India’s path to freedom faces crucial talks with parties
The British cabinet mission arrives in New Delhi to press decisive Indian party consultations. Leaders Gandhi and Jinnah represent rival, religiously aligned factions in a volatile struggle. The Himalayan task of reconciling Hindu majority and Muslim minority lies ahead as negotiations resume.
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India
England
New Delhi
Indiaa
London
Lord Pethick-Lawrence
Stafford Cripps
all-India Congress
Mahatma Gandhi
Moslem League
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Mos League
All India Congress
$700,000,000 Earmarked For Two Nations
Washington reports $700 million earmarked for 12 months of food aid to occupied Germany and Japan through July 1 1947. Monthly shipments exceed 50 000 tons to Germany and 25 000 tons to Japan as ration redutions unfold. Lt Gen Lucius D. Clay says aid aims to prevent disease and unrest while US war department bears the burden of sustenance in occupied zones.
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Washington
Bors
Germany
Japan
U.S
War Department
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
United States
On The Spot Probe for War Criminals Urged
London April 13 Dr say of Somagnellen urged the United Nations to undertake a personal on the spot investigation of war criminals in Europe’s displaced persons camps. He told the ECOSOC committee that Quislings and traitors in DP camps must be weeded out and men allowed to return home. The proposal drew terse opposition from Sir George Rendel and adjournment followed.
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London
Say
Somagnellen
United Nations
Europe
Beller
United Nations Economic and Social Council
George Rendel
Ylavs
Fish Zone
Germany
King Peter's Royal General Staff
Yugoslavia
Tito
Franco Asks UN Visit to Prove Spain Not Behind Bomb Claim
Madrid reports say the Franco cabinet invited a United Nations committee to Spain to prove by visiting factories and labs that charges of German atomic bomb work in Spain are false. The move follows a Security Council debate prompted by Poland alleging German scientists in Spain and calls that Spain endangers world peace.
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Madrid
Spain
United Nations
Poland
United Nations Security Council
New York
Paris
Toledo
Russia
Mexico
France
China
Security Council of
Conservatives Win Majority In Japan Election
Japan's postwar diet elections yield a conservative party with the largest seat count amid about 26 million votes. Hatoyama led liberals with a narrow edge over social democrats and progressives, while no party won a clear majority. The Ashai warned old spheres of influence remain strong as women vote for the first time and coalition talks begin.
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Tokyo
Hitler
Mussolini
Japan
Liberal Party
Ichiro Hatoyama
Social Democrats
Progressives
Liberals
Com
Hatoyama
Shidehara
Ashai
Atomic Energy Plant Slated For Tennessee
OAK RIDGE Tennessee April 13 Maj Gen Leslie R Groves Manhattan project head announced plans to expand experimental laboratories at an estimated cost of 2 5 million to harness atomic energy for peacetime power. Construction is expected to begin soon with experimental operations possible early in 1947. Monsanto Chemical Company will control design construction and operation with other industries invited to participate as consultants and to supply technical staff.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Leslie R. Groves
Manhattan Project
Bn Lige
Monsanto Chemical Company
Gen. Groves
House Hikes Draft Age Votes to 20 in Tentative Step
The House voted 195 to 96 to raise the minimum draft age from 18 to 20, approving a teen induction ban as an amendment to draft extension legislation. A later roll call will confirm. Earlier, the House rejected raising the age to 21 and debated a six month induction holiday while extending the draft to February 15, 1947.
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Washington
House
House Military Committee
Army
Workers approve union at Biltmore mill
Employees of the Williams Brownell Planing Mills Company in Biltmore voted 43 to 31 to designate the Upholsterers International Union of North America AFL as their collective bargaining agent, the national labor relations board announced.
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Asheville
Williams Brownell Planing Mills Company, Inc
Biltmore
Upholsterers International Union of N.A
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
Reds Denied Any Share In League Assets
In Geneva on April 13 the French delegate Emil Charveriat urged that Russia be allotted a portion of the league assets, but the motion drew no support and was rejected by the commission chaired by Sir Atul Chaterjee. The proposal said only current members would receive portions of the unfixed assets.
