French Yield Partially to British Call
Paris says France refuses Churchill's demand to pull troops from barracks to avoid clashes with Britain while ordering a cease fire. A French communique from Paris says French troops will stay in place, meeting half of the joint Western request backed by President Truman to curb bloodshed.
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Associated Press
London
France
Churchill
Syna
Paris
Churchil
Truman
France and U S Agree to Mediate Syria Crisis Talks
Paris confirms France will deal with Levant affairs with no outside interference while the United States, Britain, and France plan to meet in London to settle Syria and Lebanon demands for independence and safeguarded communications. Beyrouth reports say calm returned as French forces halted attacks on Damascus, with hundreds killed and wounded. General Paget and British ships moved toward Damascus while French and British leaders discuss ceasefire and order from London.
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Paris
Syria
Washington
de Gaulle
France
Levant
United States
London
Britain
Syra
Lebanon
Pacific
Beyrouth
Damascus
Middle East
Bernard C. Pagat
Awan
Churchill
Anthony Eden
House of Opmmons
Pans
Foreign Office
French Council of Ministers
Gension
Associated Press
Frank O'Brien
Damasceus
Syran Ulances
Iowa Farm Price Index Hits Postwar High
The Iowa index of prices received by farmers on May 15 reached its highest level since World War I, at 200 percent of the 1910-1914 prewar average. All classes of farm products rose slightly, lifting the index by one point from the prior month. The prices paid, including interest and taxes, stood at 212.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ftarmers
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
War agencies cut as Iowa focus shifts to air teaching
Washington reports a sharp cut in 1946 funds for war born agencies, except $325000 for state marine schools. The plan aims to wind down wartime bodies like civilian defense and relocation authority, while OPA FEPC funding awaits Congress action. In Iowa, a traveling aircraft education program will tour six cities in June and July to aid schools with aeronautical instruction.
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Sharp Cut
Iowa
Washington
House Appropriation Committee
Truman
House
Office of Civilian Defense
War Relocaten Authorty
Office of Price Administration
Foreign Economic Administration
Fair Employment Practices Committee
OPA
FEPC
Congress
FEA
White House
Bayer
Des Moines
War Department
State Department of Public Instruction
Jessie Parker
Farmy Air Forces
Bond dealings suspended on three railroad issues
The New York Stock Exchange suspended dealings in the 5 percent 1 year series A and first and refunding gold 4 percent bonds of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway, plus the 4 percent first and refunding 50 year bonds of the Iowa Central Railway. The suspensions affect obligations of the predecessor company to the Minneapolis and St. Laws Railway, now under the present firm since December. The exchange cited small outstanding amounts and price disparity relative to reorganization equity as reasons.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company
Iowa Central Railway Company
Minneapolis and St. Laws Railway Company
Exchange
Burlington requests denied to abandon branch lines
An Interstate Commerce Commission examiner recommended Friday denying the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad’s plan to abandon 53.15 miles of branch line in Town and denying its request for trackage rights over 51 miles of the Chicago Great Western main line and to build a connecting link near Talmage. The railroad had sought authority to abandon the Burch Osceola branch and obtain rights over the Great Western from Burch to near Falmage.
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Washington
U.S
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company
Examiner
J.S. Prichard
Commission
Chicago, Great Western Railroad
Burch
Osceola
Great Western
Falmage
OPA Cracks Down On Home Canning Sugar Racket
The Office of Price Administration announces a drastic program to stop chiseling of home canning sugar. Bowles cites misuses of sugar for non canning purposes and introduces pledges, suspensions, and stricter controls across districts to protect sugar quotas and ensure supplies for canning.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Bootes
OPA Inves
Big 3 Meeting Nearer Says Truman
President Truman said a big three conference with Churchill and Stalin was getting closer and could take place in the not far distant future. He added a US location was possible but not probable and noted a delay at San Francisco would not change plans.
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Washingson
Truman
San Francisco
Churchill
Stalin
Truman calls for doubling Pacific Army size
President Truman announced the U S Army in the Pacific will be twice its present size and larger than the European peak. He urged shipyard workers to accelerate repairs and asked civilians to avoid travel during large troop movements to the Pacific theater.
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Washington
U. S Army
Pacific
Truman
Europe
Truman Seeks Release of Prisoners in Japan
President Truman expressed deep sympathy for relatives of American prisoners in Japan and said he is doing everything possible to secure their release at the earliest moment. He announced efforts to deliver relief supplies and mail to the captives.
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Truman
Japan
Washington
New Army Forming in Southeast Asia
Allied command announces the British 12th Army is being formed to operate from Rangoon in south Burma in a push toward Thailand and the Malay Peninsula to Singapore naval base. Chinese spokesmen promise an earlier counteroffensive as Japanese withdrawals halt briefly. South China columns widen the Indo China corridor to 145 miles and seize two fortified cities.
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Associated Press
South East Asia
Rangoon
Burma
Thailand
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Chungking
South China
Indo-China
Kere
Surplus Property Board Chief Gillette to resign by July
President Truman announced that Guy M. Gillette will step down as chairman of the surplus property board not later than July 15. A Senate report faulted delay and lack of unity in the board’s work, and Senator Ellender urged a full probe into surplus property disposals. Remaining board members are Robert A