Hoop Jr and Jeep Favored In 71st Derby Run
Derby day at Churchill Downs features Hoop Jr and Jeep as top contenders after strong workouts in wet conditions. Twelve other notable entries include Darby Dieppe, Alex is Fighting Step and Misweet with a predicted record purse of 4484.84 for the winner. Rider Eddie Arcaro, a two time Derby winner, is aboard Hoop Jr in a field that tests form and conditions on a damp track.
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Stork
Caswell Adams
Loviaville
Churchill Downs
Jeep
God
Jamaica
New York
Hoop Jr
Railbirds
Derby Dieppe Stork
Darby Dieppe
Kentucky
Air Sailor
Christiana Stables
Alexis
Fighting Step
Brad Touel
Pot O'Luck
Foreign Agent
Tom Graham
Kenilworth
Bert G. Bymenbond
Tiger Rebel
Jacobe
Sea Swallow
Derby
Arthur Rose
Penalve
Benones
Warren Wright
Pat O'Luck
Jones
Dodson
Eddie Ascaro
Arcaro
Lawrin
Cahimest
Whirlaway
Wright
Isasc Murphy
Earl Sande
Nippon in Political Furor as Fears of Invasion Grow
A wartime dispatch outlines Japan's political maneuvering as invasion fears rise in Okinawa and Kyushu. The report discusses Allied emphasis on amphibious materiel over manpower, MacArthur’s claimed progress against Japanese forces, and Tokyo's shifts in strategy while Allied air and naval pressure intensifies across the Pacific theater.
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Nippon
Okinawa
Price Bill Riders Said Fatal to OPA
In Washington the Senate debated price control extension and heard that Taft and Thomas amendments would end price controls. OPA chief Chester Bowles warned such changes would trigger inflation, warning that ceilings must cover all costs and allow minimum profits for manufacturers and agricultural products.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Lucas
D-H
Eilender
D-La
Opa
Chester Bowles
Thomas
D-Okfa
Taft
Petain Claims Churchill Could Plea Treason Charge Cure
Paris reports the 89 year old Marshal Philippe Petain told high court commissioners he might reveal a secret postwar pact with Churchill or the Irish government that could justify his actions and save him from treason charges. He asserted he ordered negotiations and could not disclose details without Britain’s consent, defended the fleet destruction at Toulon as necessary, and blamed Laval for La Milice’s excesses as interrogation neared its end ahead of a June treason trial.
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Paris
Philippe Pedin
Churchill
Vichy
High Court
Hitler
British
Foreign Office
Petain
Jer
Montoire
Montrouge
Britain
London
Pelain
Foulon
North Africa
Pierre Laval
Tariff Cutting Powers Pruned by Senate Finance Panel
The Senate Finance Committee voted 10 to 9 to strike the tariff cutting authority from a three year extension of the reciprocal trade law. President Truman sought half reductions in duties in exchange for concessions, with three Democrats joining Republicans to delete the provision. The full bill, extending Hull’s 1934 act, passed committee by voice vote, with leaders likely to push restoration in the Senate.
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Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Truman
Senate Finance
George
Sen
la Follette
House
Cordell Hull
Senate
Joseph C. Grew
Walsh
Mass
Gerry
D-R
Johnson
Colo
Taft
Ohio
Thomas
Bein
Butler
R.neb
Millikin
Colas
Brewster
Bushfield
Hawkes
World War II U.S. battle deaths reach a million
Washington reports total U S war casualties in World War II at 1 012 049 through V E day with 230 178 killed 813 611 wounded 57 452 missing 110 81 prisoners Navy total 116 215 and 3 347 weekly increase. Secretary Stimson notes figures reflect names received through May 30 and include May combat cessation in Europe.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Stimson
Army
Germany
Arrest of Editor May Add Flame To Pole Dispute
British police arrested Dr. J. Jagodzinski editor in chief of Polpress on a deserter claim from the Polish army. He was turned over to London Polish government in exile for trial, a move likely to provoke Warsaw backed by Russia and intensify Poland’s future dispute.
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London
Warsaw
J. Jagodzinski
Russia
Poland
Dragodzinski
Flevi St
Polpress
Britain
United States
War Bond Drive Aids GI Joe Campaign in Kanawha County
Kanawha County drives to sell war bonds as 400 Rainbow Girls distribute GI Joe stamp albums in Charleston and other towns. The effort targets E bonds to meet county and state goals amid a busy bond canteen, luncheon, and lunch crowd at the Victory Hut. Mayor and Women’s Division sponsors praise yesterday’s strong sales, with over $40,000 in bonds sold mid day.
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Kanawhd County
J. E. McDavid
Kanawha County
McDavid
Rainbow Girls
Victory Hut
Kanawha County War Iaanm
Democrat Becomes GOP Choice In New York Mayor Race
New York Republicans nominate General Sessions Judge Jonah J. Goldstein to succeed Mayor LaGuardia. Goldstein must avoid support from the Communist controlled American Labor party. Liberal party endorsement expected, with Fusion party also likely backing. Goldstein, 58, longtime foe of Tammany Hall, previously served as General Sessions Judge since 1939.
