Wake Island killers among 16 Japanese officers sentenced
At Kwajalein Marshall Islands on December 26, a U S naval court sentenced two high ranking Japanese officers and nine codefendants to death by hanging for the 1943 Wake Island massacre of 96 American civilians. Five others received prison terms from five years to life.
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Marshall Islands
U. S
Wake Island
Adm
Shigematsu Sakaibara
Wake
Cmdr
Soichi Tachibana
Sakaibara
Japan
Governor and investigator discuss statewide safety survey
Gov. Raymond E Baldwin and Health Commissioner Stanley H Osborn said they will work with local authorities to organize a state wide survey of safety regulations after the Niles Street hospital blaze. Fire survivors statements will be integrated with testimony as the Christmas investigation continues.
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Raymond E. Baldwin
Hickey
Stanley H. Osborn
Niles Street Hospital
Formosan Married Women Mark Status With Lip Tattoos
Married women among certain native tribes in Formosa signify their wedlock by tattooing mustaches on their lips, a cultural tradition noted in early reports.
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Formosa
MacArthur and His Guards Stirred by Quiet Holiday Hours
The scene around MacArthur’s Tokyo headquarters was calm on Christmas with one MP at each entrance and no new orders after the so called plot. Guards cited no organized movement and said they remain vigilant as MacArthur commutes between the embassy and Dai Ichi office. officials noted few public appearances and a cautious public mood.
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MacArthur
United States
Dai Ichi
Thorpe
Japan
Araki
Wheeler
Gen
Yamashita
Macur
Attempted assassination of Sjahrir near Batavia
A Eurasian soldier fired on Premier Sutan Sjahrir as his car traveled near Batavia. The shot missed. the assailant and 14 others were identified but not confirmed. The incident followed a broader Allied report of casualties from a surprise attack on an Indonesian position at the Bandoeng mission school.
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Batavia
Sutan Sjahrir
Ministry of Information
Sjahrir
Dutch East Indies Army
Aneta
British Exchange Telegraph Agency
Bandoeng
Kampong
Southern grid team drills amid uncertain starting lineup
Rollin T. Gridley of Tucson coached the Southern squad in a passage scrimmage at Tucson high. Assistants Red Greer of Tucson and Glenn Wilson of Coolidge directed backs through pass offense and running plays while drilling pass defense as injuries to the starting unit loom.
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Sernes
Rollin T. Gridley
Tucson
Gridley
Red Greer
Glenn Wilson
Coolidge
Ezequiel Padilla to Visit Nogales in January
Former Mexican foreign minister and presidential candidate Ezequiel Padilla will visit Nogales on January 9 as part of a Northwestern tour. He will be the guest of honor at a banquet and has strong backing in the border region.
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Nogales
Sen
Mex
Ezequiel Padilla
Mexico
Padilla
Postwar labor actions include Ford strikes recessed
Washington reports plan overhauls of employment wage stabilization and labor conciliation services to handle postwar stoppages. The war labor board nears retirement and a national wage stabilizing board runs to June 30. J I Case Co strikes affect about 7000 workers in four states over membership dues arbitration and wage demands.
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Ford Motor Co
Washington
War Labor Board
National Wage Stabilization Board
J. I. Case Co
Rockford
Rock Island
Racine
Wis
Burlington
First Southern Italy Rotary Government Patched
Col Thomas argues the early Italian Sicily military government was not justified due to a lack of qualified leaders. Bagdolio was replaced after AMG headquarters moved to Rome as education and loyalty questions framed governance. The British American operation aimed to aid civilians and meet theater commands.
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Italy
Col. Thomas
Bagdolio
AMG
Rome
Sicily
Bituminous Coal Powers About Half of U S Mechanical Energy
The statement notes that bituminous coal provides roughly 50 percent of the United States' mechanical energy, underscoring coal's dominant role in industrial power and energy production.
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United States
Jap Dancers Swing Out For Gay Christmas
In Tokyo on December 26 Japanese jitterbugs, long barred from public dancing by wartime bans and air raid fears, burst into a nationwide wave of social dancing. American style dancing dominated parties as jitterbugs defied prior restrictions, with private gatherings and muffled phonographs keeping rhythms alive until the B 29s intensified.
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Tokyo
Carolina Congressman Dies in Christmas Gas Death
Congressman Joe W. Ervin, 44, a North Carolina Democrat, was found dead in a gas-filled kitchen at his Washington home on Christmas Day. Coroner A Magruder MacDonald ruled death by own action by asphyxiation.
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Washington
Joe W. Ervin
North Carolina
A. Magruder MacDonald
Truman Plans Uncertain Entertainment Schedule
President Truman's aides and friends say no plans were made for Christmas entertainment. He aims to be with family and may see his mother in Grandview and his aunt across the street if the family decides last minute. He arrived at Kansas City airport at 4 54 p.m. after a six hour Christmas Day flight aboard the Sacred Cow from Washington.
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Sermon
J. T. Noland
Secret Service
Washington
Kansas City Municipal
Capital
White House
U.S
U. S
President’s Sleek Flight Delayed by Weather
Secret service spokesmen said the President faced no danger in Kansas City landing concerns. The only issue noted was the Washington takeoff during a sleet storm that halted air traffic in the capital.
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Secret Service
Kansas City
Washington
Capital
Nurse From New Mexico Found Dead By Husband
Mrs. Billy Louise Westerfield a 23 year old nurse from Clovis New Mexico was found shot to death in a downtown Los Angeles hotel by her husband G F Westerfield 45 after his return from several hours absence Police said a pistol was in her right hand and that she had been treated for a nervous breakdown and had taken sleeping tablets Earlier she lived in Prescott Arizona
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Los Angeles
Billy Louise Westerfield
Clovis
N. M
J. W. Pross
G. F. Westerfield
Westerfield
Prescott, Ariz
Despised carp noted for high intelligence among fish
The carp is described as one of the most intelligent fish, despite being disliked by many anglers.
Grandma style remedy cuts through city cold woes
Mothers report relief from children's colds with Penetro salve, touted as a modern update of Grandma’s mutton suet remedy. It claims outside warming relief for sore chests and inside soothing vapors for noses and throats, offered in 25c and 35c sizes.
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Sanden
Son Of Jimmy Gleason Dies In Fall At Hotel
Army Sgt. Russell Gleason, 36, actor son of Jimmy Gleason, died after plunging from the fourth floor of a midtown hotel. A call reported a man on the rain swept ledge shortly before his body landed on a second floor extension. Police collected the body with the back broken.
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Jimmy Gleason
New York
UPR
Army
Russell Gleason
Gleason
East 5S1st
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