Tokyo broadcasts report massive American strike near Okinawa
Tokyo said a large American force massed 100 transports near Okinawa with task forces and carriers moving toward Miyake Island in the Bonins. Reports claimed Japanese troops surrendered in the Ryukyus while Allied mining and bombardment continued in the region and across the Pacific.
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Tokyo
Ryukyus
Okinawa
Luk So
Ryukyu Islands
U.S
Madea Sa
Miyake Island
Kima Group
Mina
Lausche Strip Mining Measure Defeated in Ohio House
Ohio House defeats Lausche strip mining bill 58 to 53, failing to pass with 69 votes needed. Measure would require operators to post bonds and guarantee restoration of stripped land, but was amended to remove key figures before the vote. Governor Lausche criticizes Legislature for not protecting natural resources.
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Lausche
Ohio
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio House of Representatives
Ftrom Eastern Ohio
Stric
Minure
L. P. Mooney
R-Hockings
West Virginia
Kentucky
House Conservation Committee
Pennsylvania
State Conservation Department
Measure Puts Rayburn Next To President
Congress moved toward early consideration of legislation naming House Speaker Rayburn as successor in case of a White House vacancy. President Truman suggested the plan while traveling west. Senator Bridges introduced a parallel bill and Chairman Sumners said he would follow.
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Washington
Congress
Rayburn
Truman
White House
Bridges
R+NH
Sumners
D-Tex
House Judiciary Committee
Labor Peace Bill Offered in Congress
New labor relations legislation proposed in Congress aims to create enduring industrial peace by establishing a federal labor relations board for conciliation and a separate unfair practices tribunal. The plan, patterned after the Railway Labor Act, is led by Senators Hatch Ball and Durbin and would replace the wartime labor structures with permanent bodies.
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Washington
Congress
Hatch
D-Nm
Ball
R-Minn
Durton
Ohio
Federal Labor Relations Board
Trih J Lunal
National Labor Relations Board
War Labor Board
Conciliations Service
Labor Department
Red Army Paper Attacks US Reactionaries in Peace Call
Moscow based Red Star urges continued wartime US Soviet Britain collaboration and denounces American reactionaries led by Hearst McCormick press and Senator Taft for trying to sever ties with Russia and its Allies.
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Moscow
Red Star
United States
Russia
J. Yermashev
Hearst and
McCormick Press
Taft
Ohio
Great Britain
Baldwin-Wallace hosts band clinic for 176 students
A band and orchestra clinic draws 176 junior and high school musicians to Baldwin Wallace College today. Ohio State University Columbus reports the summer quarter opening with an enrollment of 3,708 students.
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Berea
Baldwin-Wallace College
OSU Columbus
Ohio State Univversity
Township Quota Sales Box Score Summary
Box score lists sales totals for multiple towns led by Athens and Dover with overall totals shown. The report records per town figures including Ames Bern Canaan Carthage Dover Rome Troy Waterloo Nelsonville and others, totaling 1 16 000.00 dollars with a 61 percent sale rate.
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Alexander
Ames
Athens
Bern
Canaan
Carthage
Dover
See
Rome
Trimble
Troy
Waterloo
Ms City
Nelsonville
Hope to End Peace Parley by Saturday
Conference leaders push to resolve last issues among great and small powers so President Truman can convene the United Nations meeting next Saturday. Delegates weigh limits on General Assembly debates as Russia and Australia differ and security league principles are voted. Spain’s Franco government is barred from membership due to Axis ties.
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San Francisco
Truman
United Nations
Olymria
Wash
Berlin
United Nations General Assembly
Pussia
Australia
Security League of the World Organization
Spain
Coop’s watchdog stolen with eight chickens
John Newman bought a dog to guard his chickens against thieves. During the night, thieves struck the coop and a police report states eight fowl disappeared along with the watchdog.
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Hamilton
John Newman
Merger Talks Between Evangelical Reformed and Congregational Churches Begin
Cleveland reports the general council of the Evangelical and Reformed Churches and the executive committee of the Congregational Christian Churches opened a two day discussion on a proposed merger. Negotiations have been underway for over two years.
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Cleveland
General Council of the
Evangelical and Reformed Churches
Congregational Christian Churches
Civilian food supplies expected ample for 1945
The Agriculture Department said civilian food supplies for 1945 will be more than adequate nationwide to meet essential needs with per capita consumption two to four percent above three prewar averages and five to seven percent below 1944. The Republican Food Study Committee warned of fats and oils shortages and criticized policy failures affecting butter tallow and cattle feed.
