Fourteen Germans Hanged for Killing Unarmed Fliers at Landsberg
In Munich on November 5, fourteen German war criminals were executed at Landsberg Prison in a sped up postwar drive. One man received a last minute reprieve, Georg Schallermair, 53, a Dachau subcamp master sergeant, whose case drew a merits-based stay after an Army ruling. The executions raise total hangings to 43 since resumed October 15, with prior batches in groups of nine or ten. The group of condemned included men accused of atrocities in camps and killing unarmed American airmen.
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Munich
Germany
Landsberg
Georg Schallermair
Storm Troop
Dachau
U. S. Army
Hadeen
Schallermair
Army
Britain to Push UN on Palestine at Security Council
Paris report says Britain will ask the UN Security Council to extend its withdrawal order to all Palestine. Sir Alexander Cadogan will present the resolution as a matter of principle, targeting Jewish gains in Negev and Galilee while noting no Arab gains. The council recently backed a British Chinese proposal on Negev withdrawal with US amendments.
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Paris
Britain
U. N. Security Council
Palestine
Alexander Cadogan
Negev Desert
Galilee
Negev
U. S
Ralph Bunche
United States
Security Council
Israel
Guards Guard Rail Stores In Berlin Zone
American authorities placed military guards around two U S railroad equipment stores in the U S sector of Berlin to prevent Russian removal. The Russian aim was to bolster the eastern German transport system weakened by reparations removals and Allied counter blockade. Guards include flat cars loaded with rails and a machine tool repair shop near the American Soviet sector borders.
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Berlin
U. S
Germany
William T. Babcock
United States Aids French Divisions With New Arms
Washington reports that the United States secretly revitalized three French divisions in the western occupation zone with American equipment worth about 5 million dollars. The move aims to bolster defenses pending formal European military support, with questions about authority and approval. Norway had previously sought military aid amid concerns over Soviet aggression.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Associated Press
Frankfurt
Germany
State Department
Truman
Lucius Clay
Norway
State and Defense Departments
Draft Defiers Surrender Today
Three Pasadena youths indicted for draft evasion must surrender today to U S Marshals. Philip Howard 19 Walter J Coppack Jr 21 and Arthur C Emlem Jr 21 face charges. others Aliee Shidler 21 Gilbert McFadden 18 and Robert Richter 19 surrendered yesterday and are jailed on 1000 bond. Shidler a World War II veteran is ineligible but required to register. group cited religious conscience per Paul Jackson of the American Friends Service.
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Los
Angeles
U. S. Marshal's Office
Philip Howard
Walter J. Coppack Jr
Arthur C. Emlem Jr
Pasadena
U. S
James Carter
Aliee Shidler
la Verne
Gilbert McFadden
Montebello
Robert Richter
Shidler
Paul Jackson
American Friends Service
Pension Perils Oregon's Credit
Portland report says Oregon's credit risk surged as $2 million in veterans bonds faced no bids. State Treasurer says a pension measure, passed in the general election, would render the state insolvent by promising $50 monthly to women over 60 and men over 65. Estimates place monthly costs near $9 million. One official notes pensions rely on liquor revenue welfare funds, about $1.136 million currently, replenished monthly.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Leslie Stott
Pact of Friendship Signed by Italy and Greece
Rome reports that Italian Foreign Minister Carlo Storza and Greek Foreign Minister Constantin Tesaldaris signed accords of friendship commerce and navigation in San Remo. They also formalized a convention on conciliation and judicial regulations between the two nations.
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Rome
Foreign Ministry
Carlo Storza
Italan
Constantin Tesaldaris
San Remo
Driver Fined for Drunken Driving in Torrance
Eugene E. Busby, 19, of San Pedro, pleaded guilty to drunken driving near 233rd St and Narbonne Ave in Torrance and was fined 125 dollars by Municipal Judge Otto B. Willett after his Oct. 21 arrest.
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Torrance
Eugene E.busby
W. Fort
San Pedro
Otto B. Willett
233Rd St
Narbonne Ave
Hunt on for Three Planes with 38 Aboard
Coast Guard and Navy planes scoured north Pacific air lanes for two Navy planes and a Pacific Alaska DC-3 missing with 38 aboard. The Seattle bound DC-3 carried 15 passengers and two crew and was last reported near Sitka to Annette Island. A Navy Privateer and a P2V Neptune also missing, with seven to twelve crew together. Airline officials named Edward Kinnear as pilot of the DC-3. other passenger names were unavailable.
