Stettinius Highlights Charter as Path to Lasting Peace
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kaward R. Stettinius Jr. praised the United Nations Charter as a truly effective instrument for lasting peace. He stated that the San Francisco agreement shows major nations can work in unity with others and stressed that security relies on collective action and sustained cooperation.
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Washington
Kaward R. Stettinius
Senate’ Foreign “Relations Committee
United Nation
San Francisco
Senate
Speakig
Wendell L. Willkie
Stettinius
United “Nations
Han Stesier
Foreign Labor Program Funds Authorized Amid Renewal Rules
A report notes Congress has appropriated funds for the foreign labor program for the coming fiscal year. It mentions a five day cancellation clause to be used when contracts are renewed or workers are assigned to new employers, amid broader labor policy discussions in Ohio.
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Ohio
Congress
Enan
New Carrier Princeton Slides Into Delaware River
Philadelphia report notes the 27 000 ton aircraft carrier Princeton slid down the ways into the Delaware River yesterday. Captain John M M Hosking of Belleville Maryland addressed a crowd of about 65 000 promising OA officers and crew will avenge the loss of the ship’s namesake in the Gulf battle last October.
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Philadelphia
E Gulf
Princeton
Delaware
John MM. Hosking
Belleville
Young Mother Rescued From Between Buildings
Cleveland widow Jos ephine Clark 26 was saved after tumbling from a second floor window and wedging between two buildings and a factory seven inches away. Fire and rescue workers freed her after about ten minutes. In Ontario, search continued for Michael Grenzer of Cleveland who drowned when a fishing skiff capsized near Mantoulia.
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Cleveland
Josephine Clark
Yeterday
Clark
Michael Grenzer
Mantoulia
Baby Girl Creviston Vanishes From Marion Hospital
Jean Eileen Creviston, eight pounds at birth, disappeared from a Marion hospital crib where a card read Baby Girl Creviston. Sergeant Creviston on a three day pass was away. hospital staff and Mrs. Creviston appealed for kindness to the mother while police and base officials investigated the brief disappearance.
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Roscoe
Mezger
Marion
Fi. P. Mattox
Lockbourne Army
Columbus
Creviston
Cleveland
Frank Creviston
Kenton
Bradbury
Jean Eileen
Rapids Of Niagara In Barrel Sunday Shoots
Fragmentary report notes a Niagara Rapids incident involving a barrel and a Sunday shoot. Police considered action as a rider faced threats amid a damaged vehicle and earlier incidents.
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Niagara
Niagara William
Niagara Rapids
Truman Route to Big Three Meeting in Europe
President Truman sails for Europe to join the Big Three talks with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes accompanies him aboard the convoy with a staff of advisers.
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Washington
UPI
Truman
Europe
Churchill
Stalin Hs
Jeff
Akron Rubber Strikes Spread as Goodrich Mill Reopens
Akron AP reports fears of a third major plant joining strikes amid picketing at Goodrich Mill Four after a week shutdown. Goodyear and Firestone already hit by nationwide walkouts. URW local leader Saylor calls issues before the War Labor Board and warns of a strike vote if unresolved. Navy deferment talks hinge on Goodyear workers facing induction exams as operations in various plants shift toward normality.
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AKRON
Akron Rubber
B.F. Goodrich Co
Goodrich
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Navy
CIO United
Firestone
Tire and Rubber Co
Labor! Board
Washington
Goodrich Company
Mill Four
al’ Good
John Saylor
URW
Saylor
Labor Board
Favoraul Union
Wistrike
Goodyear
Fess
Clark
Japs Forecast Bloody Battles Across Pacific
San Francisco report notes broadcaster debates over Japan's surrender as the sole path to peace. Japanese ambassador Nomura warned that Japan must bleed as long as the enemy seeks unconditional surrender, while Owen Lattimore of Johns Hopkins urged a fixed Allied policy of demanding unconditional surrender from Japan.
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San
Francisco
Pacific
Adm
Kichisaburo Nomura
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo Radio
Japan
Owen Lattimore
Page School of International Relations
Johns Hopkins University
Chicago
Survivors of Shang-Ri-La Crash Return to Report
At Hamilton Field California three survivors from the Shangri-La crash arrived by army transport from New Guinea to report to the army in Washington. Corporal Margaret Hastings 30 of Owego New York, Lt. John S. McCollum 26 of Trenton Missouri, and Sergeant Kenneth Decker 34 of Kelso Washington suffered burns and are en route for further medical evaluation. The May 13 crash killed 21 others in a New Guinea valley life remains.
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Hamilton Field
Calif
Shang-Ri- la
New Guinea
Washington
Margaret
Hastings
Owego
John S. McCollum
Trenton
Kenneth Decker
Kelso, Wash
Sun Eclipse Observed by Canadian Experts
In Wolseley Saskatchewan a 34 second solar eclipse was observed after weeks of prep by the Franklin Institute Expedition. An eerie coppery glow preceded the遮 sun’s disappearance, fulfilling astronomers hopes despite fears of cloud cover. The report notes the event as a record of the eclipse. A separate item reports a Supreme Court stay of execution for Franz Carter, 24, of Louisville, Ky., spared from electrocution for the slaying of Sgt. Anthony Overberg.
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Franklin Institute
Columbus
Supreme Court
Franz. Carter
Louisville
Anthony Overberg
Norwood Delica
Submarines Move Into Waters Near Japan Prepare Invasion
Washington reports shortages drive U S officials to seek meat from Canada and Argentina amid Allied import limits. Canada’s surplus goes to UK and liberated Europe, while Argentina’s is earmarked for UK and Allied forces. Britain remains sole Argentine buyer under wartime coordination.
