Supreme Court Won't Change Jap War Trials
The Supreme Court ruled it has no power over the international military tribunal that condemned Japanese leaders for war crimes. The decision clears the way for executions of Tojo and others, denying US court review of the tribunal's judgments. Justice Murphy dissented, while Justices Rutledge and Douglas prepared separate opinions.
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Supreme Court
Washington
International Military Tribunal
Tojo
International Tribunal
U. S
United States
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
General MacArthur
Koki Hirota
Pearl Harbor
Kenji Doihara
Koichi Kido
Takasumi Oka
Kenryo Sato
Shigetaro Shaimada
Shigenori Togo
Hirota
Doihara
Togo
Big Red Strike Fails in Italy
Rome reports that Italian Communists failed to paralyze the nation with a 24 hour strike. Rail towns in the north suffered heavy disruption while southern lines and postal services stayed largely operational. Government guards protected workers who refused the CGIL call and few disorders occurred as stores stayed open.
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North
Italy
General Confederation of Labor
CGIL
Bari
Spy Hearings Conclude As Hiss Probe Winds Down
Congressional spy hearings near end after a year of sensational sessions. Mundt said no further public hearings this year and five witnesses will be skipped while others may be questioned in private, including Elizabeth Bentley and Franklin Victor Reno. Alger Hiss faces perjury trial and the panel may focus on Whittaker Chambers Donald Hiss and Henry Julian Wadleigh among others. A closed session is set to question Francis Sayre and Anna Belle Newcomb.
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Washington
R-S. D
House UN American Activities Committee
Mundt
House
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
New York
Alex Campbell
U. S
George Morris Fay
Committee
Congress
Elizabeth Bentley
Franklin Victor Reno
Hedda Gompers
Reno
Gompers
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Whittake
Chambers
Donald Hiss
Alger
William Ward Pigman
National Bureau of Standards
Henry Julian Wadleigh
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Chamers
House Committee
Francis B. Sayre
Anna Belle Newcomb
Sayre
Expert Plunges To Death In New York
Laurence Duggan, 43, president of the Institute of International Education and former state department official, died after plunging from his 16th floor office at 2 West 45th Street Manhattan. Police say he was identified from papers found on him and the death is being investigated as a possible suicide. His widow said he had a back operation last fall but appeared to have recovered.
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New York
Laurence Duggan
Institute of International Education
State Department
West 45Th Street
Manhattan
Duggan
45Th Street
James Pritchard
Helen Duggan
Two Arlington Cops Face Robbery Charge
Arlington Va December 20 two Arlington policemen were indicted by the grand jury on a housebreaking with intent to commit larceny charge. Pvts Louis L Ziptrap 24 and Charles H James 28 pleaded innocent and a trial in Arlington circuit court was set for January 28.
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Arlington
Louis L. Ziptrap
Charles H. James
Christmas Spirit Changes Flat Tires in Decatur
Fred Martina of Decatur Illinois a 29 year old plant worker at A E Staley Manufacturing says his car tire was flat near the plant on his way to work. He returned with tools to find the tire changed and the punctured tire left in the back seat. He asks anyone with information to come forward and own up so he can say thanks.
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Decatur
Ill
Fred Martina
Martina
A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company
Fred
New York Shakes Off Snowfall
The city recovered from a 19.5 inch storm the third heaviest on record with 20 000 workers digging out as bus and subway service returned to near normal. The storm killed at least 17 people across New York New Jersey New England and other dis trict regions.
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New York City
New Jersey
New England
William O'Dwyer
New York State
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
West Virginia
Anti-Tank Gun Keeps Peace In Bethlehem
Bethlehem reports a tense standoff as an anti-tank gun looms near Manger Square. The 5 mile road from Jerusalem to the manger is shelled by Arab and Jewish artillery on surrounding hills while a fragile truce holds amid sight of the Church of the Nativity. Pilgrims tread the national route under the quiet tension of the conflict.
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Manger Square
Prince of Peace
Jerusalem
Joseph
Mary
Manger
Christ
Church of the Nativity
Sayre to Face Grand Jury In Spy Case
Francis B. Sayre former assistant secretary of state and UN delegate and his secretary Miss Anna Belle Newcomb were subpoenaed to testify before a federal espionage grand jury in New York. Sayre denied knowledge of Hiss Chambers affair while returning from Paris UN meetings.
