MacArthur Reports U S Fleet Activity in Makassar Straits
General MacArthur disclosed U S Seventh Fleet surface ships shot down three Japanese planes in the Makassar Straits amid ongoing Allied air attacks on Borneo and Dutch East Indies targets. He cited Liberator and Mitchell bombers totaling 286 tons dropped on Balikpapan and nearby airfields while forces hit Jeselton Kuching Pontianak and Canton Nanking.
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Manila
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Makassar Straitseen Celebes
Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Balikpapan
MacArthur
U. S. Fifth and 13Th Air Forces
Royal Australian Air Force
Dutch Borneo
Balikapan
Manhar
Redeb
Tarakan
RAAF
North Borneo
Jesselton
Fifth Airforce Liberators
Kuching
Sarawak
Seventh Fleet
Pontianak
Black Widow
Ensuiko
Formosa
Canton
Nanking
China
Makassar Straits
Adm
Thomas C. Hart
Trio Wanted For Ration Board Theft
Roanoke authorities seek Edwin Tate Albin Wiengen and Leroy Penticoff after a Washington detainee confessed involvement in the Roanoke war price and ration board robbery. Roanoke issued warrants and notified to file charges. Washington holds pending offense details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Washington
Roanoke War Price and Ration Board
H. A. Thomas
Thomas
Edwin Francis Tate
Albin Andrew Wiengen
Connally Urges Quick Action On United Nations Charter
Senate applauded as Tom Connally urged rapid ratification of the United Nations charter. The Texas senator called the document essential for world peace and urged the United States to join as leaders of moral and material power for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Tom Connally
Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
United States
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
Republican Conference
Connally
Two Suspects Sought In Bathhouse Slaying
Boston police and naval intelligence sought two young men in navy uniforms for questioning in the murder of Chase MacArthur a 61 year old Massachusetts and Maine educator found dead in a bathhouse in an adjoining room. MacArthur recently joined Ricker junior college staff in Hodgton Me. The cause was throttling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Naval Intelligence
Chase MacArthur
Massachusetts
Maine
Foxboro
Mass
Louis A. di Sessa
MacArthur
Ricker Junior College
Houston
Timothy Leary
Bathhouse
di Sessa
Navy
Navy Department
Washington
Norfolk
Nine Glen Rogers Mine Workers Burned
Beckley West Virginia June 28 nine Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co workers at the Glen Rogers mine were badly burned when a fire swept part of the Wyomng county operation. The blaze started when a mine motor ran over an electrical cable. They were admitted to Beckley hospital for treatment and shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicolas
Luther Richardson
Egro
John
Public Utility Tax Values Set in West Virginia
Public utilities in West Virginia were assessed for 1945 taxes at 630,611,400 dollars by the board of public works, with total assessments rising from 650,739,700 to 656,981,700 dollars. The board cut intangible values and some physical valuations, leaving major taxpayers largely unchanged. The Tennessee Gas and Transmission Company was omitted from the list amid a protest that it is not a true utility. Major taxpayers listed include Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Baltimore and Ohio Railway, Norfolk and Western Railway, Virginian Railway, Hope Natural Gas, United Fuel Gas, and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Board of Public Works
Tennessee Gas and Transmission Company
Mento West
Chesapeake and Ohio Raid
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Norfolk Lane Western Railroad
Virginian Railroad
Hope Natural Gas Company
United Fuel Gas Company
Chesapeake and Po
Telephone Company
West Penn Public Re
Eieaechian
House Votes Fund For OPA
The House approved 174 500 000 for OPA and backed a compromise giving Clinton P Anderson veto powers over price orders on foods and agricultural commodities. The Senate blocked a conference on price control and sent a check on meat supplies to July with a 5 percent rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senate House
Secretary of
Clinton P. Anderson
House
OPA
Agriculture
War Food Administration
Rep. Andresen
R-Minn
Andersen
Anderson
WFA
House Appropriations
Food Administration
Congress
Andresen
House Food Investigating Committee
Truman Urges Ratification of UN Charter at KC Visit
President Truman urged quick ratification of the projected United Nations peace charter during a Kansas City homecoming stop. He received the first honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Kansas City School of Law amid 10 000 attendees and mingled informally with Jackson County residents. He joked about the praise and recalled his roots as he toured local haunts before returning to the university for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Kansas City
Truman
United States
University of Kansas City
School of Law
Jackson County
Independence Celes Kansas City Law School
Eddieacobson’s
Truman and Landon to Hold Conference in Kansas City
President Truman will meet tomorrow with former Republican nominee Alf M. Landon at 4 p.m. in his temporary apartment at the Hotel Muehlebach. The talk may cover any subjects Landon wishes. Landon will stay for a buffet supper hosted by Roy A. Roberts. No new date for a Dewey meeting has been set due to the San Francisco security conference delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Truman
Alf M. Landon
Charles G. Ross
Muehlepach
Landon
Roy A. Roberts
Manonas
The
White Ho
Washington
Kansas
Ross
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
San Francisco
Japs tout home defense by death before invasion
