Yamashita Given Stay By Supreme Court To Review Case
The U S Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita after an airmailed petition for review was filed. The court adjourned until January 2 as it considers petitions challenging the military commission authority. Yamashita had been convicted in Manila for atrocities in the Philippines Territory. (Names and places include Yamashita, Patterson, Philippines, Manila, Washington, Ada, Denver, Oklahoma City, Torrance, and Stonewall.)
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Manila
Yamashita
Philippines Supreme Court
Patterson
Philippines Court
Military Commission
Philippines
Funeral for outlaw Matt Kimes held in McAlester
The Rev. Alton Parker eulogized Matt Kimes as the best friend his real friends ever had at his funeral in McAlester Oklahoma. Kimes, known for bank robbery days in the 1920s and two life sentences, died after injuries from a truck accident and an operation in Little Rock Arkansas. His brother George Kimes attends the services handcuffed, while guards sit behind the family pew. The body will be buried in Van Buren Arkansas Tuesday afternoon.
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Mcalester
Okla
Alton Parker
Matt Kimes
Parker
Kimes
Matt
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
George Kimes
State
George
Nellie Ashford
Jackie Smith
E. L. Poe
Texas
North Little Rock
Arkansas
Little Rock
van Buren Arkansas
Navy Saw Crisis Before Jap Blow
The November 15 1941 naval intelligence summary warned of an approaching crisis in United States Japanese relations. It noted Saburo Kurusu's Washington mission as unlikely to succeed and that the Japanese combined fleet was nearly full strength in the inland sea.
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Washington
Navy
Office of Naval Intelligence
Pearl Harbor
Saburo Kurusu
Knox
United States
D C Crabtree Dies in Pon totoc County at 56 Years
D C Crabtree a Pon totoc County resident for 56 years died Sunday in a local hospital. He lived with his daughter Mrs Juanita Helpingstine in Oklahoma City for three years. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 30 p m at Allen First Baptist Church with Masonic rites in Allen Cemetery. He was born in Texas in 1869 and came to Indian Territory.
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Allen
Crabtree
Georgia Barnett
Minnie Ora Branstetter
Baptist Church of
Stonewall
J. Fred McCoy
Torrance
Calif
W. W. Spence
Helpingstine
Oklahoma City
D. C
Greyhounds Buses Roll Again After Southwest Strike
Greyhound lines ended a strike in the southwestern division affecting eight states, including Oklahoma. In Oklahoma City service resumed at 1 a.m. after a new contract with AFL drivers and terminal workers, retroactive pay increases, and wage adjustments. Drivers gain 0.0384 to 0.05 per mile based on tenure, while terminal staff receive higher base rates and a shortened automatic raise period. A 12 percent wage increase accompanies a switch from 48 to 40 hours.
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Fort Worth. Tex
Greyhound
Greyhound Southwestern
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway and Motor Coach Employes
AFL
Duck Heaven At Grand Lake Draws Hunters To Phillips Farm
In Oklahoma's Grand Lake region, thousands of mallards flock daily to Edgar Phillips's pond near his house. The ducks roost, feed, and return to the lake each night, attracting dozens of hunters who marvel at the tame birds and the farmer's sanctuary. No shots have been fired on the wild flock.
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Howard Brisco
Vinita
Okla
Oklahoma
Grand Lake Country
Edgar Phillips
Phillips
Biles
Philips
Grand Lake
Peck
Hough Killed When Car Left Highway Slid Into Canal
The Ada native J W Hough was killed when his car left the highway in Arizona, toppled into an irrigation canal and rolled over. A sister in law and her three year old daughter survived, aided by bystanders and friends who transported them to Gila Bend. Hough, who had been living in Los Angeles and working in a war plant, was on a passenger run to Oklahoma and Chicago during a leave. He is survived by his widow, two sons, a sister, and his mother in Ada.
