Nazi Bigwigs Await Sentence at Nuremberg Trial Summary
Defiant to the last, Nazi leaders faced war crimes sentences after a 10 month trial with 3,000 documents and 5,000,000 words of testimony. Goering and Ribbentrop defended their actions while Japanese leaders faced disclosure of misused information. Detroit GM chief C E Wilson denounced policy for wage and price moves. Housing Expeditor Wyatt warned of labor shortages as 1946 housing goals lag.
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Nuernberg
Reichsmarshal
Tokyo
War Department
Japan
America
Detroit
Mich
C. E. Wilson
General Motors Corporation
G.M
Wilson
Truman
Dewey Mead Renomination Battle Prepares for 1948
New York politics focus on the upcoming gubernatorial race as Governor Thomas E. Dewey seeks renomination and Senator James M. Mead chosen as a top Democratic challenger. Mead, son of Irish immigrants and head of the war investigating committee, aims to counter Dewey’s White House ambitions. The Navy tests air conditioning on the new Salem and Newport News ships to boost crew morale and efficiency with simplified, shockproof coils.
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Thomas E. Dewey
James M. Mead
New York
Mead
Empire State
Dewey
White House
Senate
Truman
Davey Jones
Navy
Salem
Newport News
Edward L. Cochrane
Bureau of Ships
War talk and strikes ripple through postwar diplomacy
From Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires reports on a controversial U S ambassa dors speech in an American Legion meeting triggering Soviet and Pravda reactions. AFL CIO maritime wage protests threaten a broad seamen strike while riots engulf Bombay as Hindu Moslem tensions flare over Pakistan and independence.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Federated Press
Buenos Aires
George S. Messersmith
U. S
Argentina
Messersmith
American Legion Post
Soviet Union
AFL
CIO
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Seamen of the Pacific
Seafarers International Union
Big Joe Curran
CIO Maritime
Dawn of
New Delhi
India
Bombay
Calcutta
Pakistan
Volunteers shift to peacetime roles in police service
In Philadelphia 500 auxiliary policemen with civilian defense wartime experience have sworn in for emergency and major event duties. Columbus, Ohio, has formed a volunteer police force of 200 members as part of postwar public safety efforts.
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Philadelphia
Columbus
Public debate on fishing and politics in Truman era
A serialized editorial mix criticizes President Truman for downplaying fishing, recounting past presidents’ angling habits, and speculating on political impact. The piece argues fishing signals time waste and urges restraint while reflecting on cultural expectations for White House leaders.
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Truman
Oklahoma Institute of Community Development targets rural reform
The new state Institute of Community Development centers on small town renewal in Oklahoma. It provides technical aid and research to curb soil erosion and address a growing manpower surplus impacting rural life and development.
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Oklahoma
State Institute of Community Development
Farm Co-Ops Grow Membership and Business in 1945
Farm Credit administration reports a boom in 1944-45 marketing season. Estimated agricultural cooperative membership reached 4 505 000, up 230 000. Co-op business rose from 5 160 000 000 to 5 645 000 000.
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Farmers’ Co-Operative Associations
Farm Credit Administration
VEW Encampment Pushes Veteran Benefit Reforms in Boston
Veterans of Foreign Wars leaders at the national encampment in Boston urged Congress to authorize pensions for World War I veterans for old age and disability with disability payments regardless of duty link. They pressed halting grain shipments abroad while Americans lack food and urged trial for Yugoslav airmen who shot down U.S. fliers. They backed Jewish admission to Palestine and condemned actors receiving combat awards.
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Boston
Mass
Congress
U. S
England
Belgium
Holland
Palestine
Quiz answers from a historical clipping
A reader answers seven questions with the key: 1 steel 2 bourse 3 Montezuma 4 Alighieri 5 Russia 6 Plimsoll line 7 the porcupine. The note adds the porcupine carries 30,000 air filled quills making it hard to sink.
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Steel
Bourse
Montezuma
Alighieri
Russia
Plimsoll Line
Porcupine
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