Navy Yields Control of Sinclair Plants in Oil Strike Accord
The Navy will relinquish 11 Sinclair Oil plants seized last Oct 5 along with 42 other refineries after CIO oil workers strike. President Sinclair announced settlement as 8,400 Sinclair employees gain 18 percent raise for a 40 hour week. The new contract bans strikes and lockouts while other wage talks continue.
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Sinclair Oil Company
CIO Oil Workers
H. F. Sinclair
The
Sinclair
Washington
Truman
Speedy New Bomber Crashes in Maryland
The Army’s Mixmaster Xpea2 B-42 experimental bomber crashed near Oxon Hill Maryland eight days after setting a Long Beach to Washington air record. All three crew members parachuted to safety. The aircraft featured a distinctive tail design and was on a routine flight from Bolling Field.
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Washington
Army
Oxon Hill
Bolling Field Army Air
Honduras Largest Central American Mountainous Nation
Honduras is described as the largest and one of the most mountainous of the Central American republics, highlighting its rugged terrain and prominent topography.
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Honduras
Six Die In Seaboard Train Wreck Near Kollock South Carolina
The death toll from the two Seaboard luxury trains wreck near Kollock, South Carolina, was revised to six after a duplication in names. The Florida bound Silver Meteor and the Sun Queen collided early Sunday. one soldier and two sailors were among the victims, with two more names withheld pending kin notification. About 400 passengers were aboard each train. Rescue teams formed lines to lift the injured from the embankment and aid was provided by local authorities. A separate Chicago Troop train crash on the Northwest Side left eight soldiers hospitalized and 22 mildly injured.
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Seaboard
Norfolk
SAS
South Carolina
L. R. Redfearn
Cheraw
Chicago
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Fort Sheridan
Edward Doye
Wauwato
Navy Plans Three-Month Sea Duty For Trainees
The navy urged Congress to approve compulsory peacetime training enabling universal trainees to complete a three month sea cruise. Denfeld outlined a three month boot camp followed by school training and a third three months for team instruction, ending with sea service aboard a training ship to apply learned skills.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
Louis Denfeld
House Military Committee
Chief of Naval Personnel
Denfeld
Fatal rehearsal ends in Belfast youth’s death
Francis Mc Gettigan aged 16 borrowed a .22 rifle for a home sketch depicting Hitler and Mussolini. The weapon discharged accidentally striking him near the heart. He collapsed at the parlor door and died.
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Mussolini
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Francis McGettigan
McGettigan
Two Dead In Shooting in Vincennes Ind
In Vincennes Indiana Donald Lloyd age 29 died from a Sunday night shooting that also killed his bride Leona Lloyd 27 hours after their wedding and left Leona’s third husband Ward Wright 36 seriously wounded. Wright's gun was a .32 revolver found in his home. Police say all had prior records and a gunfight occurred at Wright's home over the woman’s belongings. Two children were present but unharmed. The case to be presented to January grand jury.
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Vincennes
Ind
Donald Lloyd
Leona Lloyd
Ward Wright
Wright
Sherman Montgomery
Lloyd
Pearl Harbor Developments Shift Toward New Counsel
The Senate Pearl Harbor committee considers naming new counsel to replace William D. Mitchell who plans to quit by January 1. A resolution to extend the reporting deadline beyond January 3 is discussed. Barkley weighs continuing as chairman. Navy intelligence notes indicate Japan preparing for offensive moves toward Thailand and British possessions in Southeast Asia.
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Barkley
Office of Naval Intelligence
Pearl Harbor
Thailand
Senate House
Japan
Indo-China
Formosan
Naval Intelligence
A. H. McCollum
Burma
Singapore
U. S
U.S
Tokyo
Hawaiian
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
Knox
Navy Department
Counterfeit Hundred Dollar Bills In Mexico Spark Probe
Mexico City reports counterfeit hundred dollar bills circulating. FBI agents from the United States are in Mexico working with local detectives to trace the source of the forgery.
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Mexico
Mexico City
FBI
United States
Post Office Gearing Up For Holiday Mailing Peak
La Crosse Postmaster Wencel M Dvorak says the Christmas mailing peak is not here yet but will arrive midweek. Windows stay open 7 30 a m to 8 p m week days and 7 30 a m to 6 p m Saturdays. Extra trucks and helpers are being assigned to handle the overflow with potential Sunday service on Dec 23 and delivery of gift parcels on Dec 25.
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la Crosse
Wencel M. Dvorak
Post Office
Dvorak
Patton Recovers in Germany After Serious Crash
General George S. Patton Jr sat up in his hospital bed in Heidelberg eight days after a automobile crash. Army doctors removed a traction device, fitted a plaster cast, and the general began reading and eating. Messages of encouragement arrived from Winston Churchill and other military leaders.
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Germany
George S. Patton
U. S. 15Th Army
Patton
Winston Churchill
Omar Bradley
H. H. Arnold
Carl Spaatz
South African Mayor Calls for Tax on Spinsters
The bachelor mayor of Ladysmith champions a new tax on unmarried women, saying spinsters should pay a small yearly levy while noting they spend on cigarettes and drinks. He asserts they will not miss the few shillings.
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Ladysmith
Italians and Germans Start Businesses in Mexico After Internment
Many Italians and Germans formerly interned in Mexico at Perote have started new ventures with their release funds. Though many were sailors, most are now engaged in farming and other enterprises.
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Mexico
Perote
Experiment In Staying Probe In Chelsea Mass
Medical examiners conducted a water pan experiment at the Carlan home to aid the homicide investigation of six month old Ronald Carlan. Detectives located the baby’s body under a china closet drawer after his mother Rose Carlan was charged with murder.
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Chelsea
Mass
Ronald Carlan
William J. Brickley
Carlan
Rose Carlan
Cathedral Restored Third Largest European Church
Signor Zacchi, in charge of Milan Cathedral restoration, replaces ancient stained glass windows some dating to 1404. The Duomo, Europe’s third largest church, seats about 40 000 and rises 356 feet. Bomb damage in wartime destroyed 40 of its 3 500 statues.
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Signor Zacchi
Milan
Europe
Dubliners Hitchhike with Bicycles for Peat Loads
In a winter preparation practice locals cart peat from the Dublin mountains by loading bicycles onto passing trucks and riding uphill to gather bags. They then descend to Dublin coasting with the load, a breezy tradition described among mountain routes and roadside peat operations.
Prosecution seeks conviction of 600000 Nazi leadership corps
American prosecutors open a new phase of the Nuremberg trial seeking war crime verdicts against about 600000 members of the Nazi leadership corps and allied groups. They cite plans to starve Russians and seize food, with Hermann Goering named as instigator of mass murder plans.
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International Military Tribunal
Nazi Leadership Corps
Nazi Party
Leadership Corps
Elite Guard
Storm Troops
Reich Cabinet
Gestapo
High Command
Germany
Robert G. Storey
U. S
Hitler
Goering
Ukraine
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