Hitler's Gang Is Named Murderers at Nuremberg Trial
British attorney general Sir Hartley Shawcross opened the case against Hermann Goering Rudolf Hess Joachim von Ribbentrop and other Nazi leaders before the international tribunal labeling them murderers and robbers responsible for breaking the world's peace He argued their aggression and the plan to wage war violated established law and set a dangerous precedent for future international conduct.
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Hermann Goering
Rudolf Hess
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hartley Shaxfcross
United Kingdom
Germany
Shawcross
Hitler
United State
Russia
France
Britain
Shawcross Wai
Sunshine Forecast Dims Then Warms Across Kansas
Weatherman S D Flora predicts sharp cold in eastern Kansas with highs around 32 to 40 in the west. He forecasts a clearing trend toward midweek with temperatures near 45 and south winds, and lows from 5 to 28 east and 20 to 25 west. Dodge City and Phillipsburg report 44 degree highs. Phillipsburg the cold spot last night. Blanche Thebom tonight at 8:20 at K U Aud. Ride the Bus advertisement.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D
Flora
Kan- Rei
Dodge City
Phillipsborg
Phillipsburg
American Military Governor Plans Food for All Germans
Stuttgart dispatch reports Lieut. Gen. Lucius C. Clay, American military governor in Germany, outlining a plan to assure a 1550 calorie daily average for all Germans by January 1 to be funded by U.S. food shipments. He said rail control would transfer from the army to the military government at year’s start and urged Germans to drive postwar rehabilitation.
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Stuttgart
Germany
United States
Lucius C. Clay
Ste Saa
Clay
Burned for speed in push to new labor law clash
Washington outlines a fast track for a labor dispute bill to curb strikes before Christmas. President Truman seeks fact finding with penalties and arbitration while May leads a closed hearing to push swift House action. McVay pleads not guilty in Indianapolis court martial.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Truman
May
House
Senate
Congress
White House
General Motors
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Big Manila bank robbery nets nearly $200000 haul
Four Manila youths armed with a sub machine gun robbed the Philippine Bank of Communications today and fled in a jeep. They collected 399 000 pesos before being captured eight hours later with most of the loot. A remaining 31 000 pesos allegedly still missing.
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Manila
Philippines
Col
J. P. Holland
Philippine Bank of Communications
Tidal Wave Kills Thousands in Karachi Bombay Coast
Reuters dispatch from Karachi reports about 4,000 believed dead and 40,000 homeless after a tidal wave struck the Karachi Bombay coastal belt last Wednesday. Relief workers say seven villages were washed away.
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London
Reuters
Karachi
India
Karachi-Bombay
Senators urge Truman to appoint truck strike fact-finding board
Four teen midwestern senators from South Dakota Nebraska Minnesota Missouri Iowa Kansas and North Dakota appealed to President Truman to appoint a fact-finding board to investigate a truck drivers strike affecting seven states.
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Truman
Washington
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
North Dakota
Flowers of Distinction Call Allison
Flower shop advertisement urges contact for arrangements. The notice lists Thomas Flower Shop with a phone line 863 and invites inquiries for distinct floral designs.
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Allison
Thomas Flower Shop
Christmas package wrapping station opens in Chamber rooms
Hours run 9 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays from December 7 with Sundays closed. Funded by Community Chest, the service aids local shoppers mailing packages. Frank G Fitzpatrick leads the station with Bruce McKee supervising mailing at the post office. The post office urges early mailing for prompt handling during peak season.
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Commu
Chamber of Commerce
Frank G. Fitzpatrick
Bruce McKee
Post Office
Lawrence
Fire from hot stovepipe damages wall at Slaughter home
A fire started by a hot stovepipe damaged wall board in a room of William Slaughter’s home at 760 Lyons Street around 9 30 this morning. The fire department was called to extinguish the blaze.
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Wall Board
William Slaughter
Lyons Street
Stock Market Index Reports Latest Figures
New York stock market closes with the average of 60 stocks at 76.1 as of December 4. Funk's Mortuary and Chapel advertises ambulance service with phone number 119.
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New York
Funk’s Mortuary
British Aid and Pearl Harbor Warning Debate
Congressional investigators heard that General MacArthur received what he called ample information for alerting the Philippines before Pearl Harbor. Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles testified that the U S gave Britain the secret method to decode Japanese messages months before the war. The committee also reviewed a Roosevelt November 26 1941 message to the Philippines high commissioner about possible aggression and the likelihood of a Thai invasion. Miles read a December 15 1941 memorandum to General Marshall on Pearl Harbor events.
