Tojo and 27 Jap leaders indicted by Allies for war crimes
Japan's wartime premier Hideki Tojo and 27 other senior officials were indicted on 55 charges by the Allied tribunal. The charges span crimes against peace and humanity, including Pearl Harbor and world conquest. The list names four former premiers, military chiefs, diplomats, and planners, with Emperor Hirohito not named. Trials will proceed before an 11 nation panel after arraignments.
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Tokyo
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Hideki Tojo
Joseph B. Keenan
Keenan
Tojo
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Koki Hirota
Kuniaki Koiso
Osami Nagano
Kenji Doihara
Kingoro Hajimoto
United States
China
Shunroku Hata
Shishiro Itagaki
Kwantung Army
Heitaro
Kimura
Kwantung
Iwane Natsui
Nanking
Akira Muto
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Naoki Hoshino
Takasumi Oka
Navy Bureau of Military Affairs
Shumei Okawa
South Manchurian
Asia
Kenryo Sato
War Ministry
Teiichi Susuki
Planning Board
Emperor Hirohito
Group Seeks Council Okay For Airpark By Hess
A group of 10 former military pilots and a former infantryman appealed to Cedar Rapids city council to approve Clarence A. Hess rezoning for an airpark near 6th Ave and 11th St NW. The plan commission had recommended denial citing hazards. Hess argued airparks serve private small craft and would benefit the city, while opponents noted risks. Council will review site issues and decide soon.
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Cedar Rapids
Clarence A. Hess
City Plan Commission
Hess
6 Avenue
Eleventh Street
Charles Moes
Plan Commission
Moes
Des Moines
Eugene Moes
Charles
Iowa City
R. J. Pond
David L. Williams
Mrs Roosevelt Heads Board on Human Rights
NEW YORK UP Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt was elected Monday as president of the United Nations economic and social council's commission on human rights.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Board On Human Rights
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Commission On Human Rights
Paris Leader Francois De La Rocque Dies After Operation
Colonel Francois De La Rocque, founder of the Cross of Fire party, dies at 53 following a major operation in Paris. The influential figure had shaped nationalist politics before his death on Sunday.
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Paris
Francois de la Rocque
Cross of Fire
Book by George Stimpson Picked by Book of the Month Club
Cedar Rapids reports that George Stimpson of Anamosa, former Washington correspondent for The Gazette, has a new work titled A Book About a Thousand Things accepted by the Book of the Month Club with a first printing of 535,000 copies. The book, a collection of odd facts, will be issued as a July August dividend by Book of the Month and Harper and Brothers in May. Stimpson, former president of the National Press Club, is a son of Mr and Mrs John Stimpson and brother of ex State Representative Tom Stimpson.
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Cedar Rapids
George Stimpson
Anamosa
Washingtons
The
Gazette
Harper and Brothers
Book of the Month Club
Stimpson
Washington
National Press Club
John Stimpson
Tom Stimpson
McNarney Says Czechs Fire into American Sector
Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, military governor, charged that Czechoslovak border patrols fire at Americans and Germans on the U S side of the border. The report cites discriminatory cross border firing and illegal searches of German residents. Brig. Gen. Edwin Sibert said border shooting has no international significance, noting both sides strive to curb illegal traffic and that sometimes firing across the line is necessary.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
United States
McNarney
Edwin L. Sibert
Czechoslovakia
Marshall Stymied In Chinese Talks
CHUNGKING AP Informed Chinese sources say Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek Communist General Chou En lai and U S General George Marshall failed to reach an agreement to halt fighting in Manchuria. Negotiations will be transferred to Nanking this week with Marshall possibly flying there Tuesday and Chou and Chiang to follow later.
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Chungking
Chiang Kaishek
Chou
En-lai
U. S
George Marshall
Manchuria
Nanking
Marshall
Chiang
Railroad Leaders Meet to Avert Nation-Wide Strike
Chicago officials say representatives of major railroads and railroad brotherhoods of trainmen and engineers met Monday to discuss ways to avert a nationwide railroad strike set for May 18.
