Churchill Opposes Pressure for US Atomic Details
Former Prime Minister Churchill urged Britain's Labor government not to pressure the United States to reveal atomic bomb production methods. He said disclosure would be a sacred trust and warned that only a US visit by Soviet experts could yield practical details, a stance tied to wartime leadership of Stalin and ongoing secrecy concerns.
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London
Churchill
Britain
United States
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Soviet Union
Commons
Stalin
Truman
Russia
C. D. Howe
Ottawa
Canada
Westbrook Pegler on Burns pardon and crime fairness
The columnist criticizes the Burns pardon in Georgia, arguing public sympathy elevates a former stick up man while questioning harsher sentences. He notes a crime wave in Brooklyn and defends tougher measures to protect pedestrians and honor victims.
War Chest Nearing End Frustrates Fund Drive
The United War Fund Community Chest drive nears its deadline with the quota unmet and little prospect for completion. Readable gifts acknowledged include individuals, grocery firms, police and city departments contributions, totaling modest to large sums, highlighting ongoing fund effort across local agencies.
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United War Fund
Billy Hearne
J. J. Franklin
Sammons
A. H. Gerson
May Smith
C. B. Flynn
J. D. Busby
City Hall
A. D. Lyons
John D. Henry
T. W. Douglas
G. W. Beach
Jean B. Renaud
Clarence Meryweather
John Adams
I Edwards
George Lowe
Richard Dishroom
Will McCoy
Louis Golden
Fire Department
J. C. Brantley
J. W. Faler
P A. Snider
A. S Johnston
L. F. Cummings
L. J Hunnicutt
T. Baur
C. A. Roddy
D. H. Mobley
A. T. Brown
R. H. Wunsch
H. N. Jones
Will Atkinson
B 29 Army Bomber Crashes Near Chico California
A four engined B 29 bomber crashed and burned six miles southeast of Chico Army Airfield last night at 7 15 P M PT. Officials doubt all four crewmen survived as salvage crews travel through rugged terrain to reach the smoldering wreckage. The flight was en route from Lowry Field Denver to Chico where it would be stationed. names of the crew were not listed on the filed flight plan and the cause remains undetermined.
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Chico
Calif
Chico Army Airfield
A. W. Tyer
Lowry Field
Denver
Barksdale Field Service Resumes After Driver Walkout
Shreveport La November 7 Service was resumed today on the Barksdale Transportation Company lines after a one day walkout by bus drivers protesting a new manager. The line serves Barksdale Field. General manager Wv C Trigg will supervise management until affairs are settled satisfactorily.
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Shreveport
Barksdale Transportation Company
Barksdale Field
Wv. C. Trigg
LSU Medical Probe Opens as 27 Resignations Stir New Orleans
Louisiana State University supervisors began an inquiry into mass resignations from the university medical school in New Orleans. Dr. Wilbur C. Smith, dean, and Dr. Urban Maes testified as the committee planned executive sessions and a likely findings report to the university board. The probe may hear from faculty and students, with a transcript kept for review.
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New Orleans
Louisiana State University
University Medical School
Wilbur C. Smith
Urban Maes
Smith
B. I. Burns
Medical School
Maes
E. Monet Lanier
University Board of Supervisors
Lanner
Japan police shakeup amid occupation reforms
Tokyo reports a major policing overhaul under MacArthur as civilian boards gain power while 5800+ enforcement staff are dismissed. The move follows broader reforms including repatriation of prisoners and abolition of samurai style military training, with new parties and labor rules shaping postwar policy.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Kyodo
Japan
Home Ministry
MacArthur
Ministry of Education
Japan Renovationist Party
Welfare Ministry
Asahi
Shanghai
Reform Daily News
Kijuro Shidehara
Planned Starvation At Santo Tomas Prison Told
Manila November 7 The Japanese operated Santo Tomas civilian internees camp under a planned program of starvation for about 1,000 inmates. Magazine editor A. V. H. Hartendorp testified at the Yamashita war crimes trial that eight internees died from starvation or malnutrition in the final four months of occupation. He said the commandant refused complaints, citing nonrecognition of the Geneva convention, and described progressive ration cuts and October 1944 meals reduced to two daily. He added internees received only three Red Cross packages after 1943.
