MacArthur Alerted On Pearl Harbor Prep
Washington report shows General MacArthur told investigators he received ample and complete information and advice from Washington to alert the Philippines before Pearl Harbor. He also said he got some intercepted Japanese messages, while a secret policy kept such intercepts from overseas commanders.
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Washington
MacArthur
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Senate House
Hawaii
Great Britain
United States
Roosevelt
Japan
Mac
Japanese Whalers Set To Sail Again In Pacific Waters
Allied directive allows whaling by Japanese crews in former Japanese Pacific areas off Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands under strict rules. Whalers resume operations after winter pause with regulatory oversight from Allied HQ.
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Tokyo
Tapatear
Iwo Jima
Bonins
Pacific
Independence town backs Truman casting as Baptists fault poker
The Independence Missouri community defends President Truman after criticism from Texas Baptists over poker and bourbon. Despite its many churches including the reorganized Latter Day Saints, residents view the controversy with humor and note the town’s strong religious life. The piece also explains local ties with Truman’s mother’s town and mentions a proposed honorary degree from William Jewell College for Truman during a visit.
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Washington
Truman
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Baptist Church
Grandview
Independence
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Walter Pope Binns
William Jewell
Liberty
The
Zion City
Christ
Reorganized Saints
Earth
Brigham Young
Utah
Joseph Smith
Missouri
Reorganized Church
Discharged Alaska flier plans back trip with wife
A former Alaska Army flier and his Denver wife prepare to fly home to Anchorage in a twin engined Army plane bought for civilian work. A. Smith, a B17 pilot in the Eighth Air Force, will route via Great Falls, Lethbridge, Edmonton, Whitehorse, and Fairbanks. Mrs. Smith, daughter of a Denver University professor, calls the journey exciting.
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Alaska
Denver
Anchorage
A. Smith
Maron
Great Falls
Kirlings
Mont. Lethbridge
Edmonton
Whitehorse
Canada
Pairbanks
Smith
Eighth Air Force
Denver University
Navy aviation gains top posts in new Navy plan
Secretary Forrestal outlines a reorganization recognizing aviation as dominant in the Navy. Qualified Naval aviators will hold three of the six top jobs under the chief of Naval Operations. Admiral John Towers will lead a Meet command as the Navy's top aviator, and Admiral Spruance may become Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet. Mitscher to move from deputy CNO for Air to Commander of the Eighth Fleet.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Naval Operations
John Ho Towers
Fifth Fleet
Raymond 4
Spruance
Marc A. Mitscher
Atlantic
Inductions to Continue Says Patterson
Secretary of War Robert Patterson says Selective Service inductions must continue for some time to meet the Army's minimum strength as voluntary enlistments alone won't sustain numbers with combat veterans being discharged. He notes a goal of over seven million discharges by July 1, 1946, and warns that otherwise men who have served may stay while others are exempted from duty.
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Washington
Robert Patterson
Patterson
Army
Army and Navy Journal
Anti-Vice Drive In Berlin Targeting Women
Berlin reports a four power occupation driving a vice reduction program aided by civilian police. Weekly about 2,500 Berlin women and girls are examined for venereal disease, with compulsory treatment cutting positive cases from 60 to about 25 percent. Officials warn of a moral breakdown amid occupation, refugees, shortages, and a city where life has stalled and access to pleasures often depends on Allied soldiers.
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Richard Kasischke
Berlin
Germany
Parpranucurt
Manila Youths Pull Big Bank Robbery
Manila youths armed with a submachine gun staged the Philippines’ biggest bank robbery. They were captured eight hours later with 399000 pesos of the 430000 peso haul recovered. 31000 pesos remained missing as police hunted for suspects.
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Manila
Sun
Philippines
Work Stoppage in Marine Circles Ends
NEW YORK Dec 4 A 24 hour work stoppage which halted loading and sailing of ships in ports along the coast ended today. Joseph Curran president of the National Maritime Union said the strike protested delays in the return of overseas veterans and argued ships should be used to transport troops rather than for commerce.
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New York
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union (Co
Curran
Victory Loan E bonds sales lag in drive
Washington reports the 11 billion Victory Loan will be over-subscribed but may miss the target for individual held E bonds. War Finance Director Ted R Gamble notes the aim to absorb two billion dollars of idle money to curb inflation. Daily sales patterns show inconsistent achievement, with a $77 million shortfall over two days as the drive extends to month end.
