Tojo Defends Wartime Actions in Exclusive AP Statement
Tokyo reports Hideki Tojo, defending himself and 27 co-defendants, argues the Allied coalition pressured Japan into war and that prosecutors cannot prove a world domination conspiracy. He cites causes including Anglo American policy, trade blocks, racism, and prewar blockades, noting uncertainties about joint conspiracy.
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Associated Press
Ichiro Kiyose
Tojo
United States
Greater East Asia
China
Japan
Police Arrest Entire Village
Amarillo becomes division headquarters for Slick Airways a coast to coast air freight line. M P Hooker announced the move from Oklahoma City to Amarillo by Monday with Amarillo as the sole Chicago to Long Beach stop. Offices at English Field will be open 24 hours a day and A C Hunt becomes station manager.
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Amarillo
Slick Airways
M. P. Hooker
Oklahoma City
Chicago
Long Beach
Hooker
English Field
A. C. Hunt
Oklahoma
Slick
San Francisco
Denver
New York
San Antonio
Palestine clashes as Jewish gangs blamed for bridge blasts
Palestinian police and troops hunted Jewish insurgents blamed for eight bridge explosions overnight amid Arab-Jewish violence during celebrations of the Mufti's exile. Four bridges were impassable and casualties included two British soldiers and several Arabs and Jews.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Police
Gaza Parka
France
Palestine
Holy Land
Beth Haavara
Jordan
Allenby Bridge
Azzib
Trans- Jordan
Transjordan Frontier Force
Jisr Banat Yacoub
Jisr el Hawi
Samakh
el Hamme
Jisr Damiya
Jisr Shekh Hussein
Tiberias
OPA Sets Butter and Cheese Price Increases
Washington June 17 OPA orders retail price boosts of 11 cents a pound for butter six cents for Cheddar and one cent for evaporated milk with immediate effect. New ceilings cover dairy product manufacturers and cream sales. Bowles aims to lift production and says hikes will cost housewives about 250 million yearly.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Paul A. Porter
Office of Economic Stabilization
Tojo Tried To Bid Peace With U S Before Pearl Harbor
Chief prosecutor Joseph B. Keenan cited Saburo Kurusu as relaying Tojo's wartime peace proposals. Japan would unfreeze war assets, supply unlimited high octane gasoline, and halt shipments to China in exchange for troop withdrawals. Tojo reportedly said direct talk with President Roosevelt could have avoided war if Hirohito had been contacted.
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Washington
Joseph B. Keenan
Japan
Hideki Tojo
United States
Pearl Harbor
Tojo
China
Keenan
Saburo Kuburo Kurusu
Kurusu
Roosevelt
Hirohito
Poor Spelling Has Advantages
Laguna Beach California June 17 Kay Seidler a professional masseur is more than an amateur in psychology He came here six years ago from Hollywood and opened a massage clinic with a deliberately misspelled sign He notes 32 of 164 visitors became regulars Seidler announced his retirement after selling the business which started on a $10 loan for $50 000
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Laguna Beach
Cal
Kay Seidler
Hollywood
Seidler
Finland Keeps War Debt Record With Partial Payment
Washington reports Finland paid 166 479 74 dollars as semi annual interest on World War I debt keeping its status as the only country not in default. Finland has paid 7 263 000 dollars to the U S so far but owes more than 8 000 000 dollars.
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Washington
Finland
Treasury
U. S
Weather Summary for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy tonight with scattered thunderstorms. Slightly cooler Tuesday with similar cloudiness. West Texas sees scattered showers west of Pecos with cooler Panhandle Tuesday. New Mexico reports partly cloudy nights and Tuesdays with widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms and a cooling trend. Highs reach 85 to 105 across regions. 24 hour highs at 98 and noon 93.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos River
Panhandle
New Mexico
Nationwide probe targets trade restraints in housing build
Attorney General Tom Clark announced a broad federal investigation into trade restraints in the construction industry seen as hindering housing production. FBI agents and the antitrust division focus on lumber, masonry, cement and plumbing practices, uniform home sales commissions, and interest rates. Housing Admin Wyatt reports a surge in small home construction.
