French Cease Fire in Syria After Churchill Plea
BESYROUTH AP report says France agreed to stop firing in Syria following Prime Minister Churchill's request. British Ninth Army officers in Weyrouth and General Hurabert in the Levant met to finalize terms, with Paget flying in and British destroyers in sight. US to attend tripartite talks. Damascus reports heavy casualties and uneasy quiet. Syria not invited to initial conference. focus on Anglo American and Allied coordination.
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Beyrouth
Syria
Levant
Churchill
Ninth Army
Weyrouth
The
Hurabert
Bernard C. Paget
Damascus
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Paris
Foreign Office
France
London
United States
Council of Ministers
Frank O'Brien
Bacish
Japan
Britain
Eden
John G. Winant
Truman Writes Friendly Letter to Jack Garner
President Truman sent a friendly letter to former Vice President John N. Garner some time ago. White House officials said Garner was not offered any government post, though details were not disclosed.
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Washington
Truman
John N. Garner
White House
Garner
Treasury Targets Tax Evasion with Currency Reports
The Treasury Department orders all financial institutions to file reports of unusual currency transactions. Secretary Morgenthau announced at a news conference that the move aims to stamp out tax evasion nationwide.
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Treasury
Washington
Treasury Department
Morgenthau
War Production Board Plans 4 Million Radio Tubes Monthly
Washington reports the War Production Board will authorize production of 4,000,000 radio tubes per month for civilian use. The tubes are for consumer receivers and replacements, as disclosed in a statement today.
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Washington
Grocers Protest Meat Shortage in Production Areas
Dayton Ohio grocers dealers and restaurant men protest ongoing meat shortages and telegraph Governor Lausche urging the Office of Price Administration to designate war production centers as critical areas to remedy the crisis.
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Dayton
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Office of Price Ad Ministration
U S Combat Casualties Surpass Million Mark
Washington reports U S combat casualties in World War II exceed one million with Army losses around 1 89019 and Navy 112 868 totaling 1 002 887 after three years. Breakdown shows 183 563 killed 553 088 wounded 100 missing and 2 746 fines. Five divisions top the casualty list including the 3rd 45th 26th 9th and 4th Infantry.
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Washington
Slondon
Lord Wright
United Nations
Patterson
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
Germany
4Th Divsion
Normandy
OPA Cracks Down on Misuse of Sugar for Home Canning
The Office of Price Administration vows strict action against sugar misuses in home canning. Bowles cites cheaters trying to obtain sugar for noncanning uses and orders pledge signing, potential suspension of new certs, and tighter control as canning sugar allotments shrink to 15 pounds per person with a 70 percent retention rule for local boards.
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OPA
Washington
USC
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Jap Balloon Kills Mother and Five Children
Washington dispatch reports Under-Secretary Patterson confirming a mother and five children were killed by a long-range Japanese balloon bomb during a fishing trip in a western state. The child began playing with an unexploded bomb dropped by a balloon. no property damage was reported.
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Washington
UPI
Patterson
Flags Action By Argentine!
New York Times dispatch from Buenos Aires by Arnaldo Cortesi reports Argentina’s declaration of war on Germany and Japan and signing of Mexico City Conference acts followed by the government removing what remains of freedom. The correspondent notes censorship blocks truth and cites unprecedented events in 12 years of reporting.
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New York
New York Times
Buenos Aires
Arnaldo Cortesi
Germany
Japan
Mexico City
Gallia Native Col George E Bush Receives Legion of Merit
Manila report states Colonel George E Bush of Gallipolis Ohio earned the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct and outstanding service in the Infantry. The award highlights his leadership and contributions during active duty with the 0 Infantry.
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Gallia
Manila
Legion of Merit
George E. Bush
Gallipolis
Infantry
Accidental Gun Shot Kills Gallipolis Youth
Gallipolis mourns Arnold Spurlock 17, son of Mr and Mrs van Spurlock, after an accidental gun discharge killed him yesterday. The report notes his death as the accident claims. The rest mentions Ohio health officials preparing measles serum distribution to health departments statewide.
