Tornado Toll Rises to 23 in East Texas and Louisiana
Texas troopers aided local officials across three communities as blameworthy twisters left 23 known dead, hundreds injured or in critical condition, and extensive property damage in Pineyland and nearby towns including Palestine Clawson Nacogdoches Lufkin and Southview.
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Bayou Teche
St. Martinsville
Port Arthur
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Rascae
Mexican
Pinelad
Theiew
Clangon
Lufkin
Nacogdoches
Southview
Appleby
Clawson
Japs Bow To MacArthur Latest Order
Tokyo reports that the Japanese cabinet drafted ordinances to remove officials linked to wartime policy in line with General MacArthur’s orders. Cabinet session delayed as Tsugita indicates a purge of three to five ministers may occur, with Tsugita possibly among those affected.
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MacArthur
Tokyo
Japan
Daizaburo Tsugita
Tsugita
Yomiuri Hachi
UNRRA Chief in Germany Urged to Resign
London dispatch reports Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan urged to quit as head of UNRRA Germany after remarks at a Frankfurt news conference blamed a secret Jewish group for mass Jewish exodus. He may lose authority and payroll rights if he resists. Deputy Brigadier Stawell to act temporarily.
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Frederick Morgan
UNRRA
Germany
Ane
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Frankfurt
Poland
Czechoslovakia
NARA
William Arthur MacDonald Stawell
Strikes Set For 15th In 3 Big Concerns
The CIO Electrical Workers union announced a nationwide 200000 worker strike in General Electric Westinghouse and General Motors plants scheduled for January 15. The move follows a revised GE wage offer, while a Frisco railway walkout was stayed by an emergency board. A Western Electric strike threat looms as talks stall.
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Westinghouse
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Truman
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San Francisco
Frisco
Brotherhood of Railroad
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Tennessee
Texas
Mississippi
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Florida
Railway Mediation Board
Western Electric
Frank J. Fitzsimmons
Western Electric Em
Patterson To Get Question From New Veterans League
Honolulu report says Guam chapter of the American veterans committee voted to ask Secretary of War Patterson if discharge points in the army were frozen as of V J day and whether this shows war department efficiency. Patterson had been surprised to learn discharge points stopped accumulating on September 2, surrender day.
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The
Navy News
Guam
American Veterans Committee
Patterson
Secretary of War
War Department
Army
Stars and Stripes
Japan
Increase in Farm Machinery Output Hits Postwar High
Washington reports November production of farm machinery valued at 55 million dollars, the highest since World War II. October output stood at 53 million, and November 1944 at about 50 million. The gain follows September low of 47.86 million due to work stoppages cited by the CPA.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
Soviet Seeks Delay in Bretton Woods Money Pact
Russia asks for more time to study the Bretton Woods agreements before signing. A State Department official said Moscow informed Ambassador Averell Harriman of the delay. If signed, Russia would contribute 2.4 billion dollars but boards must approve. The bank and fund are expected to begin only after lengthy negotiations and member approvals.
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Russia
Bretton Woods
State Department
Averell Harriman
Moscow
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International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Policies Now Comparable To 1933 Germany Policies
Assistant Secretary of State Spru ille Braden said axis forces using Argentina as a wartime base remain a danger to the Americas. He outlined a policy of group action with inter-American allies and warned that Argentina could drift toward a national socialist revolution. Briggs described police and army elements aiding the regime, while Braden endorsed Uruguay’s idea for collective intervention if a republic violates human rights.
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Jan
Spruille Braden
Argentina
Americas
NBC
Aires
Braden
Ellis O. Briggs
Office of American Republic Affairs
State Department
Briggs
Raden
Far Eastern Investigators Depart to Study Pacific Matters
Eight congressmen from the naval agriculture interstate and foreign commerce and appropriations committees left Washington by navy plane for a Pacific tour. They will visit Japan China Korea and several island bases to study naval problems silk worm cultivation treasure operations and transportation with experts and Far Eastern officials. Representative Vinson did not travel but will oversee the broad study by the panel including Rivers Fogarty Bates Coleman Johnson Rizley and Canfield with others picked up en route.
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Far East
House
Naval
Agriculture
Japan
China
Korea
Vinson
Naval Committee
Pacific
Agriculture Committee
Appropriations Committee
Rep
Canfield
R-Nj
Beckworth
D-Tex
Commerce Group
Navy Committee
Rivers
D-S.c
Fogarty
D-R.i
Eleanor Roosevelt Urges Bread and Butter Focus for World Peace
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt argues that addressing bread and butter life problems is essential for preventing wars and keeping the United Nations effective against atomic threats. She emphasizes practical welfare as a guard against international conflict.
