Stark Defends Self Before Harbor Inquiry
Admiral Harold R. Stark testified before the Pearl Harbor committee that he sent adequate warnings to Pacific commanders before the 1941 attack and that Roosevelt ordered a task force to seize the Azores six months earlier, a plan later cancelled. Copies of Stark and Kimmel correspondence were entered into the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Cutter
Washington
U.1
Harold R. Stark
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Stark
United States
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Azores
Naval Operations
Congress
Navy Board
Hawaiian
Japan
Navy
Kimmel
Hirohito rejects divinity myth calls for peaceful reconstruction
Emperor Hirohito in a New Year fireside speech repudiates Shinto belief in his divinity. He urges Japan to abandon master race illusions, accept defeat, and rebuild as a constitutional monarchy under Meiji principles. He pledges to ease economic hardship and warns of radical tendencies and rising lawlessness since surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Teatsorth
Tokyo
U.P
Hirohito
Japan
Imperial House
Byrnes Admits He Made Jap Change
Reuters dispatch from Nuernberg reports Czechoslovak papers claim Martin Bormann, Hitler's deputy, was arrested in the British zone of Germany. Allied security officers neither confirm nor deny the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuters
Nuernberg Today
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Fuehrer
Bormann
Germany
New Plan May Cause General To Lose Face
Tokyo dispatch reports Gen. Douglas MacArthur facing confusion in Japan over a Big Three proposed control plan. The plan, developed behind his back, risks eroding Japanese compliance and could leave MacArthur appearing to lose face. He insists his final disagreement was voiced October 31 and he was not consulted during Moscow talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
Big
Japan
Far Eastern Commission (Press
Thomas Blake
Washington
Moscow
U.P
James F. Byrnes
Douglas MacArthur
John J. McCloy
Byrnes
Gen. MacArthur
State Department
War
State Departments
Great Britain
Australia
Russia
Truman
Cordell Hull
White House
Williamsburg
Britain
United States
Ernest Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Iran
Foreign Ministers’ Council
London
Council of Foreign Ministers
Winning Liar's Wife Knew It All The Time
The world champion liar of 1945 was M. E. Linehan of Louisville Kentucky for a tall tale claiming to have saved Louisville from the Ohio river flood. His entry topped 5872 exaggerations in the Burlington Liar's Club annual contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Wis
Linehan of Louisville Is 1945 National Liar Champion
Louisv ille resident Michael E Linehan was named the country’s top liar by a Burlington Wisconsin club. He entered the first contest in 1944 with no results and after a second try won the 1945 title. His wife Mrs Linehan expressed quiet pride at his achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Michael E. Linehan
Burlington
Wis
Syrian Rail and Harbor Workers Stage General Strike
Syrian railroad and harbor workers began a general strike in Beyrouth to press for a 40 percent wage increase and an eight hour day. The action involves rail lines and port facilities across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beyrouth
Syria
20 Miners Entombed After Kentucky Mine Disaster
Twenty miners trapped by a Wednesday underground explosion near Pineville Ky were declared dead as officials sealed the mine entrance to starve fires and gas. Eight were rescued earlier. one died en route to safety and another later perished in hospital. Seventeen officials and engineers conferred with Thomas to seal the pit as methane gas worsened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle Vance
Pineville
Harry Thomas
Kentucky State Department of Mines and Minerals
Thomas
Huey Miller
Used Cars See 4 Percent Depreciation Cut
OPA regulations order a four percent drop in used car ceiling prices starting tomorrow. A 1940 Ford V-8 Deluxe Tudor sedan priced as is falls from $634 to $609 in the east, from $706 to $678 in the middle west, and from $786 to $737 in the far west. The cuts are issued every six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
East
Middle West
Far West
City Fathers Want Building In 1946
London fog disaster claims four children and three adults as England end year transport chaos. Firemen found victims in a Sheffield home. A collision of two suburban trains at North Woolwich left two men and a woman dead with several injured. The pea souper and freezing weather halted planes, ships, buses, and traffic nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Sheffield
North Wood Hills
Dying Hitler Spurned Goering Himmler Hess Allies
MERNBERG December 31. Adolf Hitler died despising the trio of Nazi leaders who aided his rise. Goering Himmler and Hess fell from favor. Goebbels remained loyal to the end and defied Hitler’s last orders. The notices recount Hitler’s final testament and will written April 29, 1945 in Berlin as Russian shells battered the city.
