British Court Convicts German Field Marshal Manstein
A British military court in Hamburg sentenced former Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein to 18 years for war crimes tied to atrocities by German troops during the invasion of Poland and Russia. He was found guilty on nine charges, acquitted on eight, and declined mercy. The trial marks the last major Allied war crimes proceeding against a senior Nazi commander.
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Hamburg
Germany
Erich von Manstein
Manstein
Hitler
Poland
Russia
von Manstein
The
Gestapo
Truman To End Stay In South
President Truman returns to Washington after a brief Gulf sojourn to push the Fair Deal. He will brief his cabinet on the State of the Union, budget, and economic messages and weigh repeal of wartime taxes to offset a projected deficit before heading to Independence for the holidays. A separate report from Bellefontaine, Ohio notes police questioning Richard Murphy, 51, in the shotgun slaying of Walace Galloway, 48, at a Saturday night party. no charges filed.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Gulf
Washington
Senate House
Independence
Bellefontaine
Walace Galloway
A. D. Paden
Richard Murphy
Spectacular refinery fire in Newark, Ohio
A large blaze at Pure Oil Heath refinery in Newark caused visible flames for miles. One worker was injured. officials say damage was small. The fire started at 10 15 p m from a leak in an exchange line between refining tanks and was controlled with in half an hour without outside help. Traffic was redirected as deputies and police managed crowds and evacuations nearby.
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Newark, O
Pure Oi
Heath
E. E. McPherson
McPherson
Four Bandits Rob Cab Firm in New York Heist
Four bandits escaped with about 4000 after rifling a safe at a taxicab company garage in the Bronx. They forced a mechanic, Ernest Collette, 40, to flee with them in a cab. Ten garage employees were herded into the rear at gunpoint. The bandits then forced manager Michael Vignola, 50, of Brooklyn, to open the safe.
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New York
Ernest Collette
Bronx
Michael Vignola
Brooklyn
Funeral services for WV coal operator Skinner set
John V. R. Skinner age 86 prominent West Virginia coal operator died in Charleston yesterday funeral services will be held in Massillon Ohio on Wednesday awaiting arrangements and burial details for the public notice of his death and services.
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Charleston
W. Va
John V. R. Skinner
West Virginia
Massillon
Senate Battle Over FEPC Law Sparks Civil Rights Clash
Administration Democrats expect political gains from a Senate showdown next session starting January 3 over a permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission bill. The plan to enforce anti discrimination in jobs pits northern and southern Democrats, with Taft opposing the mandatory board approach and backing a voluntary compliance federal FEPC. Civil rights groups favor the FEPC amid broader efforts to end poll taxes and combat lynching. The House Labor Committee has approved a related bill, while rules hurdles loom, and Republican opposition frames the fight as a test of procedural filibuster limits.
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Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
House Labor Committee
Rules Committee
Lesinski
D-Mich
Ate
Nationalists Regain Base Kunming in China War Move
Nationalist forces recaptured Kunming, a key World War II U.S. base, with the 26th army seizing the southern China City from defecting provincial troops. Li Mi, the Nationalist commander, was released at the airport after being held by Luo Han loyalists. Officials speculate the victory may affect Britain’s recognition of Red China.
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Taipei
Formosa
Kunming
U. S
South China
Chengtu
Li Mi
Lu Han
Yunnan
Red China
Great Britain
Services set for Peter J. Slach former banker
Peter J. Slach 80, longtime Cleveland banker and public official, died after tying Saturday in St Alexis Hospital. A former member of the city planning commission he also chaired the County Hospital Building Commission. Services are planned for Wednesday.
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Cleveland
Peter J. Slach
St. Alexis Hospitel
Slach
City Planning Commission
County Hospital Building Commission
Christmas Gifts and Dinner Plans From a Frugal Shopper
A nostalgia filled verse notes the holiday task of planning Yuletide presents and a Christmas menu. It mentions a motorbike, a mamma doll, a coat, an Uncle Jim gun, and a whistling locomotive among gifts, while Turkey and Christmas cards weigh on a modest purse.
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Sister
Jim
Tim
Russia Builds Three Ultra Modern Battleships 1950s
Jane's Fighting Ships reports Soviet naval expansion with three 35,000-ton battleships equipped with radio controlled aerial torpedoes and rockets. Two more may be in blueprint stage as Moscow plans 750 to 1,000 long range submarines by 1951. The U.S. Navy remains a 2,600 vessel force, with 15 battleships and 103 aircraft carriers, while Missouri is the only active battleship.
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London
Britain
United States
Soviet
Russia
Jane's Fighting Ships
Soviet Union
Jane’s
U.s.sr
Germany
Jane's
Baltic
Far East
U. S
Atlantic
Pacific
Eight Die in Belgian Sa Benna Plane Crash
PARIS AP Eight people including American Foster White age 31 from Hartford Connecticut died when a Belgian Sa bena Airlines twin engine plane crashed near Le Bourget airport striking a cottage after missing a movie theater by a few hundred yards. Four passengers and four crewmembers were killed. The plane had just left Le Bourget for a nightly flight to Brussels.
