Idle Workers Top 400000 As Strikes Loom Across Nation
Associated Press reports growing labor unrest with President Truman urging action on curbing work stoppages. Thousands more join idle rolls as January threats of new walkouts surface in four major industries affecting about 1.5 million workers. In Chicago the CIO farm equipment and metal workers union cites wage talks under strain.
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Con
Dent Truman
Chicago
CIO Farm Equipment and Metal Workers' Union
Five Million Homes Goal Of Government
President Truman outlines an emergency goal of five million new homes to be built if private enterprise cannot supply them. He assigns Wilson Wyatt Jr. to expedite housing and urges use of all government resources. He notes prewar construction rivaled one million dwellings and counts replacement of sub standard housing as additional need.
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Washington
Emer
Wilson Wyatt, Jr
Wyatt
Truman
Campaign window set for 10th district special election
Governor Cherry announced candidates in the North Carolina 10th district special congressional race will have 15 to 30 days to campaign. The period covers setting up election machinery and printing ballots before a ballot date is issued. Democrats nominated Judge Sam J. Ervin of Morganton to fill the seat after Rep. Joe W. Ervin’s death. Republicans will meet tomorrow to discuss their choice.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Cherry
Sam J. Ervin
Morganton
Joe W. Ervin
Two-Headed Babe Born In England Dies After Brief Life
A two headed baby girl born to Mrs. Joseph Govro near Festus Missouri died after 50 hours of life in Birmingham England. Doctors planned a post mortem to study the anatomy. Govro, a former U.S. soldier, learned of the birth by cable and hoped to bring his wife Gladys to the United States soon.
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Birmingham
England
United States
Joseph Govro
Festus
St. Louis
Govro
Truman's Talk Draws Quick Public Reaction
The White House said President Truman's radio address sparked swift reader response with over 100 telegrams arriving by morning. About 80 percent were unfailingly favorable, while the rest mixed or unfavorable. Plans set the State of the Union address for Jan. 15 and the budget message for Jan. 16, with delivery method still undecided.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Nead
Ross
State of the Union
Congress
Air Line Restores Brunswick Flights Tomorrow
Eastern Air Lines announced it would resume service to Brunswick Georgia the day after January 4 marking two daily flights linking Brunswick with Savannah Columbia Raleigh Durham Richmond Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York on north bound trips.
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Eastern Air Lines
Brunswick
Savannah
Columbia
8. C
Raleigh-Durham
N. C
Richmond
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Death March Order Attributed To General Homma
Lt. Col. Michio Kitayama testified at the war crimes trial that Lt. Gen. Masharu Homma gave the order for the Bataan death march from Camp CDonnell in April 1942. He described witnessing the execution and said Homma showed no concern for emaciated American and Filipino prisoners.
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Manila
Masharu Homma
Bataan
Camp Cdonnell
Homma
Michio Kitayama
Kitayama
Verdict Soon in Capt. McVay Court Martial Case
The Navy said review of the record and findings in Captain Charles McVay third's court martial is complete and before the judge advocate general. It must still go to the Bureau of Personnel and the Secretary of the Navy, with public findings possible in about two weeks. The court cleared McVay of inefficiency in the loss of the Indianapolis but did not reveal a recount finding. The cruiser was sunk July 30 between Guam and Leyte due to submarine attack.
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Washington
Navy
Chas. McVay
Judge Advocate General
Bureau of Personnel
Secretary of the Navy
McVay
Indianapolis
Guam
Leyte
Hess Tried To End War During '40
Secret papers reveal Adolf Hitler’s deputy Rudolf Hess sought contact with English figures to end the war as early as fall 1940. Haushofer’s 1941 report details Hess sending a letter to the Duke of Hamilton through a Swiss Red Cross official and pursuing peace talks via neutral channels. The pursuit culminated in Hess’s 1941 mission to England and Geneva, with later execution linked to the 1944 plot against Hitler.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Rudolf Hess
Fuehrer
Hitler
Hess
Albrecht Haushofer
Aushofer
Duke of Hamilton
International Red Cross
Haushofer
Gestapo
Hausser
Red Cross
England
Geneva
Alamance Food Dealers Elect New President
C E Mize of Alamance county was chosen president of the Alamance food dealers association at a Burlington meeting. Twenty nine independent food dealers joined the organization, expanding its membership.
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Burlington
C. E. Mize
Alamance County
Alamance Food Dealers Association
Japan moves to purge wartime leaders in new directives
Tokyo reports General MacArthur orders a drastic housecleaning of Japan's government with an emergency session called by Premier Idehara. The directives target nearly all current leaders and aim to dissolve ultra nationalist and militarist groups and bar officials who led Japan into war.
