Marshall Denies War Office Retention of Short
Gen. George C. Marshall testifies that the decision to retire Pearl Harbor commander Gen. Walter Short was made by Secretary Stimson and Secretary Knox, not him. He says he bore responsibility for general staff actions and discusses intercepted messages and warning alerts before December 7, 1941.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Walter C. Short
Pearl Harbor
Marshall
Senate-House
Stmaon
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Husband E. Kimmel
Hawaii
China
President Truman
Barkley
Short
Army
General Staff
Rep
Keefe
R.wis
Secretary of War
Tokyo
U. S
Rep. Gearhart
Kimmel
Senator Lucas
D-Ill
Roosevelt
Stimson
Lucas
Douglas Mac
Forty Dachau defendants receive death sentences
A U S military tribunal at Dachau sentenced 36 officials and guards to death by hanging for murder torture and starvation at the Nazi camp. One received life imprisonment and three were given ten year terms. The verdict followed a 90 minute trial amid witness accounts of 5000 Jewish deaths and brutal experiments.
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Dachau
U. S
Dachau Concentration Camp
S.S
Peter Betz
Hugo Lausterer
Albin Gretsch
Johann Schoepp
S. S
Klaus Karl Schilling
Martin Weiss
Leonard Eichberger
Sylvester Filleboeck
Johann Kick
Franz Boettger
Emil Mahl
Christof Knoll
Fritz Recher
Weiss
U. S. Army
Douglas Bates
Centerville
Tenn
Capper’s Ike for President Proposal Draws Letters
Washington reports Senator Capper has received many letters on his proposal that General Dwight Eisenhower run for Republican presidential nomination in 1948. Some back the idea while others oppose. no word from Eisenhower himself.
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Capper
Ike
Washington
Kan
Dwight Eisenhower
Kansas
Ohio
Eisenhower
U. S
Cleveland
Mild Weather Helps Topeka Wheat Harvest Outlook
Farmers benefited from a warm spell for corn and sorghum harvests but the sudden cold and dryness threaten the 1946 winter wheat crop. Subsoil moisture remains fair, topsoils dried out, and germination is sparse in several north central counties. Livestock thrived midweek but cold snaps and feed shortages worry farmers.
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Topeka
Kansas
H. L. Collins
Collins
North Central
Iola Chamber Awards 4-H Agent Salary Support
The Iola Chamber of Commerce presented Allen Shadwick, Allen County Farm Bureau president, a 1900 dollar check to fund a full-time 4-H club agent salary for the county next year.
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Iola
Kan
Iola Chamber of Commerce
Allen Shadwick
Allen County Farm Bureau
Patton shows potential to walk again after neck fracture
Heidelberg reports a possible chance Patton may regain mobility as vertebra fracture is reduced and doctors note progress. General condition remains satisfactory with no complications, though recovery could take days to months. Mrs Patton visited, while Col Ball and Col Spurling describe cautious optimism amid paralysis.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U. S. Army Hospital
George S. Patton, Jr
Patton
Lawrence C. Ball
Harlan
U. S. 15Th Army
Glen Spurling
Mannheim
Marrheim
Review of Yamashita Death Sentence Sent to MacArthur
Manila December 13 General W D Styer announced he completed his review of General Tomoyuki Yamashita's death sentence and forwarded recommendations to General MacArthur in Tokyo. Styer gave no indication of his recommendations. Yamashita was convicted by a military commission for permitting atrocities by his troops.
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Moscow
United States
U. S
Byrnes
Paris
Orly Field
Russia
Bevin
Molotov
London
Ernest Bevin
Tomorro
Berlin
Allied Control Council
Manila
W. D. Styer
Western
Pacific
Tomoyuki Yamashita
MacArthur
Tokyo
Styer
Philippines
Delegation Heads to Chicago for Farm Bureau Meeting
More than 100 Kansas farm bureau members will attend the 27th annual American Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Chicago from December 16 to 20. The delegation travels from Manhattan with state representatives to participate in the event.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kangms Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Strike talks widen as Detroit negotiators map strategy
United Automobile Workers and Ford Motor Co. seek to speed wage settlement while GM faces a government fact finding panel. Ford cites production delays and cost losses, while U.A.W. leaders push for an 80 percent wage increase as talks continue.
