Congress Eyes Civil Service Retirement For Members
Washington reports that the House Civil Service Committee backs a civil service retirement plan for members of Congress. It would require at least five years service, age 55, and a $2,500 contributed, yielding a pension tied to years served and not as high as judiciary or military retirement. The plan aims to attract top minds and reward long service. Rep Eugene Cox cautioned against the push for a large break for legislators.
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Army
Navy
Nin
Eugene Cox
D-Ga
Congress May Be Too Busy For Christmas
Washington reports that labor and employment bills threaten a legislative log jam. Leaders want to fulfill President Truman’s request for prompt action by December 20, but progress looks uncertain. A military committee labor bill would penalize contract violators and curb union political activity, with fate depending on House committee work and a possible fact finding board.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Capitol Hill
Truman
King Town
Military Committee
Progress House Labor Committee
Hess Reveals 1941 Flight Aimed To Halt War
Rudolf Hess told reporters in written form from Nuernberg jail that his 1941 trip to England sought to stop the clash of two “noble races” rather than seek assist in attacking Russia. He said the plan began in 1940 and he flew on May 10, 1941 after weather forced earlier attempts, carrying only an introduction letter to the Duke of Hamilton from Karl Haushofer. He claimed Haushofer and Willy Messerschmitt did not know of the flight.
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Gunther von
Hess
England
Mernberg
Rudolf Hess
Germany
Russia
Nuernberg
Hitler
Duke of Hamilton
Karl Haushofer
Haushofer
Willy Messerschmitt
Durham Veterans Hospital to rise six stories high
The Veterans Administration reports a Durham hospital planned near the city will be six or seven stories tall and cost about 4.25 million dollars. Construction awaits congressional appropriations with site selection soon and a single upward design using fireproof brick.
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The
Montgomery Rejects All Appeals Of Kramer Gang
Field Marshal Montgomery ordered Josef Kramer known as the beast of Belsen Irma Grese and nine other Nazi camp specialists to die on the gallows. The British commander rejected clemency appeals and a gallows is being prepared in a secret town in the British zone for ten condemned officials whose hangings are expected before Christmas.
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Charles Chamberlain Herford
Germany
Josef Kramer
Belsen
Irma Grese
Field Marshal Montgomery
Pierrepont
England
Kramer
Oswiecim
Oswiegin
Grese
Fritz Klein
Peter Weingartner
Franz Hoeszler
Juana Borman
Elizabeth Volkenrath
Karl Francich
Ansgar Pichen
Franz Staffle
Wilhelm Dorr
Borman
Volkenrath
Hoeszler
Montgomery
GM CIO Union Rejects 30 Cent Wage Demand
General Motors CIO United Auto Workers council recommended workers vote no on President Truman's back to work appeal and rejected a 10 percent wage increase. The 175,000 strikers push for a 30 cent raise while a 13 cent offer was rejected. Concurrently, CIO United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers called for a nationwide strike vote among 270,000 workers at GE, Westinghouse, and GM to strike in 1945 if needed.
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Truman
General Motors Council
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United Auto Workers
Uaw-Cio
New York
CIO United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Peomee
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Company
General Motors Coation
Electrical
U S Portugal Air Agreement Ends Pan American Monopoly
A U S Portugal air accord ends Pan American Airways monopoly on Lisbon routes and opens Azores as an alternate base for transatlantic flights. The agreement allows TWA to serve Lisbon on Middle East routes and expands coverage to Portuguese Pacific possessions, aligning with standard U S practice in aviation pacts.
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James J. Strebig
Washington
United States
Portugal
Pan American Airways
Lisbon
Azores
Transcontinental & Western Air
TWA
New Gun Battles Rage In Brazilian Demonstration
Buenos Aires dispatch reports two dead and at least four injured as gun battles erupt during a 200000 strong demonstration by the Democratic Union against Col Juan Peron. The clashes began in Congress Plaza as party reps denounced government “nazism” and one exchange occurred before Peron's district headquarters.
