Malmedy Massacre Witness Identifies SS Killer
CHAU Germany May 21. A German judge heard testimony naming Georg Fleps 23 of the First Waffen SS Panzer Regiment as the shooter at Malmedy during the Ardennes offensive. A U S prisoner describes unarmed Americans at the crossroads, machinegun fire, and pistol shots that killed or wounded many. The trial centers on the massacre of prisoners of war and the alleged sport killings by German troops.
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Chau
Germany
Achin
Solrnes
Belipiati
Malmedy
Manter
Ardennes Bilge
Gaehary
Georg Fleps
Waffen SS Panzer Regint
Ardennes
Lary
Theother
Ir Group
Eps
Efield
Reds Employing Nazis As Teachers Of War Methods
Berlin reports say the Soviet Union is using former German military experts as instructors in the Red Army. They are teaching aeronautics and navigation methods and aiding research on atomic energy and rocket projects. Some submarine specialists are reassigned to Baltic ports or sent to Russia as POWs.
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Berlin
Germany
Arevy
Navy
Moscow Radio
London
Red Army
Stetlin
Baltic
Russia
Philadelphia Still Gets No Newspapers
Pickets march around three Philadelphia newspaper plants blocking 1.5 million papers daily for sixth day. Union leaders and publishers have not met since Saturday. Strike began Thursday night. Stereotypers warned that members not covering their jobs would be suspended from union benefits.
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Philadelphia
Strikeround
Leo J. Buckley
International Stereotypers and Electrotypers Union
Unign
Japanese engine shipped home for four sons
Myers Smith left Okinawa with a two cylinder air cooled cast aluminum Japanese auto motor. Back home he repaired it, mounted it in a home made cart for his four sons, albeit it is now out of service.
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Bloomington
T. May
Myers Smith
Okinawans & Marine
Two More Jap Cabinet Men Purged
General MacArthur announced a no exceptions policy for purgees and ousted two nominees from Prime Minister Yoshida s new cabinet. Iwata and Nasu were deemed ineligible amid Japan s planned constitutional reform and wartime records, with brief portfolio reshuffles by Yoshida and hopes for imperial approval.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Chuzo ‘Iwata
Hiroshi Nasu
Japanese Foreign Liaison Office
Nasu
Iwata
Noshida
Japan Communist Party
Japan
Sugest Gov't Coal Seizure Looms As Talks Stagnate
Washington May 21 Deep silence marked John L. Lewis and soft coal operators as a mine strike truce nears its end with 4 working days left. Lewis dodged questions on a 260 member policy committee for 400000 idle miners and refused to discuss government operation or White House talks. In New York talks between anthracite operators and miners stalled over a union controlled health and welfare fund as 75 000 Pennsylvania hard coal miners face a May 31 contract deadline.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Truman
Missouri
White House
Charles O'Neill
Streamline Mer Manages Fractured Leg at Indiana Hospital
Walter Hile, manager of the Streamline store, was admitted to Indiana Hospital last night with a fractured leg. Hospital attaches described his condition as good this morning.
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Walter Hile
Streamline
Indiana Hospital
Indiana Man Discharged at Camp Atterbury Center
A misread dispatch notes a soldier from Indiana discharged at Camp Atterbury Separation Center. Sgt Karl W Owens listed with unit details obscured by OCR errors. Further records should confirm the exact discharge status and local post details.
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Atterbury
Indiana
Asterbury Separation Center
Karl W. “Owens
McNarney Finds Morale Improved in Europe
General Joseph T. McNarney, American commander in Europe, said at a Berlin news conference that American troops in Germany show definite morale improvement since his tightening orders on discipline. He added the ban on American-German weddings would not be lifted while he remains military governor or until a peace treaty is signed. He warned of an acutely strained economic situation under four power occupation.
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Berlin
Joseph FT. McNarney
Europe
Germany
Byrnes Warns of US Boycott in Big Four Talks
Secretary Byrnes told reporters in Paris that no iron curtain can stop world opinion and noted only slow progress toward European peace. He listed six focal issues with Russia, including Trieste, Balkans accords, and the Austria evacuation, while insisting the peace drive has only begun.
