Killer Suspect Declared with Mental Illness
Chicago December 22 report says Herlindo Perez Arias a 31 year old steel worker confessed to fatally harming 10 year old Roberta Rinearson. He was committed to a mental institution after doctors found mental illness and a court appearance followed. The girl’s body was discovered in a ditch west of Chicago.
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Chicago
Roberta Rinearson
Cain
Herlindo Perez Arias
Arias
James J. McDermott
Criminal Court
International Police Force Slated For Ruhr
A six nation conference plans a seven nation Ruhr police board with Germany as a member. The board will supervise Ruhr mines and factories and allocate coal coke and steel, while monitoring exports and trade practices. It will establish its own police force to enforce controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ruhr
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Youth Embraces Amputation as Christmas Gift
A 21 year old, Curtis Ballenger of Emree Alabama, had both legs amputated today after a lifelong battle with infantile paralysis. Doctors said walking would not be possible without the operation and he hopes to use artificial legs. He told a reporter he had thought about the moment all his life and planned it for a year, betting he would walk again in six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Curtis Ballenger
Emre
Ballenger
Paul G. Hoffman
ECA
State Department
Congress
Dutch Indies
Washington
Netherlands
Indonesia
Holland
Lovett
Evidence Parades Before Police Chief
Police Chief Stanley W. Switzer questioned Henry F. Roane after a robbery. Roane, 21, of Canton, admitted the shirt came from a basement on First Street and then pleaded guilty to the charge.
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Massillon
Stanley W. Switzer
Henry F. Roane
Canton
First Street
Roane
U S Near Accord On Atlantic Pact
United States and six other nations near agreement on terms of a proposed North Atlantic defense treaty. Envoys from five western European countries and Canada discuss a draft with acting Secretary of State Lovett. Officials expect final drafting this week with Senate ratification likely after the new Congress opens. The tentative pact favors a 50 year alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Canada
Robert A. Lovett
Henri Bonnet
Western Europe
Russia
Congress
Senate
Scandinavian
Italy
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Western European Union
Traffic Fine Paid With Counterfeit $20 Bill in Clarinda
Sheriff said a man who passed several counterfeit twenty dollar bills in the area recently used one to pay a minor traffic fine in Clarinda. Police accepted the bogus bill before the fraud was detected.
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Clarinda
Ed Hipsley
Four Marines Picket Huntington Restaurant Over Christmas Dispute
Four Cherry Point based Marines on Christmas furlough picketed a downtown Huntington restaurant claiming unfair treatment of servicemen. The group led by Private First Class Louis Wright carried signs and said they spent about $50 there while being asked to move on. Police reported the incident orderly with no disturbance despite a prior call from the owner Charles Tweet who declined to comment.
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Huntington
W. Va
Cherry Point
N. C
Louis Wright
Mice Unity Giliveu Indl Savurnay
Wright
Charles Tweet
U. S
Charles M. Elvington
Atlanta
John Ferguson
Two Slain In Gun Battle At Henrico Night Club
In Henrico county near Richmond the night club Shawnee operated by Addison R. Mease saw a gun battle that lasted over an hour. Police officer Wellford E. Green was killed and magistrate Raymond G. Sheppard wounded as Mease killed himself after a stand off with police.
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Richmond
Henrico County
Here
Wellford E. Green
Addison R. Mease
Henrico
W. J. Hedrick
Raymond G. Sheppard
Club Shawnee
Mease
Williamsburg
Henrich
Sheppard
Green
William Mease
Addison
Americans Distribute Gifts To Bastogne
On December 22 Bastogne marked the fourth anniversary of Brig. Gen. Anthony C Mc Auliffe’s famous reply. Maj. Charles L. Austead distributed 660 pounds of nuts to local children, donated by American nut growers, as the 101st Airborne Division remains encircled. The city recalls the air drops and prepares for a festive Christmas as reconstruction progresses.
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Bastogne
Belgium
Anthony C McAuliffe
American Nutgrowers Association
101St
Police Launch Inquiry Into Death Plunge In New York
New York police launched a thorough probe into the 16 story death plunge of Laurence Duggan former state department expert. Mayor O Dwyer ordered the inquiry after Sumner Wells voiced confidence Duggan did not take his own life. Det Lt Henning said no evidence yet refutes the fall theory as the investigation continues.
