Warning Message Inadequate Reply On Pearl Harbor
Major General Miles testifies before a Senate House group that General Short's Hawaii reply to a November 1941 warning was totally inadequate. He cites Marshall's warning to Short and notes possible inference of further actions.
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Sherman A. Miles
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Sage
Washington
Miles
Senate House
Pearl Harbor
George C. Marshall
Clark
D-N
Marshall
Short
Army
Short Tor
Navy
Cooper
D.-Tenn
D.-N.c
Truman creates fact finding boards for GM and steel disputes
President Truman announced new fact finding boards to handle the General Motors and United States Steel disputes and urged Congress to enact permanent machinery. He called 225,000 CIO United Auto Workers to return to work and asked the about 700,000 steel workers to stay on the job. He outlined a 30 day strike ban and urged broad coverage while excluding small local troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
General Motors
Congress
C.I.C
United Automobile
General Motors Corporation
Labor - Management Conference
Secretary of Labor
United Automobile Workers
United States Steel Corporation
United Steel Workers
Tragic Topeka shooting claims 14 year old
Eugene McClain, 14, died after a gun mishap in Topeka when he and 15 year old Jack Asher handled an .88 caliber revolver. Asher held the weapon as it fired, McClain had believed the gun was empty. He died three years after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Eugene McClain
Jack Asher
Asher
McClain
MacArthur orders 59 more Japanese war crime suspects
Tokyo December 3 General MacArthur’s directive names 59 prominent Japanese figures as war crimes suspects. The list includes an imperial prince, former prime ministers, cabinet ministers, Zaibatsu leaders, militarists, bankers, and newspaper executives, with seven Kempeitai veterans among the ranks. Several peers and advisers to totalitarian groups are named, while some key spokesmen are omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
Privy Council
Primiers
Zaibatsu
Japan
Kempeitai
Thought Police
Imperial Rule Assistance Association
House of Peers
House of Representatives
Altho MacArthur
Tojo
Marquis Koichi Kido
Privy Seal
Sotaro Ishiwata
Nashimoto
Returning Troops List From Overseas in Local Note
The Associated Press lists Lawrence men among weekend returning troops. Pfc Marshall S Tyler sails on the Santa Maria docking in Boston from ROSECAD. Major William A Rider travels on the Elihu Thompson from Okinawa. Obbard departs Europe aboard the Sheepshead Bay Victory docking in New York. all arrivals expected by weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pfc
Marshall S. Tyler
Santa Maria
Boston
Bloss Rites Held for Cowley Judge in Winfield
Funeral services were held Sunday for S. C. Bloss Cowley county district judge and former pardon and parole officer in the governor's office He died Thursday Gov Andrew Schoeppel attended the service The Rev R C Jackson of the Five Presbyterian church officiated
Bush testimony says Roosevelt decided to drop atomic bomb
Dr. Vannevar Bush told the Senate atomic energy committee that President Roosevelt chose the atomic bomb to destroy Japanese industry and wipe out cities, even at the cost of civilian deaths. He cited prior incendiary plans and warned premature outlawing of the weapon could be disastrous.
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Washington
Vannevar Bush
Roosevelt
Japan
Bush
Senate
Special Atomic Energy Committee
Christmas Street Lights to Shine Tonight
Downtown Christmas lighting was to be tested this afternoon and, if approved, will be turned on tonight for the public viewing. Lights will illuminate nightly through New Year's Eve with about 80 evergreen trees awaiting delivery due to a truck strike.
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O. K
Eleventh Street
Omaha
Man Struck by Car in Front of Courthouse in Lawrence
A. A. Perkins, recently moved from Greensboro, N. C., living at 1502 Massachusetts Street, was hit while crossing in front of the courthouse. He suffered head bruises and a scraped leg but walked afterward and rested at his room. Floyd Wray of 1031 Mississippi Street, driver of the northbound car, stopped and called police. Wray's right headlight was broken.
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A. A. Perkins
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Greensboro
N. C
Floyd Wray
Mississippi Street
Wray
Perkins
Board Backs Bishop on Vestry Eligibility
Poughkeepsie December report says St. James Hyde Park board sustained Bishop Manning ineligibility ruling for Brig. Gen. Roosevelt as Vestryman. De Gross also noted the late President’s son declined the post ending the incident. Chronicle criticized the bishop’s stance. Also ad seeking young women 18 to 30 for Hallmark Greeting Cards.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Arthur ~E Gross
St. James Church
Hyde Park
William T. Manning
Elliott Roosevelt
de Gross
Hallmark Greeting Cards
Hall Bros., Inc
Mass
UAW asks probe of GM over fuel pump monopoly
The CIO United Automobile Workers request to Attorney General Tom Clark calls for antitrust action against General Motors. The union argues GM controls a key fuel pump supply, potentially monopolizing the industry while 225,000 GM workers strike for a 30 percent raise.