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Byrnes
Paris
Europe
Pepper
D-Fla
United States
Britain
Connally
D-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenbye
R-Mich
Italy
Brittain
France
Trieste
Russia
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Molotov
Germany
Barnes
Stalin
Moscow
Russia May Fear US China Accord Says Sun Fu
Dr Sun Fu, president of China's Legislative Yuan, believes Russia fears tightening China US ties shaping Manchuria. He calls for peaceful neighborly coexistence and notes government sources accuse Russia of aiding Communists in Manchuria during Red Army activity. Brazilian offices serve coffee multiple times daily.
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Nanking
Sun Fu
China
Legislative Yuan
Council
Russia
Manchuria
United States
Sun Yet-Sen
Scared Beagle Delays Auburn Watertown Border Game
A Border Baseball League game between Auburn and Watertown was delayed after a frightened beagle ran onto the field and was chased by another anxious dog. About twelve hundred fans watched the incident before play resumed.
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Auburn
uwsAn Aubuth- Watertown
Waant
Jong
Arenes
Scions Resist Psychoanalysis for Congress Says No Thanks
Washington report shows Congress and its members largely reject Harold Lasswell’s call for psychoanalysis for public officials. Some express humor or sideways remarks while a few offer cautious or mixed views, noting politics itself invites skepticism and scrutiny.
Palestine Proposal Sparks Jewish Arab Reactions in Jerusalem
In Jerusalem on May 21 the Inner Zionist Council discussed a U S Britain proposal asking Jews and Arabs to submit formal opinions by June 20 on the British American Inquiry Committee report urging admission of 163600 Jews to Palestine. Arab leaders plan to study the proposal upon Jamal Efendi Husseini’s return from Damascus while spokesmen for both sides warned the delay could stall implementation.
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Jerusalem
United States
Britain
Palestine
Jewish Agency
Izzat Tannous
Arab Higher Committee
Householder Warns on Labor and Government Balance
Leslie W. Householder of the Whiteman Company addressed the Lions Club last night, urging stronger government leadership and waiving the labor secretary posts. He warned that strikes have cost the government and people the most money after the war, reducing production and driving a material shortage and black market.
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Leslie W. Householder
Whiteman
Lions Club
Householder
Commerce
Interior
Brushvalley Pastor Named Assistant Pastor At Ashland Church
Rev Harry Arnold Carney of Thorsuston Connecticut accepts assistant pastorate and director of religious education at First Methodist Church Ashland Ohio. ISTC graduate with BS in Education and near completion of BD at Yale Divinity School. Awarded Merrick Prize for Public Speaking at Yale.
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Harry Arnold Carney
Methodist Church
Thorsuston
Conn
Brush Valley
First Methodist Church
Ashland
Rev. Carney
ISTC
Yale Divinity School
New Haven
Merrick
Negro Artist Fight Goes On At DAR Meet
In Atlantic City on May 21, the Daughters of the American Revolution agreed to study rental contracts barring Negro entertainers from Constitution Hall in Washington. Leader Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge denounced the Luce committee and said the clause reflected local customs, needing congressional action to change.
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James J. Hackett
Atlantic City
N. J
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR Constitution Hall
Washington, D. C
Julius Y. Talmadge
Athens
DAR
National Board
Clare Boothe Luce
R.conn
Constitution Hall
Society
Negra
Brotherhood
Hazel Scott
Washington
Daughters of the Ameri
Mberal
Whitney
Johnston
Army Plane Crashes Into New York Skyscraper
Army air crash near Manhattan claims Lt Bond and crew with wreckage scattering across a bank district. Witnesses described a burning fuselage, falling gear, and a wing striking a city street as the plane exploded into flames. Capt Hall, involved in the Empire State Building inquiry, is noted as an investigating officer.
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Bond
John Callan
U. S. Trust Company
Manhattan Company
Lt. Bend
Soux Falls
D. D
Tom L. Hall
Bank of the Manhattan Co
New York
Empire State Building
Indiana Schools to Close May 28
Indiana schools will dismiss at 2:30 p m Tuesday May 28 and need not report again except brief work on Friday May 31 Superintendent E C Perry said the only session Friday will be 9 20 to 10 30 a m May 31 Memorial Day closings for all school offices. Teachers dismissed Friday at 2 p m for summer.