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Associated Press
Agriculture Department
Department
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
Crosley Corp Sold to Eastern Aviation Group
Cincinnati business news reports Powel Crosley sold the Crosley Corporation to Aviation Corporation of New York for 22 million dollars financed by ten banks. The deal includes WLW radio and several FM stations with an option on WINS New York, all pending FCC approvals. Crosley notes sale to focus on small auto production and keeps the Reds baseball team.
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Cincinnati
Powel Crosley
Crosley Corporation of
Aviation Corporation of
New York
Crosley Auto
Crosley
WLW
WINS
H, 1
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Cincinnati Reds
War Labor Board
Rural District Members Clash Over Tax Share Debate
Columbus reports a House conference committee works to resolve a split over local government funding. House favors 12 million annual sales tax distribution by tax duplicate, while Senate seeks 18 million with a mix of tax duplicate and population. Rep Willis J Cory notes cross party support and aims to win a broader vote.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Willis J. Cory
Seneca
Corey
Lausche
Abilene Welcomes Ike with Home Town Parade
Abilene Kansas plans a warm homecoming for Dwight D. Eisenhower with a special train from Kansas City, a four hour program, and a parade. Relatives and dignitaries will attend, including Eisenhower's young mother Ida Eisenhower. Governor Schoeppel has proclaimed Friday Eisenhower Day.
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Abilene
Kas
Ike
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Kansas
Eisenhower
Kansas City
Ida‘a Eisenhow
Andrew Schoeppel
Kant
Mrs. Mary Snowball Succumbs at Syracuse
Mrs Mary Snowball 81 a native of Duckenfield England died at her Syracuse home after a six week illness She came to the United States at six weeks old crossing the Atlantic in a schooner She would have celebrated her 60th wedding anniversary with Thomas Snowball on June 25 Surviving are husband three children Bertha and Pobert of Columbus and Tanmas of Barberton a daughter Esse preceded her in death Seven grandchildren and sisters Sarah Jackson Cleveland Mrs Thomas Duffy Mrs FL Wise and Mrs Anna Dalton Funeral arrangements are not complete
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Pomeroy
Mary Snowball
Duckenfield
England
Syracuse
Snowball
Ina
Thomas Snowhall
Bertha
Pobtert
Columbus
Tanmas
Barberton
Esse
Sarah Jackson
Cleveland
Thomas Duffy
FL Wise
Anna Dalton
Col Miller Officially Declared Dead as Prisoner News
Word reached relatives in Pomeroy that Lt. Col. Albert Miller, long held as a Japanese prisoner, has been officially declared dead. His wife died in Gallipolis that same week. General Dwight D. Eisenhower departed by car for West Point Military Academy.
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Pomeroy
Albert Miller
Jong
Gallipolis
West Point
New York
Dwight J. Fisenhower
CS. Military Academy
Pilot Missing After Navy Plane Crash in Lake Erie
Coast guardsmen searched Lake Erie after a navy plane crashed with the pilot missing. A distress radio hinted at bail out, a parachute was located about a mile offshore, but the fiver could not be found.
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Lake Erie
Toledo
Coast Guardsmen
Burt
Senate trims inspector travel budgets in BMV funding cut
Columbus report notes the senate finance committee cut 36700 dollars yearly from general appropriations, eliminating travel expenses for Bureau of Motor Vehicles inspectors. The move follows findings that seven reinstated inspectors were assigned distant postings and denied travel funds and bus coupons for trips home.
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Columbus
Senate Finance Committee
Lausche
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
General Appropriations
Wants Bingo Bill Revived in Ohio Senate
Senate debate heats up over outlaw bingo as gambling. Sen. George G. Sturtz accuses eight member Rules Committee of killing the bill secretly. He argues current law misdefines bingo and cites charities as the ruse while gamblers profit.
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Columbus
Ohio
George G. Sturtz
R-Cosheeton
Senate Rules Committee
Lnder
Shurtz
More Workers Needed by Ohio Plants Despite Cutbacks
Ohio plants expect a surge of about 30000 workers in the next two months while other essential industries in Ohio Michigan and Kentucky require 33867 employees. Overall employment will stay near 1901440 as War Manpower officials maintain planning.
