Amnesty Frees 15 Japanese War Crimes Suspects in Tokyo
Tokyo reports General MacArthur granted amnesty freeing 15 high ranking Japanese suspects from Sugamo prison on Christmas Eve. The order clears 19 names. two major defendants, Admiral Soemu Toyoda and Gen. Hiroshi Tamura, remain on trial. The move follows Far East tribunal precedents and draws mixed public reaction.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Sugamo
Hideki Tojo
Far East International Military Tribunal
Tojo
Hayao Tada
China
Kumataro Honda
Yakahhiro Suma
Foreign Office
Madrid
Soemu Toyoda
Naval Staff
Hiroshi Tamura
War Prisoner Information Bureau
State Agents Raid Taverns In Two Counties
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents raided seven taverns in Jackson and Jones counties seizing 10 slot machines and liquor and punch boards. Warrants targeted five Baldwin Monmouth venues and four in Oxford Junction with hearings set for Dec 30.
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Jackson
Jones Counties
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Jackson County
Loren Felderman
Baldwin
Monmouth
Clifford Miller
Maquoketa
Don Manning
Theodore Streets
Joe Molachek
Ed Danks
Felderman
Eichhorn
Justice of the Peace
Lawrence
R. W. Nebergall
State Bureau
The
Gazette
Des Moines
Madame Chiang to Stay Indefinitely in Washington
Madame Chiang Kai-shek will remain in Washington for an undetermined period, a spokesman said, seeking further talks with officials on aid for China. Mrs. George C. Marshall noted she moved from the Marshall home and plans to close it for the holidays as her husband recovers. Madame Chiang is staying at her brother T. V. Soong's residence.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-shek
China
George C. Marshall
Mme Chiang
Marshall Home
No Evidence Duggan Spy Link Found
Attorney General Clark said the FBI found no evidence that Lawrence Duggan was connected with the Communist party or any espionage activity. He stated Duggan was a loyal employee of the United States government.
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Washington
INS
Clark
FBI
Laurence Duggan
Communist Party
Amnesty at Christmas For Overtime Parkers
Police in Galveston left special Christmas tickets on overparked cars. The notes read a season greeting and assured violators not to worry, wishing them a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Galveston
Spy Probers Not Revamping Policy
The House Un American Activities Committee dropped plans to urge Congress to revise investigations. Republican Reps Mundt and Nixon will issue a minority report with reform ideas to shield witnesses from publicity. The rest of the committee voted to drop all revision suggestions amid opposition from McDowell and Rankin.
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Washington
House
UN American Activities
Congress
Mundt
S.D
Nixon
Calif
McDowell
R-Pa
Rankin
D-Miss
Blaze Roots 200 In Chicago Hotel
A basement fire at the Lor raine hotel in the Loop forced more than 200 guests to flee Friday. Firefighters reported the blaze confined to the basement but thick smoke lingered as guests waited in 20 degree weather. A woman on the fourth floor, Esther Hurt, 32, a waitress, severed two tendons smashing a jammed window to a fire escape. The fire’s cause was not yet determined.
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Chicago
Lorraine
Loop
Esther Hurt
Jake Bird Granted Stay of Execution in Slay Case
The Supreme Court Justice Douglas Friday granted a stay of execution to Jake Bird, who faced a January 14 hanging for the ax slaying of Mrs. Bertha Kludt in Tacoma. The stay awaits a petition for review of Bird's trial as his counsel argues the trial was unfair.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Douglas Friday
Jake Bird
Bird
Bertha Kludt
Tacoma
U S Proposes Parleys On Austria Be Resumed
The United States proposed that Britain France Russia and the United States resume negotiations for an Austrian peace treaty around February 7 in London.
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U.S
Austria
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
London
Rutledge Papers Now in Hands of Missouri Governor
Extradition papers for Dr. Robert C. Rutledge reached Missouri Governor Phil M. Donnelly on Thursday. He will not act on extradition before Monday, amid murder charges for the Roosevelt hotel death of Byron C. Hattman. Attorney Leo Laughren seeks a pretrial hearing. Twelve listed witnesses include hotel staff and officials with more expected as Crissman files further evidence.
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Rutledge
Missouri
Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge
Phil M. Donnelly
Jefferson City
Robert D. Blue
Iowa
Dr. Rutledge
Byron C. Hattman
Roosevelt Hotel
Hattman
Leo F. Laughren
William W. Crissman
Crissman
Carrie Chambers
Hartman
Pat Cosgrove
Arnold Layer
Bell
Dick Roberts
Robert L. Anderson
Regis Weland
Linn County
Tom Condon
Charles Shepard
Boy 13 recalls shark attack death at sea off Cuba
Tony Latona, 13, of Sacramento, recounts to a hospital in Guantanamo Bay how his shipmate Bent Jeppson, 14, died after sharks attacked them for hours in a life ring. Latona was also bitten and survived 40 hours in the water before rescue.
