Start Of Pearl Harbor Probe Sparks Partisan Clash
Washington November 17 Republican lawmakers pressed for original documents and witnesses in the Pearl Harbor investigation. They accused Navy officials of shaping conclusions about Hull’s responsibility and sought logs from the Boise and Enterprise and testimony from Inglis and Thielen. Democrats countered with procedural battles as the committee pursued non-controversial facts.
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Hull
Navy
Keefe
R-Wis
Gearhart
R.-Calif
United States
Brewster
Ferguson R.mich
Admiral Inglis
Bernard Thieren
Pearl Harbor
Ferguson
Barkley
D-Ky
Inglis
Thielen
Boise
Enterprise
Fareysey
Joseph L. Lockard
George E. Elliott
Oahu
Beasts Will Hang in Lueneburg War Crimes Trial
British court condemned Joseph Kramer and 29 aides to death by hanging for atrocities at Oswiecim and Belsen. Irma Grese and Dr. Fritz Klein among those also doomed. fourteen acquitted. Names include Ansgar Pichen Franz Staffle Wilhelm Dorr Juana Borman and others.
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Lueneburg
Germany
Joseph Kramer
Oswhecim
Belsen
Kramer
Irma Grese
Fritz Klein
Oswiecim
Peter Weingartner
Franz Hoeszler
S. S
Karl Franconi
Ansgar Pichen
U. S
Franz Staffle
Berlin
Wilhelm Dorr
Juana Borman
Mission Society
Elizabeth Volkenrath
Dees Leaves Navy for Nebraska Athletic Posts
Commander Elwyn Dees his wife and three children were released for the Kansas State football game en route to Lincoln Nebraska where he will resume his former position as head trainer for the Nebraska athletic teams. Dees who starred in football and track at Kansas University has served in naval physical training at Iowa Pre Flight and Pensacola and is now on terminal leave.
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Elwyn Dees
Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Dees
K.U
Navy
Iowa
Pensacola
Fla., Naval Base
Truck Tie up Affects Wichita Drivers And Firms
On November 16 Wichita faced a Midwest trucking tie up that disrupted operations for more than 100 local drivers and eight Wichita firms.
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Wichita
Kan
Nimitz Opposes Military Merger and Calls for NSC
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz told the Senate military committee that merging the armed forces is unachievable and carries serious risks. He cited Pearl Harbor lessons and advocated a national security council rather than a single defense department to coordinate strategy among state and defense leaders.
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Washington
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Warm weekend expected as Kansas tops rise
Weather overview from Topeka expert S D Flora notes above normal temperatures into the weekend. Highs near 60 to 65 tomorrow and 30s to 35s overnight in eastern and southern regions. A light eastern rain left only small soil moisture impact while Dodge City peaked at 78 degrees and Goodland fell to minus 23.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Kansas City
Dodge City
Goodland
Housing shortage persists in Wichita after war end
Wichita reports ongoing housing squeeze with few rentals available despite wartime relief. Officials cite material shortages and lack of new industry as main obstacles. About 2,200 of 6,000 war housing units for sale lie vacant while prices for existing homes rise 25 to 40 percent.
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Wichita
Kan
C. W. Corsault
U. S. Employment Service Office
Citizens Housing Committee
Kansas State Band Arrives In Four Extra Coaches
The Kansas State team and band arrived in Lawrence in four extra coaches hitched to an eastbound Union Pacific train. The band marched across the bridge and paraded down Massachusetts Street this morning at 11 o clock.
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Lawrence
Union Pacific
Massachusetts Street
Methodists Oppose Change in Kansas Liquor Laws
Topeka district of the Methodist church covering nine counties with 22 000 members resolved to oppose repeal of Kansas liquor laws and urged stricter enforcement of existing controls.
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Topeka
The
Methodist Church
Kansas
Truman appoints Grady to observe Greek elections
President Truman designates Dr Henry F. Grady of San Francisco as personal representative to observe Greece's elections, scheduled tentatively for January 20.
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Washington
Truman
Henry F. Grady
San Francisco
Greece
Nationalists claim Shanhaikwan victory and rail aims
Chinese Nationalist forces say they captured Shanhaikwan near the Great Wall, forcing the Communist Eighth Route Army to withdraw from the Manchurian gateway. They aim to reopen the Tientsin Mukden line and push Communists back 50 miles from the rail. U S Marines guard Chinwangtao as train damage and shelling disrupts the corridor.
