Pearl Harbor Committee Begins To Break Code
Seventy six Ruhr steel magnates arrested in a one night raid sweep by hundreds of British security police and troops. The massive operation targets Germany’s industrial leaders as the war intensifies. No clear linkage to Adolf Hitler or Eva Braun confirmed in readable text.
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Iserlohn
Germany
Ruhr
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Fuehrer
Berchtesgaden
Eva
Petreea
Renewed vows amid triple golden wedding in Nernberg
The international military tribunal ruled Rudolph Hess must continue to stand trial with 19 other Nazi leaders on war crimes charges. Hess admitted feigning amnesia to delay proceedings and claimed responsibility for his actions, while defense counsel opened cross examinations and recalled Maj. Gen. Lahousen as the court pressed toward mass murder allegations and further trials.
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Nernberg
iDec
International Military Tribunal
Rudolph Hess
Atke
Geoffrey Lawence
Wes
Hitler
Hess
Lahousen
Pearl Harbor Code Break Study Sparks Senate Focus
Harbor investigators examined how long it took to decode Japanese messages before the Pearl Harbor attack. The study asks if earlier decryption by American solvers could have aided prewar readiness. The piece notes intense foreign affairs discourse as the Pearl Harbor committee reviews Magic operations.
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Max Hall
Washington
Des
P— Harbor
Pearl Harbor
Army
Senate
Investigate
Washton
Congress
Government Suspects Manufacturers Sit Out Until Tax Change
West Virginia brief notes snow and sleet hazards on primary mountain roads with chains required in many counties. A deer battle ends in two deaths on a bridge in Laurel Point. Fugitives from Spencer and Carlyle linked in Cumberland area theft probe. Washington dispatch reports officials hint manufacturing delays tied to January 1 tax cut and possible withholdings, with Bowles criticizing producers while Snyder cites rising reports of restricted goods.
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Charleston
The
Road Commission
Preston
Webster
Tucker
Randolph
Pocahontas
Fayette, Nicholas
Raleigh
Mercer
Webster County
Morgantown
Laurel Point Secion
Clay Messinger
Dent's Run
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
John W. Snyder
GM Planning to Make Parts for Competitors Amid Strike
General Motors President C E Wilson proposed that GM produce parts and accessories for rival automakers while the company itself withholds car production during the CIO UAW strike. He told UAW president Thomas the work would be exclusive to outside jobs with conditions for returning workers.
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Associated Press
General Motors
C. E. Wilson
CIO Auto Workers
Wilson
R. J. Thomas
CIO
United Auto Work
Ers
Str
UAW
Walter Reuther
Packard Motor Car Co
Honolulu Riot Blamed On Sailors And Civilians
Hawaii report to Gov Stainback says four days before the November 12 riot a navy officer urged letting sailors avenge themselves on city hoodlums. Police resisted. 750 sailors then marched armed through the area. Police records show fights split roughly between service members and civilians.
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Washington
Hawaii
Honolulu
Navy
Honolulu Naval Air Station
I. M. Stainback
House Territories Committee
J. R. Farrington
Rhoda V. Lewis
Gabrielson
National Labor Leaders Reel From Divisions At Conference
Delegates at the national labor management conference reported hopeful signs for the future though John L. Lewis floated a possible AFL return. Disagreements lingered over collective bargaining contracts and management rights with no final resolutions. The gain noted: arbitration as the final say in contract grievances and a strengthened U S conciliation service with a labor management advisory committee.
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Sterling F.green
Scntington
National Labor Management Conference
John L. Lewis
House of Labor
AFL
CIO
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Labor
United Mine Workers Jeader
U. S
Fog and fuel woes darken England in MacKenzie's dispatch
MacKenzies Column from London reports relentless fog and brutal cold shaping a grim English winter. Coal shortages, wartime demand, and fuel poverty threaten homes, especially for the elderly and children, with multiyear impact on the continent.
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World Traveler
London
England
Britain
Four Committees Vie For Hurley China Testimony
Washington report shows four congressional committees seeking Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley testimony on alleged sabotage of U S foreign policy after his resignation as ambassador to China. Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers urged a joint session hearing with Byrnes providing all related information. Hurley indicated readiness to testify next week.
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Clair Johnson
Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Congress
China
Edith Nourse Rogers
R.mass
Senate
House
Byrnes
Hurley
Committee probes World War II code breaking secrecy
Pearl Harbor inquiry moves to obtain worksheets from the Magic operation as Rep Cooper and Sen Ferguson press for details on how fast messages were translated and delivered to top leaders. Army and Navy officials resist releasing the method and timing of cryptographic work.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Bastion
War Department
Senate-House
Rep
Coper
D-Tenn
Senatr Ferguson
R-Mich
William D. Mitchell
Gerhard Gesell
Army
Navy
Cooper
Ferguson
Removal of Reds From Manchuria Delayed to January
Spencer Moosa reports from Chungking that Russia agrees to delay Soviet withdrawal from Manchuria to January 3. Chinese government will assume administration and troops will move in before the Russians depart. Chiang Kai-shek fears Communist gains if withdrawal occurs too soon as Nationalist forces push toward Mukden. Front dispatches note Nationalists advancing along the Peiping Mudken line, 65 miles west of Mukden, near Tahushan.
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Spencer Moosa Chungking
Russia
Manchuria
Chiang Kai- Shek
Manchuris
Mukden
Tahushan
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