Stettinius to speak on San Francisco conference progress
Secretary of State Stettinius is set to address a large audience Monday night about the latest status of the San Francisco UN conference. He may bolster public hope despite doubts raised by U S tensions over Poland Trieste censorship in conquered territories and slowing diplomacy. The piece notes the conference aims to devise a new world security machinery and contrasts it with existing failed methods.
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Trieste
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Japanese abandon Shuri as Okinawa defense folds
U P dispatch reports Japanese near Shuri preparing an organized withdrawal toward higher ground south of the city while American columns push along Okinawa's east and west coasts. Marines seize key escarpments near the southern beaches and Naha bridgeheads broaden, with heavy shelling and air strikes continuing the rout.
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Stettinius to Speak on Radio Tonight About UN Progress
Secretary of State Stettinius will deliver a major radio address at 9:30 p.m. Central War time tonight on progress from the United Nations conference. The address will be broadcast over Mutual and Blue networks and shortwave to American troops overseas.
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Big Five reach final wording on Yalta voting formula
San Francisco AP reports Big Five technicians finalize interpretation of the Yalta voting formula. Any nation could bring disputes before a projected world security council for discussion without a veto from a single major power. Final language sent to London Moscow Chungking and Paris for approval, with a few days expected before public announcement.
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Moscow
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Paris
Dionne Quintuplets Mark 11th Birthday
In Callander Ontario the Dionne quintuplets Annette Cecile Emilie Marie and Yvonne turn eleven and celebrate their birthday while excited to wear long evening gowns for a concert party Monday night under public attention on their fame from Canada.
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Marie
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Hearn Gets a Jol-Linn in 42nd Place
Cedar Rapids reflects on George Hearn, a car dealer and Linn county war finance chair, as he receives state bond progress literature. A May 25 report ranks Iowa counties by E bond quotas with Linn county noted among the standings in a surprising position.
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Linn County
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Des Moines
Joan
Iowa
Marines Urge Full Nation Support for War Bonds
Washington AP reports Maj. Gen Graves B Erskine commanding general of the Third Marine Division says victory in the Pacific depends on total national effort. He warns that a quarter half or three quarters of the nation cannot finish the war and calls for extra war bond purchases by every American.
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Pacific
Flustered speech and a sputtering man in Linn county
A reader recounts a moment with a man named George who becomes flabbergasted and unable to speak. He mutters phrases like flabbergasted and sputter-spaced before attempting speech again. The scene ends with a note to continue on Page 2.
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French Syrian Clash Fears Mount as Hama Fighting Spreads
Damascus AP reports acting Syrian premier Jamil Mardam Bey says French troops fired on Hama protesters and warns of a possible general clash with Syrians. He cites street fighting, cut communications, and a tense mood in Homs and Damascus. Wadsworth urged order while Britain weighs steps. France maintains bases in Lebanon and Syria, arguing strategic need.
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Paris
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Truman Urges Expanded Jobless Aid During Reconversion
President Truman urged Congress to close the gap in wartime to peacetime reconversion by extending unemployment benefits to 26 weeks and proposing at least $25 weekly for workers with dependents. He called for widened coverage to federal employees and maritime workers and said emergency action is essential to prevent a postwar demand slump.
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Fisher Granted Two Week Plea Window in Wife Murder Case
Clark W. Fisher, 24, told officers he felt weak as he was granted until June 11 to plead to first degree murder in the May 19 shooting of his wife Mildred E. Fisher at their home. Judge Floyd Philbrick set the date after agreement between Assistant County Attorney W Howard Smith and Fisher's attorney R S Milner. Fisher remained in custody after being moved from St Luke's Hospital to the county jail.
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Bobby
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Hendrickson
Aachen Begins First Postwar School Session
Bad Neuahrp report from Germany notes Aachen opens the first schools since Allied occupation with classes starting, marking a symbolic return to civilian schooling after the war.
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Germany
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Truman urges bipartisan talks with Dewey and Landon
President Truman met with former President Hoover for about an hour on European relief needs and invited former rivals Thomas Dewey and Alf Landon to visit the White House to discuss national and international issues. White House officials said Hoover declined to discuss the conference while smiling.
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Truman
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White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Alf M. Landon
United States
Chinese push to Pingqiang nears Nanning corridor
Chinese troops, after severing the Japanese overland route to Indo China and Singapore, reached Pingqiang 60 miles northeast of Nanning. The advance halves the distance from Nanning to Kweilin, retreat disruption for Japanese forces in Burma and Indo China. Nanning, a former American air base, lies 78 miles from the Indo China frontier and was freed eight days earlier along with Foochow.
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Singapore
Pingqiang
Nanning
Yungning
High Command
Kweilin
United States
China
Manchuria
Ningteh
Siapu
Draft Examinations Privately Expanded in Des Moines Area
Des Moines draft boards report effort to fill calls for 18 year olds and older men. Officials say industrial and agricultural deferments shape calls, with figures indicating 2300 to 300,000 range for total eligible manpower nationwide. Local boards build tests and deferments as veteran and civilian workers may shift to meet war needs.
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Saide
Grahl
Death Notice of Pvt Frank Finn on Okinawa
Marine Pvt Frank Finn, 23, radio and telephone operator, was killed in action May 19 on Okinawa. Survived by wife Betyan and young son Dennis, his mother Mrs. Ann Finn, four brothers Allan Norman Stanley and David, sister Jean, and other family. Finn, a Collins Radio draftsman and McKinley graduate, entered service last June and trained in San Diego and Pendleton before overseas deployment on Jan 13, 1945.
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McKinley
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Jean
German Food Outlook Dark Days Faced Civilians
Official release from the military government warns of tight civilian food supplies through June. Displaced persons rely on German stores rather than imports as authorities emphasize providing the minimal rations. Allied relief trucks deliver tens of thousands of tons of wheat and other staples to alleviate the shortage.
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