Yamashita Sentenced to Death by Hanging in Manila Trial
Lt Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita was found guilty of atrocities and high crimes by a five general Allied commission. The death sentence was pronounced after a swift court procedure, with Yamashita appealing through multiple avenues including the U S Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Schedler
Manila
Toxoyuki Yamashita Hes & Dante
The
Philippines
Russel B. Reynolds
Yamashita
Harry H. Clarke
Reynolds
United States
Corm
Yamachita
Bilibid
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Dewnpaper
Madaichi
Philippines Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
W. D. Styer
Western Pacific
Styer
Geni MacArthur
Pacific
U. S. Mepreme Court
Mild Weather Persists With Partly Cloudy Skies
Quiet conditions continue with mild temperatures forecast for the area. Thursday highs reached 53 in Council Bluffs and Lamont, while Friday’s low dropped to 29 as Atlantic noted a state low of 22. Missouri River levels rose to 4.7 feet, up 0.8 feet from Thursday.
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Iowa
Council Bluffs
Lamont
Atlantic
Missouri
Thuradas
Dubuque Man Dies at Wheel of Car
John Roddy, 10, of Dubuque, died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the wheel of his automobile, then the car rolled on its side after leaving a county road ten miles from Dubuque. The coroner reported death resulted from a stroke prior to the crash while returning from a farm sale.
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Dubuque
John Roddy
F. & Leonard
Chest Fund Short by Seventeen Thousand Three Hundred
Council Bluffs workers report the community victory chest and war fund is $17,213 short of its $76,948 quota after Thursday’s tally. Total collected stood at $50,048, about 79 percent, with the national farmer John Eddy slightly over quota. Women’s division led by Dorothy Chriss Jensen fell short of its $5,088 goal.
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Council Bluffs
H. H. Nelson
E. L. Allpain
George O'Hara
E. L. Dorris
M. L. Spence
South Main ‘Street
John Walsworth
Spence
Wadaworth
County Suffered Heavily in War
Four years after Pearl Harbor Pottawattamie county records show 694 war casualties. Of 267 killed, 187 were from Council Bluffs. 313 wounded, 26 missing, and 87 taken prisoner with most later released. About 5,300 county residents served in armed forces or auxiliaries. Davenport report notes a fatal motorcycle crash involving Kenneth Elwin, 21, who died hours after being injured.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Pottawattami County
Council Bluffs
Free Public Library
Red Cross
Avanshla
Fottawattamie County
Pottewattamie
Davenport
Kennet
el- Win
Illinois Governor Green's Surprise Address Attacks Truman
Chicago Governor Dwight H. Green charged the Truman administration lost every skirmish on the international front. He urged Republicans to unite behind a bold stance against Poland and Baltic nations' oppression, signaling potential 1948 presidential bid and criticizing postwar policy and lend-lease debates. Green claimed U S diplomacy had faltered and urged full disclosure of all wartime deals to speed peace and labor accords.
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Illinois
Truman
Chicago
Dwight
E. Green
Olinoia
Republican National ‘Committee
GOP
Mlindia
Java
Poland
Russia
National Committee
Baltic States
Europe
Asia
Macy
Trinda
alLhoriad
Mane
Ement
America
Green
War crimes trials outlined for Tojo and Hirohito allies
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports Prosecutor Keenan saying first mass war crimes trials will include former Premier Tojo and cabinet members in Japan with potential international court involvement. Marquis Koichi Kido says Tojo is a war criminal. MacArthur urges stripping Japan of resources to aid development. Pauley calls broad confiscations to cripple Japan’s wartime capacity. Chinese forces advance toward Mukden, expected before December 10.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Joseph B. Keenan
Pacific
Keenan
Japan
Hideki “Tojo
Peshi Harbor
Cabiniet
Anapedta
Koichi Kido
Hirohito
Associated Presa
Morzie Landsberg
Tojo
MacArthur
Edwin W. Pauley
United States
China
Mukden
The Weather Forecast From The U S Weather Bureau
Bluffe and vicinity expect partly cloudy conditions Friday through Saturday with a high near 52 and a low near 35. Temperatures will average 3 degrees above normal on Saturday then become colder Sunday and Tuesday. Light rain or snow possible Monday with overall precipitation about 2.7 inches and a 2.18 inch monthly deficiency noted. Winds vary and humidity ranges around 58 percent.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Bluffe
Nebraska
State rests in Klatt murder trial in Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge district judge overruled a defense motion as the state wrapped its case in the Carl Klatt murder trial. Prosecutors presented 27 witnesses detailing beatings with a harness and club as punishment for an alleged escape plot. The defense challenged causal links between heat and death, arguing heat prostration could be involved.
