Hurley Accuses Acheson of Wrecking Iran Policy in Senate
Senator Hurley tells the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Undersecretary Dean Acheson sabotaged U S policy in Iran and interfered with Roosevelt era aims. He cites five foreign service officers and asserts broader state department opposition to his China and Iran policies. Byrnes launches personal review of Hurley disclosures as hearings expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James FE. Roper
Washington
U.P
Patrick J. Hurley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Acheson
U. S
Iran
China
State Department
Hurley
Senate Committee
Foreign Service
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Roosevelt
Connally
Truman
Sen
Kenneths. Wherry
Nebr
James F. Byrnes
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chungking
George A. Acheson, Jr
John S. Service
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Byrnes
Department
Arthur R. Ringwall
Fulton Freeman
John Davies
Moscow
Great Britain
GM Union Reopen Parley On Wages
Union and General Motors officials resumed talks to end a 16 day walkout with no strings attached and all issues on the table including a 30 percent wage increase demand. Congress moved to consider Truman cooling off machinery as a possible settlement aid and a bill to forbid strikes during fact finding.
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United Press
CIO Auto Workers
General Motors
Congress
Truman
House Labor
Pittsburgh
British Hail American Loan Of 4 Billsions Deal
London reports a US loan of 4.4 billion dollars to Britain pending approval by Congress and Parliament. The loan runs 50 years from 1946 with no interest for five years and 2 percent thereafter, about 88 million dollars in the first interest year. The agreement followed 12 weeks of talks in Washington and drew praise from both Conservative and Labor press. The loan includes 650 thousand dollars from the total amount for unspecified purposes.
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Barton D. Pattie
London
United States
Britain
Congress
Washington
State Department
Daily
Sketch
Daily Herald
Navy Asks If May Tried To Abandon Ship
Survivor testimony states Captain Charles B. McVay III ordered officers and crew to abandon the cruiser Indianapolis as it sank. Coxswain Edward H. Keyes of Antigo Wisconsin testified that the captain hollered from the bridge giving the abandon ship order to crew on the port side.
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Navy
May
Washington
Charles B. McVay
Indianapolis
Edward H. Keyes
Antigo
Wis
Court-Martial Opens Over Indianapolis Sinking Orders
Navy court weighs if Capt. Charles B. McVay III failed to issue timely abandon ship orders as Indianapolis sank July 30 in the Philippine Sea with 880 lost. Witnesses cite disrupted comms from explosions. zigzag discipline left to McVay. 800 of 1196 crew survived initially. Survivors to testify include Edward H. Keyes and Cecil M. Harrison.
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Washington
U.P
Navy
Indianapolis
Charles B. McVay
Philippine Sea
McVay
Guam
Leyte
John Woolston
Seattle
Lewis L. Haynes
Manistee
Mich
Edward H. Keyes
Antigo
Wis
Cecil M. Harrison
Long Beach
Calif
Two Men Killed Three Hurt In Train Wreck
Two men were killed and three injured last night in an accident on the Union Pacific railroad at Thayer junction east of Rock Springs Wyoming.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Union Pacific
Thayer Junction
Rick Springs
Second Doctor Is Appointed For Hospital
The Pima County Hospital will gain an additional physician to improve patient care. Board chair R H Marti told Thelma McQuade and J Forrest Ingle, both League of Women Voters members attending as private citizens, that staffing issues limited hospital capacity. See HOSPITAL on Page 9.
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Board of Supervisors
Pima County Hospital
R. H. Marti
Thelma McQuade
J. Forrest Ingle
League of Women Voters
League
Wage Increase Order Revised By U S Official
Washington December 6 The administration may reopen wage disputes by raising the cost of living estimate to about 33 percent from 29.5 or 30 percent Collet said that firms using higher living cost figures could seek price hikes Truman earlier set wage price policy focuses on cost of living increases OPA ceilings may or may not rise GM and the CIO auto workers resume talks today after a pause GM previously offered an average 10 percent wage increase to employees and union demands remain at 30 percent
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Ward
Washington
John C. Collet
Collet
Truman
Mr. Truman
OPA
General Motors Corp
Ciio Auto Workers
Army Board Confirms Filthy Landsberg UNRRA Camp
A military commission led by Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith found Jewish displaced persons housed in filthy unsanitary conditions at the Landsberg UNRRA camp in Germany. Smith denounced the camp as atrocious and demanded accountability from UNRRA officials, telling the camp commander to be ashamed.
