Jap Editor Appeals Ban
Former Japanese finance minister Tanzan Ishibashi charges American officials purged him for not being a pure yes man to Allied HQ economic and scientific sections. He lobbies to reinstate him in politics via a screening appeal, contesting wartime editorials and purge directives. Brig. Gen. Courtney Whitney defended HQ actions, recalling pre Pearl Harbor war warnings.
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Tokyo
Tanzan Ishibashi
Allied Headquarters
Ishibashi
Oriental Economist
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Headquarters Government
Courtney Whitney
Whitney
Pearl Harbor
England
Douglas Featured on Life Magazine Cover
Arizona's Lewis Williams Douglas ambassador to court of St James is pictured on the Life Weekly visit cover. The feature spans five pages detailing his successes and problems as the U S emissary to Socialist England. His son James Stuart says he will spend about 10 days at the Sonoita ranch in January.
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Arizona
Lewis Williams Douglas
Court of St. James
Life
Ambassador Douglas
U. S
England
James Stuart
Sonoita Ranch
Uncle Boobly Retires to Travel After Long Life
NEW YORK Oct 27 Uncle Boobly has retired from the active pursuit of pelf and will spend his days by the river taking it easy He is the youngest of 18 and the first to retire since the Civil War era His plans include seeing California and dancing on occasion A quirky family portrait of a beloved character and his long humor-filled life story
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New York
Uncle Boobly
Tom Boyle
America
Ely
California
France
Paris
Kansas City
Dad
Wanderfoot
Enlistments Reported For Army and Naval Reserves
Three enlistments in the Army and three in the naval reserves were announced from local recruiting offices. Entering the Army are Robert Polanco Willie Webb and J B Fare of Tucson. Naval reserves enlistees are Peter Visconte Merlin Dickerson and Mike Ablanedo Diaz all as apprentice seamen.
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Army
O-1
Robert Polanco
West 24Th Street
Willie Webb
J. B. Fare
Tucson
Peter Joseph Visconte
River Road
Merlin Dean Dickerson
South Sixth Avenue
Mike Ablanedo Diaz
South
Arizona Avenue
Hooker Dies Revered Civil War Colonel 107
Virginia Minnesota mourns Col. Charles L. Hooker a 107 year old Civil War veteran who served with Gen. Custer and marched with Sherman. He died in his sleep at his son's home after living in Virginia for 16 years. Born April 3 1840 in New York state he enlisted in Wisconsin in 1860 and was later made colonel by Gen. Custer. Funeral services will be held in Superior Wisconsin Thursday.
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Virginia
Minn
Col
Charles L. Hooker
George A. Custer
Sherman
Col. Hooker
Family
Hooker
New York State
Wisconsin
Gen
Custer
Superior
Wis
Trumans to Entertain Democratic Committee at White House
President Truman and Mrs. Truman will host a White House tea for the Democratic national committee next Wednesday. The committee will meet that day to choose a site for the 1948 party convention.
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Washington
Truman
Democratic National Committee
White House
Gay Gibson Missing Actress Linked To Ship Murder
James Camb a 30 year old Scots deck steward appeared in a Southampton magistrate court charged with murder in the disappearance of Gay Gibson a 21 year old actress who vanished from her ship cabin after a dance near the west African coast aboard the Durban Castle detectives searched African beaches for her body and the case remains under bail denial awaiting next proceedings.
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Southampton
Eng
James Camb
Gibson
Camb
Equator
Miss Gibson
Durban Castle
Ziegler Assistant Met Manager Dies at 77
New York reports Edward Ziegler former assistant general manager of the Metropolitan Opera association died in the city he was 77 born in Baltimore. In Alaska a mine processes 800000 pounds of sand and gravel to yield one pound of gold.
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New York
Edward Ziegler
Metropolitan Opera Association
Baltimore
Alaska
Friends In Reich To Be Traced For Missing Relatives
Basil O Connor announced Red Cross channels now exist to trace Americans last known in Germany. Inquiries can be made to locate relatives and friends missing since before the war across all four occupied zones.
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Germany
United States
Basil O’connor
The
Red Cross
O’connor
Red Cross Sets German Inquiry Channel Through Chapter
The Red Cross directs inquiries to the local chapter of residence and will accept them only after mail proves ineffective. Since resuming two way inquiry service last April, excluding Germany, the organization has worked to establish a Germany inquiry channel via U S military government contacts in Berlin.
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Red Cross
Inquirer
Germany
U. S
Berlin
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Garden Pottery
Gay’ Gibson
Clifford Odets
Capetown
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Met
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RCO
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Ny & Ain
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