Hoop Jr Wins 71st Kentucky Derby in Muddy Finish
Hoop Jr driven by Eddie Arcani won the 71st Kentucky Derby by six lengths over Pot O Luck at Churchill Downs. The wet track slowed times to 2 07, with Pat a Luck third and 85,000 spectators watching as Hooper's colt led from the early mile and a quarter to the wire for a $64,890 winner’s purse.
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Hoop Jr
Kentucky
Eddie Arcani
America
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Warren Wright
Calumet Farm
W. G. Lewis
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the Roses
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Spangoutheray Ae Secret Bry
Halian
Hoop
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Whirlaway
Hosp Jr
Gallant Fox
Ton
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Alfcaro
Hooper
Earle Sande
Isaac Murphy
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Reus
Fen White
Wright
Churchill Presents Health Services and Insurance Plan
Prime Minister Churchill vowed a national insurance program and comprehensive public health services if the Conservatives return. He urged persistent war aims against Japan and a united effort with the United States and Soviet Russia to secure postwar peace. He also called for price and rent controls while shortages persist and advocated compulsory national insurance as a key task for the new Parliament.
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Braid to Urge Training Bill in Postwar Draft Hearings
Washington reports the Army Navy and the joint committee on military policy will hold six days of hearings on universal training next week with top military leaders including General George C Marshall Fleet Admiral Ernest J King and Secretary of War Stimson invited to testify General Eisenhower may attend and a six day program will cover proponents and opponents with firm deadlines and debate over a peacetime draft policy
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Naval Operations
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Bureau of Naval Sonnel
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Tames Forrestal
Secretary of War
Hei L. Stimson
George
Patton, Jr
Ottar N. Bradley
Europe
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Eisenhower
War Department
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Dinosephus Daniels
Raleigh
Ormer
Edin
Labor
Waugh
Eliot
Beng
Use of Conscripts Patton Doolittle Is Issue In Syria
In a Paris dispatch and London report, tensions rise over conscription and French policy in Syria and Lebanon. General staff briefings, warnings to allied forces, and leaked statements underline the risk of broader conflict as French and British authorities grapple with regional aims and the fate of allied troops.
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Doolittle
Syria
Government to Increase Lamb Supply for Civilians
The War Food Administration says civilians will receive more of the top three lamb grades for an undetermined period. An order cuts military take from 25 percent to 20 percent of these grades effective tomorrow. A separate order ends government control over poultry imports from Canada Mexico Guatemala and El Salvador with delivery prioritized to the military before civilian sale.
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Canada
Mexico
Guatemala
EL Sagadoy
Prisoners of War to be Used as Labor in Europe and U.S. Holdouts
Paris reports United States and Allied forces plan to keep about 600000 German prisoners as laborers in Europe while another 300000 to 225000 American held troops are to be handed to France. Col. Robert J Gill, head of the prisoners of war division, notes total prisoners in the U.S. and Britain around 523000 and says the overall process could take nine months. Rules base on Geneva conventions. German cooperation and land mine policy remain undecided. About 160000 Germans are currently held.
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Paris
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Europe
Robert J Gilt
France
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United States
Britin
Gil
Jury Acquits City Jailer In Involuntary Manslaughter Case
An intermediate court jury acquitted Emmest Anderson age 42, a city jailer, of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Wirt Stone, 47, who died on February 26 after a fall while in jail for drunkenness. The trial followed controversy over medical care and negligence among jail staff including chief Jailer Koontz and assistant Jailer Kelje.
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Logan
Stone
Charleston
Anderson
L. Allen Koontz
John Kel’ Jey
Myrtle Stone
Franklin
Lois Parnell
Anderton
Poland and Truman aide cited in Polish release reports
French agency broadcast alleges Harry Hopkins secured release of 18 Polish detainees from Soviet authorities. It also claims Moscow agreed to widen the Warsaw government with peasants, socialists and Catholics, while a tripartite commission resumed work in Moscow on June 7 to seek a Polish settlement.
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BBE
Truman
Harry Hopkins
Moscow
Warsaw
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Strike Suspends Work at Kanawha Airport
A strike called by the Internationall Brothers halted all airport work in Kanawha after tensing incidents with a truck and forest workers. Harrison Construction Co moved to suspend activity while leaders hoped a meeting with the union and company officials would restore operations.
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Premier Suzuki Declares Nippon in Most Critical War Hour
Allied forces hammer southern Japan as Okinawa battles rage and U S ships bomb Kyushu. Premier Kantaro Suzuki tells Tokyo he seeks dictatorial powers as Japan faces a dire crisis with Allied landings reported near Borneo and Labuan. Okinawa toll climbs with Japanese casualties and damage to airfields.
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State Plans Airport Road to Kunewha County
The State Highway Commission announced a major airport road project to connect the Huff Hollow area to Kunewha county airport. Bids for grading drainage and a gravel base will be let June 28, with a later hard surface, 22 feet wide on a 36 foot right of way, about 1081 miles.
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Fuehrer Fled Berlin With Bride Believed by Soviet Marshal
Soviet Marshal Zhukov said Hitler likely escaped Berlin with Eva Braun two days before the fall and warned Allied forces to search Europe for the dictator. Bezarin added no body of Hitler was found, hinting he may be in hiding, possibly in Spain with Franco. Goebbels was believed dead, with his family reportedly found under the propaganda ministry.
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Spanish government denies Hitler presence in Madrid
The Spanish government tonight denied reports that Hitler was to visit Madrid as claimed by Col. Gen. Nikeiss Betska. Authorities here are probing identities of safeguarded Nazi associates in Spain while noting 79 008 to 3 000 Germans may be in the country. Some foreigners in Madrid admit a sighting but no confirmation.
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Tito's Forces Quit Trieste in Wartime Accord
An Anglo American Yugoslav pact clears Tito forces from Trieste area and places Allied control of railways and roads to Austria. Alexander named administrator west of a line, with Venezia Giulia and Trieste under temporary military rule while peace talks set final boundaries. Line details to follow. Yugoslav east of the line remains under their control.
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Gorizia
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Travisio
10 White House Guards Called for Army Duty
Ten Secret Service agents who guarded Presidents Truman and Roosevelt were drafted into the Army after removal from the White House detail. The War Department stated their special duties no longer required. they were called to active duty. Affected agents blamed a feud between Secret Service chief Frank Wilson and White House head agent Michael F. Reilly.
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Secret Service
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Roosevelt
White House
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Army
Frank Wilson
Michael F. Reilly
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Nazi Plot to Kill Hitler Triggers Blood Bath at War Ministry
The abortive July 20 plot led by Von Witzleben and Olbricht aimed to overthrow Hitler and seek peace. Blood flowed at the Berlin War Ministry as officers moved quickly, many killing themselves or captured, while Oskar Reschke supplied details to American reporters.
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