Union Rejects 10 Percent Increase Offer By GM
The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America rejects General Motors offer of 13 42 cents an hour wage increase for 30 000 GM workers across four cities as strike actions widen. Aimed to settle the nation’s labor disputes during a walkout of about 200 000 GM employees, the offer followed a prior request for a 30 percent boost and was met with optimism in Detroit that a settlement might be found.
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New York
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
CIO
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Company
United Auto Workers
Detroit
United Electrical
General Electric
Westinghouse
H. W. Son
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Chrysler
Vaw-Cio
Chrysler Corporation
American Airlines
Cleveland
AFL Greyhound
Wife and son refuse funeral for slain Ozark farmer
Vienna Missouri reports that Mrs. Edna Westerman and her 15-year-old son Gene stayed in jail cells refusing to attend the funeral of Henry Westerman who was shot. Prosecutor Hamp Rothwell says Gene admitted killing his father with a rifle and that Mrs Westerman and Ben French signed confessions planning the murder to allow a marriage between Westerman and French.
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Vienna
Edna Westerman
Gene
Henry Westerman
Ozark
Ben French
Westerman
French
Hamp Rothwell
Lerch Named Military Governor of Korean Occupation Zone
Maj. Gen. Archer L. Lerch has been appointed military governor of the American occupation zone in Korea, the War Department announced Friday.
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Washington
Archer L. Lerch
Korea
War Department
Weather: increasing cloudiness with cooler temps tonight
La Crosse area forecast shows rising clouds tonight with little temperature change, low near 24. Saturday remains mostly cloudy and cooler by afternoon, with daytime high around 40.
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la Crosse
Byrnes Rebutts Hurley Charges On China Policy
Secretary of State Byrnes told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hurley failed to sustain his charges against state department diplomats. He challenged Hurley’s claim of no Washington policy statement and said no specific evidence was provided against George Atcheson and John Service. Hurley attended the hearing as he defended his China tenure and alleged disloyalty by career diplomats.
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Byrnes
Patrick J. Hurley
State Department
Hurley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Chungking
Secretary of State
Truman
George Atcheson
John Service
Atcheson
Mr. Atcheson
George
D-Ga
Marshall
Army
Walter C.) Short
Japan
Invasion Plans of 1940 Revealed at War Crimes Trial
German records show Hitler planned the low countries invasion as early as October 1939 with massing on the border by November and an actual attack delayed until May 10, 1940. Evidence cites Goering Keitel Jodl and Raeder, who faced British prosecutors detailing treachery and broken treaties.
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Hitler
Low Countries
France
Holland
Belgium
Bourg
Norway
Denmark
Poland
Luxembourg
G. D. Roberts
Roberts
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Wilhelm Keitel
Alfred Jodi
Karl Doenitz
Jodl
Fuehrer
Jodil
Keitel
Jodi
Vast Atlantic search for missing airmen launches biggest peacetime rescue
A large sea and air armada was sent to cover 100 000 square miles of the Atlantic in a last chance effort to locate 27 missing airmen from a formation of five torpedo bombers and a search plane. The navy dispatched 248 planes while 18 surface ships including the USS Solomons, merchant vessels, and other searchers join in what may be the era s biggest peacetime rescue operation.
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Miami
Fila
Atlantic
Navy
U. S. S. Solomons
Public backs Truman plan with strong Gallup support
A Gallup poll shows over eight in ten adults favor President Truman's plan for fact finding boards and a 30 day cooling off period before major strikes. The poll questions also indicate broad belief it would reduce strikes though consensus is less strong on that outcome. The House Labor Committee votes to begin hearings on the measure next Monday, aiming to move it before Christmas.
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New York
Truman
Washington
House Labor Committee
Rep
Ramspeck
D-Ga
Norton
D-Nj
House
Korean Assassin Calls on MacArthur After 22 Years
Ryoul Pack known as Boku Retsu made his first public appearance since imprisonment for planning to bomb the palace mail during Taisho era weddings. He was greeted by Korean followers outside General MacArthur’s Tokyo headquarters on Pearl Harbor anniversary, but MacArthur was away.
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Tokyo
Taisho
Japan
Hirohito
Ryoul Pack
Boku Retsu
Little Pack
Pack
Pearl Harbor
General MacArthur
Korea
Army
MacArthur
14 Dead in US Army C 47 Crash in Argentina
Argentine police report the burned wreckage of an American C 47 transport plane found 20 miles south of Colonia Pelligrini. All 14 aboard are dead, including members of a U S geographic mission from Asuncion to Montevideo, the crew, and the U S embassy attache.
