Nazis' Goering Hess Ribbentrop Plea At Nuremberg
The nine month Nuremberg war crimes trial nears verdict with Goering Hess and von Ribbentrop delivering last pleas. Goering proclaimed innocence while urging German people, Hoffmann and other defendants argued they acted under Hitler.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Herman Goering
International Military Tribunal
Goering
Rudolf Hess
Hitler
Joachim
Ribbentrop
Hess
United States
Britain
Russia
Stalin
Moscow
von Ribbentrop
Geoffrey Lawrence
Wilhelm Keitel
Fuehrer
Ernst Kelienbrunner
Etimes
Hillel
Alfred Rosenberg
Hitler Hans Frank
Julius Streicher
Miller
Walter Funk
Reichsbank
Peace conference in peril as war risks rise says Morin
Relman Morin reports Paris mood dark as peace talks appear doomed and Russia's expansion aims threaten Western order. He argues war hinges on Moscow's ambitions, warning against rash bets that could force conflict despite desires for peace.
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Relman Morin
Associated Press
Bureau
Paris
Europe
Morin
Russia
West
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
Walter Raleigh
Lady Peace
Balkans
Asia
Dardanelles Straits
Turkey
Britain
America
John Bull
Greece
Soviet Union
Starlings Return to North Market Street Area
The city police known as the Roman Candle Squad may be activated again as residents in the seven and eight hundred blocks of North Market Street renew complaints about starling infestations. Officers fired at birds but the birds moved only across the street. Birds roost now in Mt. Olivet cemetery while hospital area shows no noise.
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City Police Department
North Market Street
Mt. Olivet
Oyster season opens in Maryland this month
Annapolis reports that oyster gathering will resume as the months with R’s in their names begin, signaling the start of Maryland’s oyster season and renewed fishing activity for months with R.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Schacht Calls Hitler a Criminal Conspirator
Hjalmar Schacht said he had been too gullible and repeated his complaint that his sense of justice was wounded as he admitted Hitler’s criminal intent and labeled him a conspirator with the Fuehrer.
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Hjalmar Schacht
Hitler
Fuehrer
Kilian Seeks Prosecutor Trial Over Lichfield Case
Kilian filed charges against Capt. Earl J. Carroll accusing him of maliciously instigating the Lichfield cruelty trial. Carroll, once San Bruno attorney, aided in the prosecution at Lichfield last December and resigned amid protest. Kilian, from Highland Park, Texas, was convicted two days earlier for permitting cruelty to American soldiers at the Lichfield guardhouse and fined $509 with a reprimand. The charges will be reviewed by the U S Army continental base section headquarters to decide if a full trial is warranted.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
James A. Kilian
Couciaital Clarges
Earl J. Carroll
Lichfield
Kilian
England
Carroll
U. S. Army Continental Base
San Bruno
Calif
Goening
Riots Close Rio Stores as Turmoil Strikes Rio de Janeiro
Rioters protest high living costs in Brazil's capital, smashing shop windows and targeting theaters groceries and funerary businesses. Troops and police used tear gas and machine guns while armored vehicles patrolled downtown as damage nears thousands of dollars and one death is reported.
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Rio de Janeiro
Amuna
Semenov Put To Death in Soviet Trial
Gen. Gregorie Semenov died today for bearing arms against the Soviet Union and spying for Japan. Five co-defendants were executed, including Cos sack counter revolutionaries leader 56-year-old Konstantin Rodstaevski and four others. Two others received prison terms. The group pleaded guilty to a 25-year plot to overthrow the Soviet government.
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Moscow
Gregorie Semenov
Soviet Union
Japan
Supreme Court
Semenov
Constantine V. Rodstaevski
Is P. Bajshaev
Lev P. Vasilevsky
Boris N. She
White
Siberia
Nylon Hosiery At Orphanage And 36th Anniversary Sparks Event
A large gathering from Eva and a reformed church attended the Hoffman Orphanage near Littlestown Pa for its 36th anniversary the first since 1940. The Women’s Missionary Society prize for best room kept was won by Thomas Weinreich. Nylon hosiery was sold at the bazaar funds for the home with Rev Arthur Leeming supervising and Rev Dr Oliver Maurer giving an address. Fredricktonians joined a bus visit. lunch followed on the lawn. Deeds reported include Rudolph Rau selling East Seventh Street property for about 5500 to Robert and Grace Eaton and the Fish Ponds tract sale to Grace and Henry Eaton. Chesapeake Conference Association of Seventh Day Adventists bought a Thurmont road tract for about 600.
