New York Welcomes General Eisenhower With Grand Parade
New York City delivered a massive homage to General Dwight D. Eisenhower as crowds packed streets from LaGuardia to Central Park to City Hall. Officials cited up to 17 million in estimates of cheering residents, with 25 touring cars carrying the hero through Fifth Avenue and Broadway.
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Washington
Maryland youths charged in shooting of Virginia trooper
Two Maryland youths Virgil A Calp and Robert L Haines were arrested near Richmond after Sgt. R A Faison was shot while stopping their speeding vehicle. A third youth is sought. Faison is in fair condition at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital with gunshot wounds to both legs.
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Virgil Austin Calp
Baltimore
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Pikesville
Henrico County
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Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Truman Urges Speaker to Lead Presidential Succession
President Truman called on Congress to place the House speaker first in the line of succession after the president. He argued the speaker is elected by the people and should be next after the president and vice president. Senator Bridges introduced a bill echoing the proposal.
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Edward R. Stettinius Jr
House of Representatives
Congress Gets Army Figures
Washington reports the army presented redeployment and reorganization figures to Congress to justify slow discharges under the point system. Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Henry said 2,000,000 will take 12 months to demobilize amid shipping and transfer constraints. Monthly discharge rates were outlined through 1946 with no credit for service after May 12, 1945, and a new critical score to be announced next month.
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Court Opens Session Here
Judge Ben Moore presided at the U S district court for the southern district of West Virginia opening the grand jury session at 2 pm. He urged justice without bias and supported the idea of international tribunals while outlining the grand jury members named from Bluefield Algoma Gary Northfork and other towns. The jury began considering indictments in the session.
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Bluefield
Otis Bivens
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Algoma
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Julian A. Granger
Grover Henry
Dott
C. W. Houseman
Walter Jones
Hensley
W. W. Kersey
Blue
Alek Yestedes
Black Hawks On Way Home From Fort Meade Return
The 86th division known as the Black Hawks bids farewell at Fort Meade as 881 men depart for home for 30 days before redeployment to the Pacific. They travel with pay, cigarettes, shoe certificates and trophies earned in Europe and face a long return to the war against Japan.
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Yank Troops Cross Cagayan River On Luzon
Under heavy artillery, Maj. Gen. Robert Beightler’s 87th division crossed the Cagayan River in assault boats and advanced 13 miles to liberate Naguilian. The push left Isabela’s capital Tigagan within three miles as Japanese casualties climbed. allied gains continued across northern Luzon with hundreds of Japanese dead and prisoners.
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Richard Bergholz
Mindanao
Eighth Army
Calinan
Davao Gulf
Liner Queen Mary Bringing Vets Home
The British liner Queen Mary will reach New York tomorrow bringing 14526 army and navy veterans on its first postwar voyage to the United States. Aboard also 11249 army troops 610 high point personnel 467 liberated troops and 2200 navy personnel for redeployment.
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Troops Uncover Vast Nazi Treasure Hoard Valued at Billions
American troops report a vast cache of Nazi wealth totaling about 5.0 billion dollars. The haul, including Austrian securities and Bavarian assets, was found by Lt. John J. Stack Jr. and the 12th corps, with Securities and gold jewelry stored in Regensburg and other vaults. An immense library at the University of Munich was also discovered.
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Shaef
Parley Advances on World League Charter Draft
In San Francisco on June 19 the five major powers agreed in principle to bar enemy states from the UN General Assembly and the Security Council. Moscow's response remains pending as delegates, led by Alger Hiss, push toward a Saturday finish despite sentence drafting and translation work.
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President Orders Seizure of Diamond Alkali Plants
President Truman ordered the War Department to seize and operate the Diamond Alkali plants in Painesville Ohio where 2000 workers have been on strike since Friday. The strike, tied to use of an outside contractor, prompted a war impact warning from the undersecretary of war who said continued disruption could halt critical production for one to two months. The plant makes soda ash caustic soda chlorine and other chemicals used in aluminum magnesium rubber explosives leather and textiles.
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Furloughed Servicemen See Gas Rations Expanded
The OPA lifts the 30 gallon cap on gasoline for furloughed service members. Eligible will receive one million? a day. The move covers released POWs on 60 day leaves and troops returning from overseas with extended leave. Veterans referred for work can get up to 400 miles of gasoline monthly for job search.
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OPA
Price
Chester Bowles
Meat Shortage Blamed on OPA Blundering
Rep Ellis of West Virginia charges the OPA administration caused a meat shortage through inefficiency and “crackpot theorists” sabotaging the food supply. He urges cutting lend-lease shipments to most nations and warns the shortage could affect millions, especially children and expectant mothers.
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OPA
China
B 29s Strike Japanese Home Islands in Incendiary Raids
About 450 B 29s attacked Honshu and Kyushu targets in a third wave incineration campaign. Shizuoka Toyohashi and Fukuoka listed among burned cities as Maj. Gen. Lemay directs renewed air attacks. Mines were also dropped in the Kanmon Strait.
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U. S
Truman Lands in Pacific Northwest on Holiday Visit
President Truman arrived at McChord Field in Washington state at 5 38 p m after a nonstop 12 hour 18 minute flight from Washington. He was greeted by Gov Mon Wallgren and driven to the executive mansion. The trip marks a historic first for a sitting president to fly within the United States with Lieut Col Henry Myers at the controls. He plans to relax until San Francisco signals the end of the United Nations security conference and will present the Congressional Medal of Honor to Sergeant John D Bremerton.
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Marines Break Japanese Resistance At Okinawa South Tip
Japanese troops dive from cliffs into surf as two marine regiments drive toward Okinawa’s southern tip. Admiral Nimitz says enemy defenses collapsing and pockets remain, with civilians aiding the advance and heavy fighting reported near Komesu Nagasuku and Mabuni Mabuni area. The push aims to seal off remaining Nipponese strong points and end organized resistance.
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Eighth Marine
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Yaelu
Fifth Marine Regiment
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Mabuni-Mura
Associated Press
Polish Underground Leader Takes Blame At Trial
Moscow reports Maj General L Bronislaw Okulicki leader of the Polish home army testified at his sabotage trial that the London command said Russia planned to absorb Poland and ordered underground activities to preserve independence. He admitted moral responsibility as commander but denied first hand knowledge of terror acts. A parade of Polish witnesses described firing on Soviet vehicles and wrecking trains and bridges.
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L. Bronislaw Okulick
London
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