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Fort Dodge
Paul He McCain
Priday
Onei Klatt
Atate
Fort ‘Dodge
Carl Klatt
Marder
Lemaseth
Ronald
Klatt
Miller
Gioniaet
Bevin May Announce Foreign Ministers Meeting Outcome
London based foreign office spokesman said Ernest Bevin was expected to announce a possible meeting of the foreign ministers from the United States Britain Russia France and China possibly late Friday The spokesman offered no further details noting the meeting would be the first since the inconclusive talks held in London last October.
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London
UPA
Fortin
Ernest Bevin
United States
Britain
Russia
France
China
Moscow
Bevin
Deceitful Talk Cloaked Plans At Nuremberg Trial
British prosecutors presented evidence at the international military tribunal detailing German war plans and deception by Hitler. They showed orders and flag signaling used to mask invasions of Norway Denmark and later Belgium and the Low Countries, with delays blamed on weather and air force readiness. The prosecution highlighted captured German air force plans and directives tying to the broader invasion strategy and alliance with Italy.
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Daniel Betace
Aioctonad
Reddy
International Military Tribunal
Hitler
Hollaind
Belgium
Luxemburg
Norway
Denmark
Low Countries
Dénmark
Lattack
Ag-Soum
Poland
Holland
Air Force
Arcreta
Air Forc
Plana
Jowlanda
Belghmn
Italy
Arma
Mrs Charles Hughes Diet Washington Death
Mrs Charles Hughes of Washington dies shortly after their fifty eleventh wedding anniversary, noting their marriage in 1888 and her spouse.
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Charles Hughes
Washington
Mia
Hike in Iowa Gas Tax Held to Be Valid
Iowa District Court ruled the fourth cent gasoline tax in Iowa constitutional and legal. Judge Harold D. Evans rejected an injunction sought by L. VW Catton and upheld the act as part of the road funding measure. The ruling preserves tax revenue while refunds were planned for motorists, with the state collecting and holding funds under court order during appeal.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Harold D. Evans
L. VW
Catton
Truat
Ponaitile
Grimes
Johnson County, Board of Supervisors
Carlton
House
Senate
Asaistant
Ted Yoder
H. J. Flex
Union Moves to Release Freight in Omaha Suspension Ended
A morning surprise from Omaha unions: freight shipments at all city terminals will be freed after Friday’s truck strike. Union spokesman says firms may use union approved trucks or hire non union firms under union rules to move goods. If firms lack trucks, the union will supply transport to move the freight.
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Omaha
Gaoda
Snr
Baer
Urges Food Be Rushed to Starving Peoples
R. K. Bliss, director of extension service at Iowa State College, urged immediate shipping of food to Europe and Asia during Thursday’s market session of the annual event. He argued a great deal of good will come from hot shipping efforts abroad to aid starving populations.
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Des, Moines
Europe
Asia
R.K. Bliss
Ions
State College
Teachers' Interests to Be Given Study in Des Moines
Sixty five teachers from Town’s 22 000 rural and urban classrooms will meet in Des Moines for a two day conference to discuss advancing teachers through professional organization. The conference is sponsored by the Iowa State Education Association and the National Education Association.
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Des Moines
Pearl Harbor hearings recount Stark and Marshall clash
Gen. George Marshall testified that Admiral Harold R. Stark urged delaying Pacific warnings on Dec 7, 1941. Stark opposed sending urgent messages, then relented after Marshall’s insistence. Debate over how messages were routed and whether MacArthur was briefed follows.
CIO Rejects GM Offer to Raise Wages
The CIO Union rejects GM's 7.10 per cent wage offer amid the General Motors walkout of about 200000 workers. A second meeting is set as negotiations continue with optimism in Detroit. GM also offers 1.324 cents an hour to 25000 CIO United Electrical Workers demanding 2 dollars a day raise.
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Company
CIO Unilet Auto
Lhere
Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Electrical Workers
General Electric
Westinghouse
H. W. Anderson
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Mojors
Uaw-Cio
Chrysler Corporation
GAT
Consriet
National Shipbuilding Conference
Colorado Springs
Col
New York
Amerinan Airlines
Ste
Slsoanda
Cleveland
Atrike
AFL Greyhound
Byrnes Replies to Hurley Defense in Senate Hearing
Secretary of State Byrnes pushed back at General Hurley during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee session. He defended two career diplomats Hurley accused of trying to sabotage U.S. policy toward China and said Hurley offered no concrete evidence of misconduct by any employee. Hurley, in attendance, challenged Byrnes as he testified on Hurley’s abrupt resignation as ambassador to Chongqing.
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Washington
Byrnes
Patrick J. Hurley
Alates Department
Hurley
Senate
Ambassdor
Chiis
Byrnch
Chungking
Chia
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