Hull Defends Keeping Of Fleet At Pearl Harbor
Former Secretary Cordell Hull testifies before a Senate House Committee on why the fleet should remain at Pearl Harbor in late 1941. He cites strategic reasons amid tense U S Japanese relations and says the State Department was thoroughly justified in the stance.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
State Department
Pearl Harbor
Senate
House
Berhard Gesell
Hawaiian
Hull
Japan
Woman Found Slain Husband Surrenders
E. L. Hunt, 75, limping to the sheriff in Los Angeles, said he killed his wife Ada Hunt, 71, to end her suffering. Deputies found Ada bludgeoned in Arcadia home with a blood stained pipe nearby. Hunt was booked on suspicion of murder.
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Los Angeles
E. L. Hunt
Hall of Justice
Sheriff’s Office
William H. Ostraf
Hunt
Arcadia
Ada Hunt
Ostraff
Edna Skelton and Frank Borzage Wed in Spur of Moment
Edna Skelton former wife of Red Skelton and film producer director Frank Borzage honeymoon in Hollywood after a quick Las Vegas wedding yesterday. They had known each other two years and chose to marry informally during a spur of the moment ceremony.
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Hollywood
Edna Skelton
Red Skelton
Frank Borzage
Las Vegas
Tip on Mr Fox Best of Week in Daily Mail Tip Contest
A local resident’s tip about Mr Fox the trapper won first prize in the Daily Mail weekly news tip contest. Second prize went to a tip about a local GI’s injuries in Casablanca with other lesser tips. Third prize was for a tip on a downtown business property sale. Tips are accepted weekdays 7:30 am to 1:30 pm by phone, in person, or by letter to the Tip Editor.
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Mr. Fox
Sly Reynard
Casablanca
North Africa
Daily Mail
Michael A Hogan Found Dead at Porters Cumberland
Michael A Hogan aged 70, a well known Porter's bartender in Cumberland, was found dead in his room over the restaurant last night. Death attributed to a heart attack. Known locally as Mike, he was familiar to many residents.
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Michael A. Hogan
Porter's
Cumberland
Mike
Chiang Creates Postwar Economic Council in China
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek formed a Supreme Economic Council to steer postwar recovery. Premier T. V. Soong chairs the body with Vice Premier Wong Wen-Hao as vice chair, aiming for a united democratic prosperous nation and higher living standards amid war’s end. Chinese Communists push land reforms to win peasant support.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Supreme Economic Council
China
Mukzen
Manchuria
Japan
T. V. Soong
Economic Council
Wong Wen-Hao
Chiang
Heavy Load for Santa in Portland Mail Pile
Heavy Christmas mail backlog looms in Portland Union Station with over 100,000 GI parcels awaiting overseas shipment. Postal worker Leo C. Jennings notes dangerous items like hara-kiri knives and rifle parts tucked in poorly wrapped packages, reflecting gifts sent home from servicemen in Japan.
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Portland
Ore
Union Station
Japan
Leo C. Jennings
Housing Woes Follow Governors To Washington
Strategy Boise Idaho Nov 26 The housing shortage that troubled former governor Charles C Gossett also traps his successor Arnold Williams Gossett hunted houses after taking office and moved into his Boise home Williams resigned a week ago and was named U S Senator by Williams who as lieutenant governor succeeds his former boss The seat became vacant when Senator John Thomas died Williams says he awaits Gossetts naming of an executive secretary and urges the appointee be a Boise man with a house who will leave his furniture behind when he goes to Washington
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Boise
Idaho
Charles C. Gossett
Arnold Williams
Gossett
State Health Department
Blackfoot
U. S
Williams
John Thomas
Senator Gossett
Washington
Look Quotes Mayor Sweeney On Postwar Employment Outlook
Hagerstown gained nationwide attention in Look magazine's Meet the Public feature. Mayor Richard H. Sweeney says diversified industries and railroads keep wartime employment levels, allowing job availability for all workers and a fine postwar outlook.
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Look
Sweeney
Outlook
Hagerstown
Richard H. Sweeney
McCarney Divorce Granted in Local Court
Mary Gertrude McCarney has been granted a divorce from Robert Kenneth McCarney. Attorney Cal vert K. Hartle appeared for the complainant.
