Gross Neglect Behind Belsen Deaths Is Testimony
Brigadier Glyn Hughes testified that gross neglect caused the appalling Belsen camp conditions. He blamed Commandant Josef Kramer and 44 co defendants for the horrors, noting inmates suffered extreme emaciation among unburied corpses and widespread typhus. He insisted negligence of humanitarian duties led to the deaths.
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Lueneberg
Germany
Glyn Hughes
Belsen
Second Army
Josef Kramer
J. R. Phillips
Hughes
Kramer
Maj
T. C. Winwood
Frank
Msgr Joyce to Receive Dom Deliberate Robes in Butte Rite
Msgr William P Joyce pastor Sacred Heart parish and Helena diocese vicar general will be invested with monsignoral robes by Bishop Joseph M Gilmore at Sacred Heart church. This marks the third such rite in Butte history following prior ceremonies in 1909 and 1940 and he is the third vicar general of the Helena diocese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
William P. Joyce
Sacred Heart Parish
Sacred Heart Church
Butte
Peter de Siere
St. Patrick Parish
John P. Carroll
Joyce
Joseph C. Willing
Pueblo
Colo
Gilmore
Msgr
Victor Day
Wreckage Found of Liberator Bomber North of Elko
Wreckage of a Liberator bomber from Gowen Field Idaho was found 75 miles north of Elko at 10 45 a m Tuesday in rough country. Lew Gourley, a local flying service operator, located the crash site where no signs of life were observed despite ten men aboard at takeoff.
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Elko
Gowen Field
Idaho
Here
Lew Gourley
a_ flying service
Gourley
Army Strength Not Limited Under Measure
The House approved 341 to 0 a bill suspending the peacetime Army cap of 280,000 men and offering incentives for youths 17 and up to enlist for one to three years. The measure sets no postwar ceiling and outlines bonuses, furloughs, travel pay, and retirement terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
House
Senate
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Reserve
George C. Marshall
Houses of Congress
Library of Congress
Transport Hits Floating Mine Near Okinawa
The transport Colbert carrying liberated prisoners of war from Dairen struck a floating mine 100 miles west of Okinawa. One man is missing and two injured. the ship was towed to Okinawa. Admiral Sherman said many mines drift in the China sea hindering evacuations. U S Seventh Fleet units cleared anchored mines near the Yangtze river and Shanghai after a typhoon delayed operations. nine mines were destroyed in one day.
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Pearl Harbor
Colbert
Dairen
Okinawa
Fleet Headquarters
Forrest Sherman
Nimitz
China Sea
China Ports
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Barkley to Lead Pearl Harbor Probe Committee
Senate Majority Leader Barkley and Rep. Cooper head a 10 member probe panel to study the Pearl Harbor attack. The group will decide on hearings after selecting counsel and reviewing Army and Navy reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Senate
Barkley
D-Ky
Rep. Cooper
D-Tenn
House Committee
Army
Navy
Hawaiian
Prosecutor Eyes Death Penalty in Tacoma Child Murder
Tacoma prosecutor Thor C. Tollefson announced he will seek the death sentence for 44 year old Joseph B. Wessel who killed his 5 year old daughter with a claw hammer, injured his wife, and attempted suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
U.P
Thor C. Tollefson
Joseph B. Wessel
McSpaden Nelson Swing The Butte Show At Country Club
Harold McSpaden and Byron Nelson teamed for a dramatic 18-hole exhibition at Butte Country Club. McSpaden edged Nelson 66 to 67 in cold winds and intermittent snow as Owen and Meyers followed with 72 and 77. Nelson and Owen later tied the match with a birdie finish on 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Country Club
Lord Byron Nelson
Harold
Jag) McSpaden
Nelson
Roy Owen
J. D. Murphy
Ralph Meyers
Great Falls
Sanford
Ace
Mespagen
Toledo
Ohio
Helena
Anaconda
Montana
Five Butte Men Set for New York Arrival
Five Butte men are due to arrive in New York aboard the SS Queen Elizabeth on Wednesday. They include Henry Terpin Robert B. McMaster Fred R. Dorhofer Harold A. Thompson John M. Kennedy Donald C. Pratt John W. McKinley Ora D. Johnston Rudolph I. Kringen Joseph E. Russell Ralph W. Emerson Arnold J. Rappers Robert E. Sullivan Everett M. Thornton Raymond L. Ward Lloyd E. Briese and other service members listed with towns of origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
