Witness Identifies Homma in Death March Car Ride
Lt Gen Ma saharu Homma named as the man in the big car who rode the Death March route from Mariveles to San Fernando. Sgt Jimmy Baldasarre testified of dead and dying civilians and soldiers, water poisoning, and Jap guards bayoneting those reaching water. He said Homma rode along the route during the killings. An earlier sergeant testified that Homma's air command bombed and strafed targets during the march.
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Manila
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Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Jimmy Baldasarre
New York
Philippines
Mariveles
San Fernando
Baldasarre
Gen. Homma
Homma
Philippine Command
Bataan Death Toll Cited in War Crimes Trial Testimony
Testimony by Sgt Tom Bogie in Homma war crimes case describes 27 dive bombers crushing the Mariveles airstrip on April 9 1942 as defenders sought surrender. Lt Col Waterous cites Japanese guns around a U S hospital forcing evacuation of 2000 Filipino patients with many deaths. Affidavit by Maj Dick Cordell also referenced.
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Bataan
Tom Bogie
Atlantic City
N. J
Homma
Bogie
Mariveles
W. H. Waterous
Corregidor
Waterous
Dick Cordell
Cave City
Trial commission weighs affidavit of wartime abuses
An affidavit describes a Japanese officer severely harming a Filipino man and wife and five children including an infant, details offered as evidence in the trial commission.
King of Hoboes Plans Retirement After Bus Rides
Hairbreadth Harry known as James Joseph Moan says he will retire at 65 next June after 65 years on the road. He describes buses tiring him and recounts old poems and a life of hitchhiking, noting the harsh air on a recent trip.
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Harry
James Joseph
Churchill Decorated With Order of Merit at Buckingham Palace
King George VI decorated former Prime Minister Winston Churchill with the Order of Merit in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, honoring his wartime leadership and contributions to Britain.
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London
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King George VI
Churchill
Buckingham Palace
All-Time Wholesale Price Peak Reported by U S Bureau
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a new all time high in wholesale price index with 107 percent of the 1926 average and a rise in most price groups since September. Retail prices also climbed to levels not seen since 1920 amid labor and wartime cost dynamics.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Record holiday spending amid shortages drives high prices
Consumers faced price levels not seen since 1921 as shortages of civilian goods and scarce low priced items persisted, yet consumer spending hit record highs during Christmas buying season.
Chicago Building Permits Hit Twenty-One Million in October
Chicago issued building permits valued at 21 million dollars in October, the highest monthly total since November 1942 when wartime plant construction peaked.
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Chicago
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Klep
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Cedar Rapids
Third Ave
DIAL
Killian's Linen Department
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Linens
Killian
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Third Avenue SE
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