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Mary Gertrude McCarney
Robert Kenneth McCarney
Calvert K. Hartle
Escapee Seeks End Of World Homeward Paroled
Edwin Kelly, 17, a farm boy from the Eastern Shore, escaped from Roxbury State Reformatory on September 19 to be home when the world ends. He later confessed to believing a California preacher of doomsday. Kelly said he joined the Navy, met another boy, and with him allegedly stole uncut diamonds to sell. A pawnbroker helped nab him. Baltimore court later gave him four months at the reformatory.
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Edwin Kelly
Eastern Shore
State Reformatory
Roxbury
Joseph D. Mish
Kelly
John Colton
California
Welk Loft
Navy
Baltimore
Hitler Plot to Kill German Ambassador Stirs Prague Trial
At Nuremberg prosecutors reveal Adolf Hitler and Wilhelm Keitel plotted in 1938 to assassinate a German ambassador in Prague to trigger a Czech invasion. The plan, codenamed Case Green, aimed at subduing neighboring states and preceded wider preparations for war.
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Mernberg
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelm Keitel
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Germany
Austria
Sidney S. Alderman
Defense Council
Rudolf Hess
Hjjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Six From County Enlist In Army
Western Maryland reports 47 men enlisting in the Army for the week ending November 23. Six from Washington County named T R Wagner C Edward Brewer Jr R V Glock R Dudley H E Clingerman Hancock and R D Story from Hagerstown. Re-enlistment rules: must rejoin within 20 days to keep current grade. bonus paid only if re-enlisting within 90 days of discharge.
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Maryland
District Army
Earle Building
Washington County
T. R. Wagner
South Potomac Street
C. Edward Brewer, Jr
West Church Street
R. V. Glock
East Franklin Street
R. Dudley
Rose Hill Avenue
H. E. Clingerman
Hancock
R. D. Story
Hagerstown
Rt. 4
Radcliffe Files For Renomination In Md Senate Race
U S Senator George L Radcliffe filed his renomination petition in Annapolis to seek the Democratic nomination for the June 24 1946 primary He submitted in person with a 270 deposit and later visited Governor O Conor who was in Baltimore at the time Speculation swirled about O Conors possible opposition but no decision had been announced.
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Annapolis
U. S
George L. Radcliffe
Radcliffe
Pound Indicted On Treason Charge
Attorney General Tom C. Clark announced that Ezra Pound has been indicted for treason for broadcasting from Fascist Italy during the war. The indictment lists 19 overt acts of treason.
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Washington
Tom C. Clark
Ezra Pound
Italy
Blinded GI Is Not Forgotten
Twenty five year old Sergeant Curtis Sechrist, wounded in Metz with both eyes lost and nose amputated, receives community aid in York Pennsylvania. Residents raised 23232 dollars for a furnished home, a seeing eye dog, and a permanent trust fund for upkeep while Sechrist, a Silver Star recipient, is treated at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville.
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York
Curtis Sechrist
York County
Sechrist
Metz
Valley Forge General Hospital
Phoenixville, Pa
Escapees Receive Long Terms At Maryland Reformatory
Judge Joseph D. Mish in circuit court handed down sentences up to 2144 years to nineteen escapees from the Maryland State Reformatory at Roxbury. All pleaded guilty and terms will start after current sentences. Notable cases include George M. Stein and Joseph Hergett each given 214 years for auto larceny tied to a June 20 escape from Sharpsburg.
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Maryland State Reformatory
Roxbury
Joseph D. Mish
House of Correction
Mish
George M. Stein
Joseph Hergett
George Churchey
Sharpsburg
Nolle
Harry M. Smith
Cumberland
Benjamin Pollard
Otis Diggs
Lester Brown
Brown
Diggs
Vernon Barth
Robert Bullock
Russell Peace
Edward Domanski
Willie Michaels
Norman Waters
Charles Whittington
John Hagan
George E. Connelly
James E. Knox
Edward F. Strain
Charles Omer
Nine Yank Fliers Die On Routine Flight
NBC in a Shanghai broadcast said at least nine American fliers died and 12 planes were lost from a 22 plane Mustangs flight to Shanghai. Only two planes’ crews were rescued as a wide search continued for missing aircraft.
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San Francisco
NBC
Shanghai
Carl Hirsch
U. S
China
Divorce suits total 33 for the month in county court
Four more divorce cases were docketed today bringing month total to 33. Bruce Allan Huntzburger sues Corrine Estelle Huntzburger, Pauline Mae Smith sues Richard Smith, Robert Lester Baker sues Pauline Rosalie Baker, and Thelma Golden sues John Richard Golden.