New York
Henry Terpin
Robert B. McMaster
Fred R. E. Dorhofer
East Mercury
Harold A. Thompson
John M. Kennedy
Butte Hotel
Thomas Barry
Donald C. Pratt
John W. McKinley
Ora D. Johnston
Glendive
Rudolph I. Kringen
Sidney
Joseph E. Russell
Poplar
Ralph W. Emerson
Bozeman
Arnold J. Rappers
Shelby
Robert E. Sullivan
Missoula
Everett M. Thornton
Helena
New Deferment Policy Lets High Schoolers Finish Courses
Washington reports a new Selective Service policy enabling about 97 percent of high school students to graduate before induction. College students enrolled before age 18 may finish their current term, while high school students can defer until graduation or age 20. Deferments end if studies lapse or progress falters. officials say this tackles draft objections and may draw war workers back to school. 1945-46 high school enrollment projected at 2.6 million. average graduation age 18.1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Selective Service
War Department
U. S. Office of Education
Army
Navy
Price Proposal Rejected by OPA
OPA rejected a retail proposal to pass rising production costs to consumers. Bowles called cost absorption the cornerstone of price control and said wholesalers must absorb increases as long as retail prices stay generally fair and equitable. The policy aims to restore 1942 price levels for key goods, with some manufacturer increases allowed to cover higher costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Bowles
End of World Predicted For Friday At 7 33 AM
Pasadena clergy Rev Richard Long 32 and his father Rev Charles Long founder of the Remnant Church of God say the world will end at 7 33 a m Friday Sept 21. They and 50 followers will resume ordinary life while awaiting judgment. The elder Long years ago said a vision fixed the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
U.P
Richard Long
Church of God
Church of God of
Anderson, Ind
Butte and Montana Forecast: Snow Flurries and Cool Weather
Butte remains mostly cloudy with occasional snow flurries on Wednesday and night, cool temperatures with a high near 42. Tuesday tops at 43 and lows around 31, Montana sees partly cloudy skies and 50 to 60, while east of the divide Wednesday brings 45 to 55 with scattered showers and snow flurries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana
Divide
Russia seeks share in Eritrea and discusses Trieste
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov signaled Russia’s interest in Eritrea and possible control of Tripolitania. He outlined a stance on Trieste and Istria, suggesting territories with Croatian and Slovene ties could return to non Italian claims, while others might remain Italian.
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London
Russia
Italy
Eritrea
V. M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Tripolitania
Molotov
United States
Great Britain
France
China
Yugoslavia
Edward Kardelj
Trieste
Istria
Reparations Policy for Japan Outlined
Edwin W. Pauley of the Allied Reparations commission stated that Japan will face the same plan used in Germany. He said war potential would be removed while avoiding economic destitution, and that Japan’s large industrial firms would be broken up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U.p
Edwin W. Pauley
United States
Allied Reparations Commission
Japan
Germany
Senate Debates Jobless Pay as States Seek 26 Week Aid
The Senate discussed funding to extend unemployment benefits up to 26 weeks and to allow states to receive federal money to broaden payments. The big clash over whether to grant up to 25 dollars weekly to the jobless was postponed to Wednesday after Tuesday’s technical changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman merges three labor agencies into one
President Truman consolidates the war labor board, war manpower commission, and Office of Economic Stabilization into the Labor Department. He grants Secretary Schnellenbach broad power to manage postwar industrial strife and names Edgar L. Warren to head the conciliation service as a stepping stone to expanded government role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Schwellenbach
War Labor Board
War Manpower Commission
Labor Department
Office of Economic Stabilization
William H. Davis
New Dealer
Davis
John W. Snyder
Schnellenbach
Senate
Edgar L. Warren
Chicago
WLB
U. S. Conciliation Service
Warren
Ex Butte Man Killed at Sea in WWII Torpedo Loss
