Final Vote Expected On Bretton Woods World Bank Plan
Administration leaders push toward Senate approval of the Bretton Woods world bank fund plan with amendments likely. Senator Wagner believes a decision by nightfall is possible as debate centers on prohibitions on debt relief and currency rules.
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Bretton Woods World Bank Fund
Washington
Bretton Woods World World Bank Fund
Senate
Wagner
D-Ny
Banking Committee
World Bank
Taft
Ohio
Millikin
Cole
Thomas
Okla
D-Mont
Fitzhugh Soldier Is Back In States
Miami air field handles first homeward leg for Oklahoma veterans from overseas posts. Next stop Camp Blanding Florida then reception centers for furloughs before reassignment. Read list of named veterans with units and months in Europe or the CBI theater.
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Miami
Fla
Upmore
Verlan W. Anderson
Italy
Duncan
Irl
W. Harper
Field Artillery
Austria
Fitzhugh
Emery S. Edderson
Europe
Lawton
Arlex
Tahlequah
Elmer L. Swimmer
Tulsa
Glenn F. Murry
Air Corps
John W. Snellen
Armored
Vinita
William E. Page
Wilson
Omar D. Evans
Czechoslovakia
Russia seeks Pacific outlets and Dardanelles leverage at Potsdam
Russia aims to secure Pacific access via ports like Port Arthur and control key passages through the Japanese chain and Kuriles. Berlin talks may push hard on Eastern Asia plans and Dardanelles access, with Britain maintaining grips on the Mediterranean routes and Baltic usage shifting to Soviet control.
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Washington
Russia
Berlin
Soviet Union
Potsdam
Yellow Sea
Siberian
Japan
Asia
Pacific
Port Arthur
North China
Stalin
Truman
East Asia
North Pacific
Karafuto
Sakhalin
Kuriles
Dardanelles
Montreaux
Mediterranean
Britain
Baltic Sea
Baltic
Bornholm
Germany
Sweden
North Sea
Denmark
Truman presides at Potsdam Big Three talks begins
At Potsdam Truman, selected as conference chair, opened separate talks with Churchill and Stalin as Byrnes notes aims for swift Japan victory and peacetime Europe. Morning sessions and a joint communique outlined steps, with regular foreign secretary meetings planned to prepare higher decisions.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Kenneth L. Diqon
Potsdam
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt
Washington
Japan
Europe
Pacific
U. S
Berlin
United Kingdom
United States of America
Soviet Union
Japanese Fear U S Air Raids Amid Pacific Bombardment
News from GUAM reports Tokyo showing clear fear of further bombardment by Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet and British forces. Smoke over destroyed Osaka area plants marks ongoing strategic strikes as radio silence hides convoy movements.
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Guam
Tokyo
Japan
Adm
William F. Halsey
Third Fleet
Honshu
Mito
Hitachi
Sukegawa
Pacific
Domei Agency
Hokkaido
Tokyo-Yokohama
Berliners Brace for Stalin Train Under Blackout Plan
Russian authorities preparing for Premier Stalin's arrival and the Big Three conference ordered blackout of windows along railway routes from Berlin to Moscow and Potsdam. The measure aims to prevent peering from buildings as Stalin's train passes.
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Berlin
Stalin
Moscow
Potsdam
Sugar comprises three tasteless elements in composition
Historical note describes sugar as a sweet substance built from three tasteless elements. The exact elements are not named in the readable text, but the statement emphasizes a tri-part composition and the contrast between taste and chemical makeup.
Soldiers Tour Switzerland for U S Troops
London reports an agreement with Swiss authorities to bring U S troops to Switzerland for a week of vacation starting July 26. Troops travel in uniform but will be treated as tourists and pay 35 dollars each for the stay.
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Switzerland
London
U. S
Finland agreed to pay Russia war damage sum in gold
London reports that Finland will pay Russia fifty million dollars in gold as war damage compensation for the year starting September 1945 under a signed agreement.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Ickes Seeks Clarification on Status Amid Possible London Mission
Harold L. Ickes 71 year old cabinet leader plans to seek confirmation of his position as interior secretary and potential London oil treaty mission. If no clear reply comes his stay in Truman's administration appears unlikely and he may still take an oil mission though no London visit is planned. He holds multiple wartime posts including petroleum administrator and solid fuels administrator and leads several boards and commissions.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Truman
Ickes
Interior
London
Mr. Truman
New Ceiling Price For White Potatoes In Western States
OPA announces revised price ceilings for white potatoes grown in Arkansas Oklahoma Texas Kansas Missouri and Nebraska effective July 22 to 31. The ceilings rise 15 cents per hundred pounds over prior levels to offset lower yields, though the disaster allowance is cut in half. The Norden bombsight is described as solving key trig problems and guiding bomb releases during missions.
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Washington
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
OPA
Meat Rations End Strike By Miners In Southern Illinois
The OPA promised extra meat rations ending the no meat, no work walkout by about 10 000 coal miners and foundry workers in southern Illinois. AFL and United Mine Workers ordered strikers back to work after OPA plan details, with a nationwide total idle easing to the lowest in days.
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Associated Press
OPA
Illinois
AFL Progressive Mine Workers
United Mine Workers
Washington
AFL
General Engineering
War Labor Board
Pennsylvania
Beaumont
Tex
New York City
Inca
Phelps Dodge Corp
Fort Wayne
Ind
Jersey City
N.J
Hudson County Boulevard
WLB
Nevada Battleship Fights On After Kamikaze and Shell Attacks
The Nevada absorbed damage from a kamikaze strike and five shore battery hits while in a Pacific operation on Okinawa. Despite casualties and fires, she returned to action within hours and continued shelling targets. Marine gunners saved the ship as seven marines died in the kamikaze crash and the ship later repaired overnight.
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Washington
Nevada
Okinawa
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Cherbourg
Truman Surplus Property Board Debate Draws Split View
Congress shows mixed mood on placing surplus property disposal under a single administrator. Most expect W. Stuart Symington to lead a one man board, with Heller and Hurley as other members, while Senate factions push for broader representation. Action likely deferred until after recess, despite Truman's call for decisive control.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
W. Stuart Symington
St. Louis
Edward Heller
California
Robert A. Hurley
Connecticut
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Johnson
D.-Colo
Agriculture
Maybank
D.-S.c
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
William L. Clayton
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
A classified ad feature highlights higher yields for vested amounts in Ada News listings. Readers are shown how investing more into ad space increases visibility and return over time with scalable pricing and packages.
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Ada News
Lord Haw Haw's Treason Trial Delayed to September
The trial of William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw was postponed to the September term at the Old Bailey after a defense claim that U S evidence shows he is an American citizen. Lt Phillip Swatek of Chicago arrived to visit the Harris home and will report to Hutchinson Kansas after his Ada visit. Paraguay and Brazil plan rest houses and auto stations to welcome postwar American tourism.
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London
William
Lord Haw Haw) Joyce
Old Bailey Court
United States
Joyce
Phillip M. Swatek
Chicago
Illinois
John R. Harris
Swatek
England
U. S. Naval Air Force
Hutchinson
Kansas
Ada
Paraguay
Brazil
South America
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