Marshall believed we would be in Jap war
A special Ethridge survey for Secretary Byrnes examines political conditions in Romania and Bulgaria, noting democracy does not exist there yet and asserting there are no insurmountable blocks to a Balkans settlement with Russia. The findings tie to the Big Three Moscow talks and the fate of peace treaties.
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Marshall
Balkan
John M. Hightower
Washington
Byrnes
Romania
Bulgaria
Su Ysss
Moscow
Mark Bethridge
Louisville
Ethridge
Russia
Balkans
United States
Britain
London Foreign Ministers Council
Parkersburg Flu Hotel Fire Claims Four Plus Debris Recovery
In Parkersburg the Grand Hotel fire killed at least four with three more bodies recovered from the ruins. Police and firefighters combed the debris finding a man woman and child unidentifiable under a collapsed lobby wall. Ritchie Law of Elizabeth was among those killed and the owner Thomas Soloman estimated a $35,000 loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Polie
Ritchie Law
Elizabeth
Wirt County
Thomas Soloman
Grafton Sentinel Highlights Blue Notes and Dixie Screenings
The Grafton Sentinel promotes Mrs J Paul Murphy in Blue Rhapsody with Robert and Joan Leslie at Strand and Pillow to Post featuring Lupino William Prince and Greenstreet at the Dixie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
J. Paul Murphy
Robert
Joan Leslie
Strand Tre
Pillow
Lupino
William Prince
Greenstreet
Dixie Tre
Republicans Won't Aid Anti-Truman Dems in 1946 Campaign
GOP National Chairman Herbert Brownell told a Chicago gathering that Republicans will back their own candidates in 1946 and will not aid anti administration Democrats. He outlined a seven member subcommittee to develop a new platform, citing war time terms as outdated. Some leaders doubt full split but the plan aims to win control of the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Associated Press
Chicago
GOP
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
National Committee
Congress
House
Committee of Seven
G.O.P
Republican National Committee
White House
John G. Townsend
Delaware
Felix Herbert
Rhode Island
International Soundphoto
General Patton in critical condition after automobile crash
Frankfurt dispatch reports General George S. Patton Jr is partly paralyzed from injuries in an automobile accident. A military bulletin says his general condition remains satisfactory and he slept well, with neurologically unchanged status. A British neurosurgery specialist was flown to Heidelberg to examine him at Mrs Patton’s request.
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Frankfurt
Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Patton
Hugh Carnes
Oxford
Heidelbers
West Virginia Briefs Highlight Assessor Meeting Plans
West Virginia officials report discusses property assessment remedies at a joint session of county assessors and commissioners in Charleston with House Speaker John Amos and Deputy Assessor Garland Wilkinson slated to address the group. In St Marys a large fire at Triplett Brothers hardware and furniture store caused $35,000 in losses, while Huntington plans a $350,000 two story replacement on the Miller Ritter site. In Clarksburg Mrs Ted D Summerfield appeals to Governor Meadows for commutation of William Turner death sentence due December 28.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
House
John Amos
Cochairman
Garland Wilkinson
Kanawha County
ST. Marys
Triplett Brothers Hardware and Furniture
R. H. Triplett
Huntington
Miller- Ritter
William R. Ritter
Frederick Holding Company
Clarksburg
MacKenzies Column Reveals Nazi Anti Christian Play
London reports based on a secret Reich security file describe an Allied concern over Hitler’s regime targeting Christianity in Germany. The document analyzes the Oxford group led by Dr Frank Buchman, labeling it a threat to Nazism and national state, urging vigilance and suppression in Germany and occupied territories.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
London
Germany
Munich
Hutier
Bocn
Europe
Reich Security Department
Berlin
British Isles
Oxford Group
Frank Buchman
Downent
M’kenzie
Jap Farmers Say Rice Riots Threat Prompting Action
In Tokyo farmers warn rice riots loom without stronger government and agrarian reform. General MacArthur orders arrests of 57 suspected war criminals tied to abuse at Cabanatuan and aboard the Oryoku Maru as he publicizes a broad roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M‘arthur
Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
Japan
Akita
Tohoku
Macarthur
United Nations
Cabanatuan
Philippines
Inapan
JAP Farmers
Labor Front Deadlock Persists Over GM Strike
Detroit December report shows Secretary Schwellenbach keeping power to seize GM plants but urging a quick end to the walkout that has idled 213,000 GM workers since November 21. UAW CIO and Ford talks move forward as union seeks penalties for wildcat actions and company security guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Schwellenbach
General Motors Corp
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Uaw-Cio
UAW
Walter P. ‘Reuther
Lewis Attacks Truman Labor Bill as Favoring Rich
John L. Lewis denounced President Truman’s labor legislation, saying the bill benefits the rich and powerful. He warned it would impose statutory irons on workers through a fact-finding board and 30 day strike bans, arguing it would neutralize labor’s strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Truman
Washington
John L. Lewis
President Truman
Organized Labor Lashes Universal Military Training Legislation Today
In Washington AFL legislative representative Lewis G. Hines led union spokesmen demanding to know preparedness for whom hosts the final week of hearings on universal military training. He urged that preparedness mean better physical care for children and universal medical service rather than immediate militarization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organized Labor
Washington
Organized
United States
Lewis G. Hines
American Federation of Labor
House Military Committee
AFL
Hines
Marshall says war would come if Japan moved toward Siam
Gen. George C. Marshall testified before the Senate Pearl Harbor investigation that a Japanese push toward Thailand would force the United States and Britain into war. He noted a Nov. 5 1941 memo with thresholds for retaliation and a Nov. 6 London message that the Japanese were on the move.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Pearl Harbor
Thailand
United States
Britain
Senate House
Ferguson
R-Mich
Marshall
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Roosevelt
Michigan
John G.winant
London
Stark
Gulf of Siam
Singapore
Congress
Communists oppose foreign spheres of influence in China
Gen Peng Teh Huel, vice commander in chief of the Chinese Communist armies, declared that Communists oppose any country obtaining a sphere of influence in China. He said there are Americans like Patrick Hurley Hoover and Vandenberg whose fears of Communist alignment with Stalinist Russia lack clear grounds. He asserted China should be free, independent, and democratic, and noted suspicion that Hurley and Wedemeyer’s policies could be imperialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yenan
Peng
Teh-Huel
China
America
Patrick Hurley
Herbert Hoover
Sen
Arthur Vandenberg
Russia
Newsmen
Soviet Union
Manchuria
Hurley
Albert Wedemeyer
Wedemeyer
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Norwich, Conn
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Houston
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Truman Demmys
Brown's Chapel
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Blueville
Pato
MacKenzie
Labor Front
J. E. Rupert
Grafton Banking & Trust Bldg
Hurley - Wedemeyer
Grafton Woman's Club
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