Fair Enough in Connecticut Political Turmoil Exposed
The Dies committee probes Sam Carp of Bridgeport with ties to Moscow funds and a contentious weekly aligned with Sidney Hillman’s CIO Communist front. Carp’s 1936 Russia trip led to a battleship scheme and links to Preston McGoodwin, Aaron Benenson, and Davida Dalinda in a web of political finance and influence.
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New York
Sam Carp
Bridgeport
Conn
Viascheslav Molotov
Moscow
Carp
Connecticut
Sidney Hillman
Mrrp
Russia
Carp Export and Imrt Company
Preston McGoodwin
Democratic National Committee
Aguely
Charles Michelson
McGoodwin
Venezuela
Aaron Enenson
Joseph Zionson Davida
Dalinda
State Department
Benenson
Tom Dewey
Frank Hogan
Theuilding Service Employees’ Union
Dewey
Danda
Ecord
McGoodin
Andl
cGoodwin
Buy Sell Rent Ad Copy Promotes 7 Day Economy Plan
Classified notice urges readers to place want ads for rentals and purchases. It highlights a seven day economy plan with cancellation on results and pay only for published days at regular earned rate. Ads can be telephoned in and collected by a carrier the next day.
Television Anti-Trust Suits Filed Against Five Firms
Attorney General Tom C. Clark announced a civil suit charging anti trust violations in television equipment manufacture. Defendants include Paramount Pictures Corporation Television Productions General Precision Equipment Scophony Corporation of America Scophony Ltd. and individuals Arthur Levey Earle G. Hines and Paul Rabourn. Suit filed in Southern District of New York U S district court.
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Washington
Tom C. Clark
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Television Productions, Inc
General Precision Equipment Corporation
Scophony Corporation of America
Scophony, Ltd
Arthur Levey
Earle G. Hines
Paul Raibourn
McVay Defends Ship Direction At Court Martial
Capt. Charles B. McVay III testified that poor visibility and no moon justified not ordering a zigzag course for the Indianapolis the night it was lost It was attacked by torpedo or mines rather than by enemy submarine he said He described awakening to explosions and efforts to signal for help as the ship sank rumors of a death by own action were part of the testimony.
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Washington
Charles B. McVay, III
Indianapolis
McVay
Guam
Leyte
One Dead and 69 Hurt in Newark Train Crash
A Hudson and Manhattan tube train with nearly 1000 riders crashed into a lift bridge over the Passaic River near Newark killing motorman Michael J. Mullin and injuring 69 passengers. Investigators cited possible Stop signal and smashed warning board as causes.
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Newark
N. J
DuBois
Philip Siebold
New York
Michael J. Mullin
Arthur Ford
Harrison Police
Mullin
Ford
Yamashita War Crimes Appeal Faces Supreme Court Review
The first Japanese war criminal convicted in Manila, General Tomoyuki Yamashita, won a Supreme Court stay of execution as the court weighs whether to grant a review of the Philippine Supreme Court ruling. The case could affect other postwar trials in Europe.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Supreme Court
Manila
Malaya
Philippines
High Court
War Department
Yamashita
Philippine Supreme Court
Europe
Jackson
Probe Hiding of Jap Ships and Pearl Harbor Links
Senate inquiry reveals Japanese intercepted an American broadcast on December 6 giving ship counts for Pearl Harbor. Vice Admiral Wilkinson testifies ships could have moved out an hour and a half sooner if a warning had been sent by 9 30 a m December 7.
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Washington
Senate
Pearl Harbor
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Theodore S. Wilkinson
Naval Intelligence
Congressional
Lucas
Ilinois
Repli Wilkinson
Stark
Wilkinson
Woman Denies Deserting Infant in New Orleans Bar
A 36 year old woman Elizabeth Williams was arrested for criminal neglect and deserting a minor after a baby girl was left in a bar room. Patrolman Walsh said Williams claimed she did not desert the infant and that the baby named Jimmie Sue was born to a Houston woman who had signed the child over to Williams and another woman in the bar. The baby was taken to police by a witness who said another woman known as Betty asked her to hold the infant.
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New Orleans
William Walsh
Betty
Walsh
Elizabeth Williams
Anthony Otillar
Jimmie Sue
Nazi Plot Aims to Erase Christian Influence, Probers Say
American prosecutors outline at Nuremberg the Nazi plan to exterminate Jews and curb Christian churches across Europe. They cite directives from Munich headquarters and say low ranking block leaders carried out orders from Hitler's inner circle as top leaders face war crimes charges.