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Bread and Butter
London
Eleanor Roosevelt
United Nations
Pearl Harbor Inquiry Recesses To January Fifteenth
Admiral Harold R. Stark testified he left Pacific fleet movements to Admiral Kimmel after ordering a defensive deployment on November 27 1941. Stark said Kimmel had adequate information to be on guard for the December 7 1941 attack and that no Washington official sought war with Japan. The committee recessed until January 15 with Kimmel and later General Short to testify. a Japanese officer report on recon flights prior to the raid was entered.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
Harold R. Stark
Husband E. Kimmel
Naval Operations
Stark
Kimmel
Navy
J. Kimmel
Japan
Hitler
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Douglas
MacArthur
Minoru Genda
Caer
Admiral Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
GOP Votes Not To Enter 10th District Race
The Republican executive committee of North Carolina’s tenth district voted 4 to 1 to not field a candidate in the upcoming special congressional election to replace the late Rep. Joe W. Ervin. A. J. Pressley of Mecklenburg opposed the motion. others voting yes included J. Bennett Riddle, C. G. Geitner, H. A. Jones Jr., and Noy Harmon. The action was taken at a Hickory meeting with the deadline within 30 days.
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Hickory
Republican Executive Committee
North Carolina
J. Bennett Riddle
Morganton
Burke County
Joe W. Ervin
Fordham Seismograph Notes Severe Quakes in Asia and Atlantic
Fordham University seismograph records severe quakes likely in the Solomon Islands or Burma at 3 16 and 3 17 p m EST with two strong shocks. A very light tremor about 150 miles north of New York at 3 29 40 p m EST was also reported as a rustle. Additional quakes in Chile and Yucatan were noted earlier.
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Solomon Islands
Burma
Fordham University
Joseph Lynch
Lynch
Chile
Yucatan
Fordham Observatory
Daniel Linihan
Weston College
Weston
Mass
Cotton Prices In 1946 To Be Under Control
CPA Administrator Chester Bowles announced that the 1946 cotton crop will be placed under price control to stabilize textile and cloth prices. Previously raw cotton had been exempt from ceilings and the OPA will issue further details tonight.
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Washington
CPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
OPA
Woman Charged In Aiding Nazi Out On 2000 Bond
Nashville report identifies Edith Rogers wife of Joe Rogers of Bolivar County Mississippi as charged with aiding a German prisoner of war to escape. She waived removal hearing and posted bond for appearance in federal court at Clarksdale Mississippi on May 6.
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Tenn
Missi
D. I. Hostetter
Apements
Edith Rogers
Joe Rogers
Bolivar County
Miss
U. S
Clarksdale
Durham Heads Investigation of Discharges
The House Military Committee led by Rep. Carl Durham begins filing a report this month with Congress on abuses tied to blue discharges. Blue discharges on blue paper are issued to men considered compatible but not given dishonorable status, denying GI Bill benefits to thousands and complicating rights for many ex servicemen.
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Washington
Army
Congress
House Military Committee
Carl Durham
D-Nc
Navy to ease discharge eligibility by lower point scores
The Navy announced significant reductions in discharge point thresholds effective through March 2, allowing about 18 750 officers and 170 000 enlisted personnel to become eligible for separation. Enlisted scores drop to 33 on Feb 15 and 32 on Mar 2, with officers’ scores down to 40 and 39 on those dates. WAVE officers fall from 28 to 2 on Mar 2, and WAVE enlisted from 22 to 21.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Aeécoun
Industry groups press for fast housing action at White House
Two industry groups urged quick action on housing bottlenecks as Wyatt, named housing expediter, pledged rapid measures with White House support. He will press cities to act immediately while prioritizing veteran housing and affordable rentals. Industry reps asked for relief on shortages to enable 500,000 dwellings planned for the year.
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G F. Green
Washington
Wilson W. Wyatt, Jr
White House
Snyder
Wyatt
Washton
Louisville, Ky
Fanad
Produrers Council, Inc
Mhen
Delegates Gather For London Meet
American delegation led by Edward R. Stettinius Jr. arrives in bomb scarred London aboard the Queen Elizabeth for the January 10 launch of the United Nations Organization. Delegates from 51 countries join U S figures including Connally Vandenberg Roosevelt as Byrnes heads the effort.
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London
Bun Con
United Nations Organization
Edward R. Stettini Jr
U.S
State Department
Stettinius
Tom Connally
Arthur Vandenberg
Eleanor Roosevelt
U. S
Mexico denies arming factions in Mexico
The Mexican government told the U S state department there was no basis for charges that private American firms supplied arms and ammunition to Mexican political factions. Foreign Minister Manuel Tello informed Ambassador Messersmith in Mexico City that an investigation disproved the allegations, raised by Vicente Lombardo Toledano on December 16, 1945.
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State Department
Department
Messersmith
Mexico City
Manuel Tello
Vicenti Lombardo Toledano
Latin American Confederation of Workers
Vicenti Lombardo Teleno
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