Pan-America Plan Moves To Peace Conference
At San Francisco the United States seeks a multilateral plan guaranteeing any UN group the right to organize collective defense. The proposal, backed by most Latin nations and major powers, aims to give Pan American defense a permanent role in a future world security council and set terms for mutual defense treaties.
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San Francisco
United States
United Nations
World Security Organization
Stettinius
Truman
Ruspsi
Pacific
Japan
London
Russia
Mexico City
Washington
World Security Council
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Assembly
New Zealand
Brazil
Mexico
Security Council
Dumbarton Oaks
Truman Plans To Reorganize The Government
President Truman outlines a broad reorganization to fold independent agencies into standard departments. The plan, discussed by anonymous senators, could shuffle labor, treasury, and justice cabinets and merge agencies like OPA and WFA into the Agriculture department. Banking duties would move to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as the Senate banking committee backs transferring five subsidiary corporations to RFC.
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Washington
Truman
Labor
Treasury
Justice
OPA
WFA
Agriculture Department
Will Ration Tobacco In Army and Prison Camps
Tobacco to be rationed at Army posts and prisoner of war camps effective June 3. Military personnel dependents and authorized civilian employees may buy six packages of cigarettes or 24 cigars or four ounces of smoking tobacco weekly. Italian service units limited to half. POWs restricted to two ounces weekly and no cigarettes or cigars.
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Washington
Auto Industry To Be Slow in Reconversion
The auto industry says it will need eight months after war contracts end to rebuild passenger car output to a break even rate of 2,001,000 cars yearly. War Production Board will grant priority aid for construction and machine tools to reach that level.
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Washington
Auto- Mobile
War Production Board
Captive Nazis Spread Lies Denied by Russians
A Moscow radio commentator said Nazi leaders in Allied custody are spreading propaganda to fracture the three allied powers that defeated Hitler. The report notes German generals Kesselring and Rundstedt pushing a theory that Germany’s defeat stemmed from political leaders, not the army, while Soviet inspectors examine Nazi remains in Berlin and question whether Hitler and Goebbels’ deaths were properly identified.
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Paris
Reichsmmarshal
Hermanin Goering
Karl von Rundstedt
Albert Kesselring
Goebbels
Moscow
Hitler
Kesslering
Paul’ Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Civil War in China Feared After Mao Speech
In Yenan at the Seventh Communist Congress, Mao Tze-tung warned that civil war would follow if the Kuomintang is not replaced by a democratic coalition. He claimed the Communist forces include about 910,000 regulars and 200,000 volunteer corps members, controlling 19 liberated areas with 95.5 million people.
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Chungking
Mao Tze-Tung
China
Kuomintang Ruis
Mao
Yenan
Manchuria
Europa Good Despite Bremen Loss In Kiel Sabotage
SHAEF reports the 49 746 ton liner Europa in relatively good shape while the 51 731 ton Bremen is a total loss. At Kiel German sabotage left the eight inch cruiser Hipper damaged the six inch cruiser Emden stranded and burned. A dozen submarines were found scuttled.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Europa
Bremen
SHAEF
Kiel
Hipper
Emden
Ohio House Advances 392 Million Biennial Budget and Tax Reforms
The Ohio House pushed a 392.8 million biennial appropriations bill with 12 million in annual sales tax distributions to local governments, 4 million below Gov. Lausche's recommendation. The measure cuts total by 33.3 million, with 31.5 million for buildings and improvements. The House also defeated a proposal to pay Christian Science practitioners and approved a bill to expand State Highway Patrol personnel from 200 to 400. The Senate moved on a Massachusetts straight-ticket ban, while a dog rabies vaccination mandate and county officials raises bills moved through committees. The aviation board measure received committee amendments to enable joint county airport projects.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Gav
Frank J. Lausche
House Finance Committee
Lausche
R. H. Longenecker
R-Wood
House
Senate
State Highway Patrol
Massachusetts
George G. Shurtz
Coshocton
Senate Finance Committee
Evert E Addison
Franklin
Fred R. Seibert
Auglaize
William M. Boyd
Cuyahoga
Ralph A. Winter
Medina
House Commerce and Transportation Committee
Ohio Aviation Board
Aviation Board
Abey
Fred. Wilkins
Canton
Airport Commission
Stark-Summit
Donald Merwin
Gordon Bush
The
Athens Messenger
State Bureau of Aeronautics
George A. Stone
Bureau
Army Begins Task of Transferring Materiel
Paris reports the US Army plans shifting millions of tons of war materiel from Europe to the Pacific. Brig. Gen. Morris W. Gilland notes 94 million cloth pieces and 160,090 motor vehicles among vast supplies to be rebuilt, packed, and shipped, with thousands of small arms and vehicles slated for trans-Pacific transport.
