Eisenhower Urges Armed Forces Be Merged In War Context
The November 16 1941 hearing reveals a Japanese interception describing FDR as believing Japan would move soon. Nomura quoted a cabinet member saying the American government doubted peace conferences would alter the tense situation. The message, decoded by US intelligence, cites November 9 remarks about moves toward war and the looming November 25 deadline for negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Congressional
Pacific
Kichisaburo Nomura
Nomura
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Saburo Kurusu
U. S. Army
Kurusu
United States
Congressional Investigating Committee
British Seize Krupp Properties in Lueneburg Germany
The British military government seized possession and control of Friedrich Krupp AG assets in the Essen group and its affiliates in the British occupation zone. A controller based in Essen was appointed to run all Krupp properties as present management dissolves and managers must report to the controller. The move follows Saxony expropriations of Friedrick Flick properties in the Russian zone yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lueneberg
Germany
Friedrich Krupp
Essen
Head Krupp
Saxony
Friedrick Flick
Driver Acquitted In Chas Houck Death
Leslie Doody 17 of Gaithersburg Maryland was acquitted of reckless driving in the death of Charles M Houck Jr a Frederick insurance agent. The Maryland magistrate Donald DeLashmutt found no negligence after inspecting the accident scene noting the Houck car was parked with headlights shining toward Doody which obscured a figure on the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Doody
Gaithersburg
Charles Ms. Houck, Jr
Frederick
Donald DeLashmutt
Rockville
Doody
Houck
DeLashmutt
Our Ships Convoyed 12 Days Before Pearl Harbor
Navy records show a convoy order issued November 25 1941 directed merchant ships in the Pacific to southern routing with escorts. Admiral Stark's order reached Kimmel and others, and Senate inquiries note at least two convoys were in the Pacific the week before Pearl Harbor. No submarines or surface vessels were detected by Inglis.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Senate House
T. B. Inglis
Harold E. Stark
Naval Operations
Stark
San Francisco
Inglis
Convict Head Of Horror Camp Trial Convictions
Josef Kramer commandant of Belsen and Oswiecim camps and two others were found guilty by a British military court of atrocities and brutalities. Dr Fritz Klein and 22 year old Irma Grese among 45 SS guards tried in nine week case. Sentencing due tomorrow may range from fines to death by hanging or shooting.
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Lueneburg
Germany
Josef Kramer
Belsen
Oswiecim
Fritz Klein
Irma Grese
Fairchild Employment Now 5857. 2854 in Armed Forces
Fairchild Aircraft Division reports total employment of 5857 with 2854 workers having entered the armed forces. The workforce includes 377 World War II veterans, 242 of whom are new hires with no prior service. A spokesman notes a few former employees who left for service and returned have since quit.
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Fairchild Aircraft Division
Fairchild
Ricocheting bullets near children at Edgemont reservoir
Three youths fired at wild ducks on the Edgemont reservoir drawing bullets into a yard where Lee Horne’s family played. Harne pursued the youths, who escaped. several Harne children narrowly avoided injury as ricocheting bullets flew around the yard.
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Lee Horne
Edgemont
Harne
Hunters Invited To Shoot Bunny Pests
Berlin Md Nov 16 The Harrington Brothers Nurseries seek more and better trespassers for 5000 acres of fruit and shrubbery farms. Four years of war and ammo shortages left rabbits and quail unchecked, destroying nursery stock. Signs against trespass are removed on 30 Worcester County farms.
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Berlin
Harrington Brothers Nurseries
Worcester County
Mass Air Movement Planned for Chiang Troops
Chiang Kai-Shek confirms Nationalist troops will soon move into Manchuria via airlift using U.S. supplied transports. Units 92nd Army in Peiping 34th in Tientsin 13th at Chinwangtao await landings as tensions with Chinese Communists rise amid withdrawals and reported changes in Changchun.
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Peiping
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchuria
China
America
Chiang
Changchun
Chungking
Manchurian
U. S
Seventh Fleet
Kumming
10Th Airforce
Tientsin
Chinwangtao
Train Under Fire From Red-Held North China Village
Maj. Gen. Dewitt Peck’s train carrying the First Marine Division commander came under small arms fire from a village north of Lwanhsien in North China. Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer authorized possible air strafing after warnings, while Marines on board were not confirmed to have returned fire.
