Tojo and Companions Die After Banzai Shouts at Sugamo
Tokyo dispatch reports Hideki Tojo and three of seven other condemned war leaders were hanged at Sugamo prison after midnight. The priest Hanayama described their final act as a defiant banzai cry and a last gesture of prayer with a Buddha rosary. Tojo reportedly left a message to the world and asked for sake before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Brines
Tokyo
Hideki ‘Ojo
Sugamo
Shinso Hanayama
Tojo
Sishiro Itazaki
China
Korea
Koki Hirota
The
Sugamo Comsee
Store Manager, Wife Overcome By Gas Fumes
Recuperating today are Mar Burroughs and his wife, managers at Western Auto Associate store, after inhaling monoxide fumes Monday evening. Theodore Nelson of Woolworth's found Mr. Burroughs slumped beside a counter and his wife at her desk. They were revived after being carried outside and receiving medical attention. Burroughs blamed a gas stove in the store and noted rain blocked outdoor air circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mar. Burroughs
Western Auto Associate
Burroughs
Theodore Nelson
Woolworth's
Mr. Burroughs
Mrs. Burroughs
Nationalists Kill 1500 Communists Near Tangku
Nanking reports say nationalist warships bombarded Tangku near Tientsin, killing about 1500 Communist fighters. Correspondent Spencer Moosa in Peiping notes many small Red attacks on the outskirts of Tientsin were repulsed. last night about 800 Reds were killed or wounded and Communist activity faded today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Tangku
Tientsin
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Peiping
The Grafton Sentinel Invites Durley Eisner to Dixie Theatre
The Grafton Sentinel invites Durley J Eisner of West Maint Street I to tonight's presentation Out of the Storm at the Dixie Theatre starring Ames Lydon and Lois Collier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Grafton- Sentinel
Durley J. Eisner
West Maint
Ames Lydon
Lois Collier
Dixie Theatre
Fighting erupts along Negev front between Jews and Egyptians
On December 23 fighting broke out along the Negev front as Jewish and Egyptian forces clashed. Air and ground units engaged near Rafah and in sight of Mount Sinai, with both sides reporting air activity and a large Jewish community near Tel Aviv reportedly bombed. The ceasefire hopes rose with Armistice talks possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel-Aviv
Israel
Negev
Thej Negev
Palestine
United Nations
Faluja
Elasnes
Mount Sinai
Lise
Rafah
Tel Aviv
Australia alleges first deliberate UN violation over Dutch action
Australia asserts the Dutch attack on Indonesia breaches UN Charter and Security Council ceasefire, urging expulsion from the United Nations. Australian diplomat Hodgson and Chinese delegate Hsia press the case as U.S. resolution orders an immediate halt and Dutch withdrawal. Countries including Colombia and Syria back the American plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Australia
Wouay
Holland
United Nations
Col
W. R. Hodgson
U. N. Security Council
U. N
Security Council
C. L. Hsia ofeChina
China
Philip C. Jessup
United States
Indonesia
Colombia
Syria
Hodgson
Netherlands
Council
Hoogaerde
Zoe
Rail Brotherhood Protest Against Postwar Rate Hike
In Charleston December 1823 three railroad brotherhoods filed a protest with the Bevhie Service Commission against a third postwar rate increase on the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone system. The letter, signed by state legislators and railroad workers, asked to postpone any rate rise to at least March and questioned ongoing investigations by the Justice Department, Congress, the state legislature or attorney general. The protest accuses the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and Western Electric of using proprietary control to keep the industry in poverty to influence rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Bevhiie Service Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac
Americar
Telephone
Telestand
Justice Department
Congress
State Legislature
State Attorney General
American ‘Telephone and Telegraph
Manin
Cubsttry
Western Electric Company
Former Keyser Doctor Says Justice Done in Tojo Case
Newark, Dec. 23. Dr. James B. Johnston Jr. of Keyser West Virginia, a former captain in the first cavalry, treated Hide's Tojo after a bullet wound on September 11, 1945. He said about Tojo's execution that it was his job to care for him and that justice was served by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Tokyo
Hide
Tojo
James B. Johnston
James Johnson
Keyser
First Cavalry Division
Inmates Go Home for Christmas at Pruntytown School
About 90 boys from the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown left for week long Christmas holidays with their families. The departure followed a Christmas program led by Ray H. Gray featuring The Nativity and other seasonal performances. Meanwhile 50 girls from the West Virginia Industrial School for Girls in Salem presented A Miracle at Christmas over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Industrial. School
Pruntytown
Parrdians
Charleston
Ray H. Gray
Carl Gilbers
Frank Delamore
Hey Marcum
Fouth
Elwood Calvert
Johnnie Andrews
Bill Hicks
J. C. Gould
Ann Whitescarver
Betty |Riley
Betty Jo
McAvoy
Eugene Williams
Thomas
Shaffer
John Gump
J. E. Riley
West—Virginia
Industrial School For Girls
Salem
High Costs Buying Exhibit Targets Red faced Buyers
