Washington Talks and Teasing Banquets in Postwar Era
A visitor recalls Washington as crisis weary with small talk about ordinary life rather than grand topics. Officials discuss teen fashion, long banquets, upcoming strikes, and the mood of Truman’s presidency while noting regional distinctions and changing attitudes toward Washington.
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Russia
Truman
Ted
Palestine
Manchuria
Java
New York
United States
Rus Sila
Top Nazi Lahouser to testify in war crimes trial
Maj. Gen. Erwin Lahouser, No. 2 in the Nazi secret service, is summoned as the first witness in the war crimes trial. He served as chief assistant to Adm. Wilhelm Canaris and was in the room during the July 20 assassination attempt. Canaris reportedly was executed by the Gestapo. Lahouser led the intelligence from 1938 to 1943 and was hospitalized after the July 20 plot.
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U.P
Erwin Lahouser
Lahouser
A Lahouser
Adm
Wilhelm Canaris
Canaris
Gestapo
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Russia declines Iranian request to move troops in Iran
An Iranian embassy spokesman said Russia formally refused Tehran’s five notes seeking permission to send reinforcements against Azerbaijan rebels in Soviet held northern Iran. He said the Soviet note warned of reinforcing its own garrisons if Iran deployed more troops.
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U.P
Russia
Azerbaijan
Iran
Tehran
Red Army
Woman Injured When Car Overturns in South Rapids
Mrs. Macelle Janecke, 49, of South Rapids Minnesota, was hospitalized with a back injury after a Packard carrying five people overturned at Seventh and Buchanan at 1 26 this afternoon. Her husband Otto H. Janecke and other occupants escaped injury.
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South Rapids
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St. Anthony's Hospital
Boxwell Brothers
Packard
Buchanan
Otto H. Janecke
Nine Killed When Plane Crashed in California
Nine men died and 16 were seriously injured when a C-47 Army transport crashed into a mountainside near Auburn California in heavy rain. The aircraft headed to McClellan Field from Palm Springs with 22 aboard, believed to be Japanese Americans veterans of the Ninth Air Corps en route to Camp Beale for discharge before final homeward assignment to Hawaii.
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Cal
Dewitt General Army Hospital
McClellan Field
Sacramento
Palm Springs
Ninth Air Corps
Italy
Camp Beale
Hawaii
Jap Officers Admit Beheading of U S Airmen
Ten Japanese officers on trial for the murder of five American airmen acknowledged beheadings and said they relied on orders and claimed ignorance of international law. Lt. Kyoshi Feuta, a 26 year navy veteran, said he believed no Geneva Convention prisoner of war rules applied and claimed he did not know of relevant regulations.
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Kwajalein
Kyoshi Feuta
North
Mille
Imperial Navy
Drowned at Bombay Beach as Tidal Wave Strikes
A tidal wave sweeping Bombay beaches drowned thirteen people. Experts say the quake off the sea yesterday triggered the wave, one of the strongest shocks here in 96 years. No damage to American installations reported.
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Bombay
National Safety Council Links War Worn Cars to Fatalities
The National Safety Council reports October traffic deaths more than doubled from the prior year blaming drivers using war worn cars as if on kamikaze missions. Chicago dispatch notes the agency released findings yesterday.
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National Safety Council
Chicago
The
Shriners Temple Grows as Novices Play Stunt Enthusiastically
The Shriners temple continues to expand with more than 2,000 members. Novices on a new stunt were placed on the inactive list while awaiting today’s Hot Sands to Mecca trek in Amarillo, promising an unforgettable experience for participants.
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Ing
Mecca
Amarillo
Shriners Ready Khiva Temple for Convention
Three divan members along with Henry Slye and Perry Powell have spent days preparing Khiva Temple for the ceremonial that began this morning.
