Byrnes Sees Japan Plan Aide MacArthur To Succeed
Secretary of State Byrnes expressed New Year optimism that Gen. MacArthur will implement the Allied Japan control plan and help align major powers on world peace issues in 1946. He outlined MacArthur’s stance, Moscow talks, and that Britain and Australia pressed for greater responsibility in Japan. Byrnes noted troop withdrawals from Iran and the Middle East and anticipated a European peace conference timeline.
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Graham Hovey
Washington
Byrnes
Gen. MacArthur
Japan
Truman
Wf Hamsburg
United States
MacArthur
War Department
Moscow
Thomas D. Blake
Far Eastern Commission
State Department
Blake
Army
Britain
Australia
Rusia
Iran
Middle East
London
Italy
Finland
Balkan States
James C. Dunn
Louisville
Mark F. Ethridge
Stalin
Warning on Passing School Buses In Arizona
Arizona officials warn drivers to stop for halted school buses as 400 buses carry about 90 000 children to and from school. New law by the 17th legislature requires a full stop before passing. After stopping drivers may proceed at reasonable prudent speed not over 10 mph with caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona
E. D. Ring
Ring
New Mayor Inducted At Midnight Ceremony
New York welcomed its first new mayor in 12 years as William O Dwyer was sworn in at a midnight ceremony to succeed Fiorello H. La Guardia. The event marked a historic transition in city leadership.
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New York
U.P
William O’dwyer
F. H. Guardia
New Income Tax Rates Take Effect Across U S
Washington reports Congress approved income tax changes become effective today. Individuals will save about 2.644 billion annually in withholding taxes and 140 million in auto and boat use taxes. Corporate cuts total around 3.136 billion, with millions moved off tax rolls. Roughly 12 million people are dropped from the tax rolls, while 35 to 38 million will pay slightly less.
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Washington
Congress
New Year Welcomed Quietly Despite Noisy Festivities
The Old Pueblo marked New Year 1946 with festive bell and whistle blasts. Police reported no arrests by 10 a.m. Sheriff Echols praised the sober celebration as records showed no serious injuries or auto fatalities. Several drivers faced reckless driving charges, including Billy Click and Arthur Rosenberg, amid New Year traffic incidents.
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Old Pueblo
Don J. Hays
Ed F. Echols
Theodore C. Treat
North First Avenue
Pima County Hospital
Cortaro
Ivan Germany
Gilbert Germany
West Mabel Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
Dixie Condon
Oracle Road
Presidio
Joseph Weinzapfel
Rickel
S. Meyer Street
North Sixth Avenue
Weinzapfel
John D. Anderson
Edward Hendricks
William F. Ross
Robert Sigourney
Edward Tyler
Manuel Ll. Quihuis
South Fourth Avenue
North Main
West Fifth Street
Guar
Frank L. Jackson
Herford
Pearl Harbor hearing transcripts reveal two hours for action
On New Year’s Day the Pearl Harbor committee weighed Lt. Gen. Walter Short’s claim that a late message would have left him roughly two hours to prepare for an attack. Adm. Stark’s testimony challenged Short’s timing while discussing warnings and the failure to relay uncoded alerts.
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Jack Bele
Washington
Jan
Pearl Harbor
Walter C. Short
Stark
Naval Operations
Husband
Kimmel
William D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Seth W. Richardson
Barkley
D-Ky
Richardson
Hoover
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate
Short
Army Inquiry Board
George C. Marshall
Churchill Receives Highest Civilian Honor in New Year List
King George VI awards Winston Churchill the Order of Merit avoiding a title. The ceremony mirrors Lloyd George’s path, who year later took an earldom. Six new viscounts are named including Brooke Montgomery and Portal with Two also OM recipients.
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London
George VI
Winston Churchill
Churchill
House of Lords
O. M
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
George
Lord Alan Brooke
Lord Alexander
Lord Cunningham
Lord Montgomery
Lord Portal
Lord Southwood
The
Daily Herald
Holiday Toll Hits 348 Nationally During New Year Holiday
The Associated Press reports 348 deaths linked to violence and traffic during the extended New Year holiday. Traffic crashes totaled 176 fatalities and 172 deaths arose from miscellaneous causes such as fires drownings shootings falls and alcohol related incidents. New York 32 Pennsylvania 31 Illinois 27 led the regional death tolls while the National Safety Council forecast 375 to 400 traffic deaths across the period and predicted the peak would occur on New Year’s Day. Twelve states had no violent deaths since Friday evening.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
New York State
Pennsylvania
National Safety Council
Baby Boy Contender for First New Year Baby Title
Blue eyed, black haired Tommie Arnold Lindsey born 7 18 am at the Storks Nest weighing seven pounds eleven ounces. Son of Mr and Mrs W M Lindsey of 112 North Cherry, he is the leading contender for Tucson's first newborn prize after midnight. Reports from Pima county hospital St Mary's hospital and Tucson medical center confirm no other births in 1946. Dr Joy Omer attended. father employed at Eagle Milling company.