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J. W. “Buster” Hough
Ada
Los Angeles
Calif
Hough
Arizona
Demming
New Mexico
Gila Bend
Oklahoma
Chicago
Bob Williamson
R. J. Hough
Moman Pruiett Dies Famous Oklahoma Trial Lawyer
Norman Pruiett, 73, famed Oklahoma criminal defense attorney, died after a illness. He defended many high profile cases and won acquittal for 303 of 343 clients. Once wealthy, he lost Florida real estate in a hurricane and spent his final years on a $40 monthly pension. His autobiography was published this year.
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Oklahoma City
Norman Pruiett
Southwest
Tony
Oklahoma
Pruiett
Florida
Prusett
Oklahoma village literature bombardment begins
In Oklahoma City on December 17 the army recruiting offices start a campaign to reach youths by delivering literature to about 40 Oklahoma communities. The effort emphasizes noncombat outreach as a form of bombardment of propaganda, aiming to influence young people.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Army
Death Toll Cut to Six in Seaboard Wreck
The Seaboard Air Line two train wreck near Rolllock South Carolina killed six, down from seven after a duplicate name was found. Over 60 people hospitalized and many more treated for injuries as the Florida bound Silver Meteor and the Sun Queen collided at dawn. Coroner L R Redfearn dispatched flames reports and ambulances from Cheraw.
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Rollock
S. C
Seaboard Air Line
Norfolk
Here
SAS
Wroten
Shoemaker
Xxx
L. R. Redfearn
Cheraw
E.s.t
Redfearn
A&M Sets Veteran Housing Plan On Campus at Stillwater
Oklahoma A and M college will have 370 veteran housing units ready by Jan 26 including 196 trailers from Harlingen Texas and 192 hutments from Louisiana. A village for veterans will be built on the campus north edge with 200 more hutments under negotiation and 96 possible apartments from former military barracks. Estimated cost for moving and preparing the housing runs to about 250000 with sewer water work contracted to Adams Plumbing and Roofing Co Shawnee.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Phil Wilber
Harlingen
Tex
Louisiana
Clint Strong
West Sixth Street
Veterans
Adams Plumbing and Roofing Co
Shawnee
Icy Winter Visits Ada with Slippery Roads
A weekend forecast in Ada warned of cold snaps with a low of 12 degrees and sleet making streets icy. Sunday reached 12 degrees with a 30 degree Saturday high, then rose to 26 early Monday as sleet iced sidewalks and a short, slippery stretch near town caused multiple minor accidents. An army officer escaped injury after a rollover on the same slick section about three miles east of Ada.
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Ada
Monay
Patton Sits Up in Bed for First Time in Germany
Gen George Patton Jr. sat up in his hospital bed in Heidelberg for the first time since his automobile crash eight days earlier. Army officials called his recovery amazing as they removed the traction apparatus and replaced it with a plaster cast. He can read and eat while sitting up and spoke with Mrs Patton who stayed with him all day.
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Heidelberg
Germany
George S. Patton, Jr
U. S. 15Th Army
Patton
Five Killed in Weekend Highway Mishaps in Oklahoma
Five persons died in weekend automobile crashes in Oklahoma and nearby areas. Glenn McFarland Love and Myrtle Love of Shawnee perished in a collision with a lumber truck near Shawnee. Allie Calhoun of Addington was struck by a car on a highway near Addington in Jefferson county. Marion Childers, 20, Hugo discharged soldier, died after injuries from a southeast Arkansas crash near the Oklahoma border. Andrew Jack Myers, 68, died five miles south of Seiling when his car hit another. Gordon Charles Brownfield, 53, of Morris, died after his car ran off the highway east of Okmulgee and overturned.
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Oklahoma
Glenn McFarland Love
Myrtle
Shawnee
Allie Calhoun
Addington
Jefferson County
Marion Childers
Hugo
Arkansas
Andrew Jack Myers
Seiling
Wey County
Gordon Charles Brownfield
Morris
Okmulgee
Latting Sr. Dies. Skelly Oil Counsel Was 55
H. B. Latting Sr., 55, longtime attorney and tax counsel for Skelly Oil Co., died Sunday at his Tulsa home after a brief illness. He had been prominent in city and state legal and oil industry circles. He is survived by his wife and several children.