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Tientsin
Wedemeyer
Keller Rockey
Third Amphibious Corps
Rockey
Tangs
Chinwangtao
Lwanhsien
Peck
Ring
Six More From Here Discharged By Navy
Six local and county Navy men were honorably discharged at the Bainbridge Maryland separation center. Walter G. Nelson Keedysville Harling M. Keeney Sharpsburg John G. Shindledecker Highfield Roger C. Ramsburg Hagerstown and Henry J. C. Harp Chewsville are listed with ranks AEM 2/c MM 3/c S 1/c S 2/c RM 3/c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Services
Bainbridge, Md
Walter G. Nelson
AEM
Keedysville
Harling M. Keeney
Sharpsburg
John G. Shindledecker
Highfield
Roger C. Ramsburg
North Locust
Hagerstown
Henry J. C. Harp
Chewsville
Army doctor resumes medical practice in city
Dr. William T. Layman, longtime Medical Corps officer, returns to civilian work and resumes his medical practice in the city after years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Layman
Medical Corps of
The
Army
New Director Resigns Post
A newly appointed director on the Fair Board tendered his resignation this morning citing circum stances preventing acceptance of the appointment. Another director is reported planning to resign as tensions rise within the board ahead of a stockholder effort to nominate a ticket next month opposing current officers and directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Porterfield
Harold F. Bester
Raymond Miller
E. W. Ditto
Charles H. Hoffman
Mystery Screeches Finally Solved
The family on South Cannon avenue heard screeching when someone used the kitchen sink and later when a kitchen window was opened. A boy looked behind the shutter and found six hats hiding there. they were removed.
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Charles Ecton, Jr
South Cannon Avenue
Invasion of Field Mice Disturbs City Homes
A baby’s restless nights prompt the Rudy family and others on East Franklin Street to set traps after mice swarm their beds. Reports say numerous households in the North End have trapped dozens of mice, while cats roam freely. Local residents note this may be the worst field mice invasion in the city’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Rudy
East Franklin Street
Rudys
North End
100th Day Unconscious Miss Myers Remains Unchanged
Miss Bertha V. Myers of 50 Broadway is on her 100th day of unconsciousness at Washington County Hospital. She fractured a skull in a fall at home on August 9 and has not rallied despite an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha V. Myers
Broadway
Washington County
Miss Myers
Judge Igoe okays Santa Claus relief for Chicago transit workers
Federal Judge Michael L. Igoe authorized the Chicago surface lines trustees in receivership to send $1 to each of 1,578 employees remaining in the Army and Navy. The checks will be issued for Christmas.
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Chicago
Michael L. Igoe
Santa Claus
Igoe
Army
Navy
Vandals Attack Episcopal Cemetery Graves in Here
Donald Bowie of Rockville reported to police damage at the old Episcopal cemetery on South Mulberry Street. Six Schley family footstones overturned and one shattered, plus desecration of Mrs. Franklin P. Canby’s grave. Bowie suspects recent vandalism around Halloween and urges police to investigate. Col. Buchanan Schley is Bowie's uncle.
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Donald Bowie
Rockville
Montgomery County
Bowie
Hagerstown
Old Episcopal Cemetery
South Mulberry Street
Franklin P. Canby
Schley
Col
Buchanan
Hallowe’en
Cumberland
Williamsport
Pinesburg
50 000 Truck Drivers Threaten Strike Tonight
A walkout by about 50,000 AFL truck drivers over a new contract threatens to halt long haul trucking from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains. Lou Hoskins of the Midwest Operators Association said the action could affect 125 firms in the Midwest and several smaller firms nationwide. About 60 AFL Local captured locals reportedly called the walkout for last midnight after a Chicago meeting. Firm spokesmen in Chicago indicated the stoppage was planned for midnight tonight. No union-opERATOR negotiations were planned. An Omaha union leader linked the stoppage to back pay ordered by the War Labor Board in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
Mississippi
Rocky Mountains
Lou Hoskins
Midwest Operators Association
Minneapolis
Midwest
Hoskins
AFL General Drivers Union
Chicago
Omaha
War Labor Board
Contracting Labor Market Shrinks Jobs In October
The Hagerstown USES reports 171 people placed in October, down from 376 in 1944. About 600 job seekers visited the office as referrals rose to 408, with 143 veterans among them and 80 hired. Interview and processing time has tripled to 30 minutes due to stricter employer demands.
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Hagerstown
U. S. Employment Service
D. Paul Shilling
USES
Shilling
Visitor Robbed: $65 Stolen From Guest In Hagerstown
Walter Blackburn of Natural Bridge Virginia told police he was robbed of $65 in cash and a pin stripe vest while visiting Hagerstown. He reported the loss included a $50 bill a ten and a five. Francis Moser of Georgia Avenue reported a valuable man's watch stolen from his kitchen desk valued at $85.
