Admiral Stark testifies on Pearl Harbor timing in Washington limelight
Admiral Harold R. Stark told a Senate inquiry he would have acted immediately if told the December 7 1941 message meant war. He recalled being at a theater the night of the attack and could not remember his location. He said he would have taken action if aware Roosevelt faced war posture that night.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
Weet
White House
Pearl Harbor
Stark
Senate-House
Naval Operations
Seth Richardson
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Japan
Singapore
United States
George C. Marshall
Army
China
Chief of Naval Operations
Richardson
Comdr
Lester R. Schultz
Dr. Milton J. Rosenau Dies in Chapel Hill at 77
CHAPEL HILL April 9 Pr Milton J Rosenau 77 dean of the University of North Carolina school of public health and former Harvard school of public health dean died at his home after weeks of illness He was a noted authority in health standards author and leader in public health He served as president of the American Public Health Association in 1944.
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Chapel Hill
Milton J. Rosenau
University of North Carolina School of Public Health
Harvard School of Public Health
Boycott Ends as Gromyko Returns to UN Session
Ambassador Andrei Gromyko said he would attend today's United Nations Security Council session, ending a boycott that began March 27 during Iranian discussions. He confirmed his plans after reporters asked if he would participate.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Gromyko
Ee Gromyko
Persia and World Power Shifts Shape UN Debate
The piece notes Moscow and London see Persia as pivotal in global power shifts, with the UN security council facing whether to drop the Persian question after Soviet Iranian settlements or keep it open until all Russian troops exit. It traces Russia Britain influence since czarist times and the 1907 Anglo Russian division of Persia into northern and southern zones.
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Russia
United Nations Security Council
Moscow
Teheran
Persia
United States
Britain
Europe
Asia
London
British Empire
Soviet Union
United Nations
England
St. Petersburg
Fghanistan
India
Persian Gulf
Afghanistan
Gulf
British War Bride Missing in Salisbury Found in New York
Salisbury police reported Mrs Evelyn Poston 3 year old British war bride missing since Tuesday located in New York City. Police could not reach her husband Warren Poston to inform him of his wife whereabouts. The six day search had extended to New York state near Bliss where an aunt lives.
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Salisbury
John Poole
New York
Evelyn Caroline Poston
New York City
Poole
Warren H. Poston
New York State
Bliss
London
Pton
Poston
Nazis lawyers accused of anti Jewish propaganda in war crimes trial
Justice Robert H. Jackson accused Alfred Rosenberg defense counsel of submitting anti Semitic material to printers and disseminating it through the tribunals press. He called the material violent and irrelevant rubbish while urging the court to focus on the murder of millions of Jews.
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Mernberg
Robert H. Jackson
United States
International Military Tribunal Today
Rosenberg
Jackson
Rudolf Dix
Black Market In Meat Out of Control Says Packers
Representatives of major meat packers told the Senate agriculture committee that the black market in meat is out of control and price controls should be removed. Wesley Hardenbergh of the American Meat Institute led the testimony with support from officials from Illinois Montana and California. Senator Connally pressed whether consumers would get a fair shake without subsidies and price controls. Hardenbergh affirmed that they would. He warned the industry’s very existence is threatened by the widespread black market created by price control laws.
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Washington
Wesley Hardenbergh
American Meat Institute
OPA
Senate Agriculture Committee
Illinois
Montana
Clifornia
Connally
D-Tex
Hardenbergh
Chicago Barbers Boost Prices Amid Wage Demands
Chicago barbers raise weekday haircuts to 1.00 and Saturday or holiday cuts to 1.25, with shaves at 0.65 as they seek higher wages. The master barbers association says new prices follow petitions for a 45 dollar weekly guarantee plus 60 percent of receipts over 560 compared to current rates.
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Chicago
Chicago Master Barbers Association
Layoffs Rise in Steel Plants Amid Wider Labor Strife
Associated Press reports fresh layoffs in steel plants as soft coal miners stay off the job. More than 100,000 electrical and farm equipment workers remain on strike, with about 408,000 other workers idle. Negotiators plan talks in Washington as a top labor official hints government action this week.
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Associated Press
AFL
Washington
CIO Transport
Britain Plans To Keep Her Mandates
In Geneva on April 9 Viscount Cecil stated Britain will continue to administer Palestine and African mandates until new arrangements are made. He noted Iraq and Trans Jordan have become independent, Tanganyika Togoland and the Cameroons will be placed under UN trusteeship, and Palestine fate awaits the Anglo American inquiry report.
