Near East crisis spursCall for unbiased settlement machinery
The piece argues global violence in the Near East underscores a need for impartial observers in future disputes. It urges shifting from force to balanced methods, promoting justice not dictated by heated parties, and cautions against overreliance on wartime controls. It favors boosting production and returning to price regulation to balance food supply. It reflects on human stories behind charitable giving and critiques for officials to undergo psychiatric review.
Yanks Tighten Noose Around Okinawa Shuri
Tenth army pinched the Japanese near Shuri as Marines raised the Stars and Stripes over Shuri castle. UPI reported two encirclement rings forming from Sixth and Seventh divisions, with linkups near Nahe and Kokuba valley, while Radio Tokyo warned of plural fronts and heavy fighting.
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Guam
Tenth Army
Shuri
Okinawa
Radio Toko
Pedro del Valle
Sixth Marine
Seventh Army
Kokuba
Nahe
Seventh Division
Yanabaru
Cease Fire Order Sought From De Gaulle
Britain urged General de Gaulle to order French troops to cease fire and withdraw to barracks in the Levant to prevent further bloodshed as fighting raged between French and Syrians. Eden said an armistice had been arranged with French authorities and that British and US forces had evacuated Damascus. The note to de Gaulle pressed restraint to avert a wider Middle East crisis affecting war efforts against Japan.
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London
Britain
Orc
Middle East
Churchill
de Gaulle
Levant
Imaat ‘Ately
Pee Gaulle
Syria
Ias
Knowhkalec
Gersman
Anthony Eden
Binbady
Leandon
de Gautte Devharesd
Eden
Damascus
Annarad
Poola
France
Paris
United States
Damasus
Urea
de Gawle Sais
Pees
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Midkila
Japan
Washington
State Department
United State
Ter
Lebane
Gree
Jefferson Caftery
Lebanon
United Norweg
International Security Organization
San Francisco
Berg Enelish
Grew
Rasy
Presideny
Halt Authorized on Sugar Certificates
Washington AP reports the Office of Price Administration halted temporarily home canning sugar ration certificates in regions where grants exceed quotas. The suspension will stay in effect while regional supply conditions are reassessed.
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Washington
OPA
Daily Record Deaths and Editorial Features Summary
The index page lists sections including Deaths, Editorial Features, Sports, Movies, Radio, and State cases with page numbers. Collapses show Marion, Men and Women in Service features, and Walter Winchell column among other items flagged for reader navigation.
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Bas Waldas Tx
Veeeenn
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Pryor
Aoee
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Death by own action ends it for killer of daughter
Kansas City story of Ray E. Davis 42 fatally shooting himself two feet from where his daughter Lula Mae 21 lay dead from a Tuesday night shooting. Officials deem death by own action after initial questions of self harm or police gunfire. Davis allegedly jealous, had phoned relatives sobbing for Lula Mae and warned he would kill himself. He reportedly told a relative he wanted burial by Lula Mae and later said he could not bear the funeral.
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Kansas City
Ray E. Davis
Lula Mae
Davis
Charles Welch
Homicide Bureau
Charles Graham
Graham
Welch
City Welfare Department
Lula Maé
Rainfall and river rise sweep Cedar Rapids area
Heavy rains swept Iowa with Cedar Rapids river above normal at 8.7 feet Thursday up 0.6 feet in 24 hours. Rainfall totals varied from 1.05 inches in Des Moines to 2 inches in Onawa. Forecast calls for cloudy conditions with showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight, unsettled Friday, with no decisive temperature change. Local gauges showed Cedar River readings and low-lying areas urged to remain alert for possible flooding.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Cedar River
Iowa Windmill and Pump Company
Muscatine
Cedar
Onawa
Sac City
Oskaloosa
Pocahontas
Des Moines
Chambers
Decorah
Reds partially lift allied ban in Vienna
Paris dispatch reports Soviet government agreeing to immediate entry into Vienna for a few minor American and British military and diplomatic officials as the first step toward a joint Allied control commission. No date set for entry of token forces or control commission members into Berlin.
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Paris
INL
Thurson
Vienna
Control Commission
Berlin
War casualty toll tops one million in U S
Washington report cites a total of 1,002,887 U S combat casualties in World War II, with 890,019 Army and 112,868 Navy Marine Coast Guard losses. Dead total 227,097. wounded 607,468. missing 63,455. prisoners 104,867. Five infantry divisions bore 133,394 casualties. Fourth Division landed on D day. Navy totals show 43,534 killed. 54,380 wounded. 10,709 missing. 4,245 prisoners.
