Atrocities Reported From Pacific War Authorized Officials
The Associated Press reports Americans killed as pilots and airmen, while prisoners were beheaded or marched to death. Maj. John A. Sing of Sherman Oaks recounts abuse of Allied officers including Wainwright and Percival. An Australian intelligence bulletin notes thousands captured and some believed alive in Borneo, with deaths on death marches and grim punishments by Japanese guards.
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Sherman Oaks
Calif
Rong Kong
Melbourne
Borneo
Sorteo
Jonn M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Arthur Percival
Singa
Jinwright
Wain
Percival
Larkin
Formosa
Dothan Citizens Vote on City Manager Change Plan
Dothan voters pick between a City Manager form of government and elect Dothan D. Ayres to a full three year City Commission term beginning next Monday. Morning tabulations show 236 votes at City Hall and 121 at the county courthouse with forecasts of about 700 total votes. Ayres, recently appointed, was chosen in March primary. J. W. Parkman to succeed him later. The plan follows a new state law allowing the election.
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Hoover urges cautious world aid and debt plan
President Hoover, in an executive club address, urged careful foreign aid policy to aid the economy without overburdening the United States. He proposed postponing lend-lease debts, a five-year world moratorium, destruction of wartime armaments, asset review before credits, limits on overseas investments, and a surplus exchange plan for key commodities.
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Herbert Hoover
Secutives Club
Chicago
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Europe
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Hoover Sugar Exchange
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President Urges Broad Unemployment Pay Bill Action
President Truman pressed Congress to fast track a wide unemployment compensation measure. Senate debate begins tomorrow as the president seeks broad coverage and a $25 weekly max for 26 weeks, with extensions for federal workers.
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R C Williams Rites Thursday
Funeral services for R C Bob Williams sixty six former Dothan lawyer who died at his West Palm Beach home will be held Thursday at five pm at Ward Wilson Chapel with Dr E A Childs officiating Burial will follow in City Cemetery Ward Wilson in charge He was born in Henry County practiced law in Dothan and partnered with Harry K Martin L Topkins and the late AE Pace He was a 3rd Degree Mason active in Masonic affairs He moved from Dothan to West Palm Beach about twenty years ago Surviving are his wife a daughter Mrs R C Bender and a sister Mrs Hattie Snider Also named are active pallbearers Charlie Newton R D Crawford Bob Cox Albert Logue Arthur Ussery Myer Blumberg Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Dothan Bar Association.
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Bob) Williams
Dothan
West Palm Beach
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Henry County
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The
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Greeks protest Athens over Teusian peace talks invitation
The Greek government protested to Allied powers that Greece was not invited to express views on the Teusian peace treaty ahead of the London foreign ministers meeting. The report notes Greece’s formal objection and requests for inclusion.
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Auto Strike Nears Showdown in Detroit Area
The Detroit area faces a major labor clash as the UAW-CIO and auto makers move toward strike votes. More than 80,000 idle workers across Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors threaten widespread stoppages unless wage demands of about 30 percent are met. Ford sites halted due to parts shortages from Kelsey Hayes. Kelsey workers reject reentry while negotiations stall over discharge disputes involving three men.
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Lt B F Marshall Liberated From Japanese Custody
Lt Byrd F Marshall brother of Mrs Robert A March of Newville was liberated from Japanese custody and will be returned to the United States soon. He entered the Air Corps in 1940 and graduated Kelly Field in 1941 before overseas service and capture in May 1942. He was held in Philippine camp No 1 then transferred to Fukuoka on Honshu.
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Newville
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Texas
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Inquiry Refutes Relief Atom Bombed Area To Be Barren
An American investigation team dismissed rumors that areas hit by the atomic bombs would be laid barren. A Nagasaki scientist said the claim was based on a stray remark by someone not involved in the development of the bomb and is entirely false.
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Josef Kramer Faces War Crimes Trial In British Court
Josef Kramer the Beast of Belsen and 44 SS men faced a British military court in Loenenberg for war crimes and conspiracy to commit mass murder. The court overruled pleas for separate trials including a group for Auschwitz gas chamber crimes. Kramer, the camp commandant, flashed a grim smile as proceedings began.
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Yugoslav Claim on Trieste Showdown Ahead at Big Five
Yugoslavia releases a 9000 word memorandum backing its claim to Trieste and adjacent Venena Glura Dalmatian Islands to be presented to foreign ministers. Italy and five British dominions will also present views on the frontier dispute dating back to two wars. The Yugoslav boundary runs about 40 miles west of Trieste to Monfalcone. Vice Premier Edward Karelj leads Belgrade delegation. The document accuses Valy of greed.
