Tojo Hangs Verdict Opens Mass Trial of Japanese Leaders
The international war crimes tribunal sentenced Hideki Tojo to death by hanging and condemned six co-defendants to death, with sixteen others given long prison terms and two more spared. MacArthur set deadlines for appeals as Allied nations prepare to review the verdicts.
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Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Hideki Tojo
International War Crimes Tribunal
Japan
MacArthur
Sir William Webb
Australia
War Crimes Court
Tojo
Hideki
International Military Tribunal For the
Far East
Washington
Kenji Doihara
Tiger of
China
Seishiro Itagaki
Heitaro Kimura
Iwane Matsui
Akira Muto
Koki Hirota
Black Dragon Society
Shigenori Togo
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Communists Call for Unity, 24 Hour Strike in Paris
Paris based Communist leaders urged 20 million workers to unite against the government and ordered a 24 hour general strike for Saturday. The move followed the arrest of two Communist deputies amid clashes with police and demonstrations in the Red belt. Across France unrest and sporadic sabotage were noted as unions protest police violence and anti-French policy.
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Paris
France
Communist Party
United Workers’ Front
Republic
Repairs Ordered On 14 Leaks In C R Gas Mains
Cedar Rapids moves to force immediate repair of fourteen gas leaks harming trees after Parks Commissioner Jones urged action. The council resolution names specific addresses and warns leaks pose danger to life and property while the gas company pledges faster attention.
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C.R
Cedar Rapids
Richard C. Jones
R. K. Alman
Don Hines
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Thirteenth Street
Seventeenth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Ninth Street
Twelfth Avenue
Sixth Street
C Avenue
Eleventh Street
I Avenue
Jones
Council
Fifth Chief in Three Months Hired in Evarts
Evarts mayor announces new police chief Combs from Jackson, Ky, the town's fifth in about three months. George Sellers resigns while jailed in Harlan on drunkenness charges. Acting chief Abe Bailey, the mayor's brother, remains temporary. One prior chief was shot and killed.
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Evarts
Elihu Bailey
Combs
Bailey
Jackson
George Sellers
Harlan
Abe
Sellers
General strike paralyzes Western Reich zones with eight million workers
Major industries in the American and British zones nearly halt as up to eight million workers quit. Streetcar crews walk out, small shops stay open, and some firms urge noncompliance while others pledge solidarity with Eastern workers. Civil servants are urged to keep working to aid reconstruction.
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Frankfurt
Ins
Johannes Boeckler
Bizonal Council of Trade Unions
Boeckler
Trade Council
Germany
Christian Democratic Party
Hamburg
Bremen
Can't Nab Him Because He's Got the Warrant
Police in Frankfort Illinois face difficulty arresting Michael Luschner wanted for a $500 Chicago larceny because he escaped with the warrant. He allegedly grabbed the deputy's warrant during the escape, preventing immediate arrest.
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Frankfort
Michael Luschner
Chicago
Luschner
Cigarets Banned in Northwest China Province
In Ningsia the government imposed a Friday ban on cigarettes as part of an austerity drive. The move targets consumption to curb expenditure and support economic tightening measures.
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Nanking
Ningsia
Marshall Denies High Level Talks With Stalin
Secretary of State Marshall said reports of possible American-Russian peace talks stem from a Soviet propaganda offensive. He stressed no discussions between Truman and Stalin or a peace mission to the Kremlin had occurred, and warned Moscow's signaling was part of an antiwar propaganda effort to weaken the United States in the Cold War.
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Paris
Marshall
Truman
Stalin
Kremlin
Vinson
Moscow
United States
Marchall
Russia
U.N
Palestine
Security Council
Council
Nanking
Chiang
Tsingtao
Peiping-Tientsin
Shanghai-Nanking
China
Tax Check of Stars Asked by Senator Bridges
Senator Bridges demands full facts from Commissioner Schoeneman about whether top flight radio and screen performers avoid regular income tax by selling services on a sale of a business basis. He cites high salaries and notes he mentioned no names in a letter.
