Hurley resigns as China ambassador in Asia policy blast
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley resigns as ambassador to China announcing in a long statement that U S policy in Asia is empowering colonial imperialism and communism. He says a Third World War is in the making and he opposes both blocs while favoring democracy and free enterprise. He criticizes career diplomats and state department officials.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Asia
United States
Far East
Hurley
State Department
La Guardia’s Reign Seen Through a Political Lens
Westbrook Pegler argues La Guardia’s mayoralty cannot be crowned best New York ever due to crime rise, police restraint, and the mayor’s reckless radio persona. He cites subway danger, vile conditions, and strained police morale as signs of deteriorating city governance.
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New York
Fiorello la Guardia
la Guardia
Nion Square
Mein Kampf
Fifteen Children Die In Chelan Bus Plunge
Chelan Washington mourns as a school bus veers from a snowy road into Lake Chelan. Fifteen children and the driver die. six survive. Divers work to locate the sunken vehicle as rescue teams race to recover victims.
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Wash
Ted Brown
Jack Randle
Margaret
Peggy) Rice
Bob Watson
Donnie Mack
Ethel Keck
Mary Stark
Mrs. Brown
Grand Coulee Dam
Seattle
Colin
D. S. O'Donnell
Henry Davis
O'Donnells
Lake Chelan
25 Mile Creek
Soviet Reply Expected on Azerbaijan Crisis
Moscow sources say the Soviet Union plans a reply to American and British notes on Azerbaijan in Iran. Moscow will not withdraw troops from Azerbaijan under external pressure, citing Iran’s sovereignty and Molotov assurances to Iran. Some urge allied withdrawal by early 1946, but Red Army stay remains possible if unrest continues.
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Soviet Union
Azerbaijan
Iran
Britain
America
Russia
Archibald Clark Kerr
United States
W Averell Harriman
V. M. Molotov
Red Army
Jeady
Injunction Sought To Stop Sugar Diversion Case
The Office of Price Administration seeks a federal injunction in Philadelphia to curb sugar diversion through an alleged lease with four Louisiana mills. OPA claims the Chandler Laboratories partners exceeded their annual sugar quota by about 15 thousand pounds. The four named are Frank J. Beitz, Arthur H. Decker, Claude G Merker, and Anthony P Barrett.
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Federal District Court
Office of Price Administration
Louisiana
OPA
America
Chandler Laboratories
Frank J. Beitz
Arthur H. Decker
Overbrook
Claude G. Merker
Germantown
Anthony P. Barrett
Rimonium
German Scheming to Tear Up Versailles Treaty Told
American prosecutors at a war crimes trial disclosed secret German plans to violate the Versailles peace by building a navy and air force. Official admiralty documents forewarned of a world war as early as 1938, and diplomats received instructions to dodge questions about the Reich’s rearmament.
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Neland Norgaard Muernberg
Admiralty
England
Empire
France
Russia
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goeringz
Erich Raeder
Sidney
Alderman
Geeman
Bronx Police Shootout Ends In Double Fatalities
In New York a Bronx barroom shootout left Nicholas Asterino 34 dead and Milton Hexner 24 wounded after two would be robbers tried a third holdup. Patrolman Edwin W. Nye 40 fired during vacation. Hexner charged with assault and robbery. Asterino identified. Hospitalization reported critical.
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Navy
Nicholas Asterino
Milton Hexner
Bronx
Edwin W. Nye
Hexner
Lincoln Hospital
Senators Attack Allies and Back Yamashita Trial Exile Claim
In Washington Senator Wheeler assails United Nations policy and Allied conduct claiming the Allies push toward a new world war. In Manila defense witness Yoshida says Yamashita was exiled by Tojo and portrayed as a pacifist opposed to war with the United States.
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Russia
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Hideki Tojo
Manchuria
Singapore
Keichoku Yoshida
Tokyo
Yamashita
Tojo
Japan
Maj
George Guy
Ugaki
Yoshida
Philippines
Akira Muto
Muto
Luzon
Robert M. Kerr
Nobutake Takayama
Truman
U.S
Bigamists in Utah to gain freedom under parole
Utah board of pardons plans December 15 release for fundamentalists who pled not to practice plural marriage. District Attorney Brigham Roberts doubts their pledges and predicts resumption with plural wives. Parole requires separation from other spouses and support of wives and children in new homes.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Board of Pardons
Brigham E. Roberts
China Faces 700 U.S. Planes in Manchuria Drive
Chinese Nationalists hear that about 700 American planes are being flown into China for use by central government troops racing toward Mukden in Manchuria. 11 crashes occurred last week on a Kunming to Shanghai leg as P-51s move in. Russians may allow Nationalists to garrison Manchuria, with troops reportedly shifting to Changchun and Mukden.
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Cushing
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14Th Air Force
U.S
United States
Peiping-Mukden
Kowpangtze
Chiang
Changchun
Russia
Yuletide Rush Hits Monroe Stores As Santa Nears
Christmas shopping starts strong in Monroe with crowds in downtown stores. The Good Fellows fund, supported by the News-Star, helps families unable to shop for presents as the season begins.
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Monroe
Santa Claus
Good Fellows Fund
The
News-Star
Nine Jews killed as 75 injured in Jerusalem disturbances
Unofficial reports place toll at nine deaths and at least 75 wounded after attacks in the Jewish area of Palestine. The Jewish National Council called a token half hour work stoppage. British troops conducted searches with mortars and a cordon around six villages north of Tel Aviv amid retaliation fears over a Greek ship seizure.
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Labor Party
United States
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American Federation of Labor
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Givath Haim
Kfar Koglah
Rishbob
Enhahoresh
Kfar Koglal
Kfar Hareeth
Shefayim
Nea
Hull defends note role in starting Pacific War
Former secretary of state Cordell Hull denounces an army inquiry board finding that his 1941 note to Japanese peace envoys touched off the Pacific war. He says the note did not start the war and accuses the board of an infamous charge. Hull testified to a Senate House committee amid questions about Pearl Harbor.
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Cordell Hull
Army Inquiry Board
Senate House
Pearl Harbor
Army Board
Pacific
Hull
United States
Lucas
Clinois
Joseph C. Grew
GM Strike Deepens As Negotiations Fail
Government intervention looms after another breakdown in GM UAW wage talks. GM accuses the union of illegal picketing and demands on profits while the UAW rejects negotiations without discussing the company’s ability to pay. About 225000 workers idle as talks stall and labor leaders plan further actions.
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Navy
General Motors
C. I. O. United Automobile Workers
G. M
H. W. Anderson
Comepany
Auto
Schwellenbach
Washington
Reuther
Reine
U. A. W.C. Lo, International Executive Board
Indonesians Counterattack in Soerobaja and Java Battles
Indonesians counterattacked British troops in Soerobaja Batavia area as official reports cite further attacks in Ambarawa and Bandoeng. Dutch leaders and Red Cross workers petitioned NEI government to evacuate 290000 vulnerable people from Java pending calmer times amid ongoing fighting.
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Java
Soerobaja
Ambarawa
Bandoeng
Red Cross
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Soerabaje
Semarang
Hebert Opposes Housing Czar Appointment
Representative Hebert Democrat Louisiana opposes a housing czar and favors private enterprise for handling shortages. Hebert told the Congressional Record the plan serves Chester Bowles real aim to prolong his own power over Americans lives.
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Hebert
Louisiana
Chester Bowles
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