Army Cutback Aimed To Ease Meat Shortage
The army reduced its summer beef purchases for July and August to ease shortages. Slaughterers must set aside 30 percent of top grades and 65 percent of cutter grades. Restaurants nationwide faced closures or shorter hours as the food pinch pressed diners. Government efforts to improve civilian meat access and distribution were noted, with forecasts of lower hog slaughter next fall and debates over extending meat controls.
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Associated Press
Io Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Congress
Witlock
Washington
Atlan
Bombers Range Across China Fronts as Chinese Drive Advances
Changking reports United States and Chinese forces pounded Japanese strongholds from Indo China to Manchurian frontier. In Honan province Chinese troops routed about 2,000 enemy soldiers while Liuchow outskirts saw renewed fighting near the former American airbase. Chinese high command claimed recaptured points north of Sichwan and a resurgence in Henan with Japanese positions struck. American P 47s bombed a Japanese headquarters and munition dumps.
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Changking
China
Indo-China
Manchurian
Honan
U. S
Liuchow
Chungking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Henan
Sichwan
Nevada Senator James Scrugham Dies in San Diego Hospital
U S Senator James Graves Scrugham of Nevada died in the San Diego naval hospital from a heart ailment. He had been confined there since March 30 and served in the Senate since 1942 to fill Key Pittman’s unexpired term. He previously spent ten years in the House. He is survived by his widow and a niece in the report.
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San Diego
Calif
U. S
James Graves Scrugham
San Diego Naval Hospital
Senate
Key Pittman
Eer
House Votes Curb On OPA In Food Control Battle
The House voted 356 to 12 to extend the price control act for one year and transfer key powers to the secretary of agriculture. Amendments subjected OPA orders to court review, freed some slaughtering rules, and guaranteed a meat processor profit margin. The measure awaits Senate action as conferees prepare for differences with the Senate.
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Washington
House
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture
War Food Administration
Senate
Rep. Anderson
R-Minn
Rep
Petman
R-Tex
Dirksen
R-Th
Eee
Herbert Hoover
OPA of All Food Pricing Authority
French Occupation Zone Confirmed in Germany
Paris reports the French ministry of information confirming the occupation zone in Germany. It will include the southern half of the Saar and the Rhineland Palatinate and nearly all of the province of Baden.
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Paris
French Ministry of Information
Germany
Saar
Rhineland Palatinate
Baden
Death Sentences Commuted for Two Spies
President Truman commuted the death sentences of William Curtiss Colepaugh and Eric Gimpel to life in prison. The two Americans, captured after landing from a German U-boat at Prenchman’s Bay, Maine, in 1944, were tried on Nazi spying charges by a military commission at Governors Island, New York.
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Washington
Truman
William Curtiss Colepaugh
Eric Gimpel
War Department
Colepaugh
Gimpel
Prenchman’s Bay
Governor's Island
N. Y
Secretary of War
Luzon Valley Campaign Nears Triple Convergence Against Japanese
U S 37th Infantry division pushes 13 miles north to within 17 of guerrillas near Apo town as Igorot and Tuguegarao forces link with Col Russell W Volckmann s guerrillas. Japanese hold dwindling numbers in the north as Aparri falls and key towns nearby are secured.
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Manila Ee
U. S. 37Th Infantry
Reno
Russell W. Volckmann
U. S. Sixth Army
Aparri
Luzon
Tuguegarao
Philippines
Tumanuni
Balasig
24Th Infantry Division
Mindanao
Gunalang
Little Baguio
Davao Gulf
Twelve Soft Coal Mines Returned To Owners
Secretary Ickes in his role as solid fuels administrator announced the termination of government possession of twelve soft coal mines in Pennsylvania Kentucky Alabama and Indiana. The mines were seized in April and May over wage disputes and are now back in production leaving six soft coal mines in government hands. Three idle sites and three contractless West Virginia mines owned by Carter Coal remain under government control.