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Chicago
Railroad Brotherhoods
Hickenlooper backs continued OPA in reasonable form
Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper of Town, usually critical of the OPA, says he favors continued price control but with reforms. He wants the program to avoid emasculation, speed up decisions, and adjust policies to increase the flow of key goods while expanding the economy.
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Washington
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
OPA
Four-Power Talks Set to Shape Italian Empire Futures
Paris AP reports a pivotal four-power foreign ministers session tackling Italy’s North African and Dodecanese holdings with Russian and British interests primed to clash. Agreement to discuss the broader peace stakes overshadowed by possible limits on Yugoslav frontier talks. Byrnes and Molotov met three hours over dinner but topics remained undisclosed.
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Paris
Italy
North Africa
Dodecanese
Mediterranean
Britain
Yugoslav
Trieste
Byrnes
Molotov
Truman selects Cooper as ambassador to Peru
President Truman on Monday nominated Pren tice Cooper former governor of Tennessee to serve as ambassador to Peru. Cooper will replace William D Pawley who was named ambassador to Brazil. Cooper has long been active in Democratic party circles with Senator McKellar president pro tempore for the Senate.
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Washington
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee
Truman Monday
Peru
Cooper
William D. Pawley
Brazil
Cooper Long
Democratic Party
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate
Emergency Brake Set, Engineer in Rail Crash Says
William W Blaine Burlington streamliner engineer in the crash that killed 45 said he set the emergency brake and air brake on the diesel loco and cars. He stated he did everything possible to stop the train while crew testimony questioned an emergency brake. The schedule allegedly kept trains two minutes apart at about 80 mph. Lena Sayler 32 of Brunswick Neb died of a fractured skull in hospital as death toll rose to 45.
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Chicago
William W. Blaine
Burlington Railroad
Blaine
Edward Streit
Streit
Lena Sayler
Brunswick
Neb
Amish Asked To Use Tractor Not Horse
Lancaster area officials warn thousands of Amish may starve this summer as their belief in using only horses to pull farm equipment clashes with food supply needs. Clyde Zehner, head of county agricultural adjustment, appeals to about 1000 farmers. He says he respects religion but says tractor use is necessary to prevent shortages.
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Lancaster
Europe
Clyde A. Zehner
Pennsylvania Agricultural ‘Adjustment Administration
Zehner
Lancaster ‘County
Traffic Tip Warns of Hidden Trains At Crossings
A National Safety Council message urges drivers at grade crossings to stay alert for trains on parallel tracks and to roll down windows to listen if visibility is limited. The tip stresses that trains always have the right of way and cautions vigilance near crossings.
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National Safety Council
Parleys Resume in Coal Strike After 19 Day Break
Washington reports the AFL United Mine Workers agreed to resume negotiations with soft coal operators after a 19 day lapse. Secretary Schwellenbach arranged the talks with President Lewis and operator reps. Government officials warn of steel industry output dropping to about 50 percent capacity as the strike continues.
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Washington
AFL
United Mine Workers
Schwellenbach
John L. Lewis
The
Carnegie-Ilinois Corporation
Democratic dinner honors Linn County figure Joe Mekota
Over 200 Democrats pay $5 for the first annual Joe Mekota dinner at the Roosevelt hotel Sunday at 7 p m. Organized by Linn County Young Democrats the event honors Joe Mekota longtime party leader. Speakers include Richard V Bernhart Ted B Hlubucek and John Wagner with toastmaster Paul Houston and Rev Waldemar Argow delivering the invocation.
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Cedar Rapids
Joe Mekota
Linn County
Young Democrats
Roosevelt Hotel
John Greenlee
Joseph Mekota
Pernaerage
Mekota
Democratic Party
Tom Brady, Jr
Richard V. Bernhart
Oelwein
Congress
Jaroslava Holub
John Wagner
Ted B. Hlubucek
Hlubucek
Paul Huston
Waldemar W. Argow
Neighbors Fight Boxcar Home Move In Galena Ill
In Galena Illinois neighbors rushed to block a man from placing a boxcar on his lot to use as a residence. He bought the car in Rock Island for 150 dollars and had it hauled here. A local farmer agreed to pay 150 dollars for the boxcar and neighbors raised 100 dollars to cover the trucker’s fee. Policeman Ernest Rice bought the lot from the owner.