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Detroit
C.I.O
United Automobile Workers Today
C. S
Tom Clark
General Motors Corporation
R. J. Thomas
U.A.W.C.I.0
General Motors
G.M
A.C
Flint
Mich
International Union
Garbage Truck Demonstration Planned in Lawrence
Dr. M. Mott of the Lawrence Douglas County health unit announced a Kansas City agent would showcase a modern garbage collection truck in Lawrence on Monday December 10. The vehicle will run a regular route from City Hall at 10 a.m. after voters authorized $15,000 in bonds for new equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5. M. Mott
Lawrence-Douglas County
Kansas City, Mo
Lawrence
Veterans Affairs in Kansas praised by governor
Gov. Andrew Schoeppel commends the Kansas office of veterans affairs for expanding reach. He notes rapid discharge processing and increasing veteran visits to district offices in Wichita and other cities. The state agency handles coordinating work and preps veterans records for federal agencies under the GI Bill.
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Topeka
Andrew Schoeppel
Kansas Office of Veterans Affairs
Wichita
State Office
Hatred Rising as German Resentment Grows
A U S intelligence survey from Frankfurt reports German resentment toward American occupation intensifying into talk of resistance. Clergy sympathies with the Allies are noted, and critics blame a lack of policy for perceived injustice and confusion. The Evangelical church council protests de Nazification inequities to the inter allied control council.
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Frankfurt
U. S
Germany
Council of the Evangelical Church In Germany
Inter-Allied Control Council
Winter Preview Brings Snow and Cold Across Kansas
Topeka reports a 35 degree high with a light snow trace and northeastern counties see more snow. Weatherman Flora predicts a five degree rise by tomorrow, with lows from 15 to 25 statewide and wheat crops hoping for moisture only in eastern and southern Kansas.
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Topeka
Weatherman
S. D
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Missouri
Missouri River
Flora
Kansas
Phillipsburg
Dodge City
Memorial Service for Lawrence Lodge Elks Died Members
The annual memorial service for Lawrence Lodge No. 595 B P O Elks was held in the lodge room with many members and friends in attendance. Capt Robert J Getz Salvation Army spoke the memorial address and E E Alexander delivered the eulogy for Henry Weingartner Dr John B Henry John W Miller Howard A Veatch Landon C Allen and Charles D Young. Miss Nadyze Brewer sang, accompanied by Ann Krehbiel, as Exalted Ruler Edwin A Fritz led the service with lodge officers assisting.
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C. Lawrence Lodge No
B.P.O. Elks
Robert J. Getz
Salvation Army
Lodge
E. E. Alexander
Henry Weingartner
John B. Henry
John W
Date Puzzle Repeats in Century Pattern
A cryptic note from December 3, 1945, marks a numerical sequence 12/3/45. It cites a prior date 1/23/45 and predicts the next occurrence as January 25, 2045, noting the pattern repeats every hundred years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hear Blanche Thebom Tues at K U Auditorium
Opera singer Blanche Thebom appears Tuesday evening at the University of Kansas Auditorium. Admission and schedule details accompany the concert event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Thebom
K.U
KUNZ TO ATTEND A MEETING OF R C T C
Captain Chester A Kunz, KU naval program commander, will attend a Great Lakes naval training station meeting to discuss changes in naval ROTC and the V 12 programs. The plan mirrors peacetime army ROTC with self support and university credit.
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Chester A. Kunz
K. U
Great Lakes
Kunz
House of Representatives
Senate
K.U. Naval
Missouri University
K.U
Leonard H. Axe
University Veteran’s Bureau
Navy Headquarters
M. U
Yamashita Says Army Group Holds Prisoner Death Power
In a war crimes trial in Manila, CP Lt Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita testified that the 35th army group east of Manila had authority to appoint courts martial and try prisoners of war and internees and that he could not remove that power. He said he was powerless to intervene as prosecutions witnesses rebutted his earlier statements. The cross examination focused on language interpretation and credibility of star rebuttal witnesses.
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Miles
Army Intelligence Division
Senate-House Committee
George F. Bicknell
Bicknell
Robert Shivers
FBI
Honolulu
Short
Colone] Phillips
Japan
Henry C. Clausen
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Brewster
R.-Me
Senate
War Stimson
Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Yamashita
35Th
Salvation Army Kettle Booths Open for Christmas Giving
Salvation Army kettle booths opened in downtown last Saturday to collect donations for Christmas food baskets. Capt. Robert Getz announced first day totals of 52.06 with booths running until December 24. Last year’s effort raised 654.16, funding 145 baskets and dinners for 232 people and supplies for 175 children. Welfare department clearance is required to avoid duplicate aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Robert Getz
Bus Driver Ernest Brown Dies After Heart Attack
Ottawa Kansas reports Ernest Brown a 50 year old school bus driver died of a heart attack Saturday night after stopping in town while returning from a sightseeing trip to Topeka. He suffered the attack after entering the bus to depart with his wife two teachers three parents and twenty pupils of two LeHarpe area schools.
