Tiger of Malaya predicts he will hang as war criminal
Manila dispatch reports General Yamashita, dubbed the Tiger of Malaya, predicting execution as a war criminal after conversations with Allied officers at the Bilibid prison. He speculates he’ll be on the list and is shown dispatches about Tojo’s death and MacArthur’s war crimes roster.
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Malaya
Pat Robinson
Manila
Yamashita
Mip
New Bilibid
Kister
Tojo
MacArthur
Charles Rexroad
Rexroad
California
San Quentin
Pacific
Toja
Soldier Struck by Bus Injures Sgt Grice at Fort Sam Houston
Sgt. Philip Grice of Fort Sam Houston was hospitalized at Brooke General hospital after being struck by a bus Tuesday night in the 1900 block of South Flores street. Police identified driver Charles Le Welks of IM Pear walks as the operator involved.
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Philip Grice
Fort Sam Houston
Brooke General Hospital
South Flores Street
Charles le Welks
IM Pear
Biddle Named to Allied War Crimes Tribunal Post
President Truman appoints Francis Biddle former U S attorney general as American member of the Allied military tribunal to try Axis war criminals with Judge John J Parker of North Carolina as alternate.
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Washington
Truman
Francis Biddle
U. S
Allied Military Tribunal
John Jd. Parker
North Carolina
Snyder Rites Planned for Retired FBI Agent
Funeral services for Virgil L. Snyder 67 a retired FBI agent were scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at Porter Loring funeral home. Snyder resided at 32 Piedmont Avenue.
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Virgil L.snyder
FBI
Porter Loring
Snyder
Piedmont Avenue
Woman Traytor Denounced Four Executed in Prague Case
Ann Kubeilova a seamstress died in a related incident at Sudejovice after a peoples court convicted her of denunciations that led to the execution of four Czechs.
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Prague
Ann Kubeilova
Sudejovice
Trumanes Fly Home for Weekend Kansas City Independence
President Truman and Mrs. Truman will fly home by air for a weekend trip to Kansas City and Independence, Missouri. They will depart Washington National Airport at 12 30 p m C H T Friday and return late Sunday afternoon.
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Washington
Truman
Kansas City
Independence
Washington National Airport
Forecast Cool Weather With Sharp Temperature Drop
The forecast calls for fair and cool conditions as a strong cold front moves through. Weatherman J Henry Jarboe reports the morning low near 64, with a dramatic 35 degree fall from Wednesday’s 99 degree high by 6 p.m.
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Henry Jarboe
Singapore Surrender Halts All-Out Assault
The Japanese surrender stopped Admiral Mountbatten’s plan to retake Singapore and avenge past humiliations. Britain’s Southeast Asia command had aimed to reclaim Singapore since 1943, with amphibious plans and forces assembled from Rangoon to Penang, while internal mopups and POW rescues were prepared for after the surrender. The article notes ongoing patrols and potential parades of imperial power in the region.
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Singapore
Mountbatten
Orient
Southeast Asia Command
Quebec
Rangoon
Burma
Bombay
Penang Island
Malay
East Indies
Penang
Elephant Point
Rangoon River
Dangatore
Kway
Malaya
Indies
Diez Seis Celebration Opens for Latin American Day
San Antonio marks Diez y Seis de Septiembre with four day events for the city’s Latin American population. Carnivals run daily at San Pedro and Cassiano parks. A civic leaders gathering with Mexican dignitaries is set for the municipal auditorium. The finale includes a costume dance and Sunday banquet.
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San Antonio
San Pedro
Cassiano
Santiago Tafolla
Mexico
Berta Almaguer
Stars Plan Early Return From Army Service
Ronald Reagan and Robert H. Sterling, film actors just out of the army air forces, expect an early return to pictures. Reagan served as a captain and Sterling as a first lieutenant since 1942.
