Short says Hawaii alert could have been triggered in minutes
Maj. Gen. Walter Short testified the Army in Hawaii could have shifted to a stricter alert in minutes if the Navy or War department had warned of the Pearl Harbor attack. He argued nine days were wasted and cited alleged gaps in information flow, staff work, and proposed Army Navy cooperation.
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Washington
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Navy
War Department
Pearl Harbor
Short
Senate
House
Army
Douglas A. MacArthur
Philippines
George C.marshall
Marshall
Adm
Husband E. Kimmel
Kimmel
Indian Agent Charged With Murder After Cherokee Clerk's Death
Tahlequah Okla Jan 24 District Indian Agent Vance J Lowery was charged with murder over the pistol death of Juanita Butler 27 a Cherokee clerk at the agency. County Attorney Teehee said Lowery reported Miss Butler took a pistol from his car glove compartment and accidentally wounded herself as they rode along. She died at Tahlequah Indian hospital.
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Tahlequah
Okla
Vance J. Lowery
Pretty Juanita Butler
Houston B. Teehee
Miss Butler
Federal Bureau of Investigation
A. M. Landman
Five Civilized Tribes
Teehee
Lowery
Haskell Institute
Tahlequah Indian Hospital
Blue baby Judy Hackman returns home after surgery
Judy Hackman two year old patient known as the Blue baby arrived in Seattle with her parentsFrom Johns Hopkins Hospital the child underwent a delicate heart operation and faced the trip with no trouble on the way home from the east coast.
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Seattle
Judy Hackman
John’s Hopkins Hospital
War Trials of Japanese Open in China
In Shanghai a US military commission arraigned 18 Japanese for the deaths of three American flyers beaten and cremated in Hankow during 1944. Maj Gen Masataka Kaburagi stood with Hankow gendarmerie figures as Tokyo issued warrants for Maj Gen Kiyutaro Aotsu. In Yokohama Kaichi Hirate faced verdict over Dutch and British prisoner deaths. In Manila defense stalled Homma case on the Bataan death march.
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Japan
Philippines
China
Shanghai
U. S
Hankow
Masataka Kaburagi
Gerth Army
Tokyo
Kiyutaro Aotsu
Wewak
Yokohama
Kaichi Hirate
Muroran
Hirate
Raymond C. Suttle
Manila
Masaharu Homma
Homma
Bataan
House Appropriations Approved for Independent Agencies
The House voted 299 to 6 to approve appropriations totaling 5.593 billion dollars for independent federal offices for the next fiscal year, after striking funds for a White House addition. A motion to return the bill for a 10 percent cut in salary funds of all agencies except the Veterans Administration failed 145 to 175.
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Washington
House
White House
John Taber
R-N. Y
Appropriations Committee
Veterans Administration
President Truman
First Step to Curb Juvenile Delinquency Announced
Attorney General Clark outlines a Justice Department plan to fight rising juvenile crime by forming a 25 member panel of church, education, business and welfare leaders. The initiative includes statewide meetings, a national survey of juvenile crime, and public release of findings to social, law enforcement and juvenile groups. Clark cites FBI data showing 21 percent of arrests involve under 21, with sharp increases for under 18 year olds and notes differing parole rules for objectors. He also mentions an FBI anti trust unit and clarifies Hoover’s job security.
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Washington
Clark
Justice Department
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Department
Butte Weather Forecast Clearer After Snow
Mostly cloudy with light snow Friday and decreasing clouds Friday evening. Temperatures near 40 at the School of Mines and Airport for the next 24 hours, with cold wave moving in from the north. Friday will see 0 to 10 below zero in the north and 5 to 10 above in the south, with windy conditions west of the divide.
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School of Mines
Divide
State
Missouri
South Portion
North Portion
United Nations Forms Atomic Energy Control Commission
The United Nations General Assembly created an atomic energy control commission chaired by James F. Byrnes to prevent an arms race. The Security Council planned hearings on Iran, Indonesia, Greece, and Lebanon amid broader debates on British and Russian actions.
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London
United Nations
Security Council
Iran
Indonesia
Greece
Lebanon
General Assembly of 51 Nations
Atomic Energy Control Commission
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Badaouy Pacha
Beyrouth
Britain
Russia
France
Council
United States
China
Permanent Council
Canada
Australia
Veterans return to U S from foreign war zones list of names
The Associated Press announced Montana veterans returning from overseas duties. The list includes ranks and hometowns such as Billings Great Falls Kalispell Gl endive? Names shown include Arthur H Hellie Raymond S Brown Donald Pegg Edward McDonald Roscoe Giesey Frank Strong Leonard H Swanson Lloyd Duncan Joseph Kortum Baron Coffman Marion Dawson Daniel Aherns Paul Grant Tyko Kainu Lawrence Romeo Leonard Morris and James T. continuing to page 3 column 3.
