Yanks To Gather In Manila Enlisted Men For Demonstration
Manila reports a mass assembly of U S enlisted men as they protest perceived abuses including an officer in uniform examining files at the Manila Radio City office. The protest follows a parade to headquarters by about 3 000 service members and a plan for a larger mass meeting tonight. GI committee members urged action while General Styer and War Department officials face the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
U. S
Earl Baumgardner
Radio Corporation of America
Umgardner
U.S. Army
W. D. Styer
Western
Pacific
Styer
A. R. Hurd
G.I
Patterson
Harold Schiffrin
Manila St
Rochester
N. Y
Sheldon Newberger
Albion Ave
Chicago
Herbert Levine Jr
West 79Th St
New York City
William Kennedy
Syndicate St
Nrt
N. Hi
Ira Gollobin
West 45Th St
Western Pacific
War Department
Kennedy
Weekend Violent Death Toll Rises in Carolinas
The Carolinas report at least 20 deaths from violence over the weekend, including a fatal Friday car crash near Tryon and Hendersonville that killed four and injured four. Other fatalities occurred in a truck auto crash near Yadkinville, a train collision near Harrisburg, a Saturday hit by car in High Shoals, and a Chapel Hill student who died of injuries from Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolinas
Tryon
Hendersonville
Rafel Metcalf
Oe Eledge
Paul Bolt
al Huggins, Jr
Landrum
Yadkinville
Lucy Beaman
Yanceyville
Alva Denver Reynolds
Huntington
W. Va
Harrisburg
John Paul Ledford
Southern Railway
High Shoals
Gastonia
Johnnie Knox Heafner
Mount Holly
Saturnight
Mary Ruth Caldwell
Richmond
Durham
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
List of Japanese officials to face further purges
Tokyo reports Brig. Gen. Elliott R. Thorpe said allied authorities will issue another list of high ranking Japanese suspects as part of postwar purges. MacArthur may authorize future arrests and prosecutions for officials who aided Japan's war effort. Officials warned thousands may be barred from office, with a mid February general election anticipated to present the 1946 budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Supreme Headquarters
Elliott R. Thorpe
Counter-Intelligence
MacArthur
Thorpe
Japan
Kyodo
Tse
Tracheotomy Saves Woman Aboard Army Transport Plane
An in flight emergency near Charleston Army Air Base saved Mrs. Margaret Garcia wife of Capt A Garcia of Miami. Flight nurse and crew assisted as Maj Brislin performed a tracheotomy without anaesthetic. The operation occurred 15 minutes from Charleston and the patient was stabilized and sent to Baltimore for further care.
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Charleston
8. C
Margaret Garcia
Army
A. Garcia
Miami
Capt. Garcia
Peace talks in Chungking show progress in China
General George C Marshall meets with Chinese government and Communist peace delegates in Chungking and says progress has been made as truce talks resume. Leaders Chang Chun and Chou En Lai confirm progress after about three hours of discussions worked toward a halt in the civil conflict.
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Chungking
George C. Marshall
Truman
Marshall
Chou En-Lai
Chang Chun
Chang
Chou
China
Planes at Show Figure Return Trips Over Miami Flight Meet
Hundreds of light plane pilots checked their return flights home after the 14th annual all American air maneuvers in Miami. The three day meet drew about 1 000 small planes and an unofficial attendance near 40 000, nearly doubling the prior high. The sole flying casualty was M. J. Miller of Hartville?e, S C who is hospitalized with serious injuries after a plane dive when its tail was struck by another propeller.
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Miami
Fila
Pearl Harbor
M. J. Miller
Hartsville
S. C
Truman Miller
Kidnapped Chicago Girl Suzanne Degnan Held for 20000
Six year old Suzanne Degnan was abducted from her Chicago home and a ransom of 20000 was demanded. The kidnapper telephoned the family to repeat the demand and urged them not to involve police or newspapers. The girl was last seen at 730 am.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
CPA
James Degnan
North Side
Degnan
Red Cross, Agencies Aid Homeless as Texas Tornado Toll Rises
NACOGDOCHES Tex Jan 7 The Red Cross and local relief agencies care for 500 homeless families and over 300 injured as the tornado toll climbs to 29 in five east Texas counties Property damage is estimated at 2 6 million by Red Cross Midwest director Robert Edson who arrived from St Louis noting forest damage not included in the figure.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Red Cross
East Texas
Robert Edson
Midwest
St. Louis
Edson
North Carolina Plans $10.1 Million Highway Start
Washington reports North Carolina has completed postwar highway plans totaling $10,114,000 with a further $26,545,000 in blueprints. An initial $11,379,148 from federal aid is available, part of three-year outlays near $30,000,000, with contracts possible within 18 months and funds matched by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Carolina
Governiir Roads Administration
U. S
Public Roads Administration
United States Recognizes Austrian Government
The United States formally recognizes the Austrian government led by Chancellor Leopold Figl and President Karl Renner. Russia, Britain, and France join in recognizing Vienna regime as a step toward democracy and independence, while the allied council maintains authority to pursue allied objectives in Austria.