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Noland Norgaard Muernberg
iPi
Hitler
Germany
Europe
International Military Tribunal
Leadership Corps
Ernest Kalten
Geoffrey Lawrence
Storey
Chiang Kai-shek Back in Nanking After Flight in 1937
Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek returned to Nanking today from Peiping in the plane Mei Ling. Thousands gathered at the Ming airfield to greet them as they toured the ancient capital amid cheering crowds.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Nanking
Peiping
Chiang
Mei Ling
Ming
Navy ships to China sparks congressional doubt in December debate
Secretary Forrestal proposed giving surplus U S fighting ships to the Republic of China. House naval leaders Carl Vinson and Sheppard voiced surprise and concern, warning the move could press U S policy toward world politics amid a Chiang Kai Shek conflict with the Communists. The committee noted a surplus of 222 major combat ships earlier.
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Washington
Republic of China
Forrestal
Rayburn
Texas
Capitol Hill
Carl Vinson
Georgia
House Naval Committee
Vinson
Chiang Kai-Shek
Naval Committee
Poverty Makes Holidays Grim and Generous Donations
Letters to Good Fellows reveal widespread hardship amid rising prices and limited incomes. Donors provide funds and comforts, while families face welfare cuts, high rent, and basic needs like food and clothing during Christmas.
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Xinas
Prolonged Cold Wave Hits Wide Nation With 30 Deaths
A winter storm grips most of the United States with at least 30 deaths attributed to the cold. Buffalo area snowbound after a blizzard. Broadus Montana records 33 below. Sub zero readings spread from Maine to Minnesota and the Dakotas.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Indiana
Illinois
Montana
Pennsylvania
Maine
Ohio
Broadus
Mont
Yellowstone Park
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Ashley
N. D
Willmar
Minn
Bismarck
Minneapolis
la Crosse
Wis
Milwaukee
Rockford
Ford Offers 15 Cent Raise After 80 000 Output Target
Detroit December 18 Ford Motor Company proposed a 15 cent per hour wage increase for all U A W C I O represented workers with a calendar month start tied to production reaching 80 000 units. The offer also included a company security demand with fines up to 5 000 for illegitimate strikes.
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Detroit
C. I
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Richard T. Leonard
Ford
Ford Motor Company Today
United Automobile Workers, C. I. O
John S. Bugas
Ford Labor Relayl
A. A. W. Ford
Bugas
Stalin Ends 68 Day Holiday Returns to Kremlin Duties
Stalin resumed duties as president of the council of people's commissars after a 68 day vacation near Sochi. The Big Three foreign ministers of the Soviet Union Great Britain and the United States met in Moscow to begin formal talks on world problems. Officials and diplomats reported Stalin in good health and the return followed assurances from Soviet officials and U S and British officials.
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Moscow
Stalin
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
United States
Council of People's Commissars
Kremlin
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Black Sea
Sochi
Harriman
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
General Patton Able to Sit Up
An official bulletin from Heidelberg reports General George S. Patton Jr. remains in excellent condition after a severe auto crash. A plaster cast substituted for traction realigned his broken neck and he sat up yesterday for the first time, with gradual improvement in motor function, especially shoulders and upper chest.
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Heidelberg
Germany
George S. Patton, Jr
Patton
3Rd Army
Memoirs of Konoye detail Matsuoka’s opposition to peace plan
Tokyo reports reveal Prince Konoye’s claim that Yosuke Matsuoka stalled a 1941 American plan to preserve Pacific peace. Konoye says Matsuoka, in a “bad mood” after returning from Germany, blocked acceptance eight months before Pearl Harbor while seeking Germany’s stance.
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Pumimaro Konoye
Japan
United States
Konoye
Yosuke Matsuoka
Pearl Harbor
Konage
Dbtwin Chungking
Tokyo
Pacific
Germany
Prince Konoye
Matsuoka
Cordell Hull
Chingking
China
Postal Peak Below Last Year At Monroe
The Monroe post office peak day for Christmas mail reached 76 000 first class cancellations, well below last year’s 116 000 record. Officials cited many homes of servicemen abroad and limited merchant goods as key factors, with parcel post hours extended into the week.
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Monroe
Oute
George Hollingsworth
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