Patton Hurt In Auto Crash Near Mannheim
General Patton suffered a cervical spine fracture in a car crash on the autobahn near Mannheim. He is hospitalised in Heidelberg with his wife and neuro-surgery specialists by his side. An Army bulletin says his condition is satisfactory and he remains rational, with a restful night and planned treatment by top surgeons from the United States and Britain.
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Ge S. Patton
Heidelberg
Pital
Gland
United States
Army
Patton
R. G. Spurling
Louisville
Hosital
A. W. Kenner
Hugh Barnes
Oxford
Heiselberg
Hobart R. Gay
U. S. 15Th Army
Ban Nauheim
Mannheim
Gay
Pic
Horace Woodring
Oe Aid
Charles ‘Tucker
New Hamburg
N.Y
Red Cross
15Th Army
Third
Normandy
Czechoslovakia
North
Africa
15Th
Yabul- Tetain
News Strike Is Called Off in Cleveland Newspapers
Nine Cleveland publications including Forest City's three daily papers resumed normal operation after AFL Typographical and Mailers unions voted to accept pay increases. Typographical workers approved a contract with weekly raises up to 16 14 retroactive to November 27. Mail room workers voted to raise weekly wages from 45 to 55 02 retroactive to October 1.
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Cleveland
Forest City
AFL
Mailer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland Press
Clevelanders
Settlement Ends Greenfield Estate Suit With 1.5 Million
Cincinnati news reports a ten year old suit over the estates of Arthur E. McClain of Greenfield and E. L. McClain of Hillsboro. The case against Fifth Third Union Trust Co. and Lulu McClain, executors, ends with a 1.5 million dollar payment to recover 3,000 shares of American Pad and Textile Co. stock.
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Cincinnati
Arthur E. McClain
Greenfield
Hillsboro
Fifth Third Union Trust Co
Lulu McClain
T P
E. L. McClain
American Pad and Textile Co
Plan Triple Funeral of Findlay Fire Victims
Triple funeral services will be held here tomorrow for three persons who perished in a fire that destroyed their two story frame dwelling Sunday. Victims were Mr. and Mrs. Jesse House and their year old grandson Jack Markins. Middletown exceeded its bond quota of 643130 by more than four percent.
Officer Says Japs Used Gas Against Yanks and Chinese Troops
Brig. Gen. Charles E. Loucks on MacArthur’s staff says Japan used poison gas in isolated cases including a March 5 1945 gas canister attack at Biak New Guinea that sickened several Americans. He cites a gas warfare school at Narashihon and argues Allied prep prevented greater use.
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Hamilton Faeon
Tokyo
Charles E. Loucks
New Guinea
MacArthur
Signal Corps
Biak
New
Guinea
Loucks
China
Narasshiho
Ohio weekend traffic deaths reach seventeen in odd fatalities
A pedestrian was slashed by a hit and run driver four people were killed while pushing vehicles and a woman collapsed while hurrying to an accident scene in Ohio. The Associated Press reports at least 17 deaths in weekend traffic incidents across the state. Simeon Smart's body was recovered amid the events.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Simeon Smart
Iopelier
Sandusky
Roy Adkins
Edwin Stanislawski
Leslie E. Rice
Wheeling
Chester Jaskolka
Cleveland
Emil Peters
Mary Rochetti
Jacob Feckleman
Christ Maurer
Columbus
Joseph Patrick Joyce
Emmett Kelly
Chillicothe
Edward Seymour
Betty Shullick
Lorain
Elytia Memorial Hospital
Elyria
Joint War Plan Eyed in Probe
Senator Ferguson questions wartime plans and British intelligence use of intercepted Japanese secrets while Gen. George C. Marshall returns to the witness stand. Three Sandusky residents die in separate traffic accidents, raising the year's Cleveland area fatalities with additional collisions and a fatal heart attack among bystanders.
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Washington
Gpi
Ferguson
R-Mich
Congressional
Pearl ‘Harbor
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Japan
George C. Marshall
War Vet Rights Upheld by U S Official
U S district attorney Miller declared enforcement of the GI Bill against pre-service employers failing to restore veterans to their jobs. Returning servicemen should regain their prewar position within 80 days of discharge, with the same pay and accrued benefits, for up to a year unless discharged for cause.
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U.S
Con .c. Miller
Miller
Seventy two AT Reserve youths to finish at Ohio State
Seventy two boys in the Army Specialized Training Reserves who entered service at 17 will complete their work at Ohio State University. The university reported today. The youths are expected to be called to active duty early in January.
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Columbus
Army
Ohio State University
Fire Destroys Culp Pottery in Roseville
ZANESVILLE area reports a $25,000 blaze at the Culp Pottery Company destroying the original building a new addition under construction stock and equipment all lost Daisy Culp owner says the pottery was built in 1881.
