unemployment benefits, signaling possible separate legislation next year. The plan eases VA controls, doubles real estate loan guarantees to 4,000, and requires coordinated lending by agencies, veterans, and a VA appraiser.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
House
Rankin
House Veterans Committee
Senate
Veterans’ Administration
Union Sticking To Guns On Pay Boost Demands
Detroit AP The CIO United Automobile Workers vows to stand firm on wage demands as Truman’s fact finding board opens its first hearing on the General Motors strike. GM offered 12.4 percent, the union seeks 30 percent, claiming GM can pay if provided with facts. Ford’s 15-cent offer is rejected as unacceptable.
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Detroit
CIO
United Automobile Workers Today
Truman
Ford Motor Co
Uaw-Cio
Washington
General Motors
C. E. Wilson
Harry W. Anderson
R. J. Thomas
Walter P. Reuther
Taomag
Reuther
National
General Motors Conference
GM Inscals
Ford
Richard T. Leonard
Uawcio National
Western Union Strike Slated For January 7
Washington AP report says AFL union plans a nationwide walkout of 46000 Western Union employees at 8 a.m. local time January 7 after deadlocked talks on 13 issues including a 25 percent wage increase and extra holidays. U S conciliation service failed to broker an agreement. CIO workers in New York would not be affected. Union telegrams urged locals to strike unless issues are resolved.
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Washington
AFL
Western Union
National Labor Relations Board
General Committee
U. S
Probe Duration Under Fire in Hawaii Attack Inquiry Extension Fight
Washington reports a Senate battle over extending the Pearl Harbor inquiry beyond January 3. Senators Lucas Ferguson push for longer delays while others seek brief extensions amid calls to hear Lt Gen Short and Admiral Kimmel. Navy code work and intelligence disclosure feature in the evolving probe.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Aife
Pearl Harbor
Lucas
Tilt
Ferguson h-Mich
Senate
House
Lucas Pail
Wham D. Mitchell
Gerhard Gesell
Censel
Walter C. Short
Asia
E. Kimmel
Brewster
R-Me
Owen J. Robert
Supreme Court
Japan
Wilkinson
Harold J. Stark
Naval Operation
Roberts
Naval Intelligence
Cincinnati Reds to Meet Red Sox in Dothan Exposition
Cincinnati Reds will play the Boston Red Sox in Dothan on April 4 1946. J C Wadlington, former Dothan Browns owner, will sponsor the game and have contracts with Gabriel Paul to prepare Wiregrass Memorial Stadium. Major league clubs plan spring exhibitions in Alabama Florida and Georgia after wartime hiatus.
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Cincinnati Reds
Boston Red Sox
Dothan
J. C. Wadington
Dothan Browns
Wadlington
Gabriel Paul
Cincinnati Baseball Club
Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Red Sox
Reds
Wiregrass
DiMaggio
Williams
Newsome
Cronin
Lombardi
Derringer
Vander Meer
Foxx
Boston
Schools End Work At Noon For Yale Holidays
Thousands of city and county students set aside books and pencils at noon to begin an extended Christmas holiday through year’s end. Christ mas trees in many classrooms, presents exchanged, and holiday greetings shared with teachers. Families in Dothan and Houston County anticipate visits from college and technical school students and returned servicemen, making this a postwar reunion. Continued cold, frigid weather is expected through St Nicholas day.
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Chilldren
Dothan
Houston County
Yale
St. Nicholas Day
Prominent Briton Hanged As Traitor
London AP reports prominent Briton James L. S. Amery former Secretary of State for India and once First Lord of the Admiralty was hanged at Ba… for broadcasting Nazi propaganda. Sentenced alongside William Lord Haw-Haw Sayer, awaiting death, after an overcast dawn following rain. Witnesses said Amery was chosen by Germans as a British Quisling for treason against King and country.
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London
Dean An~ery
Brin Hs
William Lord Haw Haws
Sayer
Anry
Ames LS. Amery
India
The
Admiralty
Europe
Quisling
Jothan Kiwanis Pledge 25000 Victory Bond Buy
Jothan Kiwanis pledged to purchase or sell 25000 in Victory Bonds as part of the Houston County drive. Wallace Moor lone of First National Bank appealed, with plans to finish the drive within a week and involve other civic groups. A radio program on WAGY hosted by J Albert Logue is set for Sunday.
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Houston County
Lovern
Announcat
Dathon
WAGY
J. Albert Logue
Charmanhin
Robert Rameey
Imtiachetrna
Rochester
Mane
Ron
Lovern to Head Chamber of Commerce for 1946
Clyde Lovern of Dothan will serve as president of the Chamber of Commerce for 1946 after officers were elected. Beaty Whiddon was chosen vice president and Raymond Spann named secretary for the new year. J. H. Bryson remains on the board and chairs the planning commission.
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Clyde Lovern
Dothan
Chamber of Commerce
Lovern
J. H. Bryson
Evear
Beaty Whiddon
Raymond Spann
Dreasmie
Arthur
Juhnsorn
Wnaher
Jtoneiue
Bryson
Datrectors
Cormussign
Southeast Faces Severe Cold Wave Arriving Tonight
The Associated Press reports a mass of frigid air moving southeast from the Midwest to envelop the Southeast, bringing a sharp drop of 10 to 15 degrees and a winter blast. Snow and sleet expected from Pennsylvania and New York to the Ohio Valley, with up to eight inches forecast, while New England anticipates snow before dusk. The cold front disrupts rail yards and prompts emergency measures in hard-hit Buffalo, as widespread freezing temperatures spread across the nation with Miami briefly basking in unseasonably mild conditions during an astronomical event.
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Associated Press
Middle West
Pennsyllvania
New York
Ghigo
Iitellinois
Virginia
New England
Mid-West
Nebraska
Buuffalo
North Atlantic
Mississippi
Milamilane
Truman proposes unified national defense department
President Truman outlined a plan to merge the Army and Navy into a single national defense department with the Air Forces equal to land and sea arms. He urged studies before rapid action, proposed civilian leadership, a Chief of Staff, and rotation of the Chief of Staff among services to balance influence.
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Ernest B
Congress
Navy
Senate
Army
Air
Secretary of Defense
Truman
Three Killed As Freight Plows Into Passenger Coach
Atlanta AP report details a freight train collision with a passenger coach near Gainesville Georgia. Three people were killed and several injured as the train derailed across the Southern Railway line amid a winter storm. Authorities say the rear of the passenger train was struck by the freight engine causing wreckage and rail traffic delays with several cars derailed and the southbound track blocked for hours.
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Gainesville
Tocly
Jeayt
T.C. Blackwell
Charlotte N.C
Pollan
Cera
Eran
Mra
Luta
Aalord
Jett Alana
Togan Te
Southern
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