Britain Joins Session Opening In Moscow December 15
Washington reports that the United States Britain and Russia will hold a three power meeting in Moscow on December 15 to discuss international controls on atomic energy. The move aligns with President Truman's plan to broaden atom discussions and reduce the threat of atomic warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
United States
Russia
Britain
Moscow
London
State Department
James Byrnes
Truman
Congress
Canada
UNO
U. S
United Nations
United Nations Organization
U.S
Sen
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
Great Britain
Mr. Truman
Council of Foreign Ministers
France
China
Secret Jap Code Cracking Supposedly Touched Cocktail Bars
Washington reports that word of the Japanese code breakthrough circulated as vague gossip in cocktail bars both in Washington and Tokyo. Army officers spoke freely, a code cracker tried to sell the info, and fliers hinted at the breakthrough. General Marshall warned congress of leaks amid a widening staff of code crackers and worries about publicity during the campaign.
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Washington
U. S
Tokyo
Pacific
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Pearl Harbor
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Army
Adm
Yamamoto
Australia asks UN to locate headquarters in United States
In a London briefing the Australian spokesman Col Hodgson urged the United Nations to set its headquarters in the United States especially San Francisco. He accused proponents of a European site of repeating 1919 arguments and said locating in big powers implies bad faith.
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London
U.P
Australia
United Nations
United States
San Francisco
Preparatory Commission
W. R. Hodgson
Mayor Signs Deed Selling Haworth Home
The deed to the Haworth homestead at 906 North Fourth Avenue was signed by Mayor Henry O. Jaastad and transferred to Tucson Title Insurance for Harry Behn and Robert B. Williams. The move ends city control, leaving the new owners with Mrs Haworth’s residence, while the 30 year occupant faces an uncertain future with no family or friends to turn to.
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Mary V. Haworth
Henry O. Jaastad
Tucson Title Insurance Company
Lawrence V. Robertson
Harry Behn
Robert B. Williams
Newest Plane Attempts To Break Record
The Army's twin engined Douglas XB-42 with tail propellers took off at 10 22 a m PST for Washington to set a transcontinental record of 2290 miles in under six hours Pilots aim for speeds over 400 miles an hour in military and commercial versions and the plane seats 48 passengers
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Long Beach
Calif
U.P
Army
Washington
Fifteen Soldiers Die In Billings Air Crash
A west bound C-47 carrying 23 men including fifteen soldiers and two Northwest pilots crashed in a snow storm one mile west of Billings. Eight injured were hospitalized, two pilots died later, and 13 survived. next of kin not yet notified. Names withheld pending notices.
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Billings
Mont
Northwest Airlines
Union Rivalry Strangles Mexican Rail Movements
Irregular train movements persist amid a jurisdictional clash between the Union of Railroad Workers and the Brotherhood of Trainmen and Boilermakers. President Avila Camacho and his cabinet study options as troops guard stations after deadly clashes in Monterrey. rail workers halt departures at Irapuato Querétaro and Tampico and stage a two hour pause in Puebla.
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Mexico City
Manuel Avila Camacho
Monterrey
Irapuato
Queretaro
Tampico
Puebla
Brotherhood of
Auto Workers Turn Down Company Wage Offer
In Detroit on December 8 CIO union leaders representing about 175,000 striking workers rejected General Motors proposed 10 percent wage increase, intensifying the ongoing wage dispute between the CIO automobile workers and the company.
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Detroit
U.P
CIO Automobile Workers Union
General Motors Corporation
Detroit Unions Reject White House Call in GM Strike
United Press reports Detroit delegates representing 175000 GM workers are set to reject the president's appeal to end the strike while Windsor Ontario hosts a peace proposal to Ford of Canada. The UAW aims to lead a new labor party and the walkout has idled 225000 workers across GM plants. Antitrust probe into GM confirmed as talks stall over wages amid arbitration plans.
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United Press
CIO Auto
Detroit
General Motors
Windsor
Ont
Ford
Canada
White House
Labor
U. S
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Dominion Labor
UAW
Atty
Tom C. Clark
General Motors Corporation
Favor Labor Party
Flint
Mich
Congress
Wainwright Plans Tucson Stop on Eastward Journey
Gen Jonathan M Wainwright visits Tucson en route to New York after arriving in Phoenix from Los Angeles. He tours Arizona via plane over Ft Thomas and Graham mountains and stays with Col Frank Keller at 112 Calle El Centro. He travels with Col Holman and his daughter, leaves state Tuesday for Deming New Mexico.
