Four Powers Eye Postwar World Body With Small Nations Voice
Washington May 31 The four leading Allied powers United States Britain Russia and China see eye to eye on granting small nations a say in postwar world organization. The American plan favors a consultative agency with final use of forces left to each government. Hull Roosevelt and officials expect the Big Four talks to shape a workable United Nations assembly with rotating membership and fixed terms.
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World Organisation
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Russia
China
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Assembly
United Nations Assembly
Netherlands presses for inclusion of small nations in world body
Dutch Foreign Minister Felis N. Van Hieffens urged that Russia Britain and the United States not dominate a postwar world organization. He backed a council including several large powers but insisted small nations must have a voice and a role in shaping peace. He spoke as Britain and the United States signaled openness to discussions on an international peace body.
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Churchill
World Council
U. S
van Letjens
Tito to be named Yugoslav army commander in chief
London report says King Peter II plans to appoint Marshal Tito as commander-in-chief to replace Gen Draj Mihailovic and has asked Dr Ivan Subasic to form a postwar government and liaise with Tito’s partisans. Peter pledges not to return until after a postwar election. Subasic, former Croatia governor, may not seek unity cabinet until after talks with Tito.
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London
Peter II
Marshal Tito
Drajz Mihailovic
Aad
Ivan Subasic
Tito
Peter
Marshagl
Yugoslavia
Subasic
Croatia
Bozhdar Paric
Two Wounded War Heroes Set for Army Show
The Gazette reports two World War II veterans with Congress medals Lt Ernest Childers and Charles E Kelly will appear at the Army Show in Charleston. They come from Ashford General Hospital White Sulphur Springs arriving Tuesday and will be escorted by state police. They are to speak at afternoon and evening shows and may attend a Kiwanis dinner at the Daniel Boone hotel Tuesday night.
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Charles E. Kelly
Ernest Childers
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Charleston
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Li Childers
Italy
Huntington
Logan Man Held In Hit Run Death of 2 Year Old
Troy Lee Nichols 22 of Lake Logan County arrested by state and county police for hit and run that fatally injured Hubert Franklin Nottingham in Sissonville Road incident. Myrtle Gay Nesselrott 22 of Kemp Avenue taken as material witness. Both jailed in Kanawha County awaiting charges of manslaughter and other counts. Nottingham child died in Charleston hospital from injuries.
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Sissonville
L. J. Whitman
Troy Lee” Nichols
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Logan County
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Kempev
Whitman
L. K. Falk
Ned Akinson
Hiun
Nichols
Myrtle Gay
Nesselrott
Kemp Av
Miss Nesselrett
Kanawha County
Nottingham
Senate passes debt limit hike and cabaret tax cut
The Senate approved raising the national debt limit from $210 billion to $260 billion and cut the cabaret tax from 30 to 20 percent while exempting armed forces members. The measure heads to the House which already voted to raise the ceiling to $240 billion. Senator Downey and McCarran urged a 10 percent rate but were blocked by Senator George who argued wartime needs. Opponents warned the higher tax reduces federal revenue and harms clubs and diners.
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Washington
Senate
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D-Calif
McCarran
D.-Nev
George
D.-Ga
Miller Acquitted In Lind Slaying Case
A jury acquitted Robert L Miller of murder in the Lind slaying. The 67 year old attorney faced a February shooting of Dr. Teo Lind, a noted psychiatrist, as he sat in an automobile with Mrs Miller beside him. The 12 jurors deliberated 1 hour 17 minutes before delivering the verdict.
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Washington
Robert L Miller
Doh TE
Lind
Over 100 Ship Workers Charged in Fraud Ring
Boston FBI says the Bethlehem Hingham shipyard fraud conspiracy involved counters and welders who filed false claims for wages. Some workers allegedly earned up to 75 dollars weekly extra. overpayments may exceed 500 thousand dollars. Arrests were made at the plant, on shifts, and at homes with bail set between 500 and 1000 dollars.
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Bethlehem-Hingham
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
E. A. Soucy
Soucy
U.S
U. S. Com
William €. Rogers
W. H. Collins
Allies Press Deep Into Rome Defenses In Night Raids
London reports RAF night raiders and daylight aviation strike across northern France and into Germany. 3500 Allied planes bomb strategic targets from Calais to Hamm and Osnabruck while Thunderbolt and Lightning fighters hit western German air bases. Heavy bomb runs target refineries and rail yards as allied air superiority grows.
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Osnabruck
Schwerte
Soest
Germany
Thunderbolt
Lightning
Luxembourg
Federal Communications Commission
Ploesti
Italy
Mediterranean
Luxuil
Nazi Drive Seeks To Save Oilfields
German forces pressed attacks north of Iasi in Romania as tanks and infantry joined a two day battle. The Soviet broadcast claimed all assaults were repulsed with heavy enemy losses, but the meaning of the action remained unclear.
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London
Tav
Iasi
Romania
Moscow
Monitor
Associated Press
Eddy Gilmore
India
Gilmore
Mines Returned to Private Owners Under Ickes Decision
Washington May 31 JP Secretary Ickes returned mines producing 60 percent of the nation’s bituminous coal to private ownership. He said management and labor must prove they can meet wartime duties without federal control. The government retains only anthracite mines and select scattered operations pending wage agreement actions.
