Conviction Of Nazi Groups Is Demanded
Justice Jackson urged the international military tribunal to convict six indicted Nazi groups with over 2,000 members on war crimes charges. He warned that acquitting them could be a greater catastrophe than acquitting the 22 individual defendants as the trial proceeds on leadership, cabinet, staff, and command charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NOLAND NORGAARD MERNBERG
Robert H Jackson
United States
international military tribunal
Justice Jackson
Naz leadership corps
reich cabinet
German general staff
gK command
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CHURCHILL NUERNBERG
international military tribunal today
Winston Churchill
Martin Horn
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Gestapo
Jackson
CRIMINALITY SCOPE
From Elis Island to City Hall Eli O'Dwyer Story
The Sun Dial column recounts Eli O'Dwyer's rise from immigrant arrival with $23 to becoming head of New York City. He worked in a grocery store, then on freighters and a Hudson River boat as a stoker, showing perseverance over government critique. The piece contrasts his self made path with anti establishment rhetoric.
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ERG
Elis Island
New York
H. J. Phillips
the
Sun Dial
New York un
Eli O'Dwyer
Bagdad
Ireland
Congress
blend
Bui
Bill
Wanted In City Man Held In East As Possible Escaped Nazi
Prisoners, trials, and identity twists ripple through wartime headlines from Shanghai and Cornwall. The report details 17 Japanese officers sentenced to death or prison for the Hankow aircrew killings, with four more awaiting trial, and a separate Canadian case involving Hans George Schulte who claims to be John Gilbreth from Lethbridge, amid mounting confusion over prisoner status and identity.
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Schulte
Lethbridge
Ottawa
Hans George Schulte
Joyce Rabin
Daniel Heflin
marnage
Pullindians Out Of Java Withdrawal Set For Tomorrow
New Delhi Feb 28 Reuters Gen Claude Auchinleck commander in chief India said in the council of state that Indian troops would begin withdrawing from Indonesia tomorrow in response to a request to adjourn over continued deployment to suppress the nationalist movement. British evacuation reports for Java in April were officially denied by Allied headquarters in Batavia.
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NEW DELHI
Reuters
Claude Auchinieck
India
council of state
Indonesia
Congress party
movement for independence
Java
Batavia
Saskatchewan explores wheat to alcohol production policy
Regina February 28 The Saskatchewan government announced in the legislature that it is studying the use of wheat for industrial alcohol and related products. Resources Minister Phelps said a preliminary survey has been conducted by a renowned chemical and industrial engineer of international reputation.
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REGINA
Saskatchewan
Phelps
Phone Strike Negotiations Break Down
NEW YORK Feb 28 Negotiations between the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and the federation of long line telephone workers representing 19 000 employees were broken off after a 14 hour conference failed to settle the union s wage and heralds March 7 has been set by the NFTW for the start of a country wide telephone strike.
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NEW YORK
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
federation of
long line telephone workers
hewr
N.F.T.W
Hoffmeister heads reserve formations in Canada
Ottawa reports three westerners named to head peacetime reserve brigades. Maj Gen B M Hoffmeister of Vancouver commands the 15th Infantry Brigade. Brig Murphy, also of Vancouver, leads the 22nd Armored Brigade. Brig Jefferson heads the 19th Infantry Brigade. All are civilian now and were noted for service in World War II.
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OTTAWA
Canada
B. M. Hoffmeister
C.B.E
B.D
Vancouver
W. C. Murphy
D.S
Hoffmeister
Murphy
22nd Armored
Jefferson
Seaforth Highlanders
5th Armored
Italy
Pacific
Brig. Murphy
British Columbia Dragoons
1st Armored Brigade
1st Infantry Division
Brig. Jefferson
Edmonton Regiment
Sicily
western front
Officer Paid To Run Liquor Case In Amsterdam
The prosecution finished presenting its case against Capt. BD W Thomson of Toronto on theft and liquor trafficking charges tied to Canadian army amenities control in the Netherlands. Witnesses linked Thomson to transporting 2,850 bottles of gin and cognac for payments, while a missing fourth truckload and a diamonds-for-releases claim complicated the proceedings.
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AMSTERDAM
BD. W. Thomson
Toronto
Thomson
Canadian army amenities control
Netherlands
Stanley Landell
Landell
P. H Tedman
Amenities Control Committee
Hakman
Cpl
Garfield Rideout
Windsor
U S Production Drops to 1941 Level in February Report
Washington February 28 The civilian production administration reports U S industrial output fell to the lowest since spring 1941 due to large scale work stoppages. John D Small CPA administrator predicts February will bring further decline but cites wage price problem solutions as paving the way for steady gain thereafter.
