Japanese exiles face harsh life in Uraga camp
Expatriates who renounced U S citizenship describe grim conditions in Uraga near Tokyo Bay. A former Chicago cook, Robert Uida, recalls harsh treatment and disinfection failures as they are now under Japanese control after surrendering citizenship. Civilians trek to the camp as Allied personnel are kept separate.
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Duane Hennessy
Uraga
Japan
United States
Robert Uida
Hawaii
Chicago
Santa Ana
Calif
Tokyo Bay
Kaltenbrunner Appears Pleads Not Guilty At Nuremberg
Ernst Kaltenbrunner, once No 2 in the Gestapo, appeared with 20 Nazi leaders at the international military tribunal in Nuremberg. He pleaded not guilty to war crimes charges while recovering from a cranial hemorrhage. The defendants face accusations over the invasion of USSR and the starvation plan to deprive Russians for German gain.
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Wes Gallagher Muernberg
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Gestapo
International Military Tribunal
Kaltenbrunner
Soviet Russia
Hermann Goering
Demobilization Debate From A Westbrook Pegler Column
Westbrook Pegler critiques postwar demobilization policy and public sentiment toward U S military leaders. He questions timing and aims of demobilization under Truman, notes the shrinking American armed forces and shifts public perception of generals and admirals after victory. He contrasts wartime strength with civilian labor pressures and hints at potential future conflicts abroad.
Classified Rent Buy Sell Ad Urgency Prompt
Ad copy urges readers to place want ads for rental and sale items aimed at a large audience. It promotes an economy plan with cancellation on results and payment by published days, noting a tele phone in option and next day pickup by a carrier.
Lewis Attacks Truman Plan on National Auto Strike
John L. Lewis testifies before the House labor committee blasting President Truman's plan for fact finding boards. He brands the governments approach as an evil mess and claims a 10 day settlement is possible if manufacturers get fair car pricing. He criticizes General Motors and the United Automobile Workers and warns Congress against the proposed legislation.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
General Motors Company
C. I. O.united Automobile Works
United Mine Workers
House Labor Committee
Lewis
Truman
General Motors
Congress
Mr. Truman
Ford
Motor City
Walter P. Reuther
National
General Motors Council
Schwellenbach
Detroit
Tru
Rice riots loom as farmers press reform in Japan
In Tokyo, farmers warn rice riots loom without stronger agrarian reform as General MacArthur orders swift abolition of absentee land ownership. He also directs arrests of 57 wartime suspects tied to the Oryoku Maru and camps in the Philippines and Japan, naming several high ranking officers.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Akita
Tohoku
United Nations
Cabanatuan
Philippines
Wake Island
Banzo Mori
Canaduan
Gennosuke Noma
Hongkong
Toshino
Wada
Sugamo Prison
Jinzaburo Mazaki
Nagakage Okabe
Hideki Tojo
Koichiro Ishigara
McArthur
Higashi-Kuni
Tohoku Prefecture
Germans See Eisenhower As Great War Leader
Maj Gen Erwin Lahousen, German intelligence chief, tells AP in an exclusive interview that German officers regard Dwight D. Eisenhower as a great military leader due to planning and political restraint. He ranks Patton as the top American commander, notes initial underestimation of U S forces, and says by war’s end Americans, British, and Russians were similar in strength.
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Erwit Lahousen
Lahousen
International Military Tribunal
Intelligencr Aerviee
Adm
Walter Canaris
Renuts
George Tucker
Associated Press
Mernberg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Erwin Lahousen
Star Prosecut
Ion Witness
George S Patton Jr
Chinese Communists pledge to oppose spheres of influence
Peng declared the Chinese Communists oppose any country securing a sphere of influence in China. He noted suspicions that Hurley and Wedemeyer favored imperialist policy, and said the party awaits Gen George Marshall’s approach on disarming Japan before aggressive moves on Peiping and Tatung.
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Yenan
China
Soviet Union
Manchuria
Hurley
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Wedemeyer
Peng
George C. Marshall
Chungking
Peiping
Tatung
Freezing Weather Predicted Across Louisiana and South
The U S Weather Bureau forecast freezing conditions across the Gulf Coast tonight as a winter storm from the Northern plains moves east. In Louisiana and Mississippi, lows are projected from the mid teens to mid thirties with brisk northerly winds and small craft warnings along coastlines.