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Washington
Ickes
Southern Coal Producers' Assoce
War Labor Board
Refugee ship halted by U boat. two Americans seized
A German submarine halted the refugee ship Serpa Pinta off Bermuda, abandoning torpedoing after Berlin orders. Two American citizens, Manuel Pinto and Virgino Magina, were captured. a British subject Camila Grande Perez was released. Six miles east of Bermuda the incident occurred as the ship docked in Philadelphia.
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Bermuda
Berlin
Wight
Ufeboats
Ube Aranster
Beatrice Trapwnski
Dachter
Antonio Ferreira Machad
Hermano Antonio
Manuel Pinto
Waterbury
Cann
Viregino Magina
New Bedford
Mass
Camila Grande Perez
Cinada
De Valera Wins Irish Election Narrow Fianna Fáil lead grows
Dublin May 1 Prime Minister Eamon de Valera and several cabinet members held seats as Fianna Fáil led with 42 seats while Fine Gael had 11 Independents three and others filled remaining spots. County Clare gave de Valera 14200 votes as Cork saw an Independent win. turnout neared 65 percent.
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Fianna Fail
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Eire
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William Dwyer
de Valera
Sean ‘T. O'Kelly
Thomas Perrig
Oscar Traynor
Sean Lemass
Frank Aiken
Gerald
Boland
Justice
Freme Fahy
Japs Still ill Cling To Mokmer Field
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports that fighting on Bismarck Sea fronts subsided to patrols and artillery duels. 879 Japanese were killed as Americans pressed to Mokmer airfield on the Schouten Islands, with actions near Bosne and Mokmer continuing. Bombers from the Admiralty Islands raided Truk Satwan and Woleai.
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New Guinea
Bistissard
Schouteng
Dutch New Guinea
Mokmer
Ead
Maffin Bay
Admiralty Islands
Truk
Satawan
Woleai
Cyroline Islands
Page & Co
Aerial Attack Threatens Japanese North Burma Lines
Allied air raids on the railway feeding Japan’s northern Burma bases threaten to cut supply routes to Kamaung Mogaung and Myitkyina in heavy fighting. Chindits harass behind lines as Brig. Gen. Merrill’s Marauders push to dislodge the last Japanese from Myitkyina with Stilwell’s communique noting continued air blows toward southwestern UNnan province.
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Japan
Burma
Kamaung
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Mandalay
Chindit
Frank Merrill
Namkwi
Joseph W. Stilwell
Unnan
American official wounded in Ecuador revolt incident
Guayaquil May 31 American representative Robert Allan Reed, coordinator of inter American affairs, was wounded in the hip during the Sunday night military revolt while en route home. After an operation his condition was described as not serious.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Robert Allan Reed
Coordinator of Inter- American Affairs
Government Agencies Offer Jobs to Brewster Employees
The War Production Board said an agreement to continue aircraft parts production at Brewster Aeronautical Corp in Long Island City hinges on parts being usable by Goodyear and Chance Vought. The Navy will take over Johnsville, Pennsylvania, jobs for 2,000 to 2,500 of 4,000 workers, amid plans to place 11,000 New York area Brewster workers in nearby opportunities.
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War Production Board
Long Island City
Brewster Aeronautical Corp
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Avery
Johnsville
Brewster
Charles £. Wilson
WFB
Wilson
Goodyear Company
Chance Vought
En Immittee
Naval Aviation Material Center
Philadelphia
War Manpower Commission
New York City
Long Island
Allied Armored Push Near Rome In World War II fighting
Allied 5th and 8th armies pressure German defenses below Rome with tank thrusts within 14 miles of Rome and 22 miles from a highway junction. British forces advance on Pesciella Nuova and Ardea while American units probe 18 miles southeast of Rome near Velietri as air raids intensify across the front.
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8Th Army
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Via Casilina
Sth
Vaimont ‘Tone
Valmontone
Campo Semini
U. S
Italy
Maletta
Mark W. Clark
Pesciella Nuova
Moletta I
L'Americano
Ardea
Pescarella Nuova
Tiber
Velietri
Appian Way
1000 Men Saved As Ship Grounds Near San Francisco
More than 1,000 navy personnel were rescued after the liberty ship SS Henry Bergh ran aground on the Farallon Islands 30 miles west of the Golden Gate. No casualties were reported as destroyers and patrol boats recovered survivors and ferried them to Treasure Island. The ship, built in 1942 at a Kaiser yard in Richmond and owned by the War Shipping Administration, began breaking up while crews remained aboard.
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Henry Bergh
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Farallon Islands
Golden Gate
12Th Naval District
Golden Gate Bridge
Western Sea Frontier
Navy
Treasure Island
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Henry J. Kaiser Yard
Richmond
Calif
The
War Shipping Administration
Jap Radio Admits Navy Fears Showdown With Allies
New York May 31 The Tokyo radio via Chungking quoted Nipponese announcers saying the Japanese navy will not come out to meet the American fleet and fears defeat if it engages in a showdown with Allied forces.
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INS
Tokyo Radio Today
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