Nazi $5 Force Ordered To Kill Jews, Commisars
Former SS aide Otto Ohlendorf testifies that special Einsatzgruppen were attached to the German army on the Eastern Front with orders to kill Jews and Soviet political commissars in occupied Russian territories. He says Himmler issued liquidation orders and that Army commanders coordinated mass executions.
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James F. King Meenberg
Germany
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Ithe International Military Tribune
Otto Obdsen- Lort
Einsatzgrupp
Ith
Ukraine
Russia
John Harlan’ Amen
U. S
Ohlendorf
Himmler
Fuehrer
Hew
Oblendorf
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Col
Gen
Germans rebuffed Vatican efforts to halt atrocities
Documents released by American officials show Vatican attempts to stop Catholic persecutions in occupied Poland were rejected by Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. The German Foreign Office refused to deliver Vatican letters and dismissed the Papal challenge as irrelevant to German sovereignty. Copies, dated 1843, will be used by Allied prosecutors at the international military tribunal against 22 top Nazis, including von Ribbentrop, with Col Leonard Wheeler Jr presenting the church persecution case.
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Foreign Office
Vatican
von Ribbentrop
Rome
Reigh
International Military Tribunal
Leonard Wheeler, Jr
Filipino military police mobilize 10000 submachine guns in Luzon
Defense Secretary Alfredo Montelibano announced 10,000 submachine guns issued to 19,000 Filipino army military police for operations against lawless elements in central Luzon. Airplanes, signal gear and 34 field hospitals aid cleanup as rumors of guerrillas and agrarian unrest spread. American official Paul V. McNutt said he is examining pay issues.
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Armed
Manila
Alfredo Montelibano
Luzon
Montelibano
Heavi
Queen Mary Heads Troopships Bringing 30,837 Vets Home
New York dispatch reports the British liner Queen Mary with 800 veterans from the 82nd Airborne division leading a fleet of 11 transports carrying 36,237 troops docking in New York. Navy officials note Wasp delays prevented a higher day tally. Queen Mary met Mayor O Dwyer and Maj. Gen. Gavin, docking after a late arrival amid strong tides and winds.
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Queen Mary
New York
Wasp
Navy
William O'Dwyer
James M. Gavin
Hudson River
Burns Prove Fatal To Former Resident
Funeral services were held for Nell Jones Litchfield, formerly of Dothan, at Oaklawn Chapel in Columbus, Georgia. She died Monday night in an Atlanta hospital from burns caused by an electric blanket short circuit. She had been assistant superintendent of a Blackman facility in Atlanta and was a graduate of Thomasville Hospital School of Nursing. Surviving are a daughter Mrs. Thomas Buck Jr, two sons Thomas Buck III and Leslie Litchfield Buck, a sister Mrs Carl Schorsburg, a brother Patrick Jones, all of Columbus and Dothan.
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Nell Jones Lichfield
Dothan
Patrick B. Jones
Oaklawn Chapel
Columbus
Linwood Cemetery
Litchfield
Atlanta
Blackman Samarium
Thomasville Hospital School of
Larkin Thomas
Emily Burrus Jones
The
Columbus Ledger
Thomas B
Buck
Buck NT
Leslie Litchfield Buck
Colurmbus
Car L
Sehorsburg
Aflania
Patrick 23
Tones
British Execute "Lord Haw Haw" on Gallows at Wandsworth
William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw was hanged at Wandsworth prison for high treason. The American born propagandist for Nazi Germany died shortly after 9 p m local time. He was convicted by British courts last year. He shares the scaffold with John Amery son of a former cabinet member who was hanged in December on related treason charges.
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London
William Joyce
Haw Haw
Wandsworth
Joyce
Adolf Hier
John Amery
March 5 set for Dothan city primary date
The Dothan City Democratic primary will be held March 5 with candidate qualification fees set at 85 cents. Smith Hall, chairman, announced the date and fees after yesterday's committee meeting. Five committee seats are open and candidates must file by midnight February 8. a second primary, if needed, is slated for March 15. Clyde L. Coe's term as City Commission President ends this year.
