Crime rise blamed on unsettled times in North Carolina
North Carolina officials report a steady crime rise since before Pearl Harbor with youth involvement high. Crime increases blamed on war hangover and unsettled conditions. auto thefts largely by under 21s, while juvenile court cases exceed 3,000 annually. Local police note traffic violations up since wartime rationing and targeted efforts to curb juvenile delinquency.
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Cora B. Stegall
Raleigh
Carolina
Thomas Creekmore
State Bureau of Investigation
North Carolina
Pearl Harbor
Creekmiore
Creekmore
Kyle Matthews
Riaus
Delia
Numa F. Turner
Wake County
Charlotte
Anderson
Wayne
Scipal
Superior Court
Forsyth County Grand Jury
Greensboro
L. L. Jarvis
E. G. Belvin
Durham County
Belvin
Durham
H. F. King
Asheville
Wilson Warlick
Buncombe Superior Court
Congress Tees Up Wide Warner Labor Legislation Clash
Congress gears for a heated week as the labor committee begins hearings Monday. Ramspeck warns action within a week while labor opponents threaten long sessions. The military committee may amend the labor bill on Tuesday. Senate hearings start Wednesday as battle lines form over labor and anti racketeering measures and a broad full employment bill faces a crowded agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Committee
Ramspeck
D-Ga
House
Labor
Military
May
Military Committee
Senate
Truman
House Expenditures Committee
Congress
House Civil Service Committee
UNRRA
United Nations Organization
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Executive Department
National Labor Relations Board
Geese in custody described by war crimes officer
Maj. G. I. Draner visited Luenebure jail cells and reported Irma Geese looking awful with a neat appearance gone, crying and nervous. Kramer and Klein appeared in good spirits, joking about memory loss as Klein struggled to recall details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Geese
Maj. G. I. Draner
War Crimes Section
Luenebure
Geese
Kramer
Klein
British and Dutch clash in Batavia and Ambarawa fighting
British reinforcements join Dutch troops as they hold objectives after fierce exchanges near Batavia Tandjong Priok Harbor and Kramat. In Ambarawa skirmishes two Indian soldiers die, and fires follow looting accusations. Soerabaja faces a critical rice shortage with only four weeks supply. Red Cross reports a large relief shipment from New York including 23 000 family kits and many private parcels for East Indies internees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Bandoeng
Ambarawa
Tandjong Priok Harbor
Kramat
Riong
Soerabaja
Red Cross
New York City
East Indies
U.S. Air Pact Allows Azores Stops for Major Carriers
The article notes new air pact terms permitting Pan American to land and pick up passengers in the Azores while permitting other carriers to use the Azores as stops. It lists Portugal routes for Pan American and TWA and states current certificated carriers for Portugal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Denmark
Sweden
Iceland
Ireland
Switzerland
Norway
Portugal
Pan American
London
Newfoundland
Marseilles
TWA
France
Civil Aeronautics Rd
American Overseas Airlines
North Atlantic
Azores
Army lists dead and wounded in latest action release
Maj Fairless announced the release of confirmed dead from the latest action with next of kin in rural areas to be notified tomorrow. Names include Maj Roy Craft of Ramond Washington and Lt Anthony Alan Sky of Medford Oregon among others, with several more deaths and a critically injured corporal reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairless
Roy K. Craft
Ramond
Wash
Anthony W. Alansky
Medford
Ore
Thomas A. Thonsom
E. Birch St
Walla Walla
Charles E. Enne
Manchester
Virgin
E. Kinne
Boyd Ave
D'Alene
Idaho
Chapman
26Th St
Vancouver
Tech
Glenn C. Marr
Wenatchee
Lorell C. Cassell
Forks
John M. Marshall
49Th St
Portland
English Group Demands Break With Franco
A 120 member British Parliament group adopted a resolution calling for immediate severance of diplomatic, commercial, and economic ties with Franco's Spain. The rally urged support for a democratic regime, while Paris sources noted France inviting US Britain and Russia to declare positions on breaking relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Spain
Emergency Committee
Paris
Constituent Assembly
France
United States
Britain
Russia
State Department
Washington
Georges Bidault
Assembly
Foreign Affairs Commission
F. T. Willey
Latin America
Ion
Mexico
Jose Gira Pereira
Madrid
Ing
Giral
Workers Press for Higher Wages and Wide-Spread Strikes
Union demands include a 30 percent wage hike with a $2 daily raise as CIO UAW displays a motorized picket at GM plants in Detroit in support of strikers. GM offered raises of 13.5 cents hourly, about 10 percent, while other unions press for 25 to 30 cent hikes amid widespread walkouts and ongoing labor actions across trucking, telephone, and tugboat sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciouaw
Detroit
Uaw-Cno
Ford
General Motors
