Marshall recounts 1941 events before Pearl Harbor
General Marshall testified before the congressional Pearl Harbor committee about Japan planning to strike Seattle and San Diego rather than Pearl Harbor in 1941. He recalled deciding against Wake Island and discussed responses to Short’s Hawaii alert. He praised Gerow’s handling and noted Hull’s 25 November stance.
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Washington
U. S. High Command
Seattle
Wash
San Diego
Calif
Pearl Harbor
George C. Marshall
Pearl
Panama Canal
San Marshall
Hawaii
Re. Gearhart
R-Calif
Gearhart
Marshall
Walter C. Short
Navy
Leonard T. Gerow
War Plans Division
War Department
Gerhart
Gearhart Alao
Hull
Japan
Army
Flares Sighted in Marshes Renew Hope for Missing Navy Crew
The U S navy reports flares and a large fire seen in marsh lands between Melbourne and Orlando around 2 am as search crews rush to locate survivors of 27 naval airmen. Green flares were observed near Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas and a Coast Guard cutter Pandora heads toward the scene. An Eastern Airlines pilot also reported red flares southwest of Melbourne.
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Miami
Fla
Navy
Melbourne
Orlando
Great Abago Island
Bahamas
Coast Guard
Pandora
Eastern Airlines
Yanks Fire On Chinese Town After Marine Casualties
Marine Maj Gen Keller Rockey reports that millimeter mortar shells struck a Chinese village near Anshan on December 4 after two gunmen killed a marine and wounded another. A corporal and a private first class from the 4th Platoon, B Company, 1st Battalion, 29th Marines were involved. the private was killed and the corporal wounded but survived.
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Anshan
Keller Rockey
Third Amphibious Corps
Rockey
First Battalion
29Th Marine Regiment
Small Homes Share In Building Room In New Controls
President Truman announced new price controls to ensure small homes gain a share of the postwar building boom. The plan, tied to restoring priorities for building materials, aims to prevent inflation and direct resources to residences, possibly focusing on homes under eight thousand dollars.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Bureau of Labor Statistics
R. Truman
Reactionaries Blamed For Ills Of Iran
Moscow blames northern Iran unrest on reactionary elements opposing national rights and notes a prior March 2 troop withdrawal while reaffirming Tehran Tehran sovereignty. Molotov says events were not an armed uprising and aimed at regional autonomy for Azerbaijan rather than the central government.
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Washington
Russia
Iran
State Department
United States
Britain
Molotov
Soviet Union
Teheran
Popular Assembly
Textile Mills Gather Fund For Expansion
Memphis dispatch reports William P. Jacobs of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association says 67.5 percent of the cotton belt spindles are covered by a plan in which mills contribute five cents per bale of cotton to a $2,000,000 postwar fund. Funds aim to retain and expand markets with North Carolina leading in covered spindles, followed by South Carolina and Georgia.
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Memphis
William P. Jacobs
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
North Carolina
Army Planed Crashes in Billings. 15 Dead
A westbound C-47 from Billings, bound for Seattle, crashed in a field during a snow storm, killing eight aboard and injuring others. Fifteen army men, several under discharge orders, and two Northwest Airlines pilots died or were reported killed. six bodies were recovered and authorities prepared investigations with air force and airline officials arriving for inquiry.
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Billings
Mont
Northwest Airlines
Esca
Seattle
Army and
Air Corps
Cincinnati
Army
C. V. Prossers
St. Paul
Minn
Howard Donaldson
Road Builders' Session Enters Its Second Day
The Carolina Road Builders association conference moves into its second day in Southern Pines with Charles M. Upham set to speak at a luncheon. Upham, leader at the American Road Builders association, designed North Carolina's highway system. J. T. Calloway of Washington, president of the manufacturers division, forecast major expansion in construction and airport building nationwide.
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Southern Pines
Carolina Road Builde Association
Charles M. Upham
Upam
American Road Builders Association
Washington
North Carolina
J. T. Calloway
American Builders Association
Celanese Plans Big Plant Near Rock Hill and Fort Mill
Celanese Corp of America plans a new plant near Rock Hill and Fort Mill, costing over 10 000 dollars. R M Cooper, director of the state planning board, said the company notified by president Aaron Schwartz.
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Columbia, N. C
Celanese Corporation of America
Rock Hill
Fort Mill
R. M. Cooper
State Research, Planning and Development Board
Cooper
Aaron Schwartz
Code-Cracking Talked About In Capital Bars
Washington reports reveal army officers whispered of breaking the Japanese code and rumors spread in clubs and hotels. General Marshall testified how concerns rose about disclosure during the presidential race. Dewey reportedly kept silent despite urging to reveal the secret.
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Washington
U. S
Tokyo
Pacific Theater
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Pearl Harbor
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Army
Bricker And Stassen Top GOP's List
Chicago December report shows Harold Stassen of Minnesota and John Bricker of Ohio as the leading names for the 1948 Republican ticket. Kelland and Hallan push for party policy additions while Rep. Martin signals openness to extra suggestions. Governor Dwight Green of Illinois is noted as a strong potential second on the ticket.
