War Crimes Confessed By Fritzsche Confession From Fritzsche On Trial
American prosecutors at Nuremberg disclosed a full confession from Hans Fritzsche deputy to Goebbels admitting responsibility for signing decrees that incited mass murders. Fritzsche said he deputized for Goebbels in the last two Nazi years. A report also hinted Baldur von Schirach may have confessed. The 20 defendants split into two factions led by Goering and Ribbentrop.
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Goebbels
Baldur von Schirach
Vienna
Fritzsche
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Quonset Huts Acceptable to C R Veterans
A Waterloo Cedar Rapids story reports World War II veterans backing quonset housing. A five acre site between avenue NE and Cold Stream avenue NE near Shaver park is offered if the veteran can inhabit one unit. Cedar Rapids Quonset Hut Co plans to supply 50 two unit huts for quick shelter, with delivery by January. Civic leaders meet to decide future housing policy and possible formation of a purchasing corporation.
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James H. Yuill
Emergency Housing Committee
Avenue NE
Cold Stream Avenue NE
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Shaver Park
Hatch and Brookman Lumber Company
Great Lakes Steel Company
Detroit
Furnace Explodes Injures No One In Cedar Rapids Home
Mr and Mrs Frank Pesek and their son Gustav a recent navy dischargee escaped unharmed when a coal furnace exploded at their home 1726 Blake boulevard SE The family slept upstairs and woke to smoke before neighbors helped them The fire department remained on scene past 1 am with most damage on the main floor and an insurance settlement expected
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Pesek
Gustav
Pesek
Blake Boulevard
Peseks
Deaths Rise to Nineteen in Plane Crash
A twin engine transport plane crashed in a blizzard while landing in Billings Montana killing nineteen people most of them teenagers and overseas veterans. The craft was en route from Newark New Jersey to Seattle Washington with discharge or reassignment travelers. Two Northwest Airlines pilots died George D Miller captain from St Paul Minnesota and Vernon W Pfannkuck first officer from Breda Iowa.
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Billings
Mont
Newark
N. J
Seattle
Wash
Northwest Airlines
George D. Miller
St. Paul
Vernon W. P
Actress Carole Landis Weds Producer Horace Schmidlapp
New York AP report says actress Carole Landis married theatrical producer Horace Schmidlapp in a private ceremony at a Carlton House apartment on Saturday.
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New York
Carole Landis
Horace Schmidlapp
Carlton House
Darkness Halts Hunt for Flyers in Florida Swamps
Dense fog and nightfall halted a three day search for 28 missing naval airmen in north central Florida. Army assault craft marsh buggies and jeeps scoured the swamps between Orlando and Melbourne after red flares and a camp fire were seen by an Eastern Airlines pilot at 1 a.m. Saturday.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Eastern Airlines
Orlando
Melbourne
Food Poisoning Sickness Hits 200 at Woodward Lothrop Stores
Washington INS reports nearly 200 Woodward and Lothrop department store workers stricken by indefinable food poisoning Saturday night. Advertising manager James W. Hartley said about 200 were affected. roughly 65 were hospitalized.
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Washington
INS
Woodward and Lothrop Department
James W. Hartley
Final Report of Adm. King on navy merger and aviation
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King urged against merging the navy and against separating naval aviation from the service. He defended the aircraft carrier as vital, stressed a balanced fleet, and urged aviation to rotate duties with submarines and surface ships. The 61 page report covered late Pacific operations and early demobilization.
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King
Forrestal
Hess Says He Flew To Half War of Two Noble Races
Rudolf Hess declares in response to a written inquiry that his 1941 flight to England aimed to stop a clash between what he calls two noble races, England and Germany, not to seek British aid. He says he had no definite plans after landing and carried only a letter of introduction to the Duke of Hamilton.
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Hess
Rudolf Hess
Gunther von Rehrscheidt
England
Tour
Mernberg
Germany
Russia
Am Ge
Duke of Hamilton
Karl Haushofer
Haushofer
Willy Messerschmitt
France
Fuehrer
the Fuehrer
Kids Buy War Bonds For Paramount Short Program
Cedar Rapids children can buy $25 war bonds to gain tickets for a Paramount theater program of comedy shorts on December 22. Only 2,000 tickets will be sold, with bond orders available through schools banks or the Memorial building basement. Bond holders receive a ticket, and proceeds fund the war effort while supporting a school contest for an airplane prize.
