Jodl Claims Rommel and Rundstedt Urged Peace Talks
At Nuremberg trial Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl testified that in July 1944 Rommel and Rundstedt urged Hitler to seek peace as France collapsed. He said Hitler planned to attack Russia in 1941 and that the Normandy invasion left German ground forces powerless. Jodl also noted a July 1944 conference where Rommel challenged Hitler's war continuation.
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Jodl
Hitler
Russia
Soviet Union
von Rundstedt
Rommel
France
Adolf
Fuehrer
Jodi
Guenther von Kluge
Western Front
Kluge
Ime
von Kluge
Dod
Poland
Europe
Housing Shortage Drastic When Alligators Move In
In Houston on June 5 a resident reports floodwaters forcing an alligator from a sewer into a curbside scene. Mrs George Wright described finding a 15 inch gator after sweeping water away. She quips about a housing shortage but refuses to share her home with the animal.
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Houston
U.P
Rio Grande Valley lemon shipments seen at 350 carlots
Mercedes grower C. P. Melton predicts Rio Grande Valley 1946 lemon shipments may reach 350 carlots. The crop average returns about 50 dollars per ton to growers with 15 tons produced per acre. Top groves are expected to yield 20 to 25 tons.
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Rio Grande Valley
Mercedes
C. P. Melton
A. and M. Experiments Broaden Texas Manufacturing Field
EB. H. Holland, chief of the Texas A. and M. experimental stations, spoke on essential oils and rose perfumes in a research program that opened new manufacturing plants in Texas. He joined others on a panel at the Southwest Chermugh Clinic meeting closing session.
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Oklahoma City
EB. H. Holland
Texas A. & M
Texas
Southwest
Chermurgh Clinic
Three Men Held Over Wheelchair Fund Probe
Three men are jailed on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses linked to a truck show of captured Japanese war trophies. They allegedly collected funds for wheelchairs for crippled veterans. Authorities named are Charlie Hamlin alias Paul Cramer, Howard D. Chase, and Ted Rathbone. bonds set at 5000 each as extradition to New Mexico is pursued.
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Potter County
R. N. Whitley
Clovis, N. M
Charlie Hamlin
Paul Cramer
Howard D. Chase
Ted Rathbone
Cramer
Chase
Northeast Eighth
Dick Vaughan
Lem Pounds
New Mexico
Bill Adams
Rathbone
Ivy Wilkinson
Whitley
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Long Beach
Cal
Clovis
Pius Friemel of Umbarger Passes Away at 87
Pius Friemel age 87 died yesterday afternoon at 3 30 at his Umbarger home. Born in Germany he lived in Umbarger over 42 years and was among the first farmers in the community. Funeral services tentatively set for Friday at Umbarger Catholic Church with Griggs Warren Funeral Home of Canyon in charge.
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Pius Friemel
Umbarger
Mr. Friemel
Germany
Umbarger Catholic Church
Griggs-Warren Funeral Home
Canyon
Big Three Brace for Clash Over Franco Report at UN
The United Nations Security Council faces a fresh showdown as Russia Britain and the United States reject the subcommittee on Spain report in its current form. A Gromyko objection signals possible veto while the five supporting members list includes France China Australia Poland and Brazil. The panel urged referral to the General Assembly with a call for a world break in diplomatic relations with Spain unless Franco withdraws by September.
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Max Harrelson
New York
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Council
Spain
Andrei A. Gromyko
Assembly
Britain
France
China
Australia
Poland
Brazil
General Assembly
Francisco Franco
Pranco
Atom juice not for cars but for planes and subs
Professor Glenn Seaborg told a Los Angeles audience that atomic energy should not power family autos. He predicted future mass transport by nuclear fission in airplanes and submarines, while noting atomic energy already serves as a heat source for large buildings and plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Atomic Energy
Glenn Seaborg
Seaborg
University of California At Berkeley
SS Veterans Claim Mass Atrocity During Battle of the Bulge
In Dachau Germany on June 5 a war crimes court heard a confessed SS slayer say he and fellow troops killed unarmed American prisoners as tanks came under U S artillery fire. Erwin Szyperski testified he saw 10 to 15 Americans mowed down, and he shot two.
