Eisenhower Reveals Russian Strategy Secret Until V E Day
In a final report Eisenhower says he was kept in the dark about Russian grand strategy until four months before V E Day. Stalin then provided full plans for a four pronged Red Army offensive that helped crush Germany. The note credits Allied teamwork, air and naval power, and strategic missteps by Hitler and Runstedt, naming Normandy, Falaise Pocket, and Rhine battles as decisive.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Russia
Stalin
Red Army
Eisenhower
Combined Chiefs of Staff
D-Day
Normandy
War Department
Army
United States
Great Britain
Hitler
Maraha von Ronstedt
von Runstedt
Pas-de-Calais
England
Falaise
The
Rhine
Germany
Roosevelt
Tedder
Quake Shakes Pacific Northwest Wrecks Buildings
A strong earthquake rocked the Pacific Northwest and southern Vancouver Island striking near Victoria. Buildings toppled, a hillside moved toward the sea, and a 69 year old man, Jacob L Kingston, died of heart failure in Seattle as downtown structures swayed. Numerous chimneys collapsed and bridges shifted while Vancouver and Campbell River reported notable damage and fires.
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Pacific Northwest
Vancouver Island
Kilowna
British Columbia
Olympia
Wash
Jacob L. Kingston
Church
Univrsity of Washington
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
Victoria
B. C
J. A. Pearce
Comirunion
Canadian National Railway
George Finley
Lions Gate
Vancouver Harbor
Empire
Fire damages substation and church in Youngstown
A Pi Fire swept the Wood St substation of the Ohio Edison Co last night cutting off light and power in downtown Youngstown It spread to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church damaging its roof and causing an estimated loss of 2900 dollars Firemen did not immediately determine the blaze’s cause or the extent of damage at the power company station
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Youngstown
Wood St
Ohio Edison Co
Our Lady of Mont Carmel
Lawyer Answers Disharment Petition In Commons Pleas Court
Springfield report states Atty Rov H Lambert filed an answer in Commons Pleas Court to a Clark County Bar Association petition for disbarment. No hearing date set. Lambert denies Bar Committee allegations that he and Ally Robert P Moreau fraudulently filed primary election petitions last February.
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Springfield
Commons Pleas Court
Atty
Rov H. Lambert
Clark County Bar Association
Lambert
Bar Committee
Ally
Robert P. Moreau
British Plan for India Rejected by Committee
London report states the Congress Party working committee rejected the British interim government proposal for India. A decision on accepting the long term phase of the independence plan was awaited the following day, Reuters noted from New Delhi.
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London
Congress Party
India
Reuters
New Delhi
Russians Being Quizzed In Shooting Of Two MPs
In Vienna, Russian and American investigators work closely on the shooting of two American MPs who were wounded while stopping a stolen jeep carrying three Russian soldiers. One Russian lieutenant was shot resisting arrest. A suspect is in custody and all involved are to be turned over to American authorities. names of the wounded Americans are being withheld pending family notification.
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Vienna
Meat Shortage Hits Cleveland
Clevelanders faced the meatless week with most market counters bare of fresh meat while fish, poultry, and cold cuts ran low. Meat dealers reported worried housewives asking about Fourth of July meals as a flood of livestock was predicted with the future of OPA price controls up for decision by July 1. Stockyard officials said farmers were withholding livestock hoping for better prices if controls are removed.
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Cleveland
OPA
Haggling May Force Change in German Policy
Assistant Secretary of War Howard C. Petersen warned that American occupation plans in Germany must be radically revised if Allies do not stop haggling in Berlin. He said the Reich cannot be treated as an economic burden and that failure to meet Potsdam terms is mainly due to French objections with Russia causing lesser issues, in a Columbus Chamber luncheon.
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Howard C. Peterson
Berlin
Reich
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Petersen
Russia
Three Shot at Lunch Blamed on Family Quarrel
Police in Cleveland hold a relative of three killed during a lunchtime shooting at a home. A detective calls the incident a family quarrel over money and says the relative confessed to the fatal shots. Dunham Mabry aged 59 and his wife Florence 45 died after answering a knock at a side door. Mabry’s sister Beulah Shade, 55, fled the front door and was shot in the back, dying 40 minutes later.
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Cleveland
Dunham Mabry
Florence
Mabry
Beulah Shade
Franco Break Rejection Seen In UN Council
In New York the United Nations Security Council debated Poland demand for a worldwide diplomatic break with Franco Spain but appeared unlikely to gain the needed votes. Poland Russia France and Mexico were noted as the potential four yes votes, while Oscar Lange weighed alternative moves including keeping the case on the council or presenting it to the General Assembly. Par is report on Trieste showed hopes for solution as Britain, America and Russia reportedly consider a French compromise for Adriatic port status.
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United Nations Security Council
Poland
Francco
Spain
Russia
France
Mexico
Oscar Lange
General Assembly
Paris
Trieste
Foreign Ministers Council
Italy
Yugoslavia
Gallipolis Man Dies at Age 51
Clarence Brumfield aged 51 a Gallia County resident and longtime clothing businessman in Gallipolis died after a brief illness. Funeral services are set for Grace Methodist Church with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery. His survivors include wife three children two brothers a sister and a half brother. The case involves a fatal shooting near Portage Lakes.
