Pearl Harbor staff resigns Reamer and 10 other Nazis die
In a Dublin dispatch, De Valera, premier of Eire, is profiled as a storied figure whose rise from scholar to political leader is traced. The piece notes Ireland's independent republic status and external ties to the British Commonwealth, detailing a dramatic sequence involving the governor-general and royal advisement.
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Pearl Harbor
Reamer
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Essor
England
MacKenzie
Southern Ireland
de Valera
Attorneys Seek Release From Committee in Pearl Harbor Inquiry
Washington December 16 The Pearl Harbor inquiry faces two setbacks as the entire local staff requests withdrawal and Senate leader Senator Barkley contemplates resigning as committee chair. Counsel William D. Mitchell estimates at least 60 more witnesses remain, possibly taking months. Republican members stay silent while Democrats discuss next steps. Mitchell offers staff to aid new counsel, but the current team cannot stay beyond early in the year. Ikley weighs relative obligations to the committee and the Senate before deciding on his leadership role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Senate-House Committee
Sen. Barkley
D-Ky
William D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Senate
44 Cars And Trucks In Fatal Traffic Jam In California
In San Bernardino California on December 14 a chain collision involving 44 cars and trucks occurred on U S 99 after a truck struck a taxi and blocked the road. Nine people were injured none seriously. a fuel spill and fire followed. cattle were released from a collapsed trailer amid the smoke and confusion.
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San Bernardino
Calif
California
U. S. 99
Dale Pence
Clarence W. Miller
Phoenix
Ariz
District Attorney Leads Probe Into Four Deaths
District Attorney Edmund Brown directs a nationwide inquiry into four elderly women who died and were cremated after encounters with Alfred Leonard Cline. He links each case to Cline or a similar alias, noting hotels, cremations, and large estates and naming victims across Chicago Oakland Macon Portland Dallas and San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Edmund Brown
Alfred Leonard Cline
Brown
Macon
Portland
Los Angeles
Jacksonville
Fla
Dallas
Eva Delora Krebs
Chicago
Cline
Frank Ward
Columbus
Klein
Elizabeth Hannah Klein
Elizabeth Huntlew
Oakland
Alma Willa Carter
Geary Street
Alice W. Carpenter
Bloomington
Ind
Krebs
Isabel van Natta
Group Opposed To Hitler Cult In Raid On House
Masked attackers stormed the Kingdom house, HQ of the Legion of Christian Reformers, beating custodian Arthur Schneider who was bound gagged and driven to Pentworth Sussex. The Legion has earlier drawn attention at a furniture auction of Nazi symbols and busts of Hitler.
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London
Kingdom House
Legion of Christian Reformers
Arthur Schneider
Schneider
Pentworth
Sussex
Legion
Hitler
Patton's Condition Rated Excellent After Wreck
In Heidelberg and Frankfurt on December 14 Gen. George S. Patton Jr. is described as out of danger of death though possibly unable to command troops again. Doctors report temperature 99, pulse 64, respiration 24 and healing scalp wounds with an excellent overall condition.
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Gen. Patton
Heidelberg
Germany
R. Glen Spurling
George 8. Patton, Jr
Patton
Frankfurt
George
Fluctuation Noted In Weed Prices Across Tobacco Belts
Raleigh reports from December 14 note price fluctuations at auctions on old and middle flue cured belts. Common red leaf fell $6 per hundred. common orange leaf $3. nondescript $5 to $6 lower. Middle belt average $39.94 down $2.29. old belt $42.93 down $1.43. Louisburg market closed.
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Raleigh
Ednesday
Old Belt
Middle Belt
Louisburg
Belsen Gang Leaders Hanged At Hamelin Prison
Eleven condemned Belsen and Oswiecim criminals were executed by hanging at Hamelin. Josef Kramer Irma Grese and Juana Borman led a list of victims while Dr Fritz Klein and Karl Francich were among those executed. Witnesses included former inmates with special passes as British guards oversaw the proceedings.
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Hamburg
Germany
Ery
Josef Kramer
Belsen
Irma Grese
Hamelin
Pierrepont
Lueneburg
Wesser
Royal Engineers
Marshallae
Oswiecim
Elizabeth Volkenrath
S. S
Juana Borman
Franz Hoeszler
Kramer
Fritz Klein
Peter Weingartner
Karl Francioh
Maree Pichen
Franz Starfle
Wilhelm Dorr
Montgomery
Karl Francich
Ansgar Pichen
Franz Staffle
Six Man Staff to Prosecute Japanese Leader Homma
A six man staff led by Lt. Col. Frank E. Meek Caldwell Idaho was named by the U S army war crimes branch to prosecute Lt Gen Masaharu Homma on charges of condoning atrocities including the death of six men. Indictment likely return December 18 with trial set to begin about January 7. Allied headquarters in Tokyo ordered the Japanese government to answer if Homma was the supreme commander of all Japanese forces in the Philippines and if he commanded the Japanese air forces there.