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Chinwangtao
Shanhaikwan
Great Wall
Manchuria
Chungking
Changchun
Manchurian
Lang Kai-shek
Chiang Chung-kuo
Tu Li-Ming
Gulf of
Chihli
Tientsin
Tientsin-Mukden
Chieh
Chao
U. S
DeWitt Peck
Peck
Trial of Will Zurbucken Hears Bootlegger Payments
In Wichita Illinois? Kansas trial recesses as two witnesses testify that Will Zurbucken, former Kansas highway patrol chief, was paid by bootleggers for 1940 campaign expenses. Police Chief E M Olson details six to seven payments totaling 700 to 900 dollars. Witnesses include Lee Perkins and others linking funds to liquor shipments into dry Kansas. Zurbucken is charged with evading 495.37 in federal income taxes for 1940.
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Wichita
Kan
Will Zurbucken
State Highway Patrol
Kansas
E. M. Olson
Dodge City
Zurbucken
Olson
United States
Walter M. Campbell, Jr
Ed Rooney
Zurbuckn
Federal District
Lee Perkins
Spearville
Edward Rooney
Zurbuckens
P.S. 1
Earl Blake
Frank Phillips
Kineman
John Hamilton
East St. Louis
Iil
Walter Dowd
Abe Meyer
Hamilton
Japs Sought Sea Battle With the American Fleet
Congressional investigators were told Japanese naval leaders planned to seek an immediate decisive sea battle with the American fleet if Pearl Harbor raid failed. Rear Admiral Inglis presented a navy report based on captured documents and POW questioning.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
T. B. Inglis
Senate-House
Navy
Tokyo
Inglis
Ouglas A. MacArthur
Douglas A. MacArthur
Atomic Commission Could Work Soon
Charleston Nov 17 The United States government believes the proposed United Nations commission for the control of atomic energy especially the atomic bomb can be functioning in two months. Secretary of State Byrnes said the three nation secrecy on industrial know how need not be unnecessarily prolonged and stressed readiness to exchange basic scientific information with Britain and Canada and to cooperate with other United Nations.
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Charleston
N.C
United States
United Nations Commission For the Control of Atomic Energy
Byrnes
Britain
Canada
United Nations
Japanese general Yamashita linked to Manila actions denied
Lt Gen Shizuno Yokoyama testifies naval forces fought in Manila streets while Yamashita transferred to Baguio. Yokoyama says his Manila defense command was under Rear Adm Iwabuchi with unreliable communications. He says orders to kill civilians were not issued aside from military demolitions.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Capitol
Shizuno Yokoyama
Yamashita
Yokoyama
Baguio
Adm
Iwabuchi
Russell B. Reynolds
Commission
Unemployment Office Reports Week End Totals in Kansas
Kansas unemployment office records show 279 applicants drawing or awaiting checks, plus 40 new claims in screening. Jefferson county lists 49 drawing and 20 new claims, with 11 in waiting period. U S Employment Service notes 685 job seekers, 171 referred, 35 hires, and 104 openings including 85 for men and 19 for women.
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Kansas Unemployment Compensation Office
Jefferson County
U. S. Employment Service Office
Harry R. Barnard
U.S.E.S
Sunflower Ordnance Works Reports Firings and Hires
In the week ending yesterday Sunflower Ordnance Works terminated 116 men and 32 women. Nineteen men were hired for plant maintenance, leaving total employment at 3,143 with 2,752 men and 391 women, per U S Employment Service records.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
U. S. Employment Service Office
Victory Bond Sales in Kansas Reach Quota Progress
Federal reserve data shows Kansans buying Victory Bonds totaling 34.9 million of a 70 million goal. KE bond sales stand at 8.8 million toward a 29 million quota, nearing one third.
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Topeka
Federal Reserve Bank
Ask Strike Vote In Kansas City For Grain Workers
About 2 grain processing workers in greater Kansas City voted last night to request the National Labor Relations Board to hold a strike ballot. Starting December 1 beginners earn $100 monthly in a Hall Bros. Inc card making job. Apply 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 739 Massachusetts Street. Allison-Thomas Flower Shop advertises.