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Paris
Gilland
Europe
Pacific
US. Army
Quartermaster Corps
Morris W. Gilland
Ordnance Department
Armiesi Signal Corps
Engineer Corps
Medical
Amer
Dismissal Of Teacher Who Wed Is Upheld
Ohio Supreme Court upholds Campbell school board firing Mrs. Margaret Butler Green for marrying. The 14 year teacher was dismissed Nov 16 1942 under contract rules and a board policy that marriage terminates a woman teacher's contract. The ruling affirmed Mahoning County courts.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
School Board of
Campbell
Margaret Butler Green
Grevo
Tol Jabide
Board of Education
Mahoning County
Supreme Tribunal
Board For Education
Lausche Seeks Resignation Of State Safety Supervisor
Gov Frank J Lausche asked for the resignation of O P Van Schoik the new safety supervisor in the State Highway Department maintenance division He told reporters that for the good of the service the resignation should be requested The duty to request resignation falls to Highway Director Perry T Ford
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
O. P. van Schoik
State Highway Department
News Paper
Perry T. Ford
Troop Movements to the Pacific Strain Postal Service
A War Department spokesman said troop shipments from Europe to the Pacific will create the army postal service’s biggest task of the war. Some mail may take weeks to reach troops as mail relays are disrupted during en route movements.
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Washington
Europe
Pacific
Army Postal Service
War Department
Rescue of Three Men from Spun Mine Cave-in Near Crooksville
Three men were rescued after a cave-in at the Spun mine south of Crooksville. L. A. Rabinson Robert Bennett and John Liewellyn were trapped 1,500 feet from the pit mouth and survived the incident.
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New Lexington
Crooksville
L. A. Rabinson
Robert Bennett
John Liewellyn
Jap Counterattack Smashed on Luzon and Mindanao
Trapped Japanese troops fought hand to hand with U S Marines and the 24th Infantry west of Davao Mindanao as Maj Gen Roscoe Woodruff’s veterans attacked with knives bayonets and fists. Mindanao liberation nears 90 percent with 95 percent of population freed.
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Manila
Davao City
Mindanao
Roscoe B. Woodruff
Talome
Davao
Bukidnon
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Manginia River
del Monte Air Center
List
31St
Maramag
Dela Monte
Luzon
Ipp Dam
North
South Luzon
Dinangonan
Marines Break Japanese Defense in Okinawa Offensive
Marines of the 22nd Regiment and Sixth Marine Division renewed the push on Okinawa after a night and day battle near Naha. Brig. Gen. Clement reports heavy losses for the enemy and regained lost ground by afternoon while U S planes claim 357 enemy aircraft destroyed or damaged and 18 airfields bombed on Honshu and Kyushu.
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Guam
Japan
Okinawa
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Honshu
Kyuishu
Nimitz
Naha
22Nd Regiment
22Nd
William T. Clements
Richmond
Sixth Marine Division
Sugar Leaf Hill
Tith Infantry Division
Machinato Airfield
96Th Infantry Division
Conical Hill
U. S
Radio Tokyo
Ford Attacks Willow Run Housing Plan in War Era
Ford Motor Company condemned a 3.5 million federal housing project near Willow Run and River Rouge, calling it a taxpayer funded overreach with no link to the war effort. The firm cited war production cutbacks and warned Willow Run may close by August with ongoing layoffs at Rouge.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Willow Run
River Rouge
Federal Public Housing Administration
Wilow Run
Rouge
Await Surrender of Additional Nazi Subs
The Navy reported four German submarines were in American hands and anticipated surrender from an estimated 16 to 20 more U boats still at large in Atlantic waters. Officials expected a deadline to compel surrender and warned submarines resisting would be hunted as pirates.
