United Nations charter presented for Senate ratification
President Truman and lawmakers weigh the postwar UN Charter at San Francisco. Sredann Stene formally presented the charter, urging ratification for world security as Truman returns from the conference and senators rally behind the historic treaty with broad support.
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Daly
Sredann Stene
San Francisco
Senate
Trotman
Ee Ee Ca
Eamel
United Nations
Iim
Jamey Josias
Lord Halifax
Emate
Truman
Washington
Berlin
Churchill
Stalin
Republican meeting opens two day conference in Chicago
GOP officials begin a two day regional conference in Chicago with Herbert Brownell attending. Spokesmen describe the meeting as chiefly organizational and not a policy setting event. States represented include Nebraska and Iowa.
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Chicago
Herbert Brownell
Nebraska
Iowa
Weather outlook for town shows showers and warmth
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with widely scattered showers beginning late Tuesday in the west portion. Warmer Tuesday.
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West Portion
Gls Make Dedicate Monument to Ernie Pyle
Soldiers of the 77th Infantry Division dedicated a monument on the spot where Ernie Pyle was killed by a Japanese sniper bullet on April 18 1945 in Shima Ryukyu Islands. The concrete marker bears two brass plaques made from shell casings and the 77th shoulder patch design.
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Te Shima
Ryukyu Islands
77Th Infantry Division
Ernie Pyle
77Th
Eleven to Fort Leavenworth for Pre-Induction
Eleven selectees left yesterday for pre induction examinations at Fort Leavenworth Kansas including Robert E Borchardt, all state center on the Atlantic high school football team last year. Other Cass county names listed include Orval G Mueller, Dale A McDermott, Clair Junior Schuler, Dean C Cable, George G Kopp, Howard E Tucker, Gilbert W Chester, Robert W Coughlin, Howard O D Abel, William C Freese, and more registering with the Cass selectives board in June.
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Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Robert E. Borchardt
Atlantic
Orval G. Mueller
California
Dale A. McDermott
Clair Junior Schuler
Dean C. Cable
Griswold
George G. Kopp
Anita
Howard E. Tucker
Gilbert W. Chester
Cumberland
Robert W. Coughlin
Assena
Howard OD. Abel
Marne
William C. Freese
Wiota
Cass Selective Board
Robert Norman Forsyth
Paul E. Steffen
Laurence
E. Lary
Howard Dwight Abel
Donald Lloyd Uhlmann
Gilbert W. Cheater
Ronald Wayne Nelson
Billie Wayne Larson
Mills Named Director of Omaha OPA District
Loren N. Mills is appointed director for the Omaha OPA district after serving as acting director since John G. Aldrich’s resignation. A former Lincoln resident, Mills previously worked in the Chicago regional office as assistant to Regions Adm Rae E Walters before joining Omaha.
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Omaha
Loren N. Mills
John G. Aldrich
Lincoln, Neb
Mills
Chicago
Rae E. Walters
Knight's Cross holder Hammon executed by British firing squad
Col. Erich Hammon, recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross, was executed June 30 by a British firing squad for killing a Russian. The military court rejected his plea that he had a wife and four children.
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Twenty - First Army Group
Germany
Erich Hammon
Knights Cross of the Iron Cross
Byrnes Expected to Be Confirmed as Secretary of State
Washington July 2 AP James F Byrnes faced likely unanimous Senate approval as secretary of state strengthening President Truman's cabinet. The move follows last week’s reshuffle bringing Anderson Schwellenbach Clark Hannegan and others to top posts while Stimson Morgenthau Forrestal and Wallace remain. Patricia O Connell of Cedar Rapids visits Cedar Rapids home of Aunt Mrs Don Lavery.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Senate
Stettinlés
Meno
Truman
Byrnes
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Clinton P. Anderson
Claude Wickard
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Frances Perkins
Tom Clark
Texas
Francis Biddle
Robert E. Hannegan
Frank C. Walker
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
War Stimson
Navy Forrestal
Interior Series
Commerce Wallace
Patricia O’connell
Cedar Rapids
Don Lavery
MacArthur’s Borneo Victory Tightens Allied Grip in SW Pacific
General MacArthur’s amphibious victory at Balikpapan marks a major Borneo conquest securing an oil-rich base. Allied forces, including Australians, landed with over 300 ships and in a campaign that cripples Japanese supply routes and strengthens land-based air cover across the southwest Pacific.
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Dewitt Mackiap
MacArthur
Borneo
Een
East Indies
Southwest Pacific
Japan
America
Pacific
Persian Gulf
Indian Ocean
Indonesia
Sumatra
Java
Midas
Aussies
Balikpapan
Pee On
Royal
Royal Netherlands
Greenland
New Guinea
Australia
Indo- China
Celebes
Philippines
Fires Ravage Miami Oil Plant And Yard
Fire destroyed an oil reclaiming plant and a gas storage yard in Miami leaving about 500000 dollars in damages. A 14 year old boy, Jimmy Nelson, died from head injuries after a steel drum head struck him. Fire Chief Henry Chase said flames and exploding drums sent smoke 14000 feet high. Victor I DeBoy of Franklin Oil said vapors from a distillate in a 600 gallon vat ignited.
