War Crimes Jap Given Life Sentence In Yokohama Court
A life sentence with hard labor was given to Tatsuo Usuchiya, a prison camp guard, for torturing and killing POW Robert Gordon Teas. Lieut Ken Yuri is to stand trial for directing guards in bayonet attacks on an imprisoned American soldier. defense counsel Jiro Watanabe praised the verdict as fair, saying tears came to his eyes.
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Truman Plans Plea to Nation in Washington Roundup
President Truman prepares a nationwide radio address likely in early January to outline his agenda for turning wartime policy toward peacetime needs. He may seek congressional authority for price controls, labor dispute measures, and a unified command merger plan while facing hearings and political pressure from OPA and defense groups.
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Manila Court Sentences Castillo for Mass Execution Scheme
In Manila on December 27 14s Clark Cast illo was sentenced today by a local court for leading a mass execution plan. The defendant claimed safe conduct from Japanese forces and lured villagers of Lin band la to gather, resulting in deaths of nearly all except Makapili members.
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German Generals Face War Crimes Trial in Bryansk
In Bryansk, two former Wehrmacht generals Lieut Gen Frederick Gustaf Herngardt and Maj Gen Adolf Hamann along with two soldiers were charged by Russian authorities for mass murder and torture of Russian non combatants. The case hinges on their wartime actions under their command.
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Funeral Planned For Mrs Bee 76
Funeral services for Mrs Zella De Hymel Beg 76 will be held at 4 pm Friday at her home 417 Prschal Street San Antonio. A Louisiana native she lived in San Antonio 60 years. Survivors include son Bernard E Hee Washington DC daughter Mrs L D Wilson San Antonio and four grandchildren.
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400000 Homes for Vets 1946 Priority in GI Bill Housing
Washington estimates 400000 new homes may be rented or bought by veterans in 1946 under the GI bill. The National Association of Real Estate Boards cites construction material availability and a $20,000 home value limit with priority during the first 90 days after completion. With a $4002 government guarantee and 25 year amortization, financing groups could handle purchases under $10000 without down payment.
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Returnees: 1500 Yanks to Land in U S Consisted From Precy Mispatches
Fifteen thousand more service men will set foot on their homeland again aboard 99 troop ships due in three West coast ports. In Shanghai morale of Homesick marines was described as cracking up as they feel pawns in a political chess game. The China theater edition notes incidents, nightlong jags, and wrecking as signs of strain among crews. Manila depot commander Col J C Campbell says three ships returnees will be shipped home by December 31 with 10 ships allocated to Manila area for 21,300 men.
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Navy and Army Set Pearl Harbor Rotation Plan Deployed
Navy officials say wartime rotation policy will not delay releases, with personnel meeting discharge points being sent home regardless of overseas length. Patterson states Japs moved from the Philippines to home bases in unfit ships, while Favifie troops with zero discharge points return by January end and European troops by February except occupation or duties related to disposing of planes. Thirty Americans injured aboard the French liner Athos I as it hulls in mid Atlantic, carrying 3000 service members to New York. Army says most arriving from Europe will pass through New York. Boston stops as a troop reception port this week and Hamp ton Roads ends aid in January.
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Packaged Homes Plan For Easy to Assemble Units
Jacques Willis of Chicago announced a plan for portable packaged houses, selling about 3500 each. Homes feature built in plumbing heating and kitchen facilities with living room dining room and bath on the first floor and two bedrooms on the second. Also mentions a catfish whiskers as a sensory organ for feeling through muddy water.
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Two Year Plasma Supply Released by Red Cross
Washington December 27 with the army and navy declaring a surplus of 1 250 900 units the Red Cross announces distribution of a two year supply of blood plasma to be provided free of charge across the country plans call for every acceptable hospital in every community to have plasma on hand emergency use allowed small personal stocks may be kept the report ends with a proverb about a cockroach shunning the light and fleeing darkness.
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