Meat Rationing Looms as Lend-Lease Is Halted
Washington reports new wartime controls shake civilian meat supply for July through September. Lend-lease and foreign relief shipments will stop. restaurant staples and hotel food will be rationed to match domestic households. Officials warn meatless meals even at high-allocations eating places unless black market risks. Civilian supply expected nine percent below current quarter. military share cut more. Local temps dip to record June lows as frost damages crops.
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War Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
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Anderson
House Fund
Office of Foreign Economic Administration
WEA
WFA
Republican House Food Tudy Committee
Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
Office of
Price Adminieristia + Otte
Eetmomie
Stabti
U. S
Reds Plan to Occupy Half German Territory
London reports Moscow newspapers publish maps showing Russia possibly occupying about half of Germany along a line west of Berlin. The plan would include Thuringia and cities Leipzig Gotha Erfurt, with American British zones in place. British officials say zones were under discussion by the four power Allied council.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Germany
Berlin
Eurospean Advisory Council
Leipzig
Gotha
Erfurt
Thuringia
Buloe
Warmine
Eisenhower
Frankfurt
Delaneat
Tolice
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Berelin
Bexten
Tousdon
Marshal Zuhukov
County War Bond Drive Falters in Kanawha County
Kanawha county reports war bond sales lagging behind by a fraction of a percent from Monday. J F McDavid, chairman, warns the drive must speed to meet the S4.1M quota as Series E sales reach 40 percent with more than half the campaign gone. Volunteers urged to boost efforts and dispel rumors that the war is nearly over while stressing the importance of the seventh bond loan.
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Mirsalen
J. F. McDavid
Salen
McDavirt
U. S. Treasury
iWar
Kanaway County
West Virginia
George Urges Tax Relief for World War II Veterans
Washington reports Sen. Walter George of Georgia urges broad tax relief for veterans with income only from service pay. He favors exemption for those lacking taxable income since 1941 and broader preferential taxation to aid loans, homes, and farms, criticizing tax burdens on enlisted men and officers.
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Walter Tex
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D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
George
Congress
Capitol Hill
Fox Hole
Soviets Renew POW Protests Over Treatment
London reports Soviet representatives accuse Germans of mistreating and in some cases killing Soviet POWs in European areas, despite British assurances. Britain insists protests continue and notes protests by Soviet and German prisoners and Allied responses. The issue centers on camp conditions and alleged releasess under questionable terms.
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England
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Germany
Teka
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Issien Tarnert
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Golikow
Kennig
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Russian veto stalemate blocks Frisco talks
First paragraph only notes the Big Five's deadlock over Russia's veto power at the United Nations. Russia maintains its interpretation and refuses modification, keeping discussions on internal security and global balance in limbo as the four other powers push for changes.
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Russia
United
America
United Ex
Britain
France
Chris J
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Sty
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Tudar
Moscow
Jose
Pete
Cheechitl
Jane Premive Stalin
Tram Kang
Carter
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Pavaniin
Uiehtl
Stalin
Deratt
Ribena Watt
U S Seizes Two Pure Oil Plants
The United States moved to seize two Pure Oil plants amid labor actions and a broader war-time energy disruption. Reports say production at the Creek field operation and related sites halted as officials assess the impact on supplies and strategic reserves.
Yanks Reenact D-Day On Beaches of France
Paris reports recount Allied ceremony marking D-Day with no grand parades or speeches. Veterans and troops gathered at Omaha beach to honor fallen comrades while ceremonies in Caen and other sites remembered the invasion's impact on French liberation and Allied unity. The French press highlighted solemn observances and brief services along the coastline.
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Eisenhow
France
Omaha Beach
Goym
Salle
Bern
Yanks Clean Out Nippon Remnants on Okinawa
Allied forces report rapid advances on Okinawa with the 10th Army driving inland and seizing Chinen peninsula and Naha airfield. Tokyo radio concedes near isolation of Okinawa as Nimitz notes bases rapidly benefiting air operations against Japan.
