House Votes on Labor Bill Shapes War Era Policy
In Washington on December 11, a test vote in the House centers on proposed labor legislation. The outcome is seen as a preview of future measures to curb industrial unrest and restrict political activity by unions under no strike contracts. The rules debate focuses on requiring military committee approval for amendments before the bill proceeds. Proponents and opponents clash over whether the measure should advance to broader consideration or return to the rules committee.
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Clair Johnson
Washington
House
Military
Labor
Rules Committee
Military Committee
Fire ravages Grand Hotel. search for victims continues
Parkersburg dispatch reports four perished in the Grand hotel fire with a child possibly inside. Police, state fire marshal, and local officials begin demolition to access ruins and confirm any missing. Victims include Edward S. Lewis and Garnett Lewis and two sons, Ritchie Law and a wife in hospital. coroner cites electric shock as a factor in one death.
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Parkersburg
Grand Hotel
Robert F.kidd
Charleston
Edward S. Lewis
Garnett
Ritchie Law
Law
War and infidelity drive British divorces rise in wartime
London columnist notes a surge in divorces based on infidelity amid wartime stress. Welfare societies handle many matrimonial cases for those who cannot afford court action. Experts say moral standards remain largely unchanged despite more breakups.
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London
England
Atomic Age Society
M'Kenzie
Deadliest poison gas tested on POW inmates by Germans
Senate hearing quoted Col. Bernard Bernstein saying an I G Farben official at Wuppertal-Elberfeld developed the deadliest poison gas. He alleged the gas could penetrate any mask and was used on monkeys, then humans, and later in Auschwitz. The testimony touched on Farben’s wartime roles and prewar U S relations with the German dye trust.
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Germany
Bernard Bernstein
U. S
Senate
Kilgore
D-W. Va
Bernstein
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
United States
Standard
I. G. Farben Industrie
I. G. Farben
Wuppertal - Elberfeld
I. G
Farben
Auschwitz
L G
Oees
US to test atom bombs on ships in naval clash
Washington reports plans for a joint Army Navy test of atomic bombs against warships. A forthcoming strategic bombing survey in Japan will detail effects on buildings and people, with the first phase due within three months. The survey’s European report describes civilian horrors of modern war.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Ford studies plan to curb strikes with union
The CIO UAW back Ford discussions on a company security plan to curb wildcat strikes while wage talks resume. Ford rejected 80 percent wage hikes, as the GM strike affects over 200000 workers nationwide. See FORD page 6.
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Associated Press
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Automotive
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW -Cio
General Motors
General Patton Still Critical in German Hospital
Mrs George Patton Jr arrived at the 130th station hospital in Heilderberg following a U.S. flight from the United States. The general, in critical condition from a neck fracture and paralyzed, showed slight improvement after a blood transfusion.
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Germany
George
United States
130Th Station Hospital
Patton
Six Navy Planes Missing in Large Search Across Atlantic
Six Navy planes and 27 crewmen remain unaccounted for as an extended air and sea search over the Atlantic was called off. The hunt, among the most extensive ever, covered thousands of square miles from Key West to Jacksonville. Fourteen missing airmen were aboard five Avenger torpedo bombers returning to Fort Lauderdale from a training flight, while thirteen were lost when a Martin Mariner patrol bomber vanished during the same operation.
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Indonesian Leaders Threaten Poison and Arms to Resist Dutch
In Batavia Java December 11 Indonesian leaders warned they would resist Dutch sovereignty with both poison and arms amid Java strife. Premier Sjahrir said Indonesian forces would block British troop reinforcements while Soetomo urged actions against Dutch, claiming 70 million behind them to deter thousands of soldiers. Van Mook left for The Hague. Blom to act in his absence.
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Sutan Sjahrir
Netherlands
Soerabaja
Soetomo
Netherlands East Indies
H. J. van Mook
Hague
N.S. Blom
Department of Justice
Nazi leaders face four hour film at Nuremberg trial
At Nuremberg, prosecutors show a four hour documentary assembled in Berlin by US naval officers. The film titled The Nazi Plan chronicles rise of National Socialism from street fighters to a Europe spanning terror. It includes footage from a Nazi party film by Leni Riefenstahl Triumph of the Will and shows the 1944 July 20 bombing plot against Hitler.
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Berlin
Europe
Hitler
Leni Riefentahl
Nuernberg
James B. Donovan
E. Ray Kellogg
Russia Allows Chinese Troops to Enter Manchuria
CHUNGKING Dec 11 central news agency reports Russia agreed to let Chinese government troops fly into Manchuria to seize key cities. Changchun Mukden and Harbin would host central government forces as negotiations end weeks of Communist pressure to control ports and urban centers in the recovering region.
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Manchuria
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Central News Agency
China
Central Gov
Changchun
Mukden
Harbin
Yenan
LATE PRESIDENT SAID ROOSEVELT ORDERED WAIT ACT
Gen George C Marshall testified before the Pearl Harbor inquiry that President Roosevelt personally ordered delaying action until Japan made the first overt move. He recalled being told to inform Lt Gen Walter Short to wait for an overt act, while fearing restrictions on defense moves. The testimony opened questions about a 1940 Hawaii alert and reportable measures.
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Roosevelt
Japan
Marshall
Senate-House
Pearl Harbor
Walter C. Short
United States
Short
Hawaii
Army
Senator Ferguson
R-Mich
C. B. Herron
Ae Ferguson
Cal Theswae
Herron
Maniac slayer kills WAVE stenographer in Chicago
Police hunt for a killer described as a maniac after Francis Brown a 33 year old former WAVE and stenographer was found murdered in her Pine Crest Hotel apartment. Nine people slain in a week unSolved cases include Brown, body discovered by a hotel maid, lipstick message on the wall, investigation led by Chicago top detectives.
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Francis Brown
Frank Reynols
Miss Brown
Pine Crest Hotel
North Side
Lake View District
Grafton Sentinel invites Marjorie Moran to cinema night
The Grafton Sentinel invites Marjorie Moran of 112 East Washington Street to tonight's presentation at the Opera House theater featuring Lady On A Train with Deanna Durbin Ralph Bellamy and David Bruce as the current attraction.
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East Washington Street
Deanna Durbin
Ralph Bellamy
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