Death Sentences for 23 Nazi Officers at Polish Trial
Poland's Supreme National Tribunal sentenced 23 top SS officers to death for crimes against humanity at Oswiecim. Five others received life terms and additional sentences were handed to six others. One defendant was acquitted. The court described a Nazi master plan to exterminate Jews and slaves, with millions expected to die in gas chambers and crematoriums.
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Krakow
Poland
Aoman
Oswiecim
Supreme National Tribunal
Hans Und
Munich
Maria Mandel
Clarissa Brandel
Hildegard Martha Louise Lechert
Alice Orlowski
Arthur Liebhenschel
Rudolf Hoess
Max Grabner
Hans Aumeier
Johan Kremer
Kremer
Concord Man Breaks Sound Barrier In Rocket Plane
Capt Charles Yeager of Hamlin West Virginia and Howard Lilly of Beav er near Beckley became the first pilots identified by Aviation Week to fly the Bell XS1 rocket craft faster than sound. The Air Force stayed silent on the claim as tests intensified at Muroc Lake California.
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Howard
Tick’ Lilly
Beaver
Charles Yeager
Hamlin
Sound
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Aviation Week
Lincoln County
Tick) Lilly
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Ting Oe
Beckley
Yeager
Bell
Muroc Air Base
California
AIR Force
Washington
United States Air Force
Aviation Week Today
Lake Muroc
Calif
Defense Forrestal
Youth escapes gangland ride in Chicago
A wounded 22 year old, Joseph Radek, says he freed himself from bonds and jumped from a speeding car to escape a fatal gangland drive. He told Lt. Orin Ross that he and a companion, referred to as Eddie, were lured into a garage, beaten, and threatened with death after gamblers lost winnings. Police hunt for Eddie and two others named as attackers as Radek receives medical treatment for injuries.
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Chicago
Orin Ross
Ross
Joseph Radek
Radek
Eddie
UN chief accuses U S of breaching headquarters pact
Secretary General Lie charged the United States with violating the U N headquarters agreement by arresting two accredited news correspondents. Nicholas Kyriazidis of Greece and Syed S Hasan of India were held at Ellis Island. A U N spokesman said both are bonafide correspondents and that consultation with the secretary general was not sought.
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Lake Success
Try
Gve Lie
United Nations
United States
U. N
World Organization
Ellis Island
Nicholas Kyriazidis
Greece
Syed S. Hasan
India
Warren Rustin
U. S
Lie
Kyriazidis
Hasan
Gasoline Refinery Fire Causes Heavy Loss in Oleum
In Oleum California a Union Oil gasoline refinery fire caused an estimated loss of about 500000 dollars. The blaze halted traffic on U S Highway 40 as 100 workers battled for 90 minutes. Refinery manager G H Hennan said there would be no production loss though an official estimate was not released.
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Oleum
Calif
Union Oil Company
U. S. Highway 40
G. H. Hennan
Hennan
Treasury Report Boosts Tax Cut Debate in Congress
Washington reports that a Treasury analysis links rising living costs to tax exemptions and supports tax relief arguments from Republicans led by Rep. Kean. The study notes a $650 exemption gap to restore 1944 levels and discusses potential revenue shifts if rates or exemptions change.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Kean
N.J
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Truman
Congress
Knutson
Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Judge Puts Young Slayer In Care Of Noted Psychiatrist
A 17 year old boy, Charles Masek, who killed Mrs. Mina Taylor with a brick, was sentenced to five years for manslaughter but suspended. Judge Joseph Sherbow ordered the youth placed under the care of a renowned criminal psychiatrist to uncover the deep seated reason for the slaying. The judge called sending him to prison not the answer and noted the boy’s clean record.
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Baltimore
Joseph Sherbow
Charles Masek
Sherbow
Masek
Mina Taylor
New York
Maryland
Forty Christmas parolees freed from West Virginia prisons
Charleston West Virginia December 22 74 prisoners were granted Christmas paroles by Governor Meadows. Four inmates with long murder sentences were included and the total surpasses last year’s 68. Parolees were from Moundsville Penitentiary Huttonsville prison and Peace Springs women’s prison. Names were not released though one identified man was James Childers former Ronceverte police chief.
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Charleston
W. Va
Meadows
West Virginia
R. M. Knott
Moundsville State Penitentiary
Huttonsville
New Peace Springs
Department of Probation and Parole
Knott
James Childers
Ronceverte
Childers
Vandenberg Open Minded On Aid Method
Senator Vandenberg said he has an open mind on the amount and methods of American aid to western Europe but is emphatically committed to saving western Europe on a self help basis. He suggested Republicans may offer a lower cost plan as Congress debates the European recovery program.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Western Europe
Republican House
Truman
Michigan
House
Martin
Mass
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
German industrialist Flick gets seven year term
German industrialist Friederich Flick, 64, was sentenced by an American military tribunal to seven years for exploiting slave labor and looting occupied territories. He has already served two and a half years, which will be deducted. Five associates faced trial. two were convicted and three acquitted.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Friederich Flick
Flick
I. G. Farben Chemical Trust
Krupp Armament Works
Parben
Krupp
Court Reopens Old Murder Case and Critiques Procedure
The U S supreme court reopened a 1920 murder case deciding Tony Marino was denied due process in 1925. Justices Rutledge Alas and Murphy criticized Illinois procedure as a legal merry go round for rights claims. The case returns to Winnebago county for further action.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Illinois
Rutledge
Alas and
Murphy
Tony Marino
High Court
Marino
Circuit Court
Winnebago County
Tll
Tllinois
Winnebago
Italy
Trains Collision Kills 36 in Fahr-Irlich Near Neuwied
Officials report 36 people killed and more than 300 injured in a head on crash of two express trains at Fahr-Irlich near Neuwied, Germany. The collision occurred during holiday travel with many passengers aboard.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Cologne
Fahr-Irlich
Neuwied
Satira dancer given 15 year term for yacht slaying
Patricia Schmidt a 22 year old Havana dancer was sentenced to 15 years for homicide in the slaying of John Lester Mee, Chicago attorney and poet, on Mee’s yacht Satira. She must also pay 5000 to Mee’s heirs and receives credit for time served.
