British Argentina meat imports spark wartime supply tangle
In Washington AP reports, empty counters drive Americans to seek meat from Canada and Argentina while Allied import rules limit shipments. Britain purchases Argentina meats for its forces, with exportable supplies largely earmarked for the UK and Allied armies, while Canada’s surplus repurposed for Europe. Submarine activity near Japan, air raids, and Pacific Allied advances are described as part of the broader war effort.
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Washington
Canada
Argentina
United Kingdom
Europe
United, Kingdom
Y Jhe Assoc
Japan
Tokyo
Nippon
Indo-China
Southeast Asia
Borneo
U. S
Okinawa
East China
Amoy
lChennakwan
South Guard Pass
Kwangsl
China
Tanchuk
Lius Thaw
Lojung
Chungking
Formose
Charter Offers Hope for Peace Says Stettinius Testimony
Washington AP reports Kaward R. Stettinius Jr. testified before a committee that the proposed charter could be an effective instrument for world peace. He warned against overreliance on it, noting democratic principles must grow internationally. He stressed military and strategic implications align with United Nations goals.
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Washington
Kaward R. Stettinian, Jr
United Ne “Tes
Secu ‘Council
Dss
World Organization
Stettinius
Foreign Work Will Not Be Withdrawn from Ohio Regions
Keenan regional labor director announced no withdrawal of foreign laborers from Ohio Kentucky and Michigan industries as domestic labor becomes available Congress has appropriated funds for the foreign labor program for the next fiscal year though a five day cancellation clause must be used when contracts are renewed or workers reassigned to new employers
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Cleveland
Keenan
Ohio
Kentucky
Michigan
Congress
Namesake Carrier Princeton Launched to Avenge Loss
In Philadelphia a 27000 ton air craft carrier named Princeton was launched down the Delaware River. Captain John M. Hawkins of Belleville Maryland pledged the crew will avenge the earlier vessel of the same name lost in Leyte Gulf last October. A crowd of about sixty five thousand heard the promise as the ship slid into the water.
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Philadelphia
Leyte Gulf
Princeton
Delaware River
John M. Hawkins
Belleville
Young Mother Rescued From Between Buildings
Cleveland resident Mrs. Josephine Clark age 26 tumbled from a second floor window and wedged seven inches between a building and a factory. She slid five feet before ten minutes of rescue by hastily recruited men. In Ontario, fishery crews continued dredging to locate Michael Grenzer of Cleveland missing after a capsized boat near Manitoulin Island.
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Cleveland
Joséphine Clark
Michael Grenzer
Manitoulin Toad
Marion infant vanishes from hospital crib in Ohio
Police investigate the disappearance of six day old Jean Eileen Creviston from a Lockbourne Army Hospital nursery near Columbus Ohio. The infant, described as blue eyed and dark haired, was last seen at six o’clock as she nursed, then returned to a crib missing moments later. Her father is Sergeant Creviston stationed in Cleveland on three day pass. the case prompts appeals to treat the child kindly if found.
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Marion
Marion’ Society
Jean
Eileen
Ater
H. P. Mattox
Lockbourne
Army
Columbus
Creviston
Cleveland
Frank Creviston
Kenton
Marietta
Upper
Sardusky
Jean Eileen
Bradbury
Niagara Falls Barrel Rider Attempts Final Rapids Ride
William Red? dr., a 32 year old, rode a steel barrel through Niagara Rapids yesterday. He aimed to honor a pledge at his father’s deathbed, survived with a bruised left arm, and hinted this would be his last ride as the 730 pound barrel was damaged by rocks and collisions.
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Niagara
Sind
William, Jr
Niagara “Falls
William “Red
Niagara Rapids
Truman En Route to Meet Big Three in Europe
President Truman heads to Europe for a Big Three summit with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin. He travels by ship, accompanied by a staff of advisers led by Secretary of State James F. Byrnes.
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Truman
Big Three
Washington
Europe
Chuchill
Stalin
sState
James F. Byrnes
Akron strike wave tightens grip on major plants
AP reports pickets at Akron rubber plants threaten reopening of one Goodrich mill after a week’s shutdown. Strike action by United Rubber Workers has disrupted Goodyear and Firestone plants, with URW members facing the War Labor Board in Washington to justify a one day stoppage as talks stall.
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Akron
United
Rubber Workers
Firestone
Tire and Rubber Co
Labor Board
Washington
Goodrich Company
Mill Four
Goodyear Strike Shifts Toward Normal Operations
A URW spokesman stated no trouble at the main plant as Goodyear workers resume production, despite ongoing labor disputes and wage issues raised before the regional War Labor Board. John Saylor said the picketing was unauthorized and sparked by disaffection from Firestone plants, with talks about 1 810 cent hourly increases and pay raises for 700 female workers and pressmen. The strike began June 16 after union negotiations broke down, while Navy deferment considerations for inductees were disclosed.
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John Saylor
URW
Firestorie
Saylor
Goodrich
War “Labor Board
WLB
Angina Tenance
Goodyear
Clarke
Navy
Japs Forecast Bloody Battles Amid Surrender Talks
San Francisco dispatch reports that radio and officials forecast continued fierce fighting as Japan clings to unconditional surrender as the sole basis for ending the war. Ambassador Nomura, in Tokyo, warned that blood will be shed in proportion to wartime battles while Owen Lattimore argues for a fixed Allied policy of unconditional surrender for Japan.
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Pacific
Adm
Kichisaburo Nomura
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo Radio
Japan
Owen Lattimore
Page School of International Relations
Johns. Hopkins University
Chicago Round Table
Survivors Return from New Guinea Crash to Report
Corporal Margaret Hastings Lt John S Mel Cottom and Sergeant Kenneth Decker arrived at Hamilton Field California by army transport and will report to the army in Washington regarding the May 13 crash that killed 21 people. The three survivors, bandaged and recovering, were aboard the plane from New Guinea after the Shangri La disaster in a valley among 14,000 foot peaks. Hastings is 20 from Owego New York Mel Cotton is 26 from Trenton Missouri and Decker is 34 from Kelso Washington.
