Welles Heard In Pearl Harbor Probe In Nurnberg Trials
Defense lawyers said Britain’s big names may be summoned as witnesses in the war crimes trial in Nurnberg. Authorities admitted foreign witness access is highly restricted, likely blocking many prominent Britons from testifying for the accused Nazi leaders.
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Welles
Pearl Harbor
Great Britain
Nuernberg
Germany
Atso
Noday
Lea
International Military Tribunal
Japs Slowed By Fleet In Pearl Harbor
Former diplomat Sumner Welles testified that keeping the American fleet in Hawaii during 1940 41 slowed Japanese aggression. He backed Hulls earlier statement and noted Churchill proposed warnings to Japan in 1941. The committee heard details of prewar diplomacy and a 1940 41 naval dispute over Hawaii.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
Sumner Welles
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Hull
U. S
Augusta
New Foundland
Churchill
United States
Britain
Japan
Kent Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Congress
Welles
Hirohito
China
Senate
Measey
D-Ky
J. O. Richardson
Richardson
Soldiers Hurt In Twin City Plane Crash
Ten soldiers were injured when a C-46 transport plane crashed after takeoff at Smith Reynolds Airport during a Victory Bond show. The pilot, co pilot, and eight enlisted men were hospitalized in Greensboro with serious injuries. The plane caught fire but fire crews extinguished the flames. next of kin notifications were pending.
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Winston-Salem
Smith Reynolds
Ord Greensboro
Army
Japs Ordered To Tax Away War Profits
General MacArthur issued a stern occupation directive ordering Japan to tax away war profits and levy up to 70 percent on corporate and private fortunes including imperial households. The plan aims for equitable wealth distribution and requires a Japanese tax program by the first 1946 Diet session, with ending discharge allowances to veterans by February.
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Marlin Spencer
Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Diet
Zaibatsu
Army To Lower Discharge Points Early Next Month
The Army plans major changes to discharge points on December 1 to accelerate demobilization after World War II. By May 12 to November 16, about 3.114 million have been released with 287 thousand weekly discharges. Officers’ points drop from 75 to 73 on December 11. doctors and medical staff may see score reductions. Married service members will be affected from December 1.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Jap Control Talks With Reds Show Slight Progress
Moscow reports show U S and Soviet negotiators making some progress in talks on joint postwar control of Japan. An Allied control council akin to Germany is favored by Russians. Stalin’s absence in Moscow slowed talks but his return was anticipated soon.
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Boxer
Charles Boxer
China
LaGuardia
New York
Carola
Emily Hahn
Maj. Boxer
Miss Hahn
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Japan
U. S
Ganamans
Germany
Stalin
Black Sea
Nations Will Consider Atom Energy First
London dispatch reports at the United Nations preparatory commission opening session that worldwide controls on atomic energy may be one of the first tasks assigned to the general assembly. Philip Noel-Baker warns that atomic energy must be controlled or it will end humanity. the commission adopts procedural rules and readies to elect officers.
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Flora Lewis
London
General Assembly of the
United Nations
Philip Noel-Baker
United Nations Preparatory Commission
Baker
Ivan Kerno
Damaskinos Refuses to Quit as Regent of Greece
Athens reports Archbishop Damaskinos has withdrawn his resignation as regent. He previously refused ministers' naming authority and declined to sign laws or decrees after pressure from Prime Minister Sophoulis and British officials.
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Athens
Damaskinos
Themistokles Sophoulis
Ernest Bevin
Greece
Hector McNeil
Lady Astor Rejects Cliveden Set as Defense Witnesses
Lady Astor dismisses a claim that she and the Cliveden set would testify for Ribbentrop at Nuremberg. She notes she never hosted him, recalls only one visit, and recalls rebuking the Nazi salute. She says she has a horror of nazis and never met Hitler or Mussolini.
