Quisling Convicted of High Treason. Death Likely
Oslo radio reported Vidkun Quisling convicted of high treason and condemned to death under Norway’s new death penalty law. A military firing squad will execute the sentence within about three weeks after a three week trial that accused him of assisting German invasion plans and betraying Norwegian defense data.
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London
Oslo
Vidkun Quisling
Quisling
Norway
Supreme Court
Erik Solem
Hitler
Erich Raeder
Soldier Fined in Liquor Sale Case
Corpl. George L. Nix of St. Louis stationed at Gowen Field Boise pleaded guilty to two federal charges. He sold 25 cases of whisky to Antonio Murelaga without a federal permit and charged $60 per case, above the $30.16 OPA ceiling. Judge Chase A. Clark fined him $50 for the permit violation and $100 for the overcharge. Nix said he acted as an agent and did not keep the over $700 profit.
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Boise
Corp
George L. Nix
St. Louis
Gowen Field
Antonio Murelaga
Chase A. Clark
Nix
OPA
Rail Widow Sues Union Pacific Over Alleged Death
Christie Bowden widow Lorna Bell Bowden filed in third district court a $161 425 damages suit against Union Pacific railroad for the death of Christie Bowden a railroad switchman killed in an August accident in Salt Lake City The filing seeks compensation for his death and related damages.
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Salt Lake City
Christie Bowden
Union Pacific Railroad
Third District
Lorna Bell Bowden
Bowden
Japs Charged With Cannibalism in Handling Prisoners
Australian authorities release a report claiming Japanese soldiers cannibalized Allied prisoners after using them for bayonet practice. The document, prepared for the UN War Crimes Commission, cites confessions and says flesh appeared in mess kits. many witnesses survived to tell the tale.
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Associated Press
Far East
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Nagasaki Bomb Destruction Report Sets Toll at 40 000 Dead
Nagasaki officials report 26 000 dead and 40 000 wounded from the August 9 blast with projections of up to 40 000 dead as smoke and debris fill the ruined city. An American visitor cites the absence of a crater and notes near-total devastation across a three mile by one half mile zone. A team of American scientists plans to study lingering effects of energy from the explosion.
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Nagasaki
Japan
Tam
San Antonio
Texas
Providence
R. I
Nagasagi
Mitsubishi Steel Works
Associated Press
East
Truman Awards Medal of Honor to Gen Wainwright
President Truman presented General Jonathan M. Wainwright with the Congressional Medal of Honor. The ceremony occurred in Washington as part of wartime honors.
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Washington
Truman
Gen
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Fatal Car Crash Near Coeur d'Alene Kills Four
Four people died and four were injured in a head on collision 12 miles west of Coeur d Alene Idaho. The dead include M/Sgt Lloyd E Lytle and T/Sgt Howard C Lytle of Otis Orchards Washington, Gregory Paul Anderson of Spokane and an unidentified woman. Two sailors among the injured were taken to the Navy hospital at Farragut Idaho while two women were treated in Coeur d Alene hospital.
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Cover D'Alene
Idaho
Here
Lloyd E. Lytle
Howard C. Lytle
Otis Orchards
Wash
Gregory Paul Anderson
Spokane
Navy
Farragut
Coeur d’Alens
Tojo Says Victors May Fix War Start, Historians Perhaps Differ
Gen Hideki Tojo in an exclusive interview in Tokyo argues that victors can name who started the war, though historians 500 or 1,000 years hence may judge differently. He speaks of war aims, escape attempts, and speculation on his fate and finances.
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Tojo
Marlin Spencer
Russell Brines
Associated Press
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Asia
Roosevelt
Fach
MacArthur
Jiuiji G. Kasai
University of Chicago
Kasai
Maj
Koga
Idaho Legion Considers Nonpartisan Policy Amid Debate
Idaho's 27th annual Legion convention faces a clash over political activity as National Commander Scheiberling urges defeating candidates while a district proposal seeks to reaffirm a nonpartisan stance. Delegates begin business with year end items.
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Boise
Edward N. Scheiberling
American Legion
Idaho Legion
Veterans’ Organization
Scheiberling
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Legion
Idaho Region
Ted Kobs
St. Anthony
Snake River Valley
Idaho
Walter E. Kerrick
Parma
Resolutions Committee
Idaho Prepares for Building Boom
Idaho braces for the biggest home building boom in its history says federal housing official Harry Whittier. He cites shortages of lumber skilled labor and materials. Ample lumber stocks are expected by spring and federal building restrictions may lift by October 1. First mortgage loans insured up to 90 percent by the FHA and veterans' loans could cover 100 percent of costs.
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Boise
Idaho
Harry Whittier
Federal Housing Authority
FHA
Whittier
Jaycees Organize Coeur d Alene Unit
Coeur d Alene junior chamber of commerce unit to be formed with charter officers elected Wednesday. Preliminary steps taken at Friday night meeting as Leo Bodine state president addressed about 40 young men from Coeur d Alene Wallace Kellogg and Lewiston. Jack Riplinger named temporary chairman.
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Coeur D'Alene
Chamber of Commerce
Coeur d’Alene
Leo Bodine
Lewiston
Wallace, Kellogg and
Jack Riplinger
Coeur d'Alene Bids for 1946 Idaho American Legion Meet
Boise hosts the convention campaign while Coeur d Alene fires up promotion for 1946. Delegates left home after an invitation and a large banner in the Owyhee hotel lobby proclaims Coeur d Alene, the city by the lake, in 1946.
