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Vol. CXVI, No. 297, Associated Press Service
Tojo, 6 Warlords Hanged
ECRECY
BY FRANK L. WHITE
TOKYO, Thursday, Deec. 23 —
(AP) — Former Premier Hideki
Tojo and six other Japanese war
lords were hanged today for Ja
pan’s crimes against humanity.
Tojo was the last to die of the
three Axis dictators who plunged
the world into the most bloody
war in history.
The Army announced seven
went to their deaths .on the gal
lows in Sugamo Prison, where
they had been held for more than
two and a half years — during
and after their long trial.
Only Monday the U. S. Supreme
Court closed the last possible door
of escape. It found it was without
authority to act on the appeals of
two of them Gen. Kenji Doihara
and former Premier Koko Hirota.
The seven were condemned by
the International Tribunal which
handed out prison terms to 19
of their co-defendants.
No Details
The Army gave no details of the
hangings. It promised to hand out
more information later to news
men, who were not permitted to
attend.
The first of the condemned men
dropped to his death at one min
uate past midnight today (10:01
a. m., Eastern Standard Time.)
Who was the first to die and the
order in which they went were
not indicated. It also was possible
several were hanged at once be
cause the executions went off
fast.
The hangings were finished by
35 minutes after midnight.
A Buddist priest and two U.
S. chaplains were repertedly in
the prison for the executions since
early Wednesday.
Tojo survived his fellow ,dicta
tors, Adolf Hitler of Germany and
Benito Mussolini of Italy, because
of American.medical skill.
In September of 1945, as Amer
ican troops came to arrest him,
Tojo shot himself with-a revolver.
Quick medical attention and a
transfusion of American whole
blood saved him for the gallows.
Tojo Stands Trial
Tojo was the only one of the
three to stand trial. Hitler sup
posedly died in the ruins of Ber
lin as the Russians closed in.
Mussolini was Kkilled by Italian
partisans.
Col. Marion P. Echols, MacAr
thur’s public information officer,
apparently was at Sugamo prison
when the hangings took place.
Capt. H. H. Hawkins, duty of
ficer, said he received his infor
mation directly from Echols, who
may furnish the additional details.
Announcement from the Army
public information office said:
“Between 0001 and 0035 Dec.
23, all 'seven of the war crimin
als that were condemned by the
International military tribunal for
the Far East were hanged.”
Utmost secrecy surrounded the
execution at the prison on strict
orders from General MacArthur.
In addition to wartime Premier
Toyoo, the other six hanged were:
Gen. Kenji Doihara, the Manchu
rian plotter; Koki Hirota, former
premier; Gen. Seishiro Itagaki,
former war minister; Gen. Heita
ro Kumura, chief of the Japanese
armies in Manchuria; Gen. Iwane
Matsui, who commanded at the
rape of Nanking; Lt. Gen. Akira
Muto, chief of staff in the¢ Phil
ippines.
The brief announcement gave
no other details.
Details Promised
The Army promised, however,
that details of the last minutes of
the seven worlords would be
made public as soon as witnesses
could be interviewed at the pri-
SOI.
Newspapermen were not allow
ed to attend. . .
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left Mrs. Thump’s cave than
Flournoy himself popped in.
“My word,” said Mrs. Thump
when she saw the elf’s wrinkled
face. “Surely you are not Santa’s
boy!” ’
“And why not?” asked Flour-"
noy, his' little black mouth twist-.
ed in a grin.
“Because your face is filled
with wickedness and besides your
leg is not crippled.”
“No,” said the elf.- “I am not
the boy. I am Flournoy and I am
here to cast an evil spell over you
unless you do as I say.”
“Why,” cried the witch indig
nantly. “I knoW more, spells than
you ever dreamed of. Be off with
you or I'll turn vou into a breath
of air’” ‘ ;
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front at Miami Beach, Fla., with the thermomteer up
in the 80’s. All Donna knows about the snow storms and
sub-freezing weather in the north is what she reads in
the newspapers.— (AP Wirephoto.)
