World War II war criminals hanged at Yokohama crematorium
Hideki Tojo and six senior Japanese conspirators were executed in Yokohama after a midnight start. The seven were cremated by 9:30 a.m. and their ashes scattered in seven areas as U.S. soldiers stood guard.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Yokohama
Yokohama Crematorium
United Press
Tojo
Aleutians
Guadalcanal
Hitler
Mussolini
Kenji Doihara
Nanking
Doihara
Bald
Muto
Matsui
Seishiro Itagaki
Dutch East Indies
Koki Hirota
Black Dragon Society
Far East
Heitara Kimura
Burma
Yokohama Crematory
Miyoshi Tobita
Tobita
Douglas MacArthur
Sugamo
Early Action Sought In County Road Equipment Dispute
Bannock county plans an early district court hearing over the Bannock Caribou road equipment dispute. The appeal notice from Caribou prosecutor Roy J. Dygert concerns the injunction keeping $49,000 worth of equipment locked up, with further issues including a mandamus request for eastern county possession and a disputed special tax levy.
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Bannock County
Bannock
Caribou
O. R. Baum
Henry McQuade
Baum
Roy J. Dygert
C. J. Taylor
Idaho Falls
Taylor
Ghost Town Strike Unearthed Rich Uranium Ore Near Caribou
Geologist G. C. Richland traced pitchblende across Boulder Gilpin and Clear Creek counties in 1945 uncovering a shaft and an eight foot wide vein in Caribou, prompting plans to build a mill to process radioactive ore. novelist Somerset Maugham arrived in New York aboard the Queen Mary.
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Caribou
Colo
G. C. Richland
Boulder
Gilpin
Clear Creek
New York
Somerset Maugham
Boys Battle Sharks in Caribbean Tragedy
Navy reports 13 year old Russell Latona of Sacramento spent 40 hours in shark infested waters after his Danish shipmate Bent Jeppsen fell overboard from a merchantman in the Caribbean on December 14. Bent was killed. Russell was injured but survived and is now in Guantanamo base hospital.
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Washington
Russell Anthony Latona
Sacramento
Calif
Caribbean
Navy
Latona
Bent Jeppsen
Russell
Bent
Shar
Cuba
J. Marquette Philips
Guantanamo
No Christmas For Us Says Mother Of Destitute Brood
In Owosso Michigan Salvation Army captain Raymond McCalip visits Walter Fisher and family, including five year old Walter Jr, in a 12 by 12 foot home with little furniture. Fisher is in prison and his wife says they cannot afford Christmas. Santa Claus will come to their home this year despite their hardships.
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Owosso
Mich
Raymond McCalip
Salvation Army
Walter Fisher
McCalip
Santa Claus
Mrs. Fisher
Truman Greeted In Independence
President Truman flew home to Independence Missouri for a Christmas visit. A 10 foot Christmas tree stood in his living room bay window as carols played from a courthouse loudspeaker and about 200 people gathered nearby to greet him.
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Independence
Truman
Missouri
Letters To Santa Bring Christmas Gifts To New Brunswick Girls
In Danville Illinois a Santa note found on a Christmas tree leads to gifts for Joan Stewart nine of Quarryville New Brunswick and Phyllis McFarlane of Kings County New Brunswick. W H Ellerman and Winky Russo arranged deliveries after reading the letters and crews and others donated gifts.
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Danville
Ill
New Brunswick
Santa Claus
W. H. Ellerman
Santa
Joan Stewart
Quarryville
Newark
N. J
Winky Russo
Canada
Phyllis McFarlane
Markhansville
Kings County
Phyllis
Russo
Ellerman
Chicago and Illinois Railroad
Joan
Plane Hits Car Loaded With Kiddies Near Airfield
A National Guard fighter plane crashed at Stout Field Indianapolis into a car carrying children returning from a parochial school Christmas party. The pilot Lt Victor A Kelly and driver Mrs George Albrecht were in critical condition with seven children and two adults also injured.
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Indianaoplis
National Guard
Stout Field
Victor A. Kelly
Indianapolis
George Albrecht
Albrecht
St. Anne’s Catholic School
Army Performs Rescue Mission in Alaska
An army helicopter rescued an expectant mother, Mrs. Freida Johansen of Kenai, marooned 24 hours on a gale swept Alaskan lake. Lt. Charles Weir reported labor pains through the night as zero visibility and high winds buffeted the craft. A C 64 plane attempting a lake landing wrecked. crew escaped unharmed while three others awaited rescue.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Freida Johansen
Johansen
Kennai
Charles Weir
Weir
John Schifferer
Clarence Rhodes
Ray L. Huldman
Gold rush crush at Shanghai Central Bank leaves dead
At least seven people were crushed to death and many injured as about 30 000 Chinese surged the Central Bank of China to obtain permits for gold bars.
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Shanghai
Central Bank of China
Mundt and Nixon Express Regret Over Duggan Death
House Un American Activities Committee leaders urge the FBI to disclose why Duggan was questioned before his New York skyscraper death. Mundt says public release should aid family and solve the case, while Nixon notes Whittaker Chambers' statement clears Duggan of espionage.
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Washington
House
FBI
State Department
Laurence H. Duggan
New York
CBS
Karl E. Mundt
S. D
House Un-American Activities Committee
Mundt
Duggan
Richard M. Nixon
Calif
Whittaker Chambers
Committee
Pumpkin
Chambers
Gan
America
Edward A. Condon
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Idaho Chamber Defends Unemployment Security Act
The Idaho Chamber of Commerce defended the Employment Security Act and its administration as holding funds in trust for crisis use. Earl W. Murphy said the funds are to tide workers who lose jobs, denying claims the act pays everyone out of work. The chamber rejected accusations that Idaho has very low benefit payments.
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Boise
Idaho Chamber of Commerce
Employment Security Act
Idaho Joint Labor Legislative Committee
Earl W. Murphy
Chamber of Commerce
H. F. Garrett
Idaho
Murphy
State Chamber
False blaze on Pocatello bench turns out to be rubbish
Residents mistook a pile of burning rubbish for a house fire on Pocatello's west bench at dusk Wednesday. Deputy James Johnson responded after calls to the county office and the city fire department logged initial reports of a bench farm fire.
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Pocatello
James Johnson
NOP Bowlers Triumph Over Sport Shop at YMCA Alleys
Two pin games were staged at the YMCA alleys. The Junior Chamber of Commerce won the first game by forfeit. In the second, NOP defeated Freddie's Sport Shop 57 to 43 with a 25-21 halftime lead. Larson led NOP with 28 points while Livingston topped Freddie's Sport Shop with 28.
Slander Verdict Reversed By Idaho Supreme Court
The Idaho Supreme Court reversed and dismissed a district court verdict in favor of George Laughton in his slander suit against F. G. Crawford. The justices held Laughton admitted taking property not his, and the ruling was overturned with prejudice.
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Supreme Court
Boise
Idaho Supreme Court
George Laughton
F. G. Crawford
Laughton
Crawford
Moscow
George
A. L. Morgan
District Court
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Charles Rexroad
San Rafael
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Rexroad
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United States Army
International Tribunal
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Buddha
Ghost Town
Miles
Lawson
Denver
Jefferson
Colorado
N, M
Kan
Little Walter, Jr
St. Joseph's Catholic School
Cecelia McElroy
West Carson St
Johnny Colavine
North Twelfth St
Marilee Horn
Portneuf Park
Mendy
Army
Condon
Atomic Energy Security
Sport Shop
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