Ex Premier Tojo and six war lords hanged in Sugamo
The Associated Press reports Japan’s ex Premier Hideki Tojo and six other top leaders were executed at Sugamo prison for war crimes. The seven condemned, tried by an international tribunal, were hanged between 12:01 and 00:35 local time with details withheld. Army officials announced the completions, and several trucks were seen leaving the prison toward Yokohama. The list includes Gen Kenji Toihara, Koki Hirota, Gen Seishiro Itagaki, Gen Heitaro Kamura, Gen Iwane Matsui, and Lt Gen Akira Muto.
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Associated Press
OKYO
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Tojo
SUGAMO
United States supreme court
Kenji Dotara
Koki Hirota
international tribunal
United States army
Yokohama
ARMY
army public information office
international military tribunal for
Far East
MacArthur
Tajo
Kenji toihara
Seishiro Itagaki
Heitaro Kamura
Manchuria
Iwane Matsui
Nanking
Akira Muto
Philippines
Pacific
Rice Diet Showcased By Doctor For Heart Disease
The St Thomas Times Journal reports Dr Walter Kempner, Duke University, outlined a rice diet for heart disease, hypertension and kidney conditions. He described cases treated on TV with 45 to 90 days of the diet and claimed about 70 percent improvement with normal blood pressure, while 40 percent showed no reaction. The plan is 2000 calories daily from 390 grams of dry rice boiled in water, with no salt or milk and water limited to low sodium or distilled if needed.
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New York Academy of Medicine
Walter Kempner
Duke University
Durham
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Kempner
End of Saskatchewan Mine Strike Seen Near
Regina reports the prospect of an end to the Estevan Bienfait coal strike as seven operators negotiate with United Mine Workers officials and government labor leaders. wage offers include 18 cent raises to 1.10 per hour, 44 hour weeks, paid holidays, retroactive to July 1, 1848, plus a pension plan. union seeks 20 cents, 40 hour week, higher operator pension contributions. Violence has flared once. injuries reported among miners and a Saskatchewan Liberal legislator. Coal shortages and rationing affect Estevan, Regina, and Weyburn with limited stoker coal.
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REGINA
stenegun
gine Estevan-Bienfait
United Mine Workers of America
Roche Percee
Western Dominion
hay
Reche Percee
Regina-Estevan
Weyburn
Estevan
Munns Promoted to Assistant Managing Editor at Globe and Mail
Toronto December 22 The promotion of W T Tommy Munns to assistant managing editor of the Globe and Mail was announced last night Vipond takes over as sports editor succeeding him
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TORONTO
W.T
Tommy) Munns
the
Globe and Mail
dim Vipond
Body Quentin Roosevelt Is Identified
Shanghai reports confirm Quentin Roosevelt among victims of the Hong Kong area crash. The CNA news chief lists Peng Hsueh-Pei Feng Yu-Cheng and P L Fang as passengers. pilot Charles Sundby identified. death toll remains uncertain with 33 previously reported. Roosevelt was a 28 year old airline director and former WWII officer praised for gallantry.
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SHANGHAI
Chinese National Airlines
Quentin Roosevelt
Hong Kong
C.N.A.C
Peng Hsueh-Pei
Feng Yu-Cheng
Chinese Central News Agency
P. L. Fang
Charles Sundby
young Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Cornelius
Quentin
Roosevelt
leutenant
North Africa
Harvard
China
Tibet
Alberta Farmers To Receive Crop Failure Payments
EDMONTON Dre 22 CP Federal payments to 2.5 Alberta farmers in crop failure areas have been approved while final inspections in other areas are in progress. First cheques likely this week with others following. Payments approved for applications in 546 townships after withdrawals where crops recovered.
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EDMONTON
Dre
C.P
Alberta
L. H. S. Rowbotham
Prairie Farm Assistance Act administration
Rowbotham
Final figures in Marquette by election grain
Final figures show Justice Minister Garson winning by 4 437 votes over CCF candidate Mrs Earle Keating in the Marquette federal by election held on a stormy day. Garson polled 7481 to 2074 for Keating with eight of 101 polls giving Keating an edge. The by election follows the resignation of former Resources Minister Glen and secures Garson a seat in parliament after his appointment as federal justice minister.
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returning office
Keating
Mr. Garson
C.C.F
Glen
Garson
Canada Sweetheart Captures New York Debut Shines On Ice
Barbara Ann Scott, the Ottawa skater branded Printess of the Ice, made a prolific New York pro debut at the Roxy during the Winter Carnival show. She performed two numbers to March and Ave Maria, drawing praise from 5000 in attendance and applause from expatriate Canadians. The event crowned her as Canada’s outstanding female athlete of 1948 for a third time, as The Canadian Press named her No. 1 in the Dominion-wide year-end poll. Flowers, telegrams, and admirers poured in as she handled publicity and questions with poise, leaving the dressing room to share bouquets with the do ing girls.
