Destruction of Prussian State Urged By New Bavarian PM
Bavarian temporary prime minister Friedrich Schaeffer urges dismantling Prussia to erase militarism. He proposes redividing Prussia into new states, exclude Nazi influence from government, and grant voting bans for Nazi affiliates for 15 years. He plans inclusive cabinet with Jews and communists, and vows to sieve applicants for Nazi ties.
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Bavaria
Curt Riess
Munich
Friedrich Schaeffer
Schaeffer
AMG
Reich
Germany
Prussia
Bogenhausen
Allied
Bavarian Peoples’ Party
Dachau
Interior
Socialist Party
Democratic Party
Catholic Party
Nazi Germany
Insurance Coverage For 178 000 Farms Announced
AP Special Washington service reports that federal coverage this spring extended to about 178000 farms via crop insurance. About 15000 spring wheat on 26000 farms, 98000 cotton on 116000 farms, and 30000 flax on 36000 farms are included. Winter wheat insurance begins in about a month. Experimental programs on tobacco and corn are under study in selected counties.
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Congress
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Daniels Opposes Peacetime Draft Emphasis Wrong
Former Navy secretary Josephus Daniels urges postwar policy focused on air power and voluntary enlistment. He argues universal conscription is unnecessary, insisting a strong air force and well paid, educated volunteers can deter any future attack. He calls for modernizing tactics and prioritizing sky dominance.
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Washington
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Raleigh
N. C
House
Daniels
Daniel
Munich Sight Shames Germans Capt. Henry Reports
Capt. Henry of the 171st Field Artillery writes from Munich describing a Nazi sign near the town. He recalls Dachau and nearby camps where starved prisoners were held and notes a picture in the press misidentified as Berlin. He witnessed thousands freed by Allied forces and recounts the horrors seen on his war cadence.
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Munich
Dachau
Lowell Henry
Henry
States and Stripes
Berlin
Osage Cattlemen Anticipate Strong Turnout for Range Tour
Osage county faces a bright spot in a weak meat market as about 60,000 cattle graze in Osage pastures for the June 14 15 cattlemen's association meeting. Officials cite 15 percent more cattle this spring vs 1944 and a 10 percent rise since 1943, amid wartime regulatory hurdles and a marketing outlook conference.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Osage County
Cattlemen’s Association
Osage
Oklahoma
Kansas
E. D. Blood
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Berlin Aftermath Seen Through Allied Eyes
Berlin is described as a shattered capital with 35 percent of buildings destroyed and 3,000,000 residents. Food shortages persist despite rationing, while Allied flags adorn streets. Tour of Chancellery reveals ruined rooms and Hitler’s blood red map table amid rubble.
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Eddy Gilmore
Berlin
Third Reich
Stalingrad
Warsaw
London
Moscow
Bezarin
Red
Germany
Soviet Union
U. S
Europe
Russia
United States
England
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Light Pink Is Political Shade Indicated By French Elections
NEA correspondent Tom Wolf analyzes recent French municipal results and long term trends. He notes voters favored local personalities over party lines, with Communists active in resistance roles but not necessarily shaping national outcomes. He sees a leftward drift but not a full Communist rise.
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Tom Wolf
NEA Service
United States
France
NEA Steff
Jean
Germany
Gestapo
Communist Party
Brittany
Franc- Tireurs
FTP
Ains
Bittany
Paris
L’aube
Catholic Christian Democrats Party
Abaca Shortage Relief Seen From Philippine Field Recapture
MacArthur forces advance in the Philippines freeing abaca lands and bringing in experts to strip and ship Manila hemp. Central America trials with United Fruit Company expand plantings in Panama Costa Rica Honduras and Guatemala to supply rope fibers amid wartime shortages.
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NEA
New York
MacArthur
Philippines
Manila
United States
Luzon
Midwest
United Fruit Company
Central America
India
Dutchest Indies
Malay States
Latin America
Mindanao
Panama
Costa Rica
Honduras
Guatemala
Japan
Leyte
Hen Takes in Orphan Kittens in Medford Tale
A Medford resident reports a leghorn hen adopting orphaned kittens. The hen struggles to feed the kittens who battle each other for worms the hen provides, highlighting the odd foster care arrangement and mounting trouble.
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Medford
Ore
Herman Offenbacher
General MacArthur's Philippines HQ Plane Named Bataan
The mobile headquarters in the Philippines uses a Douglas C-54 transport aircraft named Bataan. The four engine skymaster features a desk eating and sleeping areas and a cruising speed of about 200 miles per hour.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Bataan
Mrs. Truman Faces Busy Days Before Summer White House Ready
In Independence Missouri on June 9 Elizabeth Toomey reports First Lady Bess Truman helming the final cleaning and decoration for the summer White House. Crews tackle painting and rearrangement as Mrs Truman estimates ten more days to two weeks of work ahead. Civic leaders envision a joint celebration if President Truman’s visit coincides with General Eisenhower's homecoming in Abilene Kansas. Vietta Garr returns to the Trumans as cook amid the renovation chaos.