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Dachau
Germany
United States
War Crimes Court
Erwin Szyperski
Szyperski
Belgium
Drake First English Circumnavigator of the World
The English explorer Sir Francis Drake completed the first circumnavigation of the earth. His voyage confirmed England's maritime reach and connected routes to the Pacific and the Atlantic, marking a historic achievement in global exploration.
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Sir Francis Drake
Chavez Renominated in New Mexico Primary Landslide
U S Senator Dennis Chavez won renomination over Gov John J Dempsey by a wide margin as returns from 691 of 869 precincts show Chavez with 34486 to 26209 for Dempsey Chavez also leads in the Democratic governor nomination race with Mabry leading Barker and Fernandez renominated in key contests Georgia Lusk and J B Jones contest for second congressional nomination Earl Douglas leads for one House seat Baca tops another GOP nomination bid Safford appears headed for the gubernatorial nomination
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Albuquerque
U. S
Dennis Chavez
John J. Dempsey
New Mexico
Empsey
Chavez
Dempsey
Supreme Court
T. J. Mabry
William J. Barker
Santa Fe
A. M. Fernandez
Georgia Lusk
Santa Rosa
J. B. Jones
Lusk
Jones
Patrick J. Hurley
Secre
Tary
China
Earl Douglas
Cocorro
Larry Bynon
Herman G. Baca
Belen
Ed Safford
GOP
Gumbo Leads In Soup Race Nationwide Poll
Gumbo leads in the national soup race based on a Chicago convention poll. J. J. Kramer of the Louisiana Restaurant Association says gumbo dominates the South and competes with cream of tomato in the East and split pea in the Midwest as the poll nears one third completion.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
J. J. Kramer
Louisiana Restaurant Association
Chicago
Kramer
South
Middlewest
Fire destroys hotel in Chicago blaze with panicked crowds
The Hotel Holocaust fire in the LaSalle Street district caused major interior damage. Fire officials reported 15 to 20 minutes passed before alarm, amid warnings already issued to nearby establishments. Rescue squads saved victims as civilians assisted, including a veteran and a woman near delivery at Passavant Hospital.
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Gerhardt
Kelly
LaSalle Street Financial District
Bernard Trasca
Glenview Naval Air Station
Trasca
Passavant Hospital
46 Victims Identified in LaSalle Hotel Fire
June 5 report lists dozens of identified victims from the LaSalle Hotel blaze. Names span Newton Iowa to Chicago Illinois with ages from teens to 70 plus officials and clergy among the dead. Included are Delbert Roush Newton. Effie Harmon Huntington. Henry Smith Waukegan. former Judge Henry G. Miller Springfield. Rev A F Schmitthenner Chambersburg. Edward Schneidman Quincy mayor. Dr G G Taylor Springfield. Cyrus W. Gates Cincinnati. Julia Barry Chicago, and Maj Hugh Hudleson Chicago with many others.
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Chicago
LaSalle Hotel
Delbert Allen Roush
Newton
William Denniston
Frank Fenton Evans
Hartville
O. Henry Smith
Waukegan
Ill
C. Regnan
Belviere
Gene McKenzie Moss
Hopkinsville
K. Thompson
Alexandria
Emil Sommer
Atherst
N. Y
Effie Harmon
Huntington
Brice McBride
Provo
Utah
Louis Marco
Rex M. Gaynor
Elmwood Park
Hugh W. Hudleson
Sixth Service Command
Houghton
Chambershirg
Francis McCarthy
Akron
Edward J. Schneidman
Quincy
Edward Farrar
Florence Jackson
Ruth O. Feely
Springfield
Samuel Unger
Collins
Theotel
Henry G. Miller
Severn W. Korn
Battle Creek
Mich
George Delp
Auchor
Leonard Austin Saiter
Madison
Wil Duane M. Beaty
San Antonio
Tex
G. G. Taylor
Cyrus W. Gates
Cincinnati
Joseph S. Barton
Eldon Adams
Julia Barry
Martin Heinen
Id College
Perry Swern
Oak Park
Annice Dimond
Eugene Freeman
Paul Harrington
Edgar E. Snyder
D.D
van Wert
Board of Foreign Missions
The
United Lutheran Church
Michael Tyler
Niles
Jerry Tyler
Violet Judson
W. A. Reiman
Little Rock
Ark
Phillip R. Cornette
V. al Wettstein, Jr
F. C. Baker
Centralia
Witness Links Rose to Espionage via Stolen Embassy Documents
Ivor Gouzenko testifies that documents tying Fred Rose to a Russian espionage network were stolen from the Soviet embassy in Ottawa. The 27 year old former code clerk admits no personal knowledge of the incidents and says he revealed the case after fleeing to Canada in 1943. Col. Nikolai Zabotin is named as network mastermind.