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Dothan
Smith Hall
Democratic Executive Committee
H. Ss. M. Bentley
Nee ‘Ward
Smith Deal
John Talley
City Commission
Clyde L. Coe
County To Share Lab Technician Salary With City
The county and city will jointly fund the laboratory technician's salary for November and December. Probate Judge Saxon Poyner said a Health Department request prompted the county to pay 230 dollars, with the city matching the amount. The measure followed prior talks and a suspended salary to keep the Duban laboratory operational.
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Houston County
Saxon Poyner
State Health Department
County Board of Revenue
Health Department
Duban
Churchill Will Winter in Miami
London AP report states Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Mrs Churchill will depart January 9 aboard the Queen Elizabeth for a U S vacation. Their daughter Sarah will join later. Churchill plans February in Miami at Col Frank Clarkes home in warm climate. Eden to act as Conservative opposition leader in House during Churchill absence.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Sarah
Miami
Frank Clarke
Quebec
Anthony Eden
State Bank Call Montgomery
Director Addie Yee Farren of the Alabama Department of Commerce issued a call for the conditions of all state banks as of December.
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State Bank Call
Montgomery
Addie Yee Farren
Alabama Department of Commerce
Truman to Address Labor Row Crisis on Radio
President Truman will air a 30 minute radio address on the labor situation and his legislative program. The speech aims to energize public support and pressure Congress, with emphasis on labor disputes and fact finding measures amid strikes at General Motors and steel plants.
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Washington
API
Truman
White House
Congress
Charlee G. Ross
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Truman
Jsber
Capitol Hill
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
United Steel Workers
Western Union CIO Employees To Strike Over WLB Ruling
In New York the CIO American Communications Association voted unanimously to strike next Tuesday, arguing the War Labor Board wage increases should be accepted only if all Western Union workers participate. AFL union representatives urged acceptance of the WLB directive, which ordered average 12 cent hourly raises, to avoid nationwide service disruption.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
War Labor Board
AFL
Tts Cio
CIO American Communications Association
Ne York
Stirike
Nexr
WLO
Commercial Telegraphere Union
WLB
Ozark Man Named In Traffic Charge
Ozark resident Hugh Carr charged with leaving the scene of an accident bound over for grand jury. State Highway Patrolman Earl Henley cites a traffic collision near Dothan earlier last month. Sheriff records show Carr was at liberty under Mee boats were
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Hugh Carr
Ozark
Earl Henley
Carr
Dothan
Pstrolman
Sheriff's Office
Communists Accept Marshall as Truce Mediator
Yenan announced Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek invited Gen George C Marshall to mediate the Chinese civil war and the Communists agreed in general to halt hostilities while pressing on specific conditions They handed their formal reply at a peace meeting with government delegates The third formal session followed the New Year and Chou En-lai met Marshall after a half hour talks with the U S envoy Fighting continued as National troops penetrated previously Communist held areas including Johor where Red spokesmen demanded KMT evacuation or risk civil war
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
API
Chiang Kai-shek
George C. Marshall
China
Chiang
Yenan
North China
Yenana
Anid
Chou En-lai
Marshall
U. S
Tuscaloosa Preps Gala Welcome For Rose Bowl Winners
The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa residents plan a pre dawn welcome for the Rose Bowl football team Sunday morning. The team arrives about 5 10 am with the Million Dollar Band University students and townspeople leading the greeting. They will be taken to the University gym after ceremonies as players and officials join the celebration.
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Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Million Daillar
Chamber of Commerce
University
Pasadena
Hank Crisp
Vead
Frank Thomax
Two-Headed Child Clinging To Life
A premature girl born with two heads clung to life in Birmingham England. The 21 year old mother, wife of a repatriated American soldier, ponders names as nurses report the father informed. The twin-like infant, a rare medical anomaly, receives care at Sedley Oak hospital.
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Birmingham
England
Matecrity
Sedly Oak Hospital
Repatriation Of Poles Reaches Thousands Daily
Poland reports ongoing repatriation of Poles from western and eastern Europe, with daily arrivals exceeding 10,000 at times. Government minister Wladyslaw Wolski cites thousands entering from various regions, including Szerecin, amid a broad return movement from occupied areas and allied territories.
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Poland
Europe
Wladyslaw Wolski
Tonister
Public Adminita Raion
Szerecin
Crmany
Lovet Ruais
Homma Death March Testimony Shapes War Crimes Trial
In Manila AP dispatch, Lt Gen Horima Horima Horima receives testimony about the 1942 death march from Bataan to Mariveles, with staff officer Takatsu alleging orders for brutal treatment of Americans and Filipinos. Prosecutors press for evidence of widespread rape and mistreatment, while defense challenges vague specifications and asserts Homma’s status.