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Washington
Tom Clark
FBI
Justice Department
Clark
Wendell Berge
Antitrust
Berge
Wilson W. Wyatt
White House
Big Four Slaves Off Showdown
Paris reports the Big Four foreign ministers avoid a confrontation at the resumed talks. They plan to focus on economic aspects of the Italian peace treaty including Allied national property in Italy and Italian financial assets, with reparations not expected to be debated today. The mood is ultra cautious as Byrnes notes testing the meeting's temperature.
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Paris
James F. Byrnes
Italy
Sears-Roebuck leaders visit Amarillo in distribution plan
C B Roberts Sears-Roebuck Southwest zone officer arrived with L E Walvoord and eight staffers by DC-3 from Dallas for a five state tour. They praised Amarillo as a growing distribution hub amid rail and air links and will visit Albuquerque El Paso Roswell and Lubbock before returning to Dallas.
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Globe
C. B. Roberts
Sears-Roebuck & Co
English Field
Leslie Stephens
Amarillo
Southwest Zone
Sears-Roebuck and Co
Roberts
L. E. Walvoord
Sears-Roebuck
Dallas
Mr. Roberts
Kingsize
A. B. Carr
Marvin C. Lunde
Harry Fisher
R L. McClure
P. L. Gartner
O'Dell Hunter
Senate Panel Finds No Jurisdiction Over Black Charge
Senate Judiciary Committee announced it has no authorization or jurisdiction to act on charges raised by Justice Robert H. Jackson against Justice Hugo L. Black. The June 17 ruling clears the issue from further committee action.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Hugo L. Black
OPA Sees Clothing Prices Jump If MAP Ends
The OPA projects men's shirts rising from 2.50 to 4.50 and dresses from 5.95 to 25 if Congress abolishes MAP. It notes most manufacturers could raise prices since MAP ends June 30 with no replacement regulation.
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Helene Monberg
Washington
U.P
OPA
Congress
Congressional Conference Committee
Doolittle Heads to Chicago to Try for Air Record
Jimmy Doolittle and a party of newspaper men left Houston today aboard a Chicago and Southern DC-4 he will pilot tomorrow. The former Eighth Air Force commander and Shell Union Oil vice president aims to set a Gulf to Great Lakes air record on the run from Houston to Chicago.
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Chicago
U.P
Jimmy Doolittle
Southern Airlines
Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Shell Union Oil Corporation
Houston
Hope Dim In French Crisis
Paris June 17 The French government crisis deepened as Socialists reject the presidency of the council and the moderate Republican movement reaffirms Foreign Minister Georges Bidault as candidate. Communists refuse support for any regime led by the moderate new party. De Gaulle, emerging from six months of political obscurity, calls for strong executive and a two chamber legislature for the fourth republic. Hope for a swift solution dims. Socialist secretary general Mayer states the cabinet head cannot be a Socialist and that other factions decide the government. De Gaulle proposals mirror those of the MRP.
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Paris
Council
Popular Republican Movement
Georges Bidault
New Part
Charles de Gaulle
Theopular Republican Movement
MRP
Bayeux
Socialist Party
Daniel Mayer
de Gaulle
Vernon death case hearings set for G Sims in Amarillo shooting
Preliminary hearings for G Sims in Vernon regarding the fatal shooting of Amarillo laborer Gilmore Butler Peek will occur tomorrow or Wednesday before Justice of the Peace G L Robinson. Sims from Seymour remains jailed without bond on murder and assault charges following the Vernon incident.
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Earing
Vernon
G. Sims
Amarillo
Gilmore Butler Peek
G. L. Robinson
Sims
Seymour
Cadillac
North Fillmore
Peek
Lone Star
Wichita
Mr. Peek
Lilly
Throckmorton
Peeks
Fort Knox General Killed in Plane Crash
Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Gaffey aged 51 commanding officer at Fort Knox his pilot and a post signal officer died when their plane overshot the field at Fort Knox Kentucky late last night public relations officers said.
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Fort Knox
Hugh J. Gaffey
Five Panhandle Men Enlist in Navy Service
Five Panhandle men enlist announced by Navy recruiter Chief M. E. Pierce. Enlistees include Glyn S. Cromwell White Deer Clifford H. Smith Portales N M William D. Ebert ing Bovina Philip S. Anderson Shamrock and William R. Alver son Bovina.
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Panhandle
Navy
M. E. Pierce
Glyn S. Cromwell
White Deer
Clifford H. Smith
Portales
N. M
William D. Eberteing
Bovina
Philip S. Anderson
Shamrock
William R. Alverson
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