Madrid Sees Monarchy Row as Franco Quietly Moves
Rasota dispatch notes Spain faces a pivotal moment as monarchist hopes and Franco’s regime maneuver toward a possible royal restoration. Don Juan and his wife may visit Portugal with Don Carlos as intermediary amid official confirmations to foreign reps. The timing coincides with impending Allied talks on Spain.
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Madrid
Spain
Vesuvius
Don Juan
Franco
Neutral
Por
Don Carlos
Libson
Nicholas Franco
America
Britain
France
Jap Minister Sets Plan to Overhaul Prefectural Governors
Tokyo January 15 Chuzo Mitsuchi new home minister says in his first interview he will change Japan s 47 prefectural governors as early as possible. Cabinet faces MacArthur purge directives and broad postwar reforms including elections social security pensions and constitutional changes.
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Tokyo
Chuzo Mitsuchi
Japan
Kijuro Shidehara
MacArthur
Ccal
Imperial Rule Assistance Association
IRA
Supreme Allied Command
Shidehara
Allied Command
House of Peers
Dairy Products Men To Meet Thursday In Winston Salem
The North Carolina Dairy Products association schedules its 12th annual meeting in Winston-Salem on Thursday and Friday. Thursday focuses on ice cream with an address by former Governor J Melville Broughton and Friday speakers include W Kerr Scott the state commissioner of agriculture. L L Ray of Raleigh serves as executive vice president of the association.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Dairy Products Association
J. Melville Broughton
W. Kerr Scott
L. L. Ray
Raleigh
Associaon
Electrical workers strike across 16 states hits major appliance firms
About 200000 CIO United Electrical Workers members left General Electric Westinghouse and General Motors plants at 8 a.m. EST. The walkout affected 98,000 workers in listed plants with 57000 women and 25000 white collar staff among those marching picket lines. The action followed GE Westinghouse and GM rejection of a $2 daily wage demand.
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New York
Massachusetts
California
Albert J. Fitzgerald
CIO
United ‘Electrical Workers
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
Fitzgerald
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Lynn
Springfield
Mass
Schenectady
N. Y
Bloomfield
Newark
Jersey City
N. J
Dayton
General Motors Corporation
Schnecetady
General Electric Company
Johnson Seeks End to Federal Handouts
Rocky Mount on January 15 Johnson urged high income states to stop seeking federal appropriations. He, a possible 1946 gubernatorial candidate, argued states have improved finances after wartime debts and warned of postwar testing times with shrinking revenues. He pressed for profits for business, fair wages for labor, and farmers getting profitable prices.
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Rocky Mount
Charles M. Johnson
Current Topics Club
Johnson
Washington
Cambridge Mayor Elected On 309th Ballot
Cambridge Mass January 15 A lengthy stack of documents faced Mayor John D Lynch after the Cambridge council elected him on the 309th ballot to lead under plan E form of government councilors name the mayor from their members and must sign municipal bills and payroll to legalize the office.
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Cambridge
Mass
John D. Lyne Lynch
Nash Charged With Murder Of Vet's Wife
Nash 42 a movie projectionist was formally charged with murder in connection with the shooting of Margie Parker 22 on a city street corner early today Detective Captain W E Goodwin said a warrant charging murder had been read to Nash in the jail delivery room
Men's Shirt Factory To Open In Gaffney
GAFFNEY S C Jan 15 A men's dress shirt factory will open here and is expected to produce about 30 000 shirts weekly once production starts in about two months.
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Gaffney
Gaffney, S. C
Southerners Opposed To Fiber Ceiling
Cotton state and Louisiana senators warned that OPA price ceilings on raw fiber could signal end of the Price Administration as Congress debates its June 30 expiration. Senators Johnston and Ellender called the move a precaution that may not require ceilings, while Oscar Johnston of the National Cotton Council described it as precautionary.
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Washington
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Congress
Johnston
D-Sc
Ers
Louisiana
Ellender
D-La
Scott, Miss
Oscar Johnston
The
National Cottons Council
Eisenhower Says Demobilization Plan Feasible
General Eisenhower told Congress that by July 1 every man eligible for discharge will be out of the army. He spoke at a Senate library briefing outlining the slowdown in demobilization to avoid a March 1 depletion and rejected claims it ties to universal military training or officer retention.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Senate-House
Congressional Library
War Department
Eisenhower
Jap Civilian Guard Faces War Trial
Tokyo report says Tsunesuke Tsuda, a civilian guard dubbed The Emperor by Americans, will be tried as a war criminal for the torture killing of Pvt. E. L. Tyler of Glen Easton West Virginia and a second prisoner known as Johnston. He is accused of beating 48 American prisoners including Ralph J. Crocker of Spartanburg South Carolina.