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Cedar Rapids
Paramount Theater
the Gazette
Paramount
Bond
Memorial Building
Dan
Sam
Harry Moore
Gazette
Bomber Streaks Across U. S. in 5 Hours, 17 Min
An experimental Douglas XB-42 bomber sped coast to coast in five hours, 17 minutes, 34 seconds, shaving 46 minutes from the prior west east record. The two engine plane with tail pusher rotors averaged 432 mph on the 2,295 mile flight from Long Beach to Bolling Field.
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U. S
Washington
Long Beach
Calif
C.S.T
Bolling Field
H. E. Warden
Air Technical Service Command
Wrightfield
Ohio
Glenn W. Edwards
Wright Field
Stilwell awards DSC to Nisei hero at Masuda ranch
Gen Joseph Stilwell flew 3000 miles to present the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously to Staff Sgt Masuda for bravery in the last war. Masuda’s sister Mary wore the medal at the Masuda family ranch in Talbert California as relatives, officials, and neighbors watched. The ceremony followed a relocation center incident with men who allegedly tried to terrorize the family.
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Talbert
Calif
Joseph W. Stilwell
Stilwell
Washington
Mary Masuda
Masuda
Gensuke Masuda
Tamae
Masao
Ft. Snelling
Minn
Matsuo
Santa Ana
War Relocation Authority
Small Nations to Shape Atomic Control Talks in Moscow
Washington officials say Secretary Byrnes and Foreign Minister Bevin aim to draft a formula giving small nations a voice in atomic energy oversight at talks with Molotov in Moscow next week. The plan, likely to be pushed at the January UN assembly, seeks broader participation and avoids a big power veto. Byrnes must depart by Wednesday to join the Big Three discussions.
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Washington
Byrnes
Bevin
Ellows
Molotov
Moscow
United Nations Assembly
Assembly of the United Nations
Security Council
State Department
Iran
Russia
Mark Ethridge
Romania
Bulgaria
Ethridge
Republicans stress world peace aim at 1946 elections
The Republican national committee ended a two day meeting with a program urging full cooperation with other nations for permanent world peace. A seven member subcommittee will work with GOP members of Congress to draft policy. The plan seeks support for UN and international cooperation and hints at 1948 presidential aims.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
G.O.P
Congress
National Committee
Herbert Brownell
Ralph H. Cake
Oregon
Cake
Clarence Budington Kekland
Arizona
Brownell
Thomas C. Hart
R.-Conn
Hugh R. Wilson
Germany
Hart
Wilson
G.O.P. Committee
United Nations Organization
UAW Defies Truman Over GM Strike Rights
The United Auto Workers CIO denounces President Truman as using a policeman's club to end the GM shutdown. R J Thomas warns the strike strategy attacks labor democracy while 650000 members mobilize for wage demands. Delegates demand a 30 percent gain and threaten to widen action, rejecting a 13 percent offer. A fact-finding board is still not named.
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Detroit
White House
General Motors
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
Truman
UAW
R. J. Thomas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union
Walter P. Reuther
Thomas
Nazi Camp Gurus Ordered Hanged by Montgomery
Field Marshal Montgomery ordered Josef Kramer Irma Grese and nine other Nazi camp specialists to die on gallows. Appeals were rejected and a gallows was being built in a secret British zone town for eight men and three women. No date set, but expected before Christmas.
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Mage
Germany
Josep Kramer
The
Belen
Irma Grese
Montgomery
Complete Economic Collapse Grips Japan Say UP Head
Hugh Baillie president of United Press described Japan as in utter devastation and complete economic collapse after a 20,000 mile Pacific tour. He told a Cleveland City Club meeting that Japanese industry and agriculture are chaotic with housing destroyed and no food plans. He noted Hirohito as reclusive and insulated and cited a Tokyo paper praise of B 29s for “cleaning up Japan.” Baillie warned of rapid postwar reversals and suggested occupation impacts.
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Cleveland
Japan
Hugh Baillie
The
United Press
Pacific
City Club
Cleveland Press
Baillie
Tokyo
Hirohito
Labor Secretary notes GM Ba gio-Auto talks despite Truman plea
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach says negotiations between General Motors and the union continued after President Truman urged a back to work order. He says he is not surprised by the union's rejection of the plea and expects ongoing talks.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
General Motors
Bagio-Auto
Roger Oh P Gressingen
Truman
Comc
Capper Urges Eisenhower Candidacy for 1948 Presidency
Sen. Capper of Kansas disclosed that in a radio speech he will urge Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to seek the presidency in 1948. Capper outlined his support in Washington indicating Eisenhower as a national leader for the future.
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Capper
Ike
Washington
Sen
Sen. Eisenhower
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Sunday Index
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William L. Shirer
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By Louis P. Lechner and
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Cedar Rapids News
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UP Head
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