Stark opposed sending Pearl Harbor warnings then relented
Gen George C Marshall testified before the senate house committee that Admiral Harold Stark initially resisted warnings to Pacific commanders on December 7 1941 fearing confusion but reversed course after a White House call and a requested amendment to inform naval outposts. A Pearl Harbor committee session paused the investigation briefly before continuing.
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British Loan Agreement Heads For Major Fight In Congress
Washington reports the Anglo American loan and trade deal, backed by a 4.4 billion dollar credit package, faces a bitter congressional clash. Hull endorses the plan as a chance for lasting peace, while opponents warn of imperial consequences. The package includes 3.75 billion in cash loans and 650 million for postwar lend lease, both repayable at 2 percent over 50 years starting 1951.
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Hurley to Be Questioned Again by Senate Group
Secretary of State Byrnes said no evidence of disloyalty was found in two American diplomats connected to Maj. Gen. Hurley in his bid for a unified China. Chairman Connally announced Hurley will be called back before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to expand his claim that Undersecretary Acheson defeated American policy in China.
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Tran
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Theatre Ticket Present This Clipping for Ad
Miss Irma J. Tingler of Blueville Addition is invited to attend tonight’s presentation of The Song of Bernadette at the theatre or Joe Brown in For A King and The West Trail at the Dixie theater.
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Laborites To Gain Fresh Confidence From Defeat Of Censure
In London December 7 Dewitt Mackenzie notes Churchill led a two day Commons debate but failed to shake Conservative doubts as Labour gains confidence to push nationwide socialism. Churchill impressed but mortar weak. The piece reflects on continued Socialist strength and plans for nationalization.
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World Traveler
London
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Lee M’kenzie
Planes Craft Ocean Search For Missing Bombers
Miami dispatch reports a vast sea and air armada ordered to sweep 100000 square miles of the Atlantic in a last chance rescue for 27 men from a formation of five torpedo bombers and a rescue plane. Navy sorties include 248 planes plus surface ships and the Solomons to locate the missing crew. Two clues emerged: a ship sighting of an explosion near New Smyrna Beach and a Miami weather watch noting a large turbulent storm from Georgia to Florida. The missing group, last heard at 6 25 p m northeast of Cocoa with just over an hour of fuel left.
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Republican Governor Says Truman Defeat Tops History
Illinois Governor Dwight H. Green charged the Truman administration suffered the most humiliating defeat in history as it lost every diplomatic skirmish. He urged GOP unity for a vigorous peacetime policy to aid nations in Europe and Asia and warned against appeasement in discussions of debts and loans.
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Hitler Prepared For Invasion Of Low Countries In 1939
Merneberg reports reveal German records showing Hitler planned the invasion of the low countries and France as of November 7 1939 but delayed due to bad weather. British prosecutors at the war crimes trial pressed charges against Hitler’s top aides for orchestrating the invasion and deception toward Holland Belgium and Luxembourg.
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First War Crime Trials In Japan Tentatively Scheduled
Tokyo reports Chief Prosecutor Joseph B. Keenan announced that the first war crimes trials in Japan are tentatively set for January. Warlord Hideki Tojo leads the list of defendants as Allied measures push to punish criminals and record a rapid, group trial process. Keenan noted German precedent and reaffirmed cooperation with President Truman and General MacArthur, while avoiding comment on Emperor Hirohito. The Kido arrest order signals strong Allied steps toward accountability.
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Obedient Chinese soldiers in Manchuria admire jeeps and fight hard
HAL BOYLE reports in CHINKSIEN Manchuria that Chinese Nationalist troops are obedient, stoic, often conscripts from poor farms. They prize American weapons and jeeps, fight bravely in trained units, yet many lack clear purpose. Some volunteerism exists in Communist ranks. discipline is fierce even while risks rise as winter bites on guard duty.
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Public Service hearing set on Coal River Lines routes
West Virginia Public Service Commission scheduled a December 19 hearing on Coal River Bus Lines Madison to operate in Lincoln Logan and Boone counties between Chapmanville and Woodville and Campto. The case highlights bus route expansion in this region.
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Woodville
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Yamashita Convicted. Faces Death Penalty for Atrocities
Manila December 7 Lt. Tomoyuki Yamashita was found guilty by a five general military commission of permitting a series of brutal atrocities by Japanese forces in the Philippines. The verdict said the crimes were often methodically supervised by officers, making him the first Pacific top war criminal convicted and sentenced. Yamashita declared his innocence while praising US officers and the fair trial as the verdict was read.
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Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Russell B. Reynolds
Yamashita
Pacific
General Motors Labor Talks Struck In Detroit Impasse
The Associated Press reports a major strike involving about 200000 GM workers amid wage talks with CIO United Auto Workers. A 10 percent raise offer was made after initial talks, rejected by the union which seeks 30 percent. A second meeting is set for 2 p.m. EST. GM also proposed a 13 1/2 cent per hour raise for 25000 CIO Electrical Workers seeking a $2 daily boost, with Westinghouse plants planning actions.
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The Texas Ranger and Chicago Kid At Grafton Opera House
The Grafton Sentinel announces current attractions at the Opera House theater featuring “The Texas Ranger” and “Chicago Kid” with Barry leading performances as the Chicago Kid in a dual showcase ofо classic entertainment and new acts.
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