Truman Lands Work of Peace Delegates
President Truman lauded the peace delegation’s effort at the United Nations Conference in San Francisco. He urged support for a future league designed to stop aggression before it starts, saying the praise was for the office of the presidency, not the man. He addressed the closing session after witnessing the signing of the charter and returned from a Pacific Northwest vacation.
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SAN Francisco
Truman
Enia
United States
Pacific Northwest
Superforts Bomb Japanese Industries In Major Raid
Nearly 500 escorting fighter planes accompanied 500 B 29s that pounded six factories and four ordnance plants in Nagoya Osaka and Kobe vicinity. Tokyo said eight Superforts were shot down and 14 damaged as distressing invasion talk dominated Japan News. United States General MacArthur reported a 46 mile leapfrog landing at Baler Bay in Eastern Luzon amid ongoing Pacific advances.
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Japan
Tokyo
Kantaro Suzuki
Okinawa
Ternate Island
Philippines
Hatmahera
Balikpapan
Borneo
Ryukyu Islands
MacArthur
Baler Bay
Luzon Island
Iwo Jima
Nagoys
Osaka
Akashi
Kobe
Ohio Solons Begin Study Of Finances
Ohio lawmakers opened the 26th week with a $405 million biennial appropriations bill and Senate additions raising the total by about $36 million over 1943-44. The measures fund schools, old age pensions, poor relief, and park projects, with debate over local government allocations and a new home for the Ohio State Fair. A natural resources coordinating board and probate court salary increases were approved, while park funding requests sought large land acquisitions and improvements.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Lausche
Natural Resources Co
Tom W. Jones
Meigs
Fred R. Seibert
R-Aug- Jalze
Common Pleasurists
Senate Financial Committee
Hueston Woods
Preble
Butter
Oaks
Saucas
Fulton
Henry
Porttage Lakes
Minisila Dam
Akron
Springfield
Champaign County
Willow Point
Erie County
Ray M. White
Holmes County
Source of Meat Will Be Checked by OPA
The Office of Price Administration ordered wholesale cuts from Class 2 and 3 slaughterers stamped with their UPA permit number. Effective nationwide July 15, the rule targets back market meat trans actions and includes farmers whose meat lacks the federal Inspection label.
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Columbus
Office of Price Administration
UPA
CPA
OPA
Medal honors for Commander David McCampbell noted in ceremony
Four more decorations were presented to Commander David McCampbell of Los Angeles Navy Yard. He shot down 34 Japanese planes and received the Silver Star, Air Medal, Gold Star in lieu of the Distinguished Flying Cross, another Gold Star, and the Navy Cross, among other honors.
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Athens
Bern
Canaan
Carthage
Dover
Ocean
David McCampbell
Los Angeles
Navy Tattle Ape
York
Gordon Rowe
Quonset Pens
City
Foy Yaneee Point
R. L
McCampbell
Navy
Shively Reappointed to Ohio University Board of Trustees
Earl C. Shively of Columbus was reappointed by Governor Lausche to a seven year term on the Ohio University Board of Trustees. An alumnus and former vice chair, Shively is an attorney for the Ohio Railroad Association and served in World War I.
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Earl C. Shively
Columbus
Frank J. Lauache
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Lausche
Shively
Ohio Railroad Association
Vinton County
Mr. Shively
McArthur
Athens
418Th
France
University of Paris
Ohio University
Ohio State University
Attorney General
Babson Institute
Boston
Washington
Hamilton Bank Heads To Supervise Hospital
Three Hamilton bank presidents were appointed by Probate Judge Oscar Leiser to oversee the building of a hospital funded by Eugene M. Hughes. Hughes left 1 500 000 to create an institution dedicated to contagious and infectious disease treatment in Fairfield Township.
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Hamilton
Hamilton Banks
Oscar Leiser
Eugene M. Hughes
Fairfield Township
Hughes
Government strike action awaits as unions widen walkouts
The CIO United Rubber Workers strike shutting Goodyear plants in Akron moves to the National War Labor Board. Wartime labor disputes spread to Marion and Toledo as the board assumes jurisdiction. Goodyear workers refuse talks while Gov Lausche urges a settlement. A bright note comes from CIO Glass workers foreseeing an early end to a separate nationwide 15,000-strong stoppage.
