Nazi defendants face war crimes charges at Nuremberg trial
At Nuremberg on November 20, Hermann Goering Adolf Hess and other top Nazis stood before an international tribunal as prosecutors detailed four counts of the indictment. Twenty defendants were named with Bormann tried in absentia and several others absent or ill. Hess showed a wry grin while hearings opened and alienist reports on his mental condition awaited announcement.
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Mernberg
Hermann Goering
Adolf Hess
Hal Wilhelm
United States
Great Britain
Russia
France
Europe
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Robert Ley
Ernest Kaltenbrunner
Gestapo
Gustav Krupp von Len
Halbach
Rudolf Hess
Hess
No single clean view of war lords amid Pearl Harbor era judgments
The column argues Nazi and Japanese leaders showed cold duplicity in annexations and treachery at Pearl Harbor. It notes trials at Nuernberg and the death of Baron General Honji, suggesting some Jap officials like Kurusu and Nomura may be honest in negotiations, while warning against sweeping judgments of all Japanese.
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Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Hitler
Goering
Austria
Europe
Washington
International War Crimes Tribunal
Honji
Manchuria
Kurusu
Nomura
Rural Industries Meeting Planned in Raleigh
North Carolina officials and agriculture leaders will meet with Governor Cherry in Raleigh on November 29 and 30 to discuss rural industry development. The session mirrors a Georgia effort and features Dean Paul Chapman of the University of Georgia as keynote speaker. Local leaders will head the effort with specialists giving brief talks on minerals marketing forest and repair services and processing of food crops marine products and other small industry fields.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Cherry
Georgia
Paul Chapman
University of Georgia
Bond purchases in state reach half of quota
Winston Salem November 20 Clarence T Leinbach state war finance chairman said bond sales surged in recent days sending victory bonds to 500000 and breaking past the halfway mark in the 30000000 quota now 7900000 or 26 percent. He praised individual investments reaching 51 percent but warned the rate must hold to meet the goal.
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Winston-Salem
Clarence T. Leinbach
War Finance
Air Attacks and Fighting Rattle Batavia Fronts
RAF Thunderbolts bombed Indonesian held roadways into Semarang as fighting flared in Batavia. Indonesian units and Permuda members moved toward the capital while railway control collapsed. British leaflets warned residents and casualties mounted in the surrounding districts.
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Batavia
Java
Semarang
Aneta
Permuda
RAF
Soerabaja
Bandoeng
Yamashita to Begin Defense Tomorrow in Manila Trial
Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita seeks a not guilty plea as his defense opens in Manila tomorrow. The U S military commission denied delays and urged both sides to expedite the three week-old proceedings while Gen Reynolds warned only essential staff should attend in court.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Yamashita
U.S. Military Commission
Russell B. Reynolds
Military Commission
Harry Clarke
Reynolds
Doughton Requests Cereal During Cold Bed Rest
Rep. Doughton of North Carolina, 82, confined with a bad cold, asks for cereal at breakfast after his wife brings his meal in bed. He received a light breakfast but insisted on cereal, noting a bad cough though no fever. He will remain in bed for the rest of the week.
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Washington
Doughton
D-Nc
North Carolina
Army Says Large Returns From Overseas Outpace WWI AEF Totals
The army reports 2,470,880 soldiers returned from overseas from V E Day May 8 to Nov 2 and 8,114,000 total discharges by Nov 16. It projects monthly arrivals by region into December while noting occasional delays from strikes and ship turnarounds.
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Washington
AEF
War Department
B 29 Sets Nonstop Flight Record from Guam
The army announced that a B-29 flying eastward from Guam set a nonstop distance record of 7,368 miles, passing La Wis at 9:30 a.m. EST and expected to reach Washington around 1:30 p.m. EST. The prior record stood at 7,158.44 miles set by the British.
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Washington
Guam
la Wis
B 29 Lands From Guam Sets World Distance Record
A B 29 aircraft arrived at National Airport from Guam after about 35 hours and 8,000 miles, prompting the army air forces to claim a new world distance record. The British 1938 Egypt to Australia record at 7,158.44 miles stood as the previous mark.
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Washington
Guam
Army Air Forces
National
Egypt
Australia
Army B-29 Flight From Guam Sets Long Distance Record
Army officials report a B-29 left Guam at 2 30 a m Monday heading toward Australia with an estimated 35 hour flight time If it reaches destination as predicted it would mark an extended endurance mission The previous attempts from Japan to Chicago and a non stop Japan to Guam flight faced headwinds and refueling stops The Guam voyage was lengthened by avoiding a shorter route over the world while stripping weight and removing armor and radar to fit the mission
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Egypt
Australia
Guam
Japan
Une
Hokkaido
Chicago
Casa Ton
Army
Truman Plans City Visit to Attend Army Navy Game
President Truman will travel to Philadelphia on December 1 to witness the Army Navy football game. This will be his first out of town engagement since canceling several fall trips to North Carolina Georgia Missouri Oklahoma and Texas due to matters needing his attention at home.