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Elizabeth Toomey
Independence
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abilene
Kas
Europe
Vietta Garr
Trumans
Navy Casualties In Surge and Pacific War Report
The OWI release lists Oklahoma servicemembers by status including Navy dead Pvt A W Ether ton Jr Buffalo Sir J W Wynne Marlow Navy missing Lt D C Kincannon Griggs Navy wounded Pvt M T Baker Bristow Cpl E L Frazier Picher Pfc Lonnie C Fry Konawa S/Sgt M A Fulfer and others.
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Army
Navy
OWI
De Gaulle Gains In Esteem Of French
Gen. De Gaulle returned to Paris from a Normandy inspection tour that became a personal triumph. He drew crowds and was mobbed at towns from Caen to St Lo as the public backed his leadership and foreign policy despite the Syrian crisis. A resident tried to pull him from his car in a small town.
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Belman Morin
Paris
de Gaulle
Normandy
France
Caen
Bayeux
St- Lo
Giants Outfielder Delivers Tough Field Critique
Sportsman's Park in St. Louis earns scathing praise from Phil Weintraub of the New York Giants as a disappointing major league venue.
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Sportsman’s Park
St. Louis
Phil Weintraub
New York Giants
15th Army May Go To Pacific Areas
The Stars and Stripes reports that U S Third and Seventh Armies in Germany could free Lt Gen Leonard Gorowsky 15th Army for a possible shift to the Pacific. The dispatch notes redeployment reshapes personnel but does not guarantee occupation duty for current Third and Seventh troops.
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Paris
Stars and Stripes
U. S
Germany
Leonard Gerow
15Th
Pacific
Wiesbaden
Coalgate Project Sets Up Animal Nutrition Study
Oklahoma A and M College experiment station plans pasture research near Coalgate to trace effects of soil management from plant foods in the soil to dressed beef carcass. W. L. Blizzard, director, says four soil types representative of two million ...
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Stillwater
Okla
Coalgate
Oklahoma A. and M. College
W. L. Blizzard
Oklahoma Soil Study Aims To Restore Productivity On 210 Acre Coalgate Tract
The project will test fertilizer treatments and legumes to improve forage quality and cattle weight gains on a 210 acre tract northeast of Coalgate Oklahoma. Soils have been mapped and analyzed as researchers including Horace J Harper Hi Staten and Darlow plan supervised trials overseen by L E Rose.
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Oklahoma
Coalgate
Southwest
Blizzard
Horace J. Harper
A. and M
Hi . Staten
Darlow
L. E. Rose
Harper
Oklahoma Soil Survey
Polish Settlement Reported After Hopkins In Moscow
Foreign diplomats in Moscow said news on the Polish question would soon come to all capitals. Observers noted a marked improvement in Russian American relations after Harry Hopkins' visit. Hopkins left Paris to report to President Truman amid French speculation of a Big Three meeting. Tass carried early reports via Paris quoting Andre Geraud.
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Moscow
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Paris
Truman
Tass
Pertinax
Andre Geraud
Washington
Polish leaders released as talks shift at Yalta
Pravda reports Pertinax that 16 of 17 Polish resistance leaders arrested by Russians were freed with Moscow signaling a larger Warsaw government including peasant socialist and Catholic party representatives. French agency notes release may delay forming new government. British commentator seeks confirmation.
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Hopkins
Pertinax
Paris
Yalta
Moscow
Warsaw
Pravda
Irene Dunne To Receive Honorary Doctor Of Music
Irene Dunne will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree by Chicago Musical College. Dr. Rudolph Ganz said the ceremony will take place next Thursday at Orchestra Hall. Dunne, who once aimed to teach music, rose to stardom in motion pictures and is a graduate of the college.
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Chicago
Irene Dunne
Thehicago Musical College
Rudolph Ganz
Miss Dunne
Orchestra Hall
Political plea on aid and Russia stance quoted
Sen Millard E Tydings urges extensive aid for Tokyo quake victims and allied Philippines relief, arguing Americans should contribute millions. He shifts concern away from Russia, saying matter to the State Department, while Sen Albert W Hawkes of New Jersey disputes broader remarks.
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Tokyo
Sen
Millard E- Tydings
Maryland
Philippines
State Department
Albert W. Hawkes
New Jersey
Banks and nations must find own salvation
Randoph Burgess of the American Bankers Association argues that loans cannot cure world diseases and that each country must work out its salvation politically, financially, and morally with only America able to assist.
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America
Randoph Burgess
American Bankers Association
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