Marshall reveals prewar air plan for Hawaii defense
Gen. George C. Marshall testified that early in 1941 he decided to divert most U S P-36 pursuit squadrons to Hawaii to bolster defense. He said there was no commitment by President Roosevelt to go to war before Pearl Harbor and that alerts in Hawaii were kept strict to deter sabotage and surprise air raids.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
United States
Hawaii
Marshall
Army
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
William D. Mitchell
Mitchell
War-Navy Department
Pacific
Augusta
Navy
Walter C. Short
Senate-House
Short
C. D. Herron
Herron
War Department
Walter Short
Kimmel
Engand
Muth Directs Airport Work in La Crosse
Frank Muth, longtime La Crosse aviation figure, begins duties as maintenance man at the French Island airport under the airport board. He will not be airport manager, reporting to the board, with remodeling and a new administration building planned. The control tower is finished but not equipped as talks with steel hanger firms proceed for future facilities.
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Frank Muth
la Crosse
French Island
City Aviation Board
Muth
Myrick Park
Emil Erickson
John Barth
Carl Wahlstrom
John Main
Flying Ae
Manville Bride-To-Be Traces No-Show to Grand Central Love
New York reports Tommy Manville and Georgina Campbell meet at Grand Central after a missed train and busy commuters. He jokes about being old and broke while noting she arrived on a different train. The couple obtained a Greenwich license Tuesday.
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New York
Tommy Manville
Georgina Campbell
Grand Central Station
Iinuaer Tel
Miss Campbell
California
Tommy
Greenwich
Conn
Rita Hayworth to File for Divorce from Orson Welles
Hollywood report says Rita Hayworth will sue Orson Welles for divorce after two years of marriage. The couple wed in a surprise Santa Monica ceremony on September 7, 1943, and have a daughter named Rebecca who turns one next December 7.
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Hollywood
Rita Hayworth
Orson Welles
Welles
Santa Monica
Rita
Rebecca
Local Weather For La Crosse And Vicinity
Partly cloudy and mild tonight and Friday with a low around 34 and a high near 45. Weather outlook mentions continued pleasant conditions for La Crosse and nearby areas.
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la Crosse
United States Approves 4.4 Billion Loan to Britain
The United States and Britain sign a loan agreement for 4.4 billion dollars with congressional approval needed. The plan spans 50 years from 1946 with no interest for five years and a 2 percent rate thereafter, estimated at about 88 million in the first year.
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London
Britain Still Owes U S War Debt Share Rises
Treasury data show Britain owes about 6.4 billion dollars to the United States on World War I loans. Original loans totalled 4.277 billion, with interest pushing the current debt higher despite 2 plus billion paid before 1933. Interest continues to accrue each year.
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Washington
Britain
United States
The
Treasury
Retail Group Holds Meeting in La Crosse Tonight
H. W. Adkins a sales psychologist and La Crosse executives host a free sales clinic at the Vocational school. About 850 tickets have been distributed for the 8 p m session titled Good Salesmanship In the Postwar Period. Frank W. Sisson will introduce speakers with Arthur C. Tabbert speaking for the local Chamber. Julius Schmidt from Milwaukee joins a delegation at the clinic.
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la Crosse
Milwaukee Association of Commerce
H. W
Tommy) Adkins
Adkins
Frank W. Sisson
Arthur C. Tabbert
Commerce
Iting Milwaukee
Julius Schmidt
Milwaukee
Merchants’ Committee
la Crosse County
Optimism on GM strike front amid wage talks
Hopes for settlement grew as General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers prepared for their first wage negotiations in the 16 day strike era. No formal deal yet but optimism appeared, with one report suggesting peace within ten days after a Pittsburgh meeting attended by CIO President Philip Murray.
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Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Iran Premier Denies Resignation Report
Tehran reports Premier Ibrahim Hakimi rejected rumors of resignation. He said he would keep striving to resolve the Azerbaijan province dispute amid government charges of separatist agitation for independence.
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Iran
Tehran
Ibrahim Hakimi
Azerbaijan
Fatal clashes in Soerabaja sector fatally harm thirty eight Indonesians
Batavia Java reports thirty eight Indonesians fatally hurt in recent skirmishes in the Soerabaja sector. Thirty one died in clashes south of the city and seven at a railway station clearing near the naval base by Indian troops, according to the British army announcement.
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Batavia
Java
Soerabaja
Nazi-Trained Youths Seized In Prague Assassination Probe
Prague security police announce arrests in a probe into an attempted assassination of President Eduard Benes in May in Ziliha. Three Czech youths are named among the detainees, accused of German trained sabotage.
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Prague
Eduard Benes
Ziliha
Goering details Hitler Poland invasion delay and British ties
The Goering statement presented at the war crimes trial claims Hitler planned to invade Poland by August 25, 1939 but delayed until September 1 after Britain pledged aid, with secret talks to keep Britain out of the war. It notes Britain and France declared war on September 3 after the invasion.
