Buddhist Priest Reveals Tojo Hangings Details
In Sugamo prison Tokyo the priest Hanayama described the last moments of Hideki Tojo and six fellow war leaders. The four executed near midnight shouted banzai and bade farewell with a final message and a rough translated poem.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Sugamo
Shinso Hanayama
Tojo
Nippon
Pearl Harbor
Seisjiro Itagaki
China
Korea
Koki Hirota
Hanayama
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Final Buying Splurge Noted
New York reports show December retail sales set to exceed prior records with estimates of 13 billion dollars, about three percent above 1947. Dun and Bradstreet data suggests 1948 total may rise eight to 10 percent over 1947’s 118 billion, aided by late rush of Christmas shopping and early December gains.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Seismograph at Fordham Records Two Severe Quakes
Early today Fordham University officials reported two fairly severe earthquakes detected on the Seismograph. The events occurred at 3 52 36 a m EST and 4 01 43 a m EST about 4700 miles away. Direction from New York not stated.
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New York
Fordham University
Living Costs Edge Down in November Report
Government figures show a continued decline in living costs in mid November with the index down 0.421 per cent from October mainly due to lower food prices. Food prices dropped 1.9 per cent. meats led declines while eggs rose, butter hit a new low since 1947. Weekly factory wages averaged $54.49 for 13.2 million workers, with hourly pay up slightly to $1.37.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
BLS
Fumes Sicken 13 on Chicago to St Louis Bus
A Continental Bus Co. coach carrying 13 passengers from Chicago to St Louis arrived in Decatur with most of them unconscious or collapsing. Eleven were hospitalized as fumes from the rear engine were blamed. driver Stanley Belt was unaffected.
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Decatur
Ill
Chicago
St. Louis
Dectaur
Weesea
Wenaue
Stanley Belt
Continental Bus Company of
Santa Fe Trailways
Belt
W. D. Shull
Iberia plane crash kills 27 near Barcelona in Spain
An Iberia Airlines aircraft en route from Barcelona to Madrid crashed in the Paoadols Sierra mountains of Tarragona province killing 27 aboard. Officials say all aboard were believed Spanish and no cause is yet established. The accident occurred shortly after takeoff from Barcelona.
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Madrid
U.P
Iberia Airlines
Barcelona
Paoadols Sierra
Tarragona
Passenger's Rights Upheld by Court
New York Supreme Court Justice Denis Cohalan denied cab owner William Greenberg’s request for a temporary injunction. The ruling upheld a 15 year old local ordinance that gives taxi radio control to the passenger even during a baseball game.
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New York
New York Supreme Court
Denis Cohalan
William Greenberg
Four Burglars Scared Off by Silent Night
Sutton England reporters describe a Christmas caroling pair Keith Ran som and Frances Snape both 16 singing Silent Night for a neighbor. Four burglars fled a window when confronted by the carolers, leaving no thefts behind and the neighbor noting they were scared off too quickly to take anything.
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Sutton
Eng
Keith Ransom
Frances Snape
Nixon Says Duggan Cleared In Spy Probe
Rep. Richard M. Nixon said Laurence Duggan was cleared in the espionage case on a Washington TV broadcast. An autopsy showed no criminality in Duggan’s fall from a Manhattan 16th floor office, with police continuing the inquiry. Alger Hiss trial date was postponed to February 24 as Sayre faced questions over alleged stolen papers.
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New York
House Un-American Activities Committee
Laurence Duggan
Richard M. Nixon
Cal
Washington
State Department
New York City
Duggan
Manhattan
Thomas A. Gonzales
Examiner
William O'Dwyer
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
House Committee
Francis B. Sayre
Hiss
Sayre
Heart attack blamed in Kenosha car crash
John Petrelli 53 of 5128 19th Ave. died after suffering a heart attack while driving on 52nd Street near the North Western railroad elevation. His car crashed into the abutment, was found 31 feet from a power pole, and he was pronounced dead at Kenosha hospital. He was a World War I veteran and longtime local businessman.
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52Nd St
North Western Railroad
13Th Ave
John Petrelli
19Th Ave
Petrelli
Kenosha Hospital
Jay B. Glerum
Grant Tyler
Dominick Corradini
Visso
Italy
Kenosha
American Brass Company
Purity Ice Cream Company
Rockford
Quartermasters Corps
Camp Grant, Ill
Holy Rosary Church
American Legion Post 21
Bertha Gerardi
Joseph
Zion
Ill
John
Chicago
Angelo
Rome
Raymond E. Swanningson
63Rd St
Peter Chatovicz
Sid St
60Th St
23Rd Ave
Chatovicz
Jacob Schoenfeld
30Th Ave
Harry L. Stoltman
31St Ave
66Th St
Schoenfeld
Stoltman
F. E. Holden
Sheridan Rd
Farmers Enroll in Wisconsin University Short Course
More than 250 farmers have enrolled in the University of Wisconsin farm short course set to start January 3 in Madison. The program aims to boost agricultural practices and educate participants through intensive sessions led by UW extension staff.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
University of Wisconsin
French Instrument Maker Reports Strong French Recovery
Vito Pascucci president of the G Leblanc company in Kenosha says France shows clear improvement over two years with full shops and rising orders in woodwinds. He notes American aid, stable currency concerns, and a 48 hour work week while French factories blend old and new methods to boost quality.