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Geneva
France
Russia
League of Nation
Emil Charveriat
Commission
Atul Chaterjee
Charveriat
Soviet Union
League
Dutch Forces To Take Over In Indonesia
London reports that Britain and Holland agree British troops will be withdrawn gradually from Indonesia and replaced by Dutch forces. The communique notes measures to liquidate the war with Japan and ease the handover as Dutch troops become available.
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Indonesia
London
Britain
Holland
Japan
Foreign Office
Boxcar family seeking California ranch life after long trek
E Gilbert and wife and nine pureblood Dutch cattle travel by boxcar across the country arriving in Escondido California after a 4000 mile journey from Augusta Maine They left Merced after six months and seek a ranch and feed for their herd Three more calves are expected Gypsy Rosa Lee was born in Merced.
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Escondido
Calif
New England
California
E. Gilbert
Gilbert
Chiang
Augusta
Merced
Maine
Rosa Lee
Petroleum Firm Granted Charter to Drill Wells
Durham April 13. The Carolina Petroleum Company has received a charter to drill wells with an authorized capitalization of 300000 dollars. It is the first North Carolina owned oil well drilling firm to obtain a charter.
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Durham
Carolina Petroleum Company
Bowles forecasts easing clothing shortage in three months
Stabilization Director Chester Bowles told ABC radio that inexpensive clothing shortages should ease significantly by mid July as fabrics take about 14 weeks to become finished garments. He blamed staggered demand for shirts noting Americans may buy over 320 million shirts this year, far above prewar levels.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
ABC Network
Bowles
Ait
G.i's
Hudson River Home Opened as National Shrine
Roosevelt's Hyde Park residence was opened to the public as a national shrine. Dedication ceremonies marked the first anniversary of Franklin D. Roosevelt's death, and President Truman pledged to carry forward the progressive and humane principles of the New Deal as core aims of his administration.
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Truman
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Hudson River
Nail Saves Child From River Fall In Chicago
A rusty nail on piles along the Chicago river caught three year old Ernest Tiederman by the seat of his romper, suspending him above icy water. Bridge tender Anthony Abbott witnessed the incident and rescued the boy, warning that without the nail the child might have drowned. Irene Tiederman, the boy’s sister, watched nearby.
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Chicago
Ernest Tiederman
Ernest
Irene
Anthony Abbott
Refiners Of Sugar Plan To Strike Tonight
A strike set for midnight involves 8,000 AFL and CIO workers in seven east coast sugar refineries. They process about two thirds of the nation’s cane sugar, with wage disputes across American, National and Revere Refining Companies.
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AFL
CIO
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
American
National
Revere
Transcontinental and Western Air Co
Airline Pilots Association
Temporary Induction Ban Gains Favor In Congress
Congresss debate over a draft extension includes a possible temporary induction ban from May 15 to Oct 15 1946 and a separate teenage ban under 20. House Speaker Rayburn schedules early sessions as Vinson proposes a six month moratorium to boost voluntary enlistment. The Senate backs a straight extension, risking a conference to resolve differences.
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Congress
Rayburn
House
Senate
Senate House
Vinson
D-Ga
Naval Committee
Committee Lets Crisis Go Unacted In Manchuria
Sino American peace committee in Peiping shows powerlessness as substitutes replace members. Gen Alvin C. Gillem Jr reports to Gen Marshall, awaiting instructions as Manchurian crisis deepens. Recon plane reports five breaks on the Peiping Mukden railroad near Shanhaikwan and Sui chung.
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Peiping
Alvin C. Gillem, Jr
Gillem
Marshall
Washington
Truman
China
Manchuria
Renconnaisance
Shanhaikwan
Suichung
Peiping-Mukden
Senate Divided On Atomic Bomb Experiment
The Senate split over holding or cancelling the Bikini atom bomb tests despite President Truman's claim of vital defense importance. Senator Lucas argued postponing could prevent enemies from learning critical military capabilities and urged delaying until peace progresses.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Lucas
D-Ill
Illinois
Democratic Leaders Face Backlash at National Headquarters
Democratic lawmakers press for action over errors at party headquarters with Rep. Cox of Georgia leading calls to remove national Chairman Robert F. Hannegan. A caucus may draft a message asking the president to dismiss him while others seek limited changes.
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House
Rep
Cox
Georgia
Robert F. Hannegan
Hannegan
House Democrats
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