Nazi leadership ran bloodbath across Europe, trial heard
Grim testimony from SS Maj. Dieter Wisliceny and Maj. Gen. Otto Ohlendorf before the international military tribunal described systematic murder of Jews and political officers. Wisliceny cited Eichmann and millions believed on his conscience. Ohlendorf said killing extended to Russia's conquered territories with gas vans used for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muernberg
Europe
International Military Tribunal
Dieter Wislency
Otto Ohlendorf
Heinrich Himmler
United States
John Harlan Amen
Wislency
Slovakia
Poland
Adolf Eichmann
Himmler
Jewish Problems Office
Eichmann
Fallow Ohlendorf
Russia
Ohlendorf
Truman Addresses Nation on Reconversion Fight
President Truman appealed to the American people and condemned Congress for delay on reconversion legislation. He warned time is running out and urged action to avoid long-term damage to the economy. In a half-hour radio address, he framed 1946 as the year of decision for full production and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Truman
Congress
Three Butte Men Return from Foreign Service in U S
Three Butte soldiers arrived in the United States this week after overseas service. Pfc Patrick J Greeley Lt Col Robert L Ashworth and Pfc Joseph A Ducept came ashore on the Queen Mary in New York. Other Montanans listed include Richard N Bartlett Great Falls and Sgt Joseph V Lopuch also returning aboard ships due Newport News January 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
United States
Associated Press
New York
Patrick J. Greeley
Robert L. Ashworth
Joseph A. Ducept
Great Falls
Elgin Victory
Newport News
Charles G. Hamma
Missoula
Arvet O. Asmus
Chateau
Gerald O. Agler
Baker
Charles A. Blakely
Lewistown
Howard E. Kauffman
Malta
Bryan E. Thompson
Hedgesville
S. S. Furbek
Frank C. Baker
Glacier Park
P. S. McGuire
Emmett J. Achim
Shelby
Walkerville Boy Appointed to Naval Academy
Washington January 3 Senator Wheeler announced Montanan military academy appointments. West Point Principals include William M. Lowney Great Falls and John M. Wallis Billings. Annapolis principal Thomas Marchioro Walkerville with alternates Bruce McCullough Billings Charles Bliss Worden and Russell Bowen Mosby. Additional West Point and Annapolis alternates listed for Great Falls Missoula Billings Forsyth Butte and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Wheeler
D-Mont
Harold James Higgins
Anaconda
Charles B. Knudson
Billings
Warren E. Kobelin
John M. Wallis
Malcolm D. Swan
Fromberg
Walter Reed Heald
Belfry
Eugene John Noonan
Wibaux
Annapolis
Thomas Marchioro
Walkerville
Bruce R. McCullough
Charles Henry Bliss
Worden
Russell Raymond Bowen
Mosby
Maurice J. Condit
Browning
William Warren McKenzie, Jr
Benton Eugene MclInty
Great Falls
Jack Quilico
Walkerville Youth Named Naval Academy Appointee
Thomas Marchioro of Walkerville is named by Senator B. K. Wheeler to an Annapolis Naval Academy appointment, as the son of Mr. and Mrs. America Marchioro. Continued on Page 3 Col. 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Marchioro
Walkerville
B. K. Wheeler
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
America Marchioro
Crippled St. Mary's Taken in Tow by Nashville
The crippled transport St. Mary's was towed 320 miles off San Francisco by the cruiser Nashville after burning bearings in a gale while returning 1,866 Army veterans from Okinawa. Tow attempts were thwarted by storms, but the vessel held about 5 knots and was expected to reach port Saturday afternoon.
