Homma Faces Manila Trial In World War II cases
United States charges Japanese lieutenant general Masaharu Homma with permitting the Bataan death march and other atrocities against Filipinos and Americans. Indictment cites crimes by troops under his command. trial set in Manila with proceedings to begin in Yokohama.
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Tokyo
United States
Masaharu Homma
Philippines
Bataan
MacArthur
Homma
Omori
Manila
Yokohama
Rumor of Shidehara Cabinet Collapse Circulates in Tokyo
Tokyo reports claim the Shidehara cabinet may resign after Allied orders for the arrest of Prince Morimasa Nashimoto. The Nippon Times notes political chatter on a possible fall, while Kyodo quotes an unnamed cabinet member saying there are no definite indications of an imminent collapse.
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Tokyo
Shidehara
Nippon Times
Morimasa Nashimoto
Kyodo
Chinese To Enter Dairen and Three Manchurian Cities
Report says Russia granted Chinese government troops permission to occupy Dairen Changchun and Harbin in Manchuria. Chiang Kai-shek’s son Chiang Ching-kuo cited as negotiator. Moscow delayed occupation pullback to Jan 3. A separate dispatch accuses Chungking troops aided by Japanese of massing 100,000 along the Yellow River. Six U.S. flyers reportedly forced down in Communist territory and later returned to Tientsin.
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Russia
Manchuria
Dairen
Ho Ping Pao
Changchun
Harbin
Mukden
Chiang Chung-kuo
Chiang Kai-shek
Moscow
Yellow River
Henan
Shanshi
U. S
Tientsin
Cat causes outage at Detroit substation
Detroit police report a large cat wandered into a public lighting substation on Saturday and stepped on a transformer switch, shorting a circuit and cutting traffic lights for about thirty minutes. The animal died in the incident.
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Detroit
Detroit Public Lighting Commission
Fight On Bus Ends With Arrests Near Police HQ
In Lynn Massachusetts a Boston bound bus erupted into a 30 passenger fight. Graton J Tuxbury steered the bus to the police headquarters four blocks away. Officers arrested two men for creating a disturbance on a public conveyance.
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Lynn
Mass
Graton J. Tuxbury
Demand Break With Franco gathers MPs to sever ties
A 120 member parliament group adopted a Saturday resolution demanding immediate severance of diplomatic, commercial, and economic relations with Franco's Spain. The Emergency Committee in Aid of Democratic Spain sponsored the rally urging support for a democratic regime. In Paris a constituent assembly source said France sent a note to the United States Britain and Russia seeking their positions on breaking ties with Franco. A State Department officer in Washington said the U.S. had received no such note, though the French source cited Georges Bidault's report to the assembly.
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Great Britain
Spain
Spontee
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Femin
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Paris
Constituent Assembly
France
United States
Britain
Russia
Franco
State Department
Washi
Georges Bidault
Assembly
Foreign Affairs Commission
Australia urges U N headquarters in United States
Australia calls for the United Nations headquarters to be in the United States and favors San Francisco as the site. The UNO preparatory commission adjourned without settling the issue. Col W R Hodgson led the push alongside supporters from Chile Cuba and the Philippines with European nations seeking Europe.
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Australia
United Nations
United States
San Francisco
UNO Preparatory Commission
Col. W. R. Hodgson
Chile
Cuba
Philippines
Belgium
Canada
Greece
Netherlands
Poland
Europe
Miami
Fla
Navy Island
Niagara River
Hyde Park
N. Y
Indiana
Richard T. James
Marshall says Axis listened in on F R and Churchill warnings
Gen George C Marshall testified before the Pearl Harbor committee that Axis agents intercepted trans Atlantic conversations between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. He said the warning to Hawaii on December 7 1941 was delayed because telephone lines could be intercepted. Marshall noted transmission issues and that Short received the warning seven hours after the first bombs fell.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Hawaii
George C. Marshall
Pearl Harbor
Japan
U. S. High Command
Seattle
Wash
San Diego
Calif
Panama Canal
Marshall
Army Signal Corps
Walter C. Short
Ferguson
R-Mich
William C.) Bullitt
Britain
United States
Michigan
U. S. Navy
War Department
Senate House Committee
Army
Search for 28 Airmen in Florida Swamp Fog
In Florida a large search for 28 missing naval airmen continued after a three day effort. Army navy and coast guard aircraft plus a Navy blimp combed the Orlando to Melbourne region while land parties pressed through swampy terrain in hopes of survivors. The missing crews include 14 Avengers torpedo bombers and 13 others from a Martin bomber, last heard at 4:45 p.m. CST with fuel fading and winds up to 75 mph.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Eastern Airlines
Orlando
Melbourne
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Lakehurst
N. J
Atlantic
GM Union Reps Urge Rejection of Truman Appeal
Two hundred GM local union reps urged members to vote no on President Truman and refused a wage offer of 13 1 2 cents per hour. The CIO UAW council condemned the back to work request as ill advised and anti labor while vowing a drive against Truman labor proposals. If accepted, a 30 percent wage rise was sought, with GM offering about 10 percent. Nationwide idle workers totaled about 400,000.
