Leaders Expected A War With Japan Intercepted Notes
Washington reports that Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles said army plans always assumed a surprise attack by Japan could occur, with December 7, 1941 feared as the target. He described wartime intelligence concerns, past war games, and doubts about reconnaissance while noting the delivery time of Tokyo notes and potential Hawaii or Pearl Harbor strikes.
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Washington
Sherman Miles
Hawaii
Miles
Army
Pearl Harbor
Sanate House
Japan
United States
Atlantic
Honolulu
Hugh Drum
Rome
Niles
Gerhard Gesell
Tokyo
George C. Marshall
Hull
Russia
Hongkong
China
Great Britain
Keefe
Seventy six children rescued from west side center fire
In Kansas City on November 30 a fire at the west side Community Center damaged the building about $500. Edith Heitman a Salvation Army worker guided seventy six children from the danger through a rear exit to a hotel as fire crews investigated the cause suspected to be faulty wiring in a closet.
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Kansas City
Salvation Army
Sefcty
West Side
Edith Heitman
E. J. Duffy
Congress Presses Action to Ease Sugar Shortage
Washington reports Congressmen from both parties urged federal steps to relieve the sugar shortage. A bipartisan probe gains momentum as Rep Jonkman cites GOP survey predicting 1.5 million extra tons in 1946 and calls for revised quotas for the food sector. Chairman Pace questions figures and the Agriculture Department warns supplies stay tight with rationing likely through 1946.
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Washington
Congress
Republican
Pace
D-Ga
House Food Investigating Committee
Agriculture Department
Anderson
Yamashita Defends Orders In Manila War Crimes Trial
General Tomoyuki Yamashita told the U S military commission that he did not authorize atrocities in the Philippines and would punish subordinates if needed. He argued he lacked time to train troops under attack and denied a Manila open city statement. Prosecution said mass horrors were committed by Japanese troops in February and noted MacArthur had open city status in 1941.
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Manila
Gpi
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
U.S
Tiger of Malaya
Ean
Jose Laurel
MacArthur
Decemb
Yamashita
Imperial Command
Tokyo
Supreme Southern Command
Count Terauchi
Robert Kerr
Terauchi
Altho Yamashita
Formal Surrender In Rangoon By Japanese Field Marshal Terauchi
Field Marshal Count Juichi Terauchi formally surrendered to Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten in Rangoon outside the governor general’s palace. He handed over ceremonial swords dating to the 18th and 15th centuries, aided by illness and carried by Lt. Gen. Takasa Numata.
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Rangoon
Juichi Terauchi
Asia
Louis Mountbatten
Terauchi
Cochin-China
Singapore
Hirohito
Southeast Asia
Tokyo
Takasa Numata
Pices
British Report of New Outbreak in Bandoeng
British dispatches report fighting renewed in Bandoeng between Dutch forces and Indonesian nationalists. Six casualties were cited on Juliana boulevard as an ultimatum ordered Indonesians out of the northern half by noon. In Ambarawa Indonesians shelled a refugee camp, killing eight and wounding nineteen, with reinforcements landing on lake banks guarded interior Java.
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Batavia
Java
Bandoeng
Juliana
Ambarawa
Hallmark Greeting Cards ad seeks women workers
Wanted young women ages 18 to 80 for permanent part time work paying $100 monthly for beginners. Includes holidays, 40 hour week, five days weekly, easy to learn modern working conditions. High school graduates preferred. Apply in person Hallmark Greeting Cards Hall Bros Inc 739 Mass St. Adv.
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Hallmark
Hall Bros., Inc
Mass
GM and UAW Hold First Talks on Illegal Picketing
Detroit Nov 90 General Motors and the United Auto Workers met with Chief U. S. Conciliator Edgar S. Warren to discuss illegal picketing at struck plants. GM demanded concessions on picketing and wage demands before resuming talks, with Warren aiming to restart negotiations soon.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
C.I
United Auto Workers Union
U. S
Edgar S. Warren
Washington
Truman
U.A.W.C
Walter P. Reuther
Warren
C. E. Wilson
G.M
Harry W. Anderson
Anderson
Schwellenbach
Wilson
House passes large deficiency bill with veterans aid boosts
The House approved a 1.434 trillion dollar deficiency appropriation bill carrying over 300 million dollars in floor amendments. New allocations include 158.32 million for veterans hospitals and 122.275 million for navigation and harbor projects plus 24.5 million for temporary veteran housing. A rider blocks National Labor Relations Board strike elections under the Smith Connally act. The bill advances to the Senate on a voice vote.
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Washington
House
Senate
National Labor Relations Board
House Appropriations Committee
Teacher Found After Eight Days Missing in Hutchinson
Donna Miner a 20 year old Reno County rural school teacher returned to a Hutchinson police station after eight days away. She said she had been in Wichita twice seeking a job and was met by her parents Ralph Hinman and wife of Claflin.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Donna Miner
Reno County
Miner
Wichita
Ralph Hinman
Claflin
Mrs Eisenhower Improving in Boone Hospital Visit
Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower likely to be released early next week from the Boone hospital where she has been treated for bronchial pneumonia since November 17 during a visit with relatives. The general accompanied her during the stay.
