Rowne Massacre Told At Nuremberg Trial
The Nuremberg tribunal heard an affidavit by Hermann Graebe describing SS and police mass murder of 5,000 Jews in the Rowne Ghetto on July 13, 1942 after assurances no plan existed. Witness accounts depict families torn from homes, forced to run, and crowded into freight cars amid screams, whips, and rifle fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nnernberg
Germany
International Military Tribunal
Ukraiian
Rowne
Hermann Friedrich Graebe
Ernest Kaltenbrunner
Martin Bormann
Graebe
Pilot and wife to move into governor's home
A 21 year old ex military pilot Robert F White and his wife Joanna were chosen to share a rent free apartment in Governor Lausches mansion in Columbus as a solution to housing shortages. The move illustrates state efforts to provide housing for deservings couples. Alongside this, production in US auto plants resumed with GM still on strike. Ford Chrysler and Hudson reopened after last week shutdown, aided by parts from Canada and Windsor suppliers. Expected output for January around 100000 vehicles, far below earlier aims of over 5 million for 1946. In Toledo Willys-Overland began producing peacetime jeeps again after supplier troubles. DIES AT HUNTINGTON S CARTER Russell Scott dies. former superintendent of Mountain State Oil and Gas in Dawes West Virginia to be buried in Huntington today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Army Pilet
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Robert F.white
Joanna
Lauscue
General Motors Assembly
Ford
Chrysler and Hudson
Studebaker
Willy's Overland
Windsor
Ont
Ford Motor Co. of Canada, Ltd
General Motors
Packard
Toledo
Willys-Overland
Jeep
Charles E. Sorensen
Steel
Edgar Warren
Westinghouse
General Electric
Cio-United Electrical Workers
Warren
Truman
Nathan P. Feinsinger
War Later Board
Washington
Steel Corporation
OPA
HUNTINGTON _ HAMILTON
Russell T. ‘Scott
Oxford, O
Huntington
Scntt
Mountain State of and Gas i Company
Dawes
W. Va
Stark Again Questioned By Probers
Washington AP report says evidence before Senate and House investigators credited Admiral Harold R Stark with foreseeing a possible surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor nearly a year before. Stark, 1941 chief of naval operations, testified as the inquiry resumed after the New Year holiday and faced questions on his claim that he gave ample warning.
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Adms
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Pacific
Senate House
Aém
Bors
Stark
Congressional Inquiry Committee
Ernest. J. King Sue
General Mac Arthur Told All He Needs to Know on Occupation Policies
Secretary of War Patterson said MacArthur was advised with all possible information for his command, not necessarily consulted before the Mos cow conference. Navy officials questioned Stark’s role in Pearl Harbor events and his 1941 critique of British naval strategy, amid committee probes of prior defense planning.
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Honolulu
MacArthur
Japan
Patterson
Moscow
Ing
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Stark
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Kimmel
Stark Song
Chief of Naval Operations
United States
Knox
Crete
Mediterranean
India
Malayasia
Atlantics
Netherlands East Indies
Spirit of Adolf Will Rise Prophesied by Hitler
Report claims Adolf Hitler predicted his spirit would arise from the grave and that the world would one day acknowledge he was right. The claim references a long secret letter allegedly from Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop to Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden before his capture in Hamburg last summer.
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Mernberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Hamburg
Ironton Couple Die in Utah Auto Collision
Ironton couple Julio Colapietro and Velma Colapietro, both residents near Ironton in East Liverpool, were killed in a car crash near Hill Field Utah on New Year’s night. The collision involved a naval ambulance from the Clearfield Supply Depot and forced the cancellation of water night services at St John’s Lutheran Church.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Julio Colapietro
Velma
Ironton
Liverpool
Watcr
St. John’ S Lutheran Church
Clearfield
Truman to open fight for his program on radio and TV
President Truman returns to the White House from a river cruise ready to press his 21 point legislative program directly to the people. He will speak at 10 p.m. EST on all radio networks and then address Congress in person on January 15 with his first televised presidential message. The plan emphasizes tax revision government reorganization and a surplus property administrator amid congressional stalemate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
Congress
Army and Navy
China moves to occupy Jehol amid civil strife
Cabinet spokesman P H Chang said central authorities are taking over Jehol as a matter of course and sending administrative personnel after national troops. He asserted there were no Communist troops in Jehol before Japan's collapse and rejected Reds claims of democratic rule. China awaits a Communist reply to a counter proposal for a truce in civil strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
CP — Chinese
P. H. Chang
China
Jehol
Japan
Chang
Norwalk on Third Try Acquires 1946 Mayor
E. Weidemaier, a Democrat elected in November, took the oath and resigned due to ill health. Delbert Crawford, the new council president, declined statutory succession. The council elected Edgar Tucker of the third ward as mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
E. Weidemaier
Delbert Crawford
Edgar Tucker