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Gallipolis
Arnold Spurlock
Mr van Spurlock
Bulaville
Columbus
UPI
State Health Department
Ohio
Riot Follows Barracks Fire at Fort Harrison
The Indianapolis Star reports a fire destroyed nine buildings in Fort Benjamin Harrison’s disciplinary barracks area. At least five prisoners on court martial sentences were shot as rioting erupted while guards fired warning shots. an unidentified colonel was said to have been attacked with bricks.
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Indianapolis
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis Star
D. B. Earhart
Newark Minister Held For Harboring Deserter
Rev Frank Luckeydog and his son in law Augustus Warner were held on charges of harboring a deserter related to the search for Pvt Franklin H Luckeydog missing from Camp Stewart Ga since last September. Sheriff William McElroy led arrests and searches but found no soldier. They pleaded innocent before U S Commissioner William L Weber in Zanesville and were each held on $2000 bond.
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Newark
Frank Luckeydog
Augustus P. Warner
Franklin H. Luckeydog
Camp Stewart
William McElroy
Warner
U.S
William L. Weber
Zanesville
Fined for Possession of Uninspected Meat
Hamilton Green Madden a 46 year old grocer was fined 250 dollars and sentenced to 180 days in Butter County Jail on his plea of guilty to possessing uninspected meat. Judge Elmer Davidson suspended all but 30 days after health authorities said Madden cooperated in locating the meat.
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Hamilton
Green Madden
Butter County
Elmer Davidson
Madden
Freed soldiers to reach U S Sunday after prison camp release
Washington says 10 000 more American POWs freed from German camps will arrive in the United States by Sunday night bringing total liberated prisoners to 37 571. War Department notes this accounts for more than a third of the 90 000 POWs believed captured in Europe. Returns are under Eisenhower Soviet arrangements.
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Washington
Patterson
United States
Europe
War Department
U. S
Germany
Eisenhower
Woman Dies After Home Fumigation Incident
Coroner reports Mrs. Lillian H. Bohn, 69, died of poisoning after fumigation of their Columbus home. Her husband, John, 59, was overcome upon reentry. cause whether from fumes or tainted banana remains unclear.
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Columbus
John B. Gravis
Lillian H. Bohn
John
New Accord Reached by Conference
United States and other powers push for a fresh charter in the United Nations Conference as Franco-Syrian talks and improved U.S.-Soviet relations raise hopes for early progress. Delegates urge rapid leadership, with plans for charter amendments, veto rules, and an international court plus possible expulsions. Harry Hopkins meets Stalin, signaling better Moscow-Washington ties and potential Berlin Austria moves. A separate Alabama bill allows sterilization of certain insane hospital inmates.
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John M. Wightower
SAN Francisco
United States
Stettinius
Moscow
World Security Council
Eelco van Kleffens
Netherlands
Truman
Harry Hopkins
Marshal Stalin
Washington
Berlin
Austria
International Court
League
Osaka Is Hit Hard as 600-Plane Raid Bares War Plant Area
A 600-aircraft daylight raid on Osaka, aided by 150 Mustang fighters, ignited 3 200 tons of incendiaries and swept large swaths of Nippon's industrial hub. The attack mirrors Tuesday's strike on Yokohama and comes as Allied forces press advances across Okinawa and China, trapping survivors and tightening the encirclement around Shuri.
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Associated Press
Osaka
Japan
Nippon
Yokohama
Okinawa
China
Shuri
Chungking
South China
Indo-China
Record of Carrier Hancock sinks ships and downed planes
Pacific Fleet Headquarters reports the Essex class carrier Hancock sank nine Japanese warships and 33 merchant vessels and shot down 212 planes in its first ten months of action. The record details attacks across Tokyo to Indo China, two Japanese cities seized, and routed counterattacks in the Philippines and New Guinea. An allied note announces the British 12th Army formation to operate from Rangoon, Burma, potentially spearheading an offensive into Thailand and the Malay Peninsula toward Singapore.
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Guam
Hancock
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Tokyo
Indo-China
Philippines
New Guinea
Aled
Bonn
Rangoon
Burma
Thailand
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Prank Soldier Imprisoned With Jap Prisoners on Peleliu
Marine Pvt Anselmo Como of New York City donned spectacles taken from a dead Japanese soldier and smiled. Marines, wary of further mischief, jailed him and confined him with actual Japanese prisoners until his captain identified him and freed him.
