SIRL ASKED UN TO INVESTIGATE SOVIET PLANS
Iran asks the United Nations Security Council to investigate Soviet interference in Iran’s internal affairs. Iran’s delegation warns of potential international friction and offers to provide a full statement of facts. The move follows Syria and Lebanon calling for British and French troop withdrawals. The UN Security Council, formed recently, faces its first major test.
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John A
London
Security Council
Soviet Union
Iran
Russia
Gladwyn
Sos Assembly of the United Alions
Seyed Hassan Taizadeh
Aidie
Delega
Syria
Lebanon
Disturbances in Jerusalem Leave Several Dead and Wounded
Rioting, explosions, and gunfire roamed Jerusalem as terrorists attacked the Palestine radio station and a power plant. At least three people were killed and three wounded, with casualties among police and attackers. Security forces cordoned streets, curfews were extended, and the city faced ongoing clashes into the night.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Radio Station
St. Paul Road
JCPA
T Ita Radio
Haddassah Hospital
Mount Scopus
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Ramatyan
St. Paul's Road
North Carolina payroll tops sixty million for state workers
Raleigh reports the state pays about 60,000,000 yearly in salaries to more than 45,000 employees including 15,000 officials, specialists and stenographers. About 30,000 school staff receive state money via city and county units, with payrolls spread across general and highway funds and related divisions.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Soldier Admits Slaying Young Seattle Woman
Seattle detective Capt. Richard Mahoney says a soldier confessed to the killing of Marjorie Johnson, 30, whose nude body was found in her West Seattle home. The suspect was found at his mother's house and gave no motive. Two witnesses, a man and a woman, are held as material witnesses after the man heard screams but could not enter.
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Seattle
Richard Mahoney
Marjorie Johnson
Mooney
Koreans Riot Over Allied Occupation Policies in Seoul
In Seoul on January 19, two Koreans were killed and many injured as rioting erupted over prodded allied trusteeship, with 120 arrests. Protests grew violent near the governor general’s palace, U.S. Gen John R. Hodge’s HQ, and delegations working on Korea’s temporary control plan. Maj. Gen. Archer Lerch warned residents the disturbances harm their cause. Rightist students clashed near the Russian consulate, US army HQ, and the Chosen hotel as banners denounced policies.
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Robert Myers
Seoul
Korea
Project
Ito
Neval
John R. Hodge
U. S
Hodge
Archer L. Lerch
Korean Students’ League
U.S. Army
Chosen Hotel
Sec. A
Sabath Pushes Lottery Plan With War Bonds Idea
Rep Adolph Sabath proposes a national lottery funded by war bonds to raise cash for the treasury and curb inflation. He suggests top prizes of 100000 in bonds, 75000, 30000, and 25000 with many smaller awards, priced at one dollar per ticket.
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Washington
Adolph Sabath
Representatives
Ees
Treasury
Fay
Sabath
United States
Uncle Sam
China Civil War Fighting Still Rages
Scattered fighting persisted across multiple zones as six days passed since the truce deadline. Three-member American led truce teams moved into new areas but lacked power to halt clashes unless rival leaders complied with Chungking orders.
