Defense Attorney Challenges Court Over Tojo Case
Defense attorney David F. Smith seeks dismissal of the indictment and a path to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that MacArthur as supreme commander and the tribunal lack proper authority. Webb rebuked the move as political harassment while officers proceed with individual motions for 26 defendants in Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
United States Supreme Court
David F. Smith
Smith
Washington
MacArthur
International Tribunal
Supreme Court
Tribunal
Webb
Pearl Harbor
United States
Russia Rejects U S Proposal on Germany
London January 27 An informed source said Russia rejected an informal American idea to impose a peace statute on Germany. Instead Russia submitted a memorandum urging the Big Four to draft a complete treaty and secure wartime nations’ approval before ratification by a reconstituted German government.
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London
Russia
Germany
U. S
Robert Murphy
Tantalus Voyages Toward Mississippi
The 45 foot homemade riverboat Tantalus owned by Mr and Mrs Warren Christianson passed Louisville on its inland journey from Columbus Ohio to Minneapolis via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. The trip reached 400 miles with 1 200 remaining. Skipper Christianson and his wife Faith left Columbus Thanksgiving Day and noted a sand bar in the Scioto River slowed their progress.
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Louisville
Tantalus
Warren _ Christianson
Columbus
Minneapolis
Ohio
Mississippi
Ohio River
Christianson
Faith
Scioto River
Ohio Pastors Open Four Day Meeting
In Columbus Ohio the Ohio Pastors Association opened a four day meeting with speakers including Harold E Stassen former Minnesota governor and ICRE president Rep Walter H Judd of Minnesota and German Protestant leader Martin Niemoeller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Pastors Association
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
International Council of Religious Education
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
Martin Niemoeller
End of housing shortage seen by end of 1947
Washington reports Senate Republicans propose extending rent control to year end with a 15 percent rise in ceilings as a means to speed relief. Hawkes and three colleagues argue newly built homes should have no ceilings, and unused vacant properties would lure landlords to rent.
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Washington
Senate
Hawkes
GOP
McCarthy
Wis
Cain
Wash
Malone
Nelson
Funeral Rites Today For Mrs Ada Tignor
Funeral services for Ada Belle Tignor 73 wife of Thomas Tignor were held at 2 P M from the Church of the Nazarene Rev Chester Newcome officiated and burial was in a private mausoleum at Oak Grove Cemetery by the Roberts Funeral Service Music was provided by Mrs Chester Newcome and Mrs Helena Kitchen Pallbearers were Otto Hartman Charles Brooks William Moore Claude Proctor John Powers and Herbert Brooks
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Ada Belle Tignor
Thomas Tignor
Church of the Nazarene
Chester Newcome
Oak Grove Cemetery
Roberts Funeral Service
Helena Kitchen
Otto Hartman
Charles’ Brooks
William Moore
Claude Proctor
John Powers
Herbert Brooks
Solon Sees Portal Pay Suits as Threat to U.S. Economy
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin warned that portal-to-portal back-pay suits threaten the economy and urged immediate bills to outlaw the nationwide wave. He outlined a measure to bar past and future portal pay claims from court jurisdiction and define productive work under the wage-hour act amid a flood of suits exceeding four billion dollars.
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Solon
Portal
U.S
Washington
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Judiciary Committee
America
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Cutting Charged At Laurelville
Ber man Knece, 30, of near Laurelville, pleaded not guilty to cutting with intent to kill after a Friday night incident. His cousin Forest Knece, 22, also of near Laurelville, suffered a five inch arm gash and was treated at Berger Hospital in Circleville. Knece posted bond and was released pending grand jury action.
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Berman Knece
Laurelville
Lew McClelland
Floyd Duffy
Forest Knece
McClelland
Berger Hospital
Circleville
Burglars Hack Open Starr Station Safe
Sheriff Floyd Duffy and Deputy Jack Waldron investigated a burglary at the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad depot in Starr. Thieves rolled a 500 pound safe to a spot along the railroad tracks and hacked it with an ax, taking about $15 in cash. records and papers were recovered nearby after entry was made by jimmying the waiting room door. Donald Carter, C&O agent at Starr, and other railroad officials assisted in the probe.