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Washington
General MacArthur
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Sherman Miles
Army
Senate House
Naval Base
Miles
U. S
Roosevelt
Francis Sayre
Japan
Thailand
J. Roosevelt
United States
Ferguson
R-Mich
Walter C. Short
Ants
Britain
George C. Marshall
Senate-House
Marshall
Hull
Hawaii
Panama
West Coast
Harold R. Stark
Chiefs of Naval Operations
Lucas
D-Nl
W. C. Short
Illinois
Leonard T. Gerow
Leahy Opposes a Defense Merger in Senate Hearing
Admiral William D. Leahy told the senate military affairs committee that a single postwar defense department would be radical and likely reduce naval efficiency. He noted the war department had been recently reorganized and had not stood the test of time like the navy department.
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Washington
William D. Leahy
National Defense Department
Roosevelt
Truman
Senate Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Army
Defense Department
Navy
Air Force
Navy Department
Douglas County Victory Loan totals near one million
Douglas County slowed progress on the Victory Loan drive adding 87 000 to reach 980 533 75 dollars. The county is about 68 percent of its 1 436 000 dollar quota with E bond sales at 319 060 dollars or 54 percent of the 532 000 dollar E bond quota. Norton leads western Kansas with 155 percent of its E bond quota.
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Douglas County
State Victory Loan
Kansas
Norton County
Federal Reserve Bank
Cudahy Plant Walkout Grows From 24 Hour Protest
In Kansas City Kansas, 1800 Cudahy Packing workers from local No. 10 walked out after Chicago failed to grant a 24 percent wage increase. Pickets blocked plant entrances while non union staff were sent away. Local president Tom Holloway awaited national guidance on extending the demonstration beyond 24 hours.
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Kansas City
Kan
C.I
Cudahy Packing Company
National Union
Chicago
Tom Holloway
Holloway
National Headquarters
Cudahy
Volunteers Fill County Induction Quota for Fort Leavenworth
The county fulfilled its five man induction quota for Fort Leavenworth with prior enlistments. Enlistees include Robert Lee Amyx, Willard M. Muzzy, Walter Raymond Jones, Harold Lee Daugherty, Joseph Sevier Hickey, and Alva Lyle Newkirk who transferred from another board and left for induction from route 2 Lawrence.
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Fort Leavenworth
Selective Service Office
Robert Lee Amyx
Locust Street
Willard M. Muzzy
Maine Street
Walter Raymond Jones
East Thirteenth Street
Harold Lee Daugherty
Eudora
Joseph Sevier Hickey
Tennessee Street
Alva Lyle Newkirk
Route 2
Lawrence
Returning Soldier Arrives in United States From Europe
AP reports S/Sgt Byron O. Wilburn of 512 Locust Street arrived yesterday back in the United States after service in Europe. Wanted: Young women 18 to 30 for Hallmark Greeting Cards jobs at Hall Bros Inc 739 Mass St. $100 monthly for beginners plus 40 hour week and holiday pay. Apply in person.
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Associated Press
Lawrence
United States
Byron O. Wilburn
Locust Street
Hallmark Greeting Cards
Hall Bros., Inc
Mass
Wakarusa River Bridge Completed and Accepted by County
The new concrete and steel bridge across the Wakarusa river near the county farm is completed and accepted by the county and the Bureau of Public Roads. Built by Geiger Construction Co. of Leavenworth with county labor, it costs about 32000 dollars with half funded by federal funds. The 273 foot structure carries a 15 ton load on 24 foot wide roadway and features reinforced hub guards and a low hand rail for wide trucks. Opening date will be set by the commissioners once grading is finished.
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Wakarusa River
Bureau of Public Roads
E. E. Larson
Larson
Geiger Construction Company
Leavenworth
E.E. Larson
Douglas County
Wakarusa
University of Kansas Hospital Sees 64 Patients
Dr R I Canuteson reports 64 students admitted to Watkins Memorial hospital last evening. Most cases are colds with four pneumonia cases. Normal capacity is 62 but room to expand exists for about 20 more. Nursing staff is stretched with aides aiding as possible.
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R. I. Canuteson
University of Kansas
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Canuteson
Five More Injunctions Against Holders of Federal Stamps
District Judge J. H. Wendorf granted injunctions against five additional Leavenworth holders of federal liquor tax stamps. The petitions, handled by County Attorney Jesse A. Hall, mirrored twelve prior petitions issued Saturday with temporary injunctions.
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Leavenworth
Kan
J. H. Wendorff
Jesse A. Hall
Clemency Denied for Steve Brodie in State Prison Case
Gov Andrew Schoeppel rejected clemency applications for 39 inmates in Lansing state prison. Steve Brodie, sentenced in Douglas county on November 4 1937, to life for first degree robbery habitual.
