Polish girl testifies at Belzen war crimes trial in Lueneburg
A 19 year old Polish girl testified at the Belzen Oswiecim war crimes trial in Lueneburg that an Oswiecim camp executive selected her for the gas chamber and that Irma Grese taunted prisoners during rounds. She recalled being told to come, and fled by hiding. The trial faces 45 defendants as witnesses testify.
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Lueneburg
Germany
Belxen
Oswiecim
Belsen
C S. Bendel
Paris
Helen Kiein
Ternow
Poland
Frank Hessler
Cawiecim
Hessler
Irma Grese
Locher
Belver P
Sho
Grese
Courtread
Burgomerter
Eppron
Beinen
Ite
Belnen
Cxwiecim
Politeness in Japan Shown Through Four Everyday Moments
A correspondent recalls four scenes illustrating Japanese politeness. A shrine deer bows for peanuts at Nara gate, a country girl bows back unintentionally, and a chase ensues as misread gestures unfold. The piece explores reflex, restraint, embarrassment defense, and genuine goodwill.
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Nara
War Time Ends as Standard Time Resumes Nationwide
Washington reports the switch from War Time to Standard Time at 2:00 a.m. Sunday marking three years eight months of accelerated clocks. Congress began the changes Feb 9, 1962 to boost daylight for production and fuel saving. Officials note overtime pay questions may arise but no broad payroll impact expected.
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Washington
Gac
Kilter
Reir and
Linge
House
Senate
Echons
War Production Board
Persh
Camp Livingston to Enter Inactive Status in November
Camp Livingston in Alexandria Louisiana will be inactive starting November 1 with stand by status after November 7 as thousands of infantry trainees are sent overseas. The post has trained 350000 troops across four years including four divisions and 250 separate units.
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Alexandria
War Department
Camp Livingston
K. F. Kanst
Livingston
JARTC
Hanst
Col. Hanst
German Denazification War Files Count Prisoners
Washington reports about 86 009 persons held under mandatory arrest in the American occupied zone of Germany for denazification. An additional 35 000 POWs will join the group, while about 70 000 ardent Nazis have been removed from public office. Eisenhower notes rapid demilitarization and cites July status figures for captured, transferred, and on hand prisoners. Political activity ban discussed after Potsdam Conference.
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Washington
Germany
War Department
Eisenhower
Elevator Strike in New York Ends After Gov Dewey Mediation
Governor Thomas E Dewey ended a six day Building Service Workers strike by forcing arbitration and the return to work of about 11 000 union members. The stoppage, tied to a War Labor Board ruling on wages and hours, disrupted offices citywide and cost millions. The governor promised to appoint an arbitrator and both sides urged his selection.
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New York
Thomas FE
Dewey
AFL Building Service Employes International Union
Albany
David Sulivan
Wainwrights Story to Be Told in Morning World
The dramatic World War II tale of General Jonathan M. Wainwright covering Bataan Corregidor the fall of the Philippines and four years of Japanese brutality will begin in the Monroe Morning World on Sunday October 7 The exclusive serial was obtained after a high stakes three day bidding war involving nearly a hundred publishers and services The Waldorf Astoria suite in New York became the scene of the bid as editors watched the hero’s return to headlines from the Waldorf suite to White Sulphur Springs West Virginia where the general is writing the account Continued on tenth page.
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Bataan
Corregidor
Philippines
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Monroe
King Features Syndicate
New York City
General Wainwright
Waldorf Astoria
New York
Manhattan
115 House Members Rally for Full Employment Bill
A bloc of 115 House members backed a strong full employment bill opposing Senate revisions. Leaders said President Truman supports fighting for original language, aiming to ensure every American able to work is entitled to a job. The effort centers on Patman’s House bill and friction with the Senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Rep Outland
Calif
Rep
Patman
Tex
Outland
House Expenditures Committee
Gutland
Manasco
Alabama
Third Daughter Born To Mrs Fred Snite Jr In Chicago
A third daughter was born today to Mrs. Fred Snite Jr wife of the man known as Boiler Kid who has relied on an artificial respirator since 1996 The newborn weighed five pounds four ounces and both mother and baby are described as fair at Chicago Lying-In Hospital Snite 35 became paralyzed during travel in China and married Teressa Larkin of Dayton Ohio in 1939 He has traveled widely using portable breathing equipment.
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Chicago
Fred Snite Jr
Teresss Marie
Catherine Bernadette
Snite
China
Teressa Larkin
Dayton
Ohio
MacArthur Overrules Nipponese Suppression of Emperor News
In Tokyo and Osaka five papers were seized and blocked for reporting interviews with the emperor. General MacArthur ordered a resume of publication and weak censorship, while promising to curb imperial assets scrutiny and end punitive media actions. He linked the move to broader press freedom under occupation.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Japanese Home Ministry
Osaka
Asahi
Mainichi
Yomiuri Hochi
Col
Raymond Kramer
Kramer
Senator Hill pushes battleship atomic test plan
Senator Hill proposes a naval test using an atomic bomb on surrendered Japanese battleships to decide ship counts and roles. He asks Congress to assign the measure to military and naval committees for study as the navy weighs sustaining 1079 ships and 18 battleships in peacetime.