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Pvt
Anselmo Como
New York City
Peleliu Island
Aged man found after three days missing near Sharpsburg
Morris Thompson age 75 vanished Tuesday from the home of his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Fred Laurence near Carmel Ridge. He was found this morning on a distant farm about a mile away. Sheriff George Bateman said he had no food and appeared not seriously ill. A 30 man search party and Boy Scouts from Troop 72 aided in the woods search led by George Fee and Ralph Hines.
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Morris Thompson
Fred Laurence
Carmel
Duke University Identifies Tobacco Aroma Source
Duke University researchers in Durham find the aroma originates in tiny living hairs on both sides of tobacco leaves. The discovery details a minute mechanism that manufactures the elusive aroma, suggesting new breeding approaches to enhance or intensify tobacco flavor.
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Durham
WN. C
Duke University
Duke
Walter FT. White Dies at Holzer Hospital in Pomeroy
Walter FT White 59 of Pomeroy died at Holzer Hospital Thursday night. Survived by wife Lucy Jane and children Freda Ebersbach Walter William White Eli White Alta Devol Eva McKenzie and 13 grandchildren. Services Sunday at Bradford Church at two o clock with burial in Bradford Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence until service time.
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Walter FT. White
Holzer Hospital
Lucy Jane
Freda Ebersbach
Walter Wiliam White
Eli White
Alta Devol
Toledo
Eva McKenzie
Gallipolis
Bradford Church
Bradford Cemetery
War raids crush Osaka as firestorms burn large sections
Incendiary bombing on Osaka's northwestern district, shipyards, harbor facilities and central railway terminal sparked fires so widespread airmen say conditions were difficult to gauge. Mustangs from Iwo Jima cleared Japanese fighters as B 29s dropped loads through smoke. Okinawa fighting nears end with Shuri trap and Naha cleanup. Okinawa losses tallied, while Borneo air raids and Tarakan operations intensify.
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Osaka
Japan
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
W. Nimitz
Marianas Islands
War Department
James Doolittle
Eighth Ave
England
Indian-Burma
Dab Japa
Pattergen
Germany
Okinawa
Tenth Army
Rising Sun
Shuri
Radio Tokyo
Naha
Black Market Egg Sales Investigated by OPA
Columbus OPA district price executive Henry P. Howe announces a drive to clean up black market egg wholesalers who have operated openly. Investigators scrutinize egg pricing amid meat shortages. many buyers, including eastern shippers, have entered the wholesale market, paying exorbitant prices. Ceiling price checks start June 45 and district wholesalers will reconvene at 168 E. Gay St. on June 11.
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Columbus
Henry P. Howe
OPA
Howe
E. Gay St
Howe Saide
Labor Trouble Cuts Output In Ohio And Kentucky
Labor strife halted steel at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Brier Hill plant and paused tire production at Akron B F Goodrich. Thousands in Greater Cincinnati faced travel woes as workers walked or relied on taxis. The CIQ Rubber Workers order did not end the Akron walkout.
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Columbus
Ohio
Youngstown
Akron
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Brier Hill
War Labor Board
B. F. Goodrich Co
CIQ Rubber Workers
Aphid Swarms Attack Ohio Gardens Report
Aphids swarm tomato and potato plants across Ohio gardens. Prof. T H Parks of Ohio State University Entomology Department recommends nightly plant inspections. County agents offer guidance and information to growers and home gardeners to control the pest.
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Columbus
Ohio
T.H. Parks
Ohio State University
Parks
Portsmouth Man Aboard Japanese Attack Destroyer
Lt B W Jones of Portsmouth Ohio was aboard the destroyer Zellars which docked with a 30 foot hole in her superstructure after a Japanese death bomber attack off Okinawa. The assault left 24 killed 6 wounded and two missing as the bomber sank a bomb into the ship. Washington also eased wartime production quotas for June to boost output of farm machinery.
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Wilmington
Washington
In & Maye
Wat
U S Exports of Meat May Be Suspended
Washington reports the United States may suspend meat shipments to lend-lease nations in July through September due to extreme shortages. Official War Food Administration sources say third quarter allocations omit lend-lease supplies, though up to 50.9 million pounds could go to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration for foreign relief use.
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Washington
United States
War Food Administration
United Nations Relief and
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Glouster
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Kenneth Boyer
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