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Bruce Allan Huntzburger
C. K. Hartle
Corrine Estelle Huntzburger
Pauline Mae Smith
Hartle
Richard Smith
Robert Lester Baker
Pauline Rosalie Baker
Thel T. Golden
Kemp
John Richard Golden
Plan to picket 600 stores signals rift at labor talks
Washington officials report a new push to have labor and business delegates agree on a method to curb inter union quarrels within three to six months. The split on the collective bargaining committee and the stalled overall talks highlight divisions as the Labor Management conference enters a tense, uncertain week.
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Washington
Labor Management Conference
National Association of Manufacturers
Labor Department
National Labor Relations Board
Edly
AFL
CIO
Three Perish In Weekend County Fires Involving Three Deaths
Sheriffs investigators closed their inquiry into two county fires that killed three people and badly burned another. Farl Line and Ester Line died in a Mt Lena home fire that destroyed the one story frame dwelling. Joyce Ingram, two, died in the Ingram home fire at Dargan while her father was left with third degree burns. Investigators cited an oil stove explosion as a possible origin but did not confirm a cause.
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Farl Line
Ester May
Hutzell) Line
Mt. Lena
Joyce Marie Ingram
Arnold Ingram
Dargan
Ingram
Line
Potomac Edison Company
Bruce Spickler
John
Huyett
Parts for Packet Shipment Speeds Dallas Plant Assembly
Fairchild Aircraft Division ships about 40 carloads of packet parts from North American Aviation in Dallas Texas to accelerate assembly of the C 82 cargo ship. The Dallas plant is no longer producing the packet.
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Fairchild Aircraft Division
North American Aviation
Dallas
Texas
Fairchild
North American
Oakland blaze gutts Leighton Bros hard in 12 days
A second major fire in 12 days gutted the Leighton Bros garage in Oakland Maryland a large concrete block building. Floyd Leighton one of the owners estimated the loss at fifteen thousand dollars.
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Oakland Md
Oakland
Leighton Bros. Garage
Floyd Leighton
Old Log Cabin Unearthed During Franklin Street Razing
Workmen razing a two story frame building at 2985 37 59 East Franklin street uncovered a hand hewn log cabin dating from the city's early era. The site revealed two buildings inside one frame structure, with ancient logs nails and a large brick fireplace showing time’s wear. Chester A Delphey plans a modern building and later an apartment on the site.
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Hagerstown
Franklin Street
Cannon Avenue
Chester A. Delphey
East Franklin Street
Phone Service Back To Normal As Illinois Strike Ends
The CIO strike at Montgomery Ward and Company ends as 75,000 workers staged a one week demonstration. Nationwide labor unrest idled 575,000 workers, including a six day General Motors walkout and major wage disputes. Ward stores face 600 picketing CIO shops across 42 states over a closed shop dues check off and wage hikes.
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Montgomery Ward and Company
CIO
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Northwest Pacific Lumber
AFL
Maine
Ilinois
Indiana
AFL and Cio
San Francisco
Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Co
Providence
R. I
Greyhound
Ward
United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Employee
Chicago
Detroit
Albany
Jamaica
Denver
Kansas City
Kelly-Springfield Strike Ends Today
The 25 day strike at the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company plant ends with maintenance and powerhouse workers slated to return today and others to follow over the next two days. About 1,900 employees are affected as union leaders report a substantial offer from Federal conciliator Paul Muller of Akron Ohio.
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Cumberland
Kelly- Springfield Tire Company
Power House
United Rubber Workers of America
CIO
Harry F. Castle
Paul Ww
Muller
Akron
POWs Begin Return Trip From Green Ridge Camp
About 22 German prisoners of war left Green Ridge where they were quartered for months and worked in Hancock fruit orchards. They boarded four B and O coaches at Cumberland, escorted by 21 enlisted men. Green Ridge camp, which closed Nov 17, will be shut down next week.
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Green Ridge
Wancock
Germany
Spokane tests voting machine with taunt on party switch
In Spokane Washington P Gg M Lockwood the sole Republican on the Spokane County Election Commission pulled a lever to test a voting machine. Commissioner Wiley Brown exclaimed Weve been working on him four years it looks like hes snake converted The Republican pulled a handle that voted a straight Democratic ticket.
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Spokane
Wash
M. Lockwood
Spokane County Election Commission
Wiley Brown
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Joyce Ingram
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Kelly-Springfield
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