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Washington
Ickes
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Alabama
Indiana
West Virginia
Carter Coal Company
Inventor of Sub Succumbs
Bridgeport mourns Simon Lake father of the modern submarine died tonight at St. Vincent's hospital after a brief illness at age 79. Lake foresaw cargo submarines and amphibious subs as commerce carriers, persisting in faith that the submarine remains the safest craft in the world.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Simon Lake
St. Vincent's Hospital
Lake
United Tes
Russia
Germany
Austria
Italy
Aussies Take Rich Oil Field on Borneo Front
Australian ninth division troops seized the Seria oil fields in Borneo after a 60 mile march along the island’s north coast. The field, once producing 700000 tons annually, will be returned to operation soon and bolster Allied war supplies. Tightly fought actions also cleared Japanese resistance on Labuan and Tarakan islands as Miri airfield fell.
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Okinawa
Brunei Bay
North
Semea
Pacific
Hainan Island
Wese
Luzon
Manila
Borneo
Seria
MacArthur
Ausrt
Miri
Melbourne
Labuan
Tarakan Island
General Arnold predicts Japan stripped of industry by fall
Gen. H. H. Arnold on Okinawa foresees Japan with little industry left by fall. He says Germany’s air war was amateurish next to Japan’s. plans 1,000 B 29 plane strikes by fall from Okinawa and places bases to hit homeland. He notes 80 percent of industry inside Japan, with remaining in Manchuria and the Asiatic mainland.
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Okinawa
H. H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Japan
Germany
Arnold
Marianas
Pacific
America
Home Islands
Manchuria
Nationwide labor disputes idle over eighty thousand workers
Labor unrest spread across cities with Detroit alone listing 37,000 idle workers amid plant walkouts at rendering, Packard, Budd Wheel, and Chrysler facilities. Goodyear plants in Akron faced canceled hearings as unions contest reconversion orders. Chicago drivers return to work while troops man seized facilities. Strikes also hit Jersey City printers and Bayonne Times, Libbey-Owens-Ford glass plants, and Tri State Transit in Louisiana. Other sites include Acklin Stamping Toledo, Mather Spring, Anchor Hocking Conellsville, Carter Carburetor St Louis, Monsanto Illinois, and Houdaille Hershey Decatur.
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Detroit
AFL
CIO
Packard Motor Car Company
Emes
Budd Wheelcam
Chrysler Corporation
Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Washington
War Labor Board
C. V. Wheeler
Goodyear
WLB
Jersey City
Bayonne
N. J
Jersey Journal
Bayonne Times
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Libbey - Owens- Ford Company
Tri- State Transit Company
Louisiana
Acklin Stamping Company
Mather Spring Company
Toledo
Anchor Hocking Glass Com
Connellsville
Carter Carburetor Company
St. Louis
Monsanto Chemical Company
Monsanto, Il
Houdaille-Hershey Company
Decatur
Mysterious malady strikes Huntington workers
Huntington health director reported a mysterious illness with nausea stomach cramps and muscle pains affecting about 200 workers in several plants. No deaths occurred five were hospitalized. Officials say it is not city wide and may stem from food poisoning.
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Huntington
W. Va
R. M. Wylie
Wylie
Senate votes show strong support for United Nations charter
A Washington AP poll finds a Senate ready to approve the UN charter with majority aye votes and broad cross party backing. Delegation chiefs of 50 UN approved the charter as a basis for permanent peace, to be signed at the San Francisco conference.
