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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1945
Page
3
London June 23 Clement Attlee Labor party leader urged voters to ignore eleventh hour insinuations and misrepresentations claims the Prime Minister has backed. Attlee defended nationalization aims and warned the nation must choose whether public welfare precedes private interest amid the impending general election on July.
Manila reports show 23 killed since May 13 by shells mines rockets and grenades left from the war. Booby traps remain and a horse drawn cart and driver were blown up on a supposed safe street. A Japanese sniper was shot by a military policeman across a downtown bridge. a companion escaped.
Reports describe air and sea actions near Formosa and China as U S and Japanese forces trade strikes. Operations include raids on railways and oil storage, carrier aircraft actions near Okinawa, and Krueger’s forces advancing in the Philippines with Japanese surrenders rising.
Governors in the Northeast urge red points for meat and call for a centralized food program overseer. The Agriculture Department predicts seven percent fewer cattle and pork reaching markets this fall and winter. OPA debates extend to rationing and subsidy tweaks as civilian supplies and interstate meat distribution remain strained.
Obituaries report the death of William Sir of Robton with services at Lett Creek church and burial in Himes cemetery. other notices list deaths including James King of Lett Creek and Cart O. Be41, with services and mortuary arrangements. Surviving spouses, children, and relatives are named.
Bard notes a historical event from 1853 involving Commodore Perry and the end of Japan’s isolation policy. He argues the war may end earlier than pessimists expect and stresses the need for strong sea air power to deter attacks on the United States and keep hostilities away from the continental homeland.
In Washington, Bremen observers attend the conference as delegates plan a grand ceremony for the charter signing at the Veterans Building. The event features a 50 foot rug centerpiece and a semicircular display of United Nations flags with delegates filing in alphabetically.
Hamilton Mississippi plans a tribute to General George W Patton Jr with a parade to the high school field and a rendition of his poem God of Battles by high school girls The event led by Local American Legion posts will end at the high school where Hamilton officials will greet the commander and his wife with her composition The 2d Armored Division.
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