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Manila
Marahati Horima
Ameriwuana
Lataan
Lomron
Toshimitsu Takatsu
Homen
Batran
Houmen
Homma
Krakniie
Manna Ag
Pisane Ag
Porciarge
Hornarian
Seconstitutimn
Hue Man
St. Paul
Lincoln
Nebr
Tar Ti
Tie
White
Hernan
Jung
Bataan
Fires Leave 500 Homeless in Batavia Suburb
AP reports Batavia Java fires destroyed a Dutch woman and her companion’s residence after a police raid prompted retaliatory arson. Indonesian authorities extended a security cordon around Batavia as a crackdown continued.
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Batavia
Java
Flres
Iwao
Aredan
Bute
Ters
Meester Cornelis
British Authoritee
Rapitel
Admiral Stark says no pre attack warning to Washington
Admiral Harold K Stark testified at a congressional hearing that no one in Washington had advance knowledge of the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7 1941. He said reports of advance warning were utterly without foundation and that the aim was to maintain peace. He denied urging Admiral Kimmel to seek fresh information before the attack.
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Washington
Harold K. Stark
Pearl Harbor
Chief of Naval Operations
Lucas Ud-1
Stack
Senate House Commiitee
Pearl Marbor
Lucan
Congress
Ueclergion
Lucas
Stark
Hoosevelt
Carmel
Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Teo
State Highway Seal Cost Sharing Plan Stated
State highway department plans to share one half of seal coat costs on Hodgesville road under the State Aid County Project. Probate judge Saxon Puyner said the county will bear the expense on another road not built under SAC, with the state covering half of Hodgesville paving as approved.
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State Highway Department
Hodgesville Bethway
Hodgesville
SAC
Poyner
Houston County FSA to discuss first G I loan matter
Members of the Houston County Farm Ownership Committee will meet Friday to pass on the first G I loan to be made in the counts. Houston FSA Supervisor W. Cook announced today. Pearl Barclay, director of the division of public health nursing, State Department of Health, was in Dothan today on a routine health limit visit to Houston County.
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Houston County
Farm Ownership Committee
G. I. Iowa
Houston Fsa
W. ¥. Cook
Vinits Dothan
Mian
Pearl Barclay
Division of
Public Health
State Department of Health
Dothan
Work Stoppage Looming In Four Major Industries
Nationwide threats target steel packing electrical and telephone sectors. CIO unions press for wage increases as strikes loom in steel and packing with dates set for mid January. Electrical and telephone workers may strike after meetings in New York and Washington.
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CIO
Steel, Packing, Electrical and Telephone Industre
CIO United Steel
General Electric Co
Gener Motors Corp
Westinghouse Electric Co
CIO United Electrical Workers
New York
Sirke
New Jersey
Western Electric Company
Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Triphone Workers
W. E. Eraployre Acwn
Fion
Washington
Walkout Begins At Western Electric Plants In 2 States
NEW YORK AP A walkout by Western Electric workers in Kearny New Jersey and several New York City plants began at 1 am EST over a wage dispute. Union officials claim 17400 workers are involved as the strike could ripple through meatpacking and livestock movements nationwide though AFI affiliates are not part of it.
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New York
Kearny
N. J
New York City
Western Electric Company
Atnike
Frank J. Kammel
Western Electricn
Kearny Works
New Jersey
Henry Mayer
Sande
Attike
Swift, Cudahy, Armour and Walnon
AFI
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Stutchers Workmen
North America
CIG
Napier Field Status Inquiry To Be Made
Federal officials will conduct an additional inquiry into Napier Field status this week. Secretary Arthur Johnson said Washington has announced action on the City and County bid, with talks on location at Napier tied to positive assurances that the state's facilities would be placed under City-County control.
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Napier Field
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Johnson
Napier
Washington
Johnson
Stase
Samtess
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Tap Payeie
Atlantic
Pacific
NEA Telephoto
Lord Haw Haw
Churchills
Western Union Cio
Boti
Myrna Loy
Gene Markey
Ictus
Santa Martwa
Cal
Markey
Nevy
NEA
Crimson Tide
Stark States
Western Electric
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