Japanese guard Tsuchiya trial faces affidavit admissibility setback
Defense in the Tatsuo Tsuchiya atrocity trial in Yokohama suffers a setback as affidavits from Sgt. Clifton Snodgrass and others are ruled admissible. Prosecution presents seven affidavits detailing Teas beatings and death at Mitsushima camp. Witnesses describe ropes, clubs, and brutal daily abuse over four days and hospital mistreatment. Case is expected to wrap Friday as defense voices objections.
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Manila
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Charles Gavard
Deming
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American Red Cross
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Defense asserts right to confront accusers in war court
Simes argues under the Sixth amendment a defendant may question accusers and cites a Japanese submarine commander flown to Washington for a previous court martial. Col. O'Brien rules enemy belligerents lack constitutional protections. During recess the bespectacled defendant signs "short-snorters" and smokes a cigar in the small courtroom.
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Seattle
Military Commission
United States
Royal Below Stairs Christmas Party At Buckingham Palace
King George VI waltzed with his butler’s wife and Queen Elizabeth danced with a palace footman at the annual below stairs Christmas party. Princess Elizabeth wore a white gown and danced with a palace chef as the royal family mingled with staff.
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London
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth
Palace
Buckingham Palace
Royal Ball Notes Highlight Queen and Princess Pairings
The queen wore a black evening gown with high epaulets as two Ikhaki clad Scots Guards pipers performed a Scottish eightsome reel. Princess Elizabeth danced with Cecil Woods, a junior palace clerk, who acted as chief comic in wartime Windsor pantomimes.
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Elizabeth
Cecil Woods
Palace
Windsor Castle
Jap eating places off limits to Allied troops
Tokyo reports Japanese civilian eateries serving Nipponese food sources were barred Wednesday for all Allied occupation personnel due to severe food shortages in Japan. Spokesmen at supreme headquarters announced the measure as a response to the crisis.
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Tokyo
INL
Supreme Headquarters
Japan
Purdue holds George Ade estate items in memorial room
The personal property of George Ade, the Hoosier author, is stored in the George Ade memorial room at Purdue University. Hundreds of items from his Brook Indiana home were willed to the university.
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Lafayette, Ind
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George Ade
Purdue University
Brook
Ind
University
Lords Save Necks With U S Loan Vote Amid Pressure
London observers say the House of Lords avoided a crisis by approving the United States loan under Labor government pressure. The 1911 Parliament Act limits Lords veto power, and historic threats to create Liberal peers raised the stakes in the debate.
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London
England
House of Lords
United States
Asquith
Lords
House of Commons
Commons
King George
Attlee
Brotherhood Southern Pacific Talks Collapse
In Houston 13 railroad brotherhoods fail to resolve a dispute with Southern Pacific over hospital operations. A three man fact finding board, named by President Truman, will report findings to the President with a decision expected by January 10. Former Justice Mitchell chairs the panel. The article notes a separate Wyoming hog production peak in the late 1920s.
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Houston, Texas
President Truman
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Hospital
Truman
Richard F. Mitchell
Iowa Supreme Court
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