Russians Asked For Explanation Of Industrial Boost Plan
Gen. Lucius D. Clay demanded clarification from the Soviet representative on the allied control committee about a Berlin announced plan to raise German industrial output by 200 to 300 percent in the Soviet zone. American officials said the proposal, not shown to other powers, would contradict the Four Power agreement and aid Russia amid shortages at home.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Allied Control Authority Co
Social Unity Party
Otto Grotewohl
Germany
Foreign Ministers Council
Moscow
Russia
Murder Victim Identified as Elizabeth Short
In Los Angeles on January 16 a mutilation death case identified the victim as Elizabeth Short, 22, a former Santa Barbara resident. FBI fingerprint records linked the body to Short, who had juvenile delinquency arrest history in 1943. police seek movement clues from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles. The body was found in a vacant lot, hacked at the waist, with signs of torture before death. Autopsy ruled hemorrhage from multiple wounds as the cause, with rope burns indicating possible strangulation and torture. Police say efforts to locate suspects among sex criminals have so far yielded no clues.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Elizabeth Short
Santa Barbara
Calif
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Post Exchange
Camp Cooke
Army Base
Jack Donahoe
Homicide Bureau
War Department
FBI
Miss Short
Cleo Short
Medford
Mass
Frederick D. Newbarr
Newbarr
Willie Francis declines substitute for second electric chair trip
Lafayette Louisiana January 16 Willie Francis rejects a substitute offer for his second execution by electric chair leaving the scheduled capital punishment to proceed as planned.
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Lafayette
Willie Francis
End of Liquor Rationing Soon Is Assured
Helena Montanans will be able to buy all liquor including straight and bonded whiskies without rationing in the near future the state liquor control board announced. The board also raised prices on several whiskies and said unrationed whisky handling mechanics will be worked out, with ample supplies promised though some brands may be scarce at times.
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Helena
J. A. Buley
Buley
C I O offices raided as A F L mobs drive out members
In Sheffield Alabama a crowd of 300 to 500 A F L members attacked the C I O portal to portal suit headquarters at an American Legion post. They beat several C I O members and forced them from the building while police and volunteers aided the injured. State C I O organizer blamed rivalry between unions for the assault.
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Sheffield
Ala
U.P
American Legion
Ernest Black
Sheffield Police
Black
A. A. Goforth
Birmingham
Carey Haigler
Alabama
Russia plans shipyards to rival luxury liner fleet
Moscow radio said on Thursday night that Russia intends to build ships to compete with the world's luxury liner trade, signaling a major expansion in its maritime capability.
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London
Russia
Moscow Radio
Explosion marks clash over Georgia governorship
Georgia faced a tense power struggle as Gov. Herman Talmadge seized the gubernatorial offices and mansion amid a dual governorship. An explosion and tear gas disrupted the statehouse, with Arnall warning court challenges to any actions by rival appointees.
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Atlanta
U.P
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Capitol
Talmadge
State Legal Department
Japanese General Is Under Arrest
Lt. Gen Shigenori Kuroda long sought playboy general commanding in the Philippines has been arrested in Japan U S Army war crimes section says He faces charges for atrocities against prisoners and outrages against guerrillas during the 1943 Panay cleanup led by Lt Gen Takaishi Kono Kono is sentenced to hang and Yamasiti accuses Kuroda of neglecting Philippine defenses while in Manila night clubs
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Manila
United States Army War Crimes Section
Shigenori Kuroda
Philippines
Japan
Kuroda
Panay
Takaishi Kono
Kono
Tomoyuki Yamashiti
China Opens Negotiation Run With Communists
Nanking January 16 The Chinese government formally began efforts to resume talks with the Communists though prospects for success appear slim. Minority liberal factions pressed the move as a condition for joining a planned coalition regime.
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Nanking
War and Justice Departments Study Georgia Crisis
In Washington officials from the War and Justice departments held a conference on the Georgia gubernatorial dispute led by Herman Talmadge. They worried about possible bloodshed and federal intervention, noting final authority over the National Guard and uncertainty over the state guard's status.
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Washington
War and Justice Departments
Georgia
War Department
Georgia National Guard
State Guard
Herman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Atlanta
Talmadge
National Guard
Justice Department
Suspect in 1936 Tacoma boy kidnapping freed in Windsor
A man questioned as a suspect in the 1936 kidnapping and slaying of a Tacoma boy was released by Windsor police on Thursday.
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Windsor
Ontario
Tacoma, Wash
Yugoslavia Demands Austrian Territory At Allied Talks
Yugoslavia presented to the Big Four foreign ministers a demand for nearly 1000 square miles of Austria including Klagenfurt and two Syria districts. The claim lists 942 square miles with 180000 people and 50 square miles with 10000 people. The memo sets agendas for hearings on German and Austrian peace and re establishment talks with the United States said to oppose the Austrian claim.