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Culp Pottery
Zanesville
Culp Pottery Company
Roseville
Daisy Culp
Suffocation Fatal To Small Lorain Infant
Ronald Cochran Tan three month old son of Mr and Mrs Robert Cochran of Sheffield Lake Lorain died yesterday of suffocation. Mrs Cochran found the baby unconscious in his crib and he was dead on arrival at a hospital.
Gestapo Chief in War Crimes Trial Pleads Not Guilty
Ernst Kaltenbrunner and twenty other Nazi leaders appeared before the four power international military tribunal at Nuremberg. Kaltenbrunner, recovering from a cranial hemorrhage, declared he did not believe himself guilty as he faced war crimes charges.
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Gestapo
Mernberg
Ernest Waljtenbrunner
Oest
International Military Tribunal
Kaltenbrunner
Balkan Survey Sees Russia Will Bargain For Balkans
A survey by Mark Ethridge suggests no insurmountable blocks in Romania and Bulgaria, opening a potential path to a settlement with Russia. Findings, releasing before Byrnes’s Moscow trip, argue democracy exists in part and friendly governments could be arranged without puppet regimes. George L Hummel, 68, Cincinnati, dies.
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Washington
Byrnes
Romania
Bulgaria
Moscow
Mark Ethridge
Louisville
George Hummel
Diplo- Cincinnati
George L
Math
Ethridge
Hummel
Edward J. Hummel
Russia
Balkans
United States
Britain
London Foreign Ministers Council
Jap Sub Captain in America to Testify
The captain of a Japanese submarine 1 58 Omar Ike Hashimoto reportedly sunk the USS Indianapolis last July 30 and arrived to testify at the court martial of Captain Charles B McVay III who faced charges of negligence in the loss of the cruiser. Hashimoto is in custody of Lt. Alan Smith of West Haven Conn. A second item notes Russell Smith, 40, of Zanesville, a noted bait caster, injured when his Cub trainer plane crashed during landing at Riverside Airport.
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Washington
Omar
Ike Hashimoto
Charles B. McVay
McVay
Hashimoro
Alan Smith
West Haven
Conn
Zanesville
Russell Smith
Riverside Airport
NAM Names Wason New Association President
Obert W. Wason succeeds Ira Mosher as president of the National Association of Manufacturers. Wason started as a grocery boy in Ashtabula Ohio and rose to lead Manning Maxwell and Moore Inc of New York.
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Obert W. Wason
National Association of Manufacturers
Ira Mosher
Ashtabula
Ohio
Wason
Manning, Maxwell and Moore, Inc
New York
Lewis Testifies Before House at Truman Plan Hearing
In Washington the House Labor Committee opened hearings on President Truman’s plan to use fact finding boards to settle major labor disputes. John L. Lewis testified as the first witness while the UMW strikes and wage demands draw national attention. The labor scene includes Ford, GM, and other unions amid ongoing plant walkouts and wage negotiations.
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House
Truman
Washington
Congress
House Labor Committee
White House
Saltyspoken
John L. Lewis
Lewis Nas
Ramspeck
Georgia
GOP Urged To Back Own Men In 46 Election
Chicago report says GOP National Chairman Herbert Brownell urged Republicans to back their own candidates in the 1946 campaign. He told a conference the party should weigh its weight for party control of the House and named plans to form a subcommittee to work with GOP members on developing a platform.
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Gop
Chicago
Heribert Brownell
Brownell
Siong
Congress
Ohio Grange to Meet Tuesday
Columbus reports the three day Ohio State Grange convention opens Tuesday at the Deshler Wallick Hotel with delegates from across the state. Chief speaker Chester Bowles will address the evening session in Memorial Hall as Governor Lausche and his wife join about 1000 initiations following Bowles. Registration is today and a reception will follow tonight.
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Columbus
Ohio State ‘Grange
Deshler Wallick Hotel
Chester Bowles
Office of Prive Administration
Memorial Hall
Lausche
Grange
Bowles
Navy Exhibits Atomic Energy Source Display Dec 15
In New York the U S Navy will open a public exhibition of research and inventions on December 15. Rear Admiral Harold G Bowen announced the display will feature an enlarged uranium atom seen at 279000000000 times its size to make it visible to the eye.
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New York
U. S. Navy
Harold G. Bowen
Double-Up Housing Planned at Sandusky
A one day campaign to urge Sandusky residents to double up in order to provide space for families of veterans and others will be held tomorrow. The event is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Sandusky
The
Chamber of Commerce
Germans Rate Ike as Great
German intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Erwin Lahousen praised General Eisenhower as a great military leader for his planning and political restraint aimed at military success. He said Patton was regarded by Germans as the best feared American commander and noted underestimation of U.S. forces early in the war. Also mentions Cleveland diocese opening Gilmour Academy in Chagrin Falls in September 1946.