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Walter Blackburn
Natural Bridge
Hagerstown
Blackburn
Francis Moser
Georgia Avenue
Thirteen Local GIs Receive Discharges
Thirteen Hagerstown area servicemen were honorably discharged from Fort Meade between November 13 and 15. Names and addresses include Julian G. Waddy, Paul E. Lowman, Richard W. White, Charles W. Long, Lloyd J. Noel, Stanley W. Brill, Harold H. Schriver, Franklin L. Feigley, Eugene L. Manning, Frank R. Taylor Williamsport, Farhart M. Hollins, Paul B. Eichelberner, Albert M. St. Clair and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
County GI
Army Separation
Fort George G. Meade
Julian G. Waddy
Highland Way
Paul E. Lowman
Williamsport
Richard W. White
Mitchell
Charles W. Long
Berner
Lloyd J. Noel
North Potomac
Stanley W. Brill
Avalon
Harold H. Schriver
West Side
Franklin L. Feigley
Eugene L. Manning
Hancock
Frank R. Taylor
Farhart M. Hollins
North Jonathan
Paul BE. Fichelberner
Concord
Pie
Albert M. St. Clair
Ridge
Whisky Theft On Freight Near Richmond
Three men stopped a southbound freight about 15 miles south of here, broke into a box car and took roughly 15 cases of whisky. They cut the air line to halt the train, then moved boxes to a truck by the road. The train reached Richmond where 15 cases were found missing, said chief special agent J. E. Barkey.
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Washington
Here
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
H. L. Harris
Richmond
J. E. Barkey
De Gaulle Steps Down As Interim French President
Paris reports Gen De Gaulle will resign as interim president due to an impasse with the Communist party over cabinet posts in the proposed three party coalition. He led the Free French movement after leaving France and headed the French committee of national liberation in Algiers after 1943 disputes.
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Paris
de Gaulle
France
Communist Party
Constituent Assembly
Free French Movement
London
French Committee of National Liberation
Algiers
Henri Giraud
Transportation Co Sold By Urner In Major Sale
Francis H. Urner of Marlborough announces Maryland Transportation Company stock sold to Ervin J. Kramer of Baltimore. A formal contract approval followed yesterday with all stock transferred at a reported price of 235000 dollars.
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Francis H. Urner
aMlagerstown
Potomac Motor Lines
Maryland Transportation Company
Ervin J. Kramer
Baltimore
Cpl Burkholder Discharged From Army Air Forces
Cpl Glenn C Burkholder of Hagerstown has been honorably discharged from the Army Air Forces at Baer Field Indiana after enlisting February 28 1943 He served overseas one month in England and France as a clerk He received the Meritorious Service Medal and wears the ETO ribbon with four stars A graduate of Hagerstown High School.
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Cpl
Glenn C. Burkholder
Robert Jr. Burkholder
Hagerstown
Army Air Forces
Baer Field
Ind
England
France
Burkholder
Twin Bill Confuses Anchorage Officials on Two Thanksgivings
Anchorage residents and city councilmen face puzzling plans as two Thanksgiving observances are declared. President Truman and Governor Gruening set November 22, while Mayor Manders proclaims November 29 as Anchorage Thanksgiving Day. Unclear reconversion prompts question about overtime for employees.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Truman
Ernest Gruening
John E. Manders
Eisenhower Warns on Unified Command Risking New Pearl Harbor
General Eisenhower told the Senate Military Committee that without a unified command, the United States risks another emergency like Pearl Harbor. He said joint command failed to win WWII and urged unity of land sea and air forces. Nimitz to testify amid Navy opposition to mergers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Pearl Harbor
Senate Military Committee
United States
Hisenhower
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Navy
Nimitz
Navy
Grand Jury Deliberations Extend Beyond Noon
Indications at noon pointed to the November Grand Jury not adjourning before tomorrow and possibly continuing into next week. Reporters noted the jury’s extensive witness examinations and the need to prepare findings for the court. Meanwhile the sheriff’s office announced indictments against Glendon McCoy James W Martin Orville Leroy Moarrison and Robert Dillon on larceny and related charges.
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Sherif
Glendon McCoy
James W. Martin
Orville Leroy Moarrison
Robert Dillon
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Hull
Krupp
Chas. Houck
Red-Held
Cook
Charles P. Faucett, Jr
Vista Street
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Fair Board
Judicial Santa
Episcopal Cemetery
Associated Press
Balk
Cpl. Burkholder
Twin
Sonny
Los Angeles
Ellsworth
California
Eleanor Deveny
Walter O. Reynolds
Grand Jury
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