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HEAVY SNOWFALL MAROONS SIIERS IN MOUNTAINS—These skiiers are dig
ging themselves out of a 12-foot snowfall in the Snoqualmie Pass in the Cascade
mountains near Seattle, Wash. They went there to spend the day, but were stranded
overnight. Depth df the snow is a record for the pass in mid-December.— (AP Wire
photo.)
(Citizens Group
Asks County
Extend Mains
- Clarke county citizens residing
in the Johnson Drive Community,
between Lexington and Barnett
Shoals roads, last night adopted
resolutions urging the Board of
County Commissioners to extend
the water and sewer mains from
the City limits of Athens so that
they.can get water and sewer dis
posal services.
The residents organized a per
manent - Community = club and
elected J. Raymond Akins as
chairman and Jimmy Murray as
co-chairman. Mrs. Hayes Edwards
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“Maba,, Maba, Boligan, Z§iss”
while his fingers danced in the
air above the witch’s head. |
Instantly Mrs. Thump fel] into
a deep sleep. “Lucky for you I'm‘
in a Jgood humor,” muttered
Flournoy. “I've only put you to!
| sleep for an hour.” |
‘ Quickly he pulled off the
| witch’s black robe and wrapped
it around himself. He took her
pointed black hat and set it
carefully. on top of his own head.
- Then he picked the little witch
from her chair and pushed her
under the bed.
All these preparations had
taken but the tiniest time so that
the elf was not even breathless
when Danny came into the cave.
Flournoy squatted on his heels
before a“tiny fire and peered at
the crippled.. boy from- beneath
ihe wide brim of the witch's hatl.
“Please, ma’'am,” said Danny
politely. “Santa says you can
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SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Full Police Probe Of
Duggan’s Death Asked
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.— (AP) —Mystery surrounding
the death of Laurence Duggan deepened today as police
sought to determine whether he committed suicide, was
the victim «f an accident or the object of foul play.
The suggestion that “foul play”
had figured in the former State
Department expert’s, fatal 16-
story plunge from his Manhattan
office was raised yesterday by
Rep. Karl Mundt (R~S.D.), acting
chairman of the House Un-Ameri
can Activities Committee.
Wells’ Message
This was reportedly followed by
a- message from Sumner Welles,
former Under-Secretary of State,
asking New York’s Mayor William
O’Dwyer to order a thorough po
lice probe of the death. O’Dwyer
was understocod to have agreed.
Welles said he was convinced
Duggan had not committed sui
cide. He said a recent letter from
Duggan backed up this belief, but
he did not give details.
Mundt had ‘said there was “more
than a slight possibility of foul
play” that might *lead directly to
the Communist espionage conspir
ators.” Later, he said, he had no
‘evidence of his ewn to support his
suspicions. -
| Confidential Papers
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ATHENS, CA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22.1948.
U. S. Halts Marshali Plan
Aid To Duch East Indies
NOW SAFE
50 Marooned
In Pass Since
Last Weekend
Seattle, Dec. 22 — (AP) — Fifty
skiers and sightseers, marooned
since last week-end in Stevens
Pass, made their way out of the
Cascades last night.
At the same time, Ski Patrol
man Harry Pruzan disclosed sev
eral persons reported narrow
brushes with death in the snow
slides which blocked the highway
through the pass.
Two of them ‘“rode a slide”
about 1,000 feet down into Tyee
Valley, Pruzan said. They were
bruised but suffered no other ill
effects.
The two were State Patrolman
Larry Linnell and a girl skier,
Mary Markey, Seattle. Linnell
was leading the girl across a slide
area when they were caught by a
second slide.
munist courier Whittaker Cham
bers, who purportedly once ac
cused Duggan of giving him confi
dential government papers, denied
he ever made such an accusation.
The FBI disclosed that .10 days
ago it questioned Duggan, but
added, without elaborating, that
the questioning was merely “rou
tine.”