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MacArthur
Jan
Idehara
Japan
Kijuro Shidehara
Sh Yoshida
Fettuyo
Interpre
Progressive Party
Custrom
The
Dragon
Glass Observes 88th Birthday In Quiet Way
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia quietly marks his 88th birthday amid illness and no public observance. He has served in Congress for 44 years, with a long Senate tenure second only to McKellar and Capper. Flowers and gifts from close friends are expected.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Federal Reserve Bank System
Orr elected president of State College CA
Edgar Orr of Rocky Mount, a junior in engineering, is elected president of the State College CA for the current school year at Raleigh in the YMCA report dated January 4.
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Y.M.C.A. Raleigh
Edgar Orr
Rocky Mount
State College CA
Hull Shelved Army-Navy Note Before Pearl Harbor
Admiral Harold R. Stark told investigators that Secretary Hull gave his November 26 1941 note to Japan without notifying the army or navy. The note later labeled an ultimatum was used as a prewar pretext for war.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
Pearl Harbor
State Hull
Hawaii defenses studied for anticipated second Pearl Harbor raid
Congressional investigators heard that Hawaii’s defenders expected a Japanese return and urged more fighters and anti-aircraft guns after Pearl Harbor. They noted a December 7, 1941, Navy patrol of ten planes in a different direction than the enemy task force.
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Washington
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Secretary Hull and the notice to Japan debated in Congress
Rep Gearhart questions whether Secretary Hull fulfilled his duty by delivering a war message to the Japanese fleet without informing the army and navy. Stark, former chief of naval operations, says he believes Hull would have informed the president. Stark cites potential Marshall protest when asked.
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Eet Nethe Aes
War Council
Rep
Gearhart
R-Calif
Army
Navy
Stark
Marshall
Byrnes Unable To Hold Meeting Due To Cold
Secretary of State Byrnes misses work due to a persistent cold and cancels his news conference. An aide said he may travel to London to attend the United Nations assembly, with departure possible Monday or Tuesday, but the date is not fixed.
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Washington
Byrnes
Department
U Ted
London
United Nations Assembly
Patterson's Views On Demobilization Puzzles Pacific Troops
Secretary of War Patterson tours the Pacific and spars with soldiers and reporters over demobilization. Marines and Army personnel question discharge points and March 20 releases while Patterson cites shipping limits and lacks Navy knowledge. He says Washington handles emergency furloughs, not theater commanders.
Paris Appearances Show War Scarred Yet Stylish Streets
The author notes Paris streets filled with wooden clogs due to leather shortages, describing the clack of wooden soles and a city in disarray from bombing and wear. He contrasts wartime scarcity with old Parisian gaiety, lamenting the loss of vivacity and quality in shop displays.
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AP World Traveler
Paris
Mack
France
Greasy Smile To Be Off Again Then On Again
Civilian butter supplies will be 30 million pounds leaner in the January to March period than in the last quarter of 1945. The Agriculture Department allotted 369 million pounds for the new period while the tentative April to June quota is 470 million pounds.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Nation Hears Truman Radio Address Urging Action
President Truman urged Americans to take more action and less talk in a half hour radio speech. He warned time is running out on reconversion measures as Congress adjourns and warned of serious consequences if leadership wavers. He called for cooperation among Congress, industry, labor and farmers to avoid drift in 1946 and stressed keeping management labor disputes from delaying postwar unity.
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Jan
Truman
Senate
Congress
Nun
Ipea
Inggen
Senator Johnson urges Truman to halt strikes with war powers
Senator Erwin C. Johnson urged President Truman to use war powers to stop strikes until Congress acts. He called the strike crisis the most aggravating in his lifetime and pressed for rapid action at the White House. Johnson argued Congress failed to act and said the president should curb strikes even during the 11th hour before adjournment.
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Washington
Erwin C. Johnston
Dcole
Truman
Congress
Johnson
White House
Trueman
Confessed Killer Pays With Life In Electric Chair
James W. Hall a 24 year old former Little Rock cab driver and confessed slayer of six persons died in the electric chair at the state prison farm in Tucker Arkansas at 7 22 am He was executed for the murder of his cop and wife Fayrene Clemmons Hall died without uttering a word Mrs Hall's father A Z Clemmons of Conway witnessed the execution among 64 spectators The couple’s death followed the August 1944 beating of Mrs Hall on the banks of the Arkansas river Hall had previously confessed the slaying of five other persons during hitchhiking runs in Arkansas and Kansas
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Ark
James W. Hall
Little Rock
Fayrene Clemmons
Arkansas
Hall
Kansas
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