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Associated Press
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
National War Labor Board
Washington
Marion
Toledo
Goodyear
Frank J. Lausche
UAW
C. W. Wheeler
E. J. Thomas
Thomas
WLB
Lausche
Cio-United Automobile
Universal Cooler Corp
Acklin Stamping Co
Cleveland
Acklin Co
Mather Spring Co
Joseph Froesch
Cio-Federation of Glass, Ceramics and Silica Sand Workers
Mount Vernon
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Libbey-Owens- Ford Co
Thre Rations Are Unchanged
Washington reports July tire rationing will add 2,500,000 tires with the same allotment as June for B and C ration holders. A card holder must rely on current tires. Deputy OPA administrator Max McCullough explains rationing exceeds current production by borrowing from summer supplies amid expected high tire failures.
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Washington
Max McCullough
OPA
Hocking Judge to Fight Misconduct Charges
Miami based report says Common Pleas Judge Phil A Henderson of Logan Ohio will contest disciplinary charges for misconduct. A five member Logan bar committee alleged involvement with a gambling operation, a 1943 lottery charge and an adultery admission from a divorce action, all denied by Henderson who claims the accusations are trumped up.
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Miami
Fla
Common Pleas
Phil A. Henderson
Logan
Hocking County Bar Association
Common Pleas Court
Henderson
Frisco Peace Charter To Be Signed Today
Delegates from 50 countries assemble in a flag drenched San Francisco auditorium to sign the new United Nations Charter and hear President Truman outline U.S. foreign policy. The final charter version won approval last night and ratification begins. The document outlines four main bodies: General Assembly with one vote per nation. Security Council led by the Big Five plus six others. the Economic and Social Council. and the Trusteeship Council to oversee mandates.
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San Francisco
Truman
United _Nations Conference
General Assembly
Security Council
United States
Russia
Britain
China
France
Assembly
Social and Economic Council
Individual Bond Sales Lag as War Loan Quota Nears End
The Seventh War Loan enters its final week with over 55 billion dollars oversubscribed yet the individual and small investor goal remains far short. Total sales reached 19.467 billion, corps contributing 12.992 billion of the total, while individuals supplied 6.475 billion at 92.5 percent of target.
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Washington
Right
Drowning Determined as Cause of Kenova Youth Death
Scioto County Coroner W E Fowler ruled Melvin E Floria a 16 year old from North Kenova died in an accidental drowning after his body was recovered from the Ohio River four miles below Haverhill. The deckhand on Island Creek Fuel Transportation Co Steamer Atlas had been missing since Friday after reportedly falling from a barge.
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Portsmouth
Scioto County
W.E. Fowler
Melvin E. Floria
North Kenova
Ohio River
Haverhill
Fowler
Island Creek Fuel| Transportation Co
Atlas
Delay Over Price Spoils Cherry Crop in Ohio
Rep. Weichel of Ohio charges the War Food Administration has delayed fixing cherry prices for nearly a year, spoiling Ohio’s crop ready for market as the agency has yet to announce a price. The dispute centers on WFA actions and timing affecting growers and market readiness.
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Washington
Ohio
War Food Administration
Weichel
WFA
Federal Price Policies Spark Fear of Collapse
Ovid A Martin reports from Washington on the House Food Shortage Investigating Committee hearings in the Midwest and Far West. Farmers fear postwar demand collapse for meat and other food, hindering maximum production as cattle feeders face tight margins due to government ceiling prices. The margin between feed costs and export prices risks bankruptcy for feeders as morale and confidence wane.
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Ovid
A. Martin Washington
House
Midwest
Far West
Rep. Anderson
D-Nm
Wsha
Reich Disarmament Urged by Crowley to curb Germany
Crowley told the Kilgore Committee that Allies must monitor German potential for generations or risk renewed war. He urged an allied general staff and disarmament beyond the army and navy, arguing Germany’s entire economic setup harbors war capability. In other dispatches, the battleship Pennsylvania returned to Pacific duty after three months overhaul with guns from Pearl Harbor victims fitted to her turrets.
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Washington
Leo T. Crowley
Congress
Ceremany
Crowley
Senate
Kilgore
FEA
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
Pacific
Oklahoma
Nevada
Coast forces advance as Chinese troops reach Hwangyen area
Clear Coast KAN reports Chinese units have reached Hwangyen on Taichow Bay while pressing toward Ninghsien, 85 miles north, in a drive to clear the East China coast of Japanese forces. Reports say the enemy is withdrawing toward Hangchow Bay as a map at the top marks black controlled zones in China and the South Pacific.