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Washington
United States
Austria
Russia
Britain
France
Vienna
Leopold Figl
Karl Renner
Allied Council
Paris Folies Bergere gives insight into postwar France
In Paris, January, the Folies Bergere show reveals more than spectacle as a coal shortage worsens conditions. The cold theater and underheated rooms affect performers and American troops alike, highlighting a broader European fuel crisis amid postwar hardship.
Ship Henry D. Thoreau Survives Bomb Cargo in Charleston Harbor
The Liberty ship Henry D. Thoreau arrived safely in Charleston harbor from Naples to Cape May with a cargo of bombs. Under Captain B. C. Briggs the vessel tied at the army base ordnance and began unloading after a near disaster off the Azores on December 28. Repairs and discharge are expected to take about two weeks.
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Charleston
8. C
Henry D. Thoreau
Charleston Harbor
C. Briggs
Thoreau
Charleston Army Base
Naples
Cape May
N. J
Cape Hatteras
Azores
Carolina Shipping Company
Higgins Plans New Higgins Inc To Reopen Ship Plants
New York January 7 Higgins, a southern industrialist, moves to reopen his struck New Orleans shipyards by forming Higgins Inc with $10 million financing from Van Alstyne Noel & Co. The board ordered a bargaining election between AFL and CIO. Higgins to lead the new firm with Morris Gottesman as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrew Jackson Higgins
New Orleans
van Alstyne
Noel & Co
Higgins
American Federation of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
A. F. of L
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Higgins, Inc
Louisiana
Morris Gottesman
Treas
Death sentence given Jap for his atrocities
Lt. Rel. Yuri former commandant of Omuta prisoner of war camp was sentenced to hang for ordering bayonet execution of an American and letting another starve. An eight man U.S. Military commission condemned Yuri to die in the first war crimes verdict in Japan. Review by Gen. MacArthur and Lt. Gen. Hall will determine if a date is set for execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Rel
Yuri
Omuta
U. S
Japan
MacArthur
C. P. Hall
U. S. Eighth Army
Nazi general testifies to plan to wipe out 30 million Slavs
MerNberg Jan 7 Allied court heard Waffen SS Lt. Gen. Erich von Bach-Zelewski say the Nazi aim in Russia was to exterminate 30,000,000 Slavs. He described brutal actions against partisans and noted no written orders existed though operations were fully reported. He led suppression of Warsaw and earned Hitler's knight's cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mernberg
Waffen SS
Erich von Dem Bach-Zelewski
International Military Tribunal
Russia
Rman
United States
Great Britain
France
Warsaw
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Himmler
Bach-Zelewski
Mixed Australian New Zealand division to occupy Japan
Division for Japan announced by British Lt. Gen. C H Gardiner will deploy Australian and New Zealand troops as an occupation force. Arrival date not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokyo
C. H. Gardiner
New Zealand
Beer Tax Sets North Carolina Revenue Record
Raleigh officials report the beer tax brought in a record 3,287,793.50 dollars for the last year, per the North Carolina committee of the United States brewers foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
The
United States Brewers Foundation
Fact-Finding Panel Moves Into Session
Washington January 7 the oil fact finding panel began sessions with signs of progress toward a settlement in the CIO oil workers dispute. A Texas Western refinery wage move by Sinclair was cited as a potential pattern for the industry and easing tensions as the nation nears a major strike wave involving steel electrical meat packaging and auto workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cio-Oil
Texas Ny
West Tulsa
Sinclair Refi Company
Union
Navy
Texas Company
Cio-Auto
General Motors
Cio-Glass
Pittsburgh
Libbey-Owens-Ford
Western Zrie
New York
Jersey
Steel
U. S. Steel Corporation
J Company
Ashington
CIO Auto
Atomic Bomb Experts Enter Politics as Federation Formed
New York January 7. Atomic scientists who helped develop the bomb join forces in a nationwide federation of Americanists to influence public policy on science. The federation aims to promote world atomic energy control and guard scientific freedom while countering misinformation. The organization unites 2,500 members from Oak Ridge Los Alamos and other centers with chapters across the United States.
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New York
Federation of Americanists
Japan
Washington
Oak Ridge
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Ed Sullivan
Texas
Sullivan
Palestine
reClais UF
Leon
Mexico
Associated Press
Dewitt MacKenzie
Paris
Folies
Madame Mack
Europe
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