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Buenos Aires
Corrientes
Colonia Pelligrini
U. S. Army
Asuncion
Paraguay
Montevideo
Uruguay
U. S
Correspondence With Gov Dewey Made Public
The Pearl Harbor inquiry released letters showing General Marshall urged Gov. Dewey in 1944 not to disclose to the public that the U S had cracked secret Japanese codes. Marshall testified about warnings to Pacific commanders and a related Stark banter before the 1941 attack.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Pearl Harbor
Thomas E. Dewey
U. S
Barkley
Marshall
Harold R. Stark
Pacific
Stark
Naval Operations
United States
Senate-House
Army
White House
General Marshall
Barkley (Day
New York
Dewey
Pearl Harbor Anniversary Report Delays in Testimony
The Senate-House committee marking the Pearl Harbor anniversary is half an hour late. Rep Keefe notes U S code breaking before the attack. Gen Marshall and Walter Short figures loom as testimony questions focus on intelligence and the December 7 1941 failures.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Senate - House
Rep. Keefe
R-Wis
Servicemen Pay Solemn Tribute On Pearl Harbor Day
Pearl Harbor marks four years since the December 7 1941 attack as Navy men soldiers and civilians join in quiet ceremonies. Requiem mass planned at Pearl Harbor Block arena while Honolulu shoppers recall the date amid Christmas colors and lights.
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United States
Pacific
Japan
Oahu Island
Koolau
U. S
Hawaii
Honolulu
Saint Nick
Block Arena
Tojo To Lead Trial Parade In Japan War Crimes Case
Tokyo reports Keenan said first war crimes trials in Japan could begin in January with Hideki Tojo and Hirohito aides among the defendants. He indicated the death penalty may be sought and warned trials would move quickly. An international court was possible as other powers nominate members.
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Tokyo
Joseph B. Keenan
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Hirohito
Truman
General MacArthur
Keenan
MacArthur
Koichi Kido
Kido
Nippon
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Edwin W. Pauley
U.S
Zaibatsu
Asahi
Konoye
Yamashita Convicted of Atrocities in Philippines Trial
Lieut. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita was condemned to death by a five general military commission for permitting brutal crimes by Japanese forces in the Philippines. The verdict, read in Manila, labeled the atrocities as coordinated offenses, not isolated incidents, and followed a 32 day trial with over 200 witnesses.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Russell B. Reynolds
United States
Yamashita
Col
Harry E. Clarke
Bilibid
W. D. Styer
Western Pacific
Styer
MacArthur
Pacific
U. S. Supreme Court
Navy
Harry Clarke
Clarke
Dr C E Lauder Viroqua dies after Rochester visit
Dr C E Lauder 79 a Viroqua physician died in a Rochester Minnesota hospital after going there for consultation and aid He had practiced 40 years and served as World War I medical corps captain He was health officer for Viroqua since 1935 and widow and two daughters Frances Chicago Ruth Springfield Ill survive Funeral arrangements incomplete
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Viroqua
Wis
C. E. Lauder
Rochester
Frances
Chicago
Ruth
Springfield
It Wasn't So Tough Was It Reveal OPA Eyed Rationing
Washington report recalls OPA plans to ration clothing soap milk evaporated batteries coal and possibly gas and electricity. Pat French, a former OPA official, explains the complex process of data driven planning and why advance work aimed to prevent wartime agencies from taking over.
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Opa
Washington
Pat French
Budget Bureau
War Production Board
War Food Administration
Victory Loan Train Visits La Crosse With Marines
A marine Victory War Loan train arrived in La Crosse on the Pearl Harbor anniversary, displaying an eight block range walkie talkie and allowing visitors to talk with Marines aboard. Lt. Col. William F. Kramer leads the train with Lt. Frank J. Guidone. veterans and officials toured depots, aircraft gear, and ordnance displays at the old Burlington depot.
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la Crosse
Pearl Harbor
Burlington
Second Street
William F. Kramer
Frank J. Guidone
Kramer
Guam
Wisconsin insecticide from sabadilla seed aids nationwide gardeners
A new insecticide made with sabadilla seed and lime, developed at the University of Wisconsin, is proving beneficial to truck gardeners across the nation. Created by economic entomologist T. C. Allen, it is effective against squash and chinch bugs and uses Venezuelan sabadilla seed.
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Wis
University of Wisconsin
T. C. Allen
University
Allen
Venezuela
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