Nations call Nazi leaders murderers and robbers at trial
DANIEL DE LUCE reports from NUERNBERG that 20 former Nazi leaders on trial faced brutal accusations as murderers and robbers for breaking the world's peace. Sir Hartley Shawcross opened Britain's case accusing Germany of aggression and planning that led to war. The 30,000-word address aimed to prove crimes against the peace. Continued on Page Three.
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DANIEL DE LUCE
NUERNBERG
Germany
Sir Hartley
Hitler
United States
Arrest order shocks Japanese Diet session
Tokyo December 4 The Diet faced an Allied list naming 26 war crime suspects and one member compared the moment to a incendiary shell hitting a neighbor. Finance minister Keizo Shibuzawa said the government will reimburse investors for losses totaling about 110 billion yen across Manchuria China Korea Formosa Sakhalin and southern Pacific areas. The arrest order of 59 more suspects sparked a war crimes storm in the Diet as leaders debate responsibility.
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TOKYO
Diet
Japan
Kyodo
Keizo Shibuzawa
Manchuria
China
Korea
Formosa
Sakhalin
Pacific
Split Treasury Bench weighs Labour levies at Westminster
The London correspondent notes Attlee gains as a parliamentary force while Labour ministers face scrutiny from back-bench opinion. Jevin earns praise in Commons though accused of bowing to FO experts. Dalton’s budget displeased allies. Morrison remains a Treasury dark horse. Phantom ships were used at the Port of London outbreak to mislead enemy reconnaissance.
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Treasury Bench
Westminster
Attlee
Caesar
London
Ottawa Journal
3evin
House of Commons
Russia
F.O
Hugh Dalton
Jerbert Morrison
Treaury Beach
Tidal Wave Believed To Have Taken 4 000 Lives
From India the coast west of Karachi was struck by a tidal wave on Wednesday. Relief workers report about four thousand killed and forty thousand homeless as several villages were washed away within a 100 mile belt. Two villages were destroyed and seven others suffered heavy casualties. One village vanished with its hill. Corpses and wreckage litter the shore while villagers clung to trees or boats as the sea swept inland. Eyewitnesses describe a reddened sky and a column of fire before the surge.
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KARACHIS
India
Reuters
Karachi
Canada Cannot Fill Wheat Orders in Face of High Demand
Ottawa December 4 Canada cannot fill current wheat orders amid heavy worldwide demand Trade Minister MacKinnon told the commons He noted American price at the sea board was 2 while Canada asked 170 적용 but U S exports are only about half as large The minister said priority is given to the United Kingdom and then allies overrun nations seek future markets and Canada has discussed with other countries ways to avoid subsidizing wheat production while keeping prices stable
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OTTAWA
Canada
MacKinnon
A. Ross
P.C
Souris
United States
seaboard
United Kingdom
Macdonnell
Ilsley
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
Bretton Woods
Angus MacInnis
Vancouver East
Washington
Maj
E. D. Fulton
Kamloops
Maj. Fulton
New Zealand
Australia
sterling
Howard Green
Vancouver South
Atlantic City
L. B. Pearson
Pearson
Asley
Ford Strike Threatens Ford Parts Production in Windsor
In Windsor Ontario 8500 workers returning after a month long strike face dim prospects if the Ford strike prolongs U A W Local 200 at Ford delays, while 10000 Ford workers stay off for 84 days. Local 195 sympathy strikers work in Windsor plants making Ford Canada parts risking layoffs as plants switch to other production or idle. Merchants report reduced payrolls and uncertain return of workers even if a settlement occurs.
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WINDSOR
Ford
Two More Liners Added to Fleet of Repat Ships
London dispatch reports Canadian military headquarters announce two more liners, the Monarch of Bermuda and the Duchess of Bedford, will repatriate Canadian servicemen from the United Kingdom in December. Each ship can carry about 3,000 men. The Monarch sails soon on its first voyage. the Duchess follows later, as Queen Elizabeth and Mauretania continue repatriations until further notice.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
Bermuda
United Kingdom
Monarch
Britain
Duchess
Mauretania
Canadian Pacific Steamships
Furness-Withy
Pauling cites 100 to 200 small atomic bombs in U S
Dr Linus Pauling head of Caltech chemistry says between 100 and 200 atomic bombs now exist in the United States all of the small variety He warns there is no reason to believe there may not be 1 000 bombs next year and that larger bombs than those now developed will be made by the United States
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HOLLYWOOD
Linus Pauling
California Institute of Technology
United States
British troops warned after killings in Rhine zone
In the British Army of the Rhine area two soldiers were killed and another wounded in attacks. Britons must travel with armed escorts and drivers, and implants will be guarded, as winter shortages threaten German security. A separate Soviet note to the Allied Control Council accused German units remaining in the British zone, with reports of 240,000 disarmed troops and allied concerns.