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Havana
Patricia
Saura) Schmidt
John Lester Mee
Chicago
Audiencia Court
Toledo
Mee
Satira
Rene Castellanos
Miss Schmidt
Hav
Guanabacoa
Names of 711 big traders released in commodity probe
Washington reports Secretary Anderson disclosed 711 traders on commodity markets with Edwin W. Pauley the sole active official on the list. The release follows senatorial scrutiny of insider profit and ties to anti inflation efforts while noting hedging and spreading as non speculative practices. Ferguson said leaks of government plans must be exposed.
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Washington
Anderson
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Truman
Commodity Exchange Authority
Harold E. Stassen
Army Post
Fergavson
Ferguson
Council Economic Advisers Report on Price Stability
The Council of Economic Advisers led by Dr. Edwin G. Nourse said real price competition will require the lowest price compatible with a fair return. It warned inflation may persist through 1948 from overseas demand, postwar backlogs, crops, and high military spending. It argued production alone may not solve costs and speedup or longer work weeks are not panaceas.
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Washington
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Edwin G. Nourse
Truman
America
Two Bodies Found In Ruins Of Empire Building
Washington December 22 two workmen digging in the Empire apartment building ruins found two men dead bringing the death toll to three. The identities were not immediately known and three others remained missing after the seven story building collapsed six days earlier.
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Washington
Empire
Secor Mae
Panama Assembly Rejects Lease of U S Bases
The 511 member Panama National Assembly unanimously refused to ratify a pact leasing 13 bases to the United States for canal defense. Foreign Minister Florencio Arosemena resigned amid party opposition as crowds celebrated the rejection and the signature pact’s terms were noted.
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Panama
Panama National Assembly
Panama Canal
Florencio Arosemena
U.S. State Department
Washington
Arosemena
Enrique Adolfo Jimenez
Ricardo J. Alfaro
U.S
Rio Hato Air Base
ANPA and Pressmen Renew Arbitration Pact
The American Newspaper Publishers Association and the International Printing Pressmen's Union AFL signed a five year renewal of their arbitration agreement. The pact waives court suits under the Taft Hartley act and designates arbitration as the sole determination of civil liability. George N. Dale urged broader industry adoption.
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Cincinnati
American Newspaper Publishers Association
International Printing Pressmen's Union
AFL
George N. Dale
Chicago
ANPA
Union Presses Coercion Charge Against Western Union
Baltimore December 22 The Commercial Telegraphers union wants to press its unfair labor practice charges against Western Union despite the strike delay. NLRB regional director Ross L Madden said the complaint stands and will be investigated after copies were filed by CTU counsel Frank Bloom. The CTU had called off a planned strike after a three man fact finding panel was formed.
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Baltimore
Ross L. Madden
National Labor Relations Board
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Western Union
Madden
Frank Bloom
CTU
Telegraph
Union of Atlanta
The
Telegraph Workers of Dallas
APL
Cyril C. Ching
Bloom
British Navy Intercepts Jewish Refugee Ship Al Tafchiduni
British authorities in Jerusalem said the navy intercepted a refugee ship attempting to run the Palestine blockade. The Al Tafchiduni carried about 800 Jews who fled European waters after partition violence began in the Holy Land. The toll in the region rose to 304 killed since the UN vote on Nov 29, amid escalating Arab Jewish clashes and security crackdowns across Palestine and neighboring states.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
United Nations
Middle East
Sarafand
Haiffa
Italian Girl Admitted To U S for 90 Days
Maria Formicola a 21 year old Italian woman who came to marry an ex GI and found him dead has been admitted to the United States for a 90 day period. A bond of 500 dollars was posted and the immigration service will not comment further. Kentucky Governor Earle Clements announced an appeal to place her with a Kentucky family and a 590 dollar bond would be posted. She was released from Ellis Island after arrival on the liner Vulcania on December 18 and had learned her fiancé was killed in an automobile crash before boarding.
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Philadelphia
Maria Formicola
United States
U. S. Imemigration and Naturalization Service
New York
Kentucky
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Maria
Earle Clements
Immigration Service
Formicola
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Beckley Colleges
Charleston Gazette
Gop
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Philippines
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Colombia
Weds Chennault
New York Daily News
Anna Chan
Chinese Central News Agency
Shanghai
Claire Chennault
Flying Tigers
U.S. 14Th Air Force
Lester E. Mee
Wilmette
Ill
U. S. Navy
Laura
Morro Castle
Council Economic Advisers Report
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Hagana
Bat Yam
Yahelia
Lad
Syria
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