U S Plan Lets Nations Seek Collective Defense at UN
The United States plans a long term mutual defense treaty allowing any group of nations to organize for collective defense within the proposed world security organization. Secretary Stettinius said the US would invite American nations to negotiate after the conference, with broad Latin American support amid Russia’s stance forthcoming.
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San Francisco
United States
United Nations
World Security Organization
Stettinius
Truman
Russia
Pacific
Japan
London
Mexico City
Washington
World Security Council
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Assembly
Care Unity Council
New Zealand
Brazil
Mexico
Security
Truman Plans To Reorganize Government Agencies
President Truman outlines a sweeping plan to absorb independent agencies into regular departments. The proposals include cabinet changes and moving agencies like OPA and WFA into the Agriculture department. Banking duties would transfer to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, with RFC taking five subsidiary corporations.
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Washington
Truman
Sinc
Labor
Treasury
Justice
Sue
OPA
WFA
Agriculture Department
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
RFC
Will Ration Tobacco In Army Prison Camps
Cigarettes cigars and smoking tobacco will be rationed at Army posts and prisoner of war camps effective June 3. Military personnel dependents and authorized civilian employees may buy six packs of cigarettes 24 cigars or four ounces of tobacco weekly. Italian service units get half the military allowance and prisoners of war may buy two ounces weekly with no cigarettes or cigars.
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Washington
Multary
Auto Industry To Be Slow in Reconversion
The automobile industry says eight months after war contracts end it will build enough passenger cars to be profitable. Output would reach about 2,000,000 cars a year. The War Production Board will grant priority aid for construction and tools to reach the break-even production rate.
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Washington
War Production Board
Captive Nazis Accused of Spreading Propaganda
Moscow radio says captured Nazi leaders including Rundstedt and Kesselring spread lies to fracture Allied unity. The report accuses them of promoting a theory that Germany’s defeat lay with its political leadership, not the army. A ban on press conferences for German prisoners is noted.
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Paris
Reich Hertanin
Karl von Rundstedt
Albert Kesselring
Goebbels
Moscow
Hitler
Kessiering
von Rundstedt
Germany
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Augsburg
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Civil War in China Feared by Mao Say
Mao Zedong warned at Yenan in April that civil war would result if Kuomintang rule continued, calling for a democratic coalition government. He claimed the Communists had 910,000 regular troops plus over 200,000 volunteer corps and controlled 19 liberated areas in China and Manchuria with 95.5 million people.
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Chungking
Mao Tze-Tung
China
Mao
Yenan
Peoples’ Volunteer Corps
Manchuria
Europa Still Good But Bremen Is Total Loss
SHAEF announced today the 49 746 ton liner Europa is in relatively good condition while the 51 731 ton Bremen is a total loss. At Kiel the Germans sabotaged and the cruisers Hipper and Emden were damaged or stranded. a dozen submarines were discovered scuttled.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Europa
Bremen
SHAEF
Kiel
Hipper
Emden
Ohio House pushes record 392.8 million budget and sales tax plan
The Ohio House advances a record 392.8 million biennial appropriations bill and a 12.9 million annual sales tax distribution to local governments, reducing from governor Lausche's recommendations. Lawmakers trim 33.3 million from the governor's budget and move 31.5 million of cuts to building projects.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Frank J. Lausche
House Finance Committee
Lausche
R. H Longenecker
R-Wood
House
Senate
State Highway Patrol
Massachusetts
George G. Shurtz
Coshocton
Army Begins Task of Transferring Materiel
Paris reports the U S Army must rehabilitate and ship millions of tons of war materiel from Europe to the Pacific theater. Gen Morris W Gilland cites 5 5 million tons of supplies on the continent with 760000 tons of ammunition and over a million items.
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Paris
Europe
Pacific Theater
U.S. Army
Morris W. Gilland
Pacific
United States
Dismissal Of Teacher For Marriage Upheld By Ohio Court
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld Campbell school board’s dismissal of Margaret Butler Greco, a 14 year teacher, for marrying in violation of board rules that terminate women teachers’ contracts upon marriage. The ruling affirmed Mahoning County decisions and held the rule reasonable under the teacher tenure act for willful and persistent violations.
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Columbus
Bosras
Ohio Supreme Court
School Board of
Campbell
Margaret Butler Greco
Greco
Board of Education
Mahoning County
Supreme Tribunal
Board For Education
Lausche Seeks Resignation of State Safety Supervisor
Gov. Frank Lausche asked for the removal of O. P. Van Scheik, the newly named safety supervisor in the Ohio State Highway Department Maintenance division. The governor said the resignation should be requested for the good of the service, with Highway Director Perry T. Ford handling the request.
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Columbus Fi
Frank i. Lausche
O. P. van Scheik
State Highway Department
Perry T. Ford
Troop Movements Strain Army Postal Service
Washington reports reshuffled troops from Europe to the Pacific will create the busiest period for the Army postal service in the war. A War Department spokesman said mail may take weeks to reach soldiers as they travel, with intervals of no regular mail service while enroute to the Pacific or within the United States.
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Washington
Europe
Pacific
Army Postal Service
War Department
Rescue Two Men Trapped In Spun Mine Cave-In
Three men were rescued after a cave-in at the Spun mine south of Crooksville. The trapped workers were 1,500 feet from the mouth. Names cited include L. A. Robinson Robert Bennett and John Llewellyn.