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Galesburg, Ill
Rock Island
Ernest Rice
Oyrner
Plumbers Hear OPA Policies Blamed for Shortages
At the Iowa Master Plumbers convention opening in Des Moines, speakers blame OPA policy for building material shortages. George Palmer Ames Halford Barry and R T Morrell cite pipe producers withdrawing from Chicago area due to CPA rules, diverting supplies east and to GI home builders. A coal strike threat could halt production, worsening shortages across the industry.
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OPA
Iowa Master Plumbers Association
Montrose Hotel
George Palmer
Ames
Master Plumbers Association
Halford T. Barry
Chandler Company
Iowa Robbers’ Association
R. T. Morrell
Milwaukee
National Association of Master Plumbers
Chicago
Iowa
Barry
CPA
Midwest
Starvation Lunch Prompts Linn County Drive for Powdered Milk
Carl Kane reports on a YMCA event titled Starvation Lunch intended to raise funds for powdered milk for Polish orphans. The drive targets 6000 dollars by May 18, backed by churches and civic groups, with 15 cents per pound and two glasses of milk per 10,000 babies for forty days. Funds go through the American Friends Service to Poland.
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Linn County
Poland
American Friends Service
F. L. Hinshaw
Clifford Knight
Whittier
Darwin Sandy
Fourth Avenue SE
Little Hope Held For Needed Rain
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa faced dry conditions with clear skies and temperatures in the 70s. Weatherboy reports show no rain expected until late Tuesday, with light showers possible in western areas and possibly reaching eastern Iowa by Wednesday. Highs around 70, temperatures fluctuating from 59 to 47 through the day, with Tuesday turning cloudy.
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Sedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UN Security Council approves Spain Franco probe plan
With Russia abstaining the UN Security Council adopts a compromise to create a five member subcommittee to probe charges against the Franco regime in Spain. The panel must report by May 31 with Aus tralia Brazil China France and Poland named as members and Paul Hasluck as chairman.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Spain
Andrei A Gromyko
Hafez Afifi Pasha
Australia
Brazil
China
France
Poland
Oscar Lange
Paul Hasluck
Gromyko
Lange
Rafael de la Colina
Mexico
Court Rules Co op License Must Be Federal Focus
The Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that the Federal Power Commission erred in denying a license for the First Iowa Hydro-electric Cooperative project on Cedar River. The decision held state permits cannot veto a federal license, sending the case back to the FPC for compliant proceedings. Justice Frankfurter dissented, urging state license first.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission
Iowa
U. S. Court of Appeals
Burton
Executive Council of
Butcher Authorized To Operate Radio Station
WASHINGTON AP The communications commission Monday authorized Harry C Butcher former naval aide to Gen Dwight D Eisenhower to operate a new radio station at Santa Barbara Calif on 1350 kilocycles with 250 watts power unlimited time Butcher is a former Cedar Rapids resident.
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Washington
the Communications Commission
Harry C. Butcher
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Santa Barbara
Calif
Butcher
Cedar Rapids
Local Page Snippet Highlights Varied Wire and Notices
Readable items include brief civic notices and column heads such as Court, Daily Record Deaths, Editorial, and a sports and radio section. The fragment references Marion and Steve with scattered topics across Movies, Sports, and Women’s Feature, suggesting a mixed index page.
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Daily Record
Farm Vseetavau Marion
Steve
Os Radio
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Hirohito
Pact Arrangers
Yosuke Matsuoka
Hiroshi Oshima
Toshio Shiratori
Sadao Araki
Okinori Kaya
Jiro Minami
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Shigetaro Shimada
Navy
Shigesh Togo
Hoshijiro Umezu
Shigemitsu
U.S.S. Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Koichi Kido
Council Okay
Jack
DE LA Rocque
Associated Press
R. D. Quinn
Mare Island
Thomas Bullock
Avery L. Willis
Quinn
R. S. Edwards
Western Sea Frontier
Letitia B. Runyon
Fourth Avenue SW
Hickenlooper
Truman
McGrady
Edward F. McGrady
Radio Corporation of America
Army
John W. Snyder
Lewis
Naomi Doebel
G. I. Homes
Mr. Kane
Carl Kane
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