Detroit Father Returns Home for Burial of Five Children
Detroiter Otto Winkelman 35 arrives from Tokyo after a six day journey to join wife Vera for the burial of their five children who perished in a pre Christmas house fire. Funeral services had been held the previous week but burial was postponed until 2 pm Wednesday to await the father's arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
tPi
Otto Winkelman
Tokyo
Vera
Detroit Police Seek Ex-Soldier in Marsden Slaying
Detroit police hunt a young Pacific war veteran linked to the death of Gladgus Marsden a 40 year old divorcee whose battered body was found in a school yard Sunday night they believe she left a Detroit tavern with the ex soldier earlier that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Gladgus Marsden
NEA
Balkans get more democratic governments after U S aid
Louisville publisher Mark Ethridge said U S intervention likely nudges Bulgaria and Roumania toward more democratic governments. Speaking at the Louisville Board of Trade New Year meeting, Ethridge cited approval from Secretary Byrnes and noted Russia’s postwar behavior complicates regional balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Bulgaria
Roumania
Mark Ethridge
Balkans
Truman
Louisville Board of Trade
Ethridge
James Byrnes
New York November Residential Building Contracts Hit High Volume
F W Dodge Corp reports privately owned residential contracts for 10,953 units in 37 eastern states totaling 72.58 million dollars, only 1 percent public housing. Eastern state total November construction contracts reach 370.09 million, up 17 percent from October and 124 percent from November 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
F.W. Dodge Corp
Rocky Mountains
Compromise Ends De Gaulle Crisis in France
Paris a government crisis ended as the Constituent Assembly approved a compromise to avert De Gaulle's resignation. The measure authorizes 39 020 000 000 francs for national defense in early 1946 with a promised army reorganization due by February 15. In Washington C H city manager W L Stambaugh resigns effective immediately after two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
de Gaulle
Constituent Assembly
Washington C.H
W. L. Stambaugh
Solon Congressman's Call to End Food Controls in 1946
Rep Thomas Jenkins of Ohio urged ending unwise postwar food controls to restore a free industry. He warned that continued price fixing by Congress or OPA could hinder butter and milk supplies, noting subsidies shifted funds from producers to milk buyers and predicting surpluses might require a government agency to trade surpluses with other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas 4. Jenkins
Ohio
Republican Food Study Committee
Congress
OPA
Torture Death Of Yanks Told By Jap Soldier
Yokohama report from a war crimes trial details Lt Kei Yuri ordering executions at Omuta prison camp. Interpreted testimony describes James Pavlokos, a Chicago born Marine corporal, starved and bayoneted to death after being labeled a trouble maker. Depositions from American officers corroborate the killing and witnesses describe the grisly scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Kei Yuri
Omuta
James Pavlokos
Pavlokos
U.S
Chicago
Harukichi Oi
C. Heard
Salinas
Calif
Yuri
Heard
Jos
Army
Owen W. Romaine
Fort Thomas
John H. Allen
St. Paul
Minn
Michigan Cops Seek Killer After Death Of Mrs Marston
Detroit authorities patrolled central Michigan after two blood stained shirts were found in a car believed abandoned by the murderer of Mrs Gladys Marston a 40 year old Army ordnance clerk. A Battle Creek car theft tied to a 27 year old civilian and a sailor was reported while police linked a man in Army uniform to the tavern encounter preceding the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Michigan
Gladys Marston
Army Ordnance
Battle Creek
Marsden
Imurder
Harry P. Trainer of Carpenter Succumbs
Harry P. Trainer 56 died of pneumonia in Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens on Monday December 31. He lived in Carpenter all his life, was a farmer, and is survived by wife Alma a daughter Ada Belle and three sisters in California. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Temple Methodist Church with burial in Church cemetery.
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Carpenter
Harry P. Trainer
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Alma
Ada Belle
Eylle Goetting
Emma Kelly
Los Angeles
Calif
Cora Bowles
Newhall
Temple Methodist Church
Church Cemetery
Diaper Derby Not Settled First Baby of Year Contested
The 1946 diaper derby faces a controversy over the first baby born in the new year. Darreen Ayers and Nancy Edwards claim the title in Los Angeles with midnight births supported by almanac and observatory data, while James Otis Sickler Jr. in St. Louis arrives half a second after midnight.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Darreen Ayers
David and
Elizabeth Ayers
Nancy
Four Fire Deaths Boost Ohio Holiday Toll to 23
Four Ohioans died New Year s Day in dwelling fires raising the holiday weekend violent death total to at least 23. Kerry Dunn 17 and Teddy Dunn 7 perished in a Genoa home fire started by a defective Christmas tree wiring. John and Mattie Dunn s parents escaped but could not reach the boys on the upper floor. Samuel Newkirk 79 died trying to rescue his wife Mattie 69 in an Adams county blaze. Newkirk and neighbor Wilbur Bell found the fire. Newkirk entered and did not return. Two Massillon residents died in a crossing accident when a car hit a train at an automatic gate. Charles Orr 33 and Jean Cottrell 20 perished. John Selzer 75 was killed in Summit County in a hit and run. Nationwide, a Safety Council survey cites 528 violent deaths during the period.
