Truman calls for strike ban law amid Japan war crimes arrests
Tokyo dispatch notes General MacArthur's directive to arrest 59 war crimes suspects across Japanese society. The rogues gallery lists an imperial prince, ex president of the privy council, former premiers and cabinet ministers, industrialists and bankers among the influential names. The move prompts varied domestic reaction and hints at broad crackdown.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
MacArthur
Privy Council
Industralists
Japan
Kempeitai
Taxed plumbers face rigged license exams and illegal graft
A homeless veteran and many others accuse local plumbing contractors and suppliers of a corrupt scheme to block new competition. A Texas woman recalls her husband being denied a license by exams and inspectors linked to the Master Numbers Association, pushing skilled workers to join existing shops.
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York
Unitedates
Texas
Lincoln
Nebe
Master Umbers' Association
Louisiana 4-H members win prizes at national contest
In Chicago on December 3 the 4-H national achievement contest awarded Mildred Massey a $1 scholarship for second place. First place went to Oran Callahan E dora Janzen and ald McKnight Mary Arlene Nelson led other top honors. Twenty two Louisiana 4-H members attend the National Club Congress with trips as prizes and $100 war bonds for alternates.
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Chicago
Mildred Jean Massey
Coldwater
Miss
Oran Callahan
Rushville
Ind
Edora Janzen
Kremlin
Okla
Ald McKnight
Street
Mary Arlene Nelson
Harmoldt
Kan
Louisiana State University
Agricultural Extension Service
Lonnie Fielder
Shreveport
Georgia Fay Middleton
Marthaville
Alice Hugh Cole
Girsland
Blanchard Dekeyzer
First use of streptomycin on Orleans infant reported
In New Orleans at Touro Infirmary doctors began treating 13 month old Janice Marie Loque with streptomycin for a colon ailment complexed by a kidney defect. The drug arrived by air from a Chicago lab and the infant showed a favorable response but results remain uncertain. Her father Whitney Loque recently returned from an eight month hospital stay in Cologne Germany.
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New Orleans
Toure Infirmary
Janice Marie Loque
Chicago
Touro Infirmary
Hovever
Whitney Loque
Cologne
Germany
Loque
Grand Point
UAW asks Clark to probe GM over fuel pump monopoly
The United Automobile Workers urged Attorney General Tom Clark to study antitrust claims against General Motors over its control of fuel pumps for the auto industry. About 225,000 GM workers are idle in a nationwide strike seeking a 30 percent wage increase. The union notes GM’s letter offering to reopen parts plants to other manufacturers, while AC Spark Plug in Flint employs over 9,000 before the strike.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers Today
U. S
Tom Clark
General Motors Corporation
G. M
Rd Thomas
General Motors
Thomas
C. E. Wilson
International U. A. W.C. L
George Romney
Automobile Manufacturers Association
A. C
Flint
Mich
Navy 21
A Corporation
Clark
Iran Plea to Russia Over Troop Transport for Azerbaijan
Tehran urgently petitioned Soviet Russia to permit Iranian troops to move into Azerbaijan to contain armed Autonomists who seized police and officials. Soviet authorities blocked reinforcements, while Iran promised restraint and sought assurance for freedom of action of internal affairs. Public reports cited 4,000 Autonomist fighters near Tabriz, with roadblocks and ID checks outside the city.
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Tehran
Russia
Azerbaijan
Sharifabad
Iran
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tran
Maragheh
Tabriz
U. S
United States
U. S.S. State Department
Moscow
Hitler Not Bluffing In Threats Of War In 1938
Munich pact signed two days before the German invasion plan date for Czechoslovakia. Keitel ordered execution by October 1 1938 at latest as war plans show Hungary would join. Evidence at the international military tribunal reveals a detailed invasion scheme if England and France did not halt the move. Continued on Eighth Page.