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London
U.P
Yugoslavia
Austria
Klagenfurt
Carinthia
Syria
Germany
Poland
Canada
United States
Churchill Opens Campaign for United States of Europe
Winston Churchill formally opened his drive for a United States of Europe. A British committee of 23 including leading figures supports the plan with Churchill as chairman. The spokesman says the movement is not anti Soviet or anti American and aims to unite Europe to survive.
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London
Winston Churchill
United States of Europe
Europe
Churchill
Britain
Russia
Zurich
Switzerland
France
Germany
Colder Weather Foreseen For Saturday In Butte
The weather bureau at the airport warned of approaching cold air that may envelop Butte Saturday after mild Friday. Flurries were possible Friday with temperatures dropping to around 15 above zero and a Friday high near 32 degrees.
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Butte
Japan Requests Huge Budget for Occupation Costs
Tokyo reports Japan’s current fiscal year budget totals 61.5 billion yen. One third funds occupation costs, announced by Finance Minister Tanzan Ishibashi. At official 15 to 1 rate the value equals 4.1 billion dollars, but real purchasing power at 75 to 1 yields about 873 million dollars.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tanzan Ishibashi
Weather Outlook for Butte and Surrounding Areas
Mostly cloudy with occasional snow flurries Friday. Temperatures near 32 for the next 24 hours with scattered readings from 2 to 32 between the School of Mines and the Airport. West of Divide and east of Divide show cloudy skies and light snow flurries with mild to cool highs and diminishing winds.
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School of Mines
Divide
Army Navy merger talks yield harmony in Big Six meeting
President Truman met with the Big Six congressional leaders and avoided partisan fights to discuss co operation on war surplus disposal and renewal of the maritime commission's authority. Senator Vandenberg said the session was a harmonious open forum with progress reported on surplus property and ship operations. Taft indicated Republicans will chart their own legislative path.
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Washington
Truman
Congressional Committee
White House
Congress
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Mr. Truman
Robert M. Littlejohn
War Assets Administration
WAA
Littlejohn
Big Six
Maritime Commission
Commission
White
Maine
House
Martin
Mass
Halleck
Barkley
Rayburn
Texas
Taft
Ohio
U N Commission Begins On Greek Balkan Probe
The United Nations launches its first on the spot investigation into the Greek dispute with an 11 nation commission and 22 UN secretariat staff departing New York aboard the America for three months in northern Greece and across borders to Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. Col A Roscher Lund of Norway heads the UN staff assisting the commission with a large team including interpreters secretaries stenotypists and a press officer. Representatives from ten Security Council nations join January 30 for the Balkan tour.
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New York
United Nations
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
United Nation
United Nations Secretariat
America
New York Harbor
Marseilles
Athens
United Nations Security Council
Balkans
Col
A. Roscher Lund
Norway
Volcano Eruption Intensifies Near Mayon Volcano
The steamer Fairland near Legaspi reported Mayon volcano in violent eruption hurling lava and rock thousands of feet high. A vast smoke column rose above the peak as gusts of gas and steam issued from the summit every few seconds. Authorities mobilized transport to evacuate Filipinos in the danger zone while many villagers had already fled after over a week of activity.
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Manila
Fairland
Legaspi
Civilian Travel on Navy Ships to Dairen Banned
The Navy ordered ship commanders to deny passage to American businessmen and newspapermen to the Chinese port of Dairen unless cleared by State Department or a responsible agency. The Navy later stated the goal is proper sponsorship and clearance of passengers on western Pacific trips, not a ban on all civilian travel.
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Washington
Navy
Dairen
State Department
Shanghai
Michael J. McDermott
Navy Department
Western Pacific
Senate Panel Seeks Secret War Mobilization Report
Chairman Brewster says the Senate war investigating committee will ask President Truman for a secret report by Edward R. Stettinius Jr. on detailed mobilization plans not followed. He recalls Roosevelt refused such a request when Truman was a senator as the panel weighs continuing the inquiry.
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Washington
Brewster
Senate War Investigating Committee
Truman
Roosevelt
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Senate
Truman Will Support Unification
President Truman announced that War and Navy secretaries reached a full agreement on merging the armed forces and supporting legislation for a national defense council. The plan would place Army Navy Air Force under a secretary of national defense with individual chiefs, under unified direction.
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Washington
Truman
Secretaries of War and Navy
White House
Patterson
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Council of National Defense
Navy
Marine Corps
Naval Aviation
Air Force
Army
Secretary of National Defense
Charles G. Ross
Views Differ on Merger Proposal
President Truman proposed unifying the armed forces drawing mixed reactions in Congress. Senator Gurney hailed a compromise with cabinet rank for four secretaries and swift draft legislation. Senator Robertson warned the plan leaves loose ends on air power training and Navy control of Marines, signaling difficult legislative formatting.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Gurney
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Forrestal
White House
Wyoming
Robertson
Air Force
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