Veterans Affairs leadership reshaped by Bradley appointment
President Truman taps four star General Omar Bradley to lead the Veterans Administration replacing Brigadier General Frank T. Hines who has headed the agency since World War I. The move follows criticism and investigations into VA affairs as Powell and Fleming appear in accompanying photos.
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John B. Powell
Alexander Fleming
Omar Bradley
12Th Army Group
Europe
Truman
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Administration
Gen. Hines
University of Missouri
Powell
Shanghai
Pearl Harigr
New York
British Information Center
Washington
United States
Omar N. Bradley
Briefs From Mason City And Surrounding Areas
A batch of short notices reports a child death from accidental strangling in Mason City, a service station fire injuring staff in Iowa City and flooding damage at a Deetrah station. Other items note a death from burns, a WAC promotion for Kathleen McClure, Roosevelt high school triplets, and two Iowa Civil War veterans honored at the Grand Army encampment.
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Iowa City
Louis Goodwin
Bob and
Henry
Burns Town
Goodwin
Kathleen McClure
Jows Falls
Women’s Army Corps
War Department
McClure
Oveta Culp Hobby
WAC
GAR
Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
John Gudgel
Shenaneevie
David Sink
Marshalltown
Italian premier Bonomi to stay on amid cabinet deadlock
Prime minister Bonomi agreed to stay in office at the request of the council of ministers. He will remain until the committee of liberation selects a successor, which is still unresolved. Ministers warned the North Italy crisis should be settled in a few days.
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Heraeaagcaaer O
Ace
Todey
Council of Ministers
Committee of Liberation
Chooge
Acesson
Bonomi
Ince
Italy
Ike to Be Honored at White House Dinner
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will be the guest of honor at a White House dinner June 18. The event follows a joint congressional reception where Eisenhower will be formally welcomed by both houses of Congress.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eienhower
White House
Charles G. Ross
Eiserhhower
Congress
Weather update for Town Mostly cloudy tonight
The forecast notes mostly cloudy skies tonight with gradual temperature rise into Saturday. Expect partly cloudy conditions on Saturday as temperatures trend upward and conditions improve.
Patton storms Boston then leaves after hero welcome
Gen George Patton Jr returns to the United States from Europe to a massive Boston reception. He suggests a Pacific assignment is possible but declines to specify future duties. He hopes for a brief leave to visit his sister in Los Angeles and praise for the troops who served under him. Reports of 4-H enrollment in Cass county are due soon.
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Boston
George 8. Patton, Jr
Third Army
United States
Europe
New Amen
Ae Faken
Pacific
Patton
Los Angeles
St. Gabriel's
Thomas F. Sullivan
Paris
Newfoundland
Five Pounds of Canning Sugar Made Available
The Cass County rationing board announced the freeze on canning sugar issuance is lifted by the Omaha district OPA. Five pounds per person will be allotted now to support early strawberry canning, to be deducted from the seasonal quota once OPA fixes the annual amount.
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Cass County Rationing Board
Omaha
OPA
Truman Says Big Three to Meet Within 40 Days
President Truman announced at a news conference that he expects to meet with Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill within the next 40 days to discuss world affairs. He rejected France's bid for a Big Five meeting to address the Middle East and said the conference would include only the United States, Russia and Britain.
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Washington
Vane
Truman
Stalin
Churchill
France
United States
Russia
Britain
Middle East
Syria
Lebanon
3. M. Roberts, JR
Cap Porsign
Ruenla
Dee O
Labdlicg
Sam Frandiéleco
Siberia
Japan
Winston Churchill
Americans to Stay Home
Washington extends a presidential appeal to stay at home to reduce the nation’s redeployment load. President Truman signaled possible government controls on travel if needed, but expressed hope such steps won’t be necessary and anticipated continuing restrictions on large gatherings and sporting events.
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Washington
Truman
Casualties Rise to Over One Million in War
Washington reports Army and Navy combat casualties at 1,012,049 total as of today, an increase of 9,162 in the past week.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Congress Pay Hike Debate Divides Leaders at Washington
President Truman signals willingness to back a straight salary rise for lawmakers to 15000 or 25000 while opposing a special 2500 per house expense increase. Senate President McKellar opposes raising own pay, and Cannon calls the idea inadvisable now. Congress pays 10000, with critics saying lawmakers are underpaid compared with industry.