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General Sessions
Jonah J. Goldstein
F. H. LaGuardia
Goldstein
American Labor Party
Sidney Hilpnan
CIO
Cio Political Action Committee. Brooklyn Republican Leader Jan R. Crewa
Thomas Dewey
Tammany Hall
Campiinn
E ¢ Party
LaGuardia
Brooklyn
William O'Dwyer
Damowratia Lesdats
Liberal Party
Labor Party
LaGuardis
O'Dwyer
Republican Party
Alfred Smith
New York State Assembly
Republicans Cut 17 Million From War Office Budget Fight
In Washington on June 8 Republicans won a major clash by slashing 17 million dollars from the 1945 allotment for the Office of War Information. The 138 to 128 vote left OWI with 18 million unless the Senate restores the cut. The measure also aimed to curb funding for the Office of Economic Stabilization and the Office of Inter-American Affairs, as well as restraining the War Relocation Authority. No funds were provided for the Office of Price Administration, the Foreign Economic Administration, or the Fair Employment Practices Committee. House action showed strong partisan division and intense debate over wartime agencies and their costs.
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OWI
House
Washington
Office of War Information
OWL
Senate
Office of Economic Stabilization
Office of Inter-American Affairs
War Relocation Authority
OFS
WRA
Aind Xen
Office of Price Administration
Foreign Economic Administration
Fair Employment Practices Committee
FEPC
Marcantonia
Amn
Laben
Chelf
Sally
Ine
Matt
Taber
Associated Press
The
United Press
Jailers Trial Clarifies Night of Stone's Death
Charleston physician testifies that delayed medical care by three jailers hastened Wirt Stone sr death. Trial in intermediate court explores negligence after Stone, a Logan tax accountant, fell unconscious for 40 hours in jail following a drunkenness arrest on Feb 23 1944. Jury previously failed to reach a verdict in the case.
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Charleston
Wirt Stone
Logan
Bernard M. Hutchinson
Charleston General Hospital
Frank L. Taylor
Stone
Cyrus W. Hall
Taylor
Anderson
L. Allen Koontz
John Kelley
Jaid
Kelley
Phil E. Trout
Prisner
Trout
Tage
Army Food Supplies Burned at Oakland
A six alarm fire damaged Army food depots in Oakland today, injuring three to four people. Firefighters battled the blaze as equipment and supplies were consumed, with officials initially tying it to munitions stores though later denial followed. Looters reportedly stole food supplies during the disturbance as authorities investigated the scene and sought to protect fighting forces in the Pacific region.
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Oakland
Cat
Army
Paslfis
Bradley on German army strength and European advance
General Omar Bradley asserted that German officers and forces were outgenerated and outfought as Allied troops surged from France through the Rhine to the Elbe. He praised the American Army as the best trained and equipped ever fielded, and noted plans winding down his European duties with tensely quiet humor.
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Stith
Waller Bedell
Omar Bradley
Smith
Brad
Bradley
12Th Army Corps
Luxembourg
France
Rhine
Elbe
Truman
Europe
Patton
Ruhr
Berlin
Belin
Counter-attack halted as new offensive planned later
The counter-attack was stopped and a fresh offensive scheduled for a month hence. German forces had weakened them significantly as they regrouped for the next phase.
Italian Premier Quits in Deadlock
Rome reports Premier Ivanoe Bonomi offered his resignation amid a six party stalemate on forming a new government. He remained in office at ministers' request as Communist Socialist and Ad thrunista oppose retention. The National Liberation Committee remains split over successors Alcide de Gasperi and Pietro Nenni.
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Rome
Ivanoe Honomi
Bosomi
Italy
Socialista
Adthunista
Bonemi
Committee of National Liberation
Alcide de Gasperi
Pietro Nenni
Socialist Party
Bonomi
Kennedy Denies Scoop Was a Trial or Mistake
In a June 8 interview Kennedy defended his wartime reporting stance saying he would not withhold the truth and that revealing the end of the war should come normally. He criticized the way the news was released as unfair to reporters and families at the front.
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New York
Edward
the Pier
Associated Press
Kennedy
Bentel
SHARP
Dwight Bentel
Europe
Hentel
Stata
Tito prepared to quit Trieste and withdraw forces
London reports Tito ready to sign an agreement with Marshal Tito to place Trieste under Anglo American military government, ending the dispute. Yugoslav troops to leave the Adriatic port as Western allies plan final disposal. Sir Harold Alexander warns Tito’s moves resemble Hitler, while Allied forces prepare to formalize occupation amid shifting claims.
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London
British’ Foreign Office
Marshal Tito
Trieste
Austria
Belgrade
Adriatic
Fontentlan
Germany
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
Tito
Hitler
Italy
Yugoslavia
Carinthia
New Zealand
al- Med T
Ship Workers Sue for Gate-to-Clock Travel Pay
In New Haven on June 8, the Shipbuilders and Marine Engineers union AFL affiliate filed a federal suit in U S District Court against Electric Boat Co of Groton Conn seeking travel-time pay for workers swathing from gate to clocks inside yards. Neither union nor company would comment.
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U. S
Chicago
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Montgomery Ward & Co
Roosevelt
Evan A. Evans
Otto Jerner
Will M. Sparks
Philip Sullivan
Detroit
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Minn
Denver
Colo
Portland
Ore
San Rafael
Cal
Jamaica N.Y
Jude Sullivan
Wie
Supreme Court
New Haven
Conn
Shipbuilders and Marine Engineers Union
AFL
Hag
United States District Court
Electric Boat
Graton
Will- Bess
Veto Top On Parley Agenda At United Nations Meet
Big Five veto powers led by the United States and Russia shape a world peace plan at a United Nations conference. Delegates discuss limiting veto use for UN Security Council actions while small nations seek consent on unanimous steps. Cuba protests the settlement, calling it unacceptable in its current form.
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Guna
United States
Rusa
Britain
China
France
Faromla
Russia
League
Jana
Cuba
Guillermo Belt
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