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France
Vito Pascucci
G. Leblanc Company
Pascucci
Leblanc
Paris
Noblet
Moulins
la Coutre-Boussey
Marseillaise
Kenosha
Campaign to add crossing guards for Kenosha County rail lines
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission orders automatic gates at the 22nd Ave Birch Rd crossing on the North Shore line and an automatic signal at the 60th St crossing on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line. Petitioning for four more safety measures is under way with complaints already filed for North Shore Berryville Rd and other sites.
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Kenosha County
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
22Nd Ave
Birch Rd
North Shore Line
60Th St
Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul
Berryville Rd
PSC
Alfred Schmidt
Salem
Camp Lake
Schmidt
Jay W. Rhodes
Somers
Rhodes
Milwaukee Road
North Western Railroad
Congress ready to grant president pay raise for first time since Taft
A Senate subcommittee has a bill to raise the president's salary by 25 000 a year and add 50 000 to his expense allowance bringing Truman to 100 000 annually. The package also boosts top officials and district and foreign service pay with an emergency-urgent timetable before January 20 inauguration. Hoover advised paying for board and lodging as part of presidential costs.
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Washington
Congress
Harry S. Truman
Senate Civil Service
Truman
William Howard Taft
House
District of Columbia and
Foreign Service
Flanders
R-Vt
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Senate
White House
Oregon Lumber Executive Fred Leadbetter Dies at 78
Fred Leadbetter 78 a prominent Oregon lumber and pulp industry executive died Wednesday in Los Angeles after a long career with major timber firms. He led operations across West Coast mills and pulp plants and was known for his industry advocacy.
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Los Angeles
Fred Leadbetter
Oregon Lumber and Pulp
Phone Operator Tracks Down Strange Sounds in Verona Home
A Verona telephone operator reported unearthly sounds from a private home phone. Police found the extension phone by the bed off the hook. the resident claimed he was likely snoring.
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Verona
N. J
Palestine War Hares Again
The Palestine conflict reignited as Israeli land sea and air forces launched a broad assault on Egyptian positions in the Negev. UN observers reported night attacks and a full campaign, despite a Security Council armistice order. An Israeli spokesman claimed Egyptian forces were driven from the northern Negev and Jewish settlements near the Valuja pocket were opened.
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Tel Aviv
A.P
Negev
United Nations
United Nations Security Council
Holy Land
Egypt
Security Council
Valuja
Azerbaijani farmer 138 celebrates birthday in Morul village
The Tass agency reports Safar Gussein Ogly of Morul village turned 138 and is described as sturdy and in good health. The dispatch notes he is an Azerbaijani farmer and was distributed by Soviet monitor.
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London
Tass
Azerbaijan
Safar Gussein Ogly
Morul
House Un American Activities links CIO leaders to Communists
HUAC tagged 13 CIO officers as Communist linked in unions such as Longshoremen and United Electrical workers while noting steps by CIO to purge. The report cites 20 CIO unions with strong Communist leadership in 1944 and lists 33 organizations as Communist fronts, warning unions would be wiped out if Communists ruled.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
CIO
Harry Bridges
Longshoremen’s Union
Ben Gold
The
Fur and Leather Workers
Abram Flaxer
United Public Workers of America
Donald Henderson
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers
United Electrical Workers
U. S
Electrical Workers Union
American Labor Party
Russia
CIO Transport Workers
Michael Quill
American Communications Association
United Public Workers
State Department
Panama Canal Zone
Helicopter rescues woman in Alaska blizzard
In Anchorage an expectant mother on a disabled plane was rescued from a frozen lake as a helicopter braved a blizzard with 16 mph winds. The 10th Rescue Squadron aircraft hovered 10 feet above Cook Inlet to save Mrs Frieda Johanson. In London two U S destroyers Buchanan and McCalla were transferred to Turkey per U S Navy.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Cook Inlet
Frieda Johanson
Turkey
U. S
London
Buchanan
McCalla
U. S. Navy
Sheboygan Man Killed in Highway 28 Crash
Paul Kuhl age 47 of Sheboygan died from skull fracture and internal injuries after an auto rear collision on Highway 28 near Kohler Wisconsin. Coroner Wesley Van Zanten said he was a back seat passenger when the car was shoved off the road.
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Kohler
Wis
Paul Kuhl
Sheboygan
Highway
Here
Wesley van Zanten
Kuhl
Druggist Isidor Bochner Dies After Robbery
A 55 year old druggist Isidor Bochner died from wounds after three robbers wearing chalky pancake makeup shot him last night as he defended himself with a metal milk shake container.
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Chicago
Isidor Bochner
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