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Mernberg
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Rudolf Hess
Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Fuehrer
Goebbels
Berlin
Brains And Guts Patton Suffered His Only Field Defeat
This profile by Robert S. Allen recounts September 25, 1944 as Patton's blackest day when his Third Army halted by higher orders due to gas and ammo shortages. The piece frames Patton's reaction to the stoppage amid his celebrated France invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. Allen
George S. Patton, Jr
Patton
Third Army
France
Germany
City Eyes Unit Building Plan for Tucson Hall
City officials discuss building a new city hall in units to avoid a bond issue. They plan to acquire a block south of Kino Park and expand offices for police, water, engineering, and sewer needs as population grows. Meanwhile School Health Service will consolidate dental and medical services in the old administration building with a 50 cent per visit charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. ©. Janstad
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Martin
L. M. White
Tucson
North Meyer
West Ott
West Pennington Streets
North Main
West Ott Street
Kino Park
Council Chamber
Water Department
South Fifth Avenue
Safford Junior High School
Robert D. Morrow
Otto Myrland
Pima County Medical Society
Pima County Dental Society
Morrow
War Labor Board to End at Midnight. Wage Stabilization Rise
Washington December 31 The war labor board that handled wartime disputes and wage cases goes out of existence at midnight. It will be replaced by the labor department's wage stabilization board which will rule only on wage raises where price relief is sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
Labor Department
Wage Stabilization Board
Plea For Safe Start To New Year In Arizona
Phoenix telegraph reports Horace Moore of the state highway patrol urging a safe start to 1946 as patrols curb New Year Eve traffic violations. Four deaths from weekend auto accidents across Arizona are described with victims in Douglas, Winslow, and Superior, plus injuries to several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Horace Moore
State Highway Patrol
Douglas
L. A. Mobley
Robert E. Hubbard
Superior Ariz
Raymond Preciado
Joe B. Preciado
Winslow
R. W. Echman
Glendale
Calif
Eckman
Amy
D D. Matheny
Claudian Matheny
D D. Mitchell
Lowell
Albin H Davidson
Frank Buller
Truce Proposed as Chiang Unites Rivals in China Civil War
Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek announced conditional acceptance of a Communist cease fire proposal and urged a unity move toward coalition government. Nationalists proposed consultations with Gen. George C. Marshall on halting hostilities and restoring railways while observers would inspect military conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Patton, Jr
Washington
Gen. Patton
George Wang Chung King
U.P
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
Marshall
People’s Politicalouncil
Chiang
National Assembly
Wto
Three Nazi Officers Hanged In Red Square
In Bryansk four hours after a military tribunal found them guilty of mass torture and murder of Russian civilians and Red Army prisoners, Lt. Gen. Friedrich Gustav Bernhardt Maj. Gen. Adolf Hamman and Corp. Martin Lemmler were hanged in Red Square. The atrocities occurred during the German occupation of Bryansk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Bryansk
Red Army
Friedrich Gustav Bernhardt
Adolf Hamman
Orel
Bobruisk
Martin Lemmler
Tamborini Nominated by Democratic Union for Argentina President
Dr. Jose P. Tamborini, physician and Radical party leader, is chosen by the Democratic Union to oppose Col. Juan Peron in February elections. The coalition includes Radical Socialist Communist and Progressive Democratic parties and calls for better relations with western hemisphere nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Jose P. Tamborini
Democratic Union
Col
Juan Peron
Argentina
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Harbor
U. S
Adm
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Kentucky
Goering
Himmler
Hess
By Robert S. Allen
Eto
WLB
General
George C. Marshall
Red Square
Tamborini
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