Dispute on Pearl Harbor Command and Navy Plans
The article reports a debate over fleet disposition after Pearl Harbor and a 41 day extension of Congress joint investigation into the attack. It covers Turner’s criticism of Pearl Harbor concentration, the extension vote led by Barkley, and details of Allied war plans and joint operations signed December 6 1941.
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Washington
Richmond Kelly Turner
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Congress
House
Senate
U. S
Truk
Thomas C. Hart
U. S. Asiatic
Tom S. W. Phillips
William D. Mitchell
R. K. Turner
U. S. High Command
Japan
Navy
Turner
Hart
Phillips
Navy Department
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operation
Picket Lines Open at GM Flint Plant After UAW Talks
About 100 UAW clerical pickets lined up to let around 700 office workers enter GM’s A C Spark Plug plant in Flint after a three day shutdown. Three circuit judges delayed a G M restraining order as UAW C L O assured access for workers.
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Flint, Mich
Jerring C.I
United Auto Workers
A.C
General Motors Corp
G.M
U.A.W.+C.L.Q
Educational Jam Foreseen As Veterans Flood Colleges
Washington reports teachers predict at least 600000 veterans will study in colleges by next fall as GI Bill supported enrollment climbs. 125000 are in classes now with 207000 more applying. housing and funding debates shape a growing university crisis. Harvard Yale near capacity. broader access expected to push total enrollment beyond 1930s peak by over a quarter.
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Washington
United States
Francis J. Brown
American Council of Education
Dr. Brown
Congress
G.i.s
Truman
Harvard
Yale
Marshall in China Seeks Cease Fire Amid Peace Talks
Gen. George C. Marshall arrived in Shanghai on a mission to end China's internal strife. He is to meet Chiang Kai-shek in Nanking to discuss a cease-fire and unity efforts with Communist and Kuomintang leaders pursuing concessions to impress the envoy. In Chungking and Yenan, both sides signal willingness to negotiate as Marshall prepares for long talks. Meanwhile, 125000 Pacific veterans face rail travel eastward from West Coast ports, with still more stranded awaiting transport and housing across San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles areas.
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Shanghai
George C. Marshall
China
Lu Ting-Yi
Associated Press
Marshall
Chiang Kai-shek
Nanking
Cairo
Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Red
Chou En-Lai
Manila
Kiangwan
Cathay Hotel
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U.S
Chiang
Patrick J. Hurley
Yenan
Manchuria
John Roderick
Kuomintang
San Francisco
Army and Navy
Twelfth Naval District
Portland-Seattle
Los Angeles
San Diego
Camp Knight
Oakland
Sacramento
Santa Ana Air Base
J. K. Herbert
Seattle
Portland
Tacoma
Denver
Weather Turns Warmer Across Kansas Then Cool Weather Lingers
Topeka reports a break in a week long cold spell with warmer conditions expected today and tomorrow. Eastern Kansas warms slower with highs around 32 to 35 and lows near 15 to 20, while western areas may reach 35 to 39. Goodland rises to 38 before dropping to 11 above.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Goodland
Peak Christmas mail day at Lawrence post office
Yesterday was the peak mailing day with 65 400 cards and letters sent from the Lawrence post office. Parcel volume remained high on Monday with 13 more employees hired to handle the Christmas rush.
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Lawrence Post Office
KU May Host Extra Basketball Game for TB Drive
Rumors say Kansas University may host a late January charity basketball game at Hoch Auditorium to raise funds for a tuberculosis program. The event, possibly against the Second Air Force Bomber team featuring Ray Evans and Bob Hendren, would aim to draw on Phog Allen’s unbeaten Jayhawks and could be staged at the university campus rather than Kansas City.
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K-U
Second Air Force
Ray Evans
Bob Hendren
Kansas City
Phog Allen
Lawrence
K.U
Hoch Auditorium
Municipal
Evans
K. U
Colorado Springs Airforce
Hendren
Bombers
Jayhawkers
59400 Servicemen Due to Arrive Today Aboard Ships
More than 14,400 American servicemen are due to arrive today at three east coast ports aboard 18 vessels. At Pacific coast points about 45,000 troops are scheduled to debark from 42 troop carriers. Arriving at New York are eight ships with about 1,400 men, at Newport News four ships with about 4,800, and at Boston six ships with about 8,100.