Thrifty habit keeps daily page of classifieds in mind
A reader uses daily census of classified ads to spot bargains and local opportunities. The habit yields timely finds on jobs, housing, and items for sale, reflecting cautious shopping and community pulse.
Hess Trial Testimony Reveals Canaris Plot and Cannibalism
Rudolf Hess accepted responsibility and urged continuation of his trial as Maj. Gen. Erwin Lahousen testified that Adm. Canaris led a anti Hitler military clique and opposed mass murder. Lahousen described plans to assassinate Weygand and Giraud and cited Ribbentrop remarks on Poles and Jews.
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Nuernberg
Rudolf Hess
International Tribunal Today
Hesse
No. 2
Fuehrer
Hess
Rman
Germany
Hitler
Adm
Walter Wilhelm Canaris
Erwin Lahousen
Canaris
Lahousen
German Republic
Maxine Weygand
Henri Giraud
Wilhelm Kietel
France
Weygand
Petain
North Africa
Giraud
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Poland
Lahowsen
von Ribbentrop
Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
Alfred Jodl
Maxime Weygand
Lahousenu
Keitel
Plant Bus Service Transitions to Common Carrier Basis
The Santa Fe Trails and Kaw Valley bus lines fares for Sunflower Ord nance Works traveler service have been canceled. Effective Saturday December 1, plant to Lawrence and both Kansas City routes will run on a common carrier basis at standard prices. Public notice urges readers to open insured savings accounts with The Lawrence Building and Loan Association.
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Santa Fe Trails Transportation Company
Kaw Valley
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lawrence
Kansas Cities
Violence at Montgomery Ward strike in Kansas City
Kansas City reports clash as 15 men on a reinforced picket line attacked a company detective escorting a female employee into the plant. Buck Beeson, 35, suffered torn clothing and a facial welt while the worker reportedly bruised knees. police were called as the line grew to about 600 with United Steel Workers involvement.
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Kansas City
Montgomery Ward and Company
Buck Beeson
Beeson
United Steel Workers
Victory Loan drive total nears goal in Douglas County
The Victory Loan drive in Douglas County rose to 780 989 25 dollars toward a 1 436 000 goal as 18 762 25 was added yesterday. Series E bond sales reached 274 593 75 to date while Mrs Henry Werner urged women workers to finish house to house solicitation and file final reports early next week. A crowd attended prize presentations at the Jayhawker theater honoring Retail and Women s divisions with bonds and theater passes offered by Stanley Schwahn for Lawrence Commonwealth Theaters.
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Douglas County
Henry Werner
Jayhawker Theater
Stanley Schwahn
Lawrence Commonwealth Theaters
Blaze the mastiff kills Fala in hotel dog fight
Albany reports Blaze the bull mastiff, famous for the transcontinental flight, attacked Fala the president’s Scottie at the Roosevelt Hyde Park estate. Blaze was destroyed as a precaution after examination showed no rabies. Fala survived with stitches after the attack. Mrs Roosevelt declined comment on the incident.
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Albany
N. Y
CPI
Blaze
Eliot Roosevelt
Scottie
Fala
State Health Department
Thomas Sheldon
Rhinebeck
Sheldon
Roosevelt Hyde Park
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
California
Roosevelt
Army Air Forces
England
New York
The
Herald Tribune
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Associated Press
Makran coast quake tidal wave disaster reported
Reports from Bombay say Wednesday's earthquake and tidal waves caused heavy loss of life and widespread devastation along the Makran coast near Karachi. Pasni and Ormara were submerged and communications with both towns are cut off.
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Bombay
India
Makran
Karachi
Gulf of Oman
Pasni
Ormara
Emporia Legion Post Initiates 142 World War II Members
In its first public initiation service the Emporia post of the American Legion admitted 142 World War II personnel as members. About witnesses attended the ceremony.
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Emporia
Kan
The
American Legion
Navy Officers Fight Unification Calls in Pacific
Washington reports Rear Adm. Forest Sherman and Fleet Admiral Nimitz opposed merging war and navy. They cited two 1945 events that weakened unified command: the 20th Air Force based in the Marianas with a Pentagon commander and the transfer of most army resources in the Pacific to General MacArthur. Sherman warned merger could repeat 1798 navy deficits while supporting operational unity under the JCS.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Pacific
Department of National Defense
Forest Sherman
Chester W. Nimitz
War Department
20Th Air Force
Marianas
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
MacArthur
Sherman
Nimitz
War
Navy
Navy Department
Carrier Division One
National Defense
Women Auxiliary Keeps War Bond Booth Open Three Years
The Al ford Clarke post Veterans of Foreign Wars women have staffed the war bond and stamp booth at the press store for three years and four months with no breaks. Led by Mrs. W. T. Allen the group has raised 26406.25 in bonds and stamps, honoring the late Mrs. George Varnar as a memorial.
