Pearl Probe Charges Fly
The joint Congressional Pearl Harbor probe signals possible testimony from the Army board of inquiry. Former Secretary of State Hull criticizes the Army report, says Tojo and war planners were seeking war in 1941, and argues stronger military power in 1938 could have prevented expansion by Hitler and Japan.
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U.S
Joint
Congressional Committee
Pearl Harbor
Army
Army Board Red
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Hull
Army Board
Hull Hull
Tojo
Hitler
U. S
Great Britain
British aircraft industry employs far more than U S gear
The British aircraft industry now employs more than six times the personnel of the U S industry and Britain holds military plane orders double the American programs through 1948. In Watertown New York City Judge Michael Renzi was among 100 motorists cited for parking in a 36 inch snowfall. He fined himself a dollar but excused others as an act of God.
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U. S
England
Watertown
N. Y
Palestine and Zionist Ties Stir Global Debate
The article surveys Palestine as a strategic and political flashpoint with competing aims of Britain the Zionist movement and Arab interests. It notes the 1917 Balfour Declaration the 1939 White Paper and Bevin’s stance both complicating Jewish hopes for a homeland and triggering unrest and boycotts in the Holy Land. The United States joins a Anglo American inquiry while Zionist leaders decry a pre determined outcome.
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Mediterranean
Dead Seas
Palestine
Iraq
Iran
Arabia
Russia
World Zionist Conference
United States
Britain
U. S
Eee
Hocie
Europe
Winston Churchill
Zion
Holy Land
Tel Aviv
Bevin
American Zionist Emergency Council
Motors Grow Cold Goliaths in a Grips
Nation faces prolonged strike as United Automobile Workers and General Motors clash over pay and profits. About 180,000 GM workers plus suppliers’ staff are out, with 75 plants idle across 20 states and a projected $27 million weekly wage loss. House actions cut NLRB funding. Smith Connally repeal recommended. War Department notes large WWII discharge progress and further cuts in the point system.
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America
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
Smith-Connally
Wahington
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
Elections and anniversaries marked in December calendar
The record lists upcoming political events and observances: Brazilian and Albanian elections on December Sundays, the 122nd Monroe Doctrine anniversary, the December 7 Pearl Harbor observance, a Republican National Committee meeting in Washington, and the December 8 Immaculate Conception feast.
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Pearl Harbor
Republican National Committee
Washington
Immaculate Conception
Quotes on wartime education and diplomacy from Chase and Hurley
Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase of New York University asserts Allied nations stopped deterring civilian students in vital war roles while the conflict raged. Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley warns of a third world war forming as diplomacy drifts toward competing colonial empires and extremism, opposing both sides and urging democracy and free enterprise.
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Harry Woodburn Chase
New York University
Patrick J. Hurley
U.S
China
Foreign spending and Lend-Lease flows in five years
A Commerce Department summary shows the United States spent 13.045 billion dollars abroad over five years, with 2.413 billion for 3013 installations. Lend-Lease shipments reached 42.021 billion, plus 0.8 billion in civilian relief. Receipts abroad totalled 4.06 billion, mainly troop remittances and payments for goods.
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U.S
British Commonwealth
Commerce Department
Office of International Trade Operations
Nazis Hear Own Crimes Trial Evidence Summary
U S prosecutors present four part indictment detailing a common conspiracy to overthrow peace and wage war. They trace Naz i history through diaries and documents, showing plans to conquer Europe and the world and incite aggression toward Pearl Harbor and other targets.
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Hughness
Nesebar
U.S
U. S
Leat
Appointments and deaths in brief across 1946 events
President Truman names Gen George C Marshall envoy to Asia as Maj Gen Patrick J resigns in protest. Bishop Manni appoints Gen Elliott Roosevelt to church leadership. UN Preparatory Commission meets in London choosing Dr Eduardo Zueta Angel of Colombia as chairman. A person drowns after falling into Lake Chelan during a snow storm. Austrian general elections see conservatives defeating the Communists by a narrow margin.
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Truman
George C. Marshall
Patrick J
U. S. Cies
Asia
United Nations Preparatory Commission
Lotedon
Eduardo Zueta Angel
Coombia
Lake Chelan
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Cairo
Ankara
Egypt
Turkey
Syria
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Basras
Tehran
Gulf
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Grips
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Library of Congress
Stenos
Hiteler
Yosuke Matsuoka
Fuehrer
Ince
Czechoslovakia
Vichy
London Chronicle
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