U S Rejects Move To Try Jap Emperor
Washington officials called Russia's proposal to prosecute Emperor Hirohito as a war criminal unthinkable and rejected it as propaganda. They noted that an international tribunal was not approved by wartime allies and that such a move could anger Japanese loyal to the emperor.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Hirohito
Japan
Russia
U. S
John Kee
West Virginia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Manchuria
Girl Slayer Of Father Takes Stand
In Bridgeport Connecticut on February 2, Carol Ann Paight took the witness stand in her mercy slaying trial to defend herself. She was overwhelmed with emotion and could not speak, prompting a court recess. Earlier a defense psychiatry expert testified under cross examination that Paight was sane when she shot her cancer doomed father.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Carol Ann Paight
Carol Ann
Clifford Moore
Lorin W. Willis
Weather Worsens as Ohio River Rises and Floods Spread
Overnight heavy rains and melting ice push the Ohio River toward the 57.5 foot forecast while flood levels near 52 feet loom. Evacuations continue in Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky as rivers swell and towns lose water service. Subzero cold grips the Northwest, fuel and food reach snowbound Dakotans, and weather relief nears in California and North Dakota. Four to six days of rain threaten more floods amid scattered flight disruptions and power shortages.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Arkansas
St. Francis River
Nashville
Columbia
Tenn
Cumberland
Duck Rivers
North Dakota
California
Dakotans
Montana
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Spokane
Wash
Pacific Northwest
New York City
LaGuardia Field
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Barbourville
Paintsville
Frankfort
West Virginia
Point Pleasant
Texas
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Dallas
Fort Worth
Paris
Greenville
Trinity River
Celeste
Muenster
Leonard
Ex-Buddy Cleared by Death of War Hero Confession Questioned
In New Windsor Maryland AP report a tavern operator Charles C. Lemmon disputes a Norfork Virginia veteran Andrew Lewis Blasko’s suicide confession claiming the statements are inconsistent with Blasko’s service and character. Fellow platoon member Carl Rackley corroborates Lemmon’s view saying Blasko never reported harm by Lemmon and that Lemmon was not captured after being wounded near Brest in 1944 during World War II.
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New Windsor
Charles C. Lemmon
Jack Lemons
Andrew Lewis Blasko
Blasko
Norfolk
Europe
Danville
John Tate
Danville Bee
Lemons
Lemmon
Carl R. Rackley
Atlanta
Rackley
Piedmont Hotel
Brest
France
Roer River
Germany
Gunman Frees Pal In Mental Hospital
In Waltham Massachusetts a young gunman entered Metropolitan State Hospital to free ex convict Atwood White 24 of Boston during tests for robbery conspiracy charges. He, with two accomplices, locked two attendants in an office and fled with White in a waiting car amid a five minute ruse at the hospital’s third floor ward.
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Waltham
Mass
Metropolitan State Hospital
Atwood White
Boston
White
Maurice Havey
Havey
Francis Gannon
Salvatore Lisacki
Gannon
Lisacki
Groundhog Day lore and Hopi weather prophets in old lore
The piece surveys Groundhog Day traditions brought by British and German immigrants and notes forecasts from a Slumbering Groundhog Lodge in Lancaster County. It also cites Hopi prophecies from Fred Wilson, mentioning Biqui the bird, Baqua the frog, and the rattlesnake as rain omens and wind predictors.
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Arizona
Lancaster County
Groundhog Lodge
Fred Wilson
Biqui
Baqua
Clouds But No Rain Forecast In State
Variable cloudiness covered the Valley and Arizona with no precipitation forecast by the Weather Bureau for the period. Temperatures held nearly steady, warming in northern areas. Flagstaff opened around sunrise near 20 degrees with a 2 degree low, Phoenix ranged 64 to 39 at the Weather Bureau and 64 to 36 at the Airport. Alhambra logged 31. Salt River Valley water storage rose to 239 acre feet for 24 hours.
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Arizona
United States Weather Bureau
Flagstaff
Phoenix
Weather Bureau
Airport Station
Alhambra
Salt River Valley
Locomotives Stalled In Drifts Hit Lethbridge Region
In Southern Alberta a southwest gale left at least three Canadian Pacific locomotives stalled in giant snowdrifts near Pincher-Lun Brecken and two snowplows trapped. Rail movement west of Lethbridge was completely tied up as crews worked to clear the drifts.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Canadian Pacific Railway
Pincher-Lundbreck
Here
Alberta
Glenn Oil officials face stockholder concerns at hearing
Officials testified Glenn Oil put 43560 of own money into the second test well while stockholders contributed 9560. Ironside questioned stockholder jeopardy, noting 4.50 cash per 1 from directors. Hearing continues in Sept 1948 amid prior mismanagement claims. After earlier proceedings, the commission cleared officials of wrongdoing. Biery, a director and former Pennsylvanian, is the only other officer named. A kitten at the Illinois Institute of Technology, though its spinal cord was severed, learned to walk and run.
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Glenn Oil
Ironside
Glenn Oil Company
Duhame and Dunbar
Paul H.biery
Biery
Illinois Institute of Technology
Car Collision Kills Six Men on Route 1
Six men died when a car full of college students crashed into another vehicle on United States Route 1 near Trenton New Jersey. Two student brothers perished and four of the five men in the other car were killed. The remaining occupants were badly injured.
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Trenton
N. J
Unsafe products cited in early 1900s drug crackdown
A government report details hazardous items sold before the 1906 Food and Drug Act including irritating deodorants, egg shampoos, mineral oil hair dressings, a no-bloat cattle mixture, fake medical devices, polluted baby foods, and a lethal rat poison 1080. It notes 33 dangerous drugs recalled that year, with deaths linked to salt substitutes and carbol ointment.
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Sue Agene Sauber
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E. van Buren
Fort Stone
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