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Associated Press
East Coast
Pacific Coast
New York
Newport News
Boston
Stalin Keeps Cool Welcoming Byrnes Bevin at Big Three Talks
Moscow dispatches report steady progress as the Big Three foreign ministers enter the fifth day of talks. Stalin returns from a 68 day rest looking well and rested as Byrnes Bevin Molotov gather for sessions and a Christmas Eve dinner with U S officials.
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Molotov
Byrnes
Bevin
Sir Archibald Clark Kerr
Stalin
Drive For Young Men In Midwest Seafaring Drive
The U S Maritime Service launches a recruiting drive for men 16 years old in all midwest states. Veterans and war weary seamen are being released to meet merchant marine needs. Training is provided before placement on merchant ships, offering a lifetime career path. Veterans are eligible and urged to contact the Kansas City regional enrolling office at 212 West Fourteenth Street or their nearest employment service office.
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U.S. Maritime Service
Mid-West
R. J. Connell
Merchant Marine
Connell
West Fourteenth Street
Kansas City
U.S. Employment Service
Pendleton Among Returning Troops Listed by AP
Second Lt. William P. Pendleton son of Mr and Mrs Will Pendleton 745 Tennessee street is reported by Associated Press to be aboard the Geneva due in San Francisco from the Pacific today.
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William P. Pendleton
Will Pendleton
Tennessee Street
Associated Press
Geneva
San Francisco
Pacific
Welfare officials report local records satisfactory
Office Paul Bemmer state welfare director and Mrs Marcelo Burroughs district welfare supervisor visited the Douglas county welfare office yesterday. Mrs Mildred Watson welfare director said the two visitors reported the records in the local office satisfactory.
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Paul Bemmer
Marcelo Burroughs
Douglas County
Mildred Watson
Congress approves ration extension in wartime powers bill
The House approved war powers legislation extending rationing and priority authority to July 1, 1946. The measure adjusts immigration restrictions, resumes nickel use in five cent pieces, and allows continued overloading of ships until troops return. The six month extension passed 31 to 30 in a Senate vote after a voice vote agreement.
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Washington
House
Senate
Treasury
Snow Clearing Underway On Massachusetts Street
Lawrence uses ten dump trucks two front end loaders and about ten workers to clear snow from Massachusetts street between Sixth and Eleventh City Engineer J C Harper says all street department employees are mobilized A maintainer pushed snow to the center last night and crews began removal this morning Central park will receive the snow with an estimated two to three days required to finish the job.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
J. C. Harper
Central Park
Harper
Kansas Named Eligible to Nominate Naval Academy Candidates
The University of Kansas gained eligibility to nominate candidates for the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis. Chancellor Deane W. Malott said notification arrived from the Navy in Washington. Nominations must reach the Navy by March 4 1946 with the exam set for April 17 1946.
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University of Kansas
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Deane W. Malott
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Malott
Naval Sciences
the University
Chester A. Kunz
General Motors Withdraws From Wage Hearings Over Profit Price Issue
General Motors told President Truman's wage fact finding board it would withdraw from hearings if profits and prices are used as evidence. Walter G. Merritt, who spoke for GM, urged exclusion of profit price matters, saying such issues belong to the Office of Price Administration. He denounced the CIO auto workers strike as a monopoly influence and warned GM would withdraw if the issue is retained.
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Washington
General Motors Corp
Truman
Walter G. Merritt
New York
Merritt
General Motors
Office of Price Administration
Auto
General Motors Corporation
U.A.W.C.I.0
Ford
Kicked by a Horse Injures Linwood Man
W G Shaw, 49, of route 1 Linwood, was brought to Memorial hospital after a horse kicked him in the stomach. The extent of injuries was not immediately available.
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W. G. Shaw
Route 1
Linwood
Memorial Hospital
Santa Fe Railroad Pays 1945 County Taxes in Full
Santa Fe railroad paid its 1945 taxes in full to Santa Fe County. County Treasurer Roy Flory received a check for 43 783 36 dollars yesterday.
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Santa Fe
Roy Flory
Santa Fe Railroad
Ford Wage Offer Rejected by UAW CIO in 1946
The United Automobile Workers CIO rejected Ford Motor Co's 12.4 percent wage offer as inadequate and tied to nonwage conditions. The union, seeking a 30 percent raise, criticized the plan as a mockery and warned it would delay gains until production targets were met.