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New Orleans
Gulf Coast
U. S
Louisiana
Sugar Belt
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Texas
North Georgia
North
Georgia
Carolina
Atlantic Sea
Nightgown Linked to Murder in Pine Crest Hotel
In Chicago a blood spattered Pine Crest apartment held the nude body of Frances Brown 33 a stenographer once with WAVE. A lipstick message threatened further killings and a coroner reported throat wounds. The corpse lay across the bath tub edge.
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Chicago
Frances Brown
Pine Crest Hotel
Japanese Poison Gas Used Against U S Forces
Brig. Gen. Charles E. Loucks testified that Japan used poison gas in isolated incidents including Biak New Guinea on March 5, 1945, affecting several Americans but causing no deaths. He cited a Narashino gas school, denial by Japanese officials, and said Allied preparations deterred widespread use.
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Tokyo
Charles E. Loucks
New Guinea
MacArthur
Signal Corps
Biak
Loucks
China
Narashino
Japan
Louisiana Heroes Honored by Soviets
Four Louisiana naval veterans received Soviet honors for transporting war materiel to Murmansk. Awards were presented by Nikolai Novikov at the Russian embassy, including the Order of Fatherland War First Class to Ensign Kendall Cram (deceased) of New Orleans. Others cited include Joseph Delham, Eli Bourg, and Senya Trahan with various medals.
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Washington
Louisiana
Russia
Murmansk
Soviet Union
Nikolai Novikov
Thomas B. Inglis
Kendall H. Cram
Hampson Street
New Orleans
Order of Glory
Joseph Delham
North Hagan Avenue
Eli Philip Bourg
Whitney Street
Senya Trahan
Box 134
Kaplan
Holiday Air Observed by Good Fellows Donations
Seasonal piece notes generous donations totaling 691.10 and 2.62 to 3.00 from various donors for Francis Renaud and others. It praises Christmas displays in Downtown stores and the Salvation Army kettle drive while highlighting needy families seeking food and clothing with letters from a widow and a young girl describing hardship.
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Good Fellows
Melvin
Linda Wilenzick
Francis Renaud
Street McGuffey
Santa Claus
Salvation Army
Patton Condition Remains Critical in Frankfurt
FRANKFURT, Dec. 10 AP General Patton's condition remained critical, according to an official bulletin issued at 6 p m. The bulletin provided the latest update on his status after the automobile crash that left him paralyzed and hospitalized.
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Frankfurt
Patton
Mannheim
England
United States
George S. Patton
Army
Heidelberg Hospital
R. G. Spurling
Louisville
A. W. Kenner
Hugh Barnes
Oxford
Kenny
Hobart R. Gay
U. S. 15Th Army
Bad Naueheim
Gay
Pfe
Horace Woodring
O. S. Hill
Theaterurgeon
Charles Tucker
New Hamburg
Red Cross
Ford Dispute in Spotlight in Detroit Wages War
Detroit December 10. The U A W render demands a flat 30 percent pay rise from major car makers to the Ford negotiating table as strikes paralyze GM. Union officials, backed by 175000 GM workers, press for a swift settlement while Ford seeks a security guarantee against wildcat slowdowns.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
C. I. O.united Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Ford
Marshall affirms Army intelligence on Japan attack plans
General George C. Marshall testified before a Senate inquiry that Army intelligence correctly forecast Japan’s major attack aims before December 7 1941. He said Pearl Harbor was a slash not an invasion and that the main Japanese push was south as estimated. He noted November 1941 memos and a London telegram signaling Japan’s moves toward war.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
Japan
Marshall
Senate House
Pearl Harbor
Thailand
Gulf of Siam
United States
Great Britain
Senate
Labor Lashes at Forced Training
Washington today organized labor condemned universal military training bills during hearings led by union spokesmen. Lewis G. Hines of the American Federation of Labor questioned preparedness aims and urged that readiness come from better child healthcare, medical services, and an efficient military intelligence system, while urging vigilance by the state department and opposition to appeasement.
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Washington
Organized Labor
United States
Lewis G. Hines
American Federation of Labor
House Military Committee
A. F
L. Hines
State Department
Japan
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International Tribunal
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