Nazi Aide Details Mass Kill Orders On Eastern Front
Former Gestapo subordinate Otto Ohlendorf testified at Nuremberg that 88 commandos served with the German army in occupied Russia with orders to kill Jews and Soviet political commissars. He said Einsatzgruppen units murdered about 90,000 in the first year of the war and that Himmler and the Fuehrer bore ultimate responsibility.
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11Th Army
Ukraine
Russia
John Harlan Amen
U. S
Ohlendorf
Himmler
Fuehrer
Keefe Presses for Pearl Harbor Documents in Harbor Probe
The congressional committee probing Pearl Harbor seeks a memorandum by Lawrence Salisbury that Rep. Keefe says the State Department hid as irrelevant. Chairman Barkley supports Keefe and orders executive-session review. Admiral Stark testifies on prewar concerns and air attack plans.
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Washington
Congressional
Pearl Harbor
Rep. Keefe
R.wis
Keefe
Dean Acheson
Lawrence Salisbury
Salisbury
State Department
Barkley
D.-Ky
William D. Mitchell
Secretary of State
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Stark
Husband E. Kimsel
Pacific Fleet
Citrus price ceilings return for oranges grapefruit and lemons
Washington officials say citrus prices rose, prompting a careful, gradual reimposition of retail ceilings. OPA plans to take time before suspensions, with Friday set as the effective date after a day of agency negotiations and a brief period of higher prices for a few days to rebalance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
84-Year-Old Judge Reaches Birthday Milestone in Salt Lake City
Tillman D. Johnson oldest active federal district judge in the United States will observe his 88th birthday next Tuesday. The former Ogden attorney now in California for the holidays has been eligible for retirement on full pay since 1928 but continues to serve. A Rutherford Tennessee native, he studied law at Cumberland University and began his legal career in Ogden in 1888 after teaching in Indian reservations. He was appointed to the federal bench in 1915 by President Woodrow Wilson.
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Salt Lake City
Tillman D. Johnson
United States
Ogden
California
Rutherford, Tenn
Cumberland University
Lebanon
Fort Bennett
Oak
Fort Hall
Idaho
Woodrow Wilson
Two Suspects In Custody In Ogden Robbery Case
Ogden police report arrest in Seattle of Robert C. Bautheus 25 in connection with the Dec 3 armed robbery at the Union bus depot. Bautheus waives extradition and faces a warrant for robbery while Gilbert R. Berkman 34 of Murray is jailed for a separate liquor store heist.
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Ogden
Seattle
Wash
Robert C. Bautheus
Union
Clifford K. Keeter
Bautheus
Keeter
Joseph Holmes
Edward Lewis
Gilbert R. Berkman
Murray
Washington
Berkman
82nd Airborne Docks in New York After Berlin Fronts
The famous 82nd Airborne division arrives in New York City for the first time since 1943. Idaho paratroopers are among its members as some return to civilian life or take furloughs while others prepare for possible reassignment to Fort Bragg. The unit, once slated for deactivation, is saved by support from within and outside the division.
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New York City
82Nd Airborne Division
Idaho
Berlin
New York
Africa
Fort Bragg
N. C
82Nd
Europe
Picket Line Cleared By Car Drive Amid Strike
Paul G. Octtel, president of a match block company using non union workers, claimed he drove through a 12 man picket line last night and sent the pickets away. One marcher limped off as the plant has been closed most of the time since AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers union members struck in September.
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Spokane
Paul G. Octtel
Octtel
AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union
Utah Woman Sues for Divorce From Cult Leader Musser
Mrs Rose B Musser sues in third district court for divorce from Joseph W Musser noted as leader of a Fundamentalist cult They wed June 29 1891 and have eight adult children The couple recently parole from Utah State Prison where ten cult members served seven months for cohabitation with women not their wives The complaint cites desertion and names the long relationship with the sect figure.
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Salt Lake City
Rose B. Musser
Third District
Joseph W. Musser
Musser
Utah State
Yankee Chief In Court
President Larry MacPhail of the New York Yankees faced trial in Harford county circuit court on charges of assault and disorderly conduct from an October Bel Air telephone exchange disturbance. Prosecution alleged he cursed, shoved a operator, and slapped a manager after attempting a long distance call during a nationwide strike. The defense argued his strongest remark was a pointed jab about truth during a tense exchange.
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John F. Chandler
Bel Air
Larry MacPhail
New York Yankees
Harford County
D. Paul McNabb
Frederick Lee Cobourn
MacPhail
Newark
N. J
Detroit
Anna Towner
Thomas Dwyer
Exchange
Dwyer
McNabb
Nazis Rebuff Catholics in Berlin Documents Reveal Vatican Clash
American officials released documents showing the Vatican’s letter to Germany’s Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop was dismissed. Monsignor Cesare Orsenigo delivered the protest, accusing Germany of hindering the Holy See’s duty to protect Catholics in the occupied regions.