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Washington
Canada
Argentina
Jand
United Kingdom
Europe
Allied
Natons
Interpreter Higuchi Reunites With Family on Okinawa Front
Happy Seiyu Higuchi, a Los Angeles born Japanese American interpreter with the 24th Division of the Tenth Army, shared a family reunion on Okinawa. He is pictured with his father, whom he had not seen in eight years after his family moved from California to Okinawa in his childhood and Higuchi returned to the U. S. before reuniting during the invasion.
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Seiyu Higuchi
Los Angeles
Submarine push and air raids threaten Japan mainland
Allied reports describe a large US submarine movement around Japan and heavy air activity including B-29s and Mustang fighters. China claims to have broken into Indo China gateway while Japanese defenses claim significant air losses and mounting Allied strikes near Kyushu and Tokyo.
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Japan
Tokyo
Nippon
Indo-China
Southeast Asia
Southeast
Asia
Borneo
U. S
Kwangsi
China
Tanchuk
Kiwangsi
Liuzhow
Lojung
Chungking
Amoy
Formosa
Execution of AP Newsman By Germans Confirmed
Linz Austria July 7 German officials confirm Joseph Morton 34 Associated Press war correspondent captured in Slovakia during a Czechoslovakia uprising was executed January 24 at Mauthausen concentration camp on orders from Berlin. Nine other Americans and four Britons who flew into Slovakia to assist stranded fliers were executed. bodies cremated. An interpreter present at interrogation described brutal methods used to extract information. Morton insisted he was a reporter.
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Linz
Austria
Joseph Morton
Associated Press
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Mauthausen
Heinrich Himmlar
Berlin
Morton
Orie
Aged Widow Dies at Her Home in Rutland
Mrs Amelia Wells 82 widow of Harold Wells dies Sunday at her daughter Mrs Margaret Parsons Rutland She leaves son George Wells and granddaughter Carolyn Wells Funeral services set for Tuesday at two oclock in the Methodist Church Rutland burial in Wells Cemetery
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Middleport
Amelia Wells
Harold Wells
Margaret Parsons
Rutland
George Wells
Middleport RD
Carolyn Wells
Ruland
Wells Cemetery
Soldier Beaten in Public Street Attack at Camp Reynolds
Pvt. Samuel G. Flaherty, 20, of the prisoner of war detachment at Camp Reynolds Pa, was in serious condition in a hospital today after four men beat him on a street in the nearby town.
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Youngstown—Pi
Samuel G. Flaherty
Camp Reynolds
Big Three Face Berlin Food and Fuel Decision
Berlin observers expect the Big Three to map an overall Berlin government plan within days as the Western Allies seek access to food and fuel for sectors held by Americans and British. Col. Frank Howley said he did not know the issues in detail, while talks with the Russians stalled over whether western zones can receive supplies from Russian outskirts.
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Berlin
Frank Howley
United States Occupation Zone
Chinese statesman Koo calls for unity against Communists
YELLOW SPRINGS, Antioch College Peace Institute. T. V. Koo, adviser to China's San Francisco delegation, declares no coalition with Communists while they retain a separate government and army. He says all Chinese political parties together amount to under one percent of the population.
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Yellow Springs
T. V. Koo
Antioch Colege Peace Institute
Kon
China
San Francisco
Ohio Woman Dies in Burning Farm Home
London reports Mrs May Mantle, 73, died in a fire at her farm home Sunday after telephoning a neighbor for help. Her husband John Mantle, 71, sustained facial burns as he tried to rescue his nearly blind wife.
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London
May Mantle
Here
John
Plans for 31 Divisions Return From Europe
The War Department issues a timetable for 31 divisions to return from Europe between August and January, with 11 others back or returning. About 500,000 men involved, eight divisions to stay in Europe as occupation forces and 18 to remain at year end awaiting shipping. Divisions already back include the 86th 97th and 95th Infantry and much of the 104th Infantry, with detachments of the 2nd 4th 5th 8th 44th 87th Infantry and the 13th Armored arriving. 11 units are slated for Pacific action, though fighters may differ from those who battled Nazis.
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Washington
War Department
Europe
104Th Infantry
13Th Armored
Akron model plane wins speed event at gas model races
D. J. Maya of Akron set a new national record for Class C by flying his model airplane at 102.3 miles an hour during the International Gas Model Airplane Association midyear championship in Pittsburgh. Robert Johnson of Akron also set a Class B record with an 84 mph flight.
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Pittsburgh
D. J. Maya
Akron
International Gas Model Airplane Association
Robert Johnson
Two Geneva Girls Drown in Lake Erie Tragedy
In Geneva and Geneva on the Lake two young girls, Jacqueline Carter nine and Patricia Ann Wilson ten, drowned in Lake Erie. Two Youngstown nurses, Bernice Lynch twenty one and Jean Beech twenty nine, were rescued after calling for help and disappeared from view amid rough water.
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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 and Guard Shootings at Utah Camp
In Salina Utah Pfc Clarence Bertucci a guard at a POW camp opened fire from a guard tower injuring and killing German prisoners at the camp housing workers. Eight Germans killed and twenty injured as Bertucci fired 250 rounds after going on duty. A board of inquiry questioned Bertucci and others. testimony to be sent to Fort Douglas. First Sgt Hans Fertig of the Germans said prisoners feared the presence of machine guns on towers.
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Utah
Saoldier
Pfc
Clarence Bertucci
New Orleans
Bertucci
Ericsson
Jwho
Board of
Son
Ninth Service Command
Fort Douglas
Hans Fertig
England
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