United States weighs aid as China fights for Manchuria
Western dispatches report United States consideration of military aid to Chiang Kai-Shek as Chinese forces halt near Mukden amid Russian-brokered entry. Marshall named envoy to survey obligations and advise the president, while U.S. planes in Shanghai await sale or transfer. Indonesian turmoil eases as British troops secure Soerabaja and discuss eviction of native forces with West Java governors.
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Taursday
Sing-Soviel
Retford
Manchuria
Trent
Albert OG. Wedemeyer
Comemander
China
United States
Chungking
Oblang’ Kai-Shek
Mukden
Werlemeyer
U. S
General Marshall
Marshall
Tulare
Rle
Astronemis
Westemeyer
Shanghai
Orient
Indonesia
Soerabaja
Bane
Sostardjo
West Java
38th Texas Division to Begin Return From France
A War Department spokesman said first units of the 38th Texas Division are scheduled to leave France today. He could not name the units or say what portion of the division was included, or specify the total return timing.
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Washington
War Department
France
New York
Watts
Nine Japs Die In Rail Station
Tokyo reports from Col J Uy Weaver of the Allied health division that nine Japanese men died at a major rail station Tuesday. Four deaths were due to undernourishment, four from preventable causes, and one from tuberculosis.
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Tokyo
J. Uy Weaver
Alitea
Comitand Health and Welfare Division
Tna 4
Ueng
Bond Ballot Refusal Cited in City Election Suit
The Terrell Hills and Olmos Park bond election of 5.7 million dollars is challenged as invalid after an amended suit alleges disfranchisement. Eimer Wave Stahl, attorney for the Taxpayers Protective League, claims annexations on July 26 and says 471 Terrell Hills voters and 684 Olmos Park voters were denied voting rights. The case seeks to declare the election null. Judge McCrory and Judge Archey will decide on a hearing date with 22 propositions in play and claims of unqualified voters participating.
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Cily
Eimer Wave Stahl
Taxpayera Protective League
Terrell Hills
Olmos Park
W. W. McCrory
Roy Archey
Austin
Tescey
Grant presses for United Nations capital site
In Washington Nevada a local figure argues for selecting a national capital for UNRRA and related institutions. He names the export-import bank Bretton Woods plan and other loans as part of a broader effort to establish a central seat and demonstrate U S leadership abroad. The proposal centers on Sania Clavel and the season as a backdrop to urging action.
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Washington
Nev
United Nations
UNRRA
Export-Limport Bank
Bretton Woods Monetary Plan
Sam
Sania Clofs
Grant
Sania Clavel
Dwight Davis Dead At 66
Dwight F. Davis former secretary of war under Coolidge and donor of the Davis cup died at home after a heart ailment. He was 68. Survived by wife Pawilne, son Dwight T. Jr., and three daughters Mrs. Alice D. Mokins, Mrs. Cynthia Martin, and Mrs. Helen Hermes. He teamed with Holcombe Ward while a college student.
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Washington
Dwight F. Davis
President Coolidge
Davis
Pawilne
Dwight T. Jr
Thron‘daughterd
Alice DB. Mokins
Cynthia Martin
Helen Hermes
Holcambe
Republicans Get Jobs in Truman Appointments
President Truman named three Republicans to federal posts, appointing Lynn A. Stambaugh of North Dakota to the export‑import bank board, reappointing Walden E. Len of Idaho, and William J. Patterson of North Dakota to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The move appeared nonpartisan and part of a broader set of today’s appointments.
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Washington
Truman
Lynn A. Stambenghi
North Dakota
Export-Import Bank Board
Walium EB. Len
Idaho
William J. Patterson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wi Viree
Dallas to Keep Service Command Headquarters
The War Department announced that no additional Eighth Service Command headquarters from Dallas are planned. Inquiries were addressed by the press relations office, and four Texas congressmen said they had not heard any trailer of the Eighth Service Command offices being considered.
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Washington
War Department
Eighth Service Command
Dallas
Tex
Congress
I Complaint and Two Probes In Matamoros
Mata moros police pursued investigations after a prisoner claimed two other inmates restrained him and robbed him of 1000 pesos. Officers sought to verify the tale and determine who took the money while questioning where the funds were hidden.
