Tojo and wartime leaders condemned by Tokyo court
The War Crimes Court and International Tribunal sentenced Hideki Tojo and 24 co-defendants for WWII actions. Sentences ranged from death by hanging to life imprisonment, with names including Araki, Doihara, Imam, and Koiso among others. The proceedings concluded as SOS signals noted the wartime radio distress code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
War Crimes Court
Japan
International Tribunal
Pearl Harbor
Willam Webb
Australia
Sadzo Araki
Jenji Doihara
Mukden
Kingoro Hashimoto
Panay
Shunroku
China
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Aoki Hirota
Naoki Hoshino
Tojo
Seishiro Itagaki
Rwangtang Army
Kochi Kido
Privy Seal
Hekaro Kimura
Kwangtung Army
Kiniaki Koiso
Dark Chapter Revealed by Tokyo Trials
AP dispatch details the Tokyo war crimes tribunal verdicts naming Hidex Tojo and two others for mass atrocity deaths, with estimates reaching one million. The 136 page judgment brands Japanese leaders and military forces as directly responsible, citing cannibalism and systematic brutality as policy.
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Tokyo
PLA
International War Crimes Tribunal
Hidex
Tojo
William Webb
Seichiro Hagaki
Japan
Webb
Court condemns Japanese in war crimes verdict
The tribunal chronicles vast abuses from 1931 to 1945. It cites mass killings, rapes, and prisoner deaths in camps from the Pacific theater to Burma Siam rail line and Nanking. It names Camp O’Donnell and the Burma Siam railway among the sites of atrocity and condemns high ranking officials. It also records the Calvary Methodist Circle meeting with Mrs Lipps hosting and nineteen members present.
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Pacific Theater
United States
United Kingdom
Bataan
Hong Kong
Burma-Siam
Nanking
Bridge House
Shanghai
Manila
Keranon
Camp O'Donnell
Luzon
Bland
Way Cleared For Vets' Lawsuits
The Maryland Court of Appeals cleared the path for veterans housing lawsuits against Edison Realty Co and Laurel Realty Co. The Baltimore Circuit Court will decide if court decrees forcing two builders to repair veterans homes require numerous orders. Plaintiffs Mr and Mrs Bauernschub and Mr and Mrs Himelfarb are involved after buying a $39,000 Edison home.
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Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Baltimore
Edison Realty Company
Laurel Realty Company
Edison
Edward S. Delaplaine
Joseph Bauernschub
Harry Himelfarb
Home buyers complain of defects in Laurel purchase
The Bayernschubs bought an $8,500 Laurel home and report cracks in the ceiling and walls a belly in the floor a sloppy paint job and other defects. The Himelfarbs claim warped floors sagging ceilings cracked plaster shaky stairs and leaky plumbing.
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Laurel
Bayernschubs
Himelfarbs
Yellow Springs Homemakers Club Meets at Members Home
The Yellow Springs Homemakers Club met October 29 at Mrs Laird Harmony’s home with ten members and two visitors. Scripture read by Mrs Nelson Tucker followed by prayer. Secretary’s report and a book report by Mrs Harold Staley and Mrs Alan Long. Contributions to the Home for the Aged. A secret pal plan for next year was agreed. Demonstration Color in the Home by Miss Lou Davis. Next meeting at Mrs Paul Wulard’s November 23 at 730 pm. Refreshments by hostess.
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Yellow Springs
Laird Harmony
Nelson Tucker
Harold Staley
Alan Long
Lou Davis
Paul Wulard
Prisoner Fraley Walked Off Frederick Jail Then Captured
Ray Irvin Fraley, 22, Thurmont, had been serving a 2 1/2 day sentence for malicious destruction. He changed clothes in a lavatory, walked away around 2 PM from the Frederick jail where he was a trusty, and was recaptured by local police at a bowling alley about an hour later. He was returned to custody without resistance and the state's attorney planned to decide on further action.
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Frederick Jar
Ray Irvin Fraley
Thurmont
Fraley
William J. Stoner
Reno
R. Paul Buhrman
Edwin BR. Nikirk
Fraley and companions fined for jail break link
Fraley and two companions were fined 25 dollars each after being implicated in removing farm machinery from a Thurmont dealer’s yard last week. A requisition for the return of Ralph Rockwell to Frederick county faces extr adi tion proceedings in Harrisburg as Governor Duff sets a hearing date. Rockwell is wanted for receipt of 2731.47 dollars from Middletown Savings Bank per State's Attorney Nikirk. Tea and butter rationing continues through 1949 in Australia.
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Fraley
Thurmont
A&a
Ralph Rockwell
Mercersburg
Frederick County
James Duff
Pennsylvania
William Preston Lane, Jr
Rockwell
Harrisburg
Duff
Middletown Savings Bank
Edwin F Nikirk
Fugitive Loritz Arrest Reported in Munich
German police said Alfred Loritz, a notorious postwar political figure, was captured in Munich after more than a year on the run for black market offenses. He escaped custody on October 4, 1937, while awaiting trial and had taunted authorities from hiding.
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Munich
Germany
Alfred Loritz
Loritz
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Iwame Matsui
Jiro Minami
Akira Muto
Philippines
Takasumi Oka
Nav Bureau
Hiroshi Oshima
Kenise Sato
War Ministry
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Adm
Shigetaro Shimada
Navy
Teichi Suzuki
Lfe
Shigenori Togo
Life
Yoshijiro Umezu
Kwanstung
Toshie Shiratori
Italy
Okinori Kawa
Pearl Arbor
MES. Poole Frederick Beauty School
Rovers FE. Lee Hotel
South Market ST
Sadie Hawkins
Clark Sheetenheim
Orch
Woody Free
Memory Trio
Snally
AP Chitef
Bureau
Russell Brines
Solty
International
Sterling
Internavona
Siere
Mane
Landis Jewelry Store
Calvary Methodist Friendly Circle
Louise Lipps
Dill Avenue
Charlotte Loy
Margaret Wachter
Rebecca Pfeiffer
Mary Spurrier
Mary Sharpe
Minnie Earle Hargett
Mary Benson
KASCO
Paul Stull
Walkersville
Stull
Matchery
Harry Tinney
Hamilton Ave
Nicodemus Paint Store
N. Court St
Domestic Building Association
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
R. Ames Hendrickson
Robt. E. Delaplaine
Francis B. Sappington
Secy. & Treas
Warner L. Brittain
Raymond H Bussard
Lloyd C. Culler
J. Lewis Fleischman
C. Albert Gilson
Harry C. Schroeder
Philip Wertheimer
Ken Whitmore
Coats
New York
North Market Street
Glass & Mirror
Nue Park Ave
Mars
Baker's
West
Patrick St
October
Glamour
Jonathan Logan
Celanese rayon taffeta or_midiré
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