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Kansas City
National Labor Relations Board
Hallmark
Hall Bros., Inc
Massachusets Street
Flowers of Distinction
Allison - Thomas Flower Shop
Initial Step Toward Industrial Peace Report Backed
The labor management conference filed a report endorsing conciliation and voluntary arbitration amid wage policy disputes. A six member subcommittee will merge three wage resolutions for full conference approval as talks resume after a 1.30 p.m. session.
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Washinet
Labor-Management Conference
Ira Mosher
National Association of Manufacturers
Conference
No Inquest To Be Held In Baldwin Death
Douglas county under sheriff Elmer Schiller said no inquest would be held into the death of Mrs. Carl White of Baldwin. He reported she took her own life early yesterday morning after a family quarrel following an investigation yesterday evening.
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Elmer Schiller
Douglas County
Carl White
Baldwin
Schiller
American Legion Opens Postwar Convention in Chicago
The American Legion began its first postwar convention in Chicago addressing peacetime issues such as universal military training employment housing and veteran rehabilitation. Also noted is a historical aside about Cortez in Mexico weaving colored cotton fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Legion
Cortez
Montezuma
Mexico
Eisenhower Makes Job Offer to Troops at Station
General Dwight D. Eisenhower chatted with soldiers and sailors headed to a separation center in Pittsburgh. He urged them to return and enlist if they cannot find good jobs, while fans crowded the car and Eisenhower signed about a hundred autographs.
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Pittsburgh
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Joe
Eisenhower
Victory Loan Progress in Douglas County Update
The Douglas County Victory Loan drive reached 411 414.25 dollars, about 28 percent of a 1 436 000 quota. Yesterday’s reports add 22 512.50, with only a half day left today. Next week expects heavy effort and an E Bond contest milestone with 119 906.25 dollars toward a 592 000 quota.
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Douglas County
Birch Engraves Names for Lawrence Summer Program
C E Birch secretary of the local Masonic bodies is honored for engraving 454 summer library reading certificates for elementary students. He previously inscribed student names and diplomas and has authored and published books on typing, arithmetic, handwriting, and business calculations. P T A Council presented autographed copies of two books to honor his work.
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C. E. Birch
Masonic Order
Lawrence
Birch
P.T.A. Council of
George Washington Carver
Two Lawrence Men Arrive in Tacoma Aboard U S S Nevada
The Associated Press reports Lt. 2/c DeFrantz G. Copeland and Walter M. Quisenberry MoMM 2/c from Lawrence, Kansas, arrived at Tacoma Washington from the Pacific area aboard the U S S Nevada on Thursday.
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Associated Press
Lawrence
Tacoma
Wash
Pacific Area
U.S.S. Nevada
DeFrantz G. Copeland
Walter M. Quisenberry
Momm
De Gaulle's Daughter Engaged in Paris Romance
Announcement says Elizabeth De Gaulle engaged to Commandant de Boissieu, De Gaulle's military attaché, with Paris newspapers carrying the news across the capital today.
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de Gaulle
Paris
Gen. de Gaulle
Elizabeth
Commandant de Boissieu
Homecoming Festivities Dominate KU Weekend Activities
Governor Schoeppel will crown the homecoming queen at halftime as Kansas University celebrates with a Breakfast Bounce, parades, rallies, and editor day events. Miss Joy Godbeherre heads Pi Beta Phi with attendants Miss Carlson and Miss Harger. Governor and lieutenant governor attended the War Memorial luncheon and 75 guests from out of town were present. Miss Mary Jo Cox will receive the K U K State peace trophy for the winning school.
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K. U
Alberta Cornwell
Lawrence
Stan Schwahn
R. D. Williams
Joy ‘Godbeherre
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Marilyn”. Carlson
Kappa Alpha Theta
Gwendolyn Harger
Alpha Delta Pi
Delta Gamma Sorority
Kansas
War Memorial Committee
Deanee W. Malott
Memorial Union
Board of Regents
Union
K.U
Andrew Schoeppel
Weather forecast for Kansas turns colder inland tonight
Kansas forecasts clear to partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Colder air moves in tonight with lows mid to upper 20s east and central and mid 30s to 40s in the west. Sunday slightly warmer in the west as temperatures rise. yesterday's high 68 and low 22.
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Kansas
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