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KAN
Asean
Hwangyen
Taichow Bay
Ninghsien
East China Coast
Hangchow Bay
China
South Pacific
Ohio House Defeats Proposed Divorce Law
The Ohio House of Representatives rejected a Senate approved bill to ease divorce for servicemen and their spouses. It would have allowed service by registered letter on Ohio defendants abroad and permitted residents outside the state to waive service. The measure failed 70 to 35. Rep. J A Gordon argued against it while Rep. Aaron Grad defended it as morale building for soldiers.
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Columbus
G. I. Joe
Ohio House of Representatives
Reno
Ohio
J. A. Gordon
Harrison County
Senate
Aaron T. Grad
Cincinnati
House
Thomas Seeks To Join Debate on Peace Draft
DETROIT The Socialist Party has requested permission for Norman Thomas to present ten arguments against peace-time conscription to members of the armed forces as part of a debate on the draft for peace.
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Thomas
Detroit
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Long War Talk Ridiculous, Carrier Commander Says
Admiral Frederick C. Sherman, veteran carrier commander, denounces talk of a war lasting ten or twenty years as ridiculous. He notes Japanese options are surrender or extinction and asserts American bombers will neutralize Kyushu air bases. Sherman warns there is no safe harbor for Japan as air power dominates home areas.
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Frederick C. Sherman
Kyushu Island
Adin
Japan Supply Base Wrecked in Northern Luzon
Fifth Air Force strikes transformed Japans Japans Northern Luzon supply base into Death Valley. The 33rd Division reported thousands of dead Japanese and wrecked convoys with living forces dazed and starving. In nearby Tuguegara Filipino guerrillas repelled counterattacks as 37th Division closed a death trap on about 20,000 Nipponese.
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Balud Valey
Luzon
Death Valley
Fifth Air Force
Gagayan Valley
Tuguegara
China
Chungking
Liuchow
U. S
Amendments To Price Bill Are Studied
Washington lawmakers push limited changes to extend price controls. Wherry Reed plan for cost plus farm pricing and Dirksen bill to allow appeals to federal district courts face party divisions in conference. With price law expiring Saturday, prospects hinge on sealing key appeals and pricing reforms.
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Washington
Administration
Wherry Reed
Senate
Rep. Dirksen
House
Emergency Court of Appeals
Ebiender
D-La
Louisiana
Massillon Man Charged With OPA Violation
John R. Caxey age 32 of Massillon pleaded innocent at arraignment before Acting US Commissioner H A Horn on charges of illegal possession of 3509 meat and fat coupons worth 35000 points and illegal transfer of 130 coupons He was released on 1500 bond and ordered to appear for a hearing July 16.
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Cleveland
John R. Caxey
Massillon
U. S
H. A. Horn
132 Japanese Diplomats Held for Exchange Negotiations
The State Department announced that 132 Japanese diplomatic and consular officers, dependents, and guards captured in Germany will be detained at the Bedford Springs Hotel in Bedford, Pennsylvania, until exchange arrangements are made with Japan and allied nations.
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Washington—T
State Department
Germany
Bedford Springs
Bedford, Pa
United States
Tropical Storm Moves Northeast Off Atlantic Coast
A tropical storm centered about 75 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras North Carolina early today moved northeastward along the Atlantic coast with no reported casualties or serious damage along Virginia and North Carolina shores.
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Washington
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Virginia
North Carolina
London Poles Lodge Protest Over New Polish Provisional Government
The Polish exile government in London handed Britain and the United States a formal note protesting the Moscow announced Polish provisional government. The exile group refuses to recognize the legality of the new regime, calling it a poor specimen of a Tupper government, with uncertainty about its fate after potential loss of diplomatic recognition.
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London
Britain
United States
Moscow
London i Group
Union Operators Set Talks on Foremen Issue
John L. Lewis's contract negotiating committee will meet with coal operators in Washington next Friday to discuss bringing foremen into the union. The bituminous contract reached last April 11 nearly stalled over the foremen matter after Lewis agreed to drop demands for supervisors' unionization.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Cuba Assures U S of Bulk of Sugar Crop
Clinton P. Anderson said Cuba assured the United States the bulk of its 1946 sugar production would be available for U S needs, but the crop is short. he aims to secure more farm machinery and fertilizer for Cuba. Services were held today for Edward F. Potter, 53, a WWI mechanic for Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker.
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Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Cuba
United States
Republic
Elyria
Edward F. Potter
Eddie Rickenbacker
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Kenova
Ovid A Martin
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