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Floyd Duffy
Jack Waldron
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Starr
Duffy
Donald Carter
C&o
Gas Company Halts Heating Installations
East Ohio Gas Co will supply no additional gas for home heating until fall and possibly through 1948. The rule covers new construction and conversion of heating systems. Gas lines may be connected for cooking and other uses but not for central heating except for projects already under way.
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Cleveland
East Ohio Gas Co
J. French Robinson
Danes Plane Disaster Kills Grace Moore and Prince Gustaf Adolf
Over the weekend a Royal Dutch Airlines crash at Copenhagen claimed 22 lives including American soprano Grace Moore and Sweden's Prince Gustaf Adolf. The DC-3 carried 16 passengers and six crew. Danish officials cited steering trouble as a possible cause. Sweden declared national mourning for the prince, heir to the throne, whose death impacts the line of succession and royal duties.
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Associated Press
Grace Moore
Sweden
Prince Gustaf Adolf
China
Chinese National Aviation Corp
Canton
Chungking
Miss Moore
Copenhagen
Denmark
Royal Dutch Airlines
United States
Valentin Parera
Mougins
France
Gustaf
Holland
Prince Bernard
Juliana
Netherlands
Slabtown
del Rio
Tenn
Jellico
Ivor Newton
London
Amsterdam
Stockholm
Rare Bunyan first editions sold at London auction
Two first editions of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress fetched 24 800 dollars at a London auction today. The volumes came from the library of the late Sir Leicester Harmsworth.
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London
John Bunyan
Leicester Harmsworth
Cincinnati Family Facing Kidnap Threat Note
Police guard the Stuart Murphy home after a weekend note threatened the kidnapping of one of the family's three daughters. The note demanded $1,000 by Monday and was signed The X. FBI said it had not entered the case. Special precautions were planned for school commutes.
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Cincinnati
Stuart Murphy
Clifford Yockey
Hamilton County
C. Taylor Handman
Murphy
Yockey
A. E. Ostholthoff
FBI
Actor and Eurasian Bride on Honeymoon in New Mexico
Gloria Ling, 24, a New York research specialist, and her 42-year-old actor husband, Dean Jaggers, married after a California license denial. They arrived in Albuquerque for their honeymoon itinerary described as quite indefinite, visited Santa Fe, and returned to the city.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Dean Jaggers
Gloria Ling
New York
California
Old Santa Fe
Five Stabbed In Indian Independence Day Riot
In Bombay during yesterday's Independence Day celebr ation at least five people were stabbed and several others were frightened by acid throwers. Police fired at rioters and snipers guarded temple areas to target acid throwers.
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Bombay
India
Reds lash GOP leaders over U S foreign policy
Pravda sharply attacked John Foster Dulles and Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, saying U S policies urged by the GOP would undermine the foundation of international collaboration, in Moscow dispatch dated January 27.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
John Foster Dulles
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
U. S
Al Capone Dies In Florida After Stroke and Pneumonia
Al Capone once Chicago’s feared gang leader died in Florida at age 48. He reportedly left no will or money, with his Palm Island villa mortgaged and his family aiding his final years. Funeral plans were to be held in Miami Beach as authorities noted his remaining debts to the government.
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Miami Beach
Fla
al Capone
Chicago
Kenneth Phillips
Capone
Exmobster
Palm Island
Funeal
Los Angeles
Torney
Abraham _ Teitelbaum
Teitelbaum
British Delay Hanging After Two Kidnapings
In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv two Britons were abducted by armed Jews, prompting a 90,000-strong house arrest of Palestinians and delaying tomorrow’s scheduled execution of an Irgun Zvai Leumi member. Judge Ralph Windham was seized from the Tel Aviv district court as part of the hostage strategy linked to the planned execution.
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Jerusalem
Ralph Windham
Tel Aviv
Windham
Irgun
Zvai Leumi
Palestine
H.A.S. Collins
Tel Aviv Court
Bowyer-Smyth
Collins
Isaac Ben Zvi
Jewish National Council
Dov Bela Groner
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Pottery Industry Fights Tariff Cuts
The American pottery industry campaigns against tariff reductions that could invite foreign competition. Employers and workers pressed before a government committee, seeking trade guidance, with James Duffy of East Liverpool Ohio and Joseph M Wells of Newell West Virginia representing major unions and associations.
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Washington
America
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
James Duffy
East Liverpool
Ohio
Joseph M., Wells
Newell
W. Va
United States Potters Association
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Starr Station
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