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British Control Commission
Bunde
Cologne
MOSCOW
Soviet Union
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Germany
Tevestia
Resignation Hinges on Talks With Russia over Azerbaijan
Iran's Prime Minister Hakimi said he will resign if direct talks fail to yield a settlement with the Soviet Union on the Azerbaijan province dispute. The northwestern region remains tense as insurgents press for local autonomy while Russian commanders prevent Iranian reinforcements. Moscow reports mass meetings across northern towns urging self administration and the reopening of party clubs. The government signaled a shift in policy toward Russia amid the crisis.
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TEHRAN
Hakimi
Sociel Union
Azerbaijan
Moscow
Russia
Keitel Defends Invasion as Preventive-Defensive War
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, longtime Hitler aide, declares the 1941 invasion of Russia a preventive defensive war. He cites prisoner deaths and rebuffs charges, while noting his family losses and unshaken opinions despite German military actions.
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KEITEL
RUSSIA
DANIEL DE LUCE
NUERNBERG
Wilhelm Keitel
Hitler
Associated Press
Keilerns
Otto Nelte
east
Germany
Keltel
Parliamentary probes on Canada uk us trade talks in commons
In Ottawa MPs urged Canada to have an observer at Washington talks and to signal credit terms with the United Kingdom. The debate over boosting export credit loans to 780 million dollars continued as MPs pressed for fuller discussion of Bretton Woods and Empire trade links.
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OTTAWA
United Kingdom
United States
Washington
commons
J. M. Macdonnell
P.C
Muskoka Ontario
Canada
Ilsley
Macdonnell
RCAF Women’s Division to Disband in Canada
Ottawa dispatch reports the Royal Canadian Air Force will progressively disband its Women’s Division starting immediately, with no airwomen in interim or permanent forces and the last airwoman discharged before March 31. Those opting for early discharge may be replaced by interim airmen as needed. similar policy may soon apply to CWAAC and Wrens.
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OTTAWA
C.P
R.C.A.F
W.D.’s
C.W.A.C
Wrens
Canada Short of Wheat And Meat
Ottawa reports Canada is short of both wheat and meat to meet export demands. At the Dominion Provincial conference, officials outlined plans for 1946, including overseas markets survey with Britain and Europe, labor concerns for spring, and forecasts of meat shortfalls and reduced 1945 production. Wheat acreage urged to 24.5 to 25.5 million acres to back a 300 million bushel overseas export target.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Dominion
Monay
Gardiner
Mackinnon
Britain
United Kingdom
Europe
Arthur MacNamara
L. B. Pearsall
Canadian Meat Board
agricultural supplies board
J. H. Wesson
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
W. J. Parker
Manitoba Pool Elevators
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Dutra Leading in Brazil Vote Early Returns
Rio de Janeiro Dec 4 Gen Eurico Gaspar Dutra, backed by Getulio Vargas, held a substantial early lead in Brazil's presidential race based on scattered unofficial returns. Gen Eduardo Gomes trailed, with Communist candidate Yedo de Fiuza third. Marion Rollim Telles of the Agrarian party appeared out of contention due to sparse votes.
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RIO DE JANEIRO
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Getulio Vargas
Eduardo Gomes
Yeddo Fiuza
Marion Rollim Telles
Agrarian party
Long Term Export Loans to Boost Trade
Ottawa reports Canada plans to expand long term export credit loans to Allied nations recovering from war. Finance Minister Isley seeks to raise loan authority from 100 million to 750 million with 400 million already applied and 250 million more needed for negotiations. Countries like France Netherlands Belgium and Czechoslovakia seek large additions while Britain loans to be handled separately.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Isley
congnons
pariament
Asley
France
Netherlands
Norway
Netherlands East Indies
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Russia
China
BRITAIN
Alsley
United Kingdom
Mackenzie King
Dominion Textile strike disrupts two Montreal mills
About 1,500 Dominion Textile workers in two Montreal mills walked off to protest a recent Quebec Regional War Labor Board decision. A company official said workers returned for the 1 pm shift but left soon after, following union guidance. Union officials denied organizing the strike.
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MONTREAL
C.P
Dominion Textile Company, Ltd
Quebec Regional War Labor Board
A. F. of L
REGINA
T. C. Douglas
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Douglas
Alberta
OTTAWA
E. J. Brunning
LABOR BOARD
Dec
National War Labor Board
American Can Company
Vancouver
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