Congress Backs Pearl Harbor Probe Amid Domestic Policy Clash
Congress moves to establish a joint inquiry into the Pearl Harbor disaster with expansion to include Wake, Midway and the Philippines. President Truman faces pushback from Republicans on his peacetime domestic program while debates loom over draft extension and reconversion pricing.
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Pearl Harbor
Truman
Barkley
Dem
Senate-House
Vandenberg
Rep
Mich
Ferguson
Philippine
Wake and
Midway Islands
Senate
House
Rayburn
Texas
Mr. Truman
Sees Quick War Recovery for Japan Predicted
Dr John W Stanton former war department consultant on Japan and Northwestern professor says Japan will recover faster than the United States because two thirds of prewar Japan worked in agriculture and fishing while only a third were in industry and commerce. He notes Germany and the US/UK had higher industrial shares, slowing recovery.
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Japan
United States
John W. Stanton
War Department
Northwestern University
Germany
U. S
Britain
Quisling Defense Portrayed As European Statesman In Oslo Trial
In Oslo, Vidkun Quisling faced a closing-stage treason trial where his counsel Henrik Bergh argued the defendent as a constructive European figure and foe of Bolshevism. Bergh painted Quisling as an idealistic eccentric who sought peace with Britain and France while aligning with Hitler in 1939 to avert Norway becoming a battlefield.
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Vidkun Quisling
Henrik Bergh
Oslo
Norway
Bergh
Quisling
Hitler
Chamberlain
Germany
Britain
France
Poland
Russia
Reconversion Strikes Hit Ford and Hudson Plants
The first major reconversion work stoppages disrupt production at Ford and Hudson plants. In Washington, the government coordinates with officials to avoid a reconversion slowdown. Ford laid off over 26,000 workers due to supplier strikes, while 4,500 Kelsey-Hayes employees walked out over union steward dismissals. Hudson production cut followed 6,000 sympathy workers and 500 foremen protesting wartime wage reductions.
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Ford and Hudson Automobile
Washington, D C
Truman
Ford’s
Kelsey - Hayes Wheel Company
Hudson's
Rites Turn Fatal In Snake Handling Incident
Lewis Francis Ford, 32, a Dolly Pond Church of Gaol lay preacher near Birchwood Tennessee, warned he might die from venom as he conducted sect snake rites. He was bitten while removing a rattlesnake and died in a Chattanooga hospital. Earlier Mrs Harvey Kirk of Wise Virginia died from a rattlesnake bite during a similar rite and her newborn child did not survive.
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Lewis Francis Ford
Dolly Pond
Birchwood
Tenn
Ford
Faith
Chattanooga
Harvey QO Kirk
Wise
JAP RESETTLEMENT PLAN OUTLINES COAST RETURN NUMBERS
The United States relocation authorities predict 45 000 of 110 000 Japanese Americans removed after Pearl Harbor will return to the Pacific coast once bans on resettlement are lifted. About 50 000 have found new homes in other regions, engaging in varied trades from watchmaking to dental mechanization. The remaining 50 000 stay in relocation camps where tensions persist. Maj. Gen. H C Pratt urges communities to grant them equal citizen rights.
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Army
G.I S
Pacific Coast
Pearl Harbor
U S
H. C Pratt
Western Defense Zone
Surplus Goods Shift To Fixed Pricing for 1941
The Commerce Department said surplus war materials worth 300 million dollars will be sold to wholesalers and retailers under OPA ceilings with 30 day credit and profit margins. Items include chicken wire trucks hardware shotguns and shells. About 80 percent of dollar sales will fall under the new pricing plan.
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Department of Commerce
Department
OPA
Lesson Topics and Scripture Selections for September 23
The item lists lesson subjects and scripture texts chosen for September 23 by the International Council of Religious Education. It notes copyright permission and usage terms.
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International Council of Religious Education
Crochet Muff Bag and Pillbox Pattern No 5028
An oversized muff bag and matching pillbox crochet pattern No 5028 offered in black, brown, navy, wine, green, or dark red yarns. Measures 18 by 16 inches, single-piece design, perfect for winter wear. Send 16 cents, name, address, pattern number for complete instructions. high demand may delay fulfillment.
Kaitour Falls in British Guiana Tops Niagara Height
Readers learn Kaitour Falls in British Guiana towers at 741 feet, far above Niagara Falls. The piece notes few white men have seen the waterfall and contrasts it with North American pride in Niagara.
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North America
British Guiana
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