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Jonathan M. Wainwright
United Press
Phoenix
Tucson
Bataan
New York
Governor's Island
Col
O. S. Holman
Gen. Wainwright
Frank Keller
Calle el Centro
Deming
N. M
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Holman
Arizona
Williamsfield
Ft. Thomas
Graham County
Graham Mountains
Robert Wainwright
Wainwright
Sidney P. Osborn
Roy Wayland
Westward Ho Hotel
Los Angeles
Yuma
Col. Keller
Army
GOP Confident Of Victory In 1946 Congress
The Republican national committee closed a two day session confident they will win a GOP majority in the 1946 congressional elections with House leader Joseph W Martin Jr guiding an interim platform. Brownell touted a balanced budget and pay as you go policy while Kemper hinted at repealing Hatch Act fundraising limits to improve unity.
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Dean W. Dittmer
Chicago
U.P
Republican National Committee
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Martin
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Green
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
National Committee
Congress
James S. Kemper
Kemper
Senators balk at full probe of State Department
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee signaled it will likely reject calls for a full congressional investigation of the State Department. Chairman Connally and Republican members pressed for internal reform, while Byrnes defended records and urged behind closed doors review.
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State Department
James E. Roper
Washington
U.P
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Committee
Tom Connally
Tex
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
China
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Sen. Styles Bridges
N. H
Bridges
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Flares Seen In Hunt For Lost Navy Fliers
The Navy reported flares and a large fire in the marshlands between Melbourne and Orlando shortly after 2 a.m. as search crews rush to find survivors among 27 missing naval airmen. Green flares were spotted around 2:50 a.m. about 150 miles northeast of Great Abaco island in the Bahamas as coast guard cutters join the air-sea search.
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Miami
Fla
Navy
Melbourne
Orlando
Great Abago Island
Bahamas
Coast Guard
Japanese Sub Commander Testifies in McVay Court Case
Tokyo dispatch reports Commander Ike Hashimoto, captain of submarine I S 58, flew to Washington to testify in the court martial of Captain Charles B McVay, skipper of the cruiser Indianapolis sunk by Hashimoto's sub. American authorities requested the witness.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Ike Hashimoto
I. S. 58
Washington
Charles B. McVay
Indianapolis
Hashimoto
Egg on London desk puzzles AP traveler Mackenzie
AP World Traveler DeWitt Mackenzie reports finding a hen egg on his London hotel room pen tray with a Canada stamp. He investigates with help from Mrs Mac and learns about a police constable and his wife in a small apartment earning about thirty dollars weekly, living through bombing in a concrete dugout.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
London
Canada
China Village Shelled After 2 Marines Die
NBC in Shanghai reports American troops shelled a north China village near Anshan after a Marine was killed and another wounded in an attack on rabbit-hunting marines. Major General Keller Rockey ordered the shelling after suspects refused surrender. two Marines from the 29th Marine Regiment were casualties.
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New York
U.P
Shanghai
North China
Anshan
U. S
Keller E. Rockey
China
Rockey
Shanhaikwan
Albert C. Wedemeyer
29Th Marine Regiment
French Invite Break With Franco Regime
Paris reports France has sent a diplomatic note to the United States Britain and Russia asking their stance on breaking relations with Franco Spain The note notes not a direct break but requests current relations status and attitude toward rupture The move follows debates among France’s main parties over recognizing the Spanish Republic in exile in Mexico led by Jose Giral Pereira
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Paris
French Constituent Assembly
France
United States
Britain
Russia
Spain
Georges Bidault
Assembly
Foreign Affairs Commission
Generalissimo Franco
Gen. de Gaulle
Mexico
Jose Giral Pereira
Man Dies After Eating Incident At Cafe
In Los Angeles Paul Carl Hanson, 49, collapsed and died after a cafe bartender forced his fingers down Hanson’s throat to remove swallowed false teeth he had dislodged while eating steak. Hanson had thanked the bartender before collapsing at the door.
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Los Angeles
Paul Carl Hanson
Hanson
General Heard For Third Day By Probers
Gen George C Marshall testifies that intercepted talks between Roosevelt and Churchill may have influenced his decision not to phone a Pearl Harbor warning on December 7 1941. He recalls Roosevelt often spoke with Churchill by telephone and that Germans intercepted their conversations.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Pearl Harbor
Army
Mr. Churchill
Marshall on Pearl Harbor risks and Pacific defense plans in 1941
Former Army Chief of Staff Marshall testified before the Pearl Harbor inquiry that a Japanese strike on Panama or Seattle air plants seemed possible in 1941. He argued Hawaii could have been warned to avert disaster and that a concentration of 100 four engine bombers in the Philippines might have deterred Japan.
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John L. Cutter
Washington
U.P
George C. Marshall
Panama
Seattle
San Diego
Pearl Harbor
Army
Congress
Wake
Guam
Central Pacific
Hawaiian
Marshall
Bertrand W. Gearhart
Calif
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Short
Philippines
Japan
Pacific
Adm
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
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