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Cuba
Buddy
Tony Latona
Sacramento
Grete Maersk
Bent Jeppson
Copenhagen
New York
Far East
Haiti
Tony
Bent
Cape Maysi
Michael Phillips
W. K. Phillips
United States Naval Operating Base
Snow Causes Accidents Across Key States
Snow blanketed much of the nation with heavy weekend forecasts. In Kansas and Missouri icy roads led to multiple traffic crashes, causing four deaths in Kansas and one in Missouri. Utah saw 16 inches of snow and 55 mph winds, while Montana and Idaho reported extreme cold reaching 38 and 26 below respectively.
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Chicago
Kansas
Missouri
Rocky Mountain
Richfield
Utah
Salmon
Idaho
Montana
Snowbound Iowa Faces Mixed Forecast as Cedar Rapids Spares
A heavy new snow blanket covered most of Iowa Friday while Cedar Rapids escaped major impact. Six inches fell in the southwest and two inches in Iowa City. The weather bureau scaled back its noon forecast to scattered flurries though readings warned of near zero temperatures in the far northeast and around Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Weather Bureau
Stranger Must Make It a Habit
New York detective Stephen J. Wall, on a park bench, is approached by a stranger claiming to be a cop and demanding a bribe. Wall pays 20 dollars, then raises to 30 dollars before arrest. The man, Thomas Maloney, 36, says he needs money for his lawyer and claims he is out on bail for impersonating an officer.
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New York
Stephen J. Wall
Bud
Wall
Thomas Maloney
Maloney
Road Plays Santa to Widow Averting Wreck
In Steward Illinois the Burlington railroad honored widow Mrs. Pearl Cole for detecting a chipped rail section near her home. Her alertness, aided by her son and a neighbor, prompted maintenance crews to fix the track before a potential train incident. Superintendent Glen Wesson presented her a cash gift and a praise letter.
Christmas window contest list route for 1948 displays
Forty entries compete in the 1948 Christmas window contest co sponsored by the Playground and Recreation Commission and the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company. A detailed route from the Memorial building to various addresses guides the public past notable displays.
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Playground and Recreation Commission
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Memorial Building
Second Avenue
Plaza
Tenth Street
B Avenue
Thirteenth Street
E Avenue
Eighth Street
M Avenue
O Avenue
Ellis Boulevard
Ellis
E Avenue NW
U N Security Council Backs Softened Indonesia Cease Fire
The United Nations Security Council adopted an amended American resolution calling for a cease fire in Indonesia with troop withdrawals softened. The vote was 7 for and 4 abstentions, with Russia France and Belgium abstaining. The resolution also called for the immediate release of President and cabinet members captured in Jakarta. Dutch delegate J H Van Royen defended the action as necessary to halt a dangerous situation.
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Paris
U.N. Security Council
Indonesia
Netherlands
United States
Great Britain
Colombia
Syria
China
Canada
Argentina
Russia
France
Belgium
Jogjakarta
J. H. van Royen
Lane of Lights on Wildwood Drive and B Avenue NE Saturday
Residents on two northeast streets organize festive light displays for Christmas night. Wildwood Drive NE Led by Keith Benner and Walter Brown with several helpers, candle lanterns increase to 30 per 50 feet along the street from 6 to 10 p.m. Traffic is one way from Maplewood end. A B Avenue NE display lights between 7 and 10 p.m. from Twenty-second to Twenty-seventh streets with a star at the end. one way traffic from Twenty-second Street NE to Twenty-seventh Street. Parking lights only. exercise caution.
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Cedar Rapids
Wildwood Drive
Keith Benner
Walter Brown
Floyd Dummermuth
Ted Schultz
Milo Blahnik
Bert Teeters
Wildwood
Maplewood Drive
Elmhurst Drive
B Avenue
Twenty Second
Twenty Second and Twenty-seventh
Twenty-second Street
Twenty-seventh
Dutch announce capture of Blora in central Java
Batavia reports Blora fell on the central Java plains as Dutch forces push toward peace in Indonesia. Lt. Gen. Simon H. Speer urged troops in a Christmas message to live up to the season and draw strength from it to fulfill the objective of bringing peace to Indonesia.
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Batavia
Blora
Java
Indonesia
Simon H. Speer
Santa Rescued From Goshen Chimney
In Goshen Indiana AP Santa Claus appeared stuck in a chimney at Mrs Maynard Millers home. The stubborn young witnesses cried out until Mrs Miller freed Santa allowing him to resume his Christmas duties.
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Goshen
Ind
Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
Maynard Miller
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