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Puulls
Indiana
E. C. Perry
Starford Boy Struck by Auto Injures Eight Year Old
Albert Saiani eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Tulio Saiani of Starford was injured when struck by an automobile yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Indiana Hospital where his condition is listed as satisfactory. He suffered head and facial lacerations and abrasions. The car was operated by Paul L Cooper of Barnesboro RD 2 and the driver took the lad to the hospital.
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Albert Saiani
Tulio Saiani
Starford
Indiana Hospital
Paul L. Cooper
Barnesboro R. BD
Gazette
Obituary notices from Bradford area run includes several losses
Obituaries report the death of Gladys Jeanetyr Cox Wall at Bradford Hospital with survivors Glenn Blaine Ronald Donald William and four Cox brothers and three grandchildren. service at Reese Cox home. Josephine Turkovich, born 1884 in Yugoslavia, dies in Josephine, two daughters, three sons, two sisters survive with mass in Cleveland and Calvary Cemetery. Sophia Turkovich and Mary Ellen Clark die in Shelocta and Elderton area respectively with brief notices and forthcoming full obituaries. Howard Clark Scott, infant son of Earl and Betty Scott, dies in Indiana Hospital. interment in Elderton Cemetery.
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Gladys Jeanetyr
Cox) Wall
Slater
Reese Cox
Sagatore
Bradford Hospital
Blaine
U.S Army
Germany
Ronald
Texas
Donald
Illinois
William
Bradford
Harry L. Cox
Apolia
Robert Cok
Ravenna
Lewis Cox
Canal Zons
Sagamore
Adda Cassidy
Ines
Lela Hilty
Shelosta
R. D
Elma Mutchler
Port Allegheny
Josephine
Yugoslavia
Frank Dudic
Stephen Turkovich
Catherine Turkovich
Steve Endrass
Matt
Thomas
Cleveland
John
Fred Fremic
Springfield
Mary Torptic
Mary Ellen Clark
Shelocta R. D. 1
Elgerton
Clair Frye
Howard Clark Scott
Earl E
Betty Jane Me
Manus Scott
Oak Street
Auld seeks appeal in murder conviction
Howard Auld, a 25 year old former Army sergeant, was sentenced to death for the murder of a 23 year old waitress after a V J Day party last August. The discharged veteran is set to appeal his conviction today before the court of errors and appeals in Trenton New Jersey.
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Trenton
N. J
Howard Auld
Court of Errors and Appeals
Allied telegraph service extended to needed occupants in Japan
Telegraph extension approved by Allied headquarters covers Japan United States links for companies organizations and individuals whose services are essential to the occupation forces.
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Tokyo
Allied Headquarters
Japan
United States
Gen Shannon Dies In Columbia At 75
Maj. Gen. Edward C. Shannon longtime Pennsylvania leader and former 28th Division National Guard commander died at his Columbia home. He was 75, and served as lieutenant governor during the 1931 35 Pinchot administration.
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Columbia
Edward C. Shannon
Pennsylvania
Japanese Restaurateurs Fined for Poisoned Liquor Death
Three Kobe restaurant operators were fined 10 000 yen each and sentenced to prison by provost court for selling poisonous liquor that caused the death of a Filipino seaman.
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Kobe
Japan
Best Dressed Army
Washington May 31. The Secretary of War urges supply sergeants to listen closely as he presents guidance on uniforms and appearance standards for the Army. Strong emphasis on discipline and proper dress codes amid ongoing reforms.
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Washington
Pittsburgh Gang Raids Target Numbers Racket Slayings
Police in Pittsburgh arrest 77 men in a citywide series of numbers and gambling raids linked to the double slaying of Frank Evans and Freddie Garrow on an East End road. Mayor Lawrence and Superintendent Scott vow to dismantle gangs. 33 face gambling charges. Two suspects questioned in New York offer no clear leads.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Evans
Freddie Garrow
David L. Lawrence
Harvey L. Scott
East End
Scott
New York
Silvio Domenico
Joseph Mannerino
Belgian Rexists Trial Opens in Charleroi
The trial of 97 Belgian Rexists began in Charleroi on charges of assassinating 20 Belgian patriots on August 18, 1944. The group’s leader Victor Matthys was said to have reported in a Rexist newspaper that doctors, lawyers, priests and women were slain in reprisal for the resistance execution of Charleroi’s Burgomaster.
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Charleroi
Belgium
Victor Matthys
Thme
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