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Tulsa
H. B. Latting, Sr
The
Skelly Oil Company
US and Canada Plan Arctic Defense Cooperation
The United States and Canada begin joint Arctic defense planning amid atomic age fears. An 81 day expedition, code named exercise musk ox, will span 3100 miles from Churchill and Edmonton with US observers to study operations and essential cold weather gear. The American Canadian defense board led by Fiorello La Guardia meetings increased in intensity.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Canada
North America
Asia
Europe
America
Churchill
Manitoba
Edmonton
Alberta
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
Wu Sees Coalition Deal Possible in China
Chinese Minister of Information K C Wu said in a personal opinion a coalition with the communists could form if no independent armies or territories remained in China. He noted the communists wish to keep their armies and control northern provinces, while official circles view Truman’s policy as aligned with national government aims.
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Spencer Moosa Chungking
K. C. Wu
China
Truman
America
George C. Marshall
U. S
Chou En-Lai
Chiang Kai-shek
Peiping
Chiang
Fifth Marine Regiment
Legation Quarter
Manchuria
Sister of Adan Dies at Dallas
Mrs. Edmund Key a 79 year old Marshall Texas resident died in Dallas Sunday night after a long illness. She was first president of Women's Federated Clubs of Texas and a leader in social welfare work. Surviving are daughter Mrs. W T Davidson Dallas and son Edmund Key Jr Marshall.
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Edmund Key
Marshall, Tex
R. E. Blanks
Ada
Dallas
Marshall
Americans Seek to Include 600000 As War Criminals
The United States prosecutors press the international tribunal to convict 600000 Nazi leadership corps members as war criminals. They argue that the leadership, SS, SA, Reich cabinet, Gestapo, and high command should be treated as criminal groups.
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Mernberg
International Military Tribunal
Nazi Leadership Corps
Nazi Party
Leadership Corps
Elite Guard
Storm Troops
Reich Cabinet
Gestapo
High Command
Germany
Robert G. Storey
U. S
Hitler
New Champ Named In Women's Tennis
U S lawn tennis association awards 1945 women’s No 1 to Mrs Sarah Palfrey Cooke with a comeback after 1941 victory. She defeats Pauline Betz in Forest Hills final, Betz second. Sgt Frankie Parker remains top man, Billy Talbert second. Pancho Segura Nos 3, Furace No 8.
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New York
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
U. S. Lawn Tennis Association
Boston
Pauline Betz
Los Angeles
Forest Hills
Miss Betz
Mrs. Cooke
Frankie Parker
Billy Talbert
Wilmington
Del
Parker
Pancho Segura
Ecuador
Harold Furface, Jr
Kansas City
Robbers Take Safe at Garland's Drive In OKC
Two men forced the night watchman at Garland's drive in in Oklahoma City to a wash room, tied his hands, and locked the door before stealing a safe containing between 1700 and 2200 dollars. The morning cashier found the loss when she arrived. About 200 dollars in a strongbox remained. The restaurant had previous robbery on Oct. 2.
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Oklahoma City
Garland
G. B. Arrington
Tiny Parasite In Red Blood Cells Described
The malarial parasite is extremely small and can inhabit the interior of a human red blood corpuscle. A drop of blood contains about five million of these cells, inhabiting roughly one sixth of an average drop.
Pleasantries exchanged over the wire often are phony
A brief item notes that polite exchanges over telegraph lines can be insincere or staged, warning readers that courteous phrases may mask deceit or ulterior motives in communications.
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Richard P. Tipton
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Geary
Okeene
Canton
Thomas
Poteau
Panama
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Heavener
Wister
Howe
Sulphur
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Roff
Tishomingo
Mill Creek
Moman Pruiett
Trial
A&m
Gen. Patton
France
Robert Valeur
French Press and Information Service
Arctic
North
Adan
By Wes Gallagher
Storey
Reich
Russia
Moscow
Stalingrad
Hermann Woering
Forr-Power Tribunal
Goering
Ukraine
Alfred Rosenberg
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