In a Virginia warehouse a dollars and cents display shows the high cost of independent buying by the Army Navy and Air Force. About 400 items costing 247 million this year are highlighted as standardization efforts by the munitions board. A three service committee weighs which items can be common while noting many disputes will arise. Public reporting is barred to avoid embarassing the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Farrington
Washington
Virginia
Army
Navy
Air Force
Munitionss Board
Defense
Esablishment
Defense Forrestal
Army Quartermaster Depot
Arlington
Potomac
Peace Talks Fill China Air Now
Shangai dispatch describes Sun Fo forming a new cabinet amid uncertain peace prospects. It notes Chen Li Pu and Wu Te Chen as hardliners unlikely to accept Reds, with Wu also serving as vice premier and foreign minister. Possible moderates Chiang Chin Chung and Chang Chun may anchor future coalition moves as peace champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hampson Shangai
China
Sun Fo
Chen Li-Pu
Wu-Te- Chen
Ae Kuomintang
Government Party
Reds
Chen
Feds
Chiang Chin- Chung
Chang Chun
Chang Chin-Crux
Kang Chun
Politicol Science Clique
FEACE
Hardesty to Run for Senate President in 1949
FAIRMONT December 23 Senator C Howard Hardesty of Marion disclosed plans to seek the state senate presidency when the 1949 legislature convenes in Charleston next month. He informed fellow Democrats in letters mailed this week and faces opposition from Senators Broughton Johnston and C H McKown. Hardesty has chaired the senate finance committee and served on the rules committee in 1945 and 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
C. Howard Hardesty
Marion
Senate
Charleston
Broughton Johnston
Mercer
C. H
Jackie) McKown
Wayne
Hardesty
Kate H .Smith
Duggan Cleared. Duggan Death Probed in Spy Case
New York officials report investigator findings clearing Laurence Duggan in the espionage inquiry as autopsy shows no foul play in his 16 story Manhattan fall. Nixon states Duggan received a clean bill of health from spy probes while police pursue the death investigation ordered by Mayor O Dwyer. The Hiss perjury case faces delays from January to February as Sayre is questioned and secrets allegedly stolen from the State Department.
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New. York
House
American Activities Committee
Laurence Duggan
Richard M. Nixon
Rgolif
Washington
State Department
New York City
Duggan
Manhattan
Thomas A. Gonszal
William O'Dwyer
Alger Hiss
Whittuier Chambers
Oneame
Communist
House Committee
Francis B. Sayre
Secreatary of State
Hiss
Sayre
New York
Costs of living continue decline in November
Government figures show the cost of living index fell 0.8 percent in mid November from October, led by a drop in food prices for the fourth straight month. The index stood at 172.2 percent of the 1935-39 average, about 4.4 percent above a year ago, with food prices down and dairy, fruits, and fats among the declines while eggs and certain items rose slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gus
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bega
Two Vote Margin Held By Carder Over Gus Lambert
Taylor County residents witnessed the biggest upset of recent years as H. Lee Carder an incumbent Taylor County Court member and Republican candidate edged Democrat Gus J. Lambert by two votes after weeks of recounts. The county court’s final decision could be challenged via a writ of mandamus to the State Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
H. Lee Carder
Taylor County Court
Gus J. Lambert
Booths Creek
Carder
Lambert
Francis J. Warder
Lamber
State Supreme Court
Carder-Lambert R
B. Lambert
Ntil
Spoint
Liscount
Garder
Jee Regan
Tal Jail
Jed Robinson
Riel Bord
Christmas Eve Services Planned by Many Churches
Christmas weekend features traditional services across denominations. St Augustine hosts carols and midnight mass, St Pauls Lutheran offers The Night of the Kings Nativity, St Johns Methodist and Andrews Methodist hold candlelight and organ programs, plus a First Church candlelight communion. Rose Hall and Evangelical United Brethren also schedule programs as area churches mark the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Augustine Church
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
E.F. K. Roof
The
Lutheran Church
St. John’s Methodist Church
Andrews
Methodist” Church
Evangelical United Brethren Church
2. Davis
First Jan
Rose Hall Church
Yuletide
Fire inspections show many schools in McDowell and Mingo counties
Acting State Fire Marshal C A Raper reports October and November inspections included four McDowell county school buildings and 37 in Mingo county, plus 66 regular inspections in Logan and 62 in Mingo. One of three new fire departments established in the state during the period was in McDowell county.
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Charleston
C. A. Raper
McDowell County
Mingo
Logan County
McDow- Ml
Rescue delays as weather halts Greenland Arctic cap search
Weather worsens delaying new rescue attempts for 11 marooned airmen on Greenland ice cap. Air Force says the men remain safe in snow houses while violent winds and drifting snow hinder relief operations. Equipment awaits clear conditions at Greenland air bases for the next try.
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Washington
Greenland
Air Force
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Joseph
Mary
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U.N
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John Whitehead
Follansbee
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Here
Gus Lambert
Supreme Court
Don Whitencan Wal'ington
Harry S. Truman
Senate Civil Service Subcommittee
Mr. Truman
William Howard Taft
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