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Mernberg
Germany
Vatican
Poland
Foreign Office
Holy See
Joachim von Ribbentrop
von Ribbentrop
Msgr
Cesaree Orsenigo
Berlin
Babe Keeps Reins as Idaho Varsity Belongs to Brown
University of Idaho will keep its basketball program with acting coach J A Babe Brown for the season. Guy P Wicks returns January 16 from a three year naval leave to resume athletic duties and will coach baseball this spring and basketball next fall. Wicks recently arrived back from naval duty in the South Pacific.
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Moscow
University of Idaho
Guy P. Wicks
J. A. (Babe) Brown
Wicks
H. C. Dale
South Pacific
Two Get Promotions Parary William Barker and Joseph Miles Hatch
William Barker OD of Coeur d Alene and Lt Joseph Miles Hatch MC of 643 Ridge Avenue Idaho Falls are promoted to captains in a military ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parary William Barker
Coeur d'Alene
Joseph Miles Hatch
Ridge Avenue
Idaho Falls
Radio Propagandist Joyce Hanged for Treason in London
William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw was executed at Wandsworth Prison for high treason after a British court conviction on September 19. He walked to the gallows under leaden skies, condemned under English law with no spectators. Joyce had broadcast Nazi propaganda for Goebbels and led British fascist groups before fleeing to Germany in 1939.
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London
William Joyce
Haw Haw
Wandsworth
Joyce
Adolf Hitler
John Amery
England
Titler
Joseph Goebbels
America
Oswald Mosley
London University
National Socialist League
Britain
Germany
Lueneberg
House of Lords
Frenchmen Cold and Hungry As Black Market Operates
Paris endures a brutal winter with cold, energy shortages, and harsh coal rationing as officials struggle to heat offices, hotels, and homes. The article notes plummeting fuel supplies, limited electricity, and the black market sustaining the city’s poor underprivileged population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Europe
Idle Man Returns to RFC Desk in Denver
E A Rollison returns to his six thousand three hundred dollar a year post in the Reconstruction Finance Corporation’s consumer goods division after a leave of absence. John A Skeen, associate regional director, said Rollison has a pile of work and will receive full cooperation. There is work here and plenty of it for everyone in the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
E. A. Rollison
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rollison
RFC
John A. Skeen
Northwest aviation planning council to meet in Boise
The northwest aviation planning council will meet in Boise January 21 and 22 with sessions in the state house. Mayor Sam S. Griffin and M. A. Compton will greet the group. Gov Arnold Williams will open with a talk on Why Northwest Originated Aviation Planning Council. About 400 members are expected to attend.
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Boise
Northwest Aviation Planning Council
Statehouse
Sam S. Griffin
M. A. Compton
Boise Chamber of Commerce
Arnold Williams
Northwest Originated
Aviation Planning Council
Group seeks tax relief from Idaho governor
The Civic Action Committee, drawn from seven railroad shop crafts, urged Gov. Arnold Williams to cut taxes. In a letter the group called state income tax and real property tax the heaviest burden and proposed liquor sales by the drink in clubs or dispensaries with bonds and licenses as a funding option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Action Committee
Arnold Williams
Williams
Idaho
Latin American nations weigh US military pact in hemisphere
Washington reports most Latin governments study a US drafted treaty for concerted action against aggression in the hemisphere. The plan aligns with the Uruguayan call for political measures and would extend the Chapultepec Act from last March, amid Argentina not receiving a copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Argentina
Rio de Janeiro
United States
Mexico City
Woman in Twin Falls Gets Week in Jail for Fine Evasion
A Twin Falls woman Carmen Bast pleaded to be jailed after failing to pay a $10 fine. Police Judge J O Pumphrey sentenced her to a full week in jail instead of an overnight stay. Her husband John Bast was also invited to spend a week in the city bastille.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
J. O. Pumphrey
Carmen Bast
John Bast
Bastille
Wool Growers Meet In Boise Convention Bazaar
Wives of Idaho wool growers will run a bazaar at the Idaho Wool Growers association 53rd annual convention in Boise from Sunday to Tuesday. A display of fleece grades will be shown in the education exhibits at the Owyhee hotel Sunday. U.S. Senator Charles C. Gossett will be the principal speaker at the Monday night banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Idaho Wool Growers Association
Owyhee Hotel
M. C. Claar
Association
U.S
Charles C. Gossett
Homma Trial Opens in Manila Court
Japanese Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma faced war crimes charges as the Manila trial opened. Maj. Gen. Toshimitsu Takatsu testified that Homma knew of the death march from Bataan and traveled near the route while prisoners suffered. Takatsu cited high death rates at O'Donnell camp and said medicines and food were scarce. He reported conditions to Homma's HQ but nothing changed.