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Truman
Senate
McKeller
D-Tenn
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Congressional
House
Congress
Rationing Officials Name Preferred Mileage Clue
Des Moines OPA district director Philo Chamberlain announces preferred mileage clues for gasoline rationing. Buyers at packing plants and full time claim adjustors were assigned to implement the system today.
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Des Moines
Philo Chamberlain
OPA
Russia Yields On Veto Demand Amid Conference Talks
The article reports that Russia agrees to relax its veto demand to aid conference progress. It notes Stalin directs a conciliatory delegation stance while Russia seeks security, recalling past Allied actions in Siberia and WWII-era tensions with Britain and the United States.
Posthumous Medal Praises Roosevelt Aide Watson
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt returned to the White House to honor Maj. Gen. Edwin M. Watson, long time military aide to FDR. President Truman presented Watson’s widow with a posthumous Distinguished Service Medal as mourners gathered in the Rose Garden.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Husfriends
Executive Mansion
Truman
Edwin M. Watson
Mej. Watson
Watson
Roosevelt
Yalta
Wartime crash survivors found in hidden Shangri La valley
Paratroopers near Hollandia prepare a glider field 150 miles away to rescue an 80 year old WAC and two airmen missing since a May 13 C 47 crash. The fate of 21 others remains unknown as survivors live safely among 50,000 to 100,000 natives in isolated, walled communities above Oranje mountain.
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Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Shangri-La
WAC
Manila
Associated Press
Dean Schedler
Oranje
Japan Faces Intensified Air War as Okinawa Assault Looms
Tokyo radio said American air raids would peak with Okinawa's fall as U S carrier planes and Superfortresses pressed probes and strikes across southern Japan. Kobe and Osaka were hit, Nipponese ships were sunk, and Japan urged emergency cabinet measures to sustain war effort amid broader Allied advances in Asia.
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Japan
U. S
Tokyo Radio
Essee
Okinawa
Tokyo
Kobe
Borneo
Philippines
Bayombong
Luzon
Cagayen Valley
Southwest Pacific
Governemnt
Domei
Adm
Kantaro Gusiki
Suki
Empe
Nippon
Osaka
Mustenigeever
Iwo Jima Fields
Bradley to lead Veterans Affairs in Truman reshuffle
President Truman selects four star general Omar N. Bradley to run the Veterans Administration replacing Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines who resigns after decades. Bradley, 52, commanded the 12th Army Group in Europe and will assume duties in 30 to 60 days after completing current duties.
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Gen. Bradley
12Th Army Group
Europe
Moberly
Frank T. Hines
Hines
Veterans’ Administration
Truman
Capitol Hill
Bradley
White House
Missouri
Germany
Finis
12Th
Normandy
Reich
Meeting to discuss Atlantic veterans hospital site
Attorney John Budd announced an open 7:30 pm meeting at city hall to locate a $2,000,000 veterans tuberculosis hospital in Atlantic. Residents, civic groups, and interested parties will hear proposed sites and campaign plans. committee members will collect maps and sites for the VA to review before August 1. The Chamber board also approved continuing the free public parking lot operation and donated $50 to supervised playgrounds.
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John Budd
Atlantic Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic
City Hall Council
W. C. Hears
Sunnyside Park
Mr. Budd
Roy Fralzer
H. O. Henningsen
J. P. Steffens
Veterans Hospital Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Veterans Administration
Congress
Chamber of Commerce Board
Atlantic Theater
Iowan Killed Red Ock June 8 AP
S/Sgt Reuben P. Dumler 31 wounded prisoner of war was killed in a hospital at Leipzig bombed the day before liberation. He left for overseas two years ago and was taken prisoner in southern France. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Carl Dumler and two sisters.
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Red Ock
Reuben P. Dumler
Germany
Carl Dumler
Leipzig
France
Medley Convicted of Murder in DC Jury Imposing Death
District of Columbia jury finds Joseph Medley, former car salesman and escaped convict, guilty of murdering Nancy Boyer and sentences him to death in the electric chair.
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Washington
May
District of Columbia
Joseph Medley
Nancy Boyer
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