Conquest Plans and Hitler Last Hours Reported
The British at Nuremberg present a 1938 luftwaffe document showing planned German conquests in 1942 with air bases in Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary and Austria. Capt. Hanna Reitsch recounts Hitler's last hours in the Berlin bunker describing his raving fear of betrayal and death pact with Goering and Himmler.
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Hitler
Nuernberg
International Military Tribunal Today
Hermann Goering
Air Ministry
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Luftwaffe
Germany
Estonia
Lithuania
Latvia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Austria
Anschluss Goering
Goering
U. S
Sidney S. Alderman
Prague
Hurley Attacks China Policy Critics Before Senate
Snowy haired Patrick J. Hurley told the Senate foreign relations committee that two career diplomats who favored breaking up his China policy were sent to MacArthur after he sent them home. He accused Britain France the Netherlands and others of opposing U S aims in China and said the policy of arming either Nationalists or Communists was decided at Yalta. He resign ed last week saying career officials sabotaged his China mission and he named five men as disloyal to him.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Douglas MacArthur
Hurley
Chungking
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Britain
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Portugal
Germany
Japan
Russia
Roosevelt
Yalta
Congress
America
Stettinius
State Department
MacArthur
George Atcheson, Jr
John S. Service
Atcheson
John Davies
Moscow
Fulton Freeman
Arthur R. Ringwall
Col. Ride
Gen. Li
Central Government
Arthur Ringwall
Generals debate Yamashita fate and Pearl Harbor duties
Read about five American generals weighing Yamashita’s war crimes verdict in Manila and Lt. Gen. Gerow assuming responsibility for wartime warning delays before Pearl Harbor. Testimony covers Short, Marshall, and war plans on front priorities and alerts.
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Gen. Gerow
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Robert M. Kerr
Harry E. Clarke
Kerr
Yamashita
GM and UAW Agree to Parley in Detroit Talks
General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers agreed to resume negotiations in Detroit at 2 p.m. est Thursday, after a Pittsburgh meeting where wage and picketing disputes were discussed. The move followed government signals allowing price talks linked to wage increases as UAW-CIO leaders and GM officials weighed next steps amid a two week strike.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Uaw-Cio
Corporation
Uaw-Cios
Murray
Lee Pressman
R. J. Thomas
Truman
General Motors
Union
Reuther
Buffalo
H. W. Anderson
Anderson
Chrysler
Uaw-Co
Ford
President Truman
George F. Addes
Negotiations to Continue in Detroit To End Auto Strike
Pittsburgh Dec 5 Philip Murray CIO president said negotiations would continue in Detroit between the CIO United Auto Workers and General Motors. Details pending as reports indicate ongoing talks with key executives.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corporation
Sleet Covers Roof Garden Last Night
A drop in temperature and cold sleet froze into ice making travel hazardous across the county Wednesday night. Officials reported frequent skidding on highways from Pittsburgh to Johnstown while cindering crews worked to keep roads passable. The Ferner hotel filled with stranded travelers as temperatures fell to 21 overnight, with 30 high earlier and near zero a year ago.
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Root Garden
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Pennsylvania State Police
Somerset
Pennsylvania Highway Department
Shanksville
Ferner
Mercury
David Grove
Fifteen Car Pileup Closes Roads In Pittsburgh District
Freezing rain turned to ice as temperatures dropped to 31. A string of pileups from Pittsburgh to Uniontown and Greensburg involved 3 to 15 cars each. No injuries reported. Westinghouse Bridge on the Lincoln Highway saw 15 cars skid together. Allegheny County airport cancelled all air traffic at 10 p.m.
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Pittsburgh
Uniontown
Greensburg
Westinghouse Bridge
Lincoln Highway
Allegheny County
Latin American delegates back US site choice for UNO
The Latin American delegates to the United Nations preparatory commission voted unanimously to support the United States as the permanent site for the United Nations organization. The decision came at a special meeting ahead of tomorrow’s site debate.
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UNO
U. S
London
United Nations Preparatory Commission
United States
United Nations Organization
Somerset Bankers Elect Rhoads President at Annual Meeting
The Somerset County Bankers Association held its annual meeting at the Ferner hotel with 180 reservations and 15 banks represented. John S. Rhoads was elected president with Ray Wolfe as first vice president and Thomas Hitchman as secretary treasurer, while James Miller and R H Harding were named directors.
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Somerset County Bankers Association
Ferner Hotel
James F. Collins
John S. Milholland
St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church
Jack Taylor
Kalpn EK
Dickey
John S. Rhoads
Stoystown
First National Bank
Ray T. Wolfe
County Trust Company
Somerset
Thomas B. Hitchman
James M. Miller
Central City National Bank
R. H. Harding
Windber
Armed Services
Europe
Patton
Hitcnman
Harold E. Schrock
Schrock
Association
Lee L. Lichliter
Lichliter
State Labor Relations Board
Nora Lewis
Buddy O’neill
Sandra
Elinor Savage
Mildred Hugo
Pittsburgh Increases City Tax Rates To Record High
Pittsburgh city council raised the tax rate to 28 mills on land and 12.5 mills on buildings, a record high. The full levy would yield about 19.37 million dollars to help cover an estimated 26 million dollars in next year expenditures. The 960 million dollar tax base reflects a shrink from a peak above 1.2 billion.