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Alford Clarke
Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
George Varnar
Varnar
W. T. Allen
0. M. Daniel
P. O. Buck
County’ War Finance Committee
Cleanup at Lindley Hall After Navy Training Quarters
University workers clear the area in front of Lindley Hall where about a hundred naval trainees are quartered. Ground grading aims to stop drainage into the basement housing the chemical engineering department and kitchens used by the Army Specialized Training Program, per Raymond Nichols executive secretary.
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University
Lindley Hall
Raymond Nichols
Chemical Engineering
Army
Nichols
Rummage Sale By Beta Sigma Phi Listed
A rummage sale is set for Saturday December 1 at 7 30 PM hosted by Beta Sigma Phi. The event opens to the public at 7 80 PM per advertisement.
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Beta Sigma Phi
Committee Decides to Call Hurley to Testify
Washington reports the house committee on un American activities voted to summon Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley to testify about his claim that communist forces operated in the state department. Hurley, former ambassador to China, will be asked to appear Monday in a closed hearing that could be opened to the public later if he does not object.
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Washington
House
Unamerican
Patrick J. Hurley
State Department
Wood
D-Ga
Hurley
China
Congress
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Not So Settled Weather Seen for Kansas
Weather observer S. D. Flora noted a low pressure area over eastern Colorado bringing unsettled to Kansas conditions. Temperatures expected 55 to 60 today with highs 45 to 55 tomorrow, no precipitation reported, mild trend continue, Goodland hit 63/26, Coffeyville 57/37, eastern lows 82 36, western lows 25 32.
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Topeka
CP i
S. D
Flora
Colorado
Kansas
Goodland
Coffeyville
Returning Tri notes two soldiers arrive aboard ships
The Associated Press reported Cpl. Kenneth H. Hornberger of Lawrence on the USS Portland when it docked in New York yesterday from Europe. Pfc. Charles W. Stone of Lincoln Street and S/Sgt. Julian E. Wise of Massachusetts Street arrived on the General Ernst docked yesterday at Seattle from the Pacific area.
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Associated Press
Kenneth H. Hornberger
Lawrence
Portland
New York
Pfc
Charles W. Stone
Lincoln Street
Julian E. Wise
Massachusetts Street
General Ernst
Seattlee
Wash
Pacific
Navy officer investigates sailor death in Missouri
Comdr Ralph Baum executive officer of the KU navy program is in his office today after leading the inquiry into the death of Chief Pharmacists Mate Fred W. Matchett in St. Joseph Missouri yesterday. Baum was assigned by the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington D C and his report was mailed to the bureau this morning.
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Comdr
Ralph Baum
K. U .Navy Program
Fred W. Matchett
St. Joseph
Baum
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Washington, D. C
Matchett
Morning Mail
Flowers of Distinction Calls Allison-Thomas Flower Shop
The ad invites customers to contact Allison-Thomas Flower Shop for floral arrangements. It provides a phone number 363 and emphasizes calling for distinctions in floral designs.
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Allison - Thomas Flower Shop
Ady
Douglas County Plays Role in Kansas Secondary Road Estimates
Blair Boyle of Topeka's planning department visits Lawrence with County Engineer E. E. Larson to develop preliminary costs for upgrading roads to federal secondary highway standards. The plan, backed by a 1 cent gasoline tax, aims to match federal funds over 10 to 15 years. Data from Douglas and other counties will form the statewide basis for future federal and state decisions.
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Douglas County
Kansas
Blair Boyle
Topeka
Planning Department
State Highway Commission
Lawrence
E. E. Larson
Boyle
Congress
Federal Public Roads Administration
Boards of County Commissioners
Douglas
Enire
Marine Recruiting Office to Open in Lawrence
A Marine recruiting party, led by Staff Sgt. John P. Osborn, will set up a temporary office in Lawrence on December 8. The interview site will operate 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to discuss Marine Corps educational opportunities and fitness programs for men aged 1 to 26, including those who have registered with the Selective Service.
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Lawrence
Wtenefice
John P. Osborn
Marine Corps
Osborn
Selective Service Ct
Statewide chase for two Cheney burglars ends with loot totals
Deputies under Sheriff Keith E. Moore launched a statewide hunt after two burglars looted nine Cheney stores. About 465 dollars in cash and 400 dollars in merchandise were stolen. the Cheney Sentinel editor heard the alarm and residents assisted, but the suspects escaped. The Cheney State Bank was entered with no reported losses.
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Cheney
Kan
Keith E. Moore
J. A. Shoulders
Cheney Sentinel
Cheney State Bank
Churchill at 71 With Worldwide Birthday Messages
Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill turned 71 as messages of congratulations poured in worldwide. A private party for family and close friends was planned at his Hyde Park Gate home tonight.
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Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
Hyde Park Gate
Stock Market Index Edges Higher After Mixed Session
The Stock Market Index averaging 60 stocks closed at 75.6 yesterday, up from 74.9, reflecting mixed trading across sectors as investors noted gains in certain issues amid cautious sentiment.
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