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United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Auto Union
OPA
U.A.W.C.I.0
U.A.W.C.I.C
General Appliance Company opens in former Buick site
James Moore, manager of a new General Electric store at 1102 Massachusetts, expects remodeling to finish by January 15 but may open with limited stock due to post war model shortages. The store near Rankin Drug Store will offer refrigerators stoves lighting and radios among other items in a completed display and service line. Moore previously ran the Buick agency for a decade and later worked in construction with Tommy Constant.
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James Moore
General Electric
Massachusetts
Rankin Drug Store
General Appliance Company, Inc
Moore
Buick
Tom Parker
J. L
Tommy
Christmas Dinner For Forces In The Pacific
Brig. Gen. H. R. McKenzie announces a large Christmas dinner for all soldiers in the mid Pacific. The menu includes fresh frozen turkey cranberries fruit cake mince pies and ice cream where available with all trimmings.
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Honolulu
H. R. McKenzie
mid-Pacific
Truman Signs Law To Reshape Executive Branches
President Truman signed legislation granting authority to reorganize executive branches. Advocates expect economies and simpler administration, while officials note only modest savings and emphasize increased government effectiveness and improved service to the public.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Veteran dies after collision near Colony Kansas
Jess L. Busch 40 recently discharged from the army died from injuries from a two vehicle crash two miles west of Colony Kansas on Highway 59. His wife Vivian O Hara and niece Alice Nadine Chatterton were injured. The bread truck driver James B Bass was not held responsible. Funeral set for Rumsey funeral home at 1 30 p m Saturday. Burial Oak Hill cemetery.
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Jess L. Busch
Colony
Kan
Busch
Alice Nadine Chatterton
Phoenix
Ariz
James B. Bass
Chanute
Bass
George Patton
Third Army
Europe
California
Miss Chatterton
Vivian O’hara
Henry Busch, Sr
Stull
Elizabeth Bracken
Perry
Agnes Nelson
Manhattan
C. M. Busch
Wichita
Henry Busch, Jr
Lawrence
Rumsey Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
University to grant extra holiday for staff and students
University of Kansas will close for a holiday from Sunday to Wednesday with a skeleton staff to supervise heating and maintenance. About 3800 students will depart by Saturday. 700 in the 12 week term return on January 7. Naval trainers quarters close next week except PT-7 and Phi Gamma Delta house remains open for those staying on campus.
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K. U
Deane W. Malott
Raymond Nichols
Nichols
Naval
Ralph J. Baum
Phi Gamma Delta House
Memorial Union
Baum
No Cause for Alarm Over Patton’s Condition
Heidelberg Germany December 20 Gen George S Patton Jr took a slight turn for the worse today when he contracted a respiratory infection reported delaying his recovery from paralysis and a broken neck from an automobile accident The midday medical bulletin said he had an uncomfortable night and Army information at the hospital stated there is no cause for alarm and no immediate indication pneumonia is forming
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Heidelberg
Germany
George S. Patton, Jr
U. S. 15Th Army
Richard McIntosh Hurt in De Soto Hit-and-Run
Richard J. McIntosh, 59, of De Soto, was struck by a car on Highway 10 about 6 45 this morning, one mile east of De Soto. He is in critical condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with a broken left leg and possible skull fracture.
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Richard J. McIntosh
de Soto
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Highway 10
Flowers of Distinction Ad from Thomas Flower Shop
Local advertisement for J Flowers of Distinction Cal Attion Thomas Flower Shop promoting floral services with phone contact 363.
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Thomas Flower Shop
Job seekers total 981 at U S Employment Service
The U S Employment Service office reported 981 applicants for jobs in the week ending December 15 including 507 women and 474 men with 185 veterans among them. As of December 18, 28 openings were listed, 9 for men and 19 for women, with 10 domestic worker posts for women.
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U.S. Employment Service Office
Harry R. Barnard
U. S.E.S
Barnard
Douglas County
Armed Services
Mother Granted Bail In Infant Death Case
Chelsea Massachusetts December 20 Mrs Rose Carlan 23 granted bail by a district court judge who labeled the woman who triggered a false 16 day hunt for her allegedly kidnapped baby later found dead as an exhibitionist The case on murder charge in the death of six month old Ronald Carlan was continued awaiting the Medical Examiner s final report Brickley offered a preliminary finding of suffocation due to external force though he noted the exact cause had not been determined and the child might have suffocated by turning over in his crib
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Chelsea
Mass
Rose Carlan
Kidnaned
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