End of Okinawa Campaign Near as Jap Forces Fight On
Washington reports a possible end to the Okinawa campaign amid a News blackout. Officials note large industrial deferments for 26 through 29 year olds and a new policy limiting calls from men under 30. Allied divisions push toward key Philippine battles as China claims Liu Chow captured.
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Inter-agency
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Selective Service
Associated Press
Japan
Okinawa
Nippa
Philippines
China
Liuchow
U.S
Comei News
Meeting of Control Council in Berlin Cut Short
Report says the Control Council in Berlin adjourned early as Soviet representatives pressed for broader terms of a withdrawal and occupation. Western members led by the United States Britain and France debated the implications with a split view over the future security framework and a planned United Nations meeting in San Francisco.
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France
Eisenhower
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Andrel. Gromyko
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Russia
United” States
Ohio Schools Bill Debated Over Budget Totals
The article notes the House faced a veto override requiring 82 votes with Republicans holding 3 seats. It cites Lausche’s veto stance on the Daniels-Cramer School Bill totaling 121 million for the biennium, contrasted with a recommended 104.22 million for schools. Towns listed include Athens Bern Canaan Carthage Dover Lee Lodt Rome Troy and Nelsonville with various sums totaling 1,018,000.00 and 353,126.00 in different line items.
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Peary Aide Receives Polar Expedition Medal Honor
In Sandy Lake Pennsylvania 72 year old Dr John W Goodsell was honored for his part in Capt Robert E Pearys North Pole trip. He was awarded the Silver Polar Expedition Medal passed by Congress, in a government ceremony yesterday.
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Robert E. Peary
North Pole
John W. Goodsell
Dpf Goodsell
Congress
Two Way Radio for Motorists Envisioned in Columbus
Paul W. Denning, Columbus district manager for Ohio Bell, says the company applied to the Federal Communications Commission for authority to build a radio telephone station in Columbus as part of a proposed two way radio service for motorists.
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Ohio Be Telephone Company
Paul " W. Denning
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Federal Communications ‘Commission
War Crime Names Withheld During Nazi Inquiry
London reports quote War Crimes Commission chairman Wright saying the brand agreed to withhold identities of Nazi figures. In Washington Congress debates secrecy as Indictments against Goering and other Nazis surface, sparking clashes with Southern Democrats over proposed permanent employment fair practices legislation.
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Warld Wright
Crimes Commission
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Goering
Washington
Umah
Congress
Creare
Strikers Return to New Lexington Plant
Workers at Evans Reamer and Machine Co returned to their jobs in New Lexington after mediation by Hugh Frie of the Columbus office of the United States Conciliation Service. The 93 employees had struck on June 2 over a new contract.
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New Lexington
Strix
Evans Reamer and Machine.Co
Hugh DB. Frie
Columbus
United States Concilation Service
Anderson Pushes Plan To Stabilize Farm Prices
Washington May ? Food official Clinton P Anderson says he may ask the Army and foreign food claimants to back guaranteed farm profits to remove price fears that curb production. At a hearing he suggested a contract with 1946 military needs guaranteeing minimum prices, covering eggs poultry dairy and meat products amid dwindling supplies and rising demand.
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Clinton
P. Anderson
New Mexico
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Anderson
Iatanates
Take Out in Supplies to Hit Hotels and Restaurants
Washington LPi reports hotels and restaurants will receive rationed meat fats canned fruits vegetables and sugar in July and August. OPA to announce 20 percent cuts for meats and fats 22 to 25 percent for fruits. Wage tables and institutional user classifications cause range adjustments.
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Reds Believe Hitler's Body Found at Last
Report from Berlin cites Russian sources stating a body found underground near the Reich Chancellery may be Adolf Hitler. Russian doctors examined four bodies from the site and identified one as Hitler, noting the man likely died of poisoning. Goebbels is said to have killed himself as Berlin fell.
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Adolph
Hitler
Hitller
Red Army
Fuehrer
Morel
Propaganda
Paul Joseph’ Goebbels
Kurl Doenitz
Goebbels
Shelt
West Virginia Bridges Valuation Sparks Tax Dispute
Huntington officials demand a revised valuation for Ohio ported bridges affecting West Virginia tax bases. WV counties contend the bridge value should not exceed 525000, warning they may seek Ohio authorities to raise the valuation on WV bridges if the figure remains higher.
