36 Guilty Nazis Doomed To Hang
The court sentenced 36 Nazis to death including SS Officer Martin Weiss, commandant of the camp, after brutalities and executions of Russian officers. Among the condemned were Leop ard Richberger and Sylvester Filleboeck, with others like Johann Kick cited for torture during interrogation. Several condemned were former Dachau prisoners accused of brutalities in labor camps. Weiss and U.S. officers watched as attorneys and witnesses presented case details.
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Martin Weiss
Schilling
Leopard Richberger
Sylvester Filleboeck
S.S
Johann Kick
Franz Boettger
Dachau
U.S
Emil Wabi
Christof Knoll
Fritz Becher
Weiss
U. S. Army
Douglas Bates
Centreville
Tenn
Real Estate Man Proposes Barracks Use For Housing
A Hagerstown real estate operator suggests moving abandoned army barracks to alleviate housing shortages for returning veterans. He cites Camp Ritchie Letterkenny depot Chambersburg and Camp Detrick Frederick as possible sources for housing units. The notice also reports the discharge of Robert V Brown aviation machinist mate 3/c from the Navy in Jacksonville Florida.
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Hagerstown
Camp Ritchie
Letterkenny
Chambersburg
Camp Detrick
Frederick
Robert V. Brown
Maryland Avenue
Navy
U. S. Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Florida
Pope Appeals For Christian Reunion
Pope Pius XII urged Christians worldwide to seek reunion with Peter and his successors in a letter to the Archbishop of Trent marking the 400th anniversary of the Council of Trent. He called the schism of four centuries ago a tragic breach and prayed for unity under one flock and one shepherd.
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Rome
Pius XII
Peter
Trent
Rancher Fights Wolf With Axe in Alaska Trapping Scene
Berit Atkinson, a rancher in Ketchikan, Alaska, described facing a crouching wolf while setting a trap. He raised his axe and struck the animal, knocking it out with the first blow and delivering two or three more blows to ensure it stayed down.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Berit Atkinson
Atkinson
Potomac Edison strike halts Cumberland bus service
Cumberland also sees a work stoppage as Potomac Edison bus drivers and mechanics press for 1.10 to 1.16 per hour and holiday pay. Local 1110 leader James Morrison calls it a continuous union negotiation while Edison officials label it a strike in breach of contract.
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Edison Transportation System
Cumberland
Potomac Edison
MacDonald
Potomac Ediscau
Hagerstown
Henry W. Price
Morrison
Hunt Leads to Death Pattern
Portland pensioner Mrs. Isabel Van Natta, of San Francisco, died in Dallas and was cremated as Mrs. Alice W. Carpenter after Dr W E Haley identified a man named Cline as who accompanied her. The probe links possible victims Mrs. Krebs and Mrs. Sally W. Carpenter of Bloomington with other deaths and a hotel case in Jacksonville, while Oakland widow Elizabeth Hunt Lewis vanishes en route to Florida with Cline.
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Portland
Krebs
Isabel van Natta
San Francisco
Cline
Oregon
Dallas
W. E. Haley
Alice W. Carpenter
Will Fritz
Haley
Sally W. Carpenter
Bloomington
Ind
Geo. J. Carpenter
Tampa
Fla
Carpenter
Chicago
Klein
Brown
Elizabeth Hunt Lewis
Oakland
Calif
Lewis
Florida
Byrnes Arrives in Paris Ahead of Moscow Talks
Paris dispatch says Secretary of State Byrnes has landed at Orly Field en route to the Moscow conference. French officials declined comment and offered no knowledge of Byrnes' schedule while in the capital.
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Paris
Byrnes
Orly Field
Joblessness Figures Spark Inflation Warning
The Census Bureau and other agencies see a higher jobless pool than current headlines show, with 1.58 million unemployed in November per census and up to 3.5 million potential job seekers when veterans and resting civilian workers are counted. Bowles warns rising unemployment adds inflationary pressure and complicates ending price controls. The War Manpower Commission had estimated 6 million unemployed post VJ day.
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Reau
Chester Bowles
Bowles
War Manpower Commission
Ex-Mate Of Actress Dies Of Poison Dose
CHICAGO, Dec. 13. A coroner's jury was summoned for an inquest into the death of Chester Moorhead, 42, a former advertising copywriter and first husband of Constance Bennett. He reportedly swallowed a fatal dose of poison in a North Side hotel room. Miss Ria Rich, Moorhead's divorced wife, recalls their 1921 marriage to Miss Bennett at age 17 and her age 11. the union was annulled in 1923.
