Senate Leaders Split On United Nations Charter Support
Senator LaFollette backs the new United Nations Charter while Wheeler previews no organized fight and Taft seeks a restraint on the security council. The piece contrasts this with Wilson era disputes as ratification seems likely barring unforeseen events. It also critiques veterans’ postwar aid access and a New York City meat experiment highlighting costs and regulations.
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United Nations
Wheeler
Taft
Security Council
Council
League of Nations
United States
Vandenberg Urges Ratification Of United Nations Charter
Senator Vandenberg argues for approving the San Francisco charter as a brave experiment offering the world its only collective chance for peace. He says pacific settlement is the charter’s genius and warns against defaulting on the pledge to outlaw aggression, while denying a world super government.
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Washington
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
San Francisco
Wardenberg
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Republican Steering Committee
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
World Security Counel
Vandenberg
B 29s Strike Fuel Plants and Japanese Cities
Fifty B 29s bombed the Kudamatsu aviation fuel plant on Honshu while large fires erupted in Sasebo Moji and three other industrial cities. One bomber failed to return as crews noted fires at Nobeoka Okayama and other targets. MacArthur announced new air blows against Formosa as US planes hit Canton Nanking Kuantan and fuel stores.
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China
Kuantan
Malaya
4000 Furloughs For Rail Labor
The War Department announced 4000 soldiers will be furloughed for 22 days to work on United States railroads and prevent a breakdown during troop redeployments to the Pacific. The soldiers, experienced railroaders, will serve as brakemen, machinists, boilermakers and other railroad roles after an urgent rail request.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Pacific
Patterson
Weatherman Delivers Ideal June Day In Cedar Rapids
A delayed forecast yields a near perfect day with clearing skies and a 0.19 inch overnight rain. Highs reached 83 at 2:30 pm, 62 overnight, with Cedar Rapids noting 83 while Dubuque saw 1.10 inches of rain and Keokuk 0.29.
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Chambers
Spencer
Baeington
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Dubuque
Decorah
Keokuk
Churchill ends long election tour in Britain
Prime Minister Churchill returned to London after a 1,000 mile election tour of England and Scotland. He made 30 speeches and appeared fit though tired.
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Churchill
England
Scotland
Truman says senate must ratify for future peace
President Truman urged prompt ratification of the United Nations charter and a world court saying there can be no peace without U S leadership. He spoke at the University of Kansas City’s law school as he received an honorary doctor of laws degree and warned against isolationism while planning a message to Congress. He planned a private meeting with Alf Landon and remarked on his half completed law studies with humor.
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Truman
Senate
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University of Kansas City
Law School
San Francisco
Charles G. Ross
Capitol Bill
Washington
Ross
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Hotel Muehlbach
Willkie
Republic of the World
Jackson County
Grew Denies US Received Japanese Peace Bid
Acting Secretary of State Grew said the United States has not received any Japanese peace offer through official or unofficial channels. Senator Capehart claimed he was told such offers had been made, but could not reveal terms, suggesting he would accept surrender of all territories, including Manchuria.
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Washington
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R-ind
Grew
Manchuria
New York Seen As Bretton Office Headquar ters
Washington report says New York likely to house the Bretton Woods world bank and international monetary fund. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Wagner of New York indicated this stance on Friday.
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Bretton
Washington
ULP
Bretton Woods World Bank
International Monetary Fund
Senate Banking Committee
Wagner
D-N.y
Carpatho Ukraine Cedes to Russia Reported by Moscow
Moscow radio announced Czechoslovakia ceded the Carpatho Ukraine to Russia. The region is the extreme eastern sector of Czechoslovakia that Hungary had absorbed in 1939 during the country’s breakup.