H. W. Anderson
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Chicago
Greyhound Bus Lines
Midwest
E. W. Gallahan
AFL Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Union
Washington
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company
New York
New York Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Philadelphia
United Harbor Workers
District 50
United Mine Workers
Bridges Demand To Inspect Documents In Hurley Resignation
Senator Bridges demands access to secret State Department papers related to General Patrick J. Hurley resignation as ambassador to China. Undersecretary Dean Acheson is asked to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridges
Hurley
Washington
State Department
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Dean Acheson
Foreign Relations Committee
Localized Listing of Names and Addresses
Ford A. Barnes of Harrisburg Oregon T five Raymond E. Emerson of Newport Oregon T five Emil A. Hasch of Yakima Washington Pfe Raymond Parkins 926 Seventh Street Coeur d Alene Idaho T five
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford A. Barnes
Harrisburg
Ore
Raymond E. Emerson
Newport
Emil A. Hasch
Yakima
Wash
Raymond Parkins
Seventh St
Coeur D-Alene
Idaho
Navy V-12 Program To End At Duke
Duke University received formal notice from the Navy department that the V-12 and wartime reserve officer training corps will end on January 15 1946. If funds exist the V-5 may continue to July 1 with present active duty terms, per Rear Admiral Fechteler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Duke
Durham
N. C
Duke University
Navy Department
Wm. M. Fechteler
Asst
Naval Personel
First Japanese war criminals await trial in Yokohama
An American military tribunal will begin December 17 at Yokohama with about 300 Japanese accused of atrocities against American POWs. Indictments cover 42 specifications against officers including Homma and Kempei Tai leaders for murder, rape, pillage and war crimes in the Philippines and elsewhere. Some suspects may be tried in Hawaii for Pearl Harbor related murders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Wilhelm D. Styer
U. S
Southwest Pacific
Homma
Saichi, Ohta
Bataan
Japan
Yokohama
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor era intelligence debate at Senate hearing
Admiral Hart warned Stark of Britain's lack of guidance after Singapore lessons as Ferguson presses for British evaluations of intercepted Japanese messages. Marshall testified Japan feared general war and eyed Panama Canal Seattle and Diego targets, deeming Hawaii strike most unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Hart
Harold R. Stark
Pearl Harbor
Singapore
Britain
Ferguson
United States
Michigan
George C. Marshall
U. S. Navy
Marshall
War Department
Senate
Hill
Roosevelt
Japan
Sherman Miles
Pacific
Panama Canal
Seattle
Wash
Diego
Calif
Hawaii
Senator cites secret documents on Iran policy and Hurley ambassadorship
Bridges is a member. The documents cited by the senator concern two charges by Hurley: that Acheson led a drive to destroy the nation’s Iran policy and that career diplomats in Chungking and at the State Department attempted to undermine Hurley’s course as ambassador to the Chinese Nationalist government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridges
Hurley
Acheson
Iran
Chungking
State Department
Hess recounts his 1941 escape flight to England
Hess details his 1940 decision to seek peace with Britain, his aims for a landing to prompt talks, and the two conditions he demanded in exchange for a settlement. He notes only an adjutant knew of the plan, the delays before departure, and his continued loyalty to Hitler despite German doubts and censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hess
England
France
Germany
Fuchrer
Landsberg
Fuehrer
Haven
Herr Hess
Engla
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Willy Messerschmitt
Prof. Haushofer
A. Messerschmitt
Haushofer
Duke of Hamilton
Lnewge
Psoge Tyen
North Sea
Great Britain
Nlorth
Africa
Messerse Leninsant
Augsburg
Bad Wookade
Adolph Hitler
Chief Predicts Globe Girdling Super Bombers
General Henry H. Arnold told the Pennsylvania Society dinner that new super bombers will fly non stop up to 16 000 miles linking New York and London. He said future planes may drop atomic bombs worldwide with robotic, crewless aircraft also possible and warned of dangerous radar guided V-2 equipped weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dec
Henry H. Arnold
London
Army Air Forces
Pennsylvania Society
Nationalists Await Russian Signal on Manchuria Entry
The article cites Chiang Kai-shek's son Chiang Ching-kuo and Chinese negotiator Ho Ping-pao as sources. It reports Moscow delaying troop withdrawal until January 3 and renewed talks to fly Chinese troops into Manchuria while Harbin and Changchun lie in the north awaiting a Russian move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ho Ping Pao
Chiang Chung-Kuo
Harbin
Changchun
Chungking
Chungeking
Moscow
Manchuria
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