Pearl Harbor inquiry nears wrap after extended hearings
The congressional Pearl Harbor investigation winds down after months of testimony and internal clashes. Key figures Gen. Walter Short Adm. Husband Kimmel and other top officers faced questions about Washington’s role, while factions argued over accountability as 3.5 million words filled committee files.
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Pearl Harbor
Roberts Commission
Army
Navy
Committee
F.D.R
Walter Short
Husband E. Kimmel
Hawaii
Washington
Adm
William D. Leahy
George C. Hall
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Bowles rises to Economic Stabilization post after steel talks
Chester Bowles exits his advertising firm to join the homefront effort and emerges as the nation’s stabilizer. As Economic Stabilization Administrator he vows to hold food shelter and clothing costs near present levels while facing a tough fight to seal the steel price bulge and curb inflation in housing and real estate.
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Chester Bowles
OPA
Bowles
Capitol Hill
Congress
Historic anniversaries marked in early American dates
The list notes events tied to February and March including Canal Zone transfer by treaty with Panama on February 26 and Dominican Republic Independence Day on February 27. It also recalls Texas Independence Day on March 2 and anniversaries tied to the first U S postage stamp and the first draft law passed by Congress.
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Canal Zone
U. S
Panama
Dominican Republic
Texas
Congress
World and Local Biases From Odd News Snippets
Sen Tom Connally said in England he ate only two bacon meals and one egg during a five week UNO conference stay and found no evidence of German starvation. A four room Poplar Bluff house with running water sold for 1250 with the water source described as flowing Black River at a low stage. In Kansas City a Kolander lunchroom was robbed for the third time in nine days. Miss Isabella Shepherd claims 106 but doctors age her at 112 in Rhuddlan. In London Zog left for Egypt with 2000 pieces of luggage and 30 suits amid clothes rationing debates.
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Berlin
Tom Connally
D-Tex
England
UNO
Germany
Poplar Bluff
Rift in presidential appointments shapes week in Washington
George E. Allen won Senate confirmation as a director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation amid disputes over Edwin W. Pauley for Undersecretary of the Navy and Commodore James K. Vardaman Jr. for a Federal Reserve Board governorship. Ickes blasted Pauley as the rawest proposition, prompting intra party turmoil as Truman and Ickes clashed over policy and integrity.
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George E. Allen
National Democratic
Pauley
Navy
James K. Vardaman, Jr
Federal Reserve Board
Ickes
Democratic National
Democratic Party
Truman
Mass Production Edges Back After Four Week Steel Strike
The CIO United Steel Workers strike slowed four weeks of mass production. U S Steel accepted an 18 percent hourly wage rise ending the deadlock. Detroit auto talks narrow to one cent pay gap as Schwellenbach urges speedier negotiations. Rail and telephone unions prepare for possible strikes while farmers threaten parity readjustment and farm holiday actions.
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Little Steel
Cio-United Steel Workers
U. S. Steel
Detroit
General Motors
United Auto Workers
James F. Dewey
Schwellenbach
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Brotherhood of Railway
Argentina braces for election as Peron faces international blow
Argentina prepares for a pivotal vote with the armed services running polls and Col. Juan Peron defending his regime amid a State Department memo accusing his circle of Nazi collaboration. Opponent Jose Tamborini watches closely as Peron’s supporters clash with foes and axis war crimes trials continue worldwide.
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Argentina
Army
Navy
Air Force
Juan Peron
Peron
U.S. State Department
Science Target ships in Pacific A-bomb tests
Naval scientists say Pacific atomic tests on target ships will alternate periods of punishment and inspection until destruction or full endurance. Early blasts will be light with later heavier attacks after radioactivity dwindles for checks. Instruments will measure shock and heat. Final control rests with a civilian commission.
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Pacific
Army
Navy
A-Bomb Spy Rumors Rock Jittery World
The war era spy panic spreads as Byrnes and officials seek to dampen rumors of atomic secrets. Canada plans a public statement after a two man Royal Commission timeline shifts to address the spy ring and speculation.
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Dominion
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Canada
Clement Attlee
Britain
Washington
FR Spercurions
World War II aircraft output and espionage notes
The article compares 1942 to 1944 aircraft production across the United States Britain Germany and Japan with U S output peaking in 1944 and then declining after V J Day It also reports Canadian counter espionage cases tied to Soviet contacts and Moscow atomic secrets debates including remarks by Joseph E Davies and reactions in Congress and by researchers about defense and research needs.
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Russia
Britain
Germany
Japan
United States
U. S
E. E. Wilson
AIA
Canada
Ivor Gosenko
Ottawa
Gosenko
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Dominion
Havana
Joseph E. Davies
Moscow
Rep. Gwinn
R-Ny
Davies
Ralph McDonald
National Education Association
Senate Atomic Energy Commission
Quotes from Hirohito Wallace Luce on public service
The record notes Emperor Hirohito praising General MacArthur as a very great man. Henry Wallace says he will not seek the Presidency if Truman runs. Clare Boothe Luce declares she will be unavailable for elective office by design or draft after embracing Catholic faith.
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Emperor Hirohito
MacArthur
Commerce
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Clare Boothe Luce
Rconn
Predicted timeline for Japan rebuilding by premier sparks debate
In Short Predicted by Premier Kijuro Shidehara, it would take 20 or 30 years to rebuild Japan. The US Army in Germany denies Fritz Kuhn’s release from an Heidelberg interne ment camp. Henry Greenberg and Caral Gimbel wed in Detroit. Churchill set to address Virginia General Assembly on March 8. Boston Mayor James M. Curley sentenced to 6 to 18 months for mail fraud. Jimmy Stewart denies Pennsylvania governor bid.
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Kijuro Shideohara
Japan
U. S
Germany
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Heidelberg
Henry
Hank) Greenberg
Detroit
Caral Gimebel
Winston Churchill
Virginia General Assembly
Western Hemisphere
James M. Curley
Boston
Jimmy Stewar
Army Air Forces
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POPE
Spellman
Rome
Sacred College of Cardinals
Pius XII
Sy Eran
MISC
Internal Revenue
Margaret and
Margaret Truman
Leonard Simon
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Hirohito
Akihito
Kansas City
William G. Kolander
Rhuddlan
Wales
Isabella Shepherd
London
Zog
Egypt
Senate
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Grange
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Auto Strike Center
C. E. Wilson
R. J. Thomas
United Autoworkers
Bolivia
Spruille Braden
U.S
Buenos Aires
Jose Tamborini
Democratic Union
Nuernberg
Manila
Shanghai
Science
America
The
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