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Associated Press
Navy
Atlantic
General Motors Plans Lightweight Postwar Car
General Motors announces a light weight more economical automobile to be built by the Chevrolet division and sold through Chevrolet dealers in the postwar period. President E. Wilson stated the plan today in Detroit.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
E. Wilson
General Motors
Chevrolet
Government eases material aids for small firms
Two government agencies said small firms may obtain materials for civilian production without prior manpower assurances from the War Manpower Commission. The change applies to firms employing 100 workers or fewer and aims to accelerate access to essential inputs for small businesses.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
War Production Board eases golf club ban for civilians
The War Production Board lifted its civilian golf club manufacturing ban but warned it will likely not trigger an immediate supply of clubs. Officials indicated production constraints remain and distribution may take time.
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Washington
War Production Board
Tense clash over Yugoslav claims in Austrian Carinthia
In Klagenfurt Yugoslav demands create a delicate, split administration with British forces dominant yet Yugoslav authorities operating. A clear resolution is needed by the Eighth Army or to hand tasks to Marshal Tito's Yugoslavia. Italian Premier Bonomi urges a wartime passions calm Trieste talks.
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Klagenfurt
Austria
Carinthia
Eighth Army
Trieste
Jjob
Tito
Ivanoe Bonomi
Rome
Yugoslavia
Doenitz Status Undetermined
Churchill told Parliament the Allies will govern Germany by Allied direction and will not administer the country themselves. He did not mention Doenitz directly as questions rose about the regime. AP from Paris noted a status clarification seemed imminent, but HQ viewed Flensburg as a surrender instrument only.
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London
Churchill
Germany
Commons
Karl Doenitz
Doenitz
Associated Press
Paris
Sbut
Allied
Flensburg
Navy Planes Taking Toll of Jap Vessels
Navy search bombers from the Ryukyus base near Okinawa have struck Japanese waters in the East China Sea Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan. They report sinking or damaging more than 140 000 tons of enemy shipping in three weeks, part of the Okinawa campaign described as the greatest seaplane operation on record. Nagoya Castle destroyed in an American raid, 300 years old, per Dome News Agency.
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U. S. Naval Air Base
Ryukyus
Okinawa
Japan
East China
Yellow Seas
Sea of Japan
Fleet Air Wing One
Nagoya Castle
San Francisco
Nagoya
Dome
Heavy consumer goods unlikely until fall say Krug
Chairman Krug told reporters that munitions cutbacks will keep heavy consumer goods like autos and refrigerators from mass production until after September. Smaller appliances such as electric mixers and vacuum cleaners may begin July, with continued controls on steel and metals through 1945.
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Washington — Ly
WEE
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Japan
Krug
Right to probe water funds upheld in Canton case
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that municipally owned water works customers may seek an act counting their rentals and their use, overturning lower courts. The decision centers on the Canton transfer of 249000 dollars from the water fund to the general fund during 1931 to 1943, contested by Willis B. E. and Lucille T. Hinebaugh.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Stark County Common Pleas
Willis BE
Lucille T. Hime!baugh
Canton
House Passes Bill To Increase Postal Wages
The House voted with one dissent to approve a postal wage raise. The bill funds higher base pay across most postal service jobs, adds longevity pay, overtime at time and a half, 15 days paid leave plus 10 days sick leave annually, and a 10 percent night-shift bonus.
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House
Washington
Senate
WPB
OPA Sets Labor Hour Limits for Auto Repair Work
The district Office of Price Administration announced price limits on labor hours for 56 common car repairs. Effective June 14, 1845, the measure aims to curb shops charging for more hours than needed.
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Cleveland
District Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Production Board lifts ban on photo and office machines
The War Production Board announced removal of restrictions on most photographic equipment and office machines except typewriters, which were freed last week. Production of cameras and other photographic equipment will depend on available metal supplies until steel, copper and aluminum become available.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
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