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Tokyo
Emperor
Pvt
E. L. Tyler
Glen Easton
W. Va
Johnston
Allied
Tsunesuke Tsuda
Ralph J. Crocker
Fulton St
Spartanburg
S. C
192 Miners Trapped After West Virginia Mine Blast
A major explosion at the No 9 Havaco mine near Welch West Virginia trapped 192 miners while 75 escaped. An estimated 267 men were in the workings at the time as rescuers entered the smoke filled shaft about 9 30 am. Nearby buildings and a school were shattered by debris and glass injuring workers and students.
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Welch
W. Va
Havaco Rhine
E. L. Chatfield
State Mines Department
New River and
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
New River
Pocahontas
United States
Sjahrir Hopes UNO Settles Java Strife
Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir says the United Nations should settle Java’s violence amid new outbursts. Netherlands forces land at Koemai in Borneo to probe reported Javanese nationalist arrivals.
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Batavia
Sutan A. Sjahrir
Java
United Nations Organization
Koemai
Borneo
Churchill Plans Six Week American Visit To Miami
Winston Churchill on his way to Miami for a six week American visit. The former British prime minister said he would not retire from politics and hopes to lead the Conservative party until a successor is found. He favors Casablanca as a permanent home for the UN and London for the peace conference site.
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New York
Winston Churchill
Britain
Miami
Fla
Royal Yacht Squadron
Conservative
Churchill
UNO
Casablanca
Roosevelt
London
Hyde Park
England
Hitler
Truman
Fulton
Westminister College
United States
Missouri
Washington
Atlantic Coast Line
Havana
Florida
Mystery Auto Suspect In Suzanne Degnan Case
An abandoned convertible sedan found at a service station on January 7 tied to the kidnap killing of 6 year old Suzanne Degnan. Detectives reported possible blood stains on a floor mat a cleaned blanket and an oily ransom note fragment to be tested at the crime lab. A woman left the car at 6751 Fullerton avenue.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Police Crime Detection Laboratory
Fullerton Avenue
Electrical workers strike halts refrig erator and appliance output
James Marlow reports that about 200,000 CIO U E R M A members in General Motors, Westinghouse, and General Electric plants across 26 states walk out over a 25 cent an hour pay demand. The strike disrupts production of refrigerators, washing machines, ranges, and oil heaters, with ripple effects through the broader electrical industry.
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James Marlow Washington
Electrical Workers
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America
CIO
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
CIO Union
General Motors Electrical
No 2 Chinese Red To Confer With Marshall
No 2 Chinese Communist Chou En Lai sought a meeting with General Marshall in Chungking reporting readiness to complain about alleged government violations of the civil strife truce. He moved after a communist charge that government forces attacked Kwangshan in Henan, which officials denied noting federal forces halted rationing at the Sunday midnight deadline except where exempt.
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Chungking
Chou en-Lai
Marshall
Chou
Kwangshan
Henan
Packing Strike Set For Tonight At Midnight
Chicago reports government conciliators work in last minute talks with union and management to avert a nationwide packing house strike set for midnight. Officials consider price relief as a wage settlement basis. CIO union had sought 17% cents after lowering from 25 cents, with industry offering 7.5 cents.
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Chicago
Edgar L. Warren
Conciliation Service
Washington
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Pearl Harbor Commander Says He Was Not Informed
Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel told the Senate-House hearing that naval officials denied him crucial motion and warned of an ambush for Japan. He cited intercepted messages and claimed he would have revised war plans if he had known Washington intended a strike on Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
Husband Emel
Washi
Pearl Harbor
Senate-Houseing Committee
Harold R. Stark
Kimmel
Japan
Hawaii
Midway Ake
Washton
Oahu
Split Looms Over Control Of Jap Isles
London dispatch reports US civilian and military officials divided on whether American conquered Japanese islands should fall under UN trusteeship or be kept under US control. George C. Kenney urged keeping islands with military value, while others push trusteeship as a Pacific policy.
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Jack Smith London
United Nations
Janese Islands
UNO
Pacific Islands
George C. Kenney
United States
State War Departments
Truman
Kenney
Pacific Air Staff
Terao
Ernest Bevin
Assembly
Cooley And Cohorts Visit With MacArthur
A naval affairs sub committee arrived in Tokyo to confer with General MacArthur and allied officials on U. S. bases in the Pacific to determine which should be retained. Members include L. M. Rivers, J. E. Forgarty, G. J. Bates, and H. D. Cooley. They plan to tour western Japan from Kyoto to Nagasaki and then proceed to China.
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Tokyo
Naval Affairs
U. S
Pacific
General MacArthur
L. M. Rivers
DSC
J. E. Forgarty
D-Ri
G. J. Bates
R-Mass
H. D. Cooley
DNC
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