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Matamoros
Mexico
Liquor Store Bandit Sought After Stolen Haul
Police hunt a repeating liquor store bandit linked to robberies at Jane store on North New Braunfels and Pete's Liquorature on West Laurel. A revolver, heavyset man about 36 with mustache described as suspect in a string of holdups including 560 dollars. A stolen cat and gear recovered with mislaid items found near H Z Roper’s wharf.
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Avenue A
Jane
John Dailey
New Braunfels Avenue
H. Z. Roper
Roper
Boys Home To Get Beds Ample Diet
Juvenile court orders L. B. Hardt, superintendent of the Bexar County Home for Boys, to obtain enough beds immediately for all inmates and provide a well balanced diet. A mother offered $10 a month for upkeep. the home had 54 beds for 60 inmates and the boy slept on a floor mattress. Questioned about food, Hardt said boys receive milk only twice daily for two months, with typical menus shown. Anderson urged action to supply beds today.
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dWoge Charizes
W. Andersasy
L. BD. Hardt
Bexar County
Tne
Anderson
Hardt
Mardt
End of Big Three Talks Seen By President Truman
President Truman tentatively signaled an end to further Big Three conferences, saying no new meetings are needed if the United Nations functions properly. He outlined progress on reconversion, dismissed fears of Soviet noncooperation, and noted plans to revise the Potsdam declaration. He reversed support for a Palestine Jewish state and discussed wage talks with G I O and transport strikes, naming Lynn Stantaugh to a Republican vacancy on the export import bank board.
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Truman
United Nations Organization
VNO
Russia
Germany
Geneva
G.I
Great Likes Towing Co
Cleveland
Lynn Uw, Stantaugh
North Dakota
Export. Import Bank Directors Board
Texan Among Blast Dead
Calcutta dispatch reports seven American soldiers killed and four wounded in an ammunition dump explosion one mile north of Calcutta last Friday. Among the injured is Private Clyde Bruton of Nacogdoches Texas, listed with his mother Mrs. Rhoda Bruton as next of kin.
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Calcutta
0. S. Army
Priday
PRG
Clyde Bruton
Rhoda Bruton
Nacondoches
Texas
Hunter Broken Back At Kertville Involving Col Murray
Col Murray BH Dilley 62 of Glub Drive Was at Brooke General Hospital Thursday for treatment of a broken back suffered while tinting near Kertville. Colonel Malloy to remain in a plaster for the next three months.
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Col. Murray
Dilley
I Brooke General Hospital
Kert'vile
Sale
Malloy
Navy told to burn codes before Pearl Harbor probe
Congressional investigators learned that American naval attackers in Japan and parts of China were ordered on December 1, 1941 to destroy their codes. A memo to attaches from Adm. Harold R. Stark directed them to burn the system and report actions with code words. Marshall's testimony planned as witness. Miles and Wilkinson to testify on army and navy intelligence.
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Washington
Japan
Gha
Pearl Harbor
Gerhard Gesell
Adm
Harold R. Stark
Pacific
Tlic
Marshall
At Faches
China
Trump
Barkley
Nar- Shall
Army
State Department
Ferguson
R.mich
Max Bamilton
Far Western
Ha Zengte-House Committee
Hull
Grew
Shermann Miles
Adin
Theodore 8. Wilkinson
Navy
Perguson
Marshall Ferguson
Michigan
Trials Urged for Diplomats in Civil Courts
Dallas dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Haey or Haegley urges civil court trials for career diplomats accused of undermining American policy in China. Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chen- Haw is here delivering a lecture on the matter.
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Dallas
Patrick J. Haeley
China
Claire L. Ghen- Haw
Frish Tune Finds Soldier's Sister
A British soldier of Trish extraction, Gunner Maurice Kennedy, recently freed after two and a half years in a Japanese prison camp, receives a call from a woman claiming to know his sister Mary Kennedy. He traces her to Boston and seeks his long-lost sister during a five day leave after returning to Vancouver.
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Boston
Slater
Ben
Mary
Maines
Maurlee
Sitar
Kennedy
Vancouver
B. G
Atomic Equipment Dumped Into Sea Near Yokohama Marine Dump
DOKYO May 24 report says more than a ton of atomic energy equipment for the Nishina laboratory at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Reserves was dumped into the sea off Yokohama. The material, all hot, came from two cyclotrons destroyed by Allied Army personnel.
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Dokyo
Nishina Laboratory
Institute of Physical and Chemical Reserves
Yokohama
Blanth Army
Mrs Truman Sits In On White House Conference
Mrs Truman and her daughter Margaret attended a White House news conference. The president read a progress report on an unspecified program described as a "conversion" effort.