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Buenos Aires
The
Democratic Union
Juan Peron
Argentina
Congress Plaza
Peron
Britain to Send All Troops Needed to Stop East Indies Fighting
British sources report reinforcement of Dutch and British forces to restore order and Dutch sovereignty in the East Indies amid clashes in three Japanese cities. The plan follows the Singapore conference with Mountbatten and allied commanders, aiming to maintain order while pursuing constitutional reform within the Netherlands kingdom. Dutch Governor General Van Moor signals ongoing discussions with Indonesian leaders.
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Java
Netherlands
Singapore
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Philip Christison
Ander
Indies
Aneta
Hubertus J. van Moor
van Moor
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Australia Urges San Francisco as UNO Headquarters
In London on December 8 Col. W. R. Hodgson of Australia urged locating the United Nations headquarters in the United States with San Francisco as the site. He argued the city meets world site requirements while debate showed mixed international preference and the Commission adjourned without a decision.
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Australia
United Nations
United States
San Francisco
UNO Preparatory Commission
Col
W. R. Hodgson
Chile
Cuba
Philippines
Belgium
Canada
Greece
Netherlands
Poland
Europe
Hodgson
Uch
Coast To Coast Record Set By New Army Bomber
The XB-42 bomber flew from Long Beach to Bolling Field in 6 hours 17 minutes 34 seconds to set a west to east air record. It averaged 4382 miles per hour over 7295 miles with two crew aboard Lt. Col. H. E. Warden and Capt. Glenn W. at Wright Field. The unusual two engine bomber uses tail mounted propellers driven by shafts. Weather delayed the attempt until conditions favored an aerial record.
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Army
Long Beach
California
Bolling Field
Calif
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Lots
H. E. Warden
Air Technical Service Command
Wright Field
Ohio
Glenn W
Jap General Charged With Death March
The United States formally charged Lt. Gen. Masa haru Homma, conqueror of the Philippines, with permitting the Bataan death march and other atrocities against Filipinos and Armoricans. The indictment named four other officers for sanctioning murder and brutalities during the early war in the Philippines. Homma, 58, held at Omori prison camp outside Tokyo, will be taken to Manila for trial before a military commission.
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Tokyo
United States
Masaharu Homma
Philippines
Bataan
MacArthur
Homma
Omori
Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Nationalists to occupy three Manchurian cities
Chinese government troops to seize Dairen the free port and the cities Changchun and Harbin, as Russia grants permission according to Ho Ping Pao. Mukden not named, though on the north south railway spine. Chungking forces reported nearby.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Russia
Manchuria
Dairen
Ho Ping Pao
Changchun
Harbin
Mukden
Marshall cites risk of alerting Axis. Hawaii warning delayed
Gen George C Marshall told the Pearl Harbor committee that Axis interception of transatlantic calls made warning Hawaii on Dec 7, 1941 unsafe. He noted transmission delays and risk that warning telephones could reveal code breaches to Japan, delaying alerts to Short in Hawaii.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Hawaii
George C. Marshall
Pearl Harbor
Japan
U. S. High Command
Seattle
Wash
San Diego
Calif
Panama Canal
Marshall
Army Signal
Yg Radio
Walter C. Short
Ferguson
R - Mich
William C
Bullitt
France
London
United States
Army Reveals Identity Of Crash Dead
Names of twelve of the nineteen dead in the army transport plane crash near Billings Montana were released by Maj G D Fairless. The crew included two Northwest Airlines pilots George D Miller captain and Vernon W Pfannkuck first officer both died. The twin engine plane crashed in a blizzard while attempting a forced landing. Four occupants were in critical condition at a Billings hospital. The travelers were en route from Newark New Jersey to Seattle Washington for discharge or reassignment. All but seven names remained unreleased.
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Mont
G. D. Fairless
Great Falls Army Air Base
Newark
N. J
Seattle
Wash
Northwest Airlines
George D. Miller
St. Paul
Minn
Vernon W. Pfannkuck
Breda
Iowa
Tokyo rumor on cabinet resignation discussed in press
Rumors circulated that the Shidehara cabinet may resign after failing to secure reprieve from an Allied arrest order for Prince Morimasa Nashimoto. Nippon Times cited political circles before Kyodo News Agency reported no definite indications of an imminent end.
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Shidehara
Nippon Times
Morimasa Nashimoto
Kyodo
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