U S Alarmed By Civil War Threat To 90 Million In Europe
London report says ninety million urban Europeans may face near starvation this winter due to war damages and drought. UNRRA expert Dr H C M Case notes low domestic production and says nations studied need about 9 million tons of food before the 1946 harvest. UNRRA has shipped aid and livestock, with more shipments planned through fall and winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
H. C. M. Case
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Half Of Navy Men In Favor Of Merger
A long secret survey found about half of naval officers favoring a single armed forces department. The report, disclosed to the Senate Military Affairs Committee, contrasts with opposition from Admiral King and other Joint Chiefs of Staff members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Navy
Navy
Int Chiefs of Staff
Truman
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Army
James Forrestal
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Forrestal
Ernest J. King
King
Senate
Cheser M. Nimitz
Pearl R
Nimitz
William F. Halsey Sim
L. George
Har. George
W. F
Jury Finds No Arrests In Local Sailor Odell Fletcher Death
A six man coroner jury in Guilford County ruled the death of Odell Fletcher 17 seaman on leave was an accidental stab wound with no one to blame The inquest heard ten witnesses at the Fairmont Barbecue stand on the Thomasville road Fletcher allegedly fought with Price over a truck Price and Fletcher quarrelled Kennedy Barnes and Ines testified Fletcher entered with a knife and later collapsed near a curb market Evidence suggested Fletcher was drunk and the fatal wound occurred during the confrontation
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Odell Fletcher
W. W. Harvey
Guilford Councoroner
John Walters
Greensboro
Fairmont
Thomasville Road
Young Fletcher
James LaPeian
Fletcher
Glenn Earnhardt
Price
E. W. Kennedy
Kennedy
Luke Barnes
Flecher
Richard Ines
Detroiter Charged With Murder Of Army Man's Wife
A 29 year old Detroiter, once accused of defrauding Mrs Alberta Rose Young, was charged with first degree murder in the slaying of the 35 year old brunette. Mrs Young's body was found with a bullet wound along Clinton River rock, amid a spike in Oakland county female homicides. Theis and Mrs Young had once worked together in a Detroit factory and reportedly shared financial ties after her army officer husband was away.
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Pontiac, Mich
Clinton River
Here
Oakland County
Theis
Dr Sheppard Heads Human Welfare Group in NC
North Carolina joins the Southern Conference for Human Welfare with a 100 strong state meeting. Rev. Lee C. Sheppard of Hayes Barton Baptist church is chairman with Sen. Lawrence H. Wallace and Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown as officers. Frank P. Graham urges broad cooperation for full employment and balanced economy, plus federal and state aid for schools hospitals.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
Lee C. Sheppard
Hayes Barton Baptist Church
Lawrence H. Wallace
Smithfield
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
Sedalia
Mary Price
Greensboro
Gertrude Weil
Goldsboro
C. A. Salisbury
H. D. Lisk
Winston-Salem
Robert Daniel
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Graham
James A. Dombrowski
Nashville, Tenn
South
Indonesians Swarm Central Java With Japanese Arms
British pilots report Indonesian forces marching in Jogjakarta Magelang and Soerakarta bearing captured Japanese arms. A major general is said to be guiding youths near Jogjakarta as tensions rise over the Dutch refusal to recognize President Soekarno.
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Ralph Morton Ree
Java
Soekarno
Vaava
Magelang
Soerabaja
Batavia
Jogjakarta
Mageland
Soerakarta
Nicipal
Keborajan
Hubertus van Mook
Statewide survey planned of North Carolina game resources
North Carolina will begin a state wide survey of land game and fisheries resources within 60 days. John D. Findlay, commissioner, said negotiations are under way to hire a director for the study. The plan is part of a five year program announced after Findlay took over. The department has organized a enforcement division led by C D Kirkpatrick and started a game management division with biologist Dennis Hart. An intensified restocking program is also in progress.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Inland Game and Fisheries
John D. Findlay
Inland Game and Fisheries Commission
Findlay
Hinton James
C. D. Kirkpatrick
Charlotte
Dennis Hart
Virginia Island Game Commission
Tme
Hoey Calls Health Program Focus Over Universal Training
Senator Hoey urges a voluntary health oriented program with ROTC elements for boys and girls as a safer alternative to universal military training. He argues it costs less, fits air era warfare, and avoids a totalitarian shift while supporting national defense and UN obligations.