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Geneva
Viscount Cecil
League of Nations
Great Britain
Palestine
Lord Cecil
League
Britain
Iraq
Trans-Jordan
Tanganyika
Togoland
Cameroons
United Nations
Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
Higher Milk Prices Are Forecast
In Chattanooga on April 9 Southern dairy representatives from 10 states endorsed a program for action to lift milk prices by two cents a quart to secure adequate production. They criticized OPA price policies as forcing losses and wrecking herds. A milk strike was discussed but efforts would be made to avoid drastic action. B F Stallones of Houston led the Southern Dairy Farmers Association, which includes members in Tennessee Virginia Alabama Texas Kentucky Mississippi Louisiana and the Carolinas.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern
B. F E. Stallones
Houston
Texas
Southern Dairy Farmers Association
OPA
Tennessee
Virginia
Alabama
North
South Carolina
Entucky
Mississippi
Louisiana
Missing U S Plane Carries Chinese Leaders to Yenan
A U S Army transport plane carrying Gen Yeh Ting former commander of the communist fourth army and other party leaders to Yenan vanished after departing Chungking yesterday. Fourteen aboard including Deng Fa Wang Jo-Pei Chin Po-Ku and their families. Search planes found no trace of the missing aircraft. Yeh Ting had just been released from a government concentration camp.
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Chungking
Yeh Ting
Communist New Fourth Army
Yenan
Deng Fa
Paris
Yen
Wang Jo-Pei
Chin Po- Ku
Yeh
Dozen Pairs Of Nylons Reward For Honesty
Asheville man Allison Howell, one of the three honest men, returned a box of 15 dozen nylon hose to an Asheville hosiery firm after thefts from delivery trucks. His reward was a dozen pairs.
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Asheville
Aegiogenes
Allison Howell
Justice Department Told To Go After Big Boys
The house appropriations committee urged the antitrust division to focus on major monopolies rather than small firms. It proposed increasing fines for violations and updating the $5,000 cap, with hearings on anti trust funding for 1947 totaling 1.7 million dollars.
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Justice Department
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Antitrust Division
Rep. Rabaut
Dmich
Rep
Hare
D-Sc
James F. Byrnes
State Department
Foreign Service
Senator Bailey Improves Says His Physician
Senator Josiah W. Bailey of North Carolina shows definite improvement after an abdominal attack and arterial hypertension at Doctors Hospital. He is expected to stay about a week longer. Rep Burgin of North Carolina remains in stable condition after a coronary heart attack at his home.
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Washington
Josiah W. Bailey
Walter A. Bloehorn
Bailey
Doctor's Hospital
Biloedorn
Rep. Burgin
Surrender at Bataan Remembered Four Years On
On April 9, 1942, American officers surrendered to Japanese lines on the Bataan Peninsula. Capt. Salvador P. Lopez notes the epic stand by Filipino and American forces, the spirit of freedom, and the ongoing need for support for veterans amid occupation hardships. The article recalls Corregidor radio messages, Homma’s war crimes, and unmarked jungle graves of the dead.
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Bataan Peninsula
MacArthur
Bataan
Voice of Freedom
Salvador
P. Lopez
Jonathan Wainwright
Lopez
Manila Post
Masaharu Homma
Corregidor
Homma
Philippines
U. S
Admiral Halsey Resting in Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey Jr., 65, lies in the Philadelphia naval hospital with an upper respiratory infection. Capt. Howard H. Montgomery said he is in very good condition with no cause for alarm. Halsey recently joined Pan American Airways Trans-Pacific service and was to retire from the Navy.
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Philadelphia
William F
Bull”) Halsey
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Navy
Halsey
Howard H. Montgomery
Montgomery
Naval Hospital
Wilmington
Del
Pan- American Airways Trans-Pacific Service
Schwellenbach Seeks Expanded Social Security Plan
Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach urged Congress to broaden social security to stabilize the economy. He called for expanded old age and survivors benefits, coverage for 20 million more workers, and disability insurance. He argued no sound program can protect employment and purchasing power without these measures.
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Washington
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Congress
Truman May Visit Philippines for Independence Day
White House said President Truman weighs a July 4 Manila trip for the Philippine government inauguration. He will not attend Bikini lagoon atom bomb tests which are scheduled around July 1.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Philippines
Bikini Lagoon
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Manila
Iraqi oil town sees unusual troop movements
Kirkuk Iraq April 7 troops arrive by special trains in undisclosed destinations. First contingent landed yesterday with more units today. Troops travel in passenger coaches and buses. At least two brigades deployed near the tran frontier in recent days.
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Kirkuk
Iraq
Iran Crisis Key Issue in Security Council Meeting
Ambassadors debate whether to dismiss the Iranian case as Russia pushes for closure. Byrnes signals U.S. opposition until Iran troop withdrawal by October 6, while Tehran officials consider instructions from Premier Qavan. Ambassadors voice conflicting views as packing begins for travel to Washington.
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Security Council
Russia
Byrnes
United States
Iran
Council
Hussein Ala
Ahmed Qavan
Tehran
Colina
Qavan
Moxaffar Firouz
Ala
Washington
Oscar Lance
Trygve Li
United Nations
Mother Leaves 'Johnnie Doe' In Church Pew
A letter left with three week old Johnnie at St Marys Catholic church tells how his Catholic mother from the South fell in love with a serviceman of another faith and, faced with parental opposition over marriage, left the infant in church hoping to provide him a future. The note, addressed to all, explains she feared the husband would not return from service and conveys a farewell to the child.
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Washington
Johnnie Doe
Johnnie
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
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