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Gallipolis
Clarence Brumfield
Hfelong
Gallia County
Akron
Cris
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Manas
Brumfield
Lether
Carter
Manos
Katie
Vance
William
Vada
Franklin Township
Otto
Washington
War Assets Administration
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Special Session To Decide Fate Of OPA Tonight In Ohio
Ohio lawmakers convene in a 22 point emergency program led by Gov Lausche to fund universities welfare and government. Rep Barrett seeks anti discrimination for families with children amid OPA unwind. U.S. OPA talks in Washington face key votes tonight with potential filibuster risk and a June 30 deadline for meat subsidies.
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OPA
Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Welfare Department
Soleas
Thomas J. Barrett
Mahoning County
Barrett
Lausche
Adena
Thomas Worthington
Chillicothe
Veterans Program Commission
Russia Rejects Nuclear Control Plan Veto
Pravda in Moscow flatly declared the Soviet Union will not surrender its veto in any atomic control scheme. It dismissed Bernard Baruch’s UNSC proposal as a product of atomic diplomacy and condemned the United States plan as an effort to establish world rule.
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Pravda
Smet
Russia
United States
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Security Council
Three Youths Die When Car Jumps Curb Dayton
En route home from a dance in Dayton, three youths were killed and two others injured when their car jumped a curb and overturned, damaging four residences. The deceased are Sue Johnson 20 Barbara Miller 20 and Vincent Tracy 21. Injured are Mattie Dawicke 21 and William Mikalauskas 22.
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Dayton
Sue Johnson
Barbara Miller
Vincent Tracy
Mattie Dawicke
William Mikalauskas
Parties Draw Battle Lines For November
Washington reports major political lines drawn across 17 states as Democrats dispute GOP claims of November wins in Senate and House races. Senator Lucas says Democrats will not only defend seats but pick up several, including North Dakota, while Republicans target Maryland and Indiana. Fourteen other states join the list of doubtful areas for November contests.
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Washington
Lucas
GOP
Carroll Reece
Senate
North Dakota
Maryland
George L Radcliffe
Herbert R. O'Connor
Indiana
Six Families Homeless After Building Blast
Six families are homeless after a late Saturday blast damaged a four story building in the downtown section. The store and apartment building was deemed unsafe pending repairs and police investigate the cause, initially attributed to gas accumulation in the basement.
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Inclay
Brewery Workers Quit Toledo Goes Beerless
A strike by 250 brewery workers and 15 distributors across Koerber Buckeye Brewing Companies will halt Toledo beer supplies today. Harold Campbell, the coordinator, said the walkout was approved yesterday and aims to dry up beer distribution across the city.
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Toledo
Conehator
Harold Campbell
Koerber and
Buckeye Brewing Companies
Kidnaping of Governor Hoax Tests Police Supervisors War
The weekend kidnaping of Gov. Bill Ott of Buckeye Boys State was a put up work effort to test police response. A 19-year-old chief executive in Forestville admitted the plan to cast ballots in bargaining elections and discuss non supervisory job rules with the NLRB ruling. The test aimed to gauge how many non supervisory duties employees perform and whether more than half time is spent in such roles.
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NLRB
Oxford
Bill Ott
Buckeye Boys
Washington
Forestville
National
Police Labor Relations Board
Young Groom Aims for Jeep Wife 79 by His Side
In Louisa Kentucky Delbert Sprouse 18 seeks to win over his 79 year old wife with a Jeep purchase and public appearances. Yesterday in Huntington West Virginia an estimated 12 000 people viewed the couple as they were presented as the most celebrated married pair since the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
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Louisa
Delbert
Shorty) Sprouse
Jeep
Huntington
W. Va
Cat Hollow
West Virginia
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
C-47 Crashes After Collision Kills Two in Memphis
A Memphis based Army C-47 returning from Dallas struck a moving car during an attempted landing, killing two back-seat occupants. Pilot Wayne Collier and Capt. Francis L. Kenny both survived along with six GI hitchhikers, after circling the field for nearly two hours before a safe crash landing. Also, President Truman accepted the resignation of SEC chairman Ganson Purcell.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dallas
Wayne Collier
Air Transport Command
Collier
Francis L. Kenny
Enon Valley
Golden Anniversary Marriage Ties Indy Couple to Findlay Event
A Findlay golden wedding anniversary celebration ended with the marriage of two guests, J. G. Stettler, 78, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Louise Bowers, 73, a, during the event hosted by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hochstettler.
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Findlay
J. G. Stettler
Indianapolis
Ind
Louise Bowers
Anda. D
J. C. Hochstettler
Bikini Practice Bomb Results Termed Good
Aboard the B-29 circling Bikini atoll the crew scored good results in a practice bomb drop after bad weather cleared. A captain was killed when struck by a propeller before takeoff. Maj. Gen. Roger Ramey called the mission apparently satisfactory and final judgment awaits photographs and reports.
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Army Air Forces
Roger Ramey
Denton
Tex
U.S.S. Mt. McNimiex
Associated Press
Elton C. Fay
Adm
W. H. P. Brandy
Bikini Lagoon
Maj
T Woodrow ‘Swancutt
Wisconsin Rapids
Fay
Nevada
Independence
Swancutt
Dave
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