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Pittsburgh
Guffey Noncommittal On Postwar Strike Restrictions
Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania, a backer of CIO positions on major labor measures, declined to comment on President Truman's peacetime strike restrictions. He said he would wait for the Senate committee to act on bills carrying out the labor program, amid sharp AFL UMW and CIO criticism.
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Washington
Guffey
D-Pa
CIO
Truman
AFL
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
Senate
Russians bargain for Uniontown enamelware plant sale
Henry L. Charlton president of Richmond Radiator Co says Russia negotiating to buy enamelware plant machinery for use in damaged areas of Russia. Enamel division produced bathtubs lavatories and air conditioning units while the radiator plant remains in operation.
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Uniontown
Henry L. Charlton
Richmond Radiator Co
Charlton
L. I Smirnoff
I. A. Kudkinov
B. Z. Gorsky
P. M. Offill
Pittsburgh
Offill
Russia
Richmond Radiator
Reynolds Metal Corp
Sailor’s tots die in house fire in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia a two year old boy George Blackson and a three year old girl Vera Blackson, children of Seaman 1/C George Blackson, burned to death when a two story home caught fire. Neighbors Matthew Octon and Thomas Hamilton suffered burns while trying to rescue them. Firemen could not determine the fire’s cause.
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Philadelphia
Pacific
George
Vera Blackson
Blackson
Matthew Octon
Thomas Hamilton
Octon
Victory bonds exceed individual goal as E bonds lag
The Victory bond single buyers surpassed 4.036 billion dollars, beating the 4 billion target, while E bond sales reached 1.114 billion, only 55 percent of the 2 billion sector goal. War Finance Director Ted Gamble urged a last two day push to reach the overall drive target.
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Washington
War Finance Division
Treasury
War Finance
Ted R. Gamble
Dr Srole resigns UNRRA post in protest in Germany
Dr Leo Srole quits as UNRRA public health official in American occupied Germany over neglect and indignities in Jewish refugee camps. He denounces the army program for displaced persons and cites the Landsberg Landsig Landsberg camp as a danger while Lt Gen Walter B Smith promises a quick investigation.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Leo Srole
UNRRA
Stole
Ted
Landsig
Walter B. Smith
Europe
U. S
Smith
Landsberg Camp
Question on Abdication Triggers Tokyo Debate
In Tokyo a Diet member questioned if Emperor Hirohito would abdicate prompting a swift government response that such a thing could not occur. Independent Isaaji Tanaka noted circles suggesting abdication after Prince Ukonoye spoke with foreign correspondents. Minister Matsumoto said public abdication would be too awesome and such ideas are the exception.
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Tokio
Diet
Hirohito
Kyodo
Jon Matsumoto
House of Representatives
Isaaji Tanaka
Tanaka
Prince Ukonoye
Matsumoto
Bloodhounds used to chase Fairmont robbery suspect
State troopers used bloodhounds to hunt Joe Larson 23 of Fairmont and two co defendants for armed robbery of a Connellsville taxi driver. Logan Downs 15 of Uniontown surrendered and implicated Larson and Marshall Snow 18 who was captured near Morgantown after a chase ending with a gunshot fired at Larson.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia
Joe Larson
Connellsville
Felix Vanero
Logan Wesley Downs
Uniontown
Larson
Marshall Snow
Yanero
Bertha
Morgantown
Snow
Christmas Tree With Lights Mark Somerset Holiday
Residents celebrate a 30 foot Norway spruce donated by William G. Miller of Glade Evergreen nurseries. The tree was set up by the Somerset fire department in the town diamond and street lights were already decorated. The lighting system will be in operation by Thursday evening.
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Somerset
William G. Miller
Glade Evergreen Nurseries
Roxbury
Somerset Fire Department
State Police Urge Early Vehicle Safety Inspections
State police urge timely inspections of autos to ensure safe operation. The law in Pennsylvania requires systematic safety equipment checks and officials promote complying promptly to avoid last minute rush and ensure road safety.
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Pennsylvania
Weather View for Maryland and Pennsylvania
Maryland remains mostly cloudy and cold with occasional rain in the east and diminishing winds on Thursday. Friday trends warmer and fair. Eastern Pennsylvania stays mostly cloudy and cold with possible rain in the east and north, ending early. Western Pennsylvania sees considerable cloudiness and rising temperatures Thursday with warmer conditions Friday.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
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