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Muernberg
Britain
Poland
Hitler
Herman Goering
International Military Tribunal
Goering
Far Reichsmarshal
Lord Halifax
Engand
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
England
France
John A. Amen
New York
U. S
Fuehrer
Wehr
Five Bombers Lost in Atlantic Search Underway
Fort Lauderdale naval air station reports five navy torpedo bombers missing after a routine flight. A coast guard led search covering the Atlantic seaboard is underway as planes were due back at 4 p.m. yesterday. Each aircraft carries a pilot and radio-gunner.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Naval Air Station
Atlantic Seaboard
Coast Guard
Prince Konoye Named in War Crimes Arrest Warrant
Tokyo reports say General MacArthur ordered Prince Fumimaro Konoye and Marquis Koichi Kido arrested as war crimes suspects. Seven other senior figures linked to wartime policy were listed as wanted. A separate Communist list of 1,000 alleged criminals includes the emperor and empress.
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Koichi Kido
MacArthur
Konoye
Japan
Kido
Emperor Hirohito
Reds
Kijuro Shidehara
Takuo Godo
Germany
China
Shigeo Odate
Taketora Ogata
Asahi
Viscount Masatoshi Okochi
Hiroshi Oshima
Berlin
Tadamasu Sakai
House of Peers
Yukichiro Suma
Washington
Morisama Nashimoto
Navy Tug Reaches Drifting Transport
The rescue tug Restorer has reached the drifting troop transport Henry Ward Beecher and towed her toward Bermuda where they expect to arrive Sunday morning. Beecher lost her single propeller about 510 miles from Bermuda while en route from Marseille to Norfolk in heavy seas. A second ship, the merchantman George W. McCrary, reported boiler trouble about 900 miles off Bermuda and a patrol craft was sent to assist if needed.
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New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Navy
Bermuda
Beecher
Marseille
Norfolk
Eastern Sea Frontier
George W. McCrary
Naval Operations Base
28 Dead in New Outbreaks in Russian-Occupied Azerbaijan
Official radio reports from Tabriz said 28 people were killed in new outbreaks in the Russian-occupied Azerbaijan province. The casualty figure underscores ongoing violence amid the regional conflict and tension in the area.
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Tehran
Tabriz
Azerbaijan
Hurley Attacks Acheson Over Iran Policy in Senate
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley told the senate foreign relations committee that Dean Acheson had destroyed American policy in Iran. The exchange with Chairman Connally interrupted the hearing as Bridges pressed for full answers on subordinates and public support from President Truman and Secretary Byrnes. Hurley was recalled for further testimony as Byrnes prepared to present the state department’s side.
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Leonard T. Gerow
War Plans Division
War Department
Short
Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Acheson
Iran
Acheson
Byrnes
Hurley
China
Connally
Dtex
Bridges
R-N.h
Chungking
Truman
State Department
General Hurley
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Far East
Strike Bill Introduced Faces Labor Rift in Congress
The measure introduced by Chairman Norton would let the president form fact finding commissions when labor strikes threaten national disruption. A 30 day suspension of strikes and work stoppages would be authorized to allow voluntary settlement efforts.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Congress
House
Norton
D-Nj
Labor Committee
Ramspeck
Dga
Truman
Secretary of Labor
Hungary to Exchange Slovak Population
Prague reports that Hungary and Czechoslovakia discuss a population swap with Hungarians in Slovakia to be repatriated and Slovaks in Hungary to be returned. The plan, announced by Czech Deputy PM Vilem Siroki, awaits talks led by Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Gyongyosy amid broader expulsion projections.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vilem Siroki
Janos Gyongyosy
Hungary
Government Hikes Living Cost Rise To 33 Per Cent
Washington announces cost of living increase closer to 33 per cent, up from 29.5 to 30 per cent, to aid reopening wage disputes. Truman policy cited. OPA ceilings not guaranteed. General Motors and CIO Autoworkers resume talks on 30 per cent demand after postponement.
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Washington
John C. Collet
Collet
Truman
Mr. Truman
OPA
General Motors Corporation
CIO Auto Orkers
Public To See Marine Train Arriving In La Crosse
A United States Marine Corps Victory Loan train arrives in La Crosse Friday with a cross section of war equipment. Twenty five marine veterans including two officers will be honored by Mayor Verdota and the war finance committee at a noon luncheon and dinner after viewing the exhibit at the old Burlington depot.
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la Crosse
United States Marine Corps
Pacific
J. J. Verdota
War Finance Committee
Burlington
Second Street
William F. Kramer
Frank J. Guidone
Marine Corps
United States Treasury Department
Finance Committee
la Crosse County
Pension for Congress Wins Committee OK
The House Civil Service Committee approved on a party line vote a voluntary pension plan for members of Congress. Members would contribute 5 percent of pay or 500 dollars annually to the pension fund.
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Washington
Congress
House Civil Service Committee
Tenth Of An Ounce Of Uranium Used To Detonate A Bomb
California Institute of Technology physicist Conway W. Snyder said the first atomic bomb used only a tenth of an ounce of uranium to detonate after nine months at Los Alamos. The initial devices carried six to seven pounds of uranium in total.
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Los Angeles
California Institute of Technology
Conway W. Snyder
Los Alamos, N. M
Doolittle Leaves Army to Join Shell Oil as Executive
Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, organizer of the Tokyo raid, will resign from the Army Air Forces to become a vice president of Shell Oil Corp. effective January 1, the company announced.
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New York
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Army Air Forces
Shell Oil Corp
Bomb misses Egypt's ex Premier Nahas Pasha
A Cairo dispatch says a bomb was hurled at Nahas Pasha leader of the Wafdist party and former Egyptian premier but he escaped injury.
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Egypt
Nahas Pasha
London
Reuters
Cairo
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