Jerry Worthington, 44, former Butte geologist, died December 15 when a Jap prisoner-of-war transport was torpedoed by an American submarine in Subic Bay. He worked for Anaconda Copper Mining 1928 to 1932 and was well known locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Worthington
Butte
Subic Bay
Worthington
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Benguet Consolidated Mining Company
Penicillin Given by New Method
In San Diego at the U S Naval Training center Navy doctors report using penicillin mixed with ice cream to treat throat and mouth infections. The compound aids streptococcus throat trench mouth scarlet fever and acute tonsillitis. Ten doses suffice for severe strep throat and the method preserves penicillin strength by melting and re freezing the ice cream mixture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
U.P
United States Naval Training Center
Navy
Truman Shifts Cabinet in Major White House Shuffle
President Truman announced a sweeping cabinet reshuffle naming Robert P. Patterson as secretary of war and Senator Harold H. Burton to the Supreme Court. He also accepted resignations of John J. McCloy and Robert A. Lovett as assistant secretaries of war and named W. Stuart Symington as administrator of surplus-property disposal. Patterson succeeds Henry L. Stimson, Burton fills the Roberts Supreme Court seat, while Hurley and Heller lose their government links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Robert P. Patterson
New York
Harold H. Burton
Ohio
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Burton
Owen J. Roberts
Patterson
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Roberts
America
International Military Tribunal
W. Stuart Symington
St. Louis
Robert H. Hurley
Connecticut
Edward H. Heller
California
License Plate Sales Resume in Silver Bow County
Sales of motor vehicle license plates to returning war veterans and civilian workers have risen in Silver Bow county per treasurer Miss Phemia McPhail records. Totals show 8,923 passenger cars and 1,786 trucks licensed so far, vs 10,154 and 1,901 in 1944, with 111 trailer licenses and 10,233 driving permits issued.
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Silver Bow
Phemia McPhail
Publication Is Suspended for Mocking Orders
Tokyo reports a new list of Japanese war criminals will be issued soon by Gen. MacArthur's headquarters. Brig. Gen. Elliot Thorpe says if any ministers are missing from the list it is a clerical error. He notes no orders to arrest Mitsui or Mitsubishi officials. Premier Higashi-Kuni defends the emperor, saying he was deceived by militarists. Senator Russell introduces a related resolution in Washington.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Elliot Thorpe
Thorpe
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Michio Yuzawa
Naoki Hoshino
Mitsui
Mitsubishi
Philippines
Japan
Prince Higashi-Kuni
Washington
Russell
Georgia
Truman backs MacArthur plan for Japan troop cut
President Truman endorsed Gen. MacArthur's proposal to reduce the Army of Occupation in Japan to 200,000, suggesting Germany could also be occupied with fewer troops. He said the draft will not continue longer than absolutely necessary and indicated possible early demobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Gen. MacArthur
Japan
State Department
MacArthur
Germany
Hirohito Denounced in Senate as War Criminal Arrest Demanded
Senate debate denounces Emperor Hirohito as a war criminal and calls for his arrest amid fears of continued aggression. Senator Russell labels him a god emperor and warns of further conflict in the Orient. President Truman notes Japanese rulers are being removed from Korea with a long transition to independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirohito
Appearance of Dead Wife Returns with New Husband
In San Bernardino California Mrs Clara McMillan 33 who was buried after lover Lee Webb confessed to killing her appeared alive with a new husband. Officers reexamine the skeleton and consider charges against McMillan as they review missing women cases for possible links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Calif
U.P
Clara McMillan
E. L. Shay
Lee A. Webb
Lancaster
Alexander E. Nelson
Yuma
Arizona
Mrs. McMillan
John McMillan
Nelson
Webb
Indio
Brawley
el Centro
Evelyn L. Oleson
Fellows
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Charles Chamberlain
Msgr. W. P. Joyce
James C. Austin
United Press
John A. Parris
Morrie Landsberg
D-Ga
Imperial Palace
Orient
Korea
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