Hidden Japanese government fears threaten postwar reforms
Tokyo reports Gen. MacArthur’s staff uncovered a clandestine power network in Japan steering politics from behind the scenes. Agencies tracking the system say it spans farmers and ministers, influencing elections, labor and security, with figures like Ichiro Hatoyama remaining powerful.
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Uncertain Links in Japan’s Postwar Control Structure
Government investigators probe how far lines of control run in Japan under occupation. Hatoyama, purged in May 1946, boasted of becoming prime minister within a year, and circumstantial evidence suggests he may be the oyabun behind Japan’s two main conservative parties, the Liberal and Democrat parties.
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Thunderjet Ready for Battle Says Air Force
The U S Air Force announced the Thunderjet P 84 is ready for combat after testing at Republic Aviation on Long Island. Firing 70 000 rounds from six guns, the jet achieved speeds over 600 mph with about 50 percent faster gun rate than World War II aircraft. About 550 P 84s are on order.
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Court clears Joseph Vogt as court finds he was only a bookkeeper
The court acquitted SS colonel Joseph Vogt, ruling he had never been more than a bookkeeper. In the same proceedings, Karl Fanslau and Hans Loerner, division chiefs, were noted in the case.
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Hans Loerner
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4 H Club Plan To Fight Heart Disease Praised
In St Paul a Bloomington Minnesota 4 H club project earning praise from Dr Arlie G Barnes national president of the American Heart Association is highlighted as a model for youths. The plan buys a calf raised cooperatively then sold to fund care for any member with heart disease and to support health education.
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SS Leaders Found Guilty in Nazi Trial
MERNBERG AP Lt. Gen. Oswald Pohl and top SS aides were convicted Monday by an American court. The tribunal described them as monsters of depravity who built concentration camps and traded lives for loot. Convicted with Pohl were deputies August Frank and George Loerner.
Coast Guard recovers 18 bodies after Alaska crash
In Ketchikan Alaska the bodies of all 18 victims from the Pan American DC-4 crash on Mt Tamgas have been recovered. Coast guard crews and CAA workers guided the remains down the mountain as heavy snowfall that dropped a foot of fresh snow hampered the operation.
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Krug Leaves Phoenix for Washington After Illness
Secretary of Interior J A Krug, fully recovered from illness that interrupted his attendance at the national reclamation convention, departed Phoenix by plane Sunday bound for Washington.
Marshall Sets World Losses At 15 000 000
Chicago based report by George C. Marshall cites World War II casualties totaling over 15 million killed or missing. Russia suffered about 7.5 million losses, Germany 2.85 million, and Japan 1.506 million since 1937, with inclusive figures excluding smaller nations.
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Marshall
World War II tolls by nation and total losses
United States losses 295 904 or one in 500 of 1940 population. United Kingdom 305 770 or one in 150. British Commonwealth 452 570 or 0 08 percent. France 200 000 or one in 200. Italy 300 000 or one in 150. China 2 200 000 or one in 200. Total killed or missing exceed 15 000 000. Smaller countries add hundreds of thousands more.
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Mrs Hannegan Dies Mother Of Postmaster General
Mrs Anna Hannegan aged 67 mother of Postmaster General Robert E Hannegan died Saturday night at Christian hospital after a two year illness She will be buried here Tuesday in St Louis authorities said
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