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Tommie Arnold Lindsey
Tucson
W. M. Lindsey
North Cherry
Tommie
Pima County Hospital
St. Mary’s Hospital
F. W. Allen
Tucson Medical Center
Joy Omer
Eagle Milling Company
Phoenix Banks Clear More Than One Billion Dollars
For the third year in succession Phoenix banks processed over a billion dollars in checking transactions, announced Earle Barrows secretary manager of the Phoenix Clearing House association.
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Phoenix
Phoenix Banks
Earle Barrows
Phoenix Clearing House Association
Gen Marshall to Mediate Chinese Strife in China
Gen George C Marshall conferred two hours with Communist Gen Chou En Lai in Chungking amid signs he may become peacemaker for North China. Talks covered a possible unconditional truce and the central government counterproposal with observers proposed to verify a halt in hostilities.
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Chungking
George C. Marshall
Chou En-Lai
Ching
China
Gen. Marshall
Chiang Kai- Shek
Marshal
Truman
Cold Sunny Skies Open U S New Year
The New Year begins with sunny but cold weather across the nation. Below freezing temps and light snow flurries in the midwest and northern plains. Pembina North Dakota records 21 below, Mason City Iowa and Rochester Minnesota 16 below. Temperatures to rise in 2-3 days with clouds and light snow expected.
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United Press
Midwest
Northern Plain
Chicago
New England States
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Pembina
N. D
Mercury
Mason City
Rochester
Minn
Middlewest
Czechs Report Son Of Hitler Arrested
London dispatch cites Czechoslovak police arresting a 12 year old boy who may be Adolf Hitler's son. description matches a boy pictured with Hitler documents found earlier.
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Hitler
London
Reuters
Nuernberg
Brains And Guts by Robert S Allen on Patton’s era
An editors note introduces the fourth of six pieces on General George S Patton Jr a beloved and colorful commander who shaped Allied action in World War II The piece discusses Patton and the Battle of the Bulge the Nazis strategy to buy time by trading ground for it and the Allied push toward Germany with Russian forces ominous on the eastern front
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George S. Patton, Jr
Washington
Gen. Patton
Berlin
Ruhr
Rhine
Germany
Hitler
Reichs
Patton
Nation nurses its biggest and costliest New Year hangover
Across the United States crowds celebrated 1946 with record police presence and high prices. In New York's Times Square almost 1.5 million revelers filled the streets while liquor flowed and night clubs charged heavy cover. Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Detroit, and Atlanta saw similar revelry and excess as officials battled congestion and celebrations extended past midnight.
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United Press
New York
Times Square
Chicago
State
Randolph
San Francisco
New England
Boston
Detroit
Atlanta
De Gaulle Faces Crisis Overcuts to Defense Budget
Paris January 1 President De Gaulle warned he would resign with his cabinet if the Socialist and Communist majority moved to cut defense credits by 20 percent in the 125 billion franc army budget for early 1946. The assembly debated amid a budget vote, with a socialists’ amendment proposing a 10 percent compromise.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Consultative Assembly
France
Socialist Party
Assembly
Communist Party
Vincent
Auriol
DeGaulle
Four Die in House Fire After Holiday Party
Chelmsford Massachusetts January 1 four people died in a New Year’s Eve house fire. Victims were James McIver 26 Mary 25 their daughter Maureen 15 months and Thomas Coberying 24 Catherine Coberying wife leaped from a first story window. Harry and Mrs Crocker escaped unharmed. Bodies found in upstairs bedroom infant in crib.
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Chelmsford
Mass
James McIver
Mary
Maureen
Thomas Coberying
Coberying
Catherine
Harry Crocker
Administration Faces Looming Steel Walkout Crisis
Washington dispatch reports the U P says the Truman administration struggles to avert a 700000 steel worker strike set for January 14 as a three man fact finding panel is named to probe U S Steel and United Steel Workers disputes. The White House also seeks OPA input by February 10 on possible price rises to support wage hikes.
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Charles H. Herrold
Washington
U.P
Truman
United States Steel Corp
United Steel Workers
CSO
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Philip Murray
Murray
Congress
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
Fairless
Nathan P. Feinsinger
War Labor Board
British Hold Suspect May Be Bormann
A British intelligence officer said a man who may be Martin Bormann was arrested at an isolated farm 20 miles from Nuemuenster. He gave the name Marius and claimed to be a farm worker. identity pending after interrogation.
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Ploene
U.P
Martin Bormann
Bormann
Marius
Nuemuenster
Berlin
Schleswig Holstein
Adolf Hitler
Maricopa Schools Reopen After Illness Break
Public high schools in Maricopa County will reopen Wednesday after an influenza and cold outbreak that closed elementary schools December 18. Elementary schools will resume according to their schedules, said Dr. Trevor Browne, city school physician.
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Phoenix
Trevor C. Browne
Maricopa County
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