Byrnes Leaves for Moscow to Seek Big Three Peace Talks
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes flies from Washington to Moscow to press for a World War II peace conference and an atomic bomb controls agreement. The travel route includes Bermuda Azores Paris and Berlin with stops before meetings in Moscow with Bevin and Molotov. Byrnes insists a general peace conference should include all nations vital to enforcing the peace.
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Washington
U.P
James F. Byrnes
Moscow
Europe
Byrnes
Washington National
Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Dean Acheson
James C. Dunn
Bermuda
Azores
Paris
Berlin
Ernest Bevin
V. M. Molotov
United States
Foreign Ministers Council
London
Balkan
France
China
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Big Five
United Nations
Forty Dachau guards Guilty in Postwar Trial Verdict
Forty Nazi defendants at the Dachau atrocity trial were found guilty of war crimes by an American military government court after a two hour 18 minute deliberation. The eight man tribunal led by Brig. Gen. John M. Lentz announced a blanket conviction with sentences to be announced later. The case highlighted cruel mistreatment and inhumane experiments that killed thousands, including Dr Klaus Karl Schilling whose malaria studies killed 1100 to 3000 inmates.
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Dachau
John M. Lentz
Klaus Karl Schilling
Life Term Given in Slaying Case
Jose Jauregui, 50, was fatally shot in a November incident. Love, a 32-year-old Southern Pacific worker, switched his plea to guilty of first degree murder to avoid the death penalty and received life imprisonment. Judge John P D Lyons Jr presided.
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Flanigan Love
Jose Jauregui
John PD. Lyons, Jr
Love
Lyons
Jauréqui
Jaurequi
Sieh Returns To Duty In Welfare Post
A. B. Sieh resumes duty as secretary of the Pima County welfare board after three years and two months of military leave. He recalls serving as an aerial photographer with the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces in Europe, earning a Presidential citation ribbon and six battle stars. He mentions experiences in London during the blitz and rocket bombardments and says he is glad to be back in Tucson.
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A. B. Sieh
Pima County Welfare Board
Sieh
England
Eighth Air Force
Normandy
Germany
Lieb
Ninth Air Force
Belgium
France
Holland
London
Tucson
Carry Tire Chains Advisories For North State Travel
Phoenix December 12 The state highway patrol urged motorists heading to northern and east central Arizona to carry tire chains due to snow. All roads remain open but additional snow is expected and drifts reach eight inches in places.
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Phoenix
State Highway Patrol
Arizona
Arizona's share of hospital plan set at 445000 yearly
Washington reports that Arizona would receive 445000 dollars annually from the federal hospital construction bill. Utah would gain 336000, Idaho 317000, and Nevada 35000, with each state matching funds by its per capita income. The program totals 75000000 dollars yearly for five years.
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Washington
Arizona
Utah
Idaho
Nevada
United States
Marshall Admits Responsibility for Pearl Harbor Failure
Gen George C Marshall testified before the Pearl Harbor investigating committee that he accepted responsibility for the Army high command failing to foresee Hawaii’s unpreparedness before Dec 7 1941. He sparred with Rep Frank B Keefe during six days of questioning in Washington.
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Washington
U.P
George C. Marshall
Army High Command
Frank B. Keefe
Marshall
U S Targets Black Market in Textiles and Clothing
The United States treasury justice and OPA act to curb a vast textile black market blamed for clothing shortages. A federal grand jury was impaneled to hear evidence against alleged illegal operators in an $11 billion a year textile industry. Attorney General Tom Clark warned violations have risen up to 200 percent since V E Day and that the public bears some blame for the boom. The panel will review findings by U S Attorney John F X McGahey and a special investigative staff.
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New York
U.P
U. S. Treasury
Department of Justice
Office of Price Administration
Tom Clark
U. S
John F. X. McGahey
the Treasury
OPA
Patton Maintains Condition After Restless Night
Gen George S Patton remains gravely ill with a broken neck and partial paralysis after an automobile crash. Army and civilian bulletins report no improvement in paralysis and steady vital signs as Mrs Patton reaches his bedside and hopes rise with a improving respiration rate.
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Heidelberg
U.P
George S. Patton
Patton
Army Prepares For Return Of City Airport
The Municipal airfield seven miles south of Tucson near the Nogales highway will be returned to the city after a three year wartime service. City Manager Phil J. Martin Jr learned from Rep Richard Harless that Congress orders will authorize temporary city use, a first step toward full restoration. The Army and city will share use until the end of World War II, after which the field will fully revert to Tucson.
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Tucson
Nogales Highway
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Richard Harless
Army
Consolidated Aircraft Corp
Municipal Field
Superfort Dreamboat Sets New West-East Transcontinental Record
Col. C. S. Levine and the Dreamboat crew shattered the west-east nonstop record by over an hour, finishing at Floyd Bennett Field after departing Burbank. They previously set Seattle to Burbank and Hartford to Seattle records, with another Guam to Washington flight on the same aircraft.