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Washington
War Finance
Ted R. Gamble
Treasury
War Finance Division
Stock Quotations From New York Dec 4 Closing Prices
Closing quotations show Alaska Juneau mine at 87 and several majors including American Can 04 percent Anaconda 46 percent International Harvester 98 percent Kennecott 50 percent New York Central 31 Northern Pacific 38 U S Steel 8144 and Pound 14 034 with 2 000 000 shares traded Dow Jones averages Industrials 193.06 rails 14.79 utilities 28.64 as reported.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U. S. Steel
Dow, Jones
Nineteen Nazis Excorcated at Crimes Trial in Nuremberg
British Attorney General Hartley Shawcross opened the case against Hermann Goering Rudolf Hess Joachim von Ribbentrop and other Nazi leaders accusing them of aggression conspiracy to wage war and crimes against peace He said the defendants were murderers and robbers responsible for plunging the world into a costly war and ruled their guilt essential for future generations to understand the fraud that allowed murder and plunder.
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Daniel DE Luce Nuernberg
Shawcress
Hitler
United States
Russia
France
Shawernss
Hitler Gang
U S to Send Food to German People
In Stuttgart on December 4 Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay said the United States plans to supply enough food to Germany for an average 1550 calorie ration per person. He noted hunger has never been the U.S. objective and that railroad control in the American Zone will be handed back to civil authorities at the start of next year.
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Stuttgart
Germany
United States
Lucious
Clay
U S Request Turned Down by Russians
Washington December 4 American officials studied possible moves in the Iranian impasse with little hope of early resolution. Russia rejected a U S proposal to withdraw Allied forces by January 1, keeping troops in Iran and complicating the Iran issue amid broader tensions with the Soviet Union. The United States urged both Moscow and London to pull out to end the threat of further incidents in Transcaspia while Britain reportedly had not replied. Officials privately fear developments in Iran could reflect the oppression of a small nation by a great power.
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Hightower
Washington
Russia
United States
Moscow
State Department
Teltetios
Michael J McDermott
Department
Britain
Iran
New Italian Government Formed After Short Crisis
Rome Dec 4 Alcide de Gasperi wins Liberal support to end a nine day political standoff. A six hour wait secures party backing, as Leone Cattani announces Liberal entry into the new government amid esteem for de Gasperi.
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Rome
Christian Democratic
Alcide de Gasperlansnouber
Leone Cattani
Ide Gusperi
United Nations Charter Ratified by 49 Nations
The State Department said formal ratifications of the UN Charter have been received from Panama City Ethiopia Bolivia Venezuela Guatemala and Norway. This raises the total number of fully approved ratifications to a reported 49 nations.
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Washington
State Department
Panama City
Ethiopia
Belivia
Venezuela
Guatemala
Norway
Cruiser Alaska on West Coast for First Time
CIO UAW will call a conference of General Motors workers on December 8 to decide whether to heed President Truman's request to end the wage strike. R J Thomas, UAW CIO president, said the decision was made by the union's Strike Strategy Committee at a press briefing in Detroit.
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Alaska
Cio-Uaw
G.M
Detroit
CIO United! Automobile Workers Union
General Motors
Truman
R. J. Thormas
Uaw-Cio
Thomas
Seven teen ships bring 15494 servicemen to San Francisco harbor
Seven teen ships including the 27 500 ton cruisers Alaska and Guam arrived in San Francisco Harbor with 15 494 service men from the Pacific. The Alaska and Guam, commissioned in 1944, are veterans of Okinawa and the Japanese homeland campaigns and carry nine 12 inch guns. It marked their first visit to a West Coast mainland port.
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San Francisco
Alaska
Guam
Pacific
Okinawa
Curly Haired Boy Dies of Lymphatic Leukemia
Four year old Harlin Nilwood of Tl Dee, facing December prognosis, died from lymphatic leukemia after a chicken pox illness. His parents planned an early Christmas with gifts pouring in from four states including a 16 pound turkey and a Fairbanks nurse sending a doll.