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London
Lady Astor
Cliveden
Nuernberg
Joachim von Ribbentrop
British Press Association
Ribbentrop
Hitler
Mussolini
Daily Worker
Nazi leaders plan to call British witnesses in trial
The defense for von Ribbentrop Keitel and Hess seeks British figures as witnesses. Potential calls include Lady Astor and Lords Beaverbrook Derby. Giles Rommily Churchill’s nephew. Capt. Michael Alexander a Hess prisoner. Hamilton of Hess land estate. and the doctor who first examined Hess. A written witness request outlines expected testimony.
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
Rudolf Hess
von Ribbentrop
London
Lady Astor
Beaverbrook
Derby
Keitel
Giles Rommily
Winston Churchill
Narvik
Norway
Michael Alexander
Harold Alexander
Ae of Hamilton
Scotland
Hess
Burley Flood Into Asheville Market Signals Large Season
Western North Carolina tobacco growers continue to deliver to Asheville warehouses ahead of the December 3 opening. The movement began yesterday and is expected to peak next week. An 18,900,000 pound crop is projected for the season with growers likely to earn about $10,000,000. Early consignments show high quality burley.
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Asheville
North Carolina
General Motors Strike Stalemated By Nationwide Tieup Threat
The GM wage dispute loomed as the United Auto Workers CIO demand for a 30 percent raise faced government mediation and a strike threat. UAW chief J. Thomas rejected arbitration while President Truman backed conciliation efforts led by Edgar La Warren. Reuther signaled union participation in capital talks, with continued stalemate noted as the deadlock persisted.
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Associated Press
Motors de Eeation
Illinois
Chicago
Lake and Porter
Indiana
U. S
W. G. Murray
Illinois Bell Telephone Cou Oe
Illinois Telephone Traffic Union
Ind
Murray
WLB Telephone Commission
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Truman
J. Thomas
Schwellenbach
Washington
Edgar la Warren
U. S. Conciliation Service
Mr. Truman
Walter P. Reuther
Legion Proposes Four Month Training Period
John Stelle national commander of the American Legion announced a plan to seek a congressional bill for universal military training. The proposal would require four months of active service for every physically qualified 18 year old, followed by options including further active duty eight months, returning to school and joining a guard or naval reserve, enrolling in BOTC, or working eight months in a national defense plant. He will assemble a committee at Legion headquarters in Indianapolis to draft the bill.
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ST. Louis
John Stelle
The
American Legion
NBC
Legion
Congress
Stelle
Alterna
Tives
National Guard
Naval Reserve
B.O.T.C
Three Boys Confess to Wreck Plot on Trains in Alabama
In Cullman Alabama three youths aged 9 to 13 confessed to attempts to wreck Southwind and Pan American trains of the Louisville and Nashville line. Police say heavy timbers steel plates and boards were placed on tracks but were spotted before damage. They will be tried in juvenile court. In Shanghai, 25 more Japanese were arrested over the Hankow deaths of three American fliers last December per U S Army.
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Cullman
Ala
Mgd
J. D. Mitchell
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Shanghai
Hankow
U. S. Army
Nationalists Drive Deep In Manchuria
Chinese Nationalist troops reportedly seized Chinhsien railway station and surrounded the city, pushing 100 miles into Manchuria from Mukden. Reports from Chungking also swirl about a possible Russian withdrawal delay and unconfirmed talks to ensure nationalist reoccupation.
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Chungking
Chinhsien
Mukden
Manchuria
Chung-king
Moscow
Russia
Changchun
Ukden
Peoples Militia
Chihsien
Shanhaikwan Jat
Mosher Urges Labor Conference Shift On Key Issues
Ira Mosher, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, says labor delegates must change their stance on fundamental questions for the Truman era labor management talks to yield major results. He urges quick accords on five points including collective bargaining improvements, limiting invasions of management, jurisdictional disputes, voluntary arbitration, and impartial fact finding to protect public health and safety.
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Washington
Ira Mosher
National Association of Manufacturers
Mosher
Truman
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