Jan 10 Selected For UNO Opening
London December 18 United Nations Preparatory Commission formally approved January 10 as the opening date of the first meeting of the UN Assembly. The commission nears the end of its work, with details remaining before adjournment. Beaton Nicholls of South Africa warned against letting natives express wishes to UNO through spokesmen, saying it could cause chaos in Africa. Nicholls claimed colonial powers would annex mandates rather than surrender them to trusteeship. The discussion included a Ukrainian proposal recognizing dependent peoples' right to elect spokesmen before UNO commissions. The United States indicated willingness to support changes if they meet its terms.
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R. H. Shackford
London
U.P
United Nations Preparatory Commission Ay
UNO Assembly
United Nations Organization
Preparatory Commission
UNO
Beaton Nicholls
South Africa
Nicholls
New Guinea
United States
Controls For Housing Would Assure Value
An aide to John W Snyder said the reconversion director plans quality controls to assure value for money for new home buyers. The scheme would have the national housing agency check builders’ specifications for government aid and turn down applications if costs are out of line. A 50 percent material earmark was proposed for homes costing 10000 or less to prevent underpriced sales, part of a broader price ceiling debate at the housing conference. The CIO backed ceilings while the construction industry opposed them, with both sides agreeing there is no quick fix for the housing shortage.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
John W. Snyder
Snyder
National Housing Agency
Nder
NHA
Michael W. Strauss Succeeds Bashore as Reclamation Chief
Michael W. Strauss was sworn in as commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, succeeding Harry W. Bashore who resigned after 39 years. Strauss, a Chicago native, left the assistant secretary of interior post to accept the job and took the oath of office yesterday from Secretary Harold L. Ickes.
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Washington
Michael W. Straus
Bureau of Reclamation
Harry W. Bashore
Straus
Chicago
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Depravities Of Nazi Leaders Told In Court
In Nuremberg a U S prosecutor accused the Nazi leadership of seeking to replace Christianity with Aryan racial ideology. He described orders to muzzle religious figures, confiscate church properties, and loot Europe’s art for Hitler and Goering, tying Bormann Rosenberg Keitel and the SS to war crimes. By March 1942 the case framed the leadership as responsible for these acts.
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Ann Stringer Mernberg
U.P
Robert C. Storey
Dallas
Tex
U. S
Hermann Goering
Goering
Storey
Martin Bormann
Fuehrer
Nazi Party
Alfred Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Bormann
Reich
Europe
Continent
Adolf Hitler
Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Gestapo
Seven Girls Compete For Queen Title At Coast Event
Hollywood on December 18 reports seven comely misses pledged to each other to stay healthy in water before traveling to determine the Pacific coast victory bond queen. The winner earns a film contract after a screen test. welcomed by Charles P. Skouras. Competitors include Berit Strengell Tucson Joan Lintz San Francisco Gina Hunter Hermosa Beach Betty Sullins Portland Mary Ann Smith La Grande Arlene Miller Seattle Connie Smith Spokane.
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Hollywood
Pacific Coast
Victor
Charles P. Skouras
Theatre War Finance Committee
Berit Strengell
Tucson
Ariz
Joan Lintz
San Francisco
Gina Hunter
Hermosa Beach
Calif
Betty Sullins
Portland
Mary Ann Smith
la Grande
Ore
Arlene Miller
Seattle
Connie Smith
Spokane
Courts Stay For Yamashita Suirs Filipinos
Manila reaction to the U S Supreme Court stay of execution for Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita is mixed. Western Pacific commander Lt General W D Styer and Yamashita defense chief Col Harry E Clarke offered no comment while Filipino observers lament the delay and criticize the prior effort as wasted time and money.
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Manila
U.P
U. S. Supreme Court
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
W. D. Styer
Western Pacific
U. S. Commission
Yamashita
Harry E. Clarke
Senate
Looted German Library and Recovered Art Return to Owners
Rosenberg built a library of over 500,000 books in Frankfurt, most looted from Jews across Europe. Storey said the U.S. Army recovered 22,000 works of art, including 5,281 paintings, largely from Bavarian caverns, now being returned to owners.
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Rosenberg
Frankfurt
Europe
Storey
U. S
Use Department Questioned by Speed Cop Joke
A Massachusetts miss responds to a speeding officer’s inquiry with a quip about his eyes, noted in the Milwaukee Journal humor section. The brief joke captures early 20th century lighthearted banter between authorities and civilians.
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Itate
Massachusetts
H. V. Wade
Milwaukee Journal
China Peace Efforts Raise Tremors Over Power Sharing
President Truman pressed China toward unity by threatening to withhold economic aid unless Chiang Kai-shek’s government concedes representation to opponents and ends civil war. He warned against foreign military intervention and favored merging Communist armed forces into a national army, while seeking guarantees for political rights in a unified China.
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Truman
Chungking
Chiang
China
United States
Russia
Water Users Appeal Raising Big Lake Dam
Officials of the Salt River Valley Water Users' association filed an appeal from a decision by state land and water commissioner O C Williams granting the Arizona...
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Phoenix
Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association
O. C. Williams
State Land and Water Commissioner
Arizona
Water company appeal to raise Big Lake dam height
The game and fish commission approved permission to raise Big Lake dam by 10 feet. Williams said he received a copy of the water company appeal filed in Apache County Superior Court at St. Johns. No date set, but fishing and hunting circles are keen on enlarging the White Mountain dam, a former fisherman's mecca.
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Game and Fish Commission
Big Lake
Williams
Water Company
Apache County
St. Johns
White Mountain
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