Labor front wanes as Pearl Harbor panel faces resignations
Washington December 14 chairman Barkley of the Pearl Harbor Committee says he may resign from the panel after its entire legal staff asked to be relieved. He will weigh obligations to the senate and committee in the next ten days before a final decision. Committee counsel William D. Mitchell and aides also asked to be relieved. Gearhart demands the inquiry uncover the real story from enlisted men in Hawaii.
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Washington
Barkley
D.-Ky
Pearl Harbor
Senate
William D. Mitchell
Hawaii
Gearhart
Beasts of Belsen and Others Hanged at Hamelin
The Belsen camp commander Josef Kramer Irma Grese and ten other defendants were executed by hanging at Hamelin on December 13 1945 for crimes at Belsen and Auschwitz. The executions occurred in two gallows runs with nine men and two women, while others received prison terms.
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Lamburg
Germany
Ariel Wer
Kramer
Beast of
Hamelin
Royal Engineers
Marshall Montgomery
Belsen
O Wiecim
S.8
Juana Bormen
Franz Hoeszler
Krsmer
Irma Grese
Fritz Klien
Peter Weingartner
Karl Francich
Ansgar Pichen
Frang Taffle
Wilhelm Dorr
Montgomery
Lueneburg
Elizabeth Volkenrath
Juana Borman
Josef Kramer
Fritz Klein
Karl Francioh
Wilhelm Dorrand
Franz Starefle
Fall Of Tabriz Imminent As Tribesmen Close In
Tehran reports say the fall of Tabriz the largest city in Iran s Azerbaijan province to rebellious tribes men is imminent. Governor Bayatt, evacuated from the besieged city, cited local autonomy leaders. The garrison is surrounded awaiting Tehran orders to fight or surrender.
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Tabriz
Tehran
Iran
Azerbaijan
Bayatt
Movement For
Northwest
Zenjan
Ibrahim ‘Hakimi
Moscow
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Foreign Ministry
Theatre ticket present for Lassie at Strand Dixie shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Robert Lawson of Warder Avenue to tonight's presentation of Son of Lassie at the Strand theatre and Wanderer of the Wasteland and Dark Waters at the Dixie theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Robert Lawson Warder
Strand Theatre
West Virginia ration token extension and town news
Charleston extends the deadline for retailers to surrender ration tokens to January 5 and asks them to deposit tokens with ration banks. In Huntington, Ida Ferrell, 75, from Merritts Creek near Barboursville, was fatally injured after colliding with a truck while rushing to catch a bus on State Route 10. Charleston plans semi monthly health clinics for tetreatment patients at Spencer Weston and Huntington state mental hospitals as part of an improvement program including water and sewer repairs and building remodels. Details for the West Virginia state fair August exhibit were discussed at a fair association meeting.
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Huntington
Evan Hall
Ida Ferrell
Merritts Creek
Barboursville
Charleston
Spencer
Weston
Hunting State
J. Z. Terrell
Board of Control
Terrell
West Virginia
Government seeks way to give Reich low grade cotton
Washington dispatch reports that Germany may receive part of the U S surplus of low grade cotton. The government weighs placing 2,500,000 bales acquired under wartime grower price support with German textile mills to aid Germany’s recovery and supply cotton clothing for the needy in Europe. The plan aims to aid Germany and help European relief as the Reich shifts its cotton purchases.
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Washington
Germany
Europe
Reich
Inflation Fears Prompt Government Action Following Scarcities Strife
The administration signals likely inflation trouble and moves to brace wartime controls. It restores priority status for building materials to spur housing, widens price controls, and delays removing ceilings as it seeks to keep peacetime living costs in check during reconversion. Actions echo wartime tactics amid labor, materials, and price pressures.
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Washington
Pesident Truman
OPA
Congress
Patton In Critical Condition Says Spurling
Col R Glen Spurling reports General George S Patton Jr is out of danger but may not command again. He notes the crash neck injury could allow full recovery or leave possible lifelong paralysis, warning condition remains touch and go.
