War Cabinet rejected attack on Japan before Pearl Harbor
Stimson testified that nine days before Pearl Harbor the Roosevelt administration considered three options including an immediate attack but chose to warn Japan first. The war cabinet discussed possible Japanese moves and agreed not to let the expedition land in the Gulf of Siam while planning a warning to Japan and a congressional report.
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Lewis Presses Health Fund Demand in Coal Talks
John L. Lewis pressed his demand for a health and welfare fund for about 400,000 coal miners as closed negotiations entered a third day. He hinted at a strike set for April 1 if talks fail, while wage hours and supervisory union issues were noted as tough hurdles.
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UMW
Thomas Kennedy
Kennedy
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Americans To Press UNO For Action
President Truman announced the United States delegation would press the United Nations Security Council for action on the Russo Iranian issue despite Moscow seeking a postponement He indicated no new big three meeting and touched on rationing if essential and his 148 reelection bid The press conference also covered party discipline and potential bipartisan support on major measures and clarified Navy appropriations and a federal commission appointment for Rosel Hyde of Idaho.
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Churchill ends 66 day U S tour sails home aboard Queen Mary
Winston Churchill's 66 day visit to the United States concluded as he departed New York aboard the Queen Mary for England. The former British prime minister completed a 66 day stay marked by meetings with U S leaders and public receptions.
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New York
Winston Churchill
United States
England
Sou. California Ushers In Spring With Snowfall
Southern California welcomed spring with a late snow event. Snow fell within 20 miles of downtown Los Angeles and up to 18 inches at Big Bear Lake in the eastern San Bernardino Mountains.
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Los Angeles
California
Big Bear Lake
Controversy at UNRRA Meet Divides Big Five Powers
At the UNRRA biennial council meeting in Atlantic City on March 21 a sharp split emerged among the Big Five over a Russian Chinese backed move to curb the distributing powers of the combined food board. The United States Britain and Canada opposed the effort, with France's stance unclear. The Chinese delegate voiced anger at the board while Russia proposed selling wheat to France, risking a revision of France’s wheat allotment from the US and Canada.
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Combined Food Board
Canada
England
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Britain
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UNRRA
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France
Will Clayton
Russia
U. S
Nikolai
Wac Corporal Rocket Sets New American Altitude Record
California Institute of Technology built a 1000 pound rocket that soared to 230000 feet in a Las Cruces test and will be used by the Army Signal Corps to record stratospheric temperatures and relay data by parachute. Dr. Milani leads the project but credits a collective effort.
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California Institute of Technology
Army Ordnance Department
Signal Corps
Army
White Sand Proving Grounds
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Frank J. Milani
Cal. Tech
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Russia Warns Iran as Izvestia Reports Delays at UN
Izvestia reports Moscow urges Tehran to change policy to avoid worsening Iran unrest. Russia asks UN Security Council to delay meeting until April 10 while Moscow seeks more time to prepare its case. Iran battles Kurdish attacks as Tehran mobilizes troops.
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Tehran
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Turkey
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United States
Andrei Gromyko
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New York
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Advertising Man Dies In Virginia Hospital
John W. Jones Jr., 49, a World War I veteran and former assistant advertising manager of the Times-Dispatch, died of pneumonia at McGuire Hospital after weeks as a patient. Burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Native of Raleigh, he lived in Richmond 17 years and earlier worked with Asheville papers. Survived by widow Evelyn Page Jones, daughter Phyllis Jones, and brothers Rowland and Thomas Jones of North Carolina.
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John W. Jones, Jr
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Raleigh
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Asheville
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Phyllis Jones
Rowland Jones
Thomas Jones
North Carolina
Eisenhower Urges Indefinite Draft Extension from Congress
General Eisenhower asked Congress to extend the draft indefinitely and limit inductee service to 18 months. He said the Army could release all fathers by late summer if enacted, or risk a shortfall of about 165,000 by July 1, 1947, without it. Patterson urged a 20 percent pay rise alongside any extension.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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House Military Committee
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Secretary of
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Selective Service Ee Eee Aes
Patterson
Unsafest North Carolina school buses reveal fleet issue
Major H J Hatcher of the highway patrol reports a patrol check shows many of North Carolina's about 5000 school buses are absolutely unsafe. Coastal counties have ordered some buses stored until repairs, and any unsafe buses will be kept from service until improved to first class condition.
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Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina
H. J. Hatcher
State Highway Patrol
Hatcher
Europe Faces Grim Food Shortage Amid Hoover Inquiry
Paris reports a harsh global hunger scene as former President Hoover investigates relief. Spring crops face a critical period with in-between yields, fertilizer and seed shortages, and impaired nitrates. Farm tools scarce due to war damage and reduced production, threatening a lean fall harvest.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Paris
Europe
Hoover
You See The Sun Where It Isn't
The vernal equinox arrived at 12 33 am EST and Atlanta weatherman notes day and night are now equal globally. He explains sun appears longer due to refraction and says you see the sun where it isn t. Temperatures remain normal nationwide with snow in some western states and a good day for fishing.
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Associated Press
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Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Nevada
Jap General To Die For His Crimes
General Douglas MacArthur ordered a firing squad death for Lt. Gen. Masaaki Homma for the Bataan death march and weighed dissenting U S Supreme Court opinions before confirming the Manila court martial verdict. The date of execution, stayed only by President Truman, will be set in Manila.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
U. S. Supreme Court
Truman
Manila
Homma
Supreme Court
Murphy
Rudge
Railroad assurances ease fears of economic impact
A Dixie Assured Transportation Facilities spokesman and W. C. Kendall of the American Association of Railroads Car Service division spoke at the Southeast Shippers Advisory Board meeting in Charlotte March 21. They argued there will be no economic blow from railroad shortages as reconversion from wartime to peacetime economy continues despite high demand for freight cars and box cars diverted to midwest food shipments.
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American Railways
Southern
W. C. Kendall
Washington
American Association of Railroads
Southeast Shippers Advisory Board
Mendenhall
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Midwest
Europe
Local Woman Named Officer In Church Body
CHARLOTTE March 21 Mrs J W Payne of Che today was the new vice president of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the western Carolina Methodist conference She succeeds Mrs C N Clark Mount Airy Mrs Payne was named with other officers after yesterday's sixth annual conference session which ends at noon today Other officers include Mrs Charles C Weaver Osborn president of the organization Mrs David D Smiley Salisbury treasurer Mrs S A Rh Statesville secretary of etc and others from High Point Winston Salem Gibson-Sapa and more with roles in mission youth and literature areas
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Salbury
S. A. Rh
Statesville
Dren
G. C. Haltom
Child's Friendly Wave Well Rewarded
In Covington Tennessee a crippled girl Minnie Rose Webb known as the line mascot will be taken by the 70 mile an hour Chickasaw Limited to Shrine hospital in St Louis as a reward for her friendly porch waving. Railroad men on the Illinois Central line bought her a drawing room and arranged a special halt so she could ride in comfort and be treated to medical care.
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Tenn
Illinois Central
Minnie Rosey Webb
Tors
Minnie Rose
Shrine Hospital
St. Louis
Chuckasaw Limited
Minnie Rose Webb
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