Sparkman Opens Debate On Hurley Affair Politics
Congress weighs Hurley departure and the push by Republicans to score political points. Sparkman urges leaving the issue to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, while Mundt pushes transparency. Marshall may appear as the Pearl Harbor inquiry resumes and Short’s Hawaii message timing is questioned. Labor probes follow last month’s stalled reconversion talks with proposed new fact finding boards and anti racketeering exemptions under review.
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Pearl Harbor
United Nations
Rep. Sparkman
Alabama
House
Hurley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rep
Mundt
South Dakota
Committee On UN- American Activities
Congress
George C. Marshall
Truman
China
Sen
Lucas
D-Ill
Walter C. Short
Short
Hawaii
Cox
D-Ga
International Agency Must Control Bomb Warns Bush
Dr. Vannevar Bush told the Senate Atomic Energy Committee it would be disastrous to outlaw the atomic bomb before a strong international control agency exists. He urged immediate national measures to regulate atomic energy and supported placing eventual control under the United Nations.
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Vannevar Bush
Congress
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Senate
Special Atomic Energy Committee
Bush
United States
United Nations Organization
Master highway plan meeting slated for December
Phoenix official announce a two day conference on December 13 at Chandler to promote a master highway plan. Herbert R Askins Phoenix Chamber of Commerce president urges all Arizona chambers to attend and unite behind this statewide highway effort.
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Chandler
Herbert R. Askins
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Arizona
San Marcos
Lewis E. Haas
Chambers of Commerce
State Highway Commission
Haas
Decision On Atomic Bomb Made By FDR
Dr Vannevar Bush testified before the Senate atomic energy committee that President Roosevelt decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan to destroy industries and kill civilians if needed. He warned future wars may involve even deadlier weapons and noted the need to end the war.
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Dec
Vannevar Bush
Roosevelt
Japan
Bush
Senate
Special Atomic Energy Committee
Gen Eichelberger Given 45 Day Leave From Japan Duty
Lt Gen Robert Eichelberger commander of the U S Eighth Army in Japan will arrive in Long Beach California by air Friday for a 45 day leave. He will go immediately to his home in Asheville North Carolina after the leave.
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Robert Eichelberger
U. S. Eighth Army
Japan
Long Beach
Calif
Eichelberger
Philippines
New Guinea
Asheville
N. C
Pan American Highway Nears End Across Mexico
Mexico's Pan American route will be mostly complete by next December with 187 miles remaining. The Laredo to Mexico City leg is 764 miles paved since 1936, and Mexico City to Suchiate covers 970 miles to Teotitlan Del Valle. A graded road will reach Tehuantepec early next year, with San Cristobal Las Casas graded by next December. final segment to Guatemala border awaits the next administration.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Manuel Avila Camacho
Communications Department
Laredo
Suchiate
Teotitlan del Valle
Oaxaca City
Tehuantepec
San Cristobal Las Casas
Guatemala
Belgium Stores Cut Price Of Gift Toys
Brussels December 3 reports that all stores in Belgium have agreed to slash toy prices by 30 percent for the first postwar Christmas after an appeal to the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
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Belgium
Brussels
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Marshall Testimony Flags Short Hawaii Reply Inadequate
Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles testified that Lt. Gen. Walter Short's Nov 28 1941 reply to Washington war warning was totally inadequate. He cited Marshall's Nov 27 1941 message as sufficient warning and said Short’s response suggested only sabotage prevention. Miles named Stimson Marshall and Gerow as officers who saw the reply.
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Washington
Sherman A. Miles
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Miles
Senate House
Pearl Harbor
George C. Marshall
Rep. Clark
D-Nc
Marshall
Short
Filey
Clark
Army
Stimson
Gen. Marshall
War Plans Division
Leonard T. Gerow
Navy
Cooper
D-Tenn
Senate-House
Hawaiian
Council To Hear Zoning Matter And Health Ordinance
The city council meets tonight at 8 p m with a public hearing on zoning Monterey and Ponderosa additions. The agenda includes a downtown street widening plan from Regional Plan Inc health and no smoking ordinances, and a reading of earlier proposals. Eddie Rickenbacker of Eastern Airlines will address a Civil Aeronautics Bureau application for a Tucson route.
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Regional Plan, Inc
Monterey
Ponderosa
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Bureau
Tucson
French Publisher Robert De Noel Killed in Paris
Paris police report Robert De Noel a leading French publisher facing trial for printing collaborationist and anti Semitic books was slain last night on a well lighted Paris street.
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Paris
Robert Denoel
Johnson Charged with First-Degree Murder in Fatal Shooting
Flanigan Love, 36, faces first degree murder charges after Joe Juarequi known as Joe Howdy died from a gunshot wound. Love, represented by Atty Harold C Wheeler, pleaded innocent and is held without bond after a gun battle with officers.
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Harold C. Wheeler
Flannagan Love
Joe Juarequi
J. Mercer Johnson
Flanigan Love
Joe Howdy
Love
Howdy
Barney Armstrong
Paul G. Denny
Carmen Romero
Press Freedom Sought for UNO Deliberations
The U S delegation at the United Nations pushes for an open door policy for press and radio in the new peace league. Advocates Adlai Stevenson and Wilder Foote say the preparatory commission's recommendations should guide UNO practice.