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Miami
Fla
Henry Chase
Jimmy Nelson
Victor I. DeBoy
Franklin Oil Company
July Tire Quota Raised in Des Moines District
Des Moines Office of Price Administration increases July tire quotas to 28 616 for the 64 county district, about 5 000 above June. District director Walter D. Kline notes July allocations include 4 283 farm implement tires and 7 886 bus tires.
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Des Moines
Office of Price Administration
Walter D. Kline
Governors Open Talks On Vital Postwar Affairs
At Mackinac Island Michigan the 37th annual governors conference features Rev Herbert Maw urging minimal federal control after peace and state led postwar reconversion. Comdr Harold Stassen to report on the San Francisco world security conference while Maurice Tobin notes federal taxation reach. Governors Warren Gates and Dewey push employment, local control, and swift treaty ratification without reservations.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Herbert B. Maw
Utan
Maw
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
San Francisco
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusettes
Earl Warren
California
Ralph F. Gates
Indiana
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Senate
Dewy
Sheriff Plans Picket At OPA Office In Hogshead
Rockford July 2 three large men planned to picket the OPA office in a hogshead because of clothing shortages. Sheriff Kirk King said he would recruit a dozen other heavy men to join the protest. He said the hogshead fits his 300 pounds and complained OPA rules prevent him from buying summer clothes.
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OPA
Hogshead Rockford
Rockford
Kirk
King
17 Year Old Boy Confesses in Daggers Slaying Case
In Chiccazo a 17 year old boy, John Taubery, confessed to stabbing a 14 year old boy, Charles Drylen, and wounding a 15 year old girl, Betty Albrecht, after arriving at the police station and collapsing from a dagger wound. The girl was treated at a county hospital. Taubery is held without charge for questioning.
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Chiccazo
Louis Agnus
John [Taubery
Betty Albrecht
Charles Drylen
Agnus
Taubery
Vassar Receives 40000 Gift for Roosevelt Memorial Fund
New York July 2 AP receipt of 40000 from an anonymous donor establishes a Franklin D Roosevelt memorial scholarship fund at Vassar College. Dr Henry Noble MacCracken says income will be used for scholarships for one or more foreign students from any United Nations nation to advance international understanding.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Noble MacCracken
Vassar College
MacCracken
United Nations
Roosevelt
Ban on knee length shorts shocks Des Moines streets
Police Chief H J Scaepper in Decatur Illinois bans abbreviated shorts on business streets saying shorts shorter than knee length invite yoohoos whistling and improper remarks. The move targets female wearers and aims to curb street harassment.
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Decatur
H. J. Scaepper
Senators consider delays on charter adoption
Discussion by Senator Taft and other lawmakers raises the possibility of postponing America’s adoption of the charter, signaling political debate over the process and timeline.
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Sen
Taft
Ohio
Burglary Ring Strikes Anita Homes Sunday Morning
A prowler burglarized two Anita homes and possibly several others in Da dan, taking about $17 from Roots and Smithers purses and leaving a $125財布 in Vetter trousers. Police note a Michigan-plate car and a group on the street overnight, matching a prior spate of break ins two months earlier.
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Atlantic
Burl Roots
Claude Smithers
da Dan
Cal Carrow
Katherine DeCamp
Joe Vetter
Tim
Roots
Emil Grove
Q. F. Meredith
Smithers
Frozen liquid eggs to return to Midwest Co
Des Moines report says a large portion of frozen liquid eggs seized June 22 by the state department of agriculture from the Midwest Egg company of Atlantic will be returned once properly labeled. Ray Sours, head of the department’s food and dairy division, announced that 130 cans were seized and 29 condemned containing 890 dozen eggs.
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Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Midwest Egg Company
Atlantic
Ray Sours
Department
Food and Dairy Division
Sours
Massena Tops War Loan Drive Target by Big Margin
Massena surpassed its seventh war loan drive quota of $17,180 with pledges and purchases totaling $20,079,253 under county chairman E. S. Holton and drive chairman Wray Wilson who led local workers to raise funds last week.
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Massena
E. S. Holton
Wray Wilson
B 29s Cascade Firebomb Japan in Major Strike
Washington reports the heavy air raid by 60 plus B 29 Superfortresses on four Japanese industrial targets including Kure, Shimonoseki, Kumamoto, and Ube. The raid caused massive naval and industrial damage with fires visible up to 120 miles away. Two B 29s were lost and 20 crew rescued.
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Guam
Honohe
Japan
20Th Air Bande
Washington
Kure Naval Base
Abe
Comei
Java
Osaka
Honshu
Shimonoseki
Korea
China
Kumamoto
Kyushu
I. K | Ube
Kure
Ube
Shimbonet
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Parley Charter Resceo Capital
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GOP
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Loren Mills
OPA District
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Juliana
George Thompson
Netherlands
Canada
Massachusetts
Thompson
Indy
Comdr. Wareld Staccon
Vassar
Michigan
Midwest CO
Southwayt
Tdes
Kate
Balikpapan Beach
NBC
Pat Pinherty
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