Kimmel Recounts Pearl Harbor Warning Gaps Before Senate Panel
Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel told a Senate committee he was misled by a prewar warning and believed officials thought no attack on Pearl Harbor was imminent. He said Washington withheld intercepts that would have prompted alert and possible ambush of the Japanese strike.
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Washington
BE. Kimmel
Navy Department
Pearl Harbor
Senate
House
Kimmel
Seth Richardson
Owen J. Roberts
Roberts
Roosevelt
Ferguson
Mich
Grace Tully
White House
Japan
Hawaii
Stores Close Doors for 3-day Period
Buenos Aires reports a 72 hour lockout by Argentine businessmen protesting the military regime. Government moves to assure supply by warrants under wartime law while a San Luis arrest tests authorities. Business leaders deny law violations and vow to honor wages during the closure.
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Buenos Aires
Ministry of Industry and Commerce
San Luis
Chamber of Commerce
Ministry of Industry
Woman Held in Torso Slaying in New York
Saratoga County grand jury expected to report before Friday on a first degree murder charge against Mrs. Sonja Leggett 56 for the torso slaying of 20 year old Louise De Chants. The victim's nude torso was found at the Leggett farm near Lake Lonely. Leggett pleaded innocent saying De Chants died after an altercation during which she struck the girl who fell and hit her head on a dresser following alleged abortion instructions.
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Saratoga Island
N. Y
Saratoga County
Sonja Leggett
Louise de Chants
Saratoga Springs
Leggett
Lake Lonely
Anthony J. la Belle
John F. Boyle
Boyle
Sailors Die After Car Strikes Them Near Sunset Utah
Two sailors, William Ballard Saul aged 20 from Aster Florida and Harold Bell Wright aged 19 from Berkeley, died after a car driven by Clovis Jordan of Brigham struck them as they walked along a highway near Sunset. They died later at the naval dispensary in Clearfield.
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Clearfield
Utah
Naval Supply Depot
Sunset
Clovis Jordan
Brigham
William Ballard Saul
Aster
Fla
Harold Bell Wright
Berkeley
Congress Eyes Swift Action on Fact-Finding Labor Plan
Congress resumes after a strike surge with two senators predicting rapid action on Truman's fact finding proposal. Hearings begin led by William H. Davis. boards could subpoena corporate books and unions face 30 day strike ban during fact finding. Other lawmakers push Wagner act revision and union registration under federal supervision.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Mr. Truman
General Motors and Steel
Eastland
Miss
O'Daniel
Texas
Senate
Labor Committee
House
Bailey
N.C
Byrd
Hoffman
Mich
H Vege
Clare Booth Luce
Conn
Greyhound Drivers Reject Contract
Portland dispatch reports Overland Greyhound wage offer rejected by drivers idle since Oct 1. Business agent Harold Oathes says vote across Boise Portland Spokane and other terminals was almost unanimous. Proposal cited 5.4 cents a mile versus prewar 4.75 with wartime speed changes.
Bill May Change Reclamation Setup
Washington hearing plans on a bill to set a 50 year repayment period for reclamation works. Introduced by Representative Robinson of Utah, the measure would require hydro power rates from reclamation facilities to cover plant costs within fifty years. Chairman Murdock of the reclamation committee backs the move and will hold hearings January 24.
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Washington
Robinson
Utah
Reclamation Bureau
Murdock
Ariz
House Reclamation-Irrigation Committee
Bureau
Beet Growers May Meet Higher Quota
Agriculture department officials express confidence the 1946 sugar program will boost beet sugar output. They expect a national 1,025,000 acre goal to be reached with more favorable price support and labor prospects. Guaranteed returns include $13.50 per ton, plus subsidies, under sugar act provisions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Gas Escapes Ignite Rig in Vernal Utah Fire Damages Rig
Gas from an oil well blew out an electric light causing a fire on the No AP729 rig in the Rangely field east of Vernal. Damage is listed at 150000 dollars and three drillers were injured but in good condition at Uintah Basin hospital. Binkerhoff Drilling officials say a new rig will be built and drilling will resume soon. The gas pocket was found about 400 feet above the oil level during shale drilling.