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Ottawa
Kan
Ernest Brown
Topeka
LeHarpe
Chinese Army Drive Nears Mukden In Manchuria
Chinese nationalist forces push toward Mukden in Manchuria with reports of 30 to 35 miles remaining. Chiang Kai-shek troops advance with possible airlift of first government units next week. Tahushan reached, 65 miles from Mukden as talks on a Chinese Russian pact proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chungking
Mukden
Manchuria
Chinese Central
Chiang Kai-shek
Central News
Tahushan
KU Adds Four Faculty Members As Military Leaves End
The University of Kansas announces four new staff members with two hires from November 17 and two returns from military duty. Dr. J. O. Maloney joins December 3 to head chemical engineering and the Research Foundation. Dr. Roy Beaton becomes associate professor of chemical engineering January 1 after teaching at Oak Ridge and Richland since 1943. Lieut. Col. George Baxter Smith, dean of education, returns after discharge from Camp Chaffee and a year in Europe. Maj. Charles B. Realey, history professor, returns soon after leaving in June 1942 to Ft. Leavenworth where he assisted with Military Review.
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University of Kansas
Raymond Nichols
Chemical Engineering
J. O. Maloney
E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co., Inc
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Colonel Smith
Europe
Army
Charles B. Realey
Realey
Ft. Leavenworth
Military Review
Lawrence
Captain Armel Home on 30 Day Leave from Pacific Duty
Captain Lyle Armel arrived home Saturday for a 30 day leave after commanding the U S S Telfair an attack transport. He led the ship through Asiatic Pacific duty including invasions of Ryukus Okinawa and Ie Shima and landed occupation forces in Japan. The crew defended against Japanese planes in April and performed an emergency appendectomy on a crew member aboard the S S American Packer. He earned the Bronze Star for Okinawa service and will report to Washington next month.
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U.S.S
Ie Shia
Umon
Pearl Harbor
Armel
Okinawa
West Coast
Lawrence
Patti
Lyle T
John
Washington, D. C
Cantain Arme
University Endowment Association
Youth Impersonator Held On Federal Charge
Kansas City reports 16 year old Robert Noland of Florado Kansas is jailed in Jackson County awaiting federal trial for impersonating an army officer. FBI assistant R L Murphy says Noland was arrested November 9 in Fayetteville Arkansas after failing to post 2000 bond. He admitted stealing company drafts from Western Union in Dayton Ohio and cashing more than 8000 in drafts to buy airplanes in St. Charles and Springfield Missouri.
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Kansas City
Robert Neland
Florado
Kan
Jackson County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
R. L. Murphy
FBI
Noland
Fayetteville
Ark
Murphy
Western Union
Dayton
St. Charles
Springfield
Hurricanes Win Orange Bowl Bid Over Holy Cross
The University of Miami Hurricanes won the bid to play Holy Cross in the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day in Miami Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
University of Miami Hurricanes
Holy Cross
Leaders Hope To Finish Bond Drive In Douglas County
The Victory Loan campaign moves into a final week with a $1 436 000 quota including $592 000 in E bonds. Total sales reach $893 527 50, $542 472 50 short of goal and $292 365 short of target. Irvin Hill and George Hedrick urge buyers and workers to accelerate to meet the end of week deadline. E bonds count through December toward the quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Irving Hill
County War Finance Committee
George Hedrick
Hedrick
Jones resigns as Nebraska head coach and athletics director
Lincoln Nebraska December 8 UP Colonel Lawrence M Biff Jones refuses to return to Nebraska as both head football coach and director of athletics after the university asks him to serve only as director of intercollegiate athletics. Jones then on war time leave at West Point replies with a resignation effective immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Lawrence M
Biff
Athletic Boards
Board of Regents
Board of Intercollegiate Athletics
Jones
Cornhuskers
University of Nebraska
Returned K U Veteran Solves Landlord Problem
Harry Lees Jr a 22 year old returned veteran buys an eight room Kansas University area house with GI Bill loan and service savings to create apartments for himself and fellow servicemen One unit rented to ex army sergeant Gordon O Brien planning to bring wife and 18 month old son Lees a son of an Oklahoma City railroad ticket agent served as a lieutenant in the army signal corps and studies fine arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lees, Jr
University of Kansas
Lees
G.I
Lancaster
Oklahoma City
Army Signal Corps
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Robert Carter
A.C. Spark Plug
Kenneth T. Forbes
U.A.W
Saginaw
Wilson
Capt
Elks Memorial
University of Missouri
Middlebush
Navy Department
Naval R.O.T.C
Navy R.O.T.C
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Army Group
Allison - Thomas Flower Shop
Adyv
K. U. Chemical Engineering
ElDorado
Victory Loan
Need
Nebraska
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