End of 351 Years of Rule for Ceylon Tonight
Ceylon becomes an independent partner in the British Commonwealth at midnight. Celebrations planned as the Singhalese flag is hoisted beside the Union Jack. Sir Jenry Moore to take oath as governor general at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow with religious ceremonies. Harbor festival and dances mark the occasion. Self-rule for the Matiyan Federation proclaimed Sunday. The Duke of Gloucester to open the new Parliament on February 10.
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oLomeo
Ceylon
British Commonwealth of Nations
Jenry Moore
Commonwealth
Duke of
Ciroucester
George VI
Dominion
Tojo War Crimes Trial Recessed for Defense Preparations
The Tokyo war crimes trial of former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 24 other Japanese leaders was recessed to February 9 to allow the defense time to prepare its rebuttal.
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Lokyo
Hideki Tojo
House subcommittee targets alleged aliens in illegal activities
Washington reports Chairman John McDowell of the House un American Activities subcommittee plans to identify hundreds of aliens involved in subversive politics and crime. The effort follows a Justice Department deportation action against Gerhart Eisler, with Eisler’s associates and a former Mussolini mistress allegedly on the immigration list.
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Washington
John McDowell
House un-American Activities Subcommittee
Pennsylvania ‘Republican
McDowell
Hitler
Justice’. Department
Gerhart Eisler
Its
Eisler
New York City
Hanna Eisler
Benito Mussolini
West Coast
Police theorize missing husband clue in Chester find
Chester police seek ball and chain found near a straw bed pile by a partly built railroad station as they search for an escaped prisoner possibility. Authorities contact neighboring states to check for missing husbands and connect the odd discovery to the case.
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Chester
Chinese Official Warns Soviet Threat Poses World War Risk
Tseng Chia, a member of China's State Council, accuses Soviet Russia of imperial designs and threatening world peace. He outlines nine points alleging Moscow blocks peace talks, disrupts Korea unity, violates a China Soviet treaty, invades Outer Mongolia, arms Chinese Communists, trains POWs for Manchuria, holds millions of German and Japanese POWs, overuses veto in the United Nations, and revives the Comintern to seek global domination.
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Anking
China
Russia
Japan
Young
China Party
Tseng Chias
Tseng
State Council
Europe
Soviet Union
Germany
Austria
Korea
Asia
Port Arthur
Dairen
Outer Mongolia
Sinkiang
Manchuria
Comintern
A I L Rebuffs Wallace and Hints at Wallace Opposition
The A F L I L executive council rejects Henry A Wallace as President and signals it may back isolationist Sen Burton Wheeler rather than Wallace. The Miami meeting discusses a political campaign and possible reelection of Wheeler, with a cautious stance toward a Wallace third party effort.
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Communist Party
A. F. L Is
Burton K. Wheeler
D.mont
Miami
Fla
Tor
Henry A. Wallace
A. I. S. Executive Council
Today
Wallace
League
Sena
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Pat O'Mara
Flacnc
Long Beach
California
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Irene Cook
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Barker Bros
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