Alert Police Action Cited
DICK FERGUSON'S BURGLARIZED;
FIVE SUSPECTS ARE ROUNDED UP
¥ By ED THILENIUS, City Editor
Alert and rapid-fire action by local police has rounded up five negro suspects accused
of breaking into Dick Ferguson’s Clothing Store at 335 East Clayton street last night.
The speedy and - cooperative
work of police placed the sus
pects behind bars in less than
two hours after the break-in was
discovered by Lt. Hoyt Brown at
11:45 p. m. .
A short investigation by De
tective Walt McKinnon, jr., with
store officials, levealed several
possible clues concerning former
employes of the store. «
McKinnon and Officers Ralph
Veale and Carl Allgeod visited
the home of one of the suspects,
shortly after midnight and found
the missing « clothes—nearly SIOO
- a swing on the front
‘porch. Some of the clothes were.
‘wrapped in paper bearing the
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Dutch Take
Indonesia
Capital City
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—
(AP)—The United States today
halted all Marshall Plan aid to
the Netherlands East Indies pend
ing settlement of hostilities be
tween the Dutch and the repub
lic of Indonesia.
- The action was disclosed in a
cable sent by Paul G. Hoffmna,
Economic Cooperation Adminis
trator, to the chief of the ECA
mission in the Netherlands.
A top ECA official said the
move came after “full consulta
tion” with the State Depart
mernt,
Made Public
/ The text of the cable was not
immediately made public. How
ever, it was known that the ac
tion cuts off for the present any
ECA aid grants to the Nether
lands East Indies.
- Dr. D. Soemitro, Indonesian
envoy, had asked Undersecretary
of State Lovett to shut off Mar
shall Plan aid to the Dutch,
charging the assistance was being
used to crush the Indonesian re
public. !
The Dutech Ambassador, Eelco
Van Kleffens, denied any recov
ery funds have been used to arm
Duich troops.
Apparently the suspension of
recovery ~grants' to the Nether
lands Far Eastern territories does
not affect ECA allocations to the
Dutch homeland.
~ So. far, ECA. has - approved
Marshali Plan grants to thyg
Netherlands * totaling $298,564,675
and $61,790,958 to the East In
dies.
The action suspending aid to
Indonesia was the second such
move in as many days. ECA Chief
Paul G. Hoffman yesterday an
nounced the dropping, for the
time being of $70,000,000 in re
construction aid for China.
Dutch troops captured the In-!
donesian republic’s capital on
Sumatra today and all but two of
‘the main cities in central Java in
‘a whirlwind campaign pressed
despite scorched earth tactics.
United Nations
' The United Nations Good Offi
'ces Committee told the Security
Council the Dutch were plahning
their current campaign against
the Indonesian republic while
still corresponding with .the re
public through the commitete.
The Dutch told the Security
Council—considering an Ameri
can complaint over the rgwest
war-—that Communists had infil
trated the republic’s government,
army, labor and youth move-!
ments. l
~ The Dutech delegate said the
republic was attacked b‘ecausel
the Dutch captured secret Repub
lican plans to attack the Dutch !
in Indonesia in January. !
'The captured Sumatran capi-‘
‘tal is Bukittinggi. Places seized
in central and north Java in
cluded the oil center of Tjepoe,
which the Republicans burned in
part; Soerakarta, second largesi
Republican city; Kalioerang,
where the 18 United Nations
staff members were reported
safe; Parakan, Setjang and Won- |
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e]hat, and a costly tpocoat. One or!
'lthe suspects was found to be
| wearing the new hat, ‘
. Action Plan
The police plan of action I‘ol-}
lowed this pattern: {
Lt. Brown discovered the rearl
door of the store open around'
:11:45. He promptly called Detec- |
tive McKinnon. After a brief‘
talk with store officials, McKin- |
nop, Veale and Allgood visited
cne of the suspect’s home, :
' “The 'suspect wasn’t at home at
the time, so an alarm on his de- |«
{scription was flashed to the|:
iprowl cars on duty. A short time
|later Officers Alan Hansford and |
&anfllw spotted the ‘é}xs&ect 1
3 two other negroes G
|Were ‘Tounded up.~ A briet taik |
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NANKING, Dec. 22.— (AP) —Chiang Kai-shek gave
the go ahead today to a new. cabinet committed to an
“honorable peace.” But prospects for peace in China are
\“lll.