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Francis B. Sayre
United Nations
Anna Belle Newcomb
United Nations General Assembly
Paris
Sayre
State Department
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
William Ward Pigman
George
National Bureau of Standards
Special Grand Jury
Chambers
R-Sd
House Committee On un-American Activities
Hiss
Mundt
U. N. Trusteeship Council
Hiss-Chambers
New Chinese Cabinet Formed
Sun Fo, son of Sun Yat Sen, forms a new Chinese cabinet in Nanking and vows no surrender to the Communists. The move comes as Communist pressure tightens on Tientsin with night fighting near Peiping and limited front action elsewhere. Sun Fo says compromise is up to two sides and insists China will not surrender to the Reds.
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Sun Fo
Tientsin
Peiping
Sun Yat-Sen
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Peece
China
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Reds
Sun
Dutch Troops Press On In Indonesia
Dutch marines push toward Tjeppe and Bukittinggi as Java and Sumatra feel the police action. Jakarta falls and Soekarno and other republican leaders are said to be in Netherlands custody. Indonesia seeks U.S. support and possible cutoff of Marshall Plan aid.
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Sumatra
Tjeppe
Bukittinggi
Jogjakarta
Republic
Soekarno
Netherlands
Washington
Soemitro
United States
East Indies
H. Merle Cochrane
United Nations Good Offices Committee
Security Council
Paris
U.S. S. Reinville
United Nations
United States of
William Drees
Hague
New GOP Policy Shift Foreseen
Senator Ives of New York predicts about a dozen liberal Republican senators will press for a role in policy making in the coming Senate. He notes a split with a more conservative faction and declines leadership bids for now. He cites possible moves over Taft chaired policy committee and Vandenberg as conference chairman. Wherry may revert to whip.
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New York
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Vandenberg
Michigan
Millikin
Colorado
Wherry
Nebraska
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Pacific Coast
Interior
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Congress
Moonshiners Pressed By Yale Season Rush
Baltimore reports federal operatives say moonshine production surges during the holiday season. Earle E. Koehler, assistant supervisor in the alcohol tax unit, notes illicit liquor manufacture has risen since the war's end across Maryland North Carolina West Virginia Virginia and D C. His office shuts down 125 to 150 stills monthly in the four state area.
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Baltimore
Earle E. Koehler
Alcohol Tax Unit
Koehler
Maryland
North Carolina
West Virginia
Virginia
District of Columbia
Preliminary hearings set in Dickenson cattle theft case
Three men will receive preliminary hearings on charges of stealing cattle in Dickenson County. Sheriff Truman Fleming said farmers near the Russell County line have reported missing cattle for some time. The thieves reportedly used trucks to load cattle from fields and sell them at nearby markets. names of the men were not available.
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Clintwood
Dickenson County
Truman Fleming
Feming
Russell County
Fleming
Record profits and national income peak in postwar era
The Commerce Department reported 1943 production, income, and profits reached historic highs. The 1948 national income was about 224 billion dollars, with third quarter annualized output at 227.3 billion. After taxes profits rose 20 percent year over year, while the gross national product hit 255.9 billion, aided by higher prices.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Truman
Congress
Bluefield Kids Await Final Community Christmas Tree Party
Bluefield will host a Friday Christmas Eve gathering at Ramsey auditorium for hundreds of children. The event closes the 1948 Community Christmas Tree campaign after a five hour Granada theatre stage and WHIS radio broadcast. Donations pledged near and far supported the village fund, with many listeners calling from Cincinnati and Japan to contribute.
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Bluefield
Ramsey Auditorium
Granada Theatre
WHIS
Commerce Street
Community Christmas Tree Association
Daily Telegraph
Cincinnati
Ohio
Santa
Washington predicts another huge wheat crop for 1949
The Agriculture Department forecast for 1949 shows a crop above a billion bushels with an estimate of about 1,259,898,000 bushels. Record winter wheat acreage and expected spring wheat yields drive the surplus risk, while wartime price supports aim to keep farmer prices near current levels despite higher plantings.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Drive On To Tinker With U S Coins
Washington editorial notes a push by the American Institute for Intermediate Coinage formed in New York seeking 2 percent and 75 cent pieces to simplify pricing and save consumers billions. It recalls historical coin changes and the long odds of congressional action, caveating public resistance to altering money.
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Washington
U. S
American Institute For Intermediate Coinage
New York
Edward W. Mehren
Institute
Congress
U. S. Mint
Britain’s Four Year Plan Aims at Economic Self Help
London reports a four-year plan to mobilize manpower capital and raw materials for recovery. Britain seeks self sufficiency by ERP end with $90 million next year and $1.263 billion this year from American aid. Plan targets 50 percent more farming oil and coal output rises and $8 billion annual investment.
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London
Britain
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