Price Control Talks Press Toward Final Action
Congress moves to reconcile Senate and House price control bills before the June 30 expiration. Conferees work under secrecy to resolve Dirksen court review and Bankhead cotton textile ceiling issues and aim for a compromise measure to allow a Saturday recess. The session seeks adjournment by August 1 for party conventions.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Rep
Dirksen
Ilinois
Invasion Triumphs Spark Texas War Bond Drive
Rep Worley of the Panhandle says civilian goods forecast will rise 25 percent once invasion and liberation succeed. He cites Allied mistakes in Europe, MacArthur Pacific plans, and Japanese bombing of a mand. He urges leniency on passes to boost bumper Wheat harvest and backs the Fighting Fifth War Loan Drive with extra bonds.
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Rep
Worley
The
Panhandle
Europe
MacArthur
Pacific
Philippine Islands
Washington
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Congress
Buy &H
Bard Nominated Undersecretary of Navy in Roosevelt Move
President Roosevelt nominated Ralph A. Bard to be undersecretary of the Navy, filling the post left when James V. Forrestal moved to higher duties after the death of Frank Knox. The nomination, sent to the Senate, creates an acting vacancy as assistant secretary, with Forrestal’s recommendation to be considered before filling that post.
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Washington
Ralph A. Bard
Navy
Roosevelt
Bard
James V. Forrestal
Frank Knox
Senate
Stephen Early
Forrestal
Early
Invasion Front Reports Steady Progress Across Normandy
Allied forces cling to a widening beachhead as American units push inland near Cherbourg and Carentan. British troops advance into Caen’s outskirts while German resistance clings to hillside towns and relies on dwindling anti tank guns. Naval gunfire and shore batteries aid the advance as casualties mount.
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Cherbourg
Carentan
Tilly-Sur-Seuiles
Caen
Tilly
Orne River
St. Lo
Normandy
Cerisy
21St Army Group
Ramillies
Houlgate
Morton L. Deyo
U. S
Tuscaloosa
Politics Shifts to Chicago for Draft of Dewey
New York Republican leaders converge on Chicago to draft Governor Dewey for the national convention nomination. Bricker's camp gains note of strength with insiders predicting a sixth or seventh ballot pick. Dewey cautions he is not a candidate while party figures assert he will accept if nominated.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Chicago
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Roy D. Moore
Strong
Dewey J. Russel Sprague
Dewey
Sprague
Edwin F. Jaeckle
Herbert Brownell
Republican Party
New York State
Moore
Kerr
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Washington
Minnesota
American Democrat National Committee
Roosevelt
Gleason L. Archer
GOP
Maine
CIO Political Action Committee
Andrew A. Petit
Portland
Robert Hale
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
New Deal
American Democratic National Committee
O’daniel
Precinct Chairmen Decide Negro Vote in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth on June 19, A. H. Sanders of the Tarrant County executive committee left the question of whether Negroes may vote in the July 22 Democratic first primary to precinct chairmen. He noted chairmen may permit Negroes to vote if they pledge to support the Democratic ticket in the general election.
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Fort Worth
A. H. Sanders
Tarrant County
Sanders
Allies Use Rubber Boats To Run Japs Out of Indian Province
Allied forces swept the Japanese from Assam Province and advanced along a 20 mile stretch toward Imphal in Manipur. Rubber boats aided operations during the monsoon with RAF planes striking congested retreat routes as Mountbatten’s HQ reports gains near Maosongsang Tuphema Kharasgom track and Chinese-Chindit activity around Mogaung Myitkyina.
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Indian Province
Peace Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Assam
India
Imphal
Manipur
Ukhrul
Maosongsang
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Burma
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Mogaung River
W. D. A. Lentaigne
Chindit
Black and White Ointment Skin Care Notice
Advertises Gesres based ointment as relief for itching burning and soreness with daily cleansing using Black and White Skin Soap and directions to use as directed.
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Terezin
Czecholovakia
Ralph Bard
Avrthos
Cystex
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Ierpest
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ThriftiCheet
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First National Bank of
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
the Panhandle
Welfare Board
Potter County Child Welfare Board
Edna Meloy
van Buren Street
Meloy
Ruby Sanford
Sanford
Globe News
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Young Bill
Betty Lite
John H. Banister
Central Church of Christ
Fourteenth and
Monroe
Rome
George C. Marshal
Henry H. Arnold
Italian Front
Polk
Lee Satterwhite
KGNC
G. Welton Gross
Oliver Eakle
Dixie Cream Donut Shop
Kroehler
Heal H Furniture Company
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