End Of Okinawa Campaign Near Invasion Looms
News blackout hints at possible end of the Okinawa campaign as American divisions advance toward climactic battles in the Philippines. Japan promises underground warfare while reports of new Chinese captures surface from China. details on Okinawa remain sparse. 60 000 workers face possible loss of draft deferments as war production shifts.
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Associated Press
Japan
Okinawa
Nippon
Philippines
Rei Lorts
China
Prasons
Liue ‘Chow
U. S
Jing Care
Comei News
Waa
Berlin Control Council talks cut short by Soviet delay
Allied delegates meeting in Berlin for the Four Power Control Council were left unsettled after the Soviet member Zhukov said he had no instruction to continue without the withdrawal of American and British troops. Reports said the signing of the four power declaration was delayed about six hours due to Soviet objections. American officials expect a clarification from Stalin’s government this week end.
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Associated
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Austria
Eisenhower
Marshal Montgomery
Contrel Council
United States
Britain
Soviet
Russia
France
Lory
Marénal Gregory Zhukov
REDS
Security Council
Truman
Harry Hopkins
Stettinius
San Francisco
Andrei Gromyko
Stati
China
Override Lausche Veto in Ohio Sales Tax Battle Looms
Ohio Senate moves after Gov. Frank Lausche veto as Republicans override in a high stakes tax battle. Parties dispute allocations and fiscal policy shaping the state budget.
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Lausche
Columbus
Gov. Frank
J. Lausche
The
Republic
Ohio
Senate
Lawmakers pass revenue measure amid veto override debate
The Ohio legislature edges toward a veto override after a 20 to 122 party line vote on a sales tax bill. Republicans hold a narrow majority in the Senate and must secure 82 House votes to override. Tausche dodges questions on the Daniels-Cramer school bill as Lausche proposes 104,220,000 for schools while criticizing the biennial total. Township and city sales quotas totaling 1,016,000 and 353,237.26 are listed for several localities.
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Tausche
Daniels-Cramer
Lausche
Owo Way Radio for Motorists Envisioned
Columbus report says Ohio Bell plans a two way radio telephone service for motorists. Paul W. Denning, Columbus district manager, stated the company applied to the Federal Communications Commission for authority to build a radio telephone station in the city.
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Columbus
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Paul W. Denning
Ohio Bell
Federal Communications Commission
War Crimes Names Kept Secret by Truman Clash with Southern Democrats
Lord Wright said the War Crimes Commission agreed to keep Nazi indictments secret indefinitely. President Truman faced a first major clash with Southern Democrats over disclosure, refusing to identify nearly 3,000 cases except Hermann Goering while advancing no clear action on a fair employment act.
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London
Lord Wright
War Crimes Commission
Washington
Truman
Congress
prac-Relehsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Thes Committee
Peary Aide Honored for Polar Expedition Service
Dr. John W. Goodsell received the Silver Peary Polar Expedition Medal for his role in aiding Commander Robert E. Peary during the 1908-09 North Pole discovery. The 72-year-old was formally honored by the government yesterday at Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania.
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Peary
Sandy Lake
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
John W. Goodsell
Mally
Goodsell
Congress
Strikers Return to New Lexington Plant After Talks
Workers from Evans Reamer and Machine Co. went back to their jobs in New Lexington after a union dispute over a new contract. The 93 workers paused the strike on June 2 following fails to reach a deal, prompted by Hugh D Friel of the Columbus Office of the United States Conciliation Service. In a separate note, the first group of WACS departed Italy for the United States under the redeployment program.
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New Lexington
Evans Reamer and Machine Co
Hugh. D Friel
Columbus
United States Concllation Service
Washington
United States
Army
Cacerta
Italy
Anderson Aims to Remove Farmer Price Anxiety
Congressman Clinton Anderson proposes using the Army and foreign aid to guarantee farm profits and remove price tests as a barrier to production. He hinted at a plan during a Food Investigation Committee hearing to have the Army and Foreign Economic Administration buy food at minimum promised prices and extend guarantees to eggs and poultry to prevent shortages. The hearing noted dairy markets may peak and then fall, with war demands straining supply of meat, eggs, and butter.
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Washington
Clinton P. “Anderson
New Mexico
WFA
Fande
Anderson
Foreign Economic Administration
OPA to Cut Meat Fats Fruits Vegetables and Sugar Supplies
Washington announces July and August reductions for hotels and restaurants. Meats and fats drop 20 percent while fruits and vegetables fall 12 to 15 percent and sugar 20 to 25 percent. Changes affect institutional users and supply classifications.
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Washington
OPA
Hitler Body Found in Berlin Fortress Ruins
A Russian military source said a body found in Berlin’s underground fortress has high certainty ties to Adolf Hitler. Four burned corpses were recovered from the Reich Chancellery tunnel complex, with teeth and features examined to identify the Nazi leader.
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Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Reichschancellery
Hitler
Red Army
Fuehrer
Doctor Morel
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Karl Doenitz
Ohio WV bridge tax feud grows over valuation
Columbus reports a brewing tax war as West Virginia counties value Ohio owned bridges at about 800000 for taxation while Ohio demands a lower figure. Attorney Hugh Huntington says WV will seek higher valuations if Ohio counties do not reduce the assessment.
