Dewey Refuses to Release Marshall Letter on Pearl Harbor
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey declined to publish a General Marshall letter alleged to prove President Roosevelt knew of the Pearl Harbor attack 15 hours in advance. He directed reporters to Marshall for the text and avoided further comment on Life magazine reports.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
General Marshall
Roosevelt
Pear Harbor
Life
Howewe
Dew
Flashes Of Life And Odd Local Incidents Across Cities
Reports from Albuquerque Hollywood Los Angeles and Normal detail quirky events. Judge E C Gober forfeited five dollars over a police court parking dispute. Dinah Shore plans to greet veterans with a blimp serenade. A dog’s leg injury followed a shooting attempt and a suspect escape. Fell Hall residents at Illinois Normal University find beds finally restored after a rough move in. Detective Penny tries to arrest two pickpockets and ends up tagging a car for illegal parking.
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Albuquerque
N. M
E. C. Gober
Gober
Los Angeles
Morris Kuydal
Kuykendal
Fell Hall
Llinns State Ormal University
Beng
Navy
A. Teks Search
Henry Ford II Heads Concern Detroit
Henry Ford III becomes president of the company in Detroit on September 21, succeeding his grandfather Henry Ford who resigns. The elder Ford notes his term ends to pursue personal interests and suggests Henry Ford II as a possible appointee while continuing advisory duties.
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Detroit
Henry Ford III
The
Old Motor Company
Henry Ford
Ford
Ger Ford
Ord
Company
Edsel B. Ford
Edselfords
End
Soldier Killed and Sixty Hurt in Blast at Airfield
Tokyo dispatch reports one American soldier killed and 60 wounded when a Japanese ammunition dump near Takeyama airfield in Chiba Prefecture exploded after TNT accidental release. Several Japanese were injured. blasts continued for hours with suspicions of sabotage.
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Tokyo
Takeyama
Chiba
Preshure
Looting and inflation grip Shanghai during Japanese occupation
Amid heavy looting and inflation in Shanghai after Japanese hold on the city, Chinese troops move in as Allied warships patrol. Prices soar for food and goods while rivers remain mined and control shifts in the foreign concessions and French quarter.
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South China Force
Yangtze River
Shanghai
China
Buwee
Treina
Hengkow
Mach Porte
Albert Jourdan
Marseilles
Eugenio Luigi Merrett
Oxford
England
Shanghai Pilot’ Association
Merrett
United States
Yanguen Woosung
Whangpoo
Battleship Row
Yangtze
80 000 Strikers Awaiting Test In Detroit
Detroit labor showdown looms as more than 60 000 idle workers await union wage demands in the automotive industry. Leaders in Chrysler General Motors and Ford plan strike votes while federal labor inspectors seek solutions to production disruptions amid reconversion.
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Detroit
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Murrey Corporation
United Automobile Workers
C.lo
Baloney
Leon Jacques
Motor Products Corporation
George Romney
Automobile Manufacturers Association
U . W.-Clo
Romney
New York
Ramne
Wuts
Coroner Holds Ged die Inquiry Into Hotel Frances Death
The coroner in Monroe held an inquiry into the death of Mary Lee Geddie 28 in her Hotel Frances room after a reported shooting Thursday night. Prentice Odell Ged die testified he and his wife planned to supper with Mr and Mrs George Hutchinson and were about to meet the Hendersons in the hotel lobby when a shot occurred. He said he found his wife wounded with the weapon near the bed and he turned it over to his grip and called for help. Ged die had told police they had discussed divorce and finally agreed to separate. The Hutchinsons said the Geddies seemed harmonious.
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Mary Lee Geddie
Perith
J T. French
Prentice Odell Geddie
Atti
George Hutchinson
Henderse
Monroe
Matie
Geddie
Geddies
Pledge Saves War Labor Board From Possible Collapse
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach pledged continued autonomy for the War Labor Board to avert a shakeup as strikes and reconversion worries eased. Truman accepted Chairman Taylor’s resignation with regret amid industry caucuses and a planned oil industry conference in a midwestern city.
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Washington
PA Swift Guarantiee of Independence
War Labor Board
Powibie
Schwellenbach
WLA
Edgar L. Warren
Warren
Detroit T
George W. Taylor
WLB
Truman
Schwellenhagh
Labor Department
Taylor
16000 Troops Scheduled to Arrive Today
About 16,000 American troops are due to land in the United States today from Europe and the Pacific aboard 12 troop carrying ships. Eight ships bring about 11,000 men to New York Boston and Newport News while four ships carry about 5,000 to San Francisco. The ships list includes the John J Meany John W Davis Gen. Anderson William F Cody Samuel Adams Francis Scott Key Rockhill Victory Eufaula Victory and President Johnson Afoundria Hobart Vic tory Monterey and others with varied troop and personnel totals.
