Tojo and six others sentenced to death by hanging
Hideki Tojo, architect of Japan's Pearl Harbor attack, was sentenced to death by hanging along with six co defendants. Twenty five leaders faced verdicts as the longest war crimes trial ended with mixed outcomes including life terms and prison spells. MacArthur set a November 19 deadline for petitions and summoned Allied representatives to review the verdicts.
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Wmware
Vap
Earnest Hobenecht
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Hideko Tojo
International War Crimes Tribunal
Elie
Japan
Ier
Tom
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Wil- Mat Webb
Australia
War Crimes Court
Eller
William
Hirahito
Hitchite
Tojo
United States
Hiroshina
Nagasaki
Marshall says Soviet peace propaganda undermines UN unity
Secretary of State George C. Marshall declares Moscow is running a propaganda peace offensive to weaken the United States and split World War II era united front. He notes UN nations largely back US positions while Moscow tries to portray Stalin and Truman as driving world problems.
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Paris
Alp
George C. Marshall
United States
Marshall
Linked Nations Assembly
Moscow
Prrmé
Stalin
Truman Center
Nytt
Cement Plant Prospects Near Amarillo Reported
Land near Cliffside northwest of Amarillo, TX, being tested by General Portland Cement Co. after land purchase of section 90 B-9 for a possible cement plant. Price cited around 42 765 dollars. experts disagree on local limestone deposits and plant feasibility, with market doubt and possible early construction within weeks or years.
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Amarillo
Cliffside
General Portland Cement Co
W. A. Williams
Hughes
Williams
Portland
Jneb
I F. Bayden
Dallas
Chicago
Ad. E. Shepler
Lone Star Cement Co
Shepler
General Portand
Tom Graig
Phillips Petroleum Co
News-Globe
Verdict Rules Out Suicide in Ferguson Shooting
Justice of the peace Ivy Wilkinson stated the coroner's verdict will not be suicide in the death of Mrs. Correane Ferguson, found shot in her North West Second Street home. The investigation continues as questions linger over the pistol's origin and Ferguson's alleged purchase.
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Correane Ferguson
Paul Timmons
Coreune Ferguson
Ivy Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Jack Ferguson
Potter County
Paul Gaither
Justice of the Peace
Justices of the Peace
Galther
Austin
FBI
Texas Pilots Grounded After Engine Quits in Flight Attempt
Two Dallas pilots Fred Vinmont and Bert Simons were forced to an emergency landing near Green County Airport while attempting to set a record for endurance flight. Their Luscombe Silvaire recorded 528 hours before the engine quit, leaving them one week from the 726 hour mark and the 2934 hour target.
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Longview
Fred Vinmont
Bert Simons
Uncle Sam
Green County
Dallas
Luscombe
Love Field
Grand Prairie
Gregg County
Special Session Urged to Speed Aid for Red China
Senator Styles Bridges urged President Truman to convene an immediate special session of Congress to authorize added aid to Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists in China. He called for quick facts and a robust American program to halt Communist advances, noting his committee roles in foreign aid oversight and the urgency of arming Nationalists.
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Congress
China
United Frees
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Truman
Sucha
Bridges
Chiang
Senate Appropriations Committee
Joint
Congressional
Ching Rock
Stock
Barrel
Troman
GOP
Far East
Slaying Motive Still Elusive as Trial Looms
Police focus on Jesse B. Tennyson and partner Sam Couch in a shotgun murder at a used car firm. District attorney hears witnesses as investigators probe motives and the dissolution bid, while Bell and others describe office conditions and attempts to dissolve the partnership.
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Jesse B. Tennyson
Marks
Tennyson
Sam C. Couch
Ross
W. GL. Bell
Manner
Cotch
See- Tennyson
Jay Tennyson
Qouch
Bell
Thas
Coush
John
Grady
Hezlewood
Hazlewood
Fifth Street
Jackson
Couch
Ten
Dusty” Miller
Tenyson
Jane Couch
Colorado
Ty Price
Losne
Neely-Greenhill-Lawndes—Insurancs
Meyera Motor Go
Chrysler- Farlor
Shore
Bee Jolia Maynard Lor. Co
Bavhroom Heaters
Firmouth
Herberg Bros
Zephyr schedule reversal soothes Texas towns along route
Fort Worth and Denver officials backed down on eliminating Zephyr stops at Electra and Memphis after protests from Memphis Clarendon Claude Electra and other communities. R Wright Armstrong said the railroad would seek amicable agreements while Electra was fully placated and no change would occur there.
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Fort Worth & Denver
Electra
Memphis
Fw&d
R. Wright Armstrong
Fort Worth
Clarender
Claude
Zephyr
Denver
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Globe
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Unites Press
Beegan
United Press
See Tojg
Ballyhoo For Peace
Gslabr
Sadie Hawkins
Daisy Mae
Te Abner
Carolyn Munday
Lowell Munday
Crestway
Bobby Lee Moore
Sandie Cocaptain
Joe E. Moore
Brooks
Abner
Rook
Associated Press
Great Plains
Ented Press
Salinhennon Ed
Cement Company
Amarillo Army Air Piela
Jon
Sweenwater
Sweetwater
US Navy
Sheriff's Department
Panhandle
Roy Munday
Ferguson
National Studio
Oklahoma
Coreane Ferguson
Texas
Norton Spayde
Thye
Ape
Here
West Texas
South Plains
New Mexico
Dow
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