Truman seeks authority to reorganize executive branch
The piece argues President Truman’s push for congress to grant broad power to reorganize the executive branch aims for a more businesslike government but faces daunting obstacles seen in past attempts. It notes distrust from bureaucrats and interest groups, cites James Byrnes on immortality of bureaus, and suggests hedging in international diplomacy with Russia and allies while maintaining a view that checks and balances prevent centralized autocracy.
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Teddy Roosevelt
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Taft
Watson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Roosevelt
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Federal
James F. Byrnes
Senate
Donald Richberg
National Emergency Council
Yanks Press Advance Into Naha Okinawa Capital
United States Marines moved through bomb shattered Naha and pressed to wipe out Japanese snipers and strong points as the Sixth Marine Division fought through ruined streets. Japs launched a major air attack on Ie Shima. at least 15 planes were shot down.
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INS
United States
Naha Fri
Okinawa
10Th Army
Ie Shima
Isle
Radio
Tokyo
Amami Island
Japan
Lemuel Shepherd
Sixth Marine
Naha
Asato
George McWilliams
Sixth Marne
Archibald Arnold
Seventh Army
Seventh Division
Ina
Yonabaru
Shuri
Nimitz
United States Carter
Sakishima
Korea
Secret German weapons misused in war study
Reporters note that certain secret German weapons were formidable yet underutilized. They warn that Japan might avoid piecemeal use and instead marshal a surprise, overwhelming attack. The discussion questions reliance on orthodox methods and suggests Japan may be preparing a better plan.
Ban Revoked on Yule Tree Lights
Washington AP WPB lifted its 1942 ban on the manufacture of Christmas tree lights and other decorative electric bulbs. The ban ends as materials facilities and labor permit.
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Washington
County E Bond Quota in Doubt as Campaign Band Visits
The Ninth Naval District coast guard band directed by George Rachford will perform at Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids at 8 p.m. Saturday, with free admission for payroll allotment bond buyers. Officials fear Linn County may miss the $3,490,000 E bond quota in the seventh war loan drive, though the overall $9,268,000 bond target seems more achievable due to large firm purchases. Thursday sales in the county totalled $120,180 with only $33,469 in E bonds, most of them in Cedar Rapids, leaving E bond progress at about one third of the goal with time running out. City Chairman Edwin B. Zeller notes the concert may aid sales, as the visit of Here’s Your Infantry continues.
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Coast Guard
Cedar Rapids
George Rachford
Memorial Coliseum
War Bond Office
Linn County
Edwin B. Zeller
Saga of Laffey Another Ship Japs Couldn't Sink
Okinawa April 19. The destroyer Laffey fought off a sixth death by own action dive bomber assault aided by bombs. Despite fires and a jammed rudder, Cmdr Becton vowed not to abandon ship as 31 officers and men were killed or missing and 60 wounded. The ship claimed 14 Japanese planes destroyed or damaged before continuing its post.
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Laffey
Okinawa
United States
Cmdr
Fredrick J. Becton
Hot Springs
Ark
Oki Nawa
Frank Manson
Tahlequah
Oklo
Reds Approve Direct Exchange to Mass Repatriation
Paris AP reports western Allied leaders and Soviet military authorities agreed on a mass repatriation plan the greatest in history involving 2.5 million people. The deal would directly exchange 15 000 to 20 000 American POWs and 25 000 to 30 000 British POWs across the front lines, bypassing Odessa as previously demanded.
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Paris
Supreme Headquarters
Odessa
Liquor-Making Holiday in July
Washington AP reports War Production Board Chairman J A Krug announced a four month long holiday for liquor production in July. The move, the third such holiday within a year, follows Russia lend lease cuts and greater petroleum use by the synthetic rubber industry. About 50 million gallons of 100 proof blending spirits and straight whisky are expected, with beverage plants fully released and industrial firms allowed to use 30 percent of capacity for spirits for blending into cordials and blended whiskies.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Krug
Russia
Divorce Granted Over Alleged Military Duty Clash
DETROIT UP Lt. Bert Davis 23 of Roswell New Mexico retained his military bearing but lost his wife Lorraine Davis who was granted a divorce after she said he refused to carry groceries for her deeming it unbecoming his rank.
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Detroit
Bert ‘Davis
Roswell
N. M
Lorraine Davis
British Nab Head of Left Wing in Italy
In Rome on Friday British authorities arrested Socialist Leader Pietro Nenni in Vercelli after he spoke to a workers mass in defiance of an Allied ban. Dispatches said Communist Leader Togliatti faced a similar move for addressing workers at Novara.