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Landsberg
Germany
UPR
UNRRA
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S. Occupation Army
Glasgow
Smith
Patrol Bomber Crashes During Rescue Mission
A Navy patrol bomber carrying about 12 men crashed into the Atlantic during a rescue search for five missing torpedo bombers from Ft Lauderdale. The wreckage was seen as flames rose 100 feet high near Daytona Beach. A widespread search involving many aircraft and ships was launched, the largest air sea rescue by U S stations in the area.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Navy
Atlantic
Mariner
Banana River Naval Air Station
Ponée de Leon Inlet
Daytona Beach
Coast Guard
Naval Air Station
Ft. Lauderdale
Continental United States
Solomons
Jacksonville
Ralph E. Davison
Naval Aviation
Gaines Mills
Naval Air
Utility Rebate Ordered Paid From U S Tax
Arizona corporation commission orders rebates totaling 475000 drawn from federal excess profits taxes for 1945 to Tucson Gas Electric Light & Power Company customers in Tucson and Nogales. Domestic Tucson users receive 407880 in December credits split across January and February bills. A separate 57000 rebate goes to the city of Tucson and 10000 to Nogales for wholesale gas and current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Corporation Commission
Uncle Sam
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power
Tucson
Nogales
George R. Darnell
U. S. District Court
Commission
Phoenix
J. O. Neimann
W. R. Mathews
War alert in Hawaii in June 1940 disclosed by records
Documents reveal the Army ordered a complete defensive alert in Hawaii in June 1940 fearing a Japanese raid timed with a Japan Russia agreement. Admiral Richardson testified the reason was never explained to him and the alert lasted about two months amid public curiosity and a few weddings hastened.
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Washington
U.P
Hawaii
Japan
Russia
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Adm
J. O. Richardson
Navy
C. D. Herron
Hawaiian Department
War Department
trans-Pacific
Far East
Oahu
Marshall cites Hawaii defense gaps before Pearl Harbor attack
Gen. George C. Marshall testified that Hawaii lacked enough planes and was greatly outnumbered during the December 7 1941 Japanese raid. He argued alert defense could have disrupted the attack, and recalled orders in 1940 41 to heighten war readiness and accelerate fighter and bomber deliveries.
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John L. Cutter
Washington
U.S
George C. Marshall
Hawaii
Army
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Marshall
William D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Navy
Curtiss- Wright Corp
Buffalo
N. Y
San Diego
Philippines
Panama
Britain
Conservatives' Attack In England Doomed To Fail
AP World Traveler Dewitt Mackenzie reports on sweeping changes in Britain as the new Labour government clashes with Conservatives led by Churchill in parliament. The columnist notes class dissolving traditions, shrinking landed gentry, and shifting incomes amid the political struggle.
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England
Dewitt MacKenzie
London
British Empire
House of Commons
Labor
Churchill
U S Loses Point In UNO Nomination Rule
London December 6 The United States failed 37 to 3 in its bid to form a small committee to nominate UNO officials. Only Brazil and Canada supported the proposal, as Russia and smaller powers denounced it as undemocratic. The ruling leaves nominations to the UNO general assembly.
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London
U.P
United States
United Nations Organization General Assembly
Brazil
Canada
UNO Preparatory Commission
Russia
UNO General Assembly
Secret Roosevelt memo on Marshall plan to aid Britain
Washington dispatch reports that a Roosevelt Marshall memorandum from 1941 urged preparing air and naval task forces for bases in the British Isles and Ireland to encircle Germany. The note, read by the Pearl Harbor investigating committee, warned against shrinking the U.S. Army even as materiel would be sent to Britain and Russia.
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Washington
Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
Britain
Gerhard Gesell
Joint
Senate-House
Pearl Harbor
Marshall
British Isles
Ireland
Germany
United States Army
Great Britain
Russia
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Acheson
George Acheson
Tilave
Army Board
Florida
Gen. Marshall
Herron
Honolulu
George W. Strong
Strong
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