Communist armies to the
north rambled tpward the
Yangtze, Chiang’s troops were in
southward retreat. All of North
China and the area of east cen
tral China north of the Yangtze
appeared doomed. Jumpy Nan
king residents frétted.
In this dark picture, Chiang
approved a cabinet selected by
Premier Sun Fo. The fact the
cabinet was approved by_Chiang
was significant. Observers felt
Chiang showed by this act that
he was still boss of the Nation
alist government and was not
about to quit.
No Surrender
Sun announced Nationalist
China would <ght' on until it
could secure an honorable peace.
Then he said there would be no
Party Fights -Are
Shaping Up In Senate
. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.— ‘(AP)' —Both Republicans
and Democrats in the new Senate may do some hot scrap
ping among themselves before ‘the settle down to party
line fighting. G : '
In the making are contests for:
1. The post of Senate president
pro tempore, mostly an honorary
job so long as there is a Vice-
President to preside over the
chamber, Friends of Senator Ty~
dings of Maryland are trying to
put him in the spot which Sena
tor McKellar of Tennessee held
until the Republicans took con
trol of Congress two years ago.
2. The minority (GOP) floor
leadership, This is the one that
‘may cause the most fireworks if
‘Senator Wharry of Nebraska de
cides to fight for the job. '
Wherry is keeping his own
‘counsel, but friends said the Ne
braskan is not taking kindly to
a campaign to shove him back in
to his old post as assistant leader.
. In the last session, Wherry
served as acting leader because
Senator White of Maine was ill.
White did not seek re-election.
. Self-Styled Liberals
Ever since last month’s election
upset, self-styled liberals among
the Republicans have been more
or less openly clamcring for
Wherry's scglp. Wherry also is
said to have incurred the opposi
tion of Senator Vandenberg of
Michigan because some of his
votes against certain foreign pol
icy proposals sponsored by Van
denbersg.
On the other hand, Senator
Taft of Ohio—who appears likely
to be re-elected chairman of the
fwith the three suspects led to the
| pickup of two other negroes.
During the course of this in
vestigation, large amounts of
]chewing gum, the type available
iin penny slot machines, was
found on the suspects.
| . Machine Broken .
{ Further questioning and inves
tigation revealed that a machiac
at the bus _station had been bro
ken open, and peanuts and cheyv
ing gum had been removed.
Continued investigation and
questioning. of the’ suspects was
slated late today.s ;
Chief oi:Police Clarence Rob
erts paid high praise to the offi
cers’ work and termed it one of
the neatest bits of police work he
has seen in quite a while,
Read Daily by 35,000 People:ln Athens Trade Area
surrender to the Communists.
Observers ' felt some sort of a
deal might be offered the Reds.
Others felt the Communists would
not want to make peace with a
government headed by Chiang.
With the situation to the north
crumbling fast, there was a pos
sibility that the new cabinet may
have to take to its heels soon.
The next major Nationalist
stand is expected to be at the
Yangtze. Just ‘what Chiang can
throw at the Communists here in
the way of military stfength has
not been shown.
The vast area’ north of the
Yangtze was being written off by
some sources. . Peiping and Tient
sin held| out ' against attacking
armies but both = were isolated
and appejarea hopelessly lost.
GOP : policy ' committee—has told
friends he prefers Wherry.. '
The self-dubbed liberal group
has been talking of putting up
their '‘own candidate against
Wherry. Those mentioned in this‘
connection include Senators
Baldwin of Connecticut, Lodge
and Saltonstall of ‘Massachusetts
and Knowland of California.