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Vernal
Utah
Texas Company
Rangely
Here
Uintah Basin
Binkerhoff Drilling Company
Official resigns from Idaho Potato and Union Shippers post
L. E. Brittingham, secretary of the Idaho Potato and Union Shippers association, resigns citing housing difficulties in Idaho Falls. He succeeded A. T. Brandt last fall and plans to return to Los Angeles to work with a shipping firm. no successor is named.
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Idaho Falls
L. E. Brittingham
Idaho Potato and Union Shippers Association
Brittingham
A. T. Brandt
Minnesota
Brandt
Los Angeles
Idaho chemurgic committee to review research program
Idaho chemurgic committee and the state Chamber of Commerce will review Thursday a research program to determine uses for the state's agricultural products. The program is financed by a $100,000 appropriation from the 1945 Idaho legislature for the research group.
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Boise
Idaho Chemurgic Committee
State Chamber of Commerce
Idaho
Balloon Bomb Reaches U S In 138 Days
Tokyo reports Japan began wind borne balloon bomb experiments as early as 1933. Balloons launched from homeland sites crossed the Pacific in 1.38 days in January 1945, with slower trips up to 3.09 days. About 10 percent of 9,000 launched completed the voyage, many landing in Pacific Northwest with little damage.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Allied
Pacific
Trans- Pacific
Pacific Northwest
Farmer Jones Dies by Poisoning in Bannock County
Bannock county farmer Jones, 58, died at his Fort Hall area home after drinking strychnine. Deputy sheriffs said the self administered dose ended his life at 4 pm. the coroner declined an inquest as evidence indicated suicide amid a family separation.
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Evens
Jones
Una Jones
Craynor
Pocatello
Mr. Jones
Dunn
Truman taps non-Missourian for FDIC chair Hart
The Springfield Leader-Press recalls President Truman’s choice of Ma ple T. Hart of Denver as chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The paper highlighted the appointment as a move to a non-Missourian in a Missouri city context.
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Springfield
Truman
Maple T. Hart
Denver
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Idaho Mines Safer Says State Inspector
Idaho state mine inspector Arthur Campbell reported eight fatal accidents in 1945, among the safest years on record. He noted 1944 had four fatalities, with 1943 and 1942 at 17 each, 1941 at 15, and 1940 at 22. He credited an intensive safety program with cooperation from Idaho mines and the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
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Boise
Idaho
Arthur Campbell
Campbell
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Blast Traps 65 Men In Coal Mine
A mine blast near Welch West Virginia traps about 65 workers underground. A Bureau of Mines official says more than 200 miners have escaped, five dead, and 15 injured. Authorities say the Havaco mine of New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company is affected.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Welch
W. Va
David Harrington
Harrington
Health and Safety Division
Bureau
New River and Pocahontas
New River
Pocahontas
Woman reports attic fire. responders find only a water-quenched blaze
A Salt Lake City neighborhood alarm described a roaring inferno and summoned the Salt Lake County Fire Department. Fire crews arrived to discover the blaze in Mrs. J Raymond Spencer’s attic had been quenched with a pail of water after a neighbor alerted authorities.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
J. Raymond Spencer
Shortage Forces Admiral Barbey to Borrow Garb
Vice Admiral Daniel E. Barbey returning from Korea found civilian clothes scarce in Portland. He wore a suit borrowed from a relative and a shirt sewn by a Chinese tailor from old bed sheets as he shopped for civvies.
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Portland
Daniel E. Barbey
Idaho Expects a Gold Rush By Returning War Vets
Boise reports that Idaho plans a mining rush as returning veterans explore claims. State Mine Inspector Arthur Campbell releases a miners chart with guidance on lode and placer mining, stream prospecting, and mineral indicators. He notes a 1946 to 1947 timing window for assessment work and urges caution during a pending moratorium lift.
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Idaho
Boise
Arthur Campbell
Campbell
Mullan
Police seize two in Degnan case in Chicago
Police arrested a woman who left a car for ignition repairs on January 7 the day of Suzanne Degnan’s kidnapping and a male friend for questioning. Bloodlike stains, a cleaned blanket and an oily paper linked to a ransom note were found in the convertible. Detectives traced the scene to a Glenview resident and sought the man identified, with ties to a Thorndale Avenue sighting near the Degnan home.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Fullerton Avenue
Glenview
Walter Storms
Thorndale Avenue
Degnan
Doenitz testifies at Nuremberg on Athenia sinking role
An affidavit by Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz disputing British responsibility for the 1939 Athenia sinking was presented at Nuremberg. Prosecutors accuse Doenitz of planning aggressive war and ordering attacks on lifeboats. Testimony by Lt Commander Karl-Heinz Moehle bolsters the case against him as war crimes are argued.