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WASHINGTON
United States
civilian production administration
John D. Small
C.P.A
Nazis Had No Authority To Try Prisoner
MEDICINE HAT Feb 28 German captives had no authority to hold a court of inquiry at the local prisoner of war camp the day Pte August Plaszek was murdered while awaiting investigation. Colonel Bull testified in the Schwalb murder trial that Nazis forbade collective action by prisoners and that disciplinary action lies with the camp commander. The court heard accounts of an escape and a mob threatening a German captive, Schulz, during a secret investigation. only 11 of 29 crown witnesses testified. Schwalb, charged with Plaszek’s murder, defended by L S Turcotte, denied wearing the Iron Cross.
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SHANGHAI
United States
Hankow
tone
United States military trial commission
hangme
Mestaka Kaburagi
WO Tsutomu Puju
Shozo Masui
Set
Korch
Masuda
end
Yasaburo Shiakawa
Lester R White
Shekville Pa
Henry W Wheaton
Milwaukee
Wis
Wis. and Set James E Forbes, Jr
Hartford
Conn
China
Tokyo
MEDICENE HAI
August Plaszek
supreme court of Alberta
R. ©. Bull
Toronto
Werner Schwalb
Plaszek
Tance-Col
Johannes Wittinger
Adolf Kratz
Schwalb
Ikewise
W. R Howson
dunes
Toronto Stock Exchange
Pre Christian Schulz
French Foreign Legion
Piaszek Schulz
Ins
CALM Cabnly
L. 5. Turcotte
Lethbridge
France
Break With Spain Urged as Border Gates Close
News from London reports Spain closed two main Franco border gates with France at Port Bou and Irún ahead of a French order to seal the frontier to trade. Demonstrations erupt in Brussels Sofia and Copenhagen as European opinion calls for action against Franco. US officials hint at a joint statement with Britain and France urging Spaniards to overthrow Franco while avoiding direct economic or diplomatic break.
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Spain
ranco
Vatican
ONDON
C.P
France
Port Bou
Iran
Europe
United Nations
Swamil
Francisco Franco
Brussels
Sofia
Belgium
Bulgaria
Prague
Michael Mihailov
Moscow
Mihallny
Copenhagen
legation
Washington
state department
Britain
U.S
United States
Franco
London
Paris
Byrnes
Unite States
department
Michael J. McDermott
Roper Attacks House Tactics In Alberta Gas Price Protest
In Edmonton on February 28 the Alberta legislature passed a unanimous motion protesting the prices board order raising gasoline by two cents per gallon effective March 18. It urged the federal government to roll back the rise by preserving subsidies and repealing the wartime three cent tax. An amendment calling for a cross province fact finding board on petroleum prices failed by voice vote. Premier Manning noted Alberta previously allowed a price inquiry mandate in 1936.
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EDMONTON
N. E. Cook
S.C
Olds
Alberts
C. E. Gerhart
prices board
house
B. E Roper
C.C.Edmonton
A. J. Liesemer
C.O
Calgary
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitobe
Hittish Columbia
Roper
Canada
E. C. Manning
Trade and Industry Act
Delay Trial Delays Murder Case At War Camp
MEDICINE HAT Feb 28 Plans for bringing before the courts a second murder case tied to a German doctor killed by fellow captives in Sept 1944 have shifted. Evidence is being studied by Ottawa justice officials and Alberta prosecutors, with charges not yet certain. Alberta discusses natural gas depletion as Edmonton lawmakers consider a gas to gasoline plant in the Kinsella field. Spanish Republicans reportedly occupy a French consulate in Sete. Canada’s BC AF budget pegged at 59,150,000 for a 30,000-strong air force. Spain’s Garcia sentenced amid international protests for political beliefs. Alberta budget likely by Monday after cabinet meeting.
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MEDICINE HAT
philogohy
department of Justice
Ottawa
Alberta
Edmonton
ALBERTA HOUSE
C.P
Reuters
Brussels radio
Sette
B.C.A.F
TORONTO
Canada
peachtine
Air Ritniebay
Gibson
DUBLIN
A.P
Eiresté
Cristina Gareia
Madrid
Francisco Fratc
Garcia
E. C. Manning seaeethr
Alberte
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Cornwall
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John Gilbreth
George Harvey
Gilbreth
Alta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Derek Heflin
S &M
Dalhousie University
Halifax
Max Rabin
Says Col. Bull
M.L.A
MLA
Hat P.O.W. Camp
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