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Barbara Ann Scott
New York
Roxy theatre
bara Ann Scott
Barbara Ann
Ottawa
dors
pere formance
Toys
Toyland
Shubert
Sudbury
Stockholm
Canada
the
Dominion
Printess of the
Ice
United States
Sonta
Boston to limit Santa Clauses to one in 1949
Boston officials urged by Mayor Curley to station a single Santa on Boston Common in 1949 after a council inquiry. Cornell President Thomas J. Bannon complained of too many Santas on street corners as children grow confused by rapid store visits. A boy reportedly told Santa in one shop what he wanted, then heard the same question moments later in another store.
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OSTON
Boston
connel
James M. Curley
Boston Common
Cornell
Thomas J. Bannon
Santa Claus
Netherlands press attack on Indonesia sparks Security Council clash
Paris dispatch reports Dutch delegate Jan Herman Van Royen informing the UN Security Council that the Netherlands attacked the Indonesian republic after seizing alleged secret plans for January action. He argued the defense of independence would delay until a guaranteed non extremist federation, while challenging council jurisdiction and offering to submit to the International Court of Justice.
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PARIS
A.P
Netherlands
Ensteg Nations security council
Jan Herman Van Royen
security council
republic
Van Royer
Vat Royen
council
international court of justice
Hague
BATAVIA
Java
United Nations
INDONESIA
C.P
United States
Colombia
Syria
United Nations security council
Sumatra
Pearl Harbor
southeast Asia
TORONTO
Irwin Hillard
Osgoode Hall law school
Ontario
Lambton
ATHENS
A.P.J
Hassaat
Rome
air ministry
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
PRAGUE
EGYPT
TEL AVIV
Israeli foreign office
Palestine
Negev
BAY OF FUNDY
GREENWOOD
U.S
U.P
RAAF
Aeronco
Moroico
Minas Basin
CIUDAD TRUJILLO
Dominican Republic
president
Cuba
Haiti
REGINA CRESTON
B.C
Harold McKinnon
Regina
Fire Destroys Christmas Mail In Baggage Car
Halifax dispatch reports a baggage car fire on a Canadian National Railway train near Himsdale, 32 miles from Halifax. An undetermined number of Christmas mail bags burned from Moncton to Halifax, with about 90 bags aboard in Moncton and 735 loaded at Truro. Officials feared substantial loss. flames described as pretty bad.
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HALIFAX
Canadian National Railway
Himsdale
Moncton
N.B
Truro
One Leg Cadet Wins Edmonton Trophy
Seventeen year old Warner Troyer, who lost his left leg below the knee in 1846, is honored in Edmonton as the Norman W. Sliver trophy recipient for outstanding cadet in No. 1 Edmonton Air Cadet Squadron. He has been an air cadet eight months and won for regular attendance, training accomplishments and personal appearance.
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EDMONTON
Warner Troyer
Warner
Norman W. Sliver
Christmas Week Classified Copy Deadline Notice
The Herald urges all Classified copy to be in the Herald Office by 5 p.m. Thursday December 23 for publication in Friday's Christmas edition. Ads received Friday morning cannot be accommodated. Your cooperation is appreciated.
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Herald
North China Faces Doom in War Cabinet Split
A Chinese inner war cabinet member says Sun Fo's new administration may seek peace with the Communists only if a peace bid comes from Chiang, the Kuomintang central council, or external powers. Chiang Kai-shek’s approval of Sun Fo's cabinet signals he remains the power, while north China is described as doomed as Communist forces advance toward the Yangtze.
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SUN FO
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
NANKING
Unite
Russia
Britain
Dow
Chiang Kai-Shen
dld
Chiang
central council of Kuomintang
Kuomintang
NORTH CHINA
Yangtze
Guiang
Pay raises for civil servants and armed forces announced
The Canadian government announced retroactive pay increases to Oct 1 for civil servants and armed services personnel excluding top officers. Most raises are $10 to $20 a month, averaging $15, with about 151,000 benefiting and costs estimated at $20 to $25 million yearly. Proficiency allowances for stenographers will rise by $5 monthly.
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UAWA
armed services
leutenant
STRAIGT
St. Laurent
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POWERS
HIDEKI TUJU
Sugamo prison
Tokyo
MUNNS
Alta
Marquette
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