Buddhist Priest Recalls Tojo Hanged After World War II
Tokyo reports describe Hideki Tojo and six aides being hanged at Sugamo. The Buddhist priest Shinso Hanayama said four of seven condemned shouted banzai and a greater Nippon before execution. Tojo asked for sake, left a poetry message, and thanked guards for 24 hours notice. World peace bells tolled as prayers spread nationwide.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Sugamo
Shinso Hanayama
Tojo
Nippon
Pearl Harbor
Seisjiro Itagaki
China
Korea
Koki Hirota
Hanauma
Hanayma
Japan
Jenki Doihara
Singapore
Iwane Matsui
Nanking
Akira Muto
War Ministry
Itagaki
Jentaro Kimura
Hirota
MacArthur
Matsui
Doihara
Muto
Dai Nippon
U. S. Army
Hanayama
Democrats Propose Shorter Ohio General Assembly Schedule
Ohio Democratic leaders Sen. Margaret A. Mahoney and Rep. John F. Cantwell urged a streamlined 98th General Assembly plan to Gov Elect Lausche at a Columbus dinner. They envision equalizing committee counts, joint hearings, and a four month session to save time and money. Details await Lausche’s approval.
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Columbus
Ohio
98Th General Assembly
Margaret A. Mahoney
Dcleveland
Senate
John F. Cantwell
Youngstown
House
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Miss Mahoney
Cantwell
97Th Assembly
Mahoney
Australia Demands UN Expel Dutch Over Indonesia Campaign
Australia told the U N Security Council that the Netherlands must be expelled from the United Nations unless it halts its attack on Indonesia. Col W R Hodgson called the Dutch assault a deliberate violation of the UN charter. Dr C L Hsia said China would support Dr Philip C Jessup's U S backed resolution demanding an immediate halt and Dutch withdrawal to pre action positions.
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Paris
Australia
Holland
United Nations
Col
W. R. Hodgson
U. N. Security Council
U. N
C. L. Hsia
China
Philip C. Jessup
United States
Indonesia
Government probes Dutch attack amid aid pause to Indonesia
Washington officials studied whether the Dutch assault on the Indonesian republic warrants withholding Marshall Plan funds from the Dutch ruled Netherlands East Indies. The Economic Cooperation Administration halted about 14.1 million dollars in aid pending clarification of renewed civil unrest.
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Washington
Holland
Economic Cooperation Administration
Netherlands East Indies
Dutch Troops Accused of Killing Civilians Reported to UN
Reports to the United Nations Security Council allege Dutch troops killed Indonesian civilians. The briefing cites eyewitness accounts and asks for international scrutiny and possible action.
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Batavia
Javg
United Nations Security Council
1000 CROP Carloads Planned for U S Seaports
Dayton report says CROPS officials expect about 1000 carloads of food for overseas relief in 10 U S seaports by Christmas. John D Metzler, national chairman, says these carloads will be two thirds of the total aimed to aid hungry people in 43 foreign nations through Christmas trains of farm produce.
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Dayton
U. S
John D. Metzler
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Million Dollar Drops Noted in Sales Taxes
Ohio sales tax collections for the week ended December 11 fell about half a million dollars below the 1947 week, state Treasurer Don E. Ebright reported. Declines occurred in food sales especially meat and confections, chain stores, apparel, furniture and miscellaneous business.
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Columbus
Ohio
Don E. Ebright
Nixon Clears Duggan Ties in Spy Ring Probe
Rep. Richard M. Nixon says Laurence Duggan had no involvement in spy ring activities. A New York City medical examiner reports the autopsy shows no evidence of criminality in Duggan's fatal 16 story fall Monday night.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Negev Front Fights Break Armistice Hopes
Fighting erupted today between Jewish and Egyptian forces along the Negev front in Palestine. Air and ground actions disrupted talks and undermined optimism for a quick armistice. The Negev, a southern desert area assigned to Jews in 1947, saw an Israeli October push drive back Egyptians and trap a brigade at Faluja. Israel notified the UN it was prepared to discuss step by step release of the Faluja garrison and demarcation lines.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Negev
Palestine
Faluja
United Nations
Union Heads Are Named Communists
The House Un-American Activities Committee tagged 13 CIO union officers as Communists and warned workers about strikes under a Communist government. It named 33 organizations as Communist fronts and listed 20 CIO unions with strong leadership, including United Electrical Workers and Longshoremen, still tied to Reds.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
CIO
Harry Bridges
Longshoremen’s Union
Ben Gold
The
Fur and Leather Workers
Abram Flaxer
United Public Workers of America
Donald Henderson
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers
United Electrical Workers
American Labor Party
Arnold pleads innocent in wife’s shotgun murder
Eugene C. Arnold, 26, pleaded innocent yesterday to a first degree murder charge in the shotgun slaying of his wife Jeanette, 20, in Akron.