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General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Cj.c
United Automobile Workers
Richard Toward
U.A.W.C
Nion
G.M
Eisenhower’s Party Uncertain Amid Political Speculation
Abilene Kansas December 18. Speculation over a possible political career for General Dwight Eisenhower faces two obstacles. He publicly said last summer he was not interested in politics and no one knows if he is Republican or Democrat.
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Abilene
Kan
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
West Point
Eisenhower Brothers
A. B. Eisenhower
Kansas City Commerce Trust Company
Weather adds needed moisture to wheat as Kansas floods with snow
Kansas towns report snow depths from two to six inches across the state with driving hazards and icy roads. Weatherman S. D. Flora notes heavier falls in the east and continuing cold, while moisture helps the lagging wheat crop. Roads remain open but hazardous with freezing rain and sleet in sections.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
R. C. McIntire
State Highway Commission
Eureka
Ottawa
Chanute
Independence
Parsons
McPherson
Yola
Pittsburg
Dodge City
Newton
Coffeyville
Garden City
Hays
Salina
Hutchinson
Goodland
Eleven Men Report For Pre Induction Physicals Fort Leavenworth
Eleven white men left Lawrence yesterday afternoon for Fort Leavenworth to take their pre induction physical examinations for service in the armed forces. Victor Ernest Reinking led the group with eleven members including Wayne Leroy Berar Marvin Franklin uristopher James Gordon Nitchal James Eugene Baker Leonard Dale Cooper William Joseph Pio Franklin Pickel Fain Sylestine Robert Eugene Hendrix Leonard Eustace Niebaum and others listed with street addresses.
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Lawrence
Fort Leavenworth
Victor Ernest Reinking
Battenfeld Hall
Wayne Leroy Berar
Indiana Street
Marvin Franklin Uristopher
James Gordon Nitchal
Vermont Street
James Eugene Baker
Eudora
Leonard Dale Cooper
Ottawa
William Joseph Pio
Massachusetts
New Franklin Pickel
Ohio Street
Cite Fain Sylestine
Haskell Instiute
Robert Eugene Hendrix
Leonard Eustace Niebaum
Rees urges halt to lumber exports to aid veteran housing
Rep. Rees of Kansas tells the House that to help the building industry and veterans find homes the government should stop exporting lumber immediately. He cites a 750 million board feet export volume this year and argues much of it serves export relations rather than housing needs.
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Washington
Rees
R-Kan
Nazi Gas Deaths Revealed By Auschwitz Witnesses
Budapest and Nuremberg reports show Hungarian Jews labeled unfit for work were sent to gas chambers upon arrival at Oswiecim. Kastner testifies that 475,000 Jews were moved to Reich in 1944, with scream of death trains. Evidence includes SS orders on recaptured POWs and Camp directives.
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Nuernberg
Budapest
International Military Tribunal
Rudolph Kastner
Reich
Oswiecim
Kastner
U.S
Thomas J. Dodd
High Command
Mauthausen
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Dodd
Dachau
Social Welfare Disbursements in Douglas County November
November social welfare disbursements totaled 14 313 89 with 5 626 74 from federal funds and 2 123 50 from state funds leaving 6 563 65 county funded. Convalescent hospital costs 878 30 and county farm merchandise 175 12. Case load declined from 469 to 467. Funds breakdown includes Old Age Assistance 9 745 00 Aid to Dependent Children 662 00 General Assistance 1 213 64 Administrative 1 099 56.
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Douglas County
Convalescent
Supplies Dropped From A Plane In Chinese Village
In Tientsin on December 18 a marine transport plane dropped food winter clothing and medical supplies on an inland Chinese village where six marine fliers believed held by Chinese communists since a month were reported. Search continues for 12 additional marines who went down in a storm over Shantung.