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Hollywood
INS
Ronald Reagan
Robert H. Sterling
Army Air Forces
Reagan
Sterling
Kenny Fund Leader Named For Texas Chapter
G. C. Francisco, a Houston business man and physician, has been named state leader for Texas in the second annual Sister Kenny Foundation fund appeal. The selection was made by national chairman Bing Crosby.
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G. C. Francisco Drs
Houston
Texas
Sister Kenny Foundation
Bing Crosby
Bradshaw Rites Set for 23-Year-Old War Vet
Funeral services for Vernon Lee Bradshaw, a discharged veteran, electrocuted Monday at Hormoyle depot, were set for 16 a.m. Thursday. Bradshaw, 23, of 114 Stafford Street, was a resident of the town.
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Vernon Lee Bradshaw
Hormoyle
Bradshaw
Stafford Street
Harlandale Bond Vote Voice From Mayor Mauermann
Mayor Mauermann spoke to about 60 people at a San Jose Harlandale school about the upcoming city bond vote on September 25. He said 98 percent would support postwar improvements. Six members of the South Side Improvement League central committee backed the bonds but said they could not speak for the group. Seventy thousand copies of a 16 page pamphlet detailing postwar improvements will be distributed this week.
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Harlandale
San Jose
Mauermann
Central Committee
South Side Improvement League
Ayor Nauermann
Gen Homma flees Tokyo to Sado Island with family
Household staff of Lieut Gen Kasahara Homma report that the commander of the troops that invaded the Philippines has escaped Tokyo and fled with his family to Sado Island.
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Kasahara Homma
Dap
Philippines
Sado Island
Navy plane crash near Miami leaves fourteen dead
A four-engine Privateer crashed near Miami Florida while being guided to a cleared runway by radio. Fourteen Navy men died in the accident and one crew member escaped by parachuting from the burning aircraft.
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Miami
Fla
Marines Cut Release Points in Personnel Policy Change
The Marine Corps lowered its point score for release to 70 points and authorized release of all Marines aged 35 and older, signaling a major overhaul of personnel policy and retirement criteria.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Taxidermist Charged Over Bear Head Sale
Nowotny of 331 Broadway faced charges in Justice Frank Vaughan's court for selling part of a protected wild animal. State game warden A. E. Hitzfelder said Nowotny sold a black bear head to C. R. Gameweil of Lubing for 20 dollars on September 5.
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Nowotny
Broadway
Frank Vaughan
A. E. Hitzfelder
C. R. Gameweil
Lubing
Tojo silent on Ikurusus charge amid war doubts
Japan's Pearl Harbor premier Hideki Tojo, healing from a bullet wound, faced American press in his first interview since the death attempt. Cabinet met to purge war guilt, while leaders acknowledged famine risks without atomic bombs. MacArthur list targets, including Masaharu Homma, prompted further arrests and cabinet scrutiny ahead of invasion preparations.
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Associated Press
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Saburo Kurusu
Kurusu
Washington
Fumimaro Konoye
Roosevelt
Konoye
Imperial House
Jojo
Navy
Shigetaro Shimada
MacArthur
Sugiyawa
Sugiyama
Tokyo
Masaharu Homma
Bataan Infamy
Black Dragon Society
Mondered
Higashi Kuni
Jachrthur
Walter Krieger
Sixth Army
Adm
Harry Hill
Fifth Amphibious Force
Sasebo
Kyushu
Second inmate dies violently at County Home
The County Home for Aged at Southton reported its second death in three days. George T. Crane, 76, died at Robert O. Green hospital after being found with a broken pelvis in the yard at 11:40 p.m. Wednesday. Attendants said a fall from a window caused the injuries. The prior death, on Tuesday, involved J. L. Wicks, 60, found in a bathroom with his throat slashed.
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Southton
George T. Crane
Robert 8. Green Hospital
J.l.wicks
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Snyder Rites
Traytor
Trumans Flying Home
Diez
Kenny Fund
Karl
Kermada
Rohania
Noravia
Tae
Reinhard
Gen. Homma
Imarines
Igen
Toyo
Ikurusu
County Home
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