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Manila
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Homma
Toshimitsu Takatsu
O'Donnell
Takatsu
Benjamin F. Schwartz
Los Angeles
Warship actions under British command in 1941 revealed
Adm. Harold R. Stark testified that American ships sometimes operated under British officers in fall 1941 with orders to fire on German or Italian submarines. He said he issued the order by presidential direction. He also stated there was no advance knowledge in Washington of Japan striking Pearl Harbor. Idaho officials urged state economy amid federal debt. Lois Martindale, 18, waived preliminary hearing on a perjury charge related to a kidnapping rape claim. she was bound over to district court.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
Chief of Naval Operations
Senate-House
Pearl Harbor
Representative Gearhart
Calif
Stark
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Atlantic
Iceland
Gearhart
Sen. Lucas
D.ill
Burley
Lois Martindale
Oakley
Henry W. Tucker
Harry Keever
Saul Clark Burley
Idaho
Wells
Nev
Clark
Martindale
Nationwide Walkout at Western Electric Triggers Union Action
A wage dispute at Western Electric plants in Kearny New Jersey and New York City sparks a walkout involving about 17 400 workers. Union leaders say a national sympathy strike could follow as talks are referred to a federal fact finding board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearny, N. J
New York City
Western Electric Company
Frank J. Hammel
Western Electric
Kearny Works
New Jersey
Henry Mayer
Western Electric Employes Association
Kearny
Joseph A. Bierne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Ind
American Telephone and Teleraph Company
Western Electric Employer Association
Telephone Workers’ Federation
Mayer
New
Farm Prices To Stand As War-Era Levels Persist
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics says average farm prices are at a 25 year high and will stay near boom levels through 1946 as markets for farm produce remain strong. Some commodities like livestock may dip in spring while potatoes may rise above support prices due to storage costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Europe
Asia
China seeks truce as communists welcome Marshall mediation
In Chungking senior government and Communist delegates held formal talks to seek a ceasefire in China's civil war. A Yenan dispatch said the communists welcomed General Marshall as mediator and would discuss every proposal. Chou En-Lai attended after a half hour with Marshall. Fighting reports said Communist forces advanced near Tangshan, with a failed airfield seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
George C. Marshall
China
Yenan
Chou En-Lai
Marshall
U.S
Relief Ships Reach China Aid Mission Opens
Fifteen vessels carrying 100000 tons of food clothing and medicine arrived at Chinese ports. UNRRA said the supplies were handed to the Chinese government and most will serve the Han kow Liuchow and Canton corridor battered by Japanese forces. Hankow remains a ruin but refugees return as plans for steady future shipments and river rail links restoration are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Hankow
Liuchow
Canton
Chicago
Yellow River
Cassia County Agent Cleveland Resigns to Move to Gooding
G W Cleveland resigns as Cassia county agent after since April 1943 and plans to move to Gooding with a half interest in the Riverside ranch. No successor named. Cleveland entered service in 1994 and served as district H club agent with headquarters at Pocatello.
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Burley
G. W. Cleveland
Cassia County
Gooding
Riverside Ranch
Cleveland
Pocatello
Caribou
Madison Counties
Communist forces claim coastal town capture near Tsingtao
A dispatch says Chinese red forces seized the coastal highway town of Poerh, 40 miles southwest of Tsingtao, on December 27, taking three villages, killing 500 puppets and taking 500 prisoners. They also report shifts in garrison duties as rivals move to northern areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norhwet
Nukden
Poerh
Shantung
Tsingtao
Officers Hunt Murderer In Canyon Slaying
In California a woman's decapitated handless nude body was found in a mountain canyon. A sandal discovered about a mile away spurred a hunt for identity and clues to the killer. Authorities suspect the victim was dumped from a highway turnout near Lake Arrowhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Calif
Navajo Man Charged with First Degree Murder
Francis Largo 21 from Crown Point New Mexico faces first degree murder charges in the slaying of Vida Irene Goff 38 of Garfield. Goff's body was found in an apartment hotel room in Magna Utah a week ago. Largo was arrested in Provo last Saturday and is held in the Salt Lake jail.
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Salt Lake City
Francis Largo
Crown Point
N. M
Utah
Vida Irene Goff
Garfield
Magna
Largo
Provo
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State Capitol
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Associated Press
Lake Arrowhead
E. L. Shay
R. E. Williams
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