Mackenzie on Travel Lessons From War-Torn Europe
AP World Travelers column by Dewitt Mackenzie describes aims of his London trip to study peoples in wartime Europe. He warns small misunderstandings between cultures can breed bigger issues and stresses patient, neighborly understanding for peace.
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Government Seeks End To Major GM Wage Dispute
President Truman endorses talks as Labor Secretary Schwellenbach plans Washington conferences to resolve the 30 percent wage demand at General Motors. GM rejects arbitration terms and withdraws a 10 percent offer, while nationwide labor actions threaten 300,000 more idle workers.
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New York
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Montgomery Ward and Company
Churchill urged Roosevelt to warn Japan before Pearl Harbor
Congressional investigators heard a Nov 30 1941 Churchill message urging a plain or joint declaration to warn Japan against further aggression. The note suggested Congress action to avert war and was read as part of the Pearl Harbor inquiry.
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Stiff Fighting in Batavia and Semarang Amid Turbulent Day
Heavy fighting erupts between British and Indonesian forces in Semarang and Ambarawa with reports of massacres at an Ambarawa civilian internee camp. British statements claim Dutch and Amboine se troops killed 60 Indonesian police in Batavia center and naval and artillery support repelled 1 000 Indonesians in Semarang. Batavia quiets but sniping and a crashed Dakota search continues.
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Japan Loses Field Of Atomic Research To Destruction
American troops under MacArthur dismantle five cyclotrons in Japan including a 200 ton U S made unit at Tokyo and others at Osaka and Kyoto as Japan’s wartime nuclear efforts end. Nishina and Arakatsu express heartbreak and doubt about sufficient uranium for a test chain reaction.
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University of California
Toshio Nishina
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Sumiko Yokayama
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Osaka Imperial University
Kyoto Imperial University
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Injuries From Fight Prove Fatal For Wilkes Man
John T. Wagner aged 62 died at Wilkes Hospital after injuries from a fight with his son in law Lew Faw. Sheriff Poindexter said the confrontation occurred when Wagner accosted Faw and three brothers for hunting on his land.
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Warren Silent On Candidacy For Governor
Lindsay Warren comptroller general of the United States declines to comment on the likelihood of running for governor in 1948. He says it is too early to say, though close friends expect he would seriously consider a bid. Warren’s name has been linked to the next gubernatorial race as tradition points to an eastern candidate.
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Raleigh
Lindsay Warren
United States
Warren
Sub Freezing Temperatures Across North Carolina
Sub freezing readings crossed North Carolina with Charlotte at 20 degrees Asheville Raleigh and Greensboro at 21 and Mt Mitchell near Asheville at two degrees above zero. Weather officials forecast fair but continued cold tonight with lows 24 to 28 in western and northern regions and 26 to 30 in the southern part of the state.
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Motor Carriers Organize New Safety Unit
North Carolina motor carriers association forms a new safety committee as part of its safety section with a charter for eastern North Carolina at Wilson. Chapters are planned for Winston-Salem and Charlotte.
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North Carolina Motor Carriers Association
North Carolina
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Charlotte
Man Killed as Car Strikes John C. Elliot in South Gastonia
John C. Elliot, 58, was killed last night after being struck by a car in South Gastonia. Accident investigators were called to the scene and details were pending.
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John C. Elliot
Ghost words of Hitler introduced in war crimes trial
The American prosecution presented Hitler’s orders for a war of extermination against the Poles as evidence in the trial of Nazi leaders before the international war crimes tribunal in Nurnberg.
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Nazi leaders to testify in their own defense at Nurnberg trial
In Nurnberg on November 24 a majority of the 20 Nazi leaders on trial before the International Military Tribunal planned to testify on their own behalf. Defense lawyers outlined plans and said witnesses from Britain and the United States would be sought. Keitel's lawyers said a Churchill nephew and a cousin of Sir Harold Alexander, once prisoners of the Germans, would be asked to testify for him.
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Defendants face German documents in Nuremberg case
Prosecutors offer over 100000 words of evidence including Hitler’s statements about plans to attack the Netherlands Belgium France Britain Poland and Russia. The court recesses two days for defense review as the trial opens.
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Japanese Premier Talks With General MacArthur
The Japanese premier discussed import permissions with General MacArthur allowing food coal petroleum and salt imports for 1946. Japan seeks 3 000 000 tons of food 180 000 tons of cotton and 1 130 000 tons of coal with imports tied to shipping and export capacity.
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MacArthur
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Japan
Sankuro Ogaswara
North America
German Prussia May Be Partitioned Into Several States
Kansas City dispatch reports James W. Riddberger, chief of central European affairs, says German Prussia will be broken into autonomous states with remaining states forming a new federal union. He notes Germany will remain an entity while decentralization of political structure shifts local responsibility.
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Kansas City
State Department
Vital Town Is In Hands Of Nationalists
Chungking reports nationalists have surrounded Chinhsien a hundred miles inside Manchuria as the Communist news service argues for autonomy for Manchuria. The World Daily News notes unorganized resistance and cites Chu Teh with 200000 red troops in Manchuria. Russians occupy Mukden according to the report.
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Explosion at U S Army dump near Calcutta kills 58
In Kanchrapara, 30 miles north of Calcutta, smokeless powder exploded at a U S army ammunition dump. Sixty people died including six American soldiers. five Americans and forty Indian workers were injured. Officials say no link to protests in Calcutta.
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India- Burma
United States Army
New Delhi
Non Technical Workers Learn Secret Bomb Basics at Los Alamos
Los Alamos scientists held a meeting for non technical workers to explain the fundamentals of the secret project. The demonstration described fissionable matter in several pieces being joined rapidly to initiate a reaction.
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Association of Los Alamos Atomic Bomb Laboratory
Trains Crash in Georgia Kill at Least Two
A crowded troop train and a freight train collided head on about 37 miles northwest of Atlanta near Hanlin. Two people were killed and several injured. Ambulances from Rockmart Cedartown Austell and Powder Springs aided the scene. The troop train was bound for Atlanta and the freight for Birmingham.
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Asheville Attorney Named to U S Attorney Post in West NC
Asheville attorney T A Uzzell Jr was recommended to succeed Worth McKinney as the U S attorney for western North Carolina while McKinney serves on the war crimes trial staff. Uzzell accepted the interim post, with nomination by Senator Clyde Hoey and approval by the justice department. The delegation to Japan is to depart Dec 2 aboard air transport.
De Gaulle Proposes Major Reorganization of French Army
President De Gaulle asks the constituent assembly for a complete reorganization of France's armed forces. He aims to introduce new methods amid atomic age realities, with prior calls for mechanization and a possible shift toward a tightly integrated elite model.
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