Eisenhower favors merger in world peace plea
The World Today column notes the atomic energy drive as a peace offer by the United States Britain and Canada aimed at disarming the bomb threat. It cites President Truman Prime Minister Attlee and King urging global cooperation and the moral shift needed to prevent war, praising Eisenhower's stance on the issue.
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Hitler
Tren
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England
Russia
Moscow
Truman
Attlee
King
Genear Eisenhower
Atom Control Commission
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Washington
Clement Attlee
MacKenzie King
T. L. Rowan
Vannevar Bush
U. S
E. J. C. Jacob
Rep
Eaton
New Jersey
McMahon
Connecticut
Canaan
Lester B. Pearson
James F. Byrnes
Sol Bloom
New York
William D. Leahy
United Nations Commission
Eisenhower backs unified command in nation defense plan
General Eisenhower told the Senate military committee that without a single unified command for land sea and air the United States risks losing the peace. He argued unity of direction was essential and cited Germany's lack of unified command as a factor in its defeat. He outlined nine points urging a single department to coordinate all services amid atomic era threats.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Pearl Harbor
Senate Military Committee
United States
Nimitz
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Africa
Europe
Germany
Fuehrer
Luftwaffe
Reichsmarshal Goering
Hitler
Wehrmacht
Navy Ordered Convoy Days Before Pearl Harbor Attack
Senate inquiry records show the navy ordered convoying of merchant ships in the Pacific 12 days before Pearl Harbor. Admiral Harold E. Stark issued the order on November 25, 1941, as part of the disaster investigation.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Senate-House
T. B. Inglis
Harold E. Stark
Naval Operations
Republicans press Boise sighting probe over Pearl Harbor raid
Rep Gearhart of California urged Rear Admiral Inglis to investigate whether the American cruiser Boise sighted the Japanese fleet during the first week of December and reported it due to radio silence orders, as a committee probes the Pearl Harbor disaster.
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Washington
Boise
Pearl Harbor
Gearhart
Navy officials told to route merchant shipping southward
Stark instructed San Francisco naval leaders to shift merchant shipping to a southern route with escort. Inglis testified copies of the order reached Admiral Kimmel at Pearl Harbor and others. Senator Ferguson pressed Inglis on Pacific convoys, German vessels, and the Pensacola’s eight westbound ships. A Japanese message months before Pearl Harbor quoted Roosevelt predicting Japan would soon move.
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San Francisco
Inglis
Husband E. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Senator Ferguson
R-Mich
Pacific
Pensacola
Ferguson
Boise
Michigan
Tokyo Ane
Roosevelt
Japan
Navy Chief Says U S Navy Cannot Fight Major Sea Battle
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King told a House military committee that the navy is not now able to fight a major battle if required. He cited rapid demobilization and disintegration of units as making ships companies incomplete, though he supported universal military training. He also said the atomic bomb cannot prevent fleets from operating.
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Washington
Oe Navy
United States Navy
Ernest J. King
House Military Committee
King
Rep
Johnson
R-Calif
Truman
County Broadcasting asks FCC to operate Lexington radio station
The County Broadcasting Company sought FCC authority to run a radio station at Lexington North Carolina on 1190 kilocycles with 250 watts daytime power.
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Washington
the County Broadcasting Company
Communications Commission Authority Today
Lexington
N. C
Communists Fire On U S Train Commander in China
In a report from Shanghai the U S China theater headquarters said Maj. Gen. Dewitt Peck commander of the First Marine Division was fired upon by a communist village while a train moved from Tangshan to Chinwangtao. Peck urged strafing if fire continued as Gen Wedemeyer authorized appropriate action after warnings.
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U.S. China Theater
Dewitt Peck
North China
Peck
U. S
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
Tientsin
Wedemeyer
Keller Rockey
Third Amphibious Corps
Rockey
Tangshan
Chinwangtao
Lwanhsien
Tar Heel Given Another Chance By Federal Judge
Calvin Cleveland Smith of Cabarrus County North Carolina was given a further chance by U S district court in Philadelphia Judge Guy K Bard suspended criminal charges and offered to drop them if Smith enlists in the armed forces despite objections from Assistant U S Attorney Edward A Kallich.