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Col. C. S. Levine
Levine
Burbank
Calif
Floyd Bennett Field
National Aeronautical Association
Clair Peterson
Peterson
Seattle
Hartford
Conn
Guam
Washington
Truman Moves to Prioritize Building Materials for Housing
President Truman orders housing materials placed under priority rules and aims to aid veterans needing homes. He also appoints Wilson W. Wyatt as special housing expediter. A White House clarification says price ceilings require legislation, while priorities under war powers act proceed without new law.
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Washington
Truman
Wilson W. Wyatt
Louisville
Office of War Mobilization
White House
John W. Snyder
Realty Board Head Backs Price Control
Jesse W. Taylor, president of the local real estate board, endorsed price controls for real estate as urged by the President. He said controls are late but necessary, noting Tucson prices have been out of line for years and that he speaks against his own business interests, citing conscience.
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Jesse W. Taylor
Tucson
Boys Require Father's Care Judge Says at Rotary Talk
Superior Court Judge Eva De Concini told Rotary Club that more juvenile delinquency stems from fathers leaving home than mothers. She linked delinquency to weak parental influence and lack of religious leadership, citing four boys who shattered church windows on Ft Lowell Road and confessed.
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Superior Court
de Concini
Rotary Club
Pioneer Hotel
Richard Dawson
Latter Day Saints
Ft. Lowell Road
Santa Cruz Valley Growers Organized in Arizona
The Santa Cruz Valley Growers, a $250 000 corporation, is formed with James C Grant as president and treasurer Stuart Nicholas as vice president and Lawrence V Robertson as secretary. The firm will grow vegetables to meet demand across the United States and Canada and will operate lands north and south of Tucson. R J Stone & Company Ltd will be exclusive vegetable distributors in Tucson.
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Santa Cruz Valley
Tucson
R. J. Stone & Company, Ltd
Stone & Co
Rise In British Divorce Cases Is Studied Further
DEWITT MAC KENZIE reports London on December 12 about rising English divorces. The piece notes many petitions come from soldiers overseas and cites faults on both sides. It discusses how misconduct rules affect case outcomes and includes a glimpse of courtroom questions to servicemen.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
World Traveler
London
England
Tommy
Utility Rebate Order Enters From State Commission
The Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power Co is ordered to issue rebates totaling 474 999 51 to ratepayers in Tucson and Nogales. Amounts include 410 899 51 to Tucson domestic and commercial customers 54 100 to the city of Tucson and 10 000 to Nogales City Utilities Co to pass to customers. Rebates will appear as bill credits with December bills paid first then the remaining refund split between January and February bills.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
State Corporation Commission
Tucson
Nogales
City Utilities Company of
Nazi death by labor orders revealed in war crimes trial
Evidence from Nazi documents shows Heinrich Himmler ordered SS to "work to death" concentration camp inmates and Hermann Goering pressed for slave labor with little or no food. Inmates were subjected to endless hours in arms factories. camps grew from 20 400 to 44 700 by 1942.
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Mernberg
U.P
Heinrich Himmler
Hermann Goering
Reich
Himmler
Ford says wage talks aim to curb strike costs
Detroit December 12 Ford Motor Company opened wage negotiations with the United Automobile Workers CIO stating current wage rates and OPA price ceilings would cause a $35,000,000 loss in 1946. Ford industrial relations chief John S. Bugas said the company would lose $27 on every car and truck produced next year.
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Detroit
U.P
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers’ Union
CIO
Ford
John S. Bugas
CIO and Ford Begin Wage Talks as Steel Walkout Looms
CIO and Ford Motor Co opened wage talks while steel workers threaten a Jan 14 strike in 27 states that could affect 700,000. UAW stresses a 30 percent raise but flags potential concessions like paid vacations and pensions. Richard Leonard leads Ford division as negotiations unfold amid postwar wage pressures.
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CIO Steel
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Ford Motor Co
Philip Murray
Murray
United Steel Workers
CSO
Truman
Ford
UAW
General Motors Corp
Richard T. Leonard
General Motors
Fact-Finding Board Named In GM Strike
President Truman appoints a three member fact finding panel to investigate the General Motors strike. Members are Judge Walter P. Stacy Lloyd K. Garrison and Milton Eisenhower. Truman notes lack of legal authority without new legislation but expects voluntary cooperation from both labor and management.
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Truman
General Motors
Walter P. Stacy
Labor Management Conference
Lloyd K. Garrison
War Labor Board
Milton Eisenhower
Kansas State College
Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
Congress
GMC
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Realty Board
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Goering
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