Truman Urges Public Pressure for Action on Legislation
President Truman called on Americans to demand congressional action to curb strikes and keep price controls and reconversion efforts on track. He warned delays could harm production, employment, and U.S. leadership, urging passage of his proposed fact finding boards and extended controls.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Boars
Mr. Truman
Congress
Sen
Lucas
D.-Ill
George
D.-Ga
Thomas
Utah
United States
Hess Secret Peace Efforts Revealed in Wartime Papers
Secret papers from 1940 41 show Rudolf Hess working to contact "reasonable Englishmen" to end the war. Dr Albrecht Haushofer noted Hess sent a letter via a Swiss official of the Red Cross to the Duke of Hamilton. A later peace feeler from English circles reached Haushofer before Hess flight.
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Mernberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Rudolf Hess
Fuehrer
Hitler
Hess
Albrecht Haushofer
England
Haushofer
Duke of Hamilton
International Red Cross
Gestapo
UNRRA Calls for Morgan Resignation in Germany
UNRRA announced it had requested the resignation of Lt Gen Sir Frederick E Morgan as chief of operations in Germany following a Frankfurt conference in which Morgan linked a Jewish organization to a large exodus from Poland. Morgan, in Hoechst, said he had not resigned. London officials led the decision, Washington HQ later clarified.
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Washington
UNRRA
Frederick E. Morgan
Germany
Frankfurt
Morgan
Poland
Hoechst
London
Humfrey Gale
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Herbert H. Lehman
California
Gale
Induction Dates Set for January Pre-Induction Examinations
Idaho selective service announces January pre-induction examinations and inductions. Boise hosts Jan 21-23, Pocatello Jan 15-17 at Fort Douglas Utah, north Idaho Jan 16 at Spokane. Total 342 men.
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Boise
Idaho
Selective Service
Pocatello
Fort Douglas
Utah
North Idaho
Spokane
War by Bacteria Seen as Likely Future Threat
A naval medical unit reports two years of secret experiments at the University of California show wartime use of man made epidemics as a likely future risk. The Navy notes knowledge on mass defense against a centuries old killer disease, withheld by name, and ties to joint US Britain Canada efforts in biological warfare research.
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Washington
Navy
Naval
University of California
United States
Britain
Canada
War Research Service
Japan
California
France Willing to Host European Peace Conference
France notified allies of willingness to host a 21 nation peace conference in Paris while seeking Washington London and Moscow to define the conference's sovereignty. A note to U S Ambassador Caffery said the principle of a peace treaty conference is accepted. France also accepted Moscow proposals on control of atomic energy with a formal note to be released tomorrow.
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Paris
France
Washington
London
Moscow
U.S
Jefferson Caffery
United States
Britain
Russia
Two-Headed Baby Girl Dies in England
A two-headed baby girl born to Mrs. Joseph Govro near Festus Missouri died after 50 hours of life in Birmingham England. Doctors planned a post mortem to study anatomy. the infant had two heads and necks two lungs two stomachs and two gullets but a single trunk. The mother, recovering, planned to join her husband in the United States as soon as possible.
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Birmingham
England
United States
Joseph Govro
Festus
St. Louis
Lindsay Park
Utah Reaches Age 50 with Statehood Anniversary
Utah marks 50 years since statehood with a public celebration at the Mormon tabernacle. President Truman and church leader George Albert Smith are slated to speak alongside Gov. Maw. Sen. Murdoch will read a presidential message at the event recalling the previous anniversary.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Grover Cleveland
Truman
Murdock
Tabernacle of
Tabernacle of the Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) Church
George Albert Smith
Herbert B. Maw
Pair Held in Man's Death in Nevada Beating Case
A Las Vegas inquiry opened into the death of W. Finley of Lewiston Idaho who died after a Christmas night beating. Sheriff Glen Jones said Alfred Sapp and Dorothy Muralogia are in custody connected with the assault following a chase through the desert toward Salt Lake City.
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Las Vegas
Nev
W. Finley
Lewiston
Idaho
Glen Jones
Jones
Alfred Sapp
Dorothy Muralogia
Salt Lake City
Dempsey Reports Missing Ring In Jewel Box
Los Angeles police are investigating Jack Dempsey who reported a sapphire ring with two square-cut diamonds missing from a jewel box. He cannot confirm the exact date missing beyond noting the last sighting was in November.
