Reparations Official Urges Stripping Japan of War Industries
Edwin W. Pauley, American member of the Japanese Reparations Commission, urged removal of surplus industrial equipment in Japan to complete demilitarization. He called for eliminating iron, steel, chemical, shipping, and aluminum installations, and proposed shipping seized gold and precious metals to the U.S. mint for custody awaiting disposal decisions.
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Tokyo
Edwin W. Pauley
Japanese Reparations Commission
Japan
Pauley
East Asia
Iran Denies Granting Oil Rights To Russia
Teheran premier Ibraham Hakimi said Russia may have undertaken oil exploitation in Azerbaijan without Iran's permission. He noted uncertain installations in the north possibly for water, denied rumors of his resignation, and pledged to handle affairs in Azerbaijan along the frontier with the Soviet Union.
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Teheran
Ibraham Hakimi
Iran
Azerbaijan
Hakimi
Soviet Union
U S Troops to Iran Replacements Planned
The State Department said 2000 American troops headed for Iran will replace other U S forces in the area who will be redeployed. The move does not alter the goal to evacuate all U S troops before Jan 1 but supports dismantling U S installations.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Iran
U.S
U. S
Priests Executed by Nazis in Pom erania Reported
Warsaw dispatch to the Polish Press agency says over 400 Polish Catholic priests were killed by Germans in Pomerania. Eyewitnesses testify priests in Grudziadz were taken from altars to execution grounds and some died while wearing vestments.
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London
Pomerania
Warsaw
Grudziadz
Grudgiadz
Italian Weather Forecast Whets Up North and South
The weatherman predicts clear skies for Rome with a few clouds over southwest Italy. An east coast cloudiness, showers in the south, and turbulent surface winds across central and southern Italy are forecast. Maximums: Rome 52, Naples 53. Yesterday the highs were 52 in Rome and 45 in Naples.
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Italy
Rome
Naples
U. S. Plans Food Shipment To Germany
Lt. Gen. Lucius C. Clay announced in Stuttgart that the United States will supply enough food to Germany to guarantee an average daily ration of 1550 calories for every person. The ration, to begin January 1946, will be funded by Germany when able to pay, with American delivery in the American zone.
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Stuttgart
U. S
Germany
Lucius C. Clay
Clay
Conferences Open On South East Asia
Allied Southeast Asia talks among British Dutch and French commanders opened at headquarters in Singapore with Field Marshal Lord Alan Brooke, chief of the British Imperial General Staff, described as purely exploratory.
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Singapore
South East Asia
Allied
Southeast Asia
Lord Alan Brooke
British Withdraw from Indo-China as French Arrive
British and Indian troops are being withdrawn from Indo-China and replaced by French forces arriving in numbers to maintain law and order, according to unofficial Whitehall sources.
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London
Indo-china
Whitehall
Arab League chief denounces Nazi Zionist terror in Palestine
Cairo dispatch reports Abdel Rahman Assan Bey secretary general of the Arab League declared that Nazi Zionist terrorism dominates Palestine in response to British Foreign Minister Bevin urging continued Jewish immigration. The Arab League represents seven Arab states and spoke for its member nations.
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Cairo
Abdel Rahman Assan. Bey
The
Arab League
Palestine
League
Ernest Bevin
Plaque Stolen From Leyte Monument
Unidentified vandals stole 38 plaques from a Leyte Island monument honoring General Douglas MacArthur’s return to the Philippines. The inscription noted that MacArthur landed there with American forces to strike the first blow for liberation.
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Manila
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
New Indonesia Clashes Break Out Across Java War Zones
BATAVIA Dec 7 AP Thirty eight Indonesians were fatally hurt in skirmishes along the Surabaya sector Indian troops clearing the Kandangan railway station west of Surabaya fatally hurt seven Indonesians while dispersing a crowd To the south tanks fired on 30 serious incident Rocket firing Mosquito planes hit an Indonesian headquarters building at Bandoeng and troops removed Eurasians from the southern district The Central Public Hospital Batavia treated 390 battle casualties from Oct 1 to Dec 1 Eastern Java reports four natives captured for spying for the Dutch
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Batavia
Surabaya
Kandangang
Bandoeng
Ambarawa
Semarang
Central Public
Britons Reported Missing Kidnapped In Sumatra
A major of the British 71st Brigade and a woman Red Cross worker were reported missing today from Padang, Sumatra. It was believed they were kidnapped as British authorities made strong representations to Indonesian authorities.
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Batavia
71St Brigade
Red Cross
Padang
Sumatra
Dutch accuse Australian troops of arming Indonesians
A British officer observer returning from Dutch Borneo reports the Dutch claim Australian soldiers are selling arms to Indonesians. He said the Dutch feel their town had been too heavily bombarded and that some Australians are supplying weapons to the Indonesians.
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Batavia
Dutch Borneo
Switzerland set to end rationing within a year
Rationing chief A Mugegli says Switzerland plans to lift all forms of rationing within the next year though meat and milk may continue for months. Butter cheese and eggs could see earlier relief while the rest is staged for future lifting. The update notes ongoing controls but signals considerable easing ahead.
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Switzerland
A. Mugegli
French Think Allies Will Hold To Potsdam
Paris dispatch reports a French government spokesman saying it is unthinkable the Allies would scrap Potsdam and push toward a centralized Germany without France. He awaits the official Byrnes text to judge if Byrnes meant scrapping Berlin Control Council unanimity.
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Potsdam
Paris
Germany
France
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Allied Control Council
Berlin
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