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New York
New York Police Today
Laurence Duggan
State Department
William O'Dwyer
Sumner Welles
Duggan
Francis B. Sayre
New York Grand Jury
House UN American Activities Committee
Sayre
Dug
Chambers
Grand Jury
Dugan
Adolf) Berley
Levine
Adolf Berle
Isaac Don Levine
New Orleans
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
The
un-American Activities Committee
Mexico City
Jan Masaryk
Masary
Czechoslovakia
Masaryk
Plain Talk
Berle
Stephen Duggan
World War II Hangings Executed Under MacArthur Silent Coverage
The world press sat out the execution of seven World War II war criminals by order of General Douglas MacArthur. The official bulletin announced the hangings occurred between 0001 and 0035 Dec 23, with no pictures allowed and no details on the hangmen or cremation.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
International Military Tribunal For
Far East
Marion P. Echols
Echols
Army
Royall
Washington
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Masaharu Homma
Philippines
Plane Crash Blamed on Fog Near Hong Kong
A Skymaster of the China National Aviation corp. crashed into Basale Island near Hong Kong in fog while en route from Shanghai. Quentin Roosevelt, 29, and 34 others died. 31 bodies were laid out on the hillside. Police planned to move remains to Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Quentin Roosevelt
Basale Island
China National Aviation Corp
Shanghai
Charles Swaby
China
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Cornelius Roosevelt
Quentin
Francis
Kidnapping Case Blamed On Revenge Motive
Harrisburg reports a mother Jeanne Morgan Braget 21 and husband John M Braget 35 of Tacoma Washington are sought on a felony warrant for kidnapping their three year old daughter adopted by the Snyders three years ago. District attorney Carl B Shelley says motive given is revenge not love.
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Harrisburg
Harry M. Snyder
Forester
Vicki Jeanne Snyder
Jeanne Morgan Braget
Carl B. Shelly
Snyders
Shelley
Marshall Plan Aid To Dutch Indies Cut Off
The United States halted Marshall plan aid to the Netherlands East Indies amid Dutch military actions against the Indonesian republic. Officials cited Indonesian clarification needs and U N restrictions while noting the move harms Dutch war effort and could portend broader aid suspensions.
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Marshall
Dutch Indies
Washington
United States
Netherlands East Indies
Economic Cooperation Administration
Indonesia
U.N
Far East
Chambers Cleared In Auto Mishap Death
Mrs Whittaker Chambers was found innocent of causing the death of a 70 year old pedestrian Maggie Thomas in an auto mishap near Westminster Maryland. The case connected to ongoing espionage investigations as her husband testified before a New York federal grand jury.
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Baltimore
Whittaker Chambers
Maggie Thomas
Urge Patrons To Send Yule Tree Pledges
Bluefield community group urges donations for the Yule tree and Christmas party for hundreds of less fortunate children. Pledges may be mailed to WHIS on Commerce Street or the Daily Telegraph building on Bland Street.
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Bluefield
New Rescue Planned For Stranded U S Fliers In Greenland
Washington reports an imminent renewed rescue effort for 11 U S airmen marooned on a 7500 foot Greenland ice cap. Three more rescue planes with a glider and jet boosters arrived as winds roar up to 100 mph.
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Washington
U. S
Greenland
Air Force
Turkey
Goose Bay
Labrador
Bluie West 1
Bluie West 8
Tojo and Six Others Die in Wartime Crimes Hangings
Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese militarists were hanged at Sugamo prison after a secret postwar trial for ruthless war crimes. Tojo led the group in a ramrod stiff display, with Gen Kenji Doihara Gen Iwane Matsui and Lt Gen Akira Muta among the condemned.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Tojo
Kenji Doihara
Iwane Matsui
Nanking
Akira Muta
Philippines
Sugamo
Cabinet and War Trials in China and Tokyo Executions
A new Chinese cabinet under Premier Sun Fo faces a delicate peace path with the communists as Chiang Kai-shek approves the lineup. In Tokyo, Tojo and six others are executed after trials for war crimes, with cremation planned to scatter ashes and prevent enshrinement.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-shek
W Fo
Sun
Chang Chun
Wong Wen-hao
Chang Chih- Chung
Northwest
Chang Chih-Chung
Sun Fo
Wong
Chiang
Tientsin
U S Demands Dutch Cease War and Withdraw Troops
The United States urged the United Nations Security Council to order a cease fire and a withdrawal to prewar lines in Indonesia after the Dutch offensive. Philip Cressup asked for UN good offices to determine blame, with the UN committee charging the Dutch with six violations and no blame on Indonesia. The U S also suspended Marshall aid shipments to Indonesia amid the debate. Columbia and Syria backed the U S resolution as Jessup urged no renewal of military operations.
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Paris
United States
U. S
Philip Cressup
United Nations Security Council
United Nations Good Offices
Indonesia
Security Council
Jessup
Washington
Columbia
Syria
Rev Santa Claus Delivers Letters to Tots in Ottumwa
Ottumwa Iowa December 22 The Rev Santa Claus a Church of God preacher has mailed 500 children’s letters this week He has run up a large postal bill since 1929 when he was injured He and Mrs Claus send separate replies with a bank of happiness check and sometimes arrange help from clubs or chambers of commerce to ensure Christmas joy for needy youngsters
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Ottumwa
Santa Claus
Church of God
Marshall
Kansas City
Mrs. Claus
Bank of Happiness
Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
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South Bend
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O’dwyer
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Welles
O'Dwyer
Q. Roosevelt
Hoffman
Java
Sumatra
Indonsia Republic
United Nations
Southeast Asia
East Indies
Drozen Cap
U.S. Army
Doihara
Matsui
Muto
Seishiro Itagaki
Koki Hirota
Heitaro Kimura
Manchuria
U. S. Army
MaccArthur
U. S. Supreme Court
Yokohama
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