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General Motors
Truman
General Motors Council
CIO
United Auto Workers
Council
Uaw-Cio
New York
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Company
General Motors Corporation
CIO Uaw
Detroit
Ford
H. W. Anderson
Idle Inc
Corporation
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Wage Threshold to Break Even Revealed for City Families
The government says a three person city family needs at least $1.05 an hour for 40 hours weekly to break even this year. Last year the figure was $1,959 annually after taxes or about $1.03 hourly. Living costs are now higher than in 1944, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Hess Flight Aimed to Halt Fight of Two Noble Races
Rudolf Hess told Nuernberg officials he flew to England to stop a clash between England and Germany, not to recruit British aid for attacking Russia. He said the trip was planned for a year before the invasion and attempted several times since 1940, with the May 10 1941 flight succeeding. Hess gave written answers from jail, claiming loyalty to Hitler and stating Haushofer and Messerschmitt knew nothing of the mission.
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Nuernberg
Rudolf Hess
England
Germany
Russia
Hess
Black River Falls Soldier In Truck Fired Upon In Java
Three American soldiers escaped uninjured after their truck was fired on by unseen marksmen near Batavia Java. Driver Pfc Harold E Wright 25 of Philadelphia accelerated to safety despite the engine catching fire. Corporal Eldon T Torgerson 22 of Black River Falls Wis and Charles Osbourne long-time cafe owner in Balti more were with him. they called it a case of mistaken identity.
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Batavia
Java
Harold E. Wright
Philadelphia
Wright
Corp
Eldon T. Torgerson
Black River Falls
Wis
Charles Osbourne
Baltimore
Crash Death Toll At 19
Nineteen people mostly U S veterans were killed when a twin engine transport plane crashed in a snow storm while attempting to land in Billings Montana Four of the 23 aboard were in critical condition The victims included Northwest Airlines pilots George D Miller and Vernon W Pfannkuck Names of most dead released with seven still unidentified Officials said the plane flew too low struck trees and nose dived into a field engulfed in flames
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Billings
Mont
Newark
N. J
Seattle
Wash
Northwest Airlines
George D. Miller
Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minn., and Vernon W. Pfannkuck
Breda
Iowa
Maj
G. D. Fairless
Great Falls Army Air Base
Far West
Mystery death at Biltmore Hotel leaves identity unknown
In New York a middle aged man found dead in a Biltmore Hotel room after a long do not disturb period. Detective Mullin said the man registered as Frank C Conlan of Evanston Illinois but all identifying clues were removed or defaced. He reportedly died of a heart attack and possessed 28 dollars and 83 cents with no other details.
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New York
Biltmore
Ambrose Mullin
Frank C. Conlan
Evanston
Thomas Galvin
Mullin
King denounces merger of army navy and naval integration
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King delivered a broadside against plans to merge the navy with the army and against scrapping battleships for carriers. He argued for a balanced fleet with integrated submarine surface and air elements and warned unity of command in Washington is impractical.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
Fleet
King
Navy
Forrestal
Navy Department
Joint Staff
XB-42 Sets Continental Distance Record In 5 Hours 17 Minutes
The Douglas XB-42 experimental bomber flew 2 295 miles from Long Beach California to Bolling Field Washington in 5 hours 17 minutes 34 seconds averaging 432 mph. Two Army pilots Lieut Col H E Warden and Capt Glenn W Edwards guided the aircraft with tailwinds aiding the flight. The plane features dual rotation propellers in the tail and drive shafts from two inside engines.
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Washington
Long Beach
Calif
Bolling Field
Army Airbase
H. E. Warden
Air Technical Service Command
Wright Field
Ohio
Glenn W. Edwards
Seattle
Wash
Washington National
Iran diplomat links oil to Russia refusal to leave Iran
Iranian Ambassador Hussein Ala suggested a possible link between northern Iranian disturbances and Russia’s refusal to withdraw troops. He accused Russia of backing rebels in Azerbaijan province and denying Iranian reinforcements to restore order, while noting the agreed March 2, 1946 withdrawal deadline.
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Iran
Russia
Washington
Hussein Ala
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Ala
Azerbaijjan
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