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Eva
Reformed Church
Hoffman Orphanaage
Littlestown
Women's Missionary Society of Ide Iocal Congregation
Women’s Guild
Thomas Weinreich
Paul L. Althouse
Frederick Church
Baltimore
Arthur Leeming
Oliver K. Maurer
Red Lion
Frederick County
Rudolph M. Rau
Robert F. Penn
East Seventh Street
Ella M. Neighbours
Grace E
Henry Eaton
Lewistown
Chesapeake Conference Association of
Seventh Day Adventisst
Emile A. Huett
Carroll County
Thurmont Road
Emmitsburg
Controls Go Off Today As OPA Shifts Farm Prices
Washington reports OPA will release a new batch of price controls late today as the livestock sector begins moving from free prices to midnigh t ceilings. The Agriculture Department plans to announce its first list of agricultural commodities in short supply, with items not on the list decontrolled. Officials expect canned goods to be decontrolled and fats oils and sugar to appear on the scarcity list, while dairy products remain under the three member Price Control Board and not subjected to ceilings.
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Washington
OPA
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Three Man Price Decontrel Board
Chiang's Answer To Red Demands Awaited
Nanking reports await Chiang Kai-shek's reply as Jehol troops press Red strongholds and seize Lunghwa near Chengkh. General Marshall brings Chou En-Lai cease-fire demand to Kuling for the five member committee. Rumor mix cites veterans leave claims postmarked Sept 1, 1946. US to sell surplus property in Western Pacific and China to Chiang's government.
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Nanking
Jehol
Lunghwa
Chengkh
Marshall
Kuling
Chou En-Lai
Issung
Chon
U. S
J Leighton Stuart
Army Superfortress to begin 10,300 mile world hop
An Army B 29 Superfortress plans a nonstop 10,300 mile flight from Hawaii to Cairo. It left McClennan Field on a 2,490 mile hop to reach the Honolulu takeoff point.
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Sacramento
Calif
le Fep
Hawaii
Cairo
Egypt
McClennan Field
Honolulu
ISIMA DECISION GIVEN
Annapolis August 31 Lt William R Sima Sr USNA bandleader under suspension since February 12 was found not guilty by a court martial today on his specifications against him but no statement was made regarding 13 other officers or enlisted men involved in the case.
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Isima
Annapolis
William R. Sima, Sr
U. S. Naval Academy
Red Charges Before U N Are Pending
The United Nations Security Council debated Greek armistice and Greek plebiscite amid protests by Ukraine and Greece. Manuilsky alleged terror in the Greek vote while Gromyko pressed for troop base details, as meetings were banned in Greece on the eve of the plebiscite and royalist victory predicted.
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Manuusky
Alexander Cadogan
Eeleo N. van Kleffens
Netherlands
Alexandre Parodi
France
United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
Security Council
Greece
U. S
China
Iceland
Athens
George II
Britain
Moscow
Pepper Favors Big Three Talks To Ease Rooster Fighting
Washington reports Senator Pepper proposes a new Big Three meeting with President Truman Prime Minister Attlee and Premier Stalin to reset international relations and resolve major conflicts before minor points. He criticizes sparring on both sides and says Roosevelt’s death altered the world order while urging west coast Democrats to back the Roosevelt program.
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Washington
i-Senattor
Russia
Florida
Roosevelt
Washington strike ends as company and union settle over non-union labor
The PRA strike by Washington Marlboro and Annapolis Motor Lines concluded today after a settlement between the company and union officials over the use of non-union workers on a construction job.
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Washington
PRA
Washington, Marlboro and Annapolis Motor Lines
U.S. Moving Ships Cited by Soviet Paper
Belgrade dispatch says Yugoslav ships were towed away in Austria under Allied occupation. Tass reports 30 barges moved with further transfers on the Danube, seen as evidence of U.S. reluctance to return ships to Yugoslavia, with no legal basis claimed.
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London
Austria
United Nations
Belgrade
IOR Akiva
Danube
Ling
Yugoslavia
Tass
DeMalay Open Conclave Set for Labor Day Weekend
Frederick prepares for arrival of about 150 young men from across Maryland as the tenth Maryland State Conclave of DeMolay meets in Frederick over Labor Day weekend. Registration begins Sunday at the Key hotel, with events at Baker Park, Evangelical Lutheran church, and Masonic Temple, followed by a straw ride and a Friday night dance at Frederick High School.
