Rudolf Hess Declared Sane and Donovan Withdraws
A wartime tribunal at Nuremberg records two key developments. Rudolf Hess is officially declared sane by a four power medical commission, while Maj. Gen. William Donovan withdraws from the U S jurists on the prosecution staff citing dissatisfaction with trial method and promising a report to President Truman. The Hess assertion and Donovan’s action intertwine amid defense and espionage twists.
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Oestreicher
Feralgn Fillier
Nuaraberg
Rudolf Hess
Beerhall
Donovan
Sue
Jackson
Chinese Lose Vital Center in Manchuria Campaign
Chinese government reports the loss of the Felsing province highway center to besieging Communist forces after a three month siege. A Chungking Daily News dispatch claimed government troops began landing at Hulutao port, recently captured from Communists, to aid a Nationalist push toward Changchun.
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Chuongking
Haperdune
Hopel
Felslnng
Chungking
Hulutao
United States
Huutao
Changchun
Huwehang
Tsuchow
Pieping-Hankow
World Daily News
Mukden
Manchuria
Priutid
Hotch Points
Poe
American military leaders in Chungking confer with Chiang Kai-Shek
Americas leading military and naval officers arrived in Chungking and began consultations with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and General Wedemeyer. Vice Admiral Barbey and U S Seventh Fleet head joined the discussions amid a shakeup in American envoys to the capital.
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Ghungkink
INS
America
Asia
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wedemeyer
U.S. Forera
Ghita
Changking
Rebels March On Tehran in Northern Push
TEHRAN Nov 26 The Iranian government ordered defense of the capital as insurgent forces reportedly move from the north. Observers questioned whether Azeri troops could keep advancing toward Tehran amid Iranian troop positions and flanks at Shariabad near Kezvin.
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Tehran
Irarlin
Areca
Azerbaijan
Shariabad
Kezvln
Java Official Asks Peace Amid Java Tensions
Batavia dispatch reports Western Java governor urged Britain to halt military action at Bandung. British patrols ordered to disperse Indonesians gathered in the city while a fixed dead line threatened shooting for those North of the east west rail line. Governor said he could not assent. Premier Sutan Sjabir planned interior talks with cabinet amid trouble spots incl Bandung.
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Batavia
Java
Bandorng
Ling
Moon
Diotto
Bendoeng
Sutan Sjabvir
Jove
Bandoeng
Destruction Of Codes Told At Senate Hearing
Former Ambassador Grew testified that some embassy codes in Tokyo were destroyed before the December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor attack and others were destroyed after the outbreak of war. He said some codes survived until the last moment. The testimony also touched on committee moves regarding General Marshall and access to Grew's diary. Secretary Hull was excused due to weather.
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Washington
Grew
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Gener Marshall
Ching
Truman
Specielat Enger
Brewster
R-Me
Senator Ferguson
R-Mich
Halsey Named For Promotion
WASHINGTON November 26 President Truman today announced Admiral William F Halsey Jr for promotion to admiral of the fleet He recently relinquished command of the Third Fleet and said he intended to retire He reported to the navy department for temporary duty pending retirement.
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Wassington
Truman Torlay
William #. Halsey Jr
Galsey
Third Fleet
Halsey
Navy Department
Two Top Nazis Trialed as Austria Plotters Revealed
Franz Von Papen and Arthur Seyss Inquart, top Nazi figures, faced an International tribunal as prosecutors traced their roles in the 1930s Austrian crisis. Affidavits from deposed chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg and correspondence among Nazi leaders were offered to show plots against Austria and the 1934 Dollfuss murder. London papers reported a Legion of Christian Reformers linked to Hitler praise, with collectors bidding on a granite bust of Hitler at the former German embassy sale.
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Seyss-Inquart
Schuhehnigg
U. S
Sidney S. Alderman
Quisling
Englebert Dollfuss
London
Lagitn
Hitler
Germany
R. Gordon-Canning
British Union of Fascists
Gordon-Canning
Alan
Vrgan
Ls. Batteraby
Legion of Christian Reformers
Kingdon House
Greystone
Battersby
Kingdom House
Legion
Nan
GT. R. Merriman
Merriman
Churchill Wars On Socialists Declares War On Socialists
London November 20 Churchill virtually declares war on British socialists warning that socialist theories can destroy Britain more surely than U boats or any warfare. He condemns Bevin Bevan Cripps as he attacks Annie Cripps and calls for strength through victory in a conference of the Conservative central council.