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Heidelberg
Germany
R. Glen Spurling
George 8. Patton, Jr
Patton
De Valera's Rise From Scholar to Irish Leader
Dewitt Mackenzie profiles Eamon De Valera as one of the era's most extraordinary figures. Once a college professor, he led Ireland through the Easter Week uprising, faced death, imprisonment, and then rose to prime minister through political leadership rather than force. Mrs Mac and I discuss his story in a long conversation.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Pule
England
Atom Bomb to Be Tested In Remote Pacific Corner
The atomic bomb is slated for an ocean test in a distant Pacific area next spring. The White House signaled a joint Army Navy test against warships, with five months expected for preparations. Logistics include target ships instruments scientists and safeguarding the test area from coastlines and shipping lanes.
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Washington
Pacific
White House
Truman
Army
Navy
Britains Reconversion Loan Okayed by House of Commons
The House of Commons gave final ratification to the Bretton Woods monetary stabilization pact as a condition for a $4.4 billion loan to Britain. The bill passed without dissent on its third reading after a 345 to 98 vote on loan terms, and 314 to 50 on second reading. It heads to the Lords with royal assent hoped before Christmas recess.
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London
House of Commons
Bretton Woods
United States
Britain
House of Lords
Commons
Lords
Robert Boothby
House OF
Mollohan cites drop in escapes from boys school
West Virginia Industrial School for Boys Superintendent Robert H. Mollohan told the state board escapes at Pruntytown declined 42 percent during his tenure. Sheriff Freutel of Cabell County criticized frequent breaks at the facility while Sheriff Satterfield urged regional counties to form a jointly supervised reform school for boys at one location.
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Charleston
Robert H. Mollohan
West Virginia Industrial School For Boys
State Board of Control
Pruntytown
Mollohan
D. L. Freutel
Cabell County
Taylor County Reformatory
Clarence Satterfiel
Monongalia
Satterfield
Monongalia County
Prunty Town
Monongalia Ohio
Marshall
Marion
Freutel
Huntington
Mollohan Page
CIO Unions Vote Drive for Wages Amid Nationwide Labor Turmoil
The CIO Electrical Workers in General Electric Westinghouse and General Motors plants voted about five to one for a possible 2 a day wage boost, prompting a coordinated strike plan across 75 centers in 16 states. Returns show 86,794 in favor and 18,216 against with full totals due later. The broader picture includes 400,000 idle workers and ongoing wage talks between UAW and Ford as GM foresees a six week extension to its 24 day old strike.
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Associated Press
CIO
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
National Labor Board
United Auto Workers
General ‘Motors
CIO United Steelworkers Union
CIO United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Detroit
CIO Uaw
Ford Motor Company
General Motors Company
Harry W. Anderson
Big Fur Muff Bag Figures In Murder Trial
In San Francisco on December 14, the big brown fur muff bag linked to the Pearl handled revolver used in the Vada Martin killing was shown in court. Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt and aunt Mrs. Jeanette Thorne of Santa Cruz were involved as testimony unfolded in the Mansfeldt murder trial opening. Medical experts testified on the plausibility of the defendant's somnolence defense as lawyers sparred amid rebuttal witnesses.
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San Francisco
Annie Irene Mansfeldt
Vada Martin
Mansfeldt
Jeanette Thorne
Santa Cruz
Norman Elkington
Grafton Sentinel invites Stella Murphy to Opera House show
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Stella Murphy of Country Club Road to attend tonight's Opera House program featuring Riders of the Dawn with Jimmy Wakely and Tell It To Star with Ruth Terry.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Stella Murphy
Club Road
Jimmy Wakely
Star
Ruth Terry
Opera House
Theare
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Belen
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Dixie
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Grafton
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Dean Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Patrick J. Hurley
Acheson
Tri-State
First Church OF Christ
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Charles B. McVay
Indianapolis
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