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Chicago
Chester Moorhead
James Fleming
Constance Bennett
Fleming
Moorhead
North Side
Ria Rich
Miss Bennett
Soviet People Pleased With Foreign Ministers Conference
Moscow reports a favorable mood among Soviet citizens toward the upcoming foreign ministers conference. Preparations proceed for the arrival of U S Secretary of State James F Byrnes as officials quoted an informed source today.
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Eople
Moscow
Soviet Union
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Claim Delays At Local USES
A local USES wartime job and compensation office shows five interviewers handling about half the current reception contacts. Applicants rose from 1600 last November to 2800 this November, while veterans receive only one representative though most applicants are veterans. Manager D Paul Shilling cites difficulty in obtaining trained personnel as the explanation.
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Washington County
U. S. Employment Service
D. Paul Shilling
Robber Returns 10 Cents After Robbery In Baltimore
Samuel Wolkovsky thanked the thief who stole his cash then gave back 10 cents and told him to go home. The armed bandit took $2.75, leaving the victim with only a dime. Police report details of the street incident in Baltimore on December 13.
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Baltimore
Samuel Wolkovsky
Unidentified Soldier Dies In Aberdeen Fire
In Aberdeen Maryland the body of an unidentified soldier was found among the ruins of the Tropical theater at Aberdeen Proving Ground badly damaged by a fire reported at 12 12 am The theater used for training had not operated since December 8 Officials cited wind and low humidity aiding the blaze Five pumper engines and an emergency truck responded The 124 foot wooden building seated 1000 and dated 1943 with a cost of 36000
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Aberdeen
Aberdeen Praying Ground
Navy backs unified defense plan amid vague merger proposal
Cincinnati dispatch reports H. Struve Hensel, assistant Secretary of the Navy, asserting Navy support for unified defense forces but deeming the War Department’s merger plan shadowy and vague. He told the Cincinnati Rotary Club that Army officers are told not to discuss details while dozens of methods could achieve unity of effort.
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Cincinnati
H. Struve Hensel
Navy
War Department
Police seek parallel to Johnny Green in cat rescue incident
Moline police investigated a quirky incident after a kitten was dumped into a downtown mailbox. A mailman found no postage and handed the cat to officers who received thanks. The case recalled the late Johnny Green and involved cooperation with postal authorities.
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Moline
Johnny Green
Feling
Big John Stout
Air Corps supply city near Munich links troops and POWs
Depot twenty miles east of the Dachau prison becomes a vast Air Corps hub as thousands of American soldiers and German POWs help finalize a major supply center. Mentions Sgt Manspeaker and Pfc Richard Lee Thomas, with a reenlistment and medical aid man roles, plus Lt Col Alfred Beard awaiting civilian dental duties.
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Dachau
Munich
Pase
Air Corps
Sgt
Manspeaker
Marshall, Manspeaker
Englewood Road
Richard Lee Thomas
Norman Thomas
Boonsboro
Pfc
Thomas
100Th Infantry Division
Pic
First Armored Division
Germany
Christmas Tree To Be Lighted Friday In Public Square
M. E. Miller, superintendent of Light plant distribution, announced last night that barring unforeseen circumstances the Christmas lights in Public Square will be illuminated beginning Friday night. The tree, erected yesterday for the first time since 1942, will display over 1,000 colored bulbs and another thousand in holly ropes. Miller said Washington Square’s tree would be lit early next week.
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M. E. Miller
Public Square
Maryland Truckers Escape Tax Now
Governor O Conor said an agreement with Virginia on their gross receipts tax for interstate trucking defers the two percent levy until January and delays Maryland operators reporting until April 1, 1946, easing a tense tax issue. Virginia officials will urge Virginia’s governor to delay the tax and avoid immediate impact on Maryland truckers.
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Annapolis
O’conor
Virginia
Washington
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Maryland
O'Conor
Letters at This Address for Ships Co Camp Peary Va
A fragment notes correspondence to Ships Co at Camp Peary Virginia with a postal address line indicating 871 N. T. D. C. and Bks 117. The snippet suggests an organizational mail directive or delivery instruction tied to the site near Camp Peary.
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Ships Co
Bks
Camp Peary
MacArthur Orders Broad Japanese Relief Plan
MacArthur directs Japan to begin a wide relief program for the unemployed this winter covering food clothing medical care housing financial aid and welfare services. Allied authorities will approve details and oversee non discrimination in food distribution while Diet reform moves toward expanding the electorate by granting women suffrage and lowering voting age to 20.
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Toko
House of Peers
Diet
MacArthur
Allied
Hundred Die When Chinese Freighter Sinks At Yangtze Mouth
A small freighter carrying 200 Chinese struck a mine at the Yangtze river mouth and sank within five minutes with more than 100 lives lost. Ninety survivors were rescued before dawn, five of whom died. The 1,050-ton vessel was bound from Foochow to Shanghai with a barge of wood and sugar.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Foochow
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