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Ohio
Cleveland
E. L. Keenan
War Manpower Commission
Michigan
Kentucky
Renon Wl
Keenan
Reforestation funds urged by Southern Ohio council
The Southern Ohio Regional Council representing 18 counties asked the Senate Finance Committee to boost appropriations for reforestation and development of sub marginal lands. Ray Fletcher of the Portsmouth Times warned Western South Ohio farmland erosion and water table drops unless trees are restored, noting Ohio industries rely on outside lumber imports and urging timber scrap use to aid firms. Harry Brandon of Wilmington called for more recreation and conservation centers while Hose Wick of Jackson touted Lake Jackson growth and Ohio’s premier fishing resources.
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Collmbus
Southern Ohio
Ohio
Harry Brandon
Wilmington
Clinton County
Jackson
Lake Jackson
Fire raid wipes out town amid Okinawa action
An eyewitness recalled a great fire as two Marines and supporting units swept toward Mabuni on Okinawa. Reports say Japanese resistance remains strong around Mabuni with the Japanese general believed alive directing a last stand from fire-burned caves.
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Okinawa
Mabuni
Associated Press
al Cooking
Offensives, evasions, and air strikes as Pacific and Luzon battle rages
Allied forces press across Luzon with the 37th Ohio Division moving toward Cagayan Valley and Capas. In the Pacific, Marines advance under heavy Japanese rocket and artillery fire while long civilian columns retreat and American bombers burn key industrial targets in Kyushu.
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Balikpapan
Sowa Partie Oulpeneter
Horren
Bonin Islands
By Jima
Tokyo
Jalun Island
Marshalls
Okinawa
Omura
Liuchow
Olzie in&Wwa
Marianas
Shizuoka
Fukuoka
Kyushu
Balikparan
Borneo
Ninth Division
Seria
Jesselton
Cagayan
Manila
Luzon
Nagullan
Robert S Beightier
Cogside Cagayan River
Associated Press
Hamilton W. Faron
Truman Starts Brief Holiday
In Olympia Washington President Truman begins a short holiday while focusing on the postwar security conference in San Francisco. Associates say he aims for quick action on the final form of the international peace charter. A delay in San Francisco could rearrange his schedule for departure next month to Berlin for the first Big Three meeting.
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Truman
Washington
National
Olympia
Wash
San Francisco
Pacific Northwest
Berlin
Michican
More German Treasure Discovered by Yanks
American troops of the 12th Corps announced the discovery of a second great German treasure cache in the Regensburg Reichsbank hidden vaults. The haul included Bavarian and Austrian national wealth and was valued higher than the 200 ton Merken salt mine find from April. The cache comprised gold bullion, stolen jewelry and securities, some traced to Nazi death camp victims.
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Paris
Regensburg Reichsbank
Bavaria
Austria
Merken
Ueasure Sas
Bill To Return Bodies Of Veterans Is Passed
In Columbus the Senate approved a proposal by Sen Tom W Jones to form a nine member committee to aid in the return of deceased Ohioan veterans from World War II battlefields. The vote was 39 in favor with no opposition. D A Liggifi questioned the need for overseas port visits during wartime transport. The judiciary committee also killed the fire safety code recodification bill.
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Columbus
Tom W. Jones
R-Metzs
Hotice
Jesce Bi
Ohio
Ohio poor relief costs rise in May in 1944 figures
In Columbus the state reports May relief costs at 474012 dollars. The Department spent 470029 dollars in April and 468093 dollars in May. Cases in 11 relief areas totaled 11447 in May versus 11259 in April. Director Frazier Reams presented the monthly figures.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frazier Reams
Polish Premier in Exile Linked to Anti-Russian Plot
Witness Yeurent Charnawski testifies at the trial of Polish underground leaders in Moscow alleging Stanislas Mikolajeszki kept in the dam during anti-Russian operations. The proceedings, held at Potsndn derera, focus on subversive activity and alleged conspiracies. The report also notes a Methodist conference in Northeast Ohio with Bishop Tessfer Smith presiding.
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Moscow
Soviet Supreme Court
Stanislas Mikolajezsk
Teneden
Yeurent Charnawski
Polish Union of Democrats
H Tess Fer Smith
Columbus
Biskop
Chun
Ohio
Methodist Church
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Bermeo
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Weston
Brujtzi Bay
Tutonz
Serio
North Borneo
OPA
Crosley Corporation
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Solous
Col. Miller
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Chiamed
Bill FE
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