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Ohio
West Virginia
West “Virginia
Huntington
Ohio to Name Chief Penologist for State Prisons
Columbus report notes approval by the Senate Finance committee of a 5 million dollar postwar fund for a new state penitentiary. Welfare Director Frazier Reams says he will appoint a practical penologist with years of prison experience to oversee all state correctional facilities and aid in planning the new institution.
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Ohio
Frazier Reams
Senate Finance Committee
Reams
Megis
Peace Draft Is Called Unwise By Educators
Washington reports a spokesman from a major American education council cautioned against regimentation of the mind in the peacetime draft discussion. A.J. Brumbaugh, vice president of the American Council on Education, told the House Postwar Military Policy Committee that college leaders oppose immediate conscription due to fear of universal military training. He cited that about half of college students oppose it and one-fifth support it as part of a considered national defense judgment.
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A.J. Brumbaugh
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Pea Brumbaugh
Japanese losses and air defenses cited by Mitscher
Vice Admiral Mitscher, in Washington for Navy Department conferences, said in a news conference that in the Okinawa operations only about ten percent of Japanese planes penetrate Allied air defenses. He estimated that of those, ninety percent are shot down, leaving only about one percent of the total planes effective.
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Washington
Marea
Mayor Signs Water Payment Ordinance for Reservoir Water
WantkEN-Mayor Roberts H. Roberts signed an ordinance to pay the Federal Government 319000 dollars for one million gallons of water daily from Mosquito Reservoir.
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Roberts H. Roberts
Mosquito Reservoir
Threat of Egg Scarcity Warns of Black Market Impact
The House Food Investigating Committee heard that black market purchases of laying hens could cause a very serious egg shortage this summer and next winter. A National Poultry Defense Committee representative testified that soaring poultry meat demand may threaten to liquidate the nation’s egg-producing flocks.
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Washington
House Food Investigating Committee
National Poultry Defense Committee
Teacher Retirement System Bill Approved in Columbus
The House passed a Senate approved measure to broaden retirement systems for state teachers school employees and public employees by raising contributions and expanding the base. Benefits rise with annual increases totaling 1 150 000 for teachers 500 000 for state employees and 650 000 for other public employees as sponsor Sen Stanley G McKie.
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House
Stanley G. McKie
Hamilton
Farmers Get Higher Priority for Supplies
Washington The WPB granted farmers an AA-2 preference rating for farm supplies. The agency said the move prioritizes farmers for hundreds of items from hoses and pails to air compressors. Farmers no longer need county farm board approval for purchases over 350 dollars.
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Children Play With Japanese Balloon Bombs
Spokane reports reveal children handled two Japanese balloon bombs found in a timbered area after being dropped during earlier western United States attacks. One incendiary and one fragmentation bomb were discovered. neither exploded. Five killed in Oregon when a balloon bomb detonated by a lake.
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United States
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Chronicle
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WAVES Eligible for Naval Flight Crews First Women to Do So
Navy announces WAVES designated as naval air navigators become the first women in U S history eligible for military flight crews. Trained to replace male navigators, they serve as navigational instructors and will function as trans ocean navigators, joining crews bound for Hawaii and the Aleutians.
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Naval Air
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Hawaii
Aleutians
AH Yank Prisoners in Europe Now Liberated
The provost marshal's office announced that virtually all American prisoners of war in Europe have been recovered including those in Russian-occupied areas. It said 89,776 were recovered and either en route home or awaiting transportation.
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Paris
Mhat Shel
European Theater
United States
Half Million More Tires Made Available in June
The War Production Board released an extra 500000 passenger car tires for June, boosting the month’s total to 2506000. Only B and C ration holders qualify for new tires. An additional 25000 medium truck tires will also be distributed in June.
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Washington
WPB
Yanks Hit French Beaches Year Ago
One year after D Day Eisenhower proclaimed an Army holiday. Naval and air actions across the Pacific and Asia are reported with Allied advances in Okinawa Luzon Mindanao and ongoing Japanese resistance. Oldest resident William Jennings, 104, dies in Youngstown.
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Yomiuri Hechi
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Tokyo Radio
Youngstown
Willian Jennings
Executions of U S Missionaries by Japanese Described
A Filipino survivor recounts the killing of eleven American Baptist missionaries at a camp near Iloilo on December 20, 1943. Japanese captain Kunoyi Watanabe led 16 captives to execution with a samurai sword. The atrocity included women and three young American boys, sparking reports from Hopevale in Capiz Province and a guerrilla witness.
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Capiz
Robert King
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