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Boise
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho American Légion
Owyhee
Idaho War Fund Sets National Drive Goal
Idaho aims for an $380 000 goal for the nationwide war fund drive starting October 1. C J Strike president of Idaho War Fund Inc says this final campaign will support USO and other war relief agencies. He notes Idaho led in paying its share in prior drives despite the Pacific theater pause.
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Boiser
Idaho
C. J. Strike
Idaho War Fund, Inc
USO
Strike
National Fund
Pacffc
Varos War Fund
Dead Veteran Weds in Gettysburg Church
In Gettysburg Pennsylvania eight months after a mistaken notice of his death Eugene J. Weishaar, long in service, married Mary Elizabeth Weaver at St. Joseph's Church in Bonneauville. Rev Leo J Krichten, who had read the earlier requiem mass, officiated the wedding after the error was corrected.
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Gettysburg
War Department
Eugene J. Weishaar
St. Joseph's Church
Bonneauville
Mary Elizabeth Weaver
Leo J. Krichten
Appeal Filed in Idaho Vet Case
Federal Judge Chase A. Clark blocked cancellation of a car dealer contract while the dealer served in the army. The appeal is to the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, filed by William W. Ray for Ford Motor Co. Major A. E. Stockton of Emmett, retired, brought the case as the first test of the act in contracts rather than employment rights.
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Boise
Chase A. Clark
Soldiers and Sailors Civic Relief Act
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal
San Francisco
William W. Ray
Salt Lake City
Ford Motor Company
A. E. Stockton
Emmett
Army of the United
Keith Marley Dies in U P Accident
Keith La Mar Marley 17 of 441 North Main died from injuries in an early morning accident in Union Pacific yards at 7 15 a m The victim was found under a Santa Fe car with a wheel over his body He worked for the railroad about a month and the cause is under investigation Marley born October 30 1927 in Pocatello attended local schools Survivors include his father and nine siblings plus relatives in California and the Pacific service Funeral arrangements to be announced by Hall mortuary
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Keith LaMar Marley
North Main
Union Pacific
Marley
Santa Fe
Wilford R. Marley
John A. Marley
Lydia Bybee
Heber D. Marley
Bessie Kase
Pocatello
Luella Smith
Marion Keller
Wilmington
Calif
Cecil O. Marley
South Pacific
Momm
Clyde Dean Marley
Pacific
Hall Mortuary
Zamperini Found in Jap Prison Camp
The Zamperini family learns Lt. Louis Zamperini is alive en route home from Yokohama. The former USC star and 1936 Olympian was listed dead after 28 months missing on a search mission, and a Yokohama dispatch reports his survival and endurance in Japanese camps.
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Torrance
Calif
Zamperini
Louis Zamperini
War Department
Yokohama
Anthony Zamperini
University of Southern California
United States
Idaho Schools to Get Federal Lunch Program
Idaho school children will again receive federal school lunch benefits under a new year contract with the U S Department of Agriculture. The program, used to teach nutrition, served 21 000 children in 200 Georgia state schools last year, said C C Sullivan state superintendent of public instruction.
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Boise
Idaho
State Department of Education
Gem
United States Department of Agriculture
C. C. Sullivan
Wm. H. Taylor Dies at 74 in Salt Lake City
William Henry Taylor age 74 died at his home Saturday from a heart attack. Survived by a daughter Mrs. Mary T. Bright of Downey Idaho.
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Salt Lake City
William Henry Taylor
Mary T. Bright
Downey
Idaho
MacArthur orders abolition of Japanese General Headquarters
General Douglas MacArthur ordered the imperial General Headquarters dissolved by September 13 as part of demilitarizing Japan. He also imposed press and radio censorship while pledging to protect Japanese and Korean civilians, with occupation forces expanding into Japan and Korea amid Allied control and demobilization.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Imperial General Headquarters
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Korea
MiacArthur
MacArthur
Seventh Infantry Division
Yokohama
Bataan
Corregidor
United States Army
Pacific
Big Five Ministers Council Opens In London Tomorrow
A. P. Foreign Affairs Analyst DeWitt MacKenzie notes the Big Five foreign ministers meeting in London will review Europe’s health and peace prospects. The group led by America Britain and Russia with France and China, aims to push peace treaties starting with Italy.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
A.P
Big Five Council of Foreign Ministers
London
Europe
Potsdam
America
Russia
Britain
France
China
Italy
Skei
No Date Set for End Meat Rationing
Washington officials said no date has been set to end meat rationing though cattle marketings rise seasonally. Officials noted meat supplies have not grown enough to lift rationing, with a possible October action undecided between the Agriculture Department and the OPA based on near term marketings and demand.
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Washington
OPA
War Production Board
Bowles
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Nderson
Agriculture Departments
Agriculture Department
Cold snap chills Coalville as frost blankets Utah
The Coalville area recorded 23 degrees this morning with frost on exposed surfaces. Across Utah, temperatures mainly stayed in the mid to low 30s as a statewide cold spell continued.
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Coalville
Utah
Atheistic Mother Challenges Public School Religious Classes
Mrs. Vashti McCollum, atheist wife of a University of Illinois professor, asks Champaign circuit judges to halt nonsectarian religious education in public schools. Her petition claims her son faced embarrassment as the only sixth grader in half hour classes run with parental permission. The Cham paign school board defends the program, with churches and the Chicago Federation backing the board.
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Champaign
Vashti McCollum
University of Ilinois
Champaign School Board
Board
John L. Franklin
Churely Federation of
Greater Chicago
Comumities
Asaigh
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