World War II War Warlords Executed in Yokohama
Hideki Tojo and six fellow leaders were hanged in Yokohama after secret trials. The seven bodies were cremated and their ashes dispersed. The executions, witnessed by Allied officers, marked the end of Japan's wartime leadership.
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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 Fuss
Bannock county plans an early hearing in district court over the Bannock Caribou road equipment dispute. The filing signals possible Idaho Supreme Court action on the injunction keeping $49 000 worth of equipment locked up.
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Bannock County
Bannock
L. E. Glennon
McQuade
Idaho Supreme Court
Canton County
Taylor
Baum
Caribou
Rich uranium find at Caribou ghost town mine
Geologist G C Richland traced pitchblende sources across Boulder Gilpin and Clear Creek counties in 1945 and uncovered an eight foot wide vein of rich ore in Caribou. A mill to separate radioactive material from other minerals will be built. Also Somerset Maugham arrived in New York aboard the Queen Mary.
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Caribou
Colo
G. C. Richland
Boulder
Gilpin
Clear Creek
Boy Sailor Loses Friend After Shark Ordeal in Caribbean
In the Caribbean on December 14 a Danish merchant ship’s cabin boy Bent Jeppsen fell overboard and was attacked by sharks. Russell Anthony Latona, 13, of Sacramento dived after him for 40 hours before both boys were rescued. Bent died from shark injuries. Russell survived with injuries and is in Guantanamo Bay hospital in satisfactory condition.
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Washington
Russell Anthony Latona
Sacramento
Calif
Caribbean
Navy
Young Latona
Bent Jeppsen
Russell
Bent
No Christmas For Us Says Mother Of Destitute Brood
In Owosso Michigan Salvation Army captain Raymond McCalip visits Walter Fisher's family, four children and a jailed husband, in a 12 by 12 foot room with little furniture. Mrs Fisher says they cannot afford Christmas. McCalip promises Santa will come to their home this year.
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Owosso
Mich
Raymond McCalip
Salvation Army
Walter Fisher
McCalip
Little Walter, Jr
Santa Claus
Mrs. Fisher
Truman Greeted In Independence
President Truman flew home to Independence Missouri for a Christmas visit. A 10 foot Christmas tree shone in his living room bay window as carols played from courthouse loudspeakers and about 200 well-wishers gathered outside his 14 room home.
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Independence
Truman
Missouri
Letters To Santa Bring Unexpected Gifts In Two Towns
In Danville and Newark, two young girls received Christmas gifts after strangers found their letters to Santa attached to Christmas trees. Joan Stewart, 9, Quarryville New Brunswick asked for a doll sled and dishes. Phyllis McFarlane, Markhan svil le Kings county New Brunswick sought gifts too.
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Danville
New Brunswick
Santa Claus
WY. 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 Sinks into Car Carrying Children Near Indianapolis
National Guard fighter plane crashed while landing at Stout Field striking a car with several children aboard. Pilot Lt Victor A Kelly and driver Mrs George Albrecht were listed in critical and serious condition respectively. seven children and two other adults injured. The car carried gifts and candy as the group returned from a parish party.
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Indianaoplis
National Guard
Lce
Stout Field
Victor A. Kelly
Indianapolis
George Albrecht
Albrecht
St. Anne’ Catholic School
Army Rescues Expectant Mother On Snowbound Alaska Lake
An army helicopter braved zero visibility and high winds to rescue Mrs. Freida Johansen an expectant mother marooned 24 hours on a gale swept lake near Anchorage Alaska The rescue saved her and her unborn child while a C 64 transport wrecked trying to land and the three crewmen awaited further rescue at the lake site.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Freida Johansen
Johansen
Kennai
Charles Weir
Weir
John Schifferer
Clarence Rhodes
Ray L. Huldman
Gold Rush Stampede Hits Central Bank in Shanghai
At least seven people died and many were injured as about 30 000 Chinese crowded the Central Bank of China in Shanghai to obtain permits for buying gold bars. The crush reflected a broad rush for gold amid economic pressures and financial uncertainty.
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Shanghai
Central Bank of China
Mundt and Nixon Apologize Over Duggan Death Mystery
Washington leaders call on the FBI to explain Duggan interrogation before his death from a New York skyscraper. Mundt says release of the Pumpkin Papers transcript aimed to aid investigators while Chambers denies implicated testimony. Nixon notes Chambers’ statement clears Duggan of espionage suspicions as Condon resists committee charges.
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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
Dug
America
Edward U. Condon
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Condon
Atomic Energy Security
Idaho Chamber Defends Unemployment Security Act
Boise Idaho The Idaho Chamber of Commerce says the Employment Security act funds are kept in trust for use in time of crisis and denies that benefits are too low. Earl W Murphy praises administrator H F Garrett while disputing labor claims of early payout and widespread nonworking benefits.
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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
Emoo
Idaho
Murphy
State Chamber
Big Fire No Fire Mystery on West Bench
Residents reported a blaze at a bench farm on Pocatello's west bench near dusk. Deputy James Johnson investigated after numerous calls. city firefighters also responded but found only a pile of burning rubbish.
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Pocatello
James Johnson
NOP Bowlers Win Over Sport Shop
Two pin bowling matches at the YMCA alleys ended with the Junior Chamber of Commerce winning by forfeit in the first game and NOP beating Freddie's Sport Shop 57 to 43 in the second. NOP led 25-21 at halftime as Larson scored 28 for the winners and Livingston 28 for the losers.
Slander verdict reversed by Idaho Supreme Court ruling
Idaho Supreme Court reversed and dismissed a district court verdict in favor of George Laughton in a slander suit against F. G. Crawford. Laughton admitted taking lumber that did not belong to him, and the court ruled the record showed no basis for a verdict against Crawford. The ruling was issued with prejudice.
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Boise
Idaho Supreme Court
George Laughton
F. G. Crawford
Laughton
Crawford
Moscow
George
A. L. Morgan
District Court
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Pearl Harbor
U. S
U. S. Supreme Court
Hirota
Charles Rexroad
San Rafael
Cal
Rexroad
Guam
United States Army
International Tribunal
Nobukatsu Hanyama
Buddha
Ghost Town
Somerset Maugham
Miles
Lawson
Denver
Jefferson
Colorado
Kan
Texas
St. Joseph's Catholic School
Cecelia McElroy
West Carson St
Johnny Colavine
North Twelfth St
Marilee Horn
Portneuf Park
Mendy
Army
Sport Shop
Supreme Court
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