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Ins— Winster
Churchin
Faintain
Central Council
Bevin
Churchill
Annies
Bevan
Air Stafford Cripps
Cripps
Boarh of
Rade
Prime Binister
Attlee
Armey
Quake Shakes Indian Ocean Region Hits Mumbai Suburbs
A severe earthquake described as a tidal wave caused widespread tremors across the Indian Ocean region. In Bombay suburbs Juhu and Versova fishermen were swept to sea, and three women were recovered dead as aftershocks continued for hours.
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Bommay
India
Gulf
Oman
Sullets
Adal
Bombay
Juhu
Versova Widh
Judge Denies Plea For $1000 Alimony
In the Thirty-seventh District Court Judge Terrell refused Dorothy Dodge Martinez’s demand for alimony of 1000 dollars a month from Dr. J. J. Marine. He would allow only 150 dollars, the highest set in recent years, as alimony. The case continued, with Dr. Marine reporting annual gross income of 23,002.51 and net income of 8,656.41. Martinez filed for divorce and her husband countered with a cross action.
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Tidge
Robert W. B. Terre
Thirty-seventh District
Dorothy Dodge Martinez
Terrell Sal
Martine
Moore
Martinez
Salt
Waste Charged Army BYDNEY Describes Pacific Dumping
Australian correspondent reports American abandonment of Pacific islands leads to mass destruction of gear. Hellcat fighters, jeeps, radios, and clothing dumped or burned at sea. ships burned in ports. food and photographic equipment abandoned. beer caused unrest among locals.
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Auntyallana
Ara
Nadea
Saigon
Wainwright Day Set By Governor
Governor designated December 25 as Wainwright Day to honor General Jonathan M. Wainwright with ceremonies across the state. General Wainwright will visit Fort Worth on December 17, where Governor Stevenson was invited to attend the event.
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Austin
Blevyonsaw
DeathVerdict: Suicide By Poison And Leap From Bridge
A coroner’s verdict of suicide was returned in the case of 4 G Boughton, about 65, of 295 Rusk Street, who drank poison and leaped from a bridge on Mary Street near North. A $100 check to the City of San Antonio was found in his pocket. Justice of the Peace B B Brotheroute oversaw the proceeding. Lester L Lasnter, 615 Refugio Street, witnessed the leap from the sixth floor of a nearby building and alerted police.
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Rusk Street
Mary's Street
Warro
San Antonio
Justice of the Peace
B. B. Brotheroute
Lester L Lasnter
Refugio Straet
Surance
Poller
Occupation Probe Asked on German Military Governance
In Washington on November 28 the White House released a recommendation from Byza nce for reexamining the entire basic structure of military government in Germany, including the Potsdam declaration. The former censorship director who studied conditions in Germany urged reciting whether to permit starvation and related epidemics and disorder in the American zone or ship food to prevent it, while President Truman called the report worthy of serious consideration.
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Washington
White House
Byzance
Germany
Potsdam
Truman
Price
Truman Says Trip To Waco Still Off
The White House reported that President Truman’s visit to Baylor University in Waco to receive an honorary degree was cancelled, with officials indicating the trip would be postponed and not undertaken as planned. The terse White House statement offered no new dates for rescheduled travel.
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Truman
Waco
Washington
White House
Tony
Tyuman
Baylor
Army Doctors Called Idle in Europe After V-E Day
Paris dispatch reports a letter to the army newspaper Stars and Stripes signed by American medical officers charging that thousands of doctors have been idle in Europe since V-E Day. The letter cites widespread delays and shortages affecting medical care for troops.
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Paris
INSI
Army
Stars
Atripea
Medilcal
Eurrope
Fffteers
Walts
Weather forecast summary for midweek period
Forecast indicates generally fair weather midweek. Wednesday high around 80 degrees with moderate conditions, Thursday cooler with a high near 48, then back to about 80 for the following day. Additional weather details appear on page A.