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OPA says letters show most of U S for meat rationing
Washington AP reports OPA notes widespread public support to continue meat rationing, urges avoiding red tape, and fears shortages if lifted. Citizens nationwide including housewives grocers and consumers weigh in with calls to extend controls or end rationing by harvest time, while aiding liberated countries and Europe.
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Tojo Doing Fine After Death by Own Action
Reports from Tojo in Japan indicate he is improving after an attempted death by action. Army doctor Cal James M Peery says the former premier is eating well and could be moved to an Army hospital when fit.
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Toyo
U. S. Readied for War Crimes Trials by November First
Supreme Court Justice Robert H Tackron, chief IS war crimes prosecutor, says the United States expects to be ready to begin trial of Nazi war leaders by November 1 and may proceed independently if other nations are not prepared. Jackson voiced disappointment at delays in international trials.
Atom Bomb To Be Tried On Jap Ship
A Tokyo dispatch reported by The New York Times says the 25,000-ton Japanese battleship Nagata, captured by the U S Navy at Yokosuka, will be towed miles to sea for an atomic bomb test. The experiment could influence future naval warfare and the postwar world order.
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U. S Navy
Yokosuka Naval Base
Hurricane Force Lost In Northward Course
A tropical hurricane crossing Florida moved toward the Carolinas with an estimated 30 million dollars in property damage. Winds reached 148 mph in the Keys and 99 mph in Miami. The storm weakened as it moved north but caused widespread destruction at Richmond Naval Air Base and damaged or destroyed blimp hangars, planes, and civilian property. Casualties included at least three deaths and several injuries, with coastal evacuations under way from Georgia to North Carolina.
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Recruitment Bill May Start Draft Discharge Battle
Washington AP report outlines a looming clash over a House military plan to offer enlistment incentives and potential discharges to shorten service. The measure aims to trim draft calls by two years and speed up releases, with Senate action and a White House briefing following.
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World War One Vet Heads New Alabama Service Men's Bureau
In Montgomery Alabama the State Board of Veterans Affairs elected C. C. Horton of Courtland to lead the newly created Veterans Department, with Horton to supervise veteran affairs under a 1945 legislature plan. Governor Sparks announced M. Unger of Mobile will replace Horton on the Board. both are World War I veterans. Horton will earn 5700 annually.
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Courtland
Ala
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Mobile
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Alabama
Shigemitsu resigns as Japanese foreign minister
Tokyo based reports say Mamoru Shigemitsu has resigned as foreign minister. Shigeru Yoshida, former London ambassador, appointed to replace him and was told by phone he accepted. Higashi-Kuni cites completion of the first stage of Allied occupation as motive.
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Japan
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London
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Shigermitsu
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Anderson Sees Hope Of Meat Ration Base
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson said meat rationing duration depends on overseas land commitments. After a White House meeting with President Truman, he said if continuation is needed it will be liberal, equal to normal peacetime consumption. He noted enough meat for domestic needs and possible subsidy termination by June 30 if conditions allow.
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Jurist Hawkins First Scottsboro Case Judge Dies
Fort Payne Alabama AP Judge Alfred E Hawkins age 62 who presided over the early Scottsboro rape trials died yesterday in a Nashville Tennessee hospital He served as a Ninth Judicial Circuit judge during the original Scottsboro hearings retired in 1940 after an unsuccessful bid for Congress Born in Dekalb County Alabama he was a Mercede University graduate and practiced law before his election to the circuit bench.
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Scottsboro
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Merece Universsty
Macon
MacArthur sees occupation arm out to twenty thousand
Tokyo dispatch reports General MacArthur stating postwar occupation forces in Japan could be reduced to about 200000 within months as Pacific operations move toward demobilization. He cites the initial landings as the riskiest gamble in history and notes that true force needs may exceed present projections.
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Navy Pledge to Free 839,000 by Christmas Day
Navy officials assured the Senate Military Committee that about 839,000 sailors would be released from service by Christmas. Vice Admiral Louis Denfeld said demobilization is moving, with plans to finalize detailed steps soon after evaluating combat cessation. The Navy stresses avoiding abrupt releases while maintaining military needs and transport and separation facilities.
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Louis F. Desfeld
Peragnuel
Senate
Gates
Pacific
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Burton
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Congressional
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Peanut harvest in Houston County near three fourths complete
Houston County reports that about 75 percent of the peanut crop has been gathered as wet weather delayed digging. GM Ling notes yields vary by farm with resumed digging today after 34.58 inches of rain fell Wednesday night and Thursday. By week end at least some top peanuts will be pulled. remaining peanuts may be lost or hogged off. German POWs still aiding harvesting.
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