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Washington
Hoey
Polish Prosecutors to Attend Nurnberg Trials
Warsaw officials announced that Polish prosecutors will attend the Nurnberg trials to present proof of Nazi war crimes in Poland. Poland lists 15 000 wanted individuals including all top Nazis to face the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ministry of Justice
Poland
Nuernberg
Marine Crosses Country In Cab Finds Orders Changed
Kipp, a Marine from Silver Creek Minnesota, traveled by taxi from Lafayette to Camp Pendleton after learning his orders were changed to report at Quantico Virginia. He left Lafayette October 24 with Harold Martin and his wife. they were unaware of the new orders until arrival. Martin and his wife were en route back to Georgia. Kipp expects new orders soon.
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San Diego
Calif
Quantico
Marine Base
Kipp
Norma Clinton
Lafayette
Harold Martin
Camp Pendleton
Georgia
Silver Creek
Minn
Marine Kipp
Martin
Washington
Compromise Sought On Cuban Sugar Purchases
Washington officials said secretary of agriculture may seek congressional authority to buy two Cuban sugar crops to break the impasse in talks over Cuba's 1946 supply. Negotiations postponed to December 4 to continue discussions. Cuba seeks 3.675 cents per pound for 1946 and 1947 crops. U.S. negotiators say year to year funding limits commitments to one crop.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Congress
Cuba
U. S. Purchasing Agency
Peiping Palace Leads Li Tsung Jen Talks On Chinese Civil War
General Li Tsung Jen, a top Chungking commander, uses his Peiping headquarters to frame the civil war as a political struggle. He says a small current conflict may exist while major differences can be settled by negotiation.
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San Francisco
Winter Palace
Peiping
Li Tsung-Jen
Chungking
China
Gen. Li
China Civil War Watch: Local Skirmishes Persist
James D. White notes that Communist forces are outnumbered and outgunned as American planes shift central government troops into key areas. Private Shanghai intelligence supports Li’s view of a limited, localized conflict that could still yield a peaceful settlement, despite ongoing clashes.
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Shanghai
China
Chungking
Twenty seven stranded at sea from army transport plane
Twenty seven passengers and crewmen forced down at sea 450 miles east of Honolulu are believed safe on three life rafts. A search plane spotted the rafts after 1 p m, with 21 aboard including a civilian woman and a WAC. The Liberator transport was en route to the U S west coast when forced down.
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Honolulu
Army
Army Transport Command
ATC
WAC
United States
West Coast
Footprints Of Lost Child Found In Sierra Nevadas
Footprints possibly belonging to 3 year old Dickie Tom Suden were found by searchers in the Sierra Nevadas near the family summer home. The dog Heidi tracked the prints to a ravine about a half mile from the Sudens’ residence as 200 volunteers continued the search for the missing boy. A red and blue mitten had been found nearby.
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Downieville
Calif
Dickie Tom Suden
Sierra Nevadas
Dickie
Joseph Tom Suden
Suden
Heidi
Communists Overrun Key Mongolian Cities Reported
Unconfirmed dispatches claim the north China capital Kweisui and the railway town Tatung fell to communist forces. If true the victories would boost communist control in inner Mongolia and hinder nationalist efforts to reinforce the Peiping Tientsin zone.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
North China
Kweisui
Suiyuan
Tatung
Inner Mongolia
Peiping-Tientsin
John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Iia
China
Asia
White House of State Department
Trial Of Nazi Leaders To Be Delayed Again
Nuernberg reports indicate the start of the war crimes trials may be postponed up to six weeks to grant defense teams more prep time. Rudolf Hess and Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach face uncertain inclusion as Krupp’s health prompts possible removal.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Rudolf Hess
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen
Halbach
Krupp
U. S. Army
Salzburg
University of Moscow
Martin Bormann
Maj
Bertram Schaffner
Erie
Eugen Krasnushkin
Hess
Gunther von Rohrscheidt
Berlin
United States
Theodor Klefisch
Walter Ballas
Cologne
Walter Seimers
Hamburg
Erigh Raeder
Hans Flaeschener
Albert Speer
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N. J
Clara Burns
Robert, Jr
Caroline
State of Georgia
Robert Elliott Burns
Georgia Pardon and Parole Board
Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Burns
Notre Dame
Bill Gompers
Cleveland
Tony Minisi
Bob Skoglund
Detroiter
Dr. Sheppard
THE
James D. White
Mongolia
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