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Tientsin
China
Shantung Peninsula
Orient
Great Wall
Kaw Valley potato growers back 1945 acreage at 5900 acres
At the Chamber of Commerce meeting 22 attendees endorsed maintaining the Kaw Valley acreage at 5,900 acres for 1945. Discussion covered the Brewster bill to establish potatoes as a basic commodity, labor supply, and rail efficiency to cut handling time.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kaw Valley
Manhattan
Emil Heck
W. G. Amstein
Russell Reitz
Kansas State College
Brewster
Altho
Amnstein
Keller
Returning Lawrence Troops Dock in San Francisco and Newsport News
The Associated Press reports Lawrence servicemen making voyages home. Pvt Calvin Chissoe Set James D Sams Pfc James C Thorne and T5 Harold J Simon were due Tuesday in San Francisco aboard the General Mitchell from the Pacific area. Cpl Reuben Elcher of Lecompton was listed as aboard the Woodbridge which docked at Newsport News Va from the European area Monday.
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Lawrence
San Francisco
General Mitchell
Pacific Area
Associated Press
Calvin Chissoe
James D. Sams
Pfc
James C. Thorne
Harold J. Simon
Reuben Elcher
Lecompton
A.P
Woodbridge
Newsport News
Superfort Dreamboat Flies To Washington And Guam
The B 29 Superfortress Dreamboat takes a leisurely trip from New York to Washington Oklahoma City and possibly Guam. It set a speed record of five hours 27 minutes and eight and a fifth seconds between Burbank and New York. Col Clarence A Irvine of St Paul Neb will fly the aircraft to Oklahoma City for a checkup.
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New York
UPI
Skyways
Washington,d. C
Okahoma City
Guam
Burbank
Calif
Clarence A. Irvine
St. Paul, Neb
Dreamboat
Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command
Parents and friends back up carriers amid flu and snow
Journal-World notes flu hits regular carriers forcing bed rest and a record number of substitutes. Parents and local workers pitched in, with one mother carrying a route and others, including a veteran air force gunner and a high school student, aiding deliveries through heavy snowfall.
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Journal-World
South Lawrence
Army Air Forces
Germany
East Lawrence
Farmer Institute Opens Amid Snow Decline In Attendance
Two day Farmer Institute opens with about 35 farmers present due to a snow storm. Tonight features Dr R Q Brewster on Chemistry and Agriculture with entertainment by Oliver Hobbs and university dancers. Sessions cover farm outlook and home management with speakers from Haskell, Kansas State College, and the University of Kansas.
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Althe
Farmer’ Institute
Haskell Acatorium
Lawrence Memorial High School
Deal Six
High Sensor
R. Q. Brewster
Uversity of Kansas
Oliver Hobbs
Lawrence High School
University
Ruth Hoover
University of Kansas Passions Education
Joie Stapleton
K.U
Institute
Riley Burcham
Lawrence Banker
Solon G. Avers
Haskell
C. R. Jaccard
Gladys Myers
Doris Compton
Mae Crandall
Spirella Company
Niagara Falls
N.Y
W. G. Amstein
Kansas State College
N .P. Horn
Baker University
Haskell Institute
Phil Cato
Vera Ellsthorpe
L. E. Willoughby
Phil Tiungdahil
M. Seaton
K.S.C. Poultry Department
Mary Fletcher
Ethel Self
Henry Schmitz
Ottawa
U. S
Douglas County
Weather summary for Kansas with light snow in extreme southeast
Weather data shows fair conditions for Kansas tonight and Friday with light snow in the extreme southeast. Colder air moves in, especially in the south east and extreme east, with overnight lows near zero to 10 above in the west and north central and 10 to 18 elsewhere. Gas office readings list multiple temperatures from 3 to 74 degrees and yesterday's high 32. Snowfall totals reach several inches in some areas with 2.80 inches reported for Tuesday.
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Kansas
North Central
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