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Washington
Hill
Dala
Congress
U. S
Alabama
Navy
House Naval Committee
Osmena Arrives in Washington for Reconstruction Talks
President Sergio Osmena of the Philippine Commonwealth arrives in Washington from Manila for several weeks of discussions with Congressmen and officials on Filipino reconstruction problems. His first conference with President Truman is set for Monday.
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Washington
Sergio Osmena
Philippine Commonwealth
Manila
Truman
Three Bandits Rob Wisner Bank in Early Morning Heist
State, parish and federal officers hunted three armed bandits who robbed Franklin State Bank and Trust in Wisner yesterday morning. They forced Dorothy May Wright into the vault and fled with about five thousand dollars, insurance covering the loss. A fire near the bank was set to draw attention while police pursued leads. The suspects wore steel helmets and varied clothing. FBI agents joined the investigation as a possible lead surfaced in Columbia with a black Chevrolet bearing a Mississippi license.
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Parish
Franklin State Bank and Trust Company
Wisner
D. R. Knight
Columbia
Hinds County
Allen Price
Franklin Parish
Knight
FBI
Dorothy May Wright
Miss Wright
Civic Music Campaign Inauguration At Hotel Frances
The 1945-46 Civic Music Campaign opens with a Monday banquet at Hotel Frances at 6 30 p m. Attendees may also attend a Town Hall lecture at Ouachita Parish High School Auditorium that evening. Dr Rodney Cline is elected president of the Monroe Civic Music Association.
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Civic Music
Hotel Frances
Town Hall
Ouachita Parish
Rodney Cline
Northeast Junior College
Monroe Civic Music Association
J. Norman Coon
A. B. Clarkson
Walter H. Minniear
James A. Wilson
Mamie McNeill
Treasury
Fred G. Thatcher
FE. C. Gibson
May Head
Florence Z. Allbritton
Kate 8. Allison
Mary Benoit
Emma Louise Biedenharn
J . Carrell
J. W. DeArmon
H. P. Durrett
Claire Freiberg
Alma Goss
Allies form Pacific commission to set surrender terms
Britain Russia and China approve a Allied commission to shape Japanese surrender terms to be based in Washington with possible Tokyo meetings. Byrnes says India may join and other nations invited. ministers debate Balkan peace talks in London with deputies to continue discussions in November.
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John A. Parris
London
U. S
Byrnes
Pacific
Great Britain
Russia
China
Washington
Council of Foreign Ministers
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
France
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Netherlands
Commission On
Japan
Bevin
India
Commission
Tokyo
Balkan
Trieste
Vinson Prepares Peace Time Tax Slash Plan
Treasury Secretary Vinson unveils a three point postwar tax cut plan including repeal of the 3 percent normal tax for individuals in 1946, elimination of the 95 percent corporate excess tax, and a fixed cutoff for wartime excises. He aims to ease burdens on low income groups and spur markets, with Capitol Hill debate to follow.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Capitol Hill
Vinson
Treasury
Congress
Henry Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Navy to fly Avenger bombers to halt Marin forest fires
The navy announced eight Avenger torpedo bombers would operate over Marin county to smother forest and brush fires. They will fly by instrument through smoke and drop sulphuric acid compound to create a protective screen against the flames.
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San Francisco
Navy
Marin
California
Globester Begins Fourth Leg of Around World Hop
The Globester started the fourth leg of its round the world flight from Casablanca at 12 30 am local time after a 3929 mile Atlantic crossing. Fog and storms over Santa Maria delayed the schedule by two hours, then the Casablanca stop was shortened to two and a half hours. The next stop Tripoli will be a one hour pause. A large reception at the air base was led by Col Rollin Anthis.
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Paul Miller
Globester
Casablanca
Tripoli
Santa Maria
Azores
Rollin Anthis
el Reno
Okla
Glouester
Washington
Bermuda
North Africa
Cross-eyed Rita Zucca Sentenced by Italian Tribunal
Rita Zucca alias Axis Sally, an American-born broadcaster denounced as a Nazi propagandist, was sentenced to four years and five months in prison by a Rome military tribunal. She confessed to reading prepared dialogues for Germany while claiming money needs and a young child as motives.
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Rome
Rita Zucca
Mediterranean
New York
Miss Zucca
Italy
Karl Goedel
George
Sally
Rome Radio
Ottavi Libotte
United States
Edvina Zucca
Libotte
Supreme
Ship Empire Patrol Fire Leaves 150 Absent
Cairo Sept 2. A 16 000 ton ship Empire Patrol caught fire off Port Said while repatriating Greek refugees from Abyssinia and East Africa. One hundred fifty missing after the blaze as 456 people were rescued by the British navy. Destroyers and aircraft carriers searched the area and survivors were taken to Port Said.
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Cairo
Empire Patrol
Port Said
Abyssinia
East Africa
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Associated Press
James D. White
Braden
Argentina
Sprville Braden
Miami
William H. Lyons
Schwellenbach
Wainwright
Morning World
King Features
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Fred Snites
Osmena
Dean Cline
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Rita
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