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Fairbanks
Nilwood
Dee
Charles Lair
Christtmas
Harlin
Alaska
Japanese Diet Shaken by MacArthur War Crime Probe
The Japanese Diet faces upheaval after General MacArthur names 26 parliamentary figures as war crime suspects. Tax debates were tepid as lawmakers focus on reparations and asset seizures across Manchuria, Korea, Formosa, Sakhalin, and Southern Pacific areas. Dispatches say Chinese Nationalist forces prepare to advance into Mukden with Russian approval. In Indonesia, East Java extremists prompt tensions as efforts to curb violence intensify amid ongoing clashes between British and Indonesian factions.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Ahead
Kyodo New Agency
Keizo Shibuzawa
Thevni
Manchuria
China
Korea
Formosa
Sakhalin
Southern Pacific
Chinhsien
Mukden
Russia
Suljan Sjabrir
Restrictions on Fox Farming in the Aleutians Lifted
Headquarters Alaska Department announces lifting of prior restrictions on fox farming in the Aleutian Islands except Shemya. Lt Gen Delos C Emmons says fox farmers may resume activities but must not interfere with military or naval installations. The move allows a major Alaskan industry, previously earning about $100,000 yearly, to resume operations while preserving security zones.
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Alaskan Department
Aleutian Islands
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Shemya
Delos C. Emmons
Emmons
Pish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
Peggy on Fifth Honeymoon Trip
New York December fourth Peggy Ho king Joyce with her fifth husband engineer Anthony Easton after their wedding yesterday She, age thirty nine and an actress, said she was nervous before the ceremony and that this is the last marriage Easton, thirty three, spoke about the nuptials.
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New York
Peggy Hooking
Joyce
Anthony Easton
Easton
Family Secrets Revealed In Woman's Trial
San Francisco news recounts Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt testimony in the murder case of Nurse Wade Martin. She describes a life shadowed by insanity, including an insane grandmother and a husband who killed himself after the nurse's death. Her children testified she seemed dazed during the fatal events.
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San Francisco
Annie Irene Mansfeldt
Mannfeldt
Sever
Connert
John JH Mannfeldt
Wade Martin
Guadu
Mansfeldt
Martin
John
Terry
Irene
Yamashita Appeals to Supreme Court in War Crimes Trial
Manila Dec. 4 Lt Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita asked the U S Supreme Court to halt his war crimes trial and permit a hearing in Washington He seeks a writ of protection to be restored to POW status under the Geneva Convention and argues the court martial lacks jurisdiction as the Philippines is not under martial law or military government The military commission will resume with final arguments tomorrow.
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Manila
Tom
Oyuki
Yamashita
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Military Commission
Mace
Arthur
Philippines
Supreme Court
Incinerator Staff Warned After Hidden Grenade Found
Municipal incinerator workers report safety concerns as discarded ammunition ends up in trash. Superintendent Carl Nygaard urges turning war souvenirs to police rather than waste collectors after a shell exploded a door and five hand grenades were found recently.
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Minneapolis
Carl
Nygaard
Navy Plane Search Probes Lost Privateer Over Alaska Coast
Dec 4 reports say a Navy Privateer transport with 12 aboard left Hadink for Sitka area and vanished over 1,000 miles of rugged coastline. Whidbey Island and Coast Guard planes, Alaska-based aircraft, and Royal Canadian Air Force support search efforts led by Lt. George DeVore who gave up a seat to speed a fellow officer.
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Seattle
Kodiak
Alaska
Hearchors
13Th
Naval Dientt
Navy
Hadink
Western Defense Command
Royal Canadian Air Force
Whidby Island
Coast Guard
Port Angeles
Wash
Juneau
Agart
Sitka
Clarence Rhodes
ACA Aeronca
Tom White
Alaake Game Commission
Stinson
Aoon
White
Comdr
D. Weed
Air-Sea Rescue
Ketchikan
Gomdr
Weed
Game Commission
John
Prince of Wales
DONGEORGE CRASHES IN NOME AREA
DONGEORGE CRASHES IN NOME AREA Pilot Gene Jack of Kotzebue sighted wreckage of a Ferguson Airways plane missing since Wednesday with Pilot Dor George aboard. Plane reportedly hit a hill and was badly wrecked. George was flying with mail on a route between Deering and Candle. A search party planned to reach the crash site today.
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Nome
Alaska
Gene Jack
Kotzebue
Ferguson Airways
Dor George
George
Deering
Candle
Rea Ice
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U. S
Rand
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UNO
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Peggy
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