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Paris
Sabena Airlines
le Bourget Airport
Pasenger
Foster White
Hartford, Conn
United Aircraft Export Corporation
le Bourget
Brussels
Salem Engineer Return From World Trip With 45000 Miles
Sam Keener owner of the Salem Engineering Company reviews a satchel of orders picked up during a four round the world air trip. He says he logged about 45000 air miles by landing at Akron Canton airport Saturday night.
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Salem
Sam Keener
Salem Engineering Company
Kenner
Akron-Canton Airport
Ward and wife greeted by Americans in Yokohama on return
Consul General Aa Ward and Mrs Ward arrive in Yokohama aboard the Lakeland Victory with consulate staff after years in Mukden under Chinese Reds. Ward recalls harsh treatment and a month in jail before expulsion on a charge the State Department slams as trumped up. They plan to sail to the United States on Thursday aboard the President Wilson and then to Washington.
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U.S
Angus Ward
Lakeland Victory
Japan
Korea
Ward
Barber
Wards
Mukden
Manchuria
Lakeland
U. S. State Department
Wilson
Washington
Syrian Army Chief Seized in Damascus Coup Fallout
In Damascus a group of Syrian officers imprisoned commander in chief General Sami Hennawi who led last August’s coup and ordered the execution of President Husni Zayim. The army communique framed the move as a disciplinary action, with Assad Talas also arrested and conditions stated as normal nationwide.
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Damascus
Syria
Sami Hennawi
Husni Zayim
Hennawi
Hasem Bey Attasi
Hemawi
Syrian Army
Assad Talas
Youth Sought In Mountains In Blue Mountains
An 18 year old, Donald McDonald, is missing in the snow covered Blue mountains near Walla Walla. Search parties of skiers and snow shoes have been organized after he wandered from an elk hunting camp last Thursday. Temperatures have been below zero as a companion, Jack Farquharson, sought help after two days failed to mount a search.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Blue Mountains
Donald McDonald
Walla Walla
Jack Farqueharson
Sheriff's Office
Fire Destroys Central Market In Cleveland
A massive Cleveland blaze at Central Market left 150 retailers without shops and stalls. Mayor Burke ruled out rebuilding the city owned market, as fire crews probe the cause of the $400,000 fire that damaged nearby structures and injured four people. The Glenville Paper Co. was wrecked and a wall from a neighboring building faced collapse.
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Cleveland
Central Market
Thomas A. Burke
Glenville Paper Co
Glenville
Shaker Square
Robbers Loot Home, 15000 Dollars Stolen in Cleveland
Police reported robbers blew open a safe at the home of Ben Mason in Cleveland and took about 15000 dollars last night. Travis Brabson, Mason's son-in-law, was tied up. One robber wore a police uniform. Mason runs a farm and a nightclub in Selon, Ohio. Four men sought.
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Cleveland
Benny Mason
Government wrestles with housing and coal crisis
Washington AP report notes a broad housing program for middle income families may top Truman's legislative priorities as construction of homes priced 8500 to 10000 expands. In Pittsburgh AP says pressure grows to apply Taft Hartley to Coal strike leaders led by John L Lewis as UMW negotiates five day weeks and contracts with soft coal operators amid dwindling steel stocks.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
United Mine
Tallers
CIO United Steelworkers
UMW
Airliner Lands on Busy Street in Chicago
A Trans World Airlines four engine Constellation burst through two wire fences and clipped a cafe corner at Municipal Airport before stopping on Cicero Avenue. No injuries among 26 aboard. Pilot Stanley Kasper blamed the braking mechanism for the mishap. The aircraft was badly damaged.
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Chicago
Transworld
Municipal
Constellation
Cicero Avenue
San Francisco
Stanley M. Kasper
First Woman Cabinet Minister Takes Position in Australia
Canberra reports the anti- Socialist coalition forming government with Dame Enid Lyons as vice president of the Executive Council, first woman in such a role in the commonwealth. Menzies leads a 17-member cabinet including 13 Liberals and five Country Party ministers. Arthur Fadden becomes deputy prime minister and treasurer. Final results show Liberals 53 54 seats, Labor 47.
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Canberra
Australia
Robert Gordon Menzies
Enid Lyons
William J. McKell
Enid
Joseph A. Lyons
House of Representatives
Executive Council
Menzies
Liberal Party
Country Party
Labor Party
Arthur William Fadden
Fadden
Liberals
Labor
The
Sydney Morning Herald
Dewey Calls Meeting On Water Crisis
Governor Thomas E Dewey summoned New Yorks top water supply officials and engineers to a conference on the cities water crisis with no advance notice of actions. City reservoirs stood at 4 8 percent of capacity as officials anticipated only light rain and a month of rainfall needed to restore normal supply for eight million residents.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Weather Bureau
Three Airmen Die In Crash At Hamilton Field California
An Air Force AT-11 training plane crashed on a rugged Nevada ridge after disappearing Saturday during a Hamilton Field flight. Three airmen were killed and bodies expected to be recovered today. A rescue party reached the wreckage, and one airman appeared to have deployed a parachute that failed due to low altitude.
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Hamilton Field
Cal
Air Force
Sierera Nevada
San Francisco
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