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R. H. Shackford
London
U.P
United States
United Nations Organization
New Peace League
Preparatory Commission
UNO Assembly
Adlai Stevenson
Wilder Foote
United Nations
UNO
Peggy Joyce Ends 19-Year Single Life Today
New York December 3 Peggy Hopkins Joyce plans to wed Anthony Easton a consulting engineer in a 430 p m ceremony in Justice Pecora's state supreme court chambers She hopes the match ends a 19 year spell without a husband Easton a former British instructor at Caltech lives in Beverly Hills and was recently divorced in Reno They met six months ago at a New York dinner party
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New York
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Miss Joyce
Anthony Easton
State Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
Easton
California Institute of Technology
Reno
Beverly Hills
Calif
Nazis Prepared To Use Gas In Czech Attack
The war crimes court heard that Hitler planned the attack on Czechoslovakia as early as 1938 with gas to be used and justified as reprisal. German propaganda experts mapped thirteen potential violations and alibis, including destroying embassies and killing nationals, while preparing to deny Polish incursions if needed. The British set to present their case against 20 Nazi leaders the next day, with alternating prosecutions to follow.
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U.P
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Neville Chamberlain
War Crimes Court
Hitler
Nazi
High Command
War Crimes Tribunal
Prague
Poland
Navy Charges Negligence To Ship's Skipper
Captain Charles B. McVay III faces court martial on charges of negligence and inefficiency linked to the sinking of the cruiser Indianapolis off the Philippines on July 30. About 880 of 1,196 crew members were lost. survivors were rescued five days later. The case covers alleged failure to order abandonment and to adopt a zigzag evasive course amid submarine risk. McVay, Annapolis graduate 1919, commanded Indianapolis from November 1944 after earning the Silver Star as executive officer on Cleveland.
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Donald J. Gonzales
Washington
U.P
Navy Today
Charles B. McVay, III
Indianapolis
MccVay
Philippines
McVay
Washington Navy Yard
Navy
Mee- Vay
Leyte
Guam
Annapolis
Cleveland
Kolomangara
Solomons
Dutra Leads Race In Brazilian Election
Scattered returns from nine Brazilian states show Sen. Eurico Dutra leading the presidential race with 5 141 votes in the capital tally. Gen. Eduardo Gomes follows with 2 85 Yedda Fiuza 932 and Rollin Telles 40. It is Brazil's first presidential election in 15 years.
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Brazil
Sen
Eurico Dutra
Dutra
Getulio Vargas
Eduardo Gomes
Yedda Fiuza
Rollin Telles
Zog Cast From Albanian Throne as Balkans Shift
Exiled Albanian King Zog faces possible overthrow as Enver Hoxha’s democratic front gains in yesterday’s election. Mihai of Romania remains a stubbornly independent monarch amid regional upheaval, while Greece’s king may still be recalled from exile.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
London
Albania
Enver Hoxha
Democratic Front
Zog
England
Balkan
Greece
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Romania
Miahi
Mihai
George
Ahmed Zogu
Fan S. Noli
Zogu
Hurley Leads Scope Decision for HUAC Inquiry
Rep. Karl Mundt says the House committee will limit its probe to Hurley’s charges or expand it if he names other state department figures. Hurley, ex envoy to China, accused career diplomats of aiding Chinese communists vs Chiang Kai-Shek and testifies before the Senate committee next. Mundt urges Hurley to name individuals and cite instances to justify the inquiry.
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James F. Donovan
Washington
U.P
House un-American Activities Committee
State Department
Patrick J. Hurley
Karl Mundt
S. D
Hurley
U. S. Foreign Service
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mundt
House Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Foreign Service
House
Gen
Old Dies Committee
CIO Charges Monopoly By GM Company
DETROIT December 3 The CIO United Automobile Workers union plans a conference of General Motors workers next Saturday to decide whether to accept President Truman's request to end the wage strike. UAW CIO president R J Thomas said the move follows the union strike strategy committee decision. Local unions must vote to end a strike under the union constitution.
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Detroit
CIO
United Automobile Workers’ Union
General Motors
Truman
R. J. Thomas
Uaw-Cio
Thomas
UAW Demands U.S. Probe of General Motors Monopoly
Detroit December 3. The CIO United Automobile Workers urged Attorney General Tom Clark to launch an antitrust investigation into General Motors. UAW president R. J. Thomas said GM’s own statement on resuming partial production to supply other carmakers shows monopoly power and asked for immediate action toward prosecution under U.S. antitrust laws.
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Allen
General Motors Corporation
United States
Truman Urges Fast Action On Labor Dispute Board
President Truman asked Congress to authorize a fact finding board system to settle national labor disputes and urged General Motors and United Steel workers to keep production and operations going. He proposed immediate creation of a three member board with subpoena power, report within 20 days, and nonbinding findings to inform public understanding. He pressed both sides to cooperate and return to work while seeking quick legislative action.
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U.P
Truman
Congress
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corp
General Motors
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United Steel Workers
CSO
Secretary of Labor
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