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London
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Hungary
Strike Ends for 40000 in Detroit After UAW AFL Accord
About 40,000 Detroit workers returned to duties Friday as CIO and AFL leaders tentatively ended jurisdictional disputes. Nationally, an estimated 60,000 remained idle due to ongoing strikes. The Detroit move followed UAW President R J Thomas warnings against continued abstention from work and came after Washington talks between CIO AFL officers. In Detroit, reconversion labor disputes affected 22,000 Packard workers, 7,500 Budd Wheel employees, and 10,500 at three Ford plants. Railway unions on two Chicago suburban lines voted to end their jobs Monday to press wage demands.
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AFL
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R. J. Thomas
International Union
Thomas
Washington
UAW
AFL National Building Trades‘council
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Budd Wheel Manufacturing Company
Ford Motor Company
Chicago
Filibuster over FEPC sparks Senate clash on funding
Washington AP reports a 12 hour 32 minute filibuster over FEPC funding in the Senate. Sen Taft and a bipartisan bloc sought cloture on a debate about a 446000 appropriation for the Fair Employment Practices Committee as part of a 770 million omnibus bill. Chavez pushed the measure while Bilbo and southern senators resisted. Majority Leader Barkley proposed a reduced 250000 to extend funds next year.
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Taft
Ohio
Fair Employment Practices Committee
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D-N.m
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Chavez
FEPC
Chinese capture Liuchow main airfield and rail hub
A Chinese army spokesman said forces seized the main airfield in Liuchow's southern suburbs and retook the citys south railway station. Fierce fighting continued in Liuchows western districts as Chinese units moved toward the city center. The spokesman claimed Liuchow has burned since June and that under 1,000 Japanese remain, with Chinese forces also advancing on Kweilin and clearing Japanese remnants west and south of Liuchow.
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United States
Kweichow-Kwangsi
Pingjiang
Liuchow-Dongdang
Chékiang
Wenchow
Japan Moves Industry to Manchuria In War Mobilization
Tokyo reports a mass redeployment of Japanese industry from bombed homeland to Manchuria to sustain a long war. Allied forces and troops in the Aleutians are described as advancing American air and sea activity against Japan, with warnings of possible multi-front assaults.
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Tokyo
Japan
Manchuria
United States
Aleutians
Agattu Island
Attu
Kiska
Kuriles
Frank Fletcher
Radio Tokyo
Three Germans Hanged for Killing Yank Airman
In RHEINBACK Germany at dawn Friday three German civilians were hanged at a military prison for the murder of an unknown American airman who parachuted into Germany from a burning bomber last August. The executed men were Peter Back Peter Kohn and Mathias Gierens after a court martial. A fourth defendant Mathias Krein was convicted but sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor by Lt General Leonard T Gerow commander of the American 15th Army.
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Rheinback
Germany
Peter Back
Peter Kohn
Mathias Gierens
Mathias Krein
Leonard T. Gerow
15Th Army
Medal of Honor awarded to Lt Donald E Rudolph Philippines
Lt Donald E Rudolph of Minneapolis received the Medal of Honor for a solo action on Luzon. He cleared a path through Japanese troops by destroying pillboxes with grenades and a pick, then dropped explosives inside. He later mounted a tank under fire and dropped a phosphorus grenade, killing the crew.
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Washington
Donald E. Rudolph
Minneapolis
Luzon
Philippines
War Department
Rudolph
Congress Expense Allowance Taxable Like Salaries
The House learned Friday that the new 2500 expense allowance for its members will be taxable on the same basis as the 10000 salaries received by congressmen.
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Washington
House
Leases to U S in Newfoundland disclosed by Grew
Acting Secretary of State Grew announced that Britain agreed in 1940 to 99 year leases in Newfoundland, making it a key U S air installation. He said the 50 destroyers-for-bases exchange did not include Newfoundland.
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Washington
INS
Grew
Great Britain
United States
Newfoundland
Relaxed controls allow wider bathtubs and stationery
Washington reports WPB relaxed controls on cast iron bathtubs and stationery. Producers may make stationery in any sizes styles weights and packaging with mechanical closures allowed. Distribution controls on bathtubs ended immediately but a A-3 rating remains for distributors supplying military orders and housing.
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