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Moscow
Montreal
Ivor Gouzenko
Fred Rose
Russia
Rose
Ottawa
Gouzenko
Debouz
Fred
Naval Canadian Mounted Police
NKVD
RCMP
Canada
Nicolai Zabotin
Ottawa Morning Journal
Col
Zabotin
Igor Gouzenko
Changes Urged In Parole Setup
State Auditor C H Cavness urged major revisions to Texas pardons and paroles including paid parole supervisors, stricter clemency reviews, mandatory revocation for violations, tight cooperation with law enforcement, and immediate notification of parole releases to county officers. He warned some employers of parolees risk peonage or involuntary servitude and referred cases to the FBI.
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Austin
C. H. Cavness
Texas
Cavness
Stevenson
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago Fire Probe Closes Night Spots
Chicago officials ordered two legitimate theaters in the Loop and five night clubs to close as part of a fire code probe following the La Salle Hotel fire. The Great Northern and the Shubert Theaters faced closure along with clubs The Club Alabam McGovern's Liberty Inn Playhouse and two small venues west of the Loop.
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Chicago
Loop
la Salle Hotel
Paul Gerhardt, Jr
Great Northern
Shubert
Alabam
McGovern
Liberty Inn
The
Playhouse
Near North Side
Gerhardt
Edward J. Kelly
John C. Prendergast
Michael J. Corrigan
L. Fenn
Fire Prevention Bureau
Martin H. Foss
Death Ends Long Career Of Amarillo Hotel Man
Otho Thompson long served Amarillo hotel scene dying of a heart ailment in his Herring Hotel suite. He led the Ama rillo Hotel and later the Herring from 1932, with war service honors and a noted wit. Survived by wife Florence and children, funeral plans pending.
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Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Otho Thompson
the Herring
Ant
Herring
Col
Ernest O. Thompson
Austin
Colonel Thompson
St. Louis
John Boyce
E. A. Simpson
Ray Smith
United States
Mr. Thompson
Thompson Wholesale Drug Company
L. D. Thompson
Lincoln
Southwestern Drug Company
Thompson
Florence Thompson
Billy Reaves
Greenville
William Harvey
Charles Reeves
R. L. Thompson
Flora Lee Hasting
Billy Thompson
Odessa
N. S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Home
Man Killed Near Tucumcari in Suspected Robbery
An unidentified man, about 35, 5 feet 10, 185 pounds with blond curly hair, was found stabbed to death on a road from US 66 to Hoover Ranch west of Tucumcari New Mexico. Robbery is suspected as valuables were taken. a handkerchief with initials FTD was the only clue. District Attorney J V Gallegos coordinated the investigation.
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Tucumcari
N. M
U. S. Highway 66
Hoover Ranch
Here
J. V. Gallegos
FTD
Baxter Heads CC Managers at 40th Texas Convention
Rex B. Baxter of Amarillo was elected president of the Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers at the group’s 40th annual convention in Beaumont. Oscar Jones of Marshall became vice president and John Womble of Abilene secretary treasurer. New directors include Ben Marable Paris Virginia Sorrell Wharton Jim Netts Del Rio W L Coffey Olney Fred Husbands Waco Joe Mack Harlingen with Joe S. Moore of Jasper named sergeant at arms.
Seven Lawyers Engage in Battle Over $25 Land Strip
Seven lawyers armed with 24 documents pursue a property suit in Sherman over an 18 inch strip of residential land valued at about $25. A former owner was brought nearly 300 miles from his San Angelo home to testify.
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Sherman
San Angelo
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U.S
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Boston
Denver
Detroit
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Fort Worth
Kansas City
Tos
Erie
Dota
Erste
Citi Biay
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
Tenn
Harold Hasting
Tulsa
Okla
Alvord
Wichita Falls
Decatur
Virginia Military Institute
University of Texas
Baxter
McCormick Yue Vanilla
McCormick
Army Navy
Burden Company
Plains Creamery, Inc
Blankenship Dairy
Dudley Dairy
Wineinger Dairy
Dairies
City of
Amarillo Health Department
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