Food Relief Debates at UNRRA Over Scarce Supplies
At Atlantic City UNRRA faces a crisis of scarce foods with Sir Carl Berendsen pressing that Axis victims receive first rights. Herbert Hoover argues relief should cross borders, while Herbert Lehman warns failure could spark new conflicts as UNRRA ships pass seven million tons by March. The U S signals end of major Europe aid by year end and Asia by mid 1947.
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Gibraltar
Council
UNRRA
Atlantic City
N. J
Carl Berendsen
New Zealand
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Hoover
U.S
Herbert Lehman
Neval
Lehman
United States
Asia
People Atomic Appointment in United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Bernard M. Baruch, age 75, a longtime adviser and troubleshooter, is named United States representative on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. A veteran of Woodrow Wilson’s War Industries Board and a frequent Roosevelt adviser, Baruch helped solve the wartime rubber crisis and often conducts conferences on a Washington park bench. He named four alternates: John Hancock, Ferdinand Eberstadt, Herbert Bayard Swope, and Fred Searls.
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Bernard M. Baruch
United States
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Baruch
Herbert Hoover
Europe
War Industries Board
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
John Hancock
Wall Street
Ferdinand Eberstadt
WPB
Herbert Bayard Swope
Wwi
Fred Searls
Byrnes
Murder trial of Dr Marcel Petiot in Paris ends in world view
The trial of Dr Marcel Petiot, a 55 year old physician with a Mephistophelian look, centers on accusations he disposed of bodies in a furnace and lime pits. He allegedly killed or helped kill 63 people claiming they were collaborators and leading a resistance. Petiot later entered politics and faced earlier municipal scandal and narcotics fines.
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Marcel Petiot
Paris
Petiot
Seine River
Bois de Boulogne
Villeneuve Sur Yonne
May Month of Decision For India Independence
India faces a critical two months as 400 million people weigh independence, partition, or dominion status. Britain aims to set up a constituent assembly and interim government while Moslem and Hindu factions clash. Attlee pledges freedom if Indians choose, but Jinnah demands Pakistan, risking unrest and possible rebellion. May will reveal the path, after Madras polls and looming food shortages.
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Itndia
India
Britain
London
New Delhi
All-India Congress
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Attlee
House of Commons
Central Assembly
Times of India
Congress
Pakistan
Madras
Russia Presses Oil Demands in Iran Case for the Security Council
Iran filed a protest with the United Nations Security Council over Soviet troop presence in northern Iran, demanding withdrawal by March 2 under a 1942 British Soviet Iranian treaty. Premier Ghavami signaled readiness to negotiate oil contracts only after troops leave.
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Iran
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Washington
Ahmad Ghavami
War crimes trials quote both Nagano and Goering
Fleet Admiral Osami Nagano, awaiting trial in Tokyo as a war criminal suspect, declares I am confident I made no mistake and that without it the Japanese would have been defeated earlier. Hermann Goering, on trial at Nuremberg, asserts No one else worked with Der Fuehrer as closely as I, and Only Der Fuehrer and I could conspire.
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Fleet
Osami Nagano
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Hermann Geering
Reichsmarshal
Nuernberg
der Fuehrer
Costly Manila cost of living hits wartime peak
The Philippine Census Bureau reports Manila's cost of living at 510 percent of 1941 levels. In Atlantic City William L. Clayton arrived at a UNRRA council session in a hearse due to train issues. Chicago landlords struggle with no vacancy signs as wartime metal sign production is cut. San Jose hosts a National Association of Sanitariums demonstration with a rat trap device and an electrocution chamber. a rat escapes after the door shuts and buzzing noted.
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Philippine Census Statistics Bureau
Manila
Atlantic City
N. J
William L. Clayton
UNRRA
Philadelphia
Chicago
San Jose
Calif
National Association of Sanitariums, Inc
Navy budget cut threatens postwar strength says Nimitz
Adm Chester W Nimitz told a House naval committee that a $2.1 billion Navy budget slash would prevent restoring 1945 strength for at least six months and jeopardize U S influence and homeland defense The original request was 6 325 billion for 500000 men and 1079 ships with 291 active 73 reserve and 687 inactive warships The plan warned of a 1947 strength drop to 437000 men 965 combat vessels and 632 inactive The Air Forces meanwhile touted airborne rockets with the punch of a 16 inch shell capable of sinking most surface vessels and becoming a primary offensive and defensive weapon
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Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
House Naval Committee
Navy
Nimitz
Congress
Army Air Forces
Air Forces Materiel Command
Dover
Del
Normandy
Strikes End, Auto Plants to Reopen Amid Settlement Talks
More than 100,000 United Electrical Workers ended a 62 day strike against General Electric in 16 states after an 182 cent hourly wage rise was agreed. GM ratification assured for 175,000 CIO United Auto Workers, but many locals require plant-level talks before returning workers. GM will not reopen plants until locals are ready. Flint welfare exhausted its 1946 budget amid a record relief caseload as strike cases rise. Nationwide, idle workers drop below 500,000. other settlements include San Francisco machinists, Timken Ohio workers, and farm equipment workers in South Bend Indiana and Charles City Iowa. Coal miners’ John L. Lewis threatens action in April if terms aren’t met.
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America
United Electrical Workers
General Electric Company
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Flint, Mich
Welfare Board
San Francisco
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Ohio
South Bend
Ind
Charles City
John L. Lewis
Myron Taylor to Rome as Truman’s personal envoy to Pope
Myron Taylor named to return to Rome as President Truman’s personal representative to the Pope. Julius A. Krug sworn as Secretary of the Interior, replacing Harold Ickes. Japanese weather forecasts predict cherry blossoms opening around April 2 in Tokyo and Washington. Minami Dake lava threat targets southern Kyushu villages. Wisconsin Progressives and Republicans reconcile, leaving the GOP since 1934. Tule Lake Relocation Center in California, home to about 30,000 Japanese-descended evacuees, remains closed.
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Myron Taylor
Rome
Truman
Julius A. Krug
the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Tokyo
Washington
Kyushu
Minami Dake
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Tulelake War
Calif
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Berlin
Dresden
Uncle Sam
Pillar OF
England
Perth
Detroit
William Nation
Bombay
Calcutta
Clement Attlee
Jinnah
Walker
London News of the World
Security Council
U.S.S.R
Eugene Tarle
Izvestia
Winston Churchill
Fulton, Mo
Moscow
Tarle
Soviet Union
Western
Ukraine
Vatican
Supreme Soviet
Stalin
Ivan
Carmack
Christian Science Monitor
Summers
Buffalo News
Maryland
UNO Security Council
New York City
American Association For the Advancement of Science
St. Louis
Midway
Labrador
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