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Jack Bell
Chicago
Harold FE. Stassen
Minnesota
John W. Bricker
Ohio
GOP
Clarence Budington Kelland
Arizona
National Committee
Kelland
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Wentz
Oklahoma
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
House
Dwight W. Green
Illinois
Turkey
Heavy Movement Of Leaf Noted In Tobacco Markets
A heavy movement of flue-cured tobacco was reported on the North Carolina and Vir ginia markets over the weekend. Belts showed about a one dollar per hundred pounds fluctuation. The Thursday average on the old belt was 47.80 dollars for 2,298,204 pounds sold, and 43.64 dollars for 582,362 pounds on the middle belt. Season sales totaled 270,075,675 pounds at 44.20 dollars for the old belt and 150,476,001 pounds at 43.73 dollars for the middle belt.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Virginia
Atomic Secrets No 1 Pewee Universe
AP News features IEE explain the solar system as a model for atoms with a nucleus and orbiting electrons. Protons hold electrons in place while neutrons add mystery, and the number of protons defines the substance from gold to uranium.
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AP News
Atomic Energy Control To Be Discussed At Meeting
Washington reports the United States, Britain, and Russia will hold a Moscow meeting on December 15 to exchange views on atomic energy control. Secretary Byrnes will join Bevin and Molotov as top Anglo American officials hear Russia’s stance. Topics include Iran civil strife, Japan controls, China unification, and European peace efforts.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
State Department
Byrnes
Bevin
Britain
Molotov
Russia
Iran
Japan
China
Rumania
Bulgaria
Truman
Attlee
Mackenzie King
Canada
United Nations
Charlotte Textile Association Convention Held
About 200 superintendents overseers and operating executives gathered in Charlotte for the annual Southern Textile association convention. Speakers included Dr. Hugh M. Brown dean of Clemson school of textiles Dr. Herman A. Dickert from Georgia Tech and W. M. McLaurine former secretary of the American cotton manufacturers association.
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Charlotte
Southern Textile Association
Hugh M. Brown
Clemson School of Textiles
Herman A. Dickert
Georgia Tech School of Textiles
W. M. McLaurine
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Mystery Egg Hinting at War Time Struggles
A London hotel guest finds a hen's egg in his room with a room number and Canada stamp. He learns from a police constable and his wife that they live in a small three room apartment near bombing zones with limited income and wartime shortages.
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London
Canada
England
Mrs. Mac
Mick
Lou
Egg meal and ration blues amid war weariness in England
In an interview with a family identified as the DeWitt Mackenzies, a woman named Lou describes egg as a prized meal amid rationing and postwar shortages. She ties hope to a spring banner promising more food and clothes from Anglo American loan talks, while noting ongoing scarcity of clothing and shoes and the dreary sameness of available goods.
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Lend-Lease
England
Cleaning Japan After War Duty
Lt. Gen. Robert S. Fichelberger, commander of the American forces, says cleaning up Japan means de-fleaing and de-lousing everywhere including Tokyo. He notes stoves roofs and showers for the troops and will return to Japan on December 31 to command the occupation forces.
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Los Angeles
Robert S. Fichelberger
Asheville
Japan
Tokyo
Five Die In Nighttime Crash Near Mebane
Five persons were killed and a sixth gravely injured when a car rammed a parked tobacco trailer on Highway 119 about five miles north of Mebane. Victims include Nell Dixon believed to be the driver Jack Findley Collin Sue Warren Claude George and Jean George ages 10 and 12. Dan Dixon was seriously injured. Investigators say a faulty fuel pump stalled the trailer mounted truck driven by John Singleterry of Danville Virginia who awaits bond set at 1000 after placing flares and leaving to seek a mechanic.
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Mebane
Highway 119
Nell Dixon
Jack Findley
Collin Sue Warren
Claudette and
Jean George
Dan Dixon
United Nations Debate Over Permanent Home Location
Delegates at the UN preparatory commission continued argument on the world capital site. A sub committee heard offers from Miami Florida Hyde Park New York and Indiana to host the permanent home while a general committee debated whether the capital should reside in the United States or Europe.
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London
Preparatory Commission
United Nations
United States
Europe
Miami
Fla
Hyde Park
N. Y
Indiana
World Organization
United Nations Preparatory Commission
Dr William Moore elected head of U S livestock sanitary association
Dr William Moore head of North Carolina agriculture department veterinary division was elected leader of the U S livestock sanitary association for 1946, elevated from vice presidency at a Chicago meeting last week.
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Raleigh
William Moore
State Agriculture Department
U. S. Livestock Sanitary Association
Chicago
Strike Meet In Detroit Over GM Wage Dispute
General Motors local union delegates from 20 states met in Detroit to review a wage dispute that had edged closer to settlement since the massive strike began 18 days prior. The 200 members of the national GM council were called by the CIO United Auto Workers to consider President Truman’s back-to-work appeal.
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Detroit
General Motors
Troit
National GM Council
International Cio
United Auto Workers
Truman
GM CIO Union Rejects 10 Percent Wages Offer
Detroit December 8 The General Motors council of the CIO United Automobile Workers rejected GM's 10 percent wage increase proposal to end the nationwide strike at GM plants.
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Detroit
General Motors Council
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
GM Monopoly Claim Faces U.S. Inquiry Over Auto Parts Ties
The Department of Justice reviews union charges that General Motors holds a monopoly because other firms rely on GM for engine fuel pumps and other components. GM has not commented as the probe follows a union request to relax a strike to aid rival but dependent car makers. The UAW's conditional acceptance was to be discussed by GM’s national council amid a letter by a union publicity staffer.
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Justice Department
General Motors
UAW
GM Council
Thomas
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