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Hamilton Field
Calif
Shang-Ri- la
New Guinea
Washington
Margaret Hastings
Owego
N. Y
John S. Mel Cottom
Trenton
Kenneth Decker
Kelso
Wash
Sun Eclipse Checked By Experts in Canada
In Wolseley Saskatchewan a 34 second occultation of the sun thrilled astronomers despite fears of cloud cover. The Franklin Institute Expedition reported three days of intense effort resulting in observation of the coppery sun halo over the landscape. A separate item notes a U.S. Supreme Court stay for Frank Carter, 24, Louisville, Ky, awaiting execution for murder.
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Canada
Wolseley
Sask
Franklin Institutes
Columbus
Supremes Court
Frank Carter
Louisville
Anthony Overberg
Norwood Police Department
Aged Widow Dies at Her Home in Rutland
Mrs. Amelia Wells aged 82 widow of Harold Wells died Sunday at the home of her daughter Mrs. Margaret Parsons in Rutland. She leaves a son George Wells and a granddaughter Carolyn Wells. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at two in the Methodist Church Rutland with burial in Wells Cemetery.
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Middleport
Amelia Wells
Harold Wells
Margaret Parsons
Rutland
George Wells
Middleport RD
Carolyn Wells
Wells Cemetery
Big Three Face Berlin Food Fuel Decision Deadlock
Berlin and Allied leaders fear a Communist hold on scarce food and fuel as the Big Three may be asked to decide the overall Berlin government plan. Col. Frank Howley says he expects a final plan within days but lacks details on food issues. Western Allies warn that withdrawal from Berlin could follow if terms fail. The main question is whether American and British zones should get supplies from Russian outskirts, a plan deemed impractical by Western experts. Conferences with the Russians ended without agreement.
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Berlin
Frank Howley
United States Occupation Zone
All Chinese Must Unite To Win Declares Peace Institute
Yellow Springs report on T. V. Koo at Antioch College Peace Institute. Koo said no coalition with Communists while they remain a separate government and army. He asserted neither party represents China and that all Chinese parties total less than one percent of the population.
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Yellow Springs
T. V. Koo
Antioch College Peace Institute
Koo
China
San Francisco
Ohio Woman Dies in Burning Home Near London
Mrs May Mantle, 73, died in her burning farm home near London after telephoning a neighbor for help. Her husband John Mantle, 71, attempted to rescue his nearly blind wife but suffered critical injuries. Fire officials investigated cause and circumstances of the blaze.
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London
May Mantle
Here
John
Interpreter Higuchi Reunites with Father on Okinawa
Seiyo Higuchi a Japanese American interpreter with the 24th Division of the Tenth Army shared a family reunion on Okinawa with his father whom he had not seen in eight years. The family had moved from California to Okinawa when Higuchi was a child and he later returned to the United States.
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Seiyo Higuchi
Los Ange
24Th Division
Tenth Army
Okinawa
California
Higuchi
U. S
Military plan to rotate 31 divisions from Europe by January
The War Department issued a timetable for returning 31 divisions from Europe between August and January, with over 500000 men involved. Eight divisions will stay in Europe as occupation forces and 18 more remain at year end. Divisions back include the 86th 97th and 95th Infantry and much of the 4th Infantry. Advance detachments of several units have arrived, with 11 slated for Pacific action, though personnel may differ from those who fought Nazis.
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Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Kyoto
Osaka
Kobe
Kyushu
Sertain
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
United States
Burma
Borneo
Sambodia
Samarinda
Bali
Trux Island
Marianas
Louis Woods
Tactical Air Force
Navy
Canton
China
Fifth Air Force
Formosa
Heito Airfield
Taien
Ryutan
Takao
Toko
Seventh Fleet Marine
Indo-China
Washington
War Department
Europe
W4th
15Th Armored
Akron Model Plane Sets National Speed Record
Akron resident D J Mas flew a model airplane at 1023 miles per hour to set a new national record in Class C at the International Gas Model Airplane Association midyear championships in Pittsburgh. Robert Johnson, also of Akron, broke the Class B record with a flight at 84 miles per hour.
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Pittsburgh
Vfi
D. J. Mas
Akron
Two Geneva Girls Die in Lake Erie Tragedy At Geneva on the Lake
Four youths faced peril in Lake Erie with two Geneva girls drowning. Survivors include Bernice Lynch and Jean Beech, both nurses from Youngstown’s St. Elizabeth Hospital, who were pulled from rough waters after calling for help and vanished.
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Geneva
Lake Erie
Youngstown
Geneva-on-the-Lake
Jacqueline Carter
Patricia Ann Wilson
Bernice Lynch
Jean Beech
St. Elizabeth Hospital
German Prisoners Fire From Utah Guard Tower
Salina Utah UP machinegun guards how gun bullets fired by an American guard killed eight German prisoners and wounded twenty others in a war camp. Clarence Bertucci of New Orleans shot from a guard tower after going on duty, alleged berserk behavior cited by a mother. A board of inquiry questioned Col Arthur Ericsson and officers as authorities review the incident at the Ogden camp housing POWs.
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Salina
Utah
Bertucci
Includeoldier
Priss
Mer of War
Bertucei
Ericsson
Snewereu Wusy
Pic
Clarence Bertucci
New Orleans
Arthur Ericsson
Ogden
Erics
Son
Ninth Service Command
Fort Douglas
Hans Fertig
Beriucci
Jfield
England
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