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Asociated
United States
Pacific
Europe
New York
Boston
Newport News
Wil
San Francisco
John J Meany
Southampton
John W. Davis
Gen. Anderson
Sixth Armored Division
Hobart Victory
Monterey
Testimony on 4500 Jews Perished at Oswiecim Gas Chambers
Dr Ada Bunko a Polish Jewess testified that 4500 of 5000 Jews were moved to Oswiecim gas chambers and crematorium on the day of arrival with victims including family members. She described selections by German doctors and named several SS doctors including Fritz P. The trial concerns Josef Kramer and 44 SS guards for conspiracy at Belsen.
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Charles Chamberlain
Lueneburg
Germany
Ada Bunko
Witneas
Josef Kramer
Belsen
Kramer
Oswiecium
Sophia Litwinska
Lublin
Oswiecim
H. P. M. Berney-Ficklin
T. M. Backhouse
Dr. Bimbo
Virginia man to face jury in wife murder case
Henry Lesesne reports from Columbia that Samuel Epes, charged with killing his wife by sedative overdose, will be tried after the defense, led by Attorney Edgar A. Brown, opts not to present witnesses. The state contends an affair involved a second woman, Miss Kingsland, and that the 98 pound victim died in deep anesthesia. The trial, in its fifth day, is expected to extend into next week.
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Henry Lesesne
Columbia
8. C
LA Samuel
Epes
Edgar A. Brown
A. L. Gaston
Brown
Tewemeny
Handworme
Virginia
Mary Lee Epes
Nelson Kingland
Lake Charles
Miss Kingsland
Louisiania
Hirohito Seen Fortified on Throne by Security Efforts
Tokyo reports Lt Gen Iimura says Japan's gendarmerie maintains tight nationwide control and has found no fresh plots against Emperor Hirohito. Sources also note public support for Hirohito strengthened by his role in surrender and warn radical elements from the 1920s have not regained power.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Iimura
Japan
Imperial House
Mary Gilman Appeal Upheld In Louisiana Case
State civil service commissioners ordered reinstatement with back pay for Mary B. Gilman a former stenographer at Southeast Louisiana Trades School in Lake Charles. The panel found charges of incompetence insubordination disloyalty and unwillingness to cooperate to be unsubstantial and unproven.
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Baton Rouge
State Civil Service
Mary B. Gilman
Southeast Louisiana Trades School
Lake Charles
Miss Gilman
Frank Rush
Rush
Vance Planche
E. A. Wilson
Allan “Mitchell
Mitchell
MacArthur orders arrest of Doihara and restricts Japanese press
General MacArthur ordered the immediate arrest of Lt. Gen. Kenji Doihara and issued a 106 point code directing the censored Japanese press and radio. Cabinet talks focused on food shortages and reparations for civilians from Manchuria and Korea. Doihara, once a key figure in Manchuria, was named commander of the first general army, replacing Sugiyama.
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Japan
Tokyo
MacArthur
Kenji Doihara
First General Army
Manchuria
Korea
Asahi Today
Kantaro Suzuki
Suzuki
Doihara
Gen Sugiyama
Doihers
Domei Agency
Sasebo
Kyushu
Senate to Take Up Full Employment Bill Debates Start Next Week
Senate moves to begin debate on the full employment bill next week with a 13 to 7 committee vote. Senator Taft opposes the spending approach while Wagner defends using treasury resources to ensure jobs. The measure targets a government policy ensuring opportunity for all who want work and supports public works as a job creator. President Truman urged enactment in his recent message.
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Taft
Ohio
Banking Committee
Wagner
New York
Treasury
Tait
Radcliffe
Maryland
Henry Wallace
Lord Keynes
Tims
Congress
Truman
Congress votes to end war time on September 30
Washington dispatch reports Congress approved a bill to end war time at 2 a m on September 30. The Senate passed the House approved measure and sent it to President Truman for signature.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Truman
Globe ster will start round the world air run September 28
The Globe ster round the world flight begins September 28 from Washington National Airport. The six and a quarter day, 23 147 mile journey will carry six reporters aboard the inaugural trip. Civilian participation will require high cost and medical inoculations. later commercial flights may open to the public.
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Paul Miller
Washington
Air Service
Kitty Hawk
Washington National Airport
U. S. Army Air Transport Command
Howard Hughes
New York
Paris
Moscow
Fairbanks
Alaska
Minneapolis
U. S. Army Air Corps
Convoy Delivers War Aid For China Through Yangtze Route
A 16-ship American convoy reached Shanghai after threading mined waters and typhoons to supply China. The operation led by Rear Adm. Elliott Buckmaster will establish a base to feed U S forces in China with aviation gasoline top priority. Evacuation of about 5000 Allied civilians and prisoners is planned as ships unload along the Shanghai waterfront.
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South China Force
Yellow Sea
China
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Ching Sea
Elliott Buckmaster
Coronado
Calif
Naval Construction Battalion
Army Port Command
U.S
United States
Yangwe River
Adm
Charlee Turner Joy
Nashville
Buckmaster
Philippine
Von Neurath Captured by Allies in Baden Baden
Konstantin von Neurath, once Hitler’s foreign minister and later protector of Bohemia and Moravia, was captured Wednesday in Baden Baden. A French official said he would face trial before the international court.
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Germany
Konstantin von Neurath
Baden
International Court
von Neurath
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Bohemia and Moravia
Cabeinet Council
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