Hurley Repeats Duplicity Charge After Resignation
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, resigning as ambassador to China, repeats charges that U.S. policy aids communism and imperialism. He claims the government’s foreign policy pit in fighting China’s civil strife and recounts meetings with Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong while alleging Soviet support for China’s communists. He asserts British and Dutch leaders warned against unifying anti-Japanese forces in China.
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INS
Patrick J. Hurley
China
American Foreign Service
Alfigers
America
Hurley
Ih ‘Araddrese ‘Beers
United States
Sself
Roosevelt
Wsmth
Hesige
Chiang Kai-shek
Mag
Tz-Tung
Soviet Union
Russia
Ytuasta
Chita
Ohiang Kai-Shek
Byrnes names two diplomats blamed by Hurley in China policy
Secretary Byrnes disclosed that two foreign service officers George Atcheson and John Service are accused by Maj. Gen. Hurley of opposing American policy in China. Service was exonerated on charges of improper use of secret State Department files. The remarks came at a press conference as Congress prepared for a possible inquiry into U.S. diplomacy and Hurley’s sudden resignation from his post in China.
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Washing
INS
Byrnes
Foreign Service
Patrick U. Hurley
China
George Atcheson
John Service
General Macarthur
Japan
Atcheson
Service
Hurley
Chungsing
State Department
Capitol Hum
Wherry
Nebraska
Japan Premier Faces Questioning Over War Policy
In Tokyo a jarring session saw Premier Shidehara dodging questions about wartime policy as opposition figures including Kao Brite and Toja pressed him. They accused leaders of planning dissolution and responsibility for the China incident lingered in debate while Tojo’s fate and Konoye’s status remained unclear.
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Fokyo
Shidehara Woo
J’ Kao Brite
Progressive Party l
Representatves
Shidehara
Toja
Prince Kanaye
Balto
Wna
Saito
Yajo
Honeye
China
Tojo
Konoye
Fair Weather To Continue Predicts Gentle Warmup
Parecister y. H. Jarkoe predicts generally fair weather with slowly rising temperatures. He notes that the current conditions are nominal for this time of year and expects little change in the near term.
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Parecister
Y. H. Jarkoe
Jarkoe
Jap Trial Staff Prepares Data in War Crimes Case
SRANGHAT November 22 A staff of about 20 officers is preparing for proceedings by mid December against alleged war criminals in custody from Shangteal. Col Edward H Young USA Judge Advocate said the 50 included Ben Chisholm of Belthmore Maryland accused of propagandizing for the Japs during the occupation. An American citizen may be returned to the United States for trial. Thirty five Japanese are charged with torturing and cremating three U.S. flyers at Bankow last December.
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Sranghat
Edward H. Young
Washingston
D. C
Ben Chishol
Belthmore
Shangteal
United States
U. S
Bankow
Marshall Briefed On New China Job
General Marshall met with President Truman at the White House to discuss a China post. Plans called for a special ambassador to China to be assigned, with Marshall leaving for Chungking to assume duties after a formal conference with Byrnes.
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Marshall
New China
Washington
Truman
Aim
White House
China
Chungking
Patrick J. Hutley Spree
Fort Worth Praises Hurley Endorses Chennault Support
Fort Worth reports praise for Patrick J. Hurley amid U.S. foreign policy views in the Far East. Maj. Gen. Clare Chennault, former Flying Tigers commander, receives endorsement and expresses gratitude for Hurley’s leadership. Chennault departs for Dallas to continue a speaking tour he says aims to tell the public the truth about Chiang Kai-shek.
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Fort Worth
Patrick J. Hurley
United States
Far East
Clare GC. Chennault
Flying Tigers
Mth Air Force
China
Dallas
Ching’ Chennnwet
Hurley
Genief
China Fight Seen As Grave by Marine Leader
Maj. Gen. Keller Rockey, commander of U S Marines in north China, warned the situation is grave as Communists attack lines along the Pinghu and Chinwangtao area. He said U S Marines cannot withdraw until Japanese disarmament is completed and pledged to protect American lives and property with the available force of about 50,000 Marines in the region.
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Chungking
Keller Rockey
United States
China
Shanchai Central News
Rockey
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D.-Mich
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D.-Ark
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