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New Lexington
Crooksville
L. A. Robinson
Robert Bennett
John Liewellyn
Jap Counterattacks Smashed On Okinawa And Mindanao
Allied forces report fierce hand to hand fighting with trapped Japanese troops near Davao Mindanao as Maj. Gen. Woodrupf’s veterans clash in 12 foot grass. Mindanao ops include Bukidnon siege and Mindanao liberation progress by Gen MacArthur with 90 percent cleared.
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Okinawa
Philippines
Manila
Davao City
Mindanao
Roscoe B. Woodcruff
Talomo
Davao
40Th
Bukidnon
Douglas MacArthur
Mangima River
del Monte Air Center
Marama
del Monte
South Luzon
Dinangonan
Marines Break Through Okinawa Defenses in Heavy Fighting
In the Naha sector and across Okinawa, Marine units including the 22nd Regiment repelled a major Japanese counterattack. Carrier raids by Flet Adin and Chester W. Nimitz’s forces reported 357 enemy aircraft destroyed or damaged and 18 airfields hit on Honshu and Kyushu, with 176 planes destroyed and 1068 damaged or destroyed overall.
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Guam
Japan
Okinawa
Flet Adin
Chester W. Nimitz
Honshu
Kyushu
Nimitz
Naha
22Nd Regiment
22Nd
Wiliam T Clement
Richmond
Sinth Marine Divesion
23Nd
Sugar Loaf Hall
Neha
77Th
Machhinaio
Sixth Marine Division
96Th
Conical Hill
Radhe Tokyo
Sakishima
Kume Island
Okienawa
Ford Assails Housing Plan Near Willow Run Ford plant
Ford Motor Company attacks a $3 500 000 government housing project near the Willow Run bomber plant and River Rouge factory. The company accuses the Federal Public Housing Administration of a high handed warp that costs taxpayers. It warns Willow Run may close not later than August with daily layoffs amid war production cutbacks.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Willow Run
River Rouge
Federal Public Housing Administration
Await Surrender of 10 to 20 More Subs
The Navy awaited word from an estimated 10 to 20 fugitives or missing Nazi submarines still sailing in Atlantic waters. With four U boats already in American hands, officials predicted a deadline would force surrender and those refusing to surface would be hunted as pirates.
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Associated Press
Navy
Atlantic
General Motors Plans Lightweight Postwar Automobile
General Motors plans to produce a lightweight, more economical car in the postwar period. Co E Wilson, GM president, said the car would be manufactured by the Chevrolet division and distributed through Chevrolet dealers.
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General Moatats Corporation
E Wilson
General Motors
Chevrolet
Agencies Ease Material Access for Small Firms
Washington agencies ease civilian production by allowing small firms with 100 or fewer workers to obtain materials without prior manpower assurance. The War Manpower Commission requirement is waived, while the War Production Board also lifts its golf clubs ban for civilians, though a quick influx is unlikely.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Washelnglun—Upi— ‘Ine War Production Board
Tense clash over Yugoslav claims in Austrian Carinthia
Conflict in Klagenfurt as Yugoslav authorities operate alongside British military control. The two powers face pressure to resolve who administers Carinthia and the Trieste issue as Italy’s Premier calls for a peaceful settlement after war.
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Klagenfurt
Austria
Carinthia
Eighth Army
Cne Bnwee Whonmeth Tn Dha Anne
Trieste
Marshal Tito
Ivanoe Bonom
Rome
Yugoslavia
Navy Planes Taking Toll of Jap Vessels
Navy search bombers operating from Ryukyus base near Okinawa strike into the Japanese home waters. Fleets report sinking or damaging ships totaling thousands of tons over three weeks. Reports mention the sinking of targets near Nagoya Castle and heavy air raids by Superfortresses.
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Naval Air Base
Ryukyus
Navy
Okinawa
Japan
Government set limits on heavy consumer goods until fall
War Production Board chairman James A. Krug announced that mass production of heavy consumer goods like autos and refrigerators will be held until after September. Smaller appliances such as electric toasters and vacuum cleaners may begin in July, while the free steel pool remains limited to about 500,000 tons in July-September.
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Washington
Charman J A. Krug
War Production Board
Japan
Krug
Chyihan
Churchill States Allies Will Direct German Admin
London Prime Minister Churchill declared that Allies intend Germans to administer their country under Allied direction and that the Allies will not govern Germany themselves. He spoke amid calls for clarity on the Doenitz regime, noting no plan to recognize any Doenitz government beyond the surrender instrument.
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London
Churchill
Germany
Churchpll
Commons
Grard
Karl Doenitz
Doenitz
Associated Press
Paris
Allied
Right to Probe Water Fund Use Takes Center Stage
OPA imposes limits on auto repair labor hours to curb overcharges as cases challenge rentals by municipally owned water works. Canton's court decision allows contest of water fund transfers, with disputes over $240,000 moved to the general fund from 1941 to 1943.
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Cleveland
District Office of Price Administration
Columbus
State Supreme Court
County Common Pleas and
Appel
OPA
Mate
Wills
Lucile T Himebaugh
City of
Canton
House Passes Bill To Increase Postal Wages
The House, with one dissent, approves a measure to raise postal worker wages and benefits. It increases base pay for most employees to about 400 dollars per year and adds longevity pay, overtime, paid leave, sick time, and a ten percent bonus for night shifts.
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Washington
House
Senate
BNEW
WPB
Mm Jaang
WPB Lifts Ban on Photo Equipment and Office Machines
The War Production Board announced the removal of restrictions on manufacturing photographic equipment and most office machines. Open writer restrictions remain. Production of cameras and gear will depend on available idle metals and future supply of steel copper and aluminum.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
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