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Henry Slye
Wrecking Crew
Perry Powell
Khiva Temple
Braniff Air Freight Starts On Saturday
Braniff launches air freight service Saturday from Amarillo under manager Dave Saunders. The program, first by a major airline without mileage restrictions, serves 32 Braniff cities with tariffs filed to the Civil Aeronautics Board, totaling 98 communities. Rates run 35 to 45 cents per ton mile, cutting cargo rates by 37 to 59 percent.
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Braniff Airways
Amarillo
Dave Saunders
Braniff
Civil Aeronautics Board
Saunders
Markets Dip as Stocks Slip and Livestock Prices Mixed
Wall Street faded at 1 P M with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down slightly. Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets showed varied results with cattle and hogs trading unevenly while futures and fund offerings moved in quieter trade.
Real estate transfers list with multiple deeds recorded
Warranty deeds show K S Reynolds to G F Bowling lot 38 block 23 CC and L Munday to James A Strange lot 4 block 10 Sunnyside among other filings. Transactions include Nunn Gooch to F N Evans lot 4 block 35 Tarter M C Kuykendall et ux to L A Coffey lot 1 block 36 Joslin and Noble Paulk et ux to Pete George on Jones lot 2 block 36 Crowdus Starkey Charley Pride et ux to Glenn Cox lots 19 and 20 block 36 Old Town H A Southworth to Fula Mae Luster part block 89 University Heights John H Romines et ux to Nathan Finley Martin lot 11 block 23 Forest Hill Ter and Edward Clay Martin et ux to W
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James A. Strange
Sunnyside
Saline Nunn Gooch
F. N. Evans
M. C. Kuykendall
L. A. Coffey
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Noble Paulk
Pete George
Jones
Crowdus & Starkey
Charley Pride
Glenn Cox
Old Town
H A. Southworth
Fula Mae Luster
University Hts
John H. Romines
Nathan Finley Martin
Forest Hill Ter
Edward Clay Martin
Property transfers and two divorce petitions listed
A dense list shows numerous land transfers including lots in Forest H Park Seale Annex Sub Humphrys Highlands Holland and other neighborhoods from various grantors to grantees. Also noted are two district court divorce actions Vila Underwood versus Hal Underwood and Alene Isaacs versus Amos Isaacs.
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Allston Et Ux
O. E. Silver
R. L. Moore
J. W. Bogard
Fairview
Carolyn Bryan
C. W. Lindsey
Humphrys Highlands
Amarillo Nail Bank
Hugo H. Loewenstern
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Lola Copp
Plemons Adda
Grady W. Campetux
Roy W. Haskins
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Amos Isaacs
Vila Underwood
Hal M. Underwood
Diplomatic shift eyed on Germany policy after Price report
President Truman and Hurley spar over policy criticisms as Byron Price prepares a report on German administration. Officials anticipate a drastic policy revision that could curb Morgenthau Jr. influence, reshaping Allied German governance under the Morgenthau Plan legacy. Emperor Rudolph II of Augsburg is said to have ruled from an iron throne.
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Byron Price
Truman
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Secretary of the Treasury
Rudolph II of
Augsburg
Truman to Attend Army Navy Game as Neutral
President Truman said at his news conference that he will attend Saturday's Army-Navy football game as a neutral. He answered questions about which team he favors and indicated his plan to be present without supporting either side.
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Navy
Truman
Washington
Eisenhower Criticizes French Policy and Urges German Administration
General Eisenhower in a report from Frankfurt criticizes the French government for hampering the Allied control council and calls for a central German administrative machinery. He reviews October conditions in Germany before his move to Army Chief of Staff and notes potential unrest and disease this winter but says no immediate emergency in American and British zones if rations hold.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Eisenhower
Allied Control Council
U. S. Army
British announce complete occupation of Soerabaja
British officials confirm Soerabaja now fully occupied with fighting confined to interior and western Java. Indonesian Premier Sjahrir says ready to resume talks with Dutch and British, but no date fixed yet.
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Soerabaja
Java
Sutan Sjahrir
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