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Manila
Frank E. Meek
Caldwell
Ida
U. S. Army
Pacific
Masaharu Homma
Homma
Tokyo
Philippines
CIO Electrical Workers Vote For 200000 Walkout
The CIO Electrical Workers approved a strike by about 200000 workers in General Electric Westinghouse and General Motors plants across 75 industrial centers in 16 states. Ballots reported show 86794 in favor 18216 against with complete returns due later today.
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CIO
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
National Labor Relations Board
United Auto Workers
CIO United Steelworkers Union
CIO United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Detroit
Ciouaw
Three Tar Heels Are In Custody
Baltimore police hold North Carolina men for grand jury trial on untaxed whiskey for sale and transport without permit. Billy Pierce 21 Claude McLean 38 of North Wilkesboro and Robert Dowell 34 of Roaring River arrested as whiskey moved from truck to two cars. Police found 175 cases in the truck 27 in one car and 14 in the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
North Carolina
Billy Pierce
Claude McLean
North Wilkesboro
Robert Dowell
Roaring River
Byrnes Brief Stop En Route To Moscow
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes made a brief stop in Frankfurt after arriving from Paris before continuing to Berlin and Moscow for talks with Molotov and Bevin. A U.S. embassy spokesman said Byrnes’ plane was expected to reach Moscow today barring weather issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrnes
Moscow
Frankfurt
Germany
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Paris
U. S
Ickes Attacks Republicans At PAC Meet
Secretary Ickes criticized Republicans at a Chicago gathering of the national citizens political action committee. He accused them of targeting Franklin D. Roosevelt and predicted a strong defeat for the late president. He linked Pearl Harbor inquiry and Hurley resignation remarks to the GOP.
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Ickes
PAC
Chicago
Pearl Harbor
Hurley
National Citizens Political Action Committee
Interior
Roosevelt
Congressional
State Department
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Deer Returns With Hunter's Gun After Elk Chase
In Hagerstown Maryland, A B Knight and Wade Satterfield with guide Edwin Hutchinson hunted near Berkeley Springs West Virginia. A 200 pound buck was wounded and fled with the gun entangled in its antlers. The deer later died with the weapon still attached.
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Hagerstown
A. B. Knight
Wade Satterfield
Fairmont
W. Va
Edwin Hutchinson
Berkeley Springs
Maryland
Knight
Satterfield
British Approved Bretton Woods Pact Amid Debate
The British House of Commons ratified the Bretton Woods monetary stabilization pact as a condition for a 4.4 billion dollar loan from the United States. The measure passed 345 to 98 after a heated debate led by Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, with Bevin calling Churchill’s critique a libel and Churchill urging conservatives to abstain to avoid harming Britain’s standing with the United States.
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London
House of Commons
Bretton Woods
United States
Britain
House of Lords
Commons
Lords
Labor
Winston Churchill
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Churchill
Four Point Plan Outlined For Palestine
The United States and Britain issued a four point set of instructions to the 12 member Palestine inquiry committee. It directs examination of conditions affecting Jewish immigration, refugee plight in Europe, Arab and Jewish views, and other recommendations to aid emigration and settlement, with a 120 day reporting deadline.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Palestine
London
Holy Land
Europe
One Toilet Seat On Way To Dewey
Governor Dewey’s staff watched for an express delivery carrying a white toilet seat for the McKinley room in the executive mansion. James P. Kalteux wired from Schenectady that the seat could be exchanged for another color when supplies allowed. Dewey had said state prestige counted for little in the fight for the seat.
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Albany
N. Y
Dewey
Executive Mansion
Schenectady
James P. Kalteux
McKinley Room
Empire State
Fire destroys Thomas Howard warehouse in Statesville
A four story brick warehouse owned by the Thomas Howard Wholesale Grocery company in Statesville burned yesterday causing an estimated loss of 85 000 to 90 000 dollars. Fire departments battled the blaze through hours of high heat and smoke. No injuries were reported.
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Stateville
Statesville
Thomas Howard Wholesale Grocery Company
Six Million Jews Reported Killed in Nazi Campaign
German secret police estimates presented at the Nuremberg trial say about six million European Jews died during extermination. Hoettl cites Eichmann as informing him of the figure, with 4 million killed in camps and 2 million by other means. Warsaw ghetto massacre details are included, citing Stroop’s command and claimed killings.
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Mernberg
International Military Tribunal
Hitler
Wilhelm Hoettl
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Russia
Hoettl
Adolf Eichman
Secret Police
Eichman
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Warsaw Ghetto
Frank Walsh
New York City
U. S
Warsaw
Stroop
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