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Los Angeles
Jack Dempsey
Noy
Japanese Cabinet Faces Emergency Over Allied Purge
General Douglas MacArthur ordered a housecleaning of Japan's government with directives to purge war leaders and ultra nationalist groups. Premier Shidehara's cabinet convened an emergency session to plan compliance, excluding Shidehara Yoshida and Iwata. The move signals allied impatience and could bar many Diet members from future elections.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Shidehara
Kyodo
Kijuro Shidehara
Shigeru Yoshida
Chuzo Iwata
Progressive Party
Third Party May Rise in Idaho 1946 Election
James W. Johnson, president of the Independent Voters League, says tentative plans exist to form a third party for Idaho's 1946 election. He argues public trust in the two major parties is faltering and cites splits in both parties as opening for a Progressive ticket. Johnson notes retirements of D Worth Clark and Clarence A Bottolfsen and claims the organization is stronger than ever. He compares potential impact to Canada’s as a model for unseating "rascals."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett
James W. Johnson
Independent Voters League
Johnson
Idaho
D. Worth Clark
U. S
Clarence A. Bottolfsen
U. S. Senate
Idaho grain growers set meeting on freight rate talks
Growers from Southern Idaho were asked to meet at Pocatello tomorrow for a discussion of grain freight rates. A spokesman for the Eastern Idaho Grain Growers association said the meeting will focus on the Interstate Commerce Commission's proposed freight rate reductions for Idaho grain movement, with proposals from the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation to be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Idaho
Pocatello
Eastern Idaho Grain Growers’ Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Idaho
Idaho Farm Bureau Federation
Missing Persons Relatives Demand Bodies After Bloody Disorder
In Leon and Gallup reports relatives of missing individuals demand the bodies of victims. About 200 protesters march to the municipal palace, claiming secret burials beyond 28 confirmed dead. Troops fired on crowds. 154 wounded in hospitals. Red Cross treated over 300.
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Leon
Mexico
Thh
The
Red Cross
Educators to Assist Japan in Democratic Education Plan
Gen Douglas MacArthur invited thirty prominent American educators to Japan to help realign Japan's education system with democratic principles. The mission would form four committees to study curricula, psychology of re-education, administration reforms, and higher education facilities. Names include Dr. Ben Mark Cherrington and Dr. Wilson Martindale Compton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
War Department
United States
Ministry of Education
Ben Mark Cherrington
University of Denver
Wilson Martindale Compton
Washington State College
Pullman
Wash
Door Crushes Woman at Alameda Naval Station
A 56-year-old Alameda resident and civilian employee, Mrs. Edna Harding, died after accidentally pressing the close button on an electrically operated sliding door at Alameda naval air station. Navy officials say she was crushed when the door closed on her.
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San Francisco
Alameda Naval Air Station
Navy
Edna Harding
Alameda
Naval
VFW Names Bromley Welfare Officer in Twin Falls
William Bromley is appointed full time paid service officer to lead the VFW welfare program for returned veterans in the Magic Valley. His duties include surveying local employers and listing available jobs for veterans, who will then be referred to prospective employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
Veterans of Foreign Wars Today
William Bromley
VFW
Bromley
Magic Valley
Paris Wears Clogs Amid Leather Shortage
Paris visitors note clogs with thick wooden soles seen on streets as a sign of leather shortages from war. Mrs Mack highlights the contrast between fashion claims and reality, while Paris endures war damage and urban disarray reflected in shop displays and daily life.
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Paris
Mack
France
Police Chasing Gem Thief Across Country
Baltimore police report a cross country pursuit in a $50,000 New York jewel robbery after gems worth about $13,500 were recovered in Baltimore. A suspect believed aboard a Chicago to California train prompted Western and Salt Lake City police to join the search, with the jewelry traced to Mrs. Ruth Young of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
New York
Chicago
California
James Mackley
Washington
Salt Lake City
Frank Schmidt
Philip Cormack
Assessors Conference Names Officers and Committees
A. T. Livengood of Nez Perce county becomes president of the Idaho association of county assessors after automatic succession over C. H. Leek. J. N. Transtrum of Bear Lake elected secretary and set to become president in 1947. Committee chairs include Geo. A. Childs, Roy D. Leonardson, Khalil Kingsbury, E. W. Bowdish, Harrison Ison, Mrs. Ruby H. Garnet, Arthur T. Smith, John Igon, and Floyd Wilson with duties spanning live stock to sugar factories and notices.