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Columbus
Ohio-West Virginia
Ohio
Liverpool Sand Chester
Steubenville
Weirton
Pomeroy
Hugh Huntington
Ohio Bridge Commission
West Virginia
Huntington
West
Ohio to name chief penologist amid prison reforms
In Columbus State Welfare Director Frazier Reams says a state chief penologist will oversee all correctional facilities before new prisons are built amid approval of a 39 million postwar penitentiary fund by the Senate Finance committee. Warren reports Mayor Robert signed an ordinance to hire a practical penologist for planning the new state institution and Mosquito Reservoir water plans.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frazier Reams
Senate’ Finance Committee
Reams
Warren
Fobert
Roberts
miDion
Mosquito Reservoir
Peace Draft Is Called Unwise By Educators
Washington. A spokesman for a large segment of American education warned against regimentation of the mind from peacetime draft laws. Brumbaugh said college leaders fear universal military training would regiment youth, citing a survey of 1,100 educators. Half of presidents favor a national commission to study defense. one third oppose immediate conscription actions.
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Washington
J. Brumbaugh
American Council
House
Brumbaugh
National ‘Commission
Threat of Egg Scarcity Fueled by Black Market Buying
A House Food Investigating Committee hearing heard that black market purchases of laying hens may trigger a severe egg shortage this summer and next winter. A National Poultry Defense Committee representative testified that high demand for poultry meat could liquidate the nation’s egg-producing flocks.
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Washington
House, Food Investigating
National Poultry Defense Committee
Ohio House approves teachers and public employees retirement bill
The Ohio House passed a senate approved measure to broaden retirement systems for teachers school employees and public employees by raising contributions and expanding the base. Annual increases in benefits would total 1 150 000 for teachers 500 000 for state employees and 650 000 for other public workers. Sponsor Sen. Stanley G. McKie.
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Columbus
House
Sen
Stanley G. McKie
Hamilton
Farmers Win AA-2 Preference for Farm Supplies
The WPB granted farmers an AA-2 preference rating enabling first call on hundreds of items from hoses and pails to air compressors. Farmers no longer need county farm ration committee approval for purchases over 350.
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Washington
WPB
County Farm Ration Committee
Children Play With Japanese Balloon Bombs
Spokane report says two bombs from Japanese balloons were used as playthings by children. A timbered area find included an incendiary and a fragmentation bomb. arming devices were removed by curious youths. No blasts occurred though a tragedy near Lakeview Oregon killed five and a woman in May.
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Spokane, Wash
United States
The
Chronicle
Woods- Men
Lakeview
Ore
WAVES Form Navy Flight Navigators as First Women
Ninety eight WAVES officers designated as naval navigators become the first female military flight crew members in U.S. history. They undergo the same training as men, earn navigator wings, and will serve as transocean navigators and instructors, with duties including deployments to theaters such as Hawaii and the Aleutians.
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Washington
Naval
Navy
Hawaii
Aleutians
All Yank Prisoners in Europe Now Liberated
The provost marshal's office of the European theater announced that virtually all American prisoners of war have been recovered. More than two thirds have departed for the United States and 89,778 are en route home or awaiting transportation.
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Paris
United States
Yanks Remind World Of Normandy Anniversary
London reports mark one year since Allied landings at Normandy under General Eisenhower with Eisenhower declaring an Army holiday. Tokyo says air raids and shelling continue while American carriers push toward the Japanese islands and Luzon Mindanao fronts. William Jennings, 204, believed oldest in the county, dies in Youngstown.
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London
Eisenhower
Normandy
Germany
Nimitz
Okinawa
Kobe
Tokyo
Yomiuri Hachi
Mainichi
Ithe
Akashumna
Tokyo Radio
Japan
Korea
Hong Kong-Canton
Wuchow
Philippines
Luzon
Mindanao
U. S. 37Th
Cagayan Valley
Bayombeng
Llst
Fleet Air Wing
Asia
Manchuria
Fleet Air Wing One
Fleet Air Wing 18
Honshu
Youngstown
William Jennings
War Production Board Expands Tire Allocations in June
The WPB released 500000 more passenger car tires for June bringing the month total to 2500000. Only ration holders may obtain the new tires. An extra 25000 medium truck tires were also allocated for June distribution.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Tragic 1943 murder of U S missionaries in Panay Valley
The report recounts the December 20 1943 execution of eleven Baptist missionaries in Hopevale Panay by Japanese forces led by Kunoyi Watanabe. Mrs Dharma Covell pleaded for mercy as Watanabe killed her and ten others, and three American boys were fatally wounded. A Filipino guerrilla witness and local accounts are cited as sources.
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Iloilo
Panay
Dharma Covell
Kunoyi Watanabe
Watanabe
Hopevale
Hope
Gether
Paterno H. Enano
Iwha
Enano
Covell
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Dover
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Trimble
Troy
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Nelsonville
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Menlace
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Richard Figaney
Philadelphia
Omar Bradley
Richard
General Bradley
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Pacific Fleet
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Livateo
Capiz Province
Hailo
Robert King
U. S. Army
Valley of Hope
Watanase
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