Marshall admits not warning Pearl Harbor due to taps
Gen. George C. Marshall testified before the Pearl Harbor committee that he did not telephone a warning to Pearl Harbor on Dec 7 1941 because Roosevelt and Churchill conversations were tapped and a warning would have signaled Japan’s imminent war. He outlined misread signals and assumed targets like Seattle Wake and the Panama canal. He said the safest approach kept such plans secret to prevent aiding Japanese claims of provocation.
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George C. Marshall
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Marshall
Japan
U. S. High Command
Seattle
San Diego
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Congressional
Guam
Wake
Wake Island
Panama Canal
Hawaii
Marshal
Representative Gearhart
Leonard T. Gerow
War Plans Division
War Department
Short
Gearhart
Hull
Army
Navy
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
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Pacific
Far East
Union Rejects GM Pay Offer Heading to Truman
The CIO United Auto Workers council recommends rejecting President Truman's request for GM workers to return to work as a 30 percent wage increase dispute widens. A 75,000 plus strike across GM plants faces possible settlement delays amid anti trust investigation into parts production. The Electrical union rejects a 13.5 cent offer while seeking 25 cents. Federal mediation seeks talks next week as Midwest truck strike affects 160 firms across seven states.
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Detroit
General Motors Council
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Truman
General Motors
Justice Department
Washington
Gurney
R-Sd
Conciliation Service
Code cracking and carelessness haunt Marshall on leaks
Washington reports Gen. George C. Marshall warned that leaked chatter and careless talk risked exposing how the U S cracked the Japanese code. He cited expanding code staff, whispered details about Midway, and FBI tracing efforts as dangers to war gains.
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Pacific
Yamamoto
White House
Marshall
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Gestapo
Controls For Housing Again Spark Efforts In Nation
Government moves to regulate housing construction continue after months of momentum. Officials pursue standards for building materials and housing guarantees, aiming to stabilize supply and prices amid growing demand.
Bricker Stassen Gain GOP Favor in 1948 Ticket Talks
Bricker and Stassen emerge as frequent names in Republican lobbies for a 1948 ticket while a resolutions committee under Rep. Carroll Reece plans an interim platform review amid possible pushback against changes. The party ends a session with a $350,000 treasury after starting the year with $250,000 and a $100,000 surplus.
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John W. Bricker
Ohio
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Two Air Crashes Kill 24 Near Billings
Two separate air crashes west of Billings claim 24 lives. Names are withheld until next of kin are notified. Eight injured were taken to a Billings hospital. the pilot and co-pilot died. One plane’s pilot was found trapped beneath the motor when police arrived at 2 15 a m.
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Billings
Army
Next
Six Bodies Recovered After Army Bomber Crash Off Oahu
A military bomber crashed off Keehi reef near Oahu leaving six dead. A seventh body was trapped under a wheel and not removable until low tide Saturday. One survivor, found on the beach by MPs, was treated by lifeguards at Keehi Beach.
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Honolulu
Keechi Reef
Oahu
Stars and Stripes
Keehi Beach
Allied court to hang Belsen camp officials
In Herford Germany Field Marshal Montgomery rejected all appeals of Belsen camp defendants and ordered Josef Kramer Irma Grese and nine other Belsen and Oswiecim camp officials to be hanged. In Tokyo the Japan Communist party and five other leftist groups named more than 1300 war crime suspects including the emperor and empress in a list reported by Jiji news agency.
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Herford
Germany
Bernard L. Montgomery
Belsen Concentration Camp
Josef Kramer
Irma Grese
Belsen
Oswiecim
Tokyo
Japan Communist Party
Jiji
Takehiko Yamashina
French Ask Big 3 About Breaking off Spanish Relations
A French constituent assembly source said France sent a note to the United States Britain and Russia asking their position on breaking relations with Franco Spain. Foreign Minister Georges Bidault briefed the foreign affairs commission on the status of ties with Spain and the stance of each country. The left and center parties favor rupture but no cabinet or Gaulle consensus exists regarding the exile Spanish government led by Jose Giral Pereira.
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Paris
French Constituent Assembly
France
United States
Britain
Russia
Ore
Spain
Georges Bidaultau
As Foreign Affairs Commission
General de Gaulle
Mexico
Jose Giral Pereira
Princess Chin Pei Hui of the Ching Dynasty Highlighted
Fragmentary text mentions a princess named Chin Pei Hui of the Ching dynasty in a context that is unclear. No concrete events, dates, or places are provided to specify her role or significance.
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Cluded
Chin Pei Hui
Yuletide Feast Amid Scarcity and Seasonal Shortages
Grocers forecast a mixed Christmas with turkey abundant and cranberries scarce since Thanksgiving. Shipments of Beauties and Winesaps apples and navel oranges expected before Christmas. Pickles and Sabalbenes are hard to find while mottled fruit and other supplies arrive for holiday dinners.
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Turkey
Fewer Farms but Acreage Grows in Wisconsin Census
Wisconsin shows 7,826 fewer farms but 743,031 more acres in 1945. Preliminary census totals list 178,909 farms on 23,619,525 acres, up from 186,735 farms on 22,876,494 acres in 1940. The average U S farm rises to 190.1 acres from 174 in 1940. North Central states collectively lose farms but gain land. Wisconsin county figures include Green LaFayette Dane Rock Jefferson and others with acreages and farm counts.