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Dean Schedler
Manila
Santo Tomas
A. V. H. Hartendorp
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Japan
Hartendorp
U. S. Military Commission
Yamashita
Islands
U S Sailors Reported Held By Chinese Reds
Shanghai dispatch says several American crewmen from a liberty ship were reportedly seized by Chinese Communists. News blackout followed as US Army spokesmen and the consul general offered vague comments. Marines in North China and liberty ships operate amid anti American propaganda and minor shooting incidents.
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U. S
China Reds
Shanghai
Chinwangtao
U. S. Army
North
China
Nazarene District Assembly Opens in Monroe
The annual Church of the Nazarene district assembly opened at First Methodist Church with Dr H Mller of Kansas City presiding. Dr A M Serex led the welcome and a devotional by the general superintendent preceded committee appointments and reports. Chaplain Mark St Moore will speak at the 7 30 p m service about wartime POW experiences. The district superintendent will be elected Thursday morning.
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Church of the Nazarene
First Methodist Church
H. ¥. Miller
Kansas City
A. M. Serex
Monroe
Mark St. Moore
Secret marriage of Bergen disclosed in Hollywood
Edgar Bergen and Frances Westerman married June 23 in Ensenada Mexico. Westerman known as Frances Westcott, 22, met Bergen five years ago. They plan to settle in Beverly Hills after visiting Oklahoma City with Governor Robert Kerr.
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Hollywood
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Vertriloquist
Bergen
Frances Westerman
Powers
Ensenada
Mexico
Frances Westcott
Boy 13 Fatally Injured In Monroe Bicycle Crash
Percy Dortch of 903 Crosley Street Monroe died after his bicycle wedged between a parked car and a southbound Western Union bus at the South Grand and DeSiard intersection. The 7th grader was taken to St. Francis Sanitarium where he died. An inquest is planned Friday at 10 a.m. Police and school officials investigate.
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Percy Dortch
Crosley Street
West Monroe
J. B. McMillan
Western Union
South Grand
Courtney McCaskill
DeSiard
Darth
St. Francis Sanitarium
J. T. French
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Bobby Scharff
Mitchell School
Dortch
Ouachita Grammar School
Stalin Skips Mass Parade in Moscow Red Square
Moscow reports Stalin did not attend the massive Red Square parade celebrating the Socialist revolution. Molotov delivered the state of the nation address at the Kremlin. Stalin had returned from a month long southern vacation and stayed away from the event.
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Stalin
Soviet Russi
Red Square
V. M. Molotov
Advress
St Andrew Hall
Kremlin
Molotov
Russia
Lenin
Truman
James F. Byrnes
Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Izvestia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Roosevelt
Democrats open door to Roosevelt files on Pearl Harbor
Senator Lucas and Pearl Harbor committee members Ferguson and Brewster may inspect late President Roosevelt papers for items related to Pearl Harbor. Ferguson expects to view Roosevelt Churchill correspondence on Atlantic Charter terms. A bipartisan sub committee could limit scope to pertinent items, under oversight by Mitchell and Grace Tully.
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Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Lucas
Mlingis
Brewster
Maine
Ferguson
Michigan
Government
Churchill
Senate
William D. Mitchell
Senate House Inquiry Committee
Mitchell
Miss Tully
Grace Tully
O'Dwyer's Sweep Grants Democrats NYC Power in Victory
New York City voters gave William O'Dwyer a landslide mayoral win with American Labor backing. The Democrats gain control of the Board of Estimate with 15 of 16 votes and likely the city council, ending 12 years of GOP-Fusion rule as tabulation continues across 4,033 districts. O'Dwyer secured 1,119,225 votes while Jonah Goldstein trailed.