Radio Tokyo brags of death by own action weapons to repel a homeland invasion. Ichiro Baba speaks of a bright future despite Okinawa losses. Domei notes training enormous and weapons numbers to match European tank and gun use. Army plans push aircraft and explosives priority while moving engineers to Manchuria. News adds Allied landings near Okinawa and Kume island reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Radio Tokyo
Ichiro Baba
Okinawa
Gagen
Ee Chima
Domei
Tokyo
Manchuria
Kume
China
Dignitaries to attend Bluefield Heroes Day July 4
West Virginia Senator Chapman Revercomb will headline a July 4 Heroes Day in Bluefield honoring Staff Sgt. Junior J. Spurrier. Lt. Col. Frank Hunter and Congressman John Kee will speak, with Mayor Snyder and others in attendance. The program includes a parade, band performances, and a soldier dance at the West Virginian hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Chapman Revercomb
Military Affairs Committee
Bluefield
Junior J. Spurrier
Army
Ing
Prank Hunter
White Sulphur Springs
Spurrier
Hunter
George Richardson
Municipal Stadium
John Kee
William C. Snyder
Clarence Meadows
Harley M. Kilgore
Senator Revercomb
Evans Play and Decorating Company
Army Band
Henry Fortune
Sergeant Spurrier
J. S. Spurrier
Lila
Marjorie Lou Edith
Orlis
Joe L. Spurrier
U. S. Army
New Cumberland
All Community Committee
Max Matz
Appalachian Assembly
West Virginian
One Killed Two Hurt In Railway Collision at Montview Yard
In Lynchburg Virginia a diesel freight of about 70 cars struck a string of box cars in Montview yard injuring fireman Porter Short and brakeman J. R. West and killing engineer W. H. Wood of Spence North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchourg
Southern Railway
Montview
W. H. Wood
Spence
N. C
Porter Short
J. R. West
Lynchburg General Hospital
Garment Firm Faces 78563 58 OPA Suit
Charleston WV June 28 District office of price administration officials reported a suit for an injunction of treble totaling $78,563.58 had U.S. district court at Wheeling against Valley Garment company of McMechen. The OPA contended the firm violated maximum price regulations on wearing apparel by raising its mark up percentage for refits from July 1 1944 to June 1 945, causing overcharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
District Office of Price Administration
Sony
U.S. District Court At
Wheeling
the Valley Garment Company
McMechen
OPA
Temperature Reaches Highest Mark This Year
Temperature readings in Bluefield spiked to a yearly high with official recorders noting the peak around 4 PM yesterday and the Norfolk and Western offices reporting 78 degrees by 11 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Ighest
R. O. c. Ear
Ismoe
Deees
Keen
Norfolk and Western
Auto Glass Strikes Move Toward End of Major Labor Conflicts
Major settlements reached in ten cities end CIO and AFL disputes over reconversion work. About 40,000 CIO auto workers pending returns to plants at Packard Ford and Budd Wheel, while 17,000 CIO glass workers also suspend action. Truman creates emergency board on Erie railroad strike threats. 4,000 Erie train service workers threat halted for 30 days pending case review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roil
Afl-Cio
Detroit
CIO
Packard Motor Car Company
Ford Motor Company
Budd Wheel Company
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
International Union
CIO Organization
AFL
War Labor Board
CIO Glass
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Joseph Froesch
WLB
Lloyd K. Garrison
Brotherhood of Railroad
Erie Railroad
Chicago
North Shore
Milwaukee
Aurora
Elgin
Truman
Erie
Biothhood
A. F. Whitney
Miners Support Strike of Commissary Clerks in Virginia
More than 200 miners at Imperial and Monarch mines in southwest Virginia walk out after a strike by 65 Blue Diamond Coal commissary clerks. Clerks seek 40 hour week, higher pay, overtime time and a half, and double time on Sundays amid union recognition issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Charles
Imperial
Monarch
Southwest
Virginia
Blue Diamond Coal Company
UMWA
Argan
Incendiary raids hit four Japanese cities in new U S B 29 mission
Marianas based B 29s dropped 450 to 500 fire hazardous devices on Sasebo Moji Nobeoka and Okayama raising total cities hit in the campaign to 18. The raid split to four targets on Kyushu and Honshu as Japan faces intensified industrial destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Sasebo
Moji
Nobeoka
Okayama
U. S
Japan
Nippon
Kyushu
Ama
Honshu
Tokyo
Nagoya
Yokohama
Osaka
Kobe
Kure
Yokosuka
Nagasaki
Mori
Wakamatsu
Mogi
Noebeka
Senator Bilbo Set To Talk FEPC To Death
Senator Bilbo of Mississippi extends a prolonged floor speech to oppose the Fair Employment Practice Committee FEPC planning to hold the floor into the new fiscal year. He vows to continue until the end of the year to block funding for FEPC while noting House action against FEPC funding and a pending amendment.
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Bilbo
FEPC
Washington
Theodore G
the Voice
Poplarville
Miss
United States Senate
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Chavez
D-N. M
War Agencies
PEPC
House
Sas
Ao Oat
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Spine
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U. S. 24Th Infantry Division
Xhibangay
Unapan
Davao Gulf
Indanao
Philippines
1Rth
Lth
Trio
Stettinius
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United Nations Charter For the United A
Sen. Vandenberg
Glen Rogers
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Capitol Greyhound
Charleston Transit
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Reynolds Enuiner’tation
Tri-City Traction
West Virginia Transportation
Wheeling Public Service
White
U.S
Chapman W. Revercomb
Associated Press
Marks
Marianas Islands
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Saligan
Alamagan
Agrihan
Ascunadon
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Tinian
Rota
Islands
Marianas
U. S. Tenth Army
Chungking
Liuchow
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