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Chungking
China
Walter Robertson
Truce Commission
Cheng Kai-Ming
Yeh Chien- Ying
National Military Council
Inner Mongolia
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Jehol
Death of Shelby executive prompts coroner ruling
J W Becker Gardner 35 executive vice president of Cleveland Cloth Mills Shelby was found dead in his office by a friend. Coroner ruled death by own action from a .45 pistol shot to the heart. Scribbled notes indicated an insurance policy transfer incomplete. Gardner son of former Governor O Max Gardner survives with his wife Iris and two children. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Shelby
J. W. “Becker” Gardner
Cleveland Cloth Mills
Roscoe Lutz
O. Max Gardner
Gardner
Washington
Shelby High School
N. C. State College
Iris Rollins
Cleveland County
Susan
J W. Jr
Ralph W. Gardner
O. Max Gardner, Jr
Pacific
Eugene Burgess
Shom Hills
N. J
Italian Relief Expanded For 1946 Under UNRRA Aid
Rome reports Premier Alcide de Gasperi signed a UNRRA agreement to increase relief shipments to Italy in 1946. The expanded program will cover industry and agriculture, extending beyond mothers, children, and the sick to broader relief and rehabilitation efforts.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Strike Control Law Expected Within Week By Senate
A majority of the house labor committee predicted the group will approve a new strike control bill next week with fact finding as the principle. Acting Chairman Randolph said the vote should reach the floor for a congressional decision. Rep Landis claimed enough votes to pass his modification plan, which was tied 7–7 in committee.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Truman
Varyoe
Oles
Randolph
Landis
R-Ind
Truman Urged To Aid Vets Housing Needs
In New York CBS broadcasts feature Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr and Rep. Rabin urging President Truman to use wartime powers to accelerate emergency veterans housing. Rabin argues private industry builds, government finances, then sells to private management, aiming to prevent a spring building loss.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
American Veterans Housing Committee
Benjamin J. Rabin
Truman
CBS
Rabin
Roosevelt
Congress
Sach
U Ce
Army Airfields In Bermuda To Be Used Commercially
Major General Laurence S. Kuter said American military airfields in Bermuda Antigua Santa Lucia and British Guiana likely will open to commercial use as primary bases. Civil airports in Trinidad and Jamaica would serve international planes. military sites could be used when weather favors. Discussion also covers Newfoundland sites Stevenville and Argentia with decisions after talks with Canada and Newfoundland governments.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Laurence S. Kuter
U. S. Air Transport Command
North Atlantic
Antigua
Santa Lousa
British
Guinana
Trinidad
Jamaica
Kindley
Coolidge
Reane
Santa Lucia
Atkinson
British Guinana
Piarco
Port-of-Spain
Palisadors
Dalmaica
Kingston
Customs and Immigration
Kuter
U. S
Stevenville
Argentia
Newfoundland
Navy officer disputes missing Pearl Harbor warning message
Admiral Kimmel testified before the Pearl Harbor inquiry that Secretary Knox pressed for a warning he says was sent before the December 7, 1941 attack. He recalled Knox arriving December 12 and asking if the message arrived Saturday night. Kimmel implied the dispatch may have been blocked in the Navy Department and noted when Knox mentioned it, other top officers were present.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Fleet
Japan
Husband E. Kimmel
Knox
Hawaii
Kimmel
Navy Department
Killer Of 3 At Large In German City
In Passau Germany a killer used 35 gallons of flaming gasoline to destroy evidence after hacking three U S military government officers to death at a river villa. Investigators say the crime was planned by a man familiar with the villa and its occupants. A Polish prisoner’s death in Pfarrkirchen offered no link to the case.
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Passau
Germany
U. S
Danube River
Pfarrkirchen
Steel strike plunges industry into historic shutdown
The nation faces the greatest stoppage in steel history as about 55 000 workers idled nationwide with 1292 plants in 30 states preparing for a strike. U S Steel and other majors press ahead with curtailment while unions and management gird for a long stoppage after wage talks collapsed. Pennsylvan ia Ohio Indiana and Illinois centers report orderly plans with large mills shutting and furnaces banked.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers
U. & Steel Corporation
Chicago
U. S. Steel Corporation
Truman
Phillip Murray
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Alleghen Ludlum Steel Corporation
West Leechburg
Great Lakes Steel Company
Detroi
Columbia Steel Company
Pittsburg
Calif
Hungary to be a republic by January end says premier
Budapest quoted Premier Zoltan Tildy stating Hungary would be declared a republic by the end of January through action by the national assembly. He described a revision law to enshrine human rights essential to democratic development, noting Hungary’s history since 1918 and the later regency of Miklós Horthy.
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Budapest
Hungarian Telegraph Agency
Zoltan Tildy
Hungary
Tildy
National Assembly
Nicholas Horthy
Army Enlistment Campaign Urged by Senator Johnson
Senator Edwin C. Johnson urged the United States to launch the largest advertising push in history to recruit volunteers for the army. He argued a voluntary system could meet manpower needs, noting current volunteers and officers could cover required strength by July 1. He warned a peace-time army must not rely on conscription and cited Navy volunteer success as a model.
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Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Johnson
War Department
Navy
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