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Washington
Truman
Philadephia
Army-Navy
North Carolina
Georgia
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
New Charges Are Hurled At America In Manchuria Clash
Chinese communist forces push toward Changchun in Manchuria as 4,000 troops reportedly enter the capital amid a race with nationalist units. Reports from Chungking say Russians demand 20 conditions before any troops can fly into Manchuria, with an overland drive under way. Nationalist troops advance 23 miles beyond frontline positions as conferences between China and Russia loom.
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Chungking
Manchuria
China Times
Changchun
Soy A Times
China
Chungki
Accused Jap War Criminal Takes Own Life In Office
Tokyo reports Baron Shigeru Honjo a leading war criminal opted for hara-kiri in his office less than a day after arrest order. He wrote a final letter saying he could not face Allied courts and wished to apologize to the people and families of battlefield casualties.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Honjo
Manchuria
Japanese War College
Honjo
Tar Heel Yank Still Awaiting Four Years Of Pay
S/Sgt. Morris Lewis of Creston and West Jefferson North Carolina has been a soldier without pay for nearly four years. A War Department investigation is noted as staff for Representative Coughton says the pay record remains unresolved. Lewis, 28, survived six Japanese prison camps and plans to visit his friend's parents in Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania and return to Staunton Virginia for a Woodrow Wilson Hospital checkup before continuing in the army.
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Washington
Morris Lewis
Creston
West Jefferson
N. C
Rep
Coughton
D-Nc
War Department
Lewis
Mauch Chunk
John Jones
Bataan
Woodrow Wilson Hosiital
Staunton
Eisenhower Day at Legion Meet in Chicago
General Dwight D. Eisenhower attends the American Legion's 27th national convention in Chicago arriving from Boone Iowa for an all day schedule. He participates in a parade to the coliseum and receives the legion's distinguished service medal before delivering a major address at the national commanders banquet. The event shifts focus toward the army with five star admirals and Navy officials having a strong presence earlier in the convention.
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Chicago
Ike
American Legion
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Boone
Legion
Navy
Ernest J. King
Chester W. Nimitz
John L. Sullivan
Iranians Halted on Tehran-Azarbaijan Troop Movement
Iranian forces moving from Tehran to quell separatist disturbances in Azerbaijan Province were halted near Kazvin by Russian authorities and ordered to return. Four battalions including infantry motorized troops and gendarmes, with two American advisers from Colonel Norman Schwarzkopf’s mission, were advancing slowly northward under uncertain tacit Russian approval amid reports of casualties.
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Tehran
Azarbaijan
Kazvin
Arde
Tabriz
Azerbaijan
Norman Schwarzkopf
Iran
Opening Weed Prices Show An Increase
Raleigh reports a marked rise in opening prices across the old belt flue cured tobacco markets with the middle and eastern belts holding firm. Old belt sales run up to 51 per hundred for lead and 52 for cutters while most sales sit around 48 to 50. middle belt shows strong demand with a few grades up a dollar. Eastern belt markets remain firm to one dollar higher with many grades at 51 per hundred as season winds down next week.
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Raleigh
Middle Belt
Knox Letter Warned of Pearl Harbor Surprise Attack
The 1941 letter from late Navy Secretary Knox warned that war with Japan could begin with a surprise attack on the Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor. Read to the Pearl Harbor inquiry, it suggested urgent steps to bolster joint army and navy readiness.
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Washington
Navy
Frank Knox
Japan
Pacific Fleet
Pearl
Henry L. Stimson
Congressional
Pearl Habor
Knox
J. O. Richardson
Eerie
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt Ye
William D. Leahy
Roosevelt
Gork
Richardson
Hull
William D. Mitchell
United States
Hawaii
Naval
Pearl Ham
Cotton consumption rises in October 1945 totals
Census Bureau reports October 1945 cotton use at 759,806 bales of lint and 85,464 bales of linters, up from September levels but below October last year. Three month totals through October reach 2,200,617 bales of lint and 247,158 bales of linters, versus the prior year.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Yanks Soviets Agree On Press Tours In Germany
Eisenhower announced an agreement with Marshal Zhukov to allow press tours for American and Russian reporters in each other’s occupied zones in Germany. The tours last one week with reporters and interpreters, escorted by army officers.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
American Legion
Marshal Zhukov
Eisenhower
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Iowa
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