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Coast Guard
Navy
North Pacific
Sitks
Alaska
Annette Island
Ketchikan
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Yakutat
Weaven Couns
Bristol Bay
Kodiak
St. Paul Island
Bering Sea
Port Moller
Alaska Peninsula
Puget Sound
Cape Spencer
Homer
Edward Kinnear
E. A. Klug
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert Machrie
St. Louis
George Dudley
Roanoke
Brunette 18 Held in Club Dynamiting Charge
Mary C. Watson, 18, from San Bernardino, surrendered to Portland police after allegedly helping two girls along with their boyfriends to throw 15 sticks of dynamite at the front steps of Duke’s Retreat nightclub on November 17. She reportedly confessed to planning the act after a dispute with a bouncer and said they retrieved more dynamite from a nearby powder magazine before returning to the club.
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Portland
Ore
San Bernardino
Mary C. Watson
October Police Report From Compton City
The Compton police department report for October shows 1839 items attended to 755 traffic arrests 73 accidents 47 drunks 18 burglaries and 37 thefts per Chief of Police Thomas J. Potter.
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Compton
Police Department
Thomas J. Potter
Nation’s Atomic Energy Development Foreseen as Assuring U.S. Leadership
ES MOINES Iowa Nov 5 The United States is engaged in an atomic energy program to create a large well staffed enterprise aided by industry and universities to secure unquestioned and unchallenged superiority in weapons basic science agriculture industry power nutrition and related fields Lilienthal told a Town State Association audience that America will lead and dominate in all aspects of this field He warned the greatest danger is not atomic warfare but the failure to apply informed democratic methods to public issues surrounding atomic energy
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ES Moines
Iowa
United States
David . Littenthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Town State Association
United States of America
Lilienthal
Knight to Speak at Park Tuesday Speech by Lt Gov Knight at Legion Halls dinner
Buena Park reports Lt Governor Goodwin J. Knight will address three groups at a 6:30 p m dinner in Legion Halls Tuesday. Kiwanis Club publicity chairman Paul Kroesen says the club sponsors the dinner and has invited the American Legion and V F W Posts. At its last meeting the club heard election returns Vidio.
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Buena Park
Goodwin J. Knight
Legion Halls
Paul Kroesen
Kiwanis Club
American Legion
V. F. W. Posts
Lewis to Visit Armed Forces Demonstrations
John L. Lewis will visit the armed forces to observe Army Navy and Air Force operations. The event, announced by Secretary Forrestal, includes a five day Pentagon seminar and two day field demonstrations at Pensacola Ft Benning and Eglin Field.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense Forrestal
Pentagon
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Ft Benning
Eglin Field
Forrestal
Alaska Votes Democratic in Oct 12 Territorial Election
Alaska's Democratic vote in the Oct 12 territorial election is highlighted as a strong predictor of national results. The piece notes Alaska has backed the winning presidential candidate for 32 years, with E. L. Bartlett serving a third term as delegate, while also comparing forecasts from Arizona New Mexico Idaho West Virginia Missouri and others.
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Ashington
Alaska
Congress
E. L. Bartlett
Truman
Arizona
New
Mexico
Woodrow Watson
Idaho
West Virginia
Missouri
William Jennings Bryan
Teddy Roosevelt
Cleveland
Hughes
Western Allies Armed French Divisions Amid Berlin Turmoil
UPI reports the United States has armed three French divisions with 5 million dollars in equipment to bolster Western Europe's defenses. Berlin's city council urged outlawing the Soviet east mark, while discussions continue on making the Deutschemark legal tender in western Berlin. Communist rhetoric tied US politics to the election results.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Ilin
Convicts Who Fled Island Are Killed
Mexico City November 5 Seven convicts who escaped from Islas Marias, Mexico's prison, were killed by army forces after fleeing by gasoline launch toward the Pacific coast south of Mazatlan. An army plane fired on the escapees. four were killed from the air and three more were killed when ground troops reached shore.
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Mexico City
Islas Marias
Mexico
Ina
Pacific Coast
Mazatlan
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