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Doenitz
Athenia
Britain
Winston Churchill
Karl - Heinz Moehle
Vet Receives Help From Congress For Pfc Hirswa
Wallington New Jersey veterans groups plan to canvass residents with petitions for a new trial for Pfc Joseph E Hirswa who faces a death sentence in Japan after a knife slaying. Senator Hawkes offices said he asked the army provost marshal to grant a stay of execution and to help.
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Wallington
N. J
Joseph E. Hirswa
Japan
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign War
New Jersey
Albert W. Hawkes
Anthony Gajewski
Car crash kills Utah man near Wellington
Delfine Perula, 42, of Sunnydale, died when his car overturned near the Wellington west edge and pinned him beneath a partly opened door. Four other occupants escaped injury, state patrolman Lyle Hyatt and deputy Warren Peacock said.
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Price
Utah
Delfine Perula
Sunnydale
Wellington
Lyle
Plane Cuts Time Sets Constellation Record Flight
Pan American Airways officials announced a new commercial record for the Lockheed Constellation after a New York to Bermuda round trip of 1,340 miles in five hours 48 minutes. The same flight shortened New York to Kin dley field to two hours 22 minutes, one hour faster than prior records, with a return in three hours 26 minutes.
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New York
Pan American Airways
Bermuda
la Guardia Field
Kindley Field
Eisenhower Sets Demobilization Targets for 2 Year Men
General Eisenhower told congressmen the army will discharge all enlisted men with 45 points or 30 months service by April 30 and those with 40 points or two years by July 1. Volunteers are excluded. discharges based on last Sept. 2 points.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Congressional Library
Army Chief of Staff
Army
Deputy Arrest Over Whiskey Sale At North Main Tavern
Deputy Kenneth Dunn and a companion entered a tavern in the 300 block of North Main to buy a coke. After noticing whiskey sales to other patrons the deputy ordered another drink and the bartender poured it. The bartender, named C. B. Haggerd, was charged with illegal sale of whiskey and arraigned this morning with a court appearance set for Elkin Chandler's court this afternoon.
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C. B. Haggerd
Haggerd
Court of
Elkin Chandler
Snow melts but spring tease cools across towns
The sun largely melts snow and warms air to near springlike levels but highs reach 28 and lows drop to one below zero. Compared with last year highs ranged from 27 to 49 and lows from -1 to 31 in nearby towns. No precipitation reported. Sunset at 5 21 pm tomorrow sunrise 7 58 am forecast partly cloudy with little temperature change.
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Boise
Burley
Butte
Dubois
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake City
Nationwide strike braces for idle workers reach near one million
The CIO electrical strike and meat packers walkout expand to 200000 and 135000 members respectively as government negotiators resume efforts. About 57000 women and 25000 white collar workers join picket lines in a historic labor action affecting General Electric Westinghouse and General Motors. The stoppage nears a wartime scale with wage demands driving the activity.
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CIO
AFL Meat Cutters Union
CIO United Packing House
Albert J. Fitzgerald
CIO United Electrical Workers
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
Japs Kill 10 In Reprisal At Laguna Execution
Manila report details the execution of ten American prisoners including Sgt. Isaac Landy at a schoolyard in Lumbang Laguna as retaliation for a prisoner escape. Landy survived a first volley and rallied to shout Long live America before dying. Camp O’Donnell records show 27,169 Filipinos died there in 1942.
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Manila
Isaac Landy
Masaharu Homma
Landy
Lumbang
Laguna
Moses Paraiso
Guadencio Amonuevo
Yank
America
Camp O'Donnel
Army Cuts Rank in Demobilization Sharply Reduces Generals
Washington reports that more than half of the wartime army's 1550 generals will be demoted, retired, or relieved. The War Department orders cut general officer strength to 761 as demobilization proceeds, with 469 demotions and the rest to be relieved or retired. Names withheld for field later announcement. Approximately 500 generals remain to July 1 with 204 to be demoted as demobilization colonels and others reduced to peacetime tables.
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Washington
War Department
J Army
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