Treasury Seas of Change Stirred by Vinson Appointment Talk
Washington fills with speculation as Fred Vinson, director of Economic Mobilization, advances as Treasury Secretary pick while John Snyder lingers as a possible candidate. Critics warn on succession law, inflation, and debt financing shaping Truman's fate. Morgenthau resigns but remains in office as vacancy debates continue.
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Washington
Truman
National Capital
Fred Vinson
Economic Mobilization
the Treasury
Vinson
Treasury
John Snyder
Snyder
Morgenthau
Human
Stettinius
James ¥. Byrnes
White House
Congress
Mr. Morgenthau
Europe
Morgenthal
Henry L. Stimson
Mr. Vinson
of the Treasury
Subscriptions Rates and Distribution Notice
Subscription rates listed for various carriers and regions, including yearly, monthly, and weekly options. The notice mentions special world-wide service and limits on subscriptions outside Ohic due to paper supply, with post office classification and publishing offices noted.
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Onin
Ohic
Epecim
Messenger
Athens
Oe Cullen Company
Chicata
Cleveland Borme
Foretan
John New York
Columbus
Kiss and Tell Shooting Script Scene Teaser
Raymond and Mildred scheme to reach Corliss Archer as tensions rise at the Archer home. Louise, Mrs Archer, and Earhart appear in a night back alley sequence with faint echoes of a USO bazaar. The scene hints at a planned movie outing and escalating romantic intrigue among Corliss, Mildred, Dexter, and Earhart.
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Raymond
Mildred
Ant. Archer
Louise
IIT
Bey
Corliss Archer
Milred Pringle
Corliss
Earhart
Dlin
Ye Pringles
Spain
Dexter
Mr. Archer
Zivening
C’mon
Mrs
Dexter Franklin
Ear
Mr.archer
Archer
Travel woes of soldiers on long railroad hauls across the U S
Undersecretary Patterson defended Army travel, noting trains used day coaches for servicemen moving from Atlantic to Pacific. He blamed the Office of Defense Transportation and railroads for lack of sleepers, while critics argued soldiers faced crowded, vermin-infested conditions. Calls to fix rail comfort persist amid civilian travel constraints.
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Robert P. Patterson
Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Patterson
War Department
Office of Defense Transportation
Armed Services
United States
Dynamic postwar economy and population boom ahead
A critic foresees a thriving postwar economy driven by massive household demand, housing and family growth. Surpluses stay unused in the Military stores while millions of marriages, births, and new households swell population. Suburban and rural expansion reshapes markets, transport, and housing as workers migrate or settle.
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California
South
Ohio
Self Help Or None At All In German Village
A dispatch from an American-occupied German village reports residents doing little to help themselves. They expect Americans to rebuild, plant crops, and supply coal, with warnings that future living conditions depend on their own efforts. The piece suggests similar attitudes may be common across occupied Germany.
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Germany
George
Uncle Sam
Peter Edson's Letter From Washington
Peter Edson notes a wave of government firings and resignations making permanent work in Washington risky. Babysitting and related odd jobs are praised as more stable paths than Civil Service careers, with reorganization rumors surrounding Byrnes and Stettinius and ongoing shifts in State and Commerce departments.
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Washington
Harry Hopking
The
Treasury
Henry W. Morgenhau
Fred Vinson
Truman
Congress
James F. Byrnes
Department of Government
Department of State
Edward R. Stettinius
State Department
London
Stettinius
United Nations Organization
Stetuimius
UNO
Barnes
Henry Wallace
Atrenay
Stul
Wallace
Natives of Okinawa Are Fed by Americans
Okinawa natives, numbering about 250000, receive rations under U S military government. Workers get three meals daily, non workers two, with distribution via family cards. Lt Willard Hanna notes a mongrel Japanese dialect. Brig Gen Crist outlines threefold policy: assist operations, follow Geneva Convention, provide basic humanitarian needs. The locals show willingness to cooperate despite upheaval and awe at advancing Allied forces.
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Okinawa
United States
Japan
Shuri
Navy
Willard Hanna
Wooster
Ohio
West Indies
William E. Crist
Harrisburg
Detroit Packers Fight Black Markets Pledge
Detroit packers pledged cooperation at City Hall with Mayor Edward Jeffries and Senator Homer Ferguson to keep meat from the black market. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson signaled possible higher slaughter quotas if more meat is kept out of illicit channels, aiding Detroit's allocation efforts.
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Detroit
Fourty-one
Edward Jeffries
United States
Homer Ferguson
Anderson
Hitler's Enemies Denied Church Rites
Berlin reports Catholic chaplain Rev. Peter Burcholz said Adolf Hitler ordered religious rites refused for the Junkers generals and others executed for the July 1944 plot to kill Hitler. Only as they walked to the gallows were they allowed a few comforting words from him and a Protestant colleague.
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Berlin
Peter Burcholz
Ploetzensee
Adolf Hitler
Junkers
Hitler
Buchholz
Senator Wiley Calls End to Europe News Blackout
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin denounces a lack of factual reporting in Europe and introduces a resolution to grant journalists access to all areas occupied by the United Nations. He warns that information scarcity threatens peace and urges immediate action.