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Washington
U. S
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Europe
Patterson
Normandy
North
Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
Germany
National Guard
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Teens in Amazon gang terrorize Upper West Side
Police began a drive to break up a gang of three 17 year old girls known as the Amazon band. They were on parole after burglary charges and were accused of beating a younger girl and attempting a home invasion. Neighbors described them as harsher than any boys gang and warned of danger after dark.
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New York
Upper West Side
Amazon Band
Civilian Radio Tubes Slated for Approval
Washington AP says WPB plans to authorize 4,000,000 radio tubes monthly for civilian use. The extra tubes will be used for replacements rather than new home receivers, per agency disclosure on Thursday.
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Washington
WPB
Jap Balloon Bomb Kills 6 in Oregon Lake View
Washington reports the Japanese balloon bomb massacre near Lake View Oregon killed a woman and five children on a fishing trip. The victims were Elsie Mitchell and her children Jay Gifford Eddie Engen Joan Patzke Dick Patzke Sherman Shoemaker and the Rev Archie Mitchell survived. The incident prompted officials to urge caution against balloon incursions.
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Washington
D. C
War Department
Thursasy
Lake View
Ore
Patterson
Oregon
Elsie Mitchell
Christian Alliance
Jay Gifford
Eddie Engen
Joan Patzke
Dick Patzke
Sherman Shoemaker
Archie Mitchell
Joan
Mitchell
Gillette Quits Surplus Property Board Post
Gillette resigns as chairman of the Surplus Property board after meeting with President Truman. He says he accepted the temporary assignment reluctantly several months ago and has no definite plans for the future. He criticizes the delay in action and confirms his departure from Washington.
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Washington
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Surplus Property Board
Truman Thursiday
Gillette
Hearings Set on Wickard Nomination Amid Protests
Washington AP reports the senate agriculture committee approved Rep Anderson of New Mexico for secretary of agriculture. It scheduled hearings June 11 on Claude R Wickard for rural electrification administrator amid a flood of telegrams from rural electric cooperatives opposing Wickard. Chairman Thomas noted similar wording in the messages and suspected coordinated lobbying.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Rep. Anderson
D-N.m
Agriculture
Claude
R Wickard
Thomas
D-Okl
Wickard
Thoms
Earl Murley
Vincennes, Ind
Three Year Sentence For Black Market Cotton Bandage
Federal Judge Francis G. Caffey sentenced Dr. Abraham Freitag, 44, to three years in prison and fined him $100,000 for selling 3,000,000 yards of cotton bandage on the black market. It was the heaviest black market sentence in the area.
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New York
Francis G. Caffey
Abraham Freitag
Chiang Kai-shek resigns premiership to Soong in unity bid
Chiang Kai-shek resigns as premier and hands the post to Acting Premier T. V. Soong while remaining president and generalissimo. Soong rises to premier and is expected to broaden talks with Stalin and other leaders, potentially shaping China’s war effort against Japan and relations with the Communists. Wong Weh-Haw named vice-premier. possible reshuffle of finance and foreign posts mentioned.
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China
Soong
Executive Yuan
United Nations
Stalin
Russia
Moscow
San Francisco
Japan
Chiang
Central Executive Committee
Kuomintang
Far East
Ministry of Finance
Wong Weh-Haw
H. H. Kung
Wong
Finance Ministry
O. K. Yui
Foreign Affairs Ministry
V. K. Wellington Koo
Britain
Bloody Revolt in Algeria Reported
United States Army Stars and Stripes reported that French ground and air forces killed or wounded more than 10,000 Arab rebels in a nine day campaign to quell an Algerian food rebellion. A Casablanca dispatch claimed French bombers destroyed villages near Constantine.
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Rome
Stars and Stripes
Casablanca
Constantine
Fifteen G L s Killed In Fortress Crash
Bury St Edmunds England AP reports fifteen American servicemen died when a United States Eighth Air Force Fortress crashed during takeoff on a sightseeing flight over Germany. The five crew and ten passengers were victims. Names were not announced immediately.
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Bury ST. Edmunds
England
Eighth’ Air Force Fortress
Germany
Gaulle Urges France to Hold General Election This Year
Paris AP Gen de Gaulle proposed a general election before year end and the cabinet backed the plan unanimously in Paris. The move follows political pressure and aims to refresh government leadership amid national concerns.
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Paris
de Gaulle
France
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