Coup Fears Rise Over Communist Advance in Manchuria
Changchun remains the focal point as nationalist troops press into Manchuria and communist forces dig in near the city. reports say U S equipped divisions push toward the capital while tensions flare at Tientsin with marine, communist clashes and rifle fire.
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Chungking
Changchun Uo Yo
Great Wall
Manchuria
Changchun
Tientsin
Ae Ona Apy
Dewitt Peck
Tommarine
Eemnaton
Peck
Peiping
Chiang
Coded Epistle Sent By Japs Dec 5 1941
Washington reports a coded Mt Niitaka message signaled Japan to launch the Pearl Harbor attack. Admiral Inglis describes the plan to delay action if diplomacy succeeded and notes the fleet’s movements from Hito kappu bay to within striking distance.
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Washington
Niitaka
Pearl Harbor
Adm
T. B. Inglis
Senate-House Committee
Tokyo
Imperil Naval Command
Mt. Niitaka
Hitokappu Bay
Euekles
Inglis
Hawaii
Hawaiian
Brewster
R-Maine
Pacific
Atlantic
Maine
Lucas
D-Iii
Sun Tzu Relevance Unearthed in Chinese Civil War Tactics
The World Today reviews Sun Tzu's Art of War and its continued influence on both Communist and Chiang Kai-shek strategies in the Chinese civil conflict. Quotations illustrate deception, frontier control, and timing as enduring military principles referenced by modern leaders.
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James D. White
San Francisco
China
Sun Tzu
Military Service Publishing Co
Harrisburg
Lionel Giles
von Clausewitz
Napoleon
Frederick the Great
Chiang Kai-shek
Chungking
Sun U
Bishops Decry Persecution in Russian Sphere
U S Catholic bishops announced religious persecution remains brutal and cunning in many lands especially within Russia influenced areas. They criticized the UN peace process as disappointing and urged the United States to demand a permanent peace answerable to human hearts.
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Washington
United States
Europe
United Nations
Soldier Finds Frozen Bodies Of Wife And Son
Cpl. William S. Myers returned from overseas to a South Dakota homecoming ruined by tragedy. His wife, 24, and their nearly three year old son were found frozen after a snow storm a week earlier. Officials suggest she tried to carry the child to shelter, the car abandoned nearby. The missing pair were located after Mrs Myers’s parents believed she had gone to meet her husband. The discovery occurred in the Ellipwoods Indian reservation foothills near the Missouri River.
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Parshall
N. D
Cpl
William S. Myers
Army
Ellipwoods Indian Reservation
Charley Wheldon
Baby Born Moments After Mother's Death Survives
In Philadelphia a Caesarian delivery occurred 20 minutes after Mrs. Mary Zaccario died from heart disease. Dr. Irving Uram operated after learning of the death, delivering a four pound baby in 30 seconds who survived and was placed in an incubator. The doctor noted the birth came weeks early and called it a miracle.
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Philadelphia
Irving Uram
Jefferson Hospital
Mary Zaccario
Idle strikes loom as nation faces wage clashes
The nation rides an idle boom between 280000 and 295000 as major labor actions unfold. Truck drivers in four midwestern states avoided a 20,000 driver strike. Greyhound work stoppage ends. Timken plants face a 133 day stoppage. 10 International Harvester plants vote to back CIO wage demands of 30 percent. Union talks with General Motors and Ford begin with no breakthrough.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Tulsa
Okla
Staten Island
N. Y
Minnesota
Greyhound
Ohio
Timken Roller Bearing Company
International Harvester Company
CIO
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Ford Motor Company
Labor-Management Conference
Philip Murray
Murray
Actress Carole Landis identifies rape suspect in station room
Hollywood detectives name Charles L. Gramlich, 31, as the man she identified after reporting an attempted zipper intrusion in her dressing room. Gramlich denied the accusation, a former Marietta attorney, while police continued probe into similar attempts on Greer Garson and Claudette Colbert by a man with the same description.
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Hollywood
Carole Landis
C. C. Forbes
Charles L. Gramlich
Marietta, O
Forbes
Greer Garson
Claudette Colbert
Miss
Female Nazi Weeps When Sentenced at Trials
LUENEBURG Germany Nov 17 Josef Kramer Irma Grese and nine staff were condemned to hang for murders at Belsen and Oswiecim. Three women were to die. Grese sobbed later. defense plans appeal as court oversees 179 total years for 30 torture specialists.
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Lueneburg
Germany
Josef Kramer
Irma Grese
Belsen
Oswiecim
Grese
Fritz Klein
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Elizabeth Volken
Prisoners Shins Kicked Until Bones Were Bare
Dachau trial shows a German engraver recounting guards kicking prisoners with heavy boots until bone showed. Karl Wolf names Engelbert Niedermeyer Johann Kick and Otto Schulz among new defendants. He accuses Rirk of sending cripples on so called recovery trips and alleges a crematorium operated by Niedermeyer.
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Dachau
Germany
U. S
Karl Wolf
Wolf
Engelbert Niedermeyer
Johann Kick
Otto Schulz
Rirk
Schulz
Niedermeyer
Bond Sales To Individuals Reach 1.816 Billion in Victory Loan
War finance officials report that individual bond sales in the victory loan campaign total 1.816 billion dollars, about 45.4 percent of the 4 billion dollar goal. The report also notes 579 million dollars in E-bonds, or 29 percent of the E bond quota.
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Washington
War Finance
Congress urged to focus on lawmaking over investigations
Democratic leader Senator Murdock urged Congress to spend more time writing laws and less on investigations as the government reorganization bill stalled during a recess. He noted empty benches in the Senate while the Pearl Harbor inquiry operated nearby and urged returning to legislative work.
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Washington, Navy
Senate
Congress
Murdock
Utah
Truman
Pearl Harbor
Smith
Burdock
Senate Judiciary Committee
De Gaulle Resigns Over Communist Cabinet Demands
Paris dispatch reports General De Gaulle resigning as interim president after communists demanded one of three top posts foreign affairs, defense, or interior. He argued accepting such a condition would endanger France's policy of balance between the United States and the Soviet Union and left the decision to the constituent assembly.
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Paris
de Gaulle
France
United States
Russia
Interior
Ace
Constituent Assembly
Mrs Eisenhower Stricken During Family Visit in Iowa
Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower wife of the general was taken by ambulance to Boone County Hospital at 9 p m after arriving with her husband for a family reunion. Doctor A B Deering said pneumonia is feared and she appeared pale and haggard as she left the private car. The Eisenhowers were visiting relatives Mr and Mrs Joel Carlson at their home on the Carlson farm in Boone Iowa.
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King
Eisenhower
Ernest J. King
U. S. Navy
House Military Committee
Washington
Capitol Hill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Defense Department
Pearl Harbor
Boone
Boone County Hospital
A. B. Deering
Joel C. Carlson
Deering
Carlson
Leadership Of JayCees Praise In Talk
Winston Salem November 17 Henry Kearns national president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce told North Carolina JayCee directors that leadership training for young men through the JayCee will help sustain American life. He cited three key contributions training leaders promoting community service and building active leadership. The state board of directors will hold two sessions Sunday morning and afternoon.
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Winston-Salem
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Henry Kearns
Pasadena
Calif
North Carolina State JayCee
Kearns
Japan
Germany
France
Chamber of Commerce
JayCee
State Board of Directors
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