A McKellar-Tydings fight, ifi
one develops, might invoive more
than {wo scrapping personalities.
Some' administration supporters
are keeping their fingers crossed
lest it open old civil rights
‘'wounds. ¢
While both McKellar and .Tyd
ings supported President Truman
in' the campaign, most' Southern
ers could be expected to string
‘along ‘with - McKellar in a 'show
down battle with a border state
contender. . . :
McKellar, ' who will _be 80 in
June, has announced publicly he
would be happy to resume the
pro-temy office as well as the
chairmanship' of the: Appropria
tions Committee. :
~ Tydings, 21 years younger, told
la reporter. yesterday: | ¢
FOUR MEN ACQUITTED
GAINESVILLE, Ga., 'Dec. 22—
(AP) — Sheriff Farris - Brewer
and three other men have been
lacquitted by a federal court jury
on charges of operating a bootleg
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ATHENS DISTRICT 194 Y% BUY SCOUT OFFICERS-
Northeast Georgia Council Boy Secout Executive J/
Molder (far right) congratulates the 1949 Athens
trict Boy Scout officers, who are (left to right) »
E. Terry, chairman; H. T. Gilbert, vice-chairp
Dr. Kenneth Redman, commissioner.— (Phot
Shadgett.) :
Home
Eclifion
T. M. Tillman
Elected New
C. Of C. Prexy
Thomas M. Tillman, prominent
Athens business man, has been
elected president of the Chamber
of Commerce effective January 1.
He succeeds D. Weaver Bridges,
who has sérved as president dur
ing 1948,
Other officers eeleted for 1949
are: Malcolin A, Rowe, Vice-Pres
ident, W. R. Bedgood, Treasurer,
and Malcolm Ainsworth, Secre
tary.
In addition to the officers the
new Board of Directors also elect
ed as ex-officio directors for 1949
Mayor Jack R. Wells: J. W, Mat
thews, president of the -Junior
Chamber, and Hary H. Elder, who
will become chairman of the
Clarke County Commissioners
early in the year.
In addition to the officers and
ex-otficio directors the _complete
personnel of the Board also in
cludes: J. B Alexander, G. A.
Booth, D, Weaver Bridges, Marion
W. Conolly, Gordon Dudley, W. F,
McElreath, W. A. Mathis Abit
Nix, Owen M, Roberts, Jr., R. M.
Snow, J. €. Stiles, C. A, Trussell,
Durward Watson and W. M. Well
man,
Armed Youths
Free Jailed Girl
LEXINGTON, Va. Dec. 29—
(AP)—Two armed youths, one of
them magked, freed a teen-age
girl prisoner from Rockbridge
county jail last night, leaving her
Jjailer locked in a cell,
Jailer Bob ' Crissman said the
pair entered the jail, forced him
to open the women’s . cell and
then locked him in and they
fled. :
Crissman identified the girl as
15-year-old Patricia Walker of
Lexington. He said she had been
jailed Saturday at the request of
the Welfare Department. He also
identified one of the Yyouths as
Charles Bingler, 17, of Lexing~
ton, ard said Bingler's masked
‘companion appeared to -be about
117 or 18. ;
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' ATHENS AND VICINITY
Considerable cloudiness and
| mild with occasienal light
rain today. Partly cloudy and
slightly cooler tonight and
’ Thursday,
;i GEORGIA — Considerable
‘ cloudiness and mild, g few
| light showers this afternoon,
. partly cloudy, slighity cooler
| over morth tonight and
I Thursday,
| TEMPERATURE
. Highest .. w 1 - Ber 86
- Lowest s i Wi i
; Mean ... .. .. 00 L. iBS
- Normial v s o o
| RAINFALL g
. Inches last 24 houss .. ... .00
Total ‘ginceé Dee. 1 5 0 201
Deficit since’ Dece. 1 ... .. 1.43
Average Dec. rainfall ... 5.08
Total since January 1 ...64.12
Excess since January 1 ..16.66