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Senate
Washington
Associated Press
Truman
San Francisco
U. S
United States
Ellender
D-La
Johnston
D-8
S.C
United Nations
United Nations League
United States Senate
Bailey
Barkley
Briggs
Byrd
Chandler
Connally
Downey
Pulbright
George
Glass
Green
Guffey
Hill
Hatch
Hoey
Johnson
Colo
Lucas
McCarran
McKellar
McMahon
Mead
Mitchell
Murdock
Myers
O'Mahoney
Overton
Pepper
Radcliffe
Taylor
Thomas
Okla
Utah
Tunnell
Wagner
Aiken
Ball
Bridges
Burton
Capehart
Capper
Cordon
Ferguson
Morse
Taft
Bituminous Coal Output Estimated for Districts 7 and 8
The week ended June 9 production in Districts 7 and 8 was about 3.53 million tons, down from 3.756 million tons the previous year. Cumulative production since April 1 reached roughly 33.141 million tons, versus 37.282 million tons in 1944, as reported by the solid fuels administration.
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Solid Fuels Administration
Mercer County Faces Seventh War Loan Shortfall
Mercer county needs 836,896 to meet its overall quota in the Seventh War Loan announced by Clyde J. Stephens, co chair of the Mercer county war finance committee. Of this amount 785,203 is for the Series E bond quota and pledges must rise, with many oil buyers not purchasing bonds this drive. The drive ends next Saturday night with E bonds counted through July 7, and Mercer county’s sales total 2,722,102 on all series against a 3,559,000 quota. Allocations to Mercer were announced from Virginia Railway to Kroger and other companies to support the drive.
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Mercer County
Clyde J. Stephens
Cochairman
Mercer County War Finance Committee
Stephensee
Europe
Stephens
Pacific
Federal Reserve
Richmond
Pittsburgh
Mercer
Virginian Railway Company
Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation
Appalachian Electric Power Company
C. & O. Railway Company
Island Creek Coal Company
Melville Shoe Corporation
Mount Union Methodist Church
Huntington
Pond Creek Pocahontas Company
Whelan Shoes Cration
Kresge
Ashland Oil & Re Company
Consolidated Bus Lines, Inc
General Mills, Inc
Lerner Shops of
West Virginia
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Great Atlantic and Pacific
National Biscuit Company
Montgomery Rd
South Penn Oil Co
Eisenhower Family Reunion Visits Home Town
General Dwight D. Eisenhower and his relatives spent time at his Kansas home on June 23, with Ike arranging a family group photograph and inviting individual pictures of his brothers. Neighbors observed the reunion as a World War I veteran and local purple heart recipient Karl Hansen joined the gathering. The general planned to depart at 6:45 p.m. and the visit was covered by local photographers.
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Abilene
Kas
Eisenhower
Kansas
Fellows
Grou
Coe
Karl Hansen
Hansen
Karl
Laningham Secures Triple Endorsement for Virginia Governor Run
Earl C. Laningham of Pennington Gap received three endorsements in Virginia as a Republican candidate for governor ahead of the Roanoke convention. W. M. Bellamy Lee County GOP chairman and mayors Charles M. Wheeler of St Charles and E. E. Parsons of Pennington Gap voiced support. Laningham was in Stanford Kentucky and unavailable for comment.
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St. Charles
Earl C. Laningham
Pennington Gap
Masons of
Virginia
Roanoke
W. M. Bellamy
Lee County
GOP
Langham
Charles M. Wheeler
E. E. Parsons
Lanningham
Stanford
Okinawa Battle Toll Rises With Japanese Losses
Guam dispatch reports 105 496 Japanese deaths in the Okinawa campaign plus 6 932 prisoners as air and ground fighting continues. U S forces claim 69 more enemy planes destroyed or damaged and new aerial raids on Kyushu and Ryukyus.
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Guam
Okinawa
Tokyo
Tenth Army
Prisners
Nimitz
Kyushu
Japan
Ryukyus
Gazette attacks sheriff over reporter assault in Kanawha County
The Charleston Gazette editorialized that Sheriff D Earl Brawley attacked Gazette reporter Bayard Ennis in a courthouse office over an alleged incorrect newspaper report. The paper said the sheriff aimed to suppress press rights and urged action by circuit court prosecutor and state police.
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Charleston
W. Va
The
Charleston Gazette
D. Earl Brawley
Circuit Court
Brawley
Kanawha County
Gazette
Ette
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