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Washington
Wiley
R.-Wis
Europe
United Nations
Brazilian Cruiser Bahia Lost in Mid-Atlantic Explosion
The 3 150 ton Brazilian cruiser Bahia is lost in a mid Atlantic explosion with heavy casualties among its 383 crew. United States units search for survivors and report several men picked up.
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Mid-Atlantic
Rio DE Janeiro
Bahia
Navy
United States
Lawrence Rites Held at Long Bottom
Funeral services for Charles H. Lawrence age 0 were held at the Long Bottom Methodist Church. Interment was made in Sand Hill Cemetery. Surviving are his wife and six children, Clyde and Mrs. Marie Swan of Long Bottom, Edith Kelly and Kenneth of East Liverpool, Gordon with the Merchant Marine and Charles of Clairton Pa. He also leaves two brothers Moody of New Martinsville W Va and Sankey of Clarksburg W Va.
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Long Bottom
Charles H. Lawrence
Long Bottom Methodist Church
Sand Hill Cemetery
Cleland
Clyde
Marie Swan
Edith Kelly
Kenneth
East Liverpool
Gordon
Merchant Marine
Charles
Clairton
Moody
New Martinsville
W. Va
Sankey
Clarksburg
Joan
Jeanette Clark
Holzer Hospital
Linnie Swan
Parkersburg
James Torrence
Bashan
Reedsville
Tuppers Plains
Chester
Harold German
Edwin German
Pitsburg
C. E. German
Ralph Silcott
Kentucky
Dell Larkins
Carl Barnhill
Dorothy
Joan Longenette
Earl Clark
Sgt
Paul Chevalier
Tyndall Field
Fla
Cpl
Marion Wells
Patterson Field
Dayton
Man. Wells
Milo McDole
John P. Andrew
South Pacific
Phellis Laurence
Maser
Yank Saves Life of Drowning German Boy
BERLIN 71 A A British gunner saved a German boy from drowning here as a Pennsylvania soldier lost his life attempting the rescue. Pfc. Frank Giardano of East Newark pulled the five year old from the hands of struggling British gunner Albert Lippard of London and carried him to the edge of a water storage basin. Lippard plunged in fully clothed to save the boy and sank during the effort.
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Berlin
Frank Giardano
East Newark
Albert Lippard
London
Lippard
Japanese Admiral Nomura Warns on Unconditional Surrender
War Today columnist Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura's comments on Allied unconditional surrender. Nomura suggests harsher terms will be demanded as long as fighting continues, while Tokyo faces blockade, food shortages, and intensified Allied air raids. He hints Tokyo seeks salvage from defeat as Britain and France renew commitments and Russia's stance looms at a Big Three conference in Berlin.
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Nomura
Washington
Nippon
Uncle Sam
Pearl Harbor
Jaran
Womura
Japan
Tokyo
China
Churchill
Britain
Pacific
France
Russia
Berlin
Hun Officers May Be Exiled to Crown Areas
New York dispatch from Frankfurt reports senior American and British staff officers discussing exile of German general staff officers to British crown colonies. An authoritative source says few will be held as war criminals and it would be unfair to persecute a major or general who merely carried out higher level plans.
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New York
New York Times
Frankfurt
Seven Stores Face Shoe Rationing Suspension in Columbus District
The Columbus District Office of Price Administration announced suspension of shoe rationing privileges at seven 5S. S iKresze Company stores in its 34 county district effective July 1. The OPA reported charges that shoes were sold without proper exchange of ration stamps.
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Columbus
Price Adminionive
SiKresze Company
OPA
Society Notes From Athens And Nearby Towns
Miss Catherine Figg returns from a week in Lexington and Wilmore Kentucky where she stayed with her mother Mrs Eliza Figg and friends. Guests at 169 North Congress St include Mrs Walter Witthoff and baby Earl and Miss Shirley Witthoff of Cleveland. Gandee family visits Ravenswood West Virginia. Prof William Longstreet of Ohio University studies piano under Boguslowsky in Chicago. J J Lister leaves for two weeks in Philadelphia Washington DC and Atlantic City. Knights of Pythias celebration at the Fairgrounds marked July Fourth in Athens. O F Rowland and children Dod and Billy return from a motor trip through Minnesota and central Michigan.
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Catherine Figg
Lexington
Wilmore
He m
Eliza Figg
John J. Woolley
North Congress St
Walter Witthoff
Earl
Shirley Witthoff
Jeveland
3. J. Lister
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Atlantic City
Knights of Pythias
Fairgrounds
Athens
AFL May Refuse Role In World Labor Group
AFL leaders meet in Cleveland next week to consider reversing the executive council stance on world labor unity and the new world labor federation. Courtney Ward of the Painters' District Council says the July 21 22 conference will include vice presidents of major AFL international unions and state federation officers from multiple states.
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Cleveland
UPI
American Federation of Labor
AFL
World Labor Unity
New World Labor Federation
Courtney D. Ward
Painters’ District Council
Ward
New International Labor Organization
AFL International
Buitling Trades Council
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Kansas
Montana
Oregon
California
Washington, D. C
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Peter Edson
Detroit Packers
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Yank
Dewitt MacKenzie
Kichisaburo Nomura
D. T. Gandee
Ravenswood
C. B. Chambers
William Longstreet
Ohio University
Piano Uneter Boguslowsky
Chicago
0. F. Rowland
Dod and
Billy
Minnesota
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