Prisoners Describe Brutal Treatment by Japanese Guards
Airmen led by Maj. Edward Perry recount brutal abuse in Tokyo area camps. They speak of beatings, starvation, medical neglect, and forced labor, with one survivor noting a singled out B-29 crew faced harsher confinement and inhumane conditions ending only with Japan's capitulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimee Tee Ued
Tokyo Area
Harry EL McGrath
Speirats
Tokyo
Japan
Bitar
Bus Ehouth
McGrath
Erie
United States
Ilitary
Omori
Red Cross
Geneva
Edward Perry
Perry
International Red Cross
Parachutist Killed At Review in Berlin
A parachutist from the American division died during a formal review and air drop at Templehof Airdrome in Berlin to honor Master Georg Zhuke. A Soviet commander and visiting officials witnessed the accident as another soldier was reported killed and three more injured. weather conditions included an off wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sind Autormne
Tempelhof
Marster Georg
Zhuke
A. House of Representatives
Mex
Ciano’s Wife Surrendered to Italian Authorities
Countess Edda Ciano, wife of Galeazzo Ciano, arrived from Switzerland and was turned over to Italian authorities by the Allies. Internment potential discussed with focus on confiscation and possible prosecutions. The Cianos, once central to fascist diplomacy, fled to Switzerland during the regime’s collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Edda Ciaco
Mussolini
Eyscigt Erimea
Galeazzo Ciana
Chiasso
Teall
Switzerland
Chiegio
Milan
Down
Grasseta
Ministry of the Interior
Naples
Sicily
Pietro Nenno
Countes
Ciano
Count Ciano
Shanghai
Axis
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Europe
Flaven
Frehtier
East Side Plans For Women’s Society Meeting Pawling
East Side church activities include a Woman’s Society for Christian Service meeting at Pawling Avenue Methodist Church with a covered dish lunch at Mrs Frank Vanderpool’s home. Hostesses include several members and aprons will be collected for the fall bazaar. Sewing session planned and local residents’ weekend plans noted. Coal production figures cited from West Virginia mines with totals and estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society For Christian ‘Service of
Pawling
Avenue Methodist Church
P.m
Hamilton
Avenue
Clade Goons
A. J. Crawmer
Helen Bonesteel
Brainard Cipperly
Victor, Biller
Arthur J. Gammer
Wooldlawn Court
Vatican statesmen and Nazi envoys to face Allied disposition
Reported talks indicate Nazi envoys will be available to Allied authorities for forthcoming criminal trials in Nurnberg. Vatican authorities argued they could be interned safely in the Papal State, a position left unchanged, but Germany now agrees to voluntary disposition to the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuerenberg
Germany
Vatican
Papal State
Sas
Young German Jewess Sentenced to Death
Helga Zweig a year old German Jewess who came to Brussels with her parents before the war was found guilty by a military court martial of ruthless collaboration. She frequented bars and night clubs during the German occupation, gained the confidence of Belgian patriots, denounced them to the Gestapo, and reported her parents to obtain their personal effects. The parents were deported to Germany and have not been heard from since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Helga Zweig
Gestapo
Heten
Paren
Jess
Germany
Beste Sot
Chiang and Stalin Exchange Greetings Amid Treaty Ratification
Premier Stalin and Generalissimo Chiang issued messages of greeting after the new Soviet treaty was ratified by both nations. Chiang indicated the new pact would strengthen friendship and cooperation, enhancing peace and security worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiang
Stalin
Generglissime Calang
Gree’ Terday
Chieng
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Ute
Countess Edda Clano
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John J. Cairns
Parkview Court
Boston
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Lacs
Gertrude Finbacher
Rose Mary Huster
Mary Kane
Utica
Suiss Eleanor Flebacher
Pawling Avenue
Troy ‘Hospital
Mary Alice Healy
Paw
Ng Avenue
Camp Yonschas
Richard Powers
Leonard Hospital
Lester Bonester
Donnie
Gail
Mountain View Avenue
Crooked Lake
Irving Nelick
Saamel Nelick
Sherry Road
New York
Phillie Shelsty
Jobe
North Adams
Mass
Walter D. Lessers
Elmgrove Avenue
Lomers
Edward B. Allen
Lucile
Wood Torn
Sophia Clarke
West
Virginia
Re’ Gerven
St Fe
Pagt
General Firepresting Co
AMD
Alf.ortlier
Franklin Sq. Teo
China
Avenient
Ontgomery Ward
Albany
Troy
Melands, N. Y
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