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Boise
A. T. Livengood
Nez Perce
Idaho Association of County Assessors
Livengood
C. H. Leek
Camas
J. N. Transtrum
Bear Lake County
Geo. A. Childs
Twin Falls County
Roy D. Leonardson
Ada
Khalil Kingsbury Oneida
Crash Kills Student Publisher Near Reno
The body of William T. Dewart Jr. publisher of the New York Sun, who died after a small plane crash near Reno, will be transported to New York for services. Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery. His widow Mrs Catherine Ashbrook Dewart, remains in New York. The instructor Joseph M. Williams was injured. Dewart died from a skull fracture at Washoe General Hospital.
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Reno
William T. Dewart, Jr
New York Sun
New York City
William T. Dewart
The
Sun
Woodlawn
Catherine Ashbrook Dewart
New York
Dewart
Roy Bank Offer Ranch
Here
Joseph M. Williams
Washoe General Hospital
Jury Debating San Francisco Homicide Mental State Question
A 12-member jury in San Francisco continues deliberations on whether Annie Mansfeldt 45 killed nurse Vada Martin on October 4 in a sane act. Jurors worked late last night and resumed at 9 am. by 10 45 am no unanimity appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Annie Mansfeldt
Vada Martin
Truman Sets Home Goal At 5 Million
President Truman announces an emergency goal of 5,000,000 new homes and vows government aid if private enterprise cannot meet housing needs. He introduces Wilson W. Wyatt Jr. as housing expeditor and calls housing the most difficult postwar problem beside food and clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Wilson W. Wyatt, Jr
Wyatt
Louisville
Office of War Mobilization
Mr. Truman
Potato Price Up 30 Cents in Idaho
Idaho potato prices rose 20 to 30 cents per hundred after ceilings were lifted, as Ida ho OPA district price executive Lloyd Bell said delivered prices now run 2.85 to 2.95 per hundred. He noted the January 1945 ceiling was 2.64 and predicted ceilings would stay off potatoes at least until March 6. He added the rise mirrors the Chicago carrot market with U S No 1 Idaho potatoes at 3.50 to 3.75 per sack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Lloyd Bell
OPA
Bell
Chicago
U. S
Firemen Rescue Man After Apartment Fire Escape
Kansas City resident Joseph Mossel escaped a blaze in his apartment building and climbed to a tree after crossing to an adjoining porch. Firemen reached him and rescued him unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Joseph Mossel
Meat Cutters Urge Truman Call Conference on Packing Industry
The AFL Meat Cutters union asked President Truman to convene a conference to prevent a nationwide tie up of the meat packing industry before January 11 and 12. CIO United Packinghouse Workers planned a January 16 strike amid pay dispute negotiations with AFL members. Western Union cancelation of a 50 000 worker strike was announced as CIO local New York area walkouts proceed. A Washington Telephone Traffic Union sit down protest occurred over switchboard supervision and sweatshop concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union Today
Western Union
W. L. Allen
International
Washington
National War Labor Board
CIO Western
New York
Allen
WLBE
AFL
Truman
CIO United Packinghouse Workers
International Union
CIO
Chesapeake and Potomac Telesphone Company
Robert H. Davidson
Western Electric Company
Mary Cannon
Washington Telephone Traffic Union
Patterson Says Discharge Points Stopped Since V J Day
Secretary of War Patterson expressed surprise upon learning on Guam that overseas discharge points had stopped accumulating since V J Day. He noted ships limits in the Pacific and acknowledged a discrepancy with earlier plans for two year men to be released by March 20. He described a continuing shipping shortage affecting demobilization.
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Honolulu
Army
Stars and Stripes
Patterson
Guam
Tokyo
War Department
George C. Marshall
Pacific
el ‘Tan
Navy
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