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Steve Brodie
Lansing
Andrew Schoeppel
Douglas County
600000 Workers Idle in U S Across Nations
Continuing labor disputes keep about 600,000 workers idle nationwide. Major strikes involve meat packing unions calling a one day stoppage in 12 plants, United Auto Workers opposes Truman’s GM plan, and National Maritime Union reports a 24 hour stoppage affecting nearly all ships except troop and relief vessels.
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Meat Packing
C.I.C
United Packinghouse
Workers Union
Cudahy and Co
United Auto Workers Union
Truman
General Motors
National Maritime Union
Grading Project Updates Five Vacant Lots on Vermont Street
Work began to level five vacant lots at 700 block Vermont Street owned by Morgan-Mack Law rence. M M Small of Topeka conducts grading with a big power shovel, aiming to finish in about ten days if weather holds.
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Morgan Mack
Vermont
Vermont Street
Morgan-Mack Motor Company
Lawrence
M. M. Small
Topeka
Quantrill
L. E. Morgan
Jayhawk Motors
Pontiac
Army
Steel
Detroit
Morgan-Mack
Morgan- Mack
Detroit Opposes Truman Plan To End GM Strike
Union leaders from the United Automobile Workers and CIO oppose President Truman’s appeal for General Motors workers to return to work. R J Thomas and Walter Reuther said the strike should end only with tangible gains, and four Flint GM plant locals plan to oppose immediate resumption of work ahead of a Saturday consultative meeting.
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Detroit
CPI
Truman
General Motors
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
C.I. O
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
C.I.O
Flint
Mich
G.M
Cawcio
R. J. Thomas Said He Was “Not Sold” On Mr. Truman
Uaw-Cio
Walter P. Reuther
George F. Addes
Committee Recommends No Punishment for Walkout Participants
A student faculty panel led by Henry Werner submitted its report to Chancellor Deane Mallott recommending no punishment for students who walked out after the Homecoming game victory. It also urges a recurring Homecoming celebration day in the student calendar for future demonstrations. Mallott, back from Kansas City, will announce a decision soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Werner
Deane W. Malott
Mailott
Kansas City
Della M. Silver Dies in Concordia Fire
Della M. Silver, 77, died of smoke suffocation in a Concordia home fire early today. Firemen found her body after a night watchman raised the alarm. investigators said a gasoline stove explosion started the blaze.
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Concordia
Kan
Della M. Silver
Old Santa Claus to Lead Lawrence Parade Next Saturday
Old Santa Claus confirms he will visit for Lawrence pre Christmas parade at 11.00 am with thousands expected downtown. The event features high school bands, floats from business firms and schools, 4 H clubs, Scouts, and prizes for best floats and clowns.
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Santa Claus
Lawrence
Old Santa Claus
Dinto’ Moore
Haskell
K. U
Liberty Memorial High
C. B. Rrnsell
Lathrop Road
American Legion
Co-Operettes Club
Girls Scouts
Salvation Army
War Dads
Robert Getz
Chamber of Commerce Office
Moore
Phil Fanning
Ottawa
Jenny Wren
Electric current off in west Lawrence areas
West Lawrence and West Hills district lost electric service from 5 50 to 7 02 as Kansas Electric Power Co workers checked lines but could not locate a cause. Manager C T Hough said overloads accompanied the outage and another line check was planned for this morning with on watch until evening peak load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Lawrence
West Hills
Kansas Electric Power Company
C. T. Hough
Hough
Maritime Union Ends A 24 Hour Protest Strike
In New York a 24 hour work stoppage halted loading and sailing at ports along the coast ends today. National Maritime Union president Joseph Curran says the strike protests delays in returning over seas veterans and the use of ships for commerce rather than troop transport. Members did not stop work on troopships relief ships colliers tankers or ships at sea.
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New York
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Leavenworth Fireman Dies From Auto Accident Injuries
Albert Schilling, 61, a fireman at a Leavenworth furniture company, died early today from injuries suffered Saturday night when struck by an automobile in Leavenworth Kansas.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Albert Schilling
Leavenworth Furniture Company
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Hess
Nuernberg
Hear
Blanche Thebom Tonite
K.U
Adyv
House Committee
Charles B. McVay
Indianapolis
John P. Cady
Guam
Leyte
McVay
Wilder. D. Baker
Cady
Althe
Joseph J. Waldron
Bulletin
Great Britain
Ors
Gearhart
R.-Calif
Leahy
The
Douglas
Dr. Canuteson
K. U. Hospital
Maritime Union
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