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Washington
Bridges
R-N. H
Senate Appropriations Committee
George J. Schoeneman
Harry Truman Cocktail Featured At Chinese Restaurant
In New York a Chinese restaurant advertises a Harry Truman cocktail made from sloe gin Scotch creme de menthe and Mui Kwai Lu whisky. A sign promises customers one drink and you take on the whole country.
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New York
Harry Truman
China Cited In Congress Session Bid
Senator Bridges urged President Truman to call an immediate special session of congress to consider aid for China. He warned that without rapid aid the Communists could control all of China. Bridges said a special session would reveal facts to Congress and the public and allow swift action.
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Bridges
Truman
Washington
Des Moines
Congressional Committee
Congress
House
Senate
Martin
Vandenberg
G.O.P
State Department
Bridges urges sending top Americans to China and weapons for Chiang
Sen Bridges proposes a special session to dispatch an outstanding American leader to confer with Chiang Kai-shek. He names Gen Douglas MacArthur and Gen Albert Wedemeyer as possibilities and calls for sending Nationalist weapons without troops. He cites three returning aides and accuses Congress of underutilizing $125 million military aid allocated to China while economic aid reaches $300 million.
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Bridges
R-N.h
Chiang Kai-shek
Douglas MacArthur
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Washington
Congress
United States
China
Senate Appropriations Committee
Joint Congressional Watchdog
80Th Congress
E C Hoyt Named Director of AP Managing Editors
E C Hoyt managing editor of The Gazette was named a director of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association. Hoyt joins seven others on three year terms while sixteen more were elected to one and two year terms. William P Steven of the Minneapolis Tribune was elected president.
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Cedar Rapids
E. C. Hoyt
the Gazette
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Chicago
Hoyt
James S. Pope
Louisville Courier-Journal
Lee Hills
Miami Herald
L. R. Blanchard
Gannett Newspapers
Rochester
N. Y
Wallace Lemoe
Milwaukee Journal
J. R. Record
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Herbert F. Corn
Washington Star
L. D. Hotchkiss
Los Angeles Times
William P. Steven
The
Minneapolis Tribune
Association
Nanking Reports Major Red Setback at Grand Canal
Nationalist attacks routed nine Red columns at the Grand Canal amid the Suchow battle as 37,000 Reds were reported dead or wounded. Red forces claimed gains east of Suchow while Nationalists shifted to defend the area, and Chiang Kai-shek was rumored to visit Suchow as diplomats evaluated Nanking’s future.
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Nanking
Grand Canal
Suchow
Seventh National Army Corps
Red
Canal
Yi Shih Pao
Chiang Kai-shek
Two Negroes Confess to Cedar Rapids Burglaries
Police solved three recent Cedar Rapids safe crackings with the arrest of three men, all Negroes. Joe Bennett alias Joe Booth, Ollie Tobin Jr., and Charles Fields face charges after Bennett and Tobin confessed to multiple burglaries including the Hatch and Brookman lumber yard job.
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Gazette-Blumenshine
Hatch and Brookman Company
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Cedar Rapids
Joe Bennett
Joe Booth
Ninth Avenue
Ollie Tobin, Jr
Eighth Street
Charles Fields
Twelfth Avenue
Tobin
Hatch
Brookman
Fields
Bennett
Fields Bequeaths Liquor to Cronies in Will Request
Hollywood star W C Fields seeks to leave his 2500 dollar liquor stock to his brother Walter and film director Gregory La Cava. Attorney Leo Schaumer filed the request for inclusion in Fields' will. Other personal effects go to agent Charles Byer writer Gene Fowler comedian George Moran and restaurant owners Dave Chasen and Bob Murphy.
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W. C. Fields
Superior Court
Walter
Gregory la Cava
Leo Schaumer
Fields
Charles Byer
Gene Fowler
George Moran
Dave Chasen
Bob Murphy
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