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Mrs. Truman
Washington
Fala Bitten By Elliott's Mastiff
Rhinebeck New York November 29 1 Fala the late President Roosevelt Scottie was bitten by Elliott Roosevelt's 145 pound bull mastiff Blaze. Fala needed stitches after the confrontation at Hyde Park estate with Blaze visiting owner Miss Mirghel Suexley. Blaze was uninjured and Fala was to be discharged Sunday.
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Rhinebeck
N.Y
Fala
Roosevelt
Scottie
Ellott Roosevelt
Blaze
Thomas
Rheldon
Thettle Scottie
Rhinebeek
Mirghel Suexley
Enim
Rensevelts
Hyde Park
Japs Favor Emperor in New Japanese Democracy Debate
In Tokyo a rare legislative exchange showed Premier Shidehara and reformist Hatoyama supporting retention of the emperor system as a bulwark against dictatorship while public reaction mixed with polite approval.
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Tokyo
Dap
Shidehara
Action Asked On Coliseum Proposal Delays Stir County Tie Hopeful Mayor Demands Speed
Mayor Mauermann urged quick action on a 1,760,000 all purpose coliseum funded by Bexar county citizens. County commissioners voiced support but resisted full city county control. He argues there is no intent for total control and calls for immediate action to start contracts for work as unemployed young men return home.
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Mauermann
Bexar County
Coutily
Exposition Park
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Partly cloudy pattern with a slight temperature shift. Thursday afternoon reaches about 62 degrees with Friday’s high around 84 and a low near 42 to 44 degrees.
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San Autonin Anc
Priley
Army Accused of Muzzling Wartime Officer Remarks
Washington debate centers on a November 6 1945 War Department release about Army officers and merger plans. Hensel claims the document shows details not yet studied and labels McCloy’s testimony as careless while defending unification efforts before the military committee.
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Washington
Noy
Rovy
H. Strugo Tisticy
Tonghe
Wiszluier
Armea
Gerate Militiary Committee
Hensel
Mn War Departme Ak
Hegel
Daltie J. McCloy
McCloy
Jan Marthers
Triplet Boys Doing Well in Port Arthur
PORT ARTHUR November 21 The triplet sons of Petty Officer Murray McCoy and Mrs McCoy were born November 25. The babies named James Reagan and Raymond reportedly weigh four pounds each. Two of the infants remain in incubators while the third shows progress. father stationed in St Louis. Moscow reports Greek tribute to Adm Radionov.
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Port Arthur
Murray McCoy
McGay Renin
James
Reagan
Raymond
St. Louis
Court Rules City Wins Comal Plant Lease Case
The Third Court of Civil Appeals in Galveston rules 2 to 1 for San Antonio against Guadalupe-Blanco and Lower Colorado River authorities, voiding Lyons lease and giving the city control of the Comal power plant at New Braunfels with all power rights. The decision cites lack of authority to lease without voter authorization, reversing a trial verdict and signaling a reduction in water and gas rates for San Antonio consumers. Mayor Gus Mayormani pledges action and notes the potential for the properties to pay themselves off in years as earnings rise.
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Clvil
Galveston
Guadalupe-Blanca
Colorado River
New Braunfels
Lyons
Supreme Court
Sah Antonio
Gus Mayormani
Houston
Seurt Thurunday
Hghick
WW. B. Monteith
T. H. Cody
George W. Graves
Gomal
Heyee
Wee C. K. Quin
Ein District Court
Rase
Mie
Public Service Wate
American Light and ‘Traction
Eity of
San Antonio
Public Service Company
Eleattic
Nine Killed in Crash of C-47 near Auburn Calif
An C-47 crash near Auburn California at night left nine dead and many injured. The aircraft from Palm Springs to McClellan Field plunged into a mountainside in rain. Of 22 aboard, most were Japanese Americans serving with the Ninth Army in Italy on route to Camp Beale. Survivors were treated at Dewitt Army Hospital and nearby facilities.
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Auburn
Calif
Dend
Dewitt General
Army Hospital
Alett
Victoria le Fevre
Dewill
Dewitt
Iva
Dewitt Hospital
McClellan
Alte
Palm Springs
Tucson
Ariz
Sacramento
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Comal
Clara Caspreyk
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Soldier
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Yala
Greece
Moscow
KE Radionov
John Sophianopulous
Gus Mauermann
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