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AKRON
Eugene C. Arnold
Jeanette
Woman Held For Query In Forgery
In Chillicothe Ohio a 48 year old woman Marie M Scheidell of Louisville Kentucky is held for questioning in a nationwide check forgery case. Police say she opened two $190 accounts here and cashed a $30 expense check using payroll style vouchers. Authorities believe she passed similar checks nationwide or led a ring.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Marie M. Scheidell
Louisville
Savings and Loan Company
A. R. Poole
First National Bank
Middletown
Poole
Eugene Rigney
Mutual Loan & Savings Association
Rigney
Ohio Savings and Loan League
Florine Johann
Savings Bank of
Savings Bank
First National Bank of Nashville
Snow Forecast For Christmas Across the Midwest
A white Christmas was forecast as fresh snow from the Central Rockies spread into the Central Plains and Midwest. The North Central states faced record cold with sub-zero readings near the Canadian border and lows of 14 to 16 degrees in North Dakota towns like Bismarck and Grand Forks.
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Chicago
Mid-Continent
Central Rockies
Central Plains
Midwest
North Central States
Canadian
Bismarck
N. D
Grand Forks
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Montana
Wealthy War Hero Dies in Plane Crash near Alice
Orville Miller, 29, a three time medal winner and ex Navy pilot from Dallas, died with his family when his plane ran out of fuel in thick fog. He tried to make an emergency landing in a pasture 36 miles northeast of Alice, but struck a powerline, tore through a fence, and plunged into a mesquite grove.
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Alice
Tex
Here
Orville Miller
Dallas
Miller
First Vichy Official Acquitted of Treason
Paris reports the French high court of justice found Marcel Peyrouton not guilty of treason after a 46 minute jury deliberation. He faced charges of intelligence with the enemy as a former Vichy minister.
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Paris
High Court of Justice
Vichy
Marcel
Bernard Peyrouton
Peyrouton
Two Men Sentenced For 6000 Holdup
John G. Reed 24 of Niles Ohio and Thomas Dickerson 25 of Baltimore Md were sentenced to Mansfield Reformatory after pleading guilty to a 6000 daylight holdup of the Tschappat jewelry store in Columbus. Judge Joseph M Clifford gave them 10 to 25 years each. Charles W Marcum 25 of Cincinnati awaits trial on armed robbery charges.
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Columbus
John G. Reed
Niles
Ohio
Thomas Dickerson
Baltimore
Mansfield Reformatory
Joseph M. Clifford
Charles W. Marcum
Cincinnati
Court Clerk Injured Struck by Truck in Pom ery
Meigs County clerk of courts Herman Beards 77 was struck by a truck on E Main St in Pomero y shortly after 5 p m Wednesday. He suffered a fractured skull broken ribs and possible internal injuries at Meigs General Hospital. Driver Howard E Holt of Columbus remained on scene and was not charged. Witnesses said Beards stepped into the truck’s path after alighting from a Racine bus.
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Pomeroy—Herman Beards
Meigs County
E. Main St
Meigs General Hospital
Howard E. Holt
Columbus
Main St
Beards
Pomeroy
Zinc Plant Recognizes AFL Union in Labor Pact Move
American Zinc Oxide Co. recognized the AFL International Chemical Workers as bargaining agent for production and maintenance staff amid a CIO strike over non-Communist affidavits under Taft-Hartley. After clashes and a hiring push, the firm plans to sign with the AFL after the holiday season and resume full production early in 1949.