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Gen
Edward McDonald, Jr
Great Falls
Roscoe R. Giesey
Kalipell
Wheaton
New York
Frank Strong
Moore
Shelby
Tacoma
Leonard H. Swanson
Philipsburg
Lloyd W. Duncan
Roberts
Joseph E. Kortum
Ekalaka
Baron L. Coffman
Billings
Marion K. Dawson
Laurel
Daniel A. Aherns
Missoula
Paul Grant
Poplar
Sheepshead Bay
James T
Seizure of Meat Plants Ordered by President Truman
President Truman formally orders government seizure and operation of 134 struck meat packing plants at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. The A F L Meat Cutters union orders members to return to work by Saturday for a temporary truce, with 55 000 striking workers affected in 430 locals. The CIO Packinghouse Workers consider resuming Friday. Anderson to run the plants under the act.
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Truman
Strikeridden
A. F. L. Meat Cutters Union
C. I. O. Packinghouse
Chicago
Anderson
Political Truce Declared in France Four-Month Pact
Paris Jan 24 The three major parties the Communist Socialist and Popular Republican Movement unite under interim President Felix Gouin to avoid polemics and pursue a moderate deflationary financial program for the new administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Felix Gouin
Popular Republican Movement
Police Fire Into Mob as Bombay Riots Continue
Riot clashes in Bombay leave 14 dead and about 500 wounded over two days. Police fire on demonstrators as rioters block roads burn barricades and attack vehicles. Troops may be called. textile workers strike protest shootings.
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Bombay
Lack of Equipment Blamed for Housing Shortage
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce reports a survey of over 1,100 cities finds lack of equipment and materials as the main cause of the housing shortage. It urges four steps including price adjustments, releasing Army barracks and POW camps for housing, freeing lumber and equipment from military control, and halting lumber exports.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
OPA
Army
Navy
U.S. Chamber
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Biblical Law Not in Court Jurisdiction
Milton James Malloy an airplane engineer challenged his wife's divorce suit arguing civil divorce violates Biblical law and contract obligation. Superior Judge Albert E. Paa nessa overruled the demurrer and stated individuals must face consequences in the hereafter.
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Los Angeles
Milton James Malloy
Albert E. Paonessa
Malloy
Plastic Glass Armor Built for Combat by Navy Scientists
The Navy announced plastic body armor made of laminated glass cloth, called Doron, is ready for combat use by Navy and Marine ground troops. Nylon flak suits, lighter and worn by aircrews over Japan, are in use. trials showed glass armor can blunt bullets, with demonstrations at Bethesda involving Lt. Comdrs Webster and Corey.
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Washington
Navy
Japan
Okinawa
Navy Ac
Hatfield
Naval Research Laboratory
Harold G. Bowen
Henry Ford
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Quartermaster Corps of the Army
Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Medical Center
Bethesda
Andrew Paul Webster
Washington, D. C
Edward Lyman Corey
Charlottesville
Corey
Restrictions on Indian voting split Hindu and Muslim voters
Dr. K. A. Hamied, Muslim leader of an Indian chemists’ mission in the United States, says the 1909 election rule barring cross religious voting must be abolished to achieve internal unity. He notes Hindus can elect Muslims and urges end to the divided voting system to advance India’s push for independence.
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New York
India
K. A. Hamied
Indian Legislative Council
Hamied
United States
Indian Chemical Manufacturers’ Association
Women Who Aided Nazis Released
Denver report notes two Japanese American sisters, Florence Otani and Billie Tanigosh i, convicted of treason for aiding German POWs to escape a detention camp, were released after 17 months of 22 month terms at Alderson federal prison. Wingren, the assistant U S district attorney who prosecuted them, said the pair stopped to see him as they headed to Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Aldercson
W. Wa
Ivor O. Wingren
United States District Attorney
Florence Otani
Billie Tanigoshi
Los Angeles
Monoxide Poison Causes Deaths of Teens in Car Garage
In Long Beach California autopsy surgeon Dr James L Robinson ruled carbon monoxide poisoning as the cause of death for Aubrey Wayne Matthews 17 and Shirley Johnson 15 The teenagers who had hoped to marry were found in Matthews mother s car in the family garage Wednesday afternoon
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Long Beach
Calif
James L. Robinson
Aubrey Wayne Matthews
Shirley Johnson
Matthews
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Edward Lee Dunn
Cincinnati
Ohio
Charles Fritz
Hazel
Hawaiian
War
Navy Departments
J. W. Davis
Associated Press
University of Chicago Laboratory
Martin Panis, Jr
Brack Curry
Hoover
Montana
Max
Pep Billings
Miles City Missoula
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
U. N. Commission
John A. Parris
U.S
Milton Kelly
Congress Party
Thomas A. Boynton
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