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Mernberg
Eisenhower
Erwin Lahousen
Associated Press
George S. Patton, Jr
Lathausen
Cleveland
Cleveland Diocese
Gilmour Academy
Chagrin Falls
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Hurley
Department
Congress
Great Britain
Navy
War
Department of Defense
Senate
Fleet Adm
Ernest J. King
King
Naval Operations
Chester W. Nimitz
Forrestal
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Japan
Last of 37th Due in States By Next Week
The remainder of the 37th Ohio Division will reach West Coast ports next week aboard six ships. The USS General Mitchel carrying Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler and Brig. Gen. Leo M. Kreber is due to dock December 12, the Pendla on December 15. Sea Corporal and Kota Iien are slated for Los Angeles December 11 to 14, and the USS General Howze will arrive December 15 with Brig. Gen. Charles F. Craig aboard. The Howze carries the 145th Infantry, remaining 13th Field Artillery, division HQ and HQ Battery.
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San Francisco
37Th
Divion
West Coast
General Mitchel
Robert S. Beightler
Leo M. Kreber
Columbus
Pendla
Sea Corporal
Los Angeles
Kota Iien
Kota Ageong
General Howze
Charles F. Craig
145Th Infantry
13Th Field Artillery
Nazi German urged Japan to join war in spring 1941
Nuernberg prosecutors at the war crimes trial disclosed a secret German directive dated March 5, 1941, urging Japan to attack Singapore to pressure Britain and try to keep the United States out of the war. Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signed the proposal as high command chief.
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Nuernberg
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Singapore
England
United States
Record Plane Use Reached Record Flight Speed and Range
A UPI report notes the XB-42 experimental bomber flew coast to coast in five hours and 17 minutes at 432 mph. Douglas Aircraft plans the DC-8 transport next year prioritizing economy and convenience over sheer speed. The longest nonstop flight across the route set a new record from Long Beach to Bolling Field.
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Washington
UPI
Douglas Aircraft Company
Long Beach
Calif
Bolling Field Army Air Base
West Coast
Bodies of Prisoners Found in Bougainville
Bodies of 432 prisoners of war, believed to be British artillerymen from Singapore 1942, exhumed on Ballale Island near Bougainville, a dispatch said Sunday. President Truman named Judge Joseph C. Hutcheson of Texas as US chairman of a 12 member Anglo American committee to advise on Jewish immigration into Palestine.
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Melbourne
Australia
Singapore
Ballale Island
Bougainville
Washington
Truman
Joseph C. Hutcheson
Texas
United States
Palestine
Japans Feudal Land Policy and War Crimes Roundup
Tokyo reports a government push to abolish feudal land tenure as farmers warn of rice riots, while General MacArthur expands orders to seize land and arrest 57 Japanese war crime suspects. Notables include Col Gennosuke Noma and Lt Colt Banzo Mesi, with others surrendering at Sugama prison amid ongoing inquiries.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Tohoku
United Nations
Cabanatuani
Philippines
Com
Parison
Colt Banzo Mesi
Canatuan
Gennosuke Noma
Hongkong
Toshima
Wada
Sugama Prison
Gen- Jinzaburo Mavzaki
Nagakaze Ohake
Expremier
Hideki Tajo
Koichiro Ishigara
Steel Workers Plan Action Across Steel Industry
The CIO United Steelworkers executive board led by President Philip Murray met to ban further action in their campaign for a general 2-a-day wage boost for steel workers. A general strike could pull 660,000 workers off the job, affecting Big Steel and Little Steel operations, fabricating plants, aluminum plants, union politics, and strike penalties.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers’ Executive Board
Philip Murray
South Birthday Orchid Used for Funeral
Pittsburgh, Pa. An orchid from Hollywood was sent for the 100th birthday anniversary of Aunt Phebe Jameson, a Mansfield native, as she prepared to entertain at the Presbyterian Home with Civil War songs. She fled Sunday.
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Pittsburgh
Phebe” Jameson
Phebe
Mansfield
Hollywood
Four Houses Burned At West Wheeling Ohio
Fire in West Wheeling Ohio destroyed four dwellings and damaged one more, with an inn burned. Fire units from Wheeling and five nearby towns were summoned. Woodmen of the World held a Cleveland meeting with about 100 delegates and officers elected at the Ohio convention session.
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West Wheeling
Wheeling
Ohio River
Bridgeport
Brookside
St. Clairsville
Martins Ferry
Bellaire
Woodmen
Cleveland
Ohio
Woodmen of the
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Edward J. Matthews
Joseph Detrody
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Downey
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