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Associated Press
Kerry
Donald Cashen
Teddy Dunn
Genoa
John Dunn
Samuel E. Newkirk
Mattie
Peebles
Adams County
Newkirk
Wilbur Bell
Massillon
Charles V. Orr
Santon
Jean Cottrell
Malvern
John Sélzer
Lawyerwood
Summit County
National Safety Council
Family Dazed Wet Son Alive in Inquest Halt
Alfred Huber 31 rushed into Howland Funeral Home amid an inquest into his supposed death. His father Edward 52 identified the corpse as Alfred, triggering a burial certificate. Alfred explained he had overnighted to Ottawa Illinois and returned home to halt the inquiry as neighbors noted. The body was later identified as Walter Springman 23 of Alton, Illinois.
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Streator
Ill
Alfred Huber
Pacific
Howland
Edward Huber
Alfred
Ottawa
Walter Springman
Alton, Tr
Pie Hungry Burglar Loots Home With War Bonds
Dayton police hunt a pie loving burglar who on New Year’s Day broke into the East End home of James Size and stole 3450 in war bonds and 680 in cash. Detective Sergeant Paul Geralds said the thief entered by cutting glass from the rear door and paused in the kitchen to eat a large slice of mince pie after ransacking the house.
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Dayton
Paul Geralds
James Size
Geralds
Haw Haw Petition Refused. Joyce Faces Hanging
London reports that William Joyce alias Lord Haw Haw lost last clemency hopes as Home Secretary James Chuter Ede refused intervention. The Brooklyn born propagandist convicted of treason by the House of Lords now faces execution Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Joyce
Hitler
House of Lords
Fan Blade Kills Man In Odd Ohio Mishap
Lawrence L. Pyle, aged 55, died in Columbus when a fan blade shattered and embedded in his chest as he worked in his basement. The accident occurred today as the electric fan flew apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
Jpi
Lawrence L. Pyle
Pyle
Two-Headed Child Born to American Soldier’s Wife
A baby with two heads was born yesterday to the wife of an American soldier at Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham England. The premature infant, about a month early, lies in a ward with other preemies and awakens for feedings, cries normally, but is described as quite feeble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Eng
Selly Oak Hospital
Plan Breath Testing For Honolulu MPs
Honolulu military police will report to a breath smelling officer when off duty. The order follows an incident where an MP and a Navy shore patrolman accepted drinks from a tavern doorman, prompting the Star and Stripes report.
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Honolulu
Stars and Stripes
Army
Navy
Glass Strike Nears End in 15,000-Worker Tie Up
In Columbus a 15,000 glass workers strike across seven states seems nearer settlement than since Oct 19. CIO federation official Lewis McCracken said a counter proposal was sent to Libbey-Owens-Ford and Pittsburgh Plate Glass. Both sides reportedly made concessions as talks stalled over the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Lewis McCracken
CIO Federation of Glass, Ceramic and Silica Sand Workers
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Pittsburgh Plate _Glass Company
McCracken
Heavy coal shipments cut for industrial buyers
The Solid Fuels Administration ordered coal producers in Kentucky Illinois and Indiana to limit January shipments to industrial consumers. Deputy Administrator Dan H Wheeler said the move frees coal for retail yards and others with small stockpiles, directing priority to solid fuels needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Dan 4 H
Wheeler
Ask Ruling on Women Drivers of Taxicabs Ask Ruling on Women Drivers of Taxicabs
In Columbus Attorney General Hugh S. Jenkins will be asked to rule if women may work as taxicab drivers and railroad gates tenders. Gov. Frank Lausche said he would seek the opinion after wartime emergency legislation allowing the work expired. Arthur McAfee, 40, was killed by an automobile last night returning from a fox hunt in Washington City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Hugh S. Jenkins
Frank J. Lausche
Akron
Auto Washington CH
Arthur McAfee
Divinity Denial Marked Bold Gamble by Emperor Hirohito
Tokyo reports indicate Emperor Hirohito renounced the myth of divinity in a New Year rescript aimed at stabilizing support as possible Allied pressure grows and to oppose radical tendencies and Communist calls for his overthrow. General MacArthur praised the move as advancing democratization of leadership.
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Hirohito
Tokyo
MacArthur
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Miami
Columbia, &. Co
Raymond E. White
Kansas City
Hns
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