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Pietro Nenni
Nenni
Vercelli
Italy
Milan
Palmiro Togliatti
Novara
Ivanoe Bonomi
Socialist
Communist
Action
Bonomi
Togliatti
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democratic Party
Navy Man Killed in Bond Rally Display
DETROIT AP Aviation ordnance man Fred Shakespeare 23 of Narrowsburg New York died after an accident at a war bond rally. He rode a tow car in front of a Curtiss Helldiver and slipped falling under the car wheels. Shakespeare had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal and was stationed at Grosse Ile Naval Station for special instruction.
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Detroit
Fred Shakespeare
Narrowsburg
N. Y
Shakespeare
Grosse Hie Naval Station
Krug Urges Work On Memorial Day
Washington war production chief J A Krug urged war workers to stay on the job Memorial Day May 30. He said military needs remain too acute to allow any production slowdown and that America cannot afford to rest.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
Pvt Glenn W Sanchez Killed in Action in Ruhr Valley
Pvt Glenn W Sanchez 34 of the engineering corps First Army was killed in action in the Ruhr valley February 23. Burial was in an American cemetery in Belgium. A former federal bank examiner, he and his wife lived at the Commonwealth apartments. Mrs Sanchez lives with her parents in Chicago. He entered service September 1943 and went overseas February 1944.
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Glenn W. Sanchez
Engineering Corps
First Army
Ruhr Valley
Belgium
Federal
Sanchez
Commonwealth Apartments
Stalin Toasts Russian People at Gala Banquet
Premier Stalin and Soviet leaders toasted victory over Germany at a Moscow banquet praising the Russian people as outstanding in the Soviet Union. He acknowledged government mistakes in 1941 42 and praised Molotov and the Polish miners who helped Moscow with coal, highlighting Soviet Polish friendship.
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Moscow
Germany
Soviet Union
Asia
Truman
United States
Vyacheslav Molotov
Red
Ukraine
White Russia
Molotov
Poland
U S Troops Split Mindanao in Major Philippine Advance
In Mindanao, three American divisions joined to bisect the island from Malaybalay Bay to Davao, linking central road networks to Cotabato and trapping remaining Japanese pockets. Luzon saw heavy fighting near Ipo dam as 43rd and 38th divisions forced resistance, while air offensives pounded Formosa and Borneo.
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Mindanao
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
3St
40Th
Malaybalay
Bukidnon
Macajalar Bay
Davao
Cotabato
24Th Division
Quewy
Davao Gulf
Davao City
Sayre
Luzon
43Rd
38Th Division
Ipo Dam
MacArthur
Formosa
China Coast
Borneo
New Guinea
Bougainville
New Britain
Wirui
Wewak
500 B 29s Drop 4000 Bomb Tons on Tokyo
Reports from Tokyo describe a second major incendiary raid by 500 B-29 Superfortresses over Tokyo's Marunouchi and Shinagawa districts. Fire storms engulfed central districts and key government structures, with extensive damage to warehouses, docks, and the imperial area.
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Tokyo
Marunouchi Business Distrive
Imperial Government Center
Alscus Noucht District
Frank Liexd Wrogs
Bc. ci. Ings
Ginza
Japan
No Prospect of Setup in Rainfall Forecast for Cedar Rapids
Weather outlook for Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa shows no early rainfall setup after heavy rains across the state. The forecast calls for scattered showers tonight and Friday, with a cooler Saturday and more showers in the forenoon. Temperatures ranged from 58 to 78 degrees across the state, with Cedar Rapids noting 74 degrees at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Chariton
Indianola
Des Moines
Tracy
Decorah
Lamoni
Albia
Chambers
Inwood
Sioux City
Des Moines River to Crest at 19 Feet in Eddyville
Des Moines river crests as high as 19 feet at Eddyville Saturday evening due to heavy rains over southern tributaries. Raccoon and Des Moines rivers are expected to recede, according to the weather bureau.
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Des Moines
Eddyville
Weather Bureau
Raccoon
Thunder storms kill, cause heavy damage across Minnesota
Thunder and hailstorms struck Minnesota causing several thousand dollars in damage. John Huberty, 37, of Le Sueur, was killed when struck by lightning. Blue Earth reported several thousand dollars in hail damage, with hail also falling at Windom and Rochester.
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Minn
Minnesota
John Huberty
le Sueur
Blue Earth
Windom
Rochester
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