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Frederick
Maryland
Order of DeMalay
Francis Scott Key
Band Shell
Baker Park
Envangelical Lutheran Church
Dre. W. V. Garrett
Masonic Temple
DeMolay Mothers Club
Braddork Heights
Frederick High School
Thomas Lescalleet
Enoch Royal Arch
de Molays
Robert C. Harrington
Advisory Council of
Guy K. Motter
Russell L. Michael
C. Cyril Klein
Lincoln D. Engelbrecht
James H. Falk
Alvin G Quinn
Lawrence E. Bentz
Clifford M. Kinger
L. L. Wilson
Williamsburg Battles Heavy Seas With President Aboard
President Truman on the yacht Williamsburg faced heavy seas during a vacation cruise to Hampton Roads Virginia. The accompanying Weiss rolled 25 degrees as squalls and strong winds whipped up conditions. At 7 a.m. the vessel was 320 miles from Norfolk.
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Truman
Hampton Roads
Williamsburg
A. S. S. Weiss
Norfolk
Sunshine Market Fire Destroys Alexandria Shop
In Alexandria Virginia on August 31 a major fire destroyed the Sunshine Market. Fire Chief James W. Duncan Jr. said damage reached about 20000 dollars. Fireman Vernor Welker aged 21 was overcome by smoke and Thomas Cockrell the fire marshal sustained a hand cut while fighting the flames.
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Alexandria. Va
Sunshine Market
James W. Duncan, Jr
Vernor Welker
Thomas Cockrell
Bilbo to undergo operation for mouth inflammation
Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi, famed for fiery white supremacist rhetoric, is to be operated on in New Orleans for mouth inflammation. The 68 year old, appearing in red pajamas, told reporters he expects to leave Touro Infirmary within five days and feels better than in 15 or 20 years.
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New Orleans
Sen Theodore
Bilbo
Senate
Mississippi
Touro
Germans Held As Spies Are Released in Germany
Frankfurt dispatch reports that all but one of 15 Germans arrested on suspicions of Soviet sponsored espionage in the American occupation zone have been released. Walter Kazmarek, alleged leader of the Free Germany group, remains in custody while charges and timing of releases are not disclosed. U.S. Army officials say the operation lasted five months and focused on possible espionage in the Stuttgart area.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Col
C. F. Fritsche
U. 5
Taventehief
Europe
Jar
Fritsche
Walter Kazmarek
Ruspeste Apengnitts
Free Germany
Kazmarek
U.S. Army
Stuttgart
Russia
Tast
Juan Sédile
Cunter
Army Headquarters
Jhhat
Moscow
No Change In Rent Ceilings Announced By OPA
Washington reports no increase or removal of rent ceilings after a week of price moves. Paul Porter stated the OPA will keep ceilings steady, claiming landlords are better off since the war began and that vacancies are down while efforts to repair and redecorate continue.
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Washington
OPA
Paul Porter
Juile
Too Much Influence Charged To British
Washington August 31 Rep Sabath protested to the State Department that officials support British foreign policy to the detriment of U S relations He said the policy aids and abets Great Britain in expanding its colonial empire and new zones of influence Apple growers to meet in Winchester with the British Food Mission to survey United Kingdom apple purchases A Labor Day reminder from the Maryland Traffic Safety Commission: Death taken no holiday but it takes a lot of holiday drivers.
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Lake Success
Ukraine
United Nations Security Council
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Council
Dmitri Manuilsky
Paris
Vassili Dendramis
Grsele
Manuilsky
New York City
Greece
Security Council
Washington
Sabath
D-Ill
Fale
Dean Acheson
House
Winchester
PRA
Appalachian
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
United Kingdom
Baltimore
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
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Thomas J. Healy
AFL Freight Drivers and Helpers Union Local No. 5
UU. 5
Marie
Margaret Sullivan
Pittsburgh
Blessed Sacrament Convent
Corwall Heights
Philadelphia
Herman
Chiang
Red
Samuel J. Weston
Shanghai
Fia China
Western Pacific
U.N
Pepper
U.S
DeMalay
Sunshine
Alexandria
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