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Philadelphia
Calvin Cleveland Smith
Cabarrus County
N. C
U. S. District Court
Guy K. Bard
Bard
Smith
U. S
Edward A. Kallich
Truck Drivers Strike Hits Eight Midwest States
AFL truck drivers walked out at midnight across eight middle western states. About 20,000 drivers were off the job in the region, part of a national total near 295,000. Affects Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and parts of Wisconsin. Secretary Lou Hosking of the Midwest truck operators association commented.
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AFL
Middle Western
Fred Snyder
Minneapolis
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Wisconsin
Lou Hosking
Midwest Truck Operators Associa
Plenty Of Turkeys Available For Holiday Season
In peacetime Thanksgiving boost, the nation expects a record crop of 44 150 000 turkeys. Civilian demand rises as supplies widen with set aside orders lifted. Chicago prices stay near ceiling with 53 cents a pound for all grade A dressed birds and 59 to 60 cents for heavy drawn birds. Prices vary little nationwide and chickens also show abundance as the army exits the market.
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Chicago
Navy
America
Institute of American Poultry Industries
Cliff D. Carpenter
Institute
Carpenter
Army
De Gaulle Resigns Interim France Presidency
Paris announces Gen. De Gaulle will resign as interim president of France due to deadlock with the communist party over a three party coalition cabinet. He was elected to lead during the Fourth Republic’s formation and will hand in his resignation to Assembly President Felix Gouin as the chamber prepares to act.
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de Gaulle
France
Communist Party
Constituent Assembly
Free French Movement
London
French Committee of National Liberation
Algiers
Henri Giraud
Felix Gouin
Prosecution In Yamashita Case Nearing Close
Manila reports the war crimes case against Lt Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita nearing its end with a Japanese admiral on the stand. The court's future amid a possible halt by a Philippines Supreme Court order is debated by Gen MacArthur.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines Supreme Court
MacArthur
Wilhelm D. Styer
Western Pacific
Yamashita
Military Commission
Denshichi Okouchi
Southwest
Pacific
Philippines
Robert Kerr
Byrnes Has Busy Day in His Birth City Charleston
Secretary of State Byrnes, born in Charleston, schedules three speeches including a banquet address on world cooperation after yesterday’s Truman Attlee King atomic energy declaration. His talk, shifting from international trade, will be broadcast at 8 p.m. EST by NBC.
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Charleston
S. C
Byrnes
State Department
NBC
Wife Murderer Given 25 Years
Bevis Huss aged 27 was sentenced by Judge Allen H Gwyn in Catawba county superior court to 25 to 30 years in the state penitentiary in Raleigh for the slaying of his wife on August 23. The sentence followed testimony in a sensational case heard the prior day.
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Newton
Allen H. Gwyn
Catawba County
Bevis Huss
Raleigh
Josef Kramer Among Those Found Guilty
A British military court convicted Josef Kramer the beas t of Belsen and 30 other SS defendants for atrocities at Belsen and Oswiecim camps. Fourteen others including five women were found innocent. Major defendants Fritz Klein and Irma Grese were among those convicted. Sentencing was expected to follow.
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Ence
Germany
Josef Kramer
Belsen
Oswiecim
Kramer
Fritz Klein
Irma Grese
Peter Weingartner
George Raft
Ilse Lothe
Hilde Lobauer
Franz Hoeszler
Juana Borman
Ison
Riots in Tel Aviv Push Palestine Casualties Toward 100
In Jerusalem on November 16 British authorities tightened controls to curb illegal immigration into Palestine as violence in Tel Aviv surged, with estimates placing casualties above 100 and about 800000 dollars in property damage. Jewish leaders urged restraint and denounced fascist terrorism, while the Palestine Post criticized the violence as a shoddy episode.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Isaac Ben-Tsevei
Jewish National Council
Sixth Airborne Division
E. L. Boss
Hungry Japanese Rioters Seize Food Across Hokkaido
Asahi reports 2300 residents in two raids seized 19 thousand pounds of milled foods from farms stores and mills. Some paid for items while 60 police guarded the area and civilians formed a volunteer corps. Rioting marks a rare flare in food shortages under fuel scarcity.
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Hokkaido
Asahi
Shigejhri
Akshira
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