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Willem O'Dwyer
Eft
American Labor Party
New York City
Brooklyn
Jonah J. Goldstein
Puston
54Th Street
Manhattan
New York
Democratic Party
William O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
F. H. la Guardia
General Sessions
Airlines clash over New Orleans Houston route at regional hearing
At the regional civil aeronautics board hearing in New Orleans conflicting claims emerged over Braniff and Eastern Airlines proposals. Braniff vice president Beard argued for the New Orleans to Houston route via Galveston and a Dallas to Little Rock route with freight service starting next month. Eastern officials touted freight expansion and direct Gulf routes to Cuba Mexico City and Miami, plus feeder lines from New Orleans to several southern cities. Colonel Algene Key requested feeder operations from New Orleans to Meridian Memphis Birmingham and Montgomery.
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Navy
Texas
Civil Aeronautics Board
Beard
Braniff
Dallas
Little Rock
Memphis
M. M. Frost
Eastern Airlines
Pyote Air Base
Tex
Meridian
Miss
Tenn
Birmingham
Montgomery
Ala
Fred M. Key
Army
Chatham Man Killed in Unsolved Filling Station Shooting
In Jonesboro Louisiana on a Saturday night Guy Whitaker a filling station operator was shot dead inside his station. Sheriff’s deputies report no clues of value and believe robbery was not the motive. Whitaker retired with $100 on him and was found shot after hearing noises outside.
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Jonesboro
Sheriff's Office
Guy Whitaker
Whitaker
German Papers Show Plans Laid to Trap Chamberlain
Berlin reports secret 1938 telephone conversations among Nazi leaders reveal Goering warned Bodenschatz to ensure Hitler read papers about Britain backing down. Ribbentrop and Goering were already preparing to trap Britain’s Neville Chamberlain at Munich as Eden resigns in protest.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Austria
Britain
France
Adolf Hitler
Linz
Vienna
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Maj
Bodenschatz
Hitler
Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Anthony Eden
Leon
Elections at a Glance Mayoral and Congressional Races
AP summary lists mayoral winners in major cities including New York Detroit Boston Pittsburgh Cleveland Louisville Syracuse Buffalo Portsmouth New Haven Hartford Bridgeport Waterbury with party or nonpartisan designations. Congress Illinois 24th district Ron Clippinger wins. New Jersey 4th district Frank A Mathews Jr wins. Virginia gubernatorial winner William M Tuck.
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Associated Press
New York
William O'Dwyer
Detroit
Edward J. Jeffies
Boston
James M. Curley
Pittsburgh
Davidl. Lawrence
Cleveland
Thomas L. Burke
Louisville
E. Leland Taylor
Syracuse
Frank J. Costello
Buffalo
Bernard J. Dowd
Portsmouth
N. H
Mary C. Dondero
New Haven
Conn
William G. Gelantano
Hartford
Cornelius A. Moylan
Bridgeport
Jasper McLevy
Waterbury
John S. Monagan
Ilinois
Ron Clippinger
New Jersey
Frank A. Mathews, Jr
Virginia
William M. Tuck
O Dwyer Wins New York Mayoral Race Over Newbold Morris
William O Dwyer, a Democrat with Brooklyn ties, defeated Republican Newbold Morris by a large plurality surpassing prior records. O Dwyer, a veteran public figure and lawyer, vows to serve as mayor of all the people. He will lead a city long shaped by political machine power.
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Newbold Morris
Morris
la Guardia
O'Dwyer
John P. O'Brien
Kings County
Brooklyn
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Bond drive appeal urges full parish participation
Ouachita parish sets a $585000 bond quota and has raised only $73000 so far. The war finance committee urges every citizen to buy bonds to meet the quota and back the troops abroad. Invest $3 to get $4 and help curb inflation while supporting scarce goods. A separate note reports a naval air transport crash near Cavite with no fatalities and injuries among most of 13 passengers and seven crew.
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Ouachita Parish
War Finance Committee
Manila
Sangsley Point
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