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Columbus
American Zinc Oxide Co
CIO Smelter Workers Union
AFL International Chemical Workers
CIO
A. C. Eide
AFL
Eide
Holiday Death Toll Estimated At 265
The National Safety Council estimated that traffic fatalities from the Christmas holiday may total 265, covering deaths from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday. Officials cautioned the final toll could exceed 265 due to delayed fatalities not yet reported.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Indicted Congressman Ill of Stomach Ailment
Allendale New Jersey Rep. J Parnell Thomas 53 in ill health at home with recurrence of earlier ailment described as satisfactory by Dr Fred S Kanning physician says he is suffering from a gastro intestinal hemorrhage or stomach bleeding under indictment for conspiracy the New Jersey Republican was reported in satisfactory condition by his doctor
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Allendale
N. J
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey Republican
Fred S. Kanning
Thomas
Italian Seamen Held For Jumping Ship
Two Italian seamen, brothers Thomas Gallati and Joseph Gallati aged 36 and 26, are held by the Immigration and Naturalization Service on jumping ship charges. They face deportation hearings after allegedly leaving their vessel in Norfolk Virginia and Baltimore. Clifford Floyd E. Ault, officer in charge, announced the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Floyd E. Ault
Thomas Gallati
Joseph Gallati
Thomas
Norfolk
Joseph
Baltimore
Ports idle as AFL work stoppage shows no change
Seattle and Tacoma ports reported no change as AFL workers remained on strike. Employers noted the stoppage continued with ships idle and cargo movements halted at both terminals.
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Seattle
Tacoma
AFL
Rio Student's Mother Beaten and Stabbed in Barn Incident
Treva Mahoney, 47, pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife Edna Mahoney, 47, with intent to wound. James Hunter, 29, a Rio Grande College student, testified he seized the knife from his stepfather after finding Mrs Mahoney badly wounded leaving the barn. Mahoney held to grand jury under $2500 bond. Mrs Mahoney at Mercy Hospital, expected to recover.
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Mount Vernon
Treva Mahoney
Edna
James Hunter
Rio Grande College
Salathiel Bumpus
Mahoney
Justice of the Peace
Harold A. Bishop
Mercy Hospital
Newark Men In Custody After London Prison Escape
Two Newark men, Ernest Hayman and Harry Richardson, are in custody after escaping from the London prison farm. Hayman, 42, was returned from Cleveland Mississippi to the prison stockade for a grand larceny term. Richardson, 51, formerly of Newark, is at Iowa State Prison serving a five year term on breaking and entering. he will be returned to Newark after release.
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London
Newark
Ernest Hayman
Cleveland
Miss
Hayman
Lebanon
London Farm
Harry Richardson
Iowa State
Davenport
Iowa
Girl Killed by Car in Fremont Collision
Four year old Joe Ann Lewis was struck and killed by an automobile yesterday in Fremont. Police and witnesses described a tragic fatal accident with the child reportedly playing near the street when the vehicle struck.
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Fremont
Joe Ann Lewis
Red Attacks Repulsed Near Tientsin and Nanking
Nationalist warships at Tangku drove off Red attacks on the outskirts of Tientsin. In Nan King, government sources said 1500 Communists were killed. Weather aided Nationalists to fortify south of the Yangtze as Reds creep northward. No official confirmation on peace feelers from Premier Sun Fo's cabinet.
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Nanking
Tangku
Tientsin
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Peiping
Here
Yangtze
Sun Fo
Bell union dispute settled averting citywide strike
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co and its 50 000 union workers reached a settlement early today ending a dispute that threatened to trigger a strike.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Used Car Market Falls Blamed on Credit Controls
Cleveland dealers say the used car market has collapsed with sales down about 75 percent from a year earlier amid government reinstated credit limits. A dealers committee will seek regulatory changes, while Fed Reserve Bank officials may raise the issue in Washington.
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Cleveland
Sam Greenfield
Cleveland Used Car Dealers Association
Ray M. Gidney
Federal Reserve Bank
Washington
iSurvey
Justice Is Done: Newark Doctor Reflects On Tojo Execution
Newark physician Dr James B Johnson Jr recalls treating Hideki Tojo after his 1945 self harm attempt and says it was the court's job to execute him. An Army blood donor, Sgt John Archinal, says the hanging brings him happiness and he wanted Tojo to suffer for his wartime actions.
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Newark
Ohio
James B. Johnson, Jr
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Tokyo
Johnson
Tojo
John
Jack) Archinal
Here
Archinal
New Guinea
Morotai
Philippines
Buddhist Priest Recalls Tojo’s Execution Scene
The account details the two death groups of seven Japanese leaders executed under MacArthur after World War II. It notes the cremations to prevent graves, the cremation ashes scattered, and a ceremonial farewell with Buddhist rites and a smiling deathbed demeanor.
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James
Rose Marie
Piri
Kenneth Stevens
John Demint
Chester
U.S
Colmar
Rio
Greenfield
Douglas MacArthur
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