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Washington
Wisconsin
J. C. Capt
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Capt
North Central States
LaFayette
Dane
Rock
Jefferson
British to send more reinforcements to Java
British authorities plan to deploy additional forces to Java to restore order and end cooperation with Indonesian independence leaders. The decision, reached by British, French, and Dutch commanders in Singapore, includes substantial Dutch and British contingents, while officials in London withheld comment.
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Batavia
Java
Singapore
Tish
London
Ava
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger group reelects officers
The Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association board reelected officers last night. Harvey E. Thew of Madison was named secretary treasurer. A total of 99 factories were represented at the annual meeting held last Saturday in Turner.
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Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Harvey E. Thew
Madison
Turner
Washington considers citrus price controls reinstatement
Washington testing the agriculture sector faced a delayed decision on reinstating price ceilings for citrus fruits. Growers have pressed for stabilizing markets while officials review policy implications and market conditions.
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Washington
John C. Collet
Missing Fliers Search Narrowed By Flares In Florida Fog
Navy and coast guard launch coastal and inland search for 27 missing naval air men after flares and a large fire are sighted between Melbourne and Orlando. An Eastern Air Lines pilot reports red flares and a man near lights. a second flare is seen inland as fog hinders the rescue effort. Further clues include flares northeast of Great Abago island in the Bahamas and rescue teams from Banana River station converging on the marshlands.
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Miami
Fla
Navy
Melbourne
Orlando
Great Abago Island
Bahamas
Coast Guard
Pandora
Eastern Airlines
EAS
Martin Mariner
Banana River
Everglades
Vero Beach
Ships Return to Philadelphia on Pearl Harbor Anniversary
Two battleships California and Tennessee, survivors from Pearl Harbor, arrived at the Philadelphia naval base after a 15,000 mile voyage from Japan to mark four years since the attack. Crew including Sylvester Birkholtz and Claude Shoffner recalled escaping to lifeboats and aiding in the defense of the fleet.
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Philadelphia
Pearl Harbor
California
Tennessee
Philadelphia Naval Base
Japan
GM 3
Sylvester Birkholtz
Janesville
Wis
Birkholtz
Claude E. Shoffner
la Follette
Tenn
Shoffner
Orin Peterson Slightly Injured in Car Overturn
Orin Peterson of Blanchardville escaped serious injury when his convertible skidded on frost and ice near Casey Hill. The car overturned onto its top after crossing the road into a bank. Peterson sustained light head and shoulder injuries, was examined by a physician, and returned home.
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Orin Peterson
Blanchardville
Overson
Casey Hill
Peterson
Big Three to Discuss Atom at Moscow Conflict
The United States Britain and Russia will meet in Moscow on December 15 to exchange views on the control of atomic energy. Foreign Secretaries Byrnes Bevin and Molotov will discuss other current concerns including Iran civil strife Allied Japan controls unification of China and European reconstruction as a peace plan waits.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
State Department
State Byrnes
Bevin
Britain
Molotov
Russia
Iran
Japan
China
Rumania
Bulgaria
Truman
Attlee
MacKenzie King
Canada
United Allons
Adm Raeder Ordered Graf Spee Scuttling in 1939
Adm Erich Raeder testified at the Nuremberg trials that he ordered the 10 000 ton pocket battleship Graf Spee to be scuttled off Montevideo on December 17 1939. He said Hitler ordered the ship destroyed rather than risk battle after Uruguay limited harbor privileges.
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Nuernberg
Erich Raeder
International Military Tribunal
Admiral Graf Spee
Montevideo
Uruguay
Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Graff Spee
Graf Spee
Raeder
Rio de la Plata
Leaders Told Hirohito of Plans in September 1941
Kyodo News reports a hitherto unpublished Sept 1941 discussion in which Prince Fumimaro Konoye told Emperor Hirohito Japan must decide by Sept 6 whether to press negotiations with the United States or launch war. Army chief Sugiyama warned conquests could take about three months.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Kyodo News
Hirohito
Kyodo
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
America
Gen
Sugiyama
Tye
China
Imperial Conference
We War
Twining Assigned To Wright Field In Air Tech Command
Lt Gen Nathan F. Twining former commander of several air forces is assigned to replace Maj Gen Hugh J. Knerr as commanding general of air technical service at Wright Field. Knerr moves to Washington on special assignmentto AAF headquarters. General Twining comes from headquarters Continental Air Forces and will take over ATSC at Wright Field. General Bartron is transferred to ATSC headquarters at Wright Field after serving 16 months leading an air service command station in the Mediterranean area.
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Dayton
Nathan F. Twining
Monroe
Wis
13Th
15Th
20Th Air Forces
Hugh J. Knerr
Air Technical Service
Wright
General Knerr
Washington
AAF
General Twining
Continental Air Forces
General Twining’s wartime career and Monroe visit
General Twining’s war service included surviving three weeks adrift in the Pacific and later leading air forces bombing the Reich from Italy and guiding the 20th in the Pacific just before the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He visited Monroe with his sister Mrs. H. W. Chadwick between theater assignments.
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General Twining
Pacific
Reich
Italy
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Monroe
H. W. Chadwick
Destroy Jap Arms in Kyoto by Sixth Army Units
Japanese laborers under Sixth Army ordinance supervision destroyed over 475000 tons of Nipponese arms and ammunition. The total included 100 million rounds of small arms cartridges, 10 million rounds of artillery ammunition, 1 million rifle and hand grenades, and 15000 tons of bulk explosives.
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Kyoto
Sixth Army
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