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Island
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Ottmans
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United States
Naha
Okinawa
10Th Army
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Hive
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Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Okinawe
Doughboys
41St Division
24Th Army Corps
Tth
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Chinen
110Th
Nakagusuku Bay
Yomiuri Hachi
Tokyo Radio
Jed
Swedes Supplied Danish Patriots To Assist Allies
In San Francisco June a report states Sweden shipped arms to Danish patriots aiding the Allies, with officials noting Sweden supplied weapons to arm Denmark’s resistance and patriots despite neutrality. The account cites Busfeldt of Copertingen University and Misteldt explanations of the Allied supply chain and German occupation context.
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United
Coifieleniee
Berman
Drmark
Cole
Army of Patriots
Busfeldt
University of Copertingen
Sweden
Waptien
Denmark
Nippone Balloon Falls in Michigan Mystery
Fragmentary WWII era dispatch notes a balloon crash in Michigan with scattered names and unclear details. The incomplete text mentions a statement from a service command and references North America and allied defense, with unclear personnel and events.
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Michigan
Dave
Commariad
Han Vallag
America
Price Control Clears Hurdle in Senate Debate
Washington June 6 14 The price control bill advanced after a tense opening debate. Banking Committee Chair Wagner with Barkley supported the measure as Taft and Thomas prepared to press amendments. The proposals would shape price ceilings for farm and consumer goods and require a fair return on property as of June 0 194? or Rand.
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BT Toxtay Ty
Banking Committee
Barkley
Priday
Chester Bowles
Sen
Taft
Ohtot
Thomas D-Okla
Tak
Hey
I Wagner
D-Ny
Eco Barkiey
Ellensder
Wagner
Wage Accord for 4000 Hard Coal Workers Approved
The War Labor Board approved a wage modification affecting about 4,000 hard coal workers in a measure tied to the broader labor program. The contract, now sent to the Office of Price Administration, could bring an average daily gain of 1.47 dollars for 7 days of work, while extending undergound pay provisions for more than a centar. The decision prompts a referendum among eastern Pennsylvania hard coal workers on final acceptance.
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War Watchor Board
Austy Am Brown
L. Lewis
Itis United Mae
Ae Aeriier
Office of Price Admination
Aaroenend Betesen Lewis
George W
WLB
Vertaeks Gto
Metis Bae
Candumion
Pennsylvania
Enuttmie
Hitler Body Reported Identified by Russians
Paris dispatches report Russians identified a burned body as Adolf Hitler after examinations. High Russian sources say dental and other features match Hitler with near certainty. Soviet medical info also suggests poisoning as the likely cause of death, with a formal announcement expected.
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Hitler
Berlin
Joseph Grigg, Jr
Ufs
Fuehrer
FBI Arrests Six In Theft Of U S Documents
The FBI says six suspects including a Navy reserve lieutenant and two State Department employees were arrested in Washington and New York on charges of conspiring to mutilate captive statutes by stealing highly confidential documents. The defendants include Lt Andrew Roth Emmamanuel Larsen John Start Service in D C and Philip Jacobidle Kate Louise Mitchell and Mark Julius Gayn in New York. Documents from State War Navy OSS OWA and FCC were recovered.
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FBI
W U. S. Navy Reserve
State Department
New York
FHT
J. Edgar Hoover
Departments of State Land Navy
Andrew Roth
Arlington
Office of Naval Intelligence
Emmamanuel Sigurd Larsen
China
Office of Far Eastern Affairs
Mark Julius Gayn
PBI
State
War and Navy
Office of Strategic Services
Office of War Information
Federal Communitiens Commissions
Hoover Denies Active Role in Truman Administration
Chicago report says former President Hoover told a press conference he plays no active part in President Truman's Democratic administration. He described his White House meeting as unofficial advice, recalling past roles and noting his age and limited hours. Hoover praised Truman's efforts to untangle the food situation amid the wartime muddle.
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Hoover
Truman
Chicago
White House
Brazil Declares War On Japan In Decree
Brazil declares war on Japan following a decree signed by President Getulio Vargas. The move, discussed at a cabinet meeting, aligns Brazil with United Nations goals and allows continued diplomatic aid to the United States and use of air bases in northern Brazil. Troop deployment to the Pacific is not expected.
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Japan
Allied Power
Rio de Janerio
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Pacific
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
United Nations
United States
U. S
Germany
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