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Wes Gallagher Muernberg
Hitler
England
France
International Military Tribunal
Czech Sudeterland
High Command
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Wilhelm Keitel
Man Kimes Dies After Street Collision In Arkansas
Oklahoma fugitive Mat Kimes, 39, wanted for bank robbery in Texas, was struck by a poultry truck in North Little Rock. He suffered broken injuries and carried $1,635 when found. a companion remained at the scene as police investigated his long chase.
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Little Rock
Ark
Mat Kimes
Oklahoma
Law
Baptist State Hospital
Kimes
Texas
Joe Chamblee
North Little Rock
Fb.i
Dean Morley
Young Chamblee
J. H. Anderson
Chamblee
Anderson
Man Held After Daughter Is Shot
Kansas City report says Mrs Juanita Meyer 29 remains in critical condition after a shooting in a family quarrel over children’s noise. McCallum 64 reportedly fired at the mother, grazing the six year old Judith Mae and injuring the girl's hands. the grandfather wounded himself. Judith Mae and her brother John described the events to police Lt. Charles Welch.
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Kansas City
Juanita Meyer
Judith Mae
Albert McCallum
McCallum
Charles Welch
John
Magazine roasts Bishop Manning over Roosevelt vestry issue
The Chronicle, a Protestant Episcopal magazine, criticizes Bishop William Manning for saying Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt, twice divorced, cannot serve as vestryman at St. James Church Hyde Park. Roosevelt disputed the appointment. Manning defended his remarks but did not comment on the editorial.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
William T. Manining
Chronicle Monthly
Protestant Episcopal Church
Elliott Roosevelt
St. James Church
Hyde Park
Manning
Roosevelt
Family Church
Arthur S. Halpin
Good Fellows Seek Help for Monroe Christmas Cheer
The Good Fellows fund in Monroe appeals for contributions to spread Christmas joy to needy families. Volunteers liken themselves to Santa Claus staff, aiding children who might otherwise miss Yuletide cheer due to wartime economics and rising costs.
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Santa Claus
Good Fellows Fund
Truman Urges Congress To Set Up National Labor Board
President Truman proposes a national machinery to settle labor disputes in key industries. He orders a fact finding board for the General Motors United Automobile Workers dispute and urges 225,000 U A W members to return to work while about 700,000 steel workers stay at work. He asks Congress to authorize a three day strike ban and five day deliberation period, targeting steel automobile aviation mining oil utilities and communications.
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Washington
Truman
General Motors
Congress
United Automobile
General Motors Corporation
Secretary of Labor
General Motors C. O
United Automobile Workers
Fernandez quits New Orleans mayor race amid lack of governor support
J O Fernandez withdraws from the New Orleans mayoral contest citing no backing from Governor Jimmie H. Davis and aims his support to Mayor Robert Maestri. He says opposition pledged by the Independent Citizens committee failed to materialize and confirms remaining candidates Theo Hotard Bernard McCloskey Lionel Ott will stay in.
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New Orleans
J. O. Fernandez
Jimmie H. Davis
Robert S. Maestri
Fernandez
Davis
Mississippi River
Independent Citizens’ Committee
James ?. O'Connor
Citizens’ Committee
Maestri
City Commission
Theo O. Hotard
Bernard J. McCloskey
Lionel G. Ott
Shirley G. Wimberly
John Golden
Warren Johnson
William Trauth
Miles says Short reply to Pearl Harbor warning inadequate
Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles testified that General Short’s November 28 1941 reply to a Washington war warning was totally inadequate. He named Stimson Marshall and Georow as officers who saw the reply and urged that the question be put to them. The Senate House group continues the Pearl Harbor inquiry.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sherman A. Miles
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Miles
Senate House
Pearl Harbor
George C. Marshall
Clark
North Carolina
Marshall
Short
Army Intelligence
Stimson
General Marshall
War Plans Division
Leonard T. Gerow
German resentment grows over American occupation methods
A U S survey from Frankfurt reports German anger at Allied army policies. Clergy and civilians accuse the American administration of injustice and disarray, fueling talk of resistance as Germans claim they have suffered more than others. The Evangelical Church council protested de Nazification injustices in the American zone.
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Dec
U. S
Germany
Counscil
Evangelical Church In
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