The Omaha guide., 1946-12-28

lW January
NM GY74 101Chinese Nationa
Q government AM
Chinese Communis
truce temporarily hating civil wal
l9Elran asks U. N. security council tt
intervene In dispute with Russia.
Z7-Newly-elected president of France
Felix Gouin. meets with cabinet fol
February
Hungary becomes republic BY vote
OF National Assembly.
6IU. n shelves Greek dispute. tnvolv
ing Great Britain and Russia.
Sstann ~nounc new fve-year plar
l1-Jap General Homma. perpetrator OF
Bataan death march," sentenced te
death by U. S. military court.
z2OArgentine President Peron' accuses
U. s. embassy officials of espion.
age.
23-Mutiny among native troops in Meth.
erlands Indies army assumes serious
proportions.
27-Spain closes border on French side
in retaliation for similar action by
France.
March
So. S. state department protests con.
tinued Russian occupation of Iran
n seizure of booty in Manchuria
l6-Situation in Manchuria extremely
critical" avs General Marshall.
l7-Most of Russian troops reported with
drawn from Iran.
l8-International monetary conference
ends session at Savannah. Ca. after
creating World Bank and Fund.
= 27-Russian Delegate Gromyko walks out
of U. N. meeting in tiff over Iraniap
matter.
29-UNRRA officials report epidemics Of
bubonic plague. smallpox and menin-
gifts in China.
April
Arrangements begin to place British.
mandated Tanganyika. Togoland and
the Cameroons, and ~Belgian-man-
dated Ruanda- Urundi under u. N.
trusteeship.
1EAn-out civil war RACES In Manchuria.
Chinese Communist general says
25-Chinese Communists take over Har.
bin, M~anchuria, as Russians evacu.
30-Plot to ass~assinate General Mac
Arthur uncovered in Japan.
May
19-Fighting breaks out In Iran. with cen.
trail government troops attacking
Russian-backed forces In Azerbaijan
province.
2O-Secretary Byrnes. reporting on Paris
foreign ministers conference, indi.
rectly blames Russia for meager
accomplishments.
24-An Russian troops withdrawn from
Iran, say Soviet officials.
30-Ara league pposes further Jewish
immigration into Palestine.
June
1-U; N. security council reports Spain
a potential menace to peace" under
Franco.
14EAtomic energy commission meets for
first time, Baruch, U. S. delegate.
world destruction"
19-RuSSia demands destruction of all
atomic bombs and exchange of data.
25-Hungary moves to check terrific in
f1ation spiral.
30-Truce In Manchuria expires, fighting
July
philippines republic proclaimed.
President s en- Truman pledges continued
5Polish mob beats So Jews to death.
Injuries 40.
ePhilippine government battles Hulk.
belahaps uprising, 200 killed.
15-Canadian officials find huge spy net
work operating from Russian en-
17-General Mikhailovitch executed in
Belgrade. Y~ugoslavia. as alleged
traitor who elaborated with Nazis.
22-Revolt sweeps Bolivia: 26O killed,
including President Villarroel.
29-PariS peace conference opens with
81 nations represented.
August
80 sTT--41-IT1 .--4---A--D -
into Palestine halted by British.
13-Turkish government rejects Russian
proposal for joint defense of Black
sea straits.
21-U. S. demands Yugoslavia release
army fiers forced down. and salts
faction for deaths of five others shot
down OF August 10.
Riots in Calcutta. India, quiet down,
leaving death toll Of 5000 in Hindu
MoSlem strife.
September
1-Greece votes 70 per cent in favor
Of return of monarchy. headed by
George II.
11-Russian Delegate Gromyko calls
presence of u. S. warships near
Greece insult to Greek people"
18-Civil wal reported in northern
Greece.
24-Stalin spikes persistent rumors Of
new Wal threat.
October
Nuremberg war crimes court finds
10 of % high Nazis guilty, sentences
IL to hang, z to prison.
10-Italian peace treaty draft approved
by Paris peace conference. Russia
objects to clauses on Trieste.
15-Peace conference adjourns. after ap-
proving treaty drafts for Romania.
sian protests.
16-Ten of NaZi war criminals hanged in
Nuremberg prison. Hermann Goer-
ing commits suicide by poison, cheat
ing hangman. Those executed: Won
Ribbentrop, Keitel, K~altenbrunner.
Rosenberg. Franck, Prick, Streicher,
Sauekel. Jodl. Seyss-Inquart.
2l-Un1ted Nations general assembly
opens session in New York City.
29-Molotov urges general reduction of
ornaments. including outlawing of
November
5-"Cease-fre" order issued in Java and
Sumatra by Dutch, British and Indo-
nesians.
12-churchin charges Russia is ION war
footing"
- Iceland and Sweden, take seats.
24-French Communists make large
gains in election.
27-General Macarthur freezes al assets
OF Japan's 10 wealthiest families.
agrees to U. N. inspection Of
ornaments.
December
1-U. S. and Britain merge German
zones economically.
6-"Big Four" nations at U. N. agree
on peace treaties for Italy, Romania. |
dunPar1a. BiIlQarja and Eip1onl
10LCivil war breaks out In Iran as semi. |
autonomous Azerbaijan province bat. |
ties government troops.
ll-Ffghting RACES In northern Greece.
regulars.
Nations assembly adjourns
after choosing New York as perma- |
nent home; disarmament recommen.
dations main achievement.