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San Francisco
St. Mary's
Nashville
Navy
St. Mary’s
Okinawa
Selective Service Registers 50 Butte Men in December
Fifty Silver Bow county men registered for selective service in December, thirty two veterans among them. New registrants becoming eligible for induction exams at age eighteen include 21 names across three boards with addresses in Butte. Veterans listed include William Novack and Ralph Clark among others, with continued coverage on Page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Boards
Butte
Silver Bow County
Thomas A. le Prowse
Edward J. Ambrozio
Jefferson
Charles J. Case
Shields
Curtis E. Klevgaard
East First
Leroy Rodrigues
South Ohio
William J. Gibson
Empire
Thomas L. Massey
Oak
James H. Sterner
East Summitt
Timothy P. Downey
East Center
Russell K. Conway
North
Montana
Thomas P. Sheehan
West Boardman
John J. Hogan, Jr
Hornet
Dawayne B. Donegan
Caledonia
Harold J. Mahoney
North Montana
Donald D. MacPherson
West Steel
Ted E. Elliott
West Mercury
Richard Hanley
Julius W. Gehrmann
Pennsylvania Block
William F. Novack
Florence
Francis C. Johnson
Washoe
Raymond W. Garland
Madison
Leo R. Johnston
Evans
Harold R. Tauson
East Granite
Walter E. Regan
East Third
Ralph W. Clark
Harvard
Terald Hanekan
West Iron
Eugene R. Berry
Farragut
Howard K. Simonsen
East
British Circles Sent Peace Feelers to Nazis
Adolf Hitler’s secret papers reveal that important English circles sent a peace feeler to a Hess representative a month before Hess’s 1941 England flight. Dr Albrecht Haushofer, Hess’s adviser, documented using a Swiss Red Cross official as intermediary and named Britons said to be open to abridging the war. The 1,400-word report, found by Allied intelligence, cites early talks with prominent Britons and a September 1940 letter to the Duke of Hamilton seeking contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muernberg
Adolf Hitler
Rudolf Hess
Hess
England
Albrecht Haushofer
Obersalzberg
Hitler
International Red Cross
Haushofer
Duke of Hamilton
Chinese Communists Accept Marshal Mediation In Jehol Clash
Chinese Communists accepted Chiang Kai-shek’s plan to use Gen George C Marshall as mediator but accused him of launching a large scale invasion into Jehol province from Manchuria. They said government troops crossed into Jehol at two points along a 75 mile front, seizing Fusin and Chaoyang, while the government claimed its forces were simply taking over the area. A Communist spokesman claimed liberation of Fusin and Chaoyang from the Japanese and called the invasion unjustified, warning the Jehol situation had grown very serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
George C. Marshall
Jehol
Manchuria
Fusin
Chaoyang
Warlike Directions Issued by Stark at Direction of F. R.
Admiral Harold R. Stark testified before the Pearl Harbor inquiry that in October 1941 American warships in the Atlantic were ordered to destroy German and Italian forces and sometimes operated under British direction. He said he issued these orders under Roosevelt. He maintained Washington officials sought to avoid war with Japan and believed the capital did not know Japan would attack. The committee recesses to Jan. 15 and plans to hear Kimmel and Short next, the two Hawaii commanders relieved after Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Stark
Japan
Senate House Committee
Adm
Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Short
Army
Navy
Short and Kimmel
H. K. Hewitt
Purge Orders for Japan Leaders Move by MacArthur
General MacArthur ordered Japan to purge from public life those who led the country into war. He directed abolition of ultra nationalists and militarist groups, seizure of their property and records, and removal of officials deemed dangerous to democratic rights and occupation aims. The steps target parties or societies opposing occupation or promoting aggressive actions.
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Japan
Tokyo
MacArthur
Imperial
Great Japan Renovation Society
The
Greater East Association
Black Dragon Society
Genyosha Or
Dark Ocean Society
East Asia League
All-Japan Young Men's Club
Poison Traces Found in Ashes Linked to Cline Case
San Francisco reports toxicologist Joseph Swim found definite traces of arsenic and antimony in the ashes of a woman who died in Portland with Alfred L. Cline, a 56-year-old ex-convict tied to multiple deaths or disappearances. Police seek connections across several states as evidence mounts in ongoing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
Joseph Swim
Portland
Oregon
Alfred L. Cline
Delra Krebs Cline
Isabel van Natta
Cline
Dallas
Texas
Shooting Mishap at Camp Stoneman
Pittsburg Calif Jan 3 Camp Stoneman Army authorities report Pvt Hershal Hannah 19 of Vancouver Wash died from an accidental gun shot wound suffered at the camp Dec 30. Lt Dorothy Pryor said Hannah a military policeman was wounded in the spine by a bullet fired accidentally from the pistol of T Rayne Hendrickson 19 of Rock Lake North Dakota.
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Pittsburg
Calif
Stoneman
Hershal Hannah
Vancouver
Wash
Dorothy Pryor
Hannah
T . Rayne H. Hendrickson
Rock Lake
Truman signs medicine and surgery department bill
President Truman signed the bill creating a department of medicine and surgery in the veterans administration and urged Gen. Omar Bradley to recruit qualified veterans promptly. He emphasized preventing discrimination based on race or creed despite civil service opposition. The action came before the midnight deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
President Truman
Veterans’ Administration
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans Administrator
Bradley
Veterans Administration
Truman
Jury Deliberations End Without Verdict In Mansfeldt Case
In San Francisco on January 3, a 12 member jury comprising six men and six women remained sequestered at 10:25 p.m. after failing to reach a verdict on whether socialite Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt was legally insane at the time she killed Nurse Vada Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Annie Irene Mansfeldt
Vada Martin
Weekend Weather Outlook with Cloudy Skies
Partly cloudy to cloudy Friday then more overcast Friday night. Temperatures expected to stay around 35 with Thursday’s range 4 to 34 and highs between 35 and 45. Mostly cloudy Friday with scattered showers in the far south and snow flurries in higher elevations.
Flood Damage Set at Six Millions
Portland report estimates Wil lamette valley flood damage at 6 million dollars. Army engineers based the figure on land and air observations and comparisons with 1927 and 1943 floods. Inundated area reached about 360000 acres, higher than 340000 in 1943 and 272000 in 1927.
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Portland
Ore
Willamette Valley
District Office of the
Army Engineers
Nation Near Economic Chaos as Strikes Grow
Delos Smith reports a nation slipping toward economic chaos as widespread strikes threaten essential industries. Western Electric initiates a partial shutdown, with 12,000 workers walking out in New York and New Jersey. Stamford sees a general strike paralyzing industry, risking 2,000,000 workers on strike within two weeks if demands for higher wages to offset rising living costs prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Eléctric Co
America
Stamford
Conn
Western Electric
New York City
New Jersey
Homma Witnessed Infamous March of Death
Manila dispatch reports Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma faced a U.S. military commission on war crimes charges. Maj. Gen. Toshimitsu Takatsu testified Homma’s headquarters near the Bataan route could observe the death march, with evidence of orders and prisoner mistreatment. Prosecutors vow details of widespread rape and brutality by Homma’s forces in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Homma
Philippines
United States
Toshimitsu Takatsu
Takatsu
Naval
Benjamin F. Schwartz
Paul W. White
White
Frank E. Meek
Caldwell
Idaho
Hamman
Ordnance Plant Hums Up VA Insurance Unit
Denver mayor announces two plant buildings made available by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the National Veterans Administration. By next summer the entire insurance department will be housed there, including a new district VA office and a large clerical staff handling veterans claims and adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Denver Ordnance Plant
National Veterans Administration
Ben F. Stapleton
Veterans Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
District Veterans Administration Office
United States
Aire
Stapleton
Bomb Explodes in Eastbourne Blowing Out Windows
A 550 pound bomb detonated by a disposal squad blew out windows in about 100 houses in Eastbourne on Thursday. The device had buried itself 30 feet underground since a German air raid on September 13, 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastbourne
England
Bombay clashes kill one in city assembly ballot
London Jan 3 reports one person died and six were injured Thursday in clashes during balloting for two seats in the Bombay legislative assembly. Local authorities lifted curbs after the violence in Bombay city and nearby suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bombay
Bombay Legislative Assembly
Butter allocations cut by 30 million pounds for civilians
Washington says civilian butter allotments for January through March are reduced by 30 million pounds to 360 million. Shortages expected mainly in the East and West. No rationing now, but dairy output lagging milk. spring harvest may improve supply. Civilian total about 470 million pounds for April through June with military allotments around 2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Midwest
United States
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U.S
Naval Academy
Daniel DE Luce
U. S. Fleet
Gen. Marshall
By Spencer Moosa
F. R
William T. Peacock
Kempeita
Thought Police
Belgrade
Broadus Custer
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Lee Aldrich
Cleveland
Duke
Lee
Delos Smith
Ordnance Plant
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