Russia Gains Ruthenia Area in Czechoslovak Transfer to Ukraine
London reports Moscow radio says the Carpatho Ruthenia region of eastern Czechoslovakia, about 4571 square miles with roughly 725000 residents, is returned to the Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic by mutual agreement. The treaty, signed in the Kremlin by Zdenek Fierlinger and Y M Molotov, follows a long push by Ruthenian/Ukrainian voices for incorporation into the Soviet Union.
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Poland
Hungary
United States
Czech Republic
Soviet Union
Landon Sees Truman Crafting Unity in Foreign Policy
Alf M. Landon, after a Kansas City conference, said President Truman is shaping a foreign policy aimed at bipartisan unity and long-term continuity. He noted Truman also intends a practical flood control plan and that farm issues stem from farmers’ state of mind amid freight car and machinery shortages.
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Army Furloughs 4000 Soldiers to Railroads
The Army ordered 4,000 soldiers furloughed for 30 days to work on U S railroads to prevent a breakdown and speed troop and supply movement to the Pacific. Most are experienced railroaders to be assigned to transcontinental lines west of Chicago. They will receive Army pay and railroad wages, will be over 26, and start reporting next week.
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Pacific
Chicago
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Invasion and Air Raids Mark New Pacific Drills
Coast-to-coast updates report a Pacific operation with Borneo bombardment and Kume Falls action as Superforts hit Japan while typhoon winds of war loom. In Connecticut, coroner links a sailor’s death to a “gala of sex” dispute amid a divorce era, with Imogene Stevens to face arraignment. Nearby heat records persist amid forecasts of relief showers.
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Presidential Succession Bill Clears House in Quick Action
The House approved a bill to place Speaker Sam Rayburn next in line for the Presidency, after trimming a provision for a special election. Prompted by President Truman, the measure sailed through committee and on the floor, awaiting Senate action amid little opposition.
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Daring Rescue Snatches Three From New Guinea Shangri La
In Hollandia New Guinea a ground skimming transport plucked out a WAC corporal and two Army airmen from a hidden valley after a May 13 crash. Col. Margaret Hastings Lt. John B McColtom and Kenneth Decker were rescued in a perilous 10,000 foot glide through mountainous terrain. Paratroopers aided the operation, hauling the fragile plane to land and return them to safety.
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Republican Chieftain Pledges Support To Security Charter
Fragmented transcription shows Republican leaders pledging full support to the Security Charter while debating ratification details. Vandenberg hints at weeks of consideration and a major fight over reservations and foreign relations in the Senate.
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Bilbo Colleague Joins Filibuster Against FEPC
Washington June 29 Senate filibuster opposition to FEPC intensifies as a colleague of Bundy Bestiand id Mississippi claims Negro troops are an utter and sure political liability. The debate centers on whether the measure will gain sufficient votes amid partisan cuts and political considerations.
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Father Hall Quits Sick Bed to Sign Charter
Vaornimurun, once ailing at Bethesda Naval Hospital, left his room to affix his signature to the United Nations charter. The 83-year-old former Secretary of State returned to the State Department to sign as senior adviser to the American delegation, using his own pen below Edward Stettinius Jr. who chaired the conference. The charter copy will go to the Senate for ratification. initial copy kept at the State Department. Alger Hiss arrived as secretary to the conference.
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Prisoners claim B-29 target tips from Japan camp
Chinese visitors report Japanese prisoners in Nanwanchen hills gave US forces key B-29 targets and landing sites. The men, well fed and cooperative, described revoltionary talk aided by Chinese, including former airmen who bombed British ships Prince of Wales and Repulse. They rejected Hirohito worship and caste rules, and expect to return home after the war.
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Burma
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Russia
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House Committee Cracks Communist Move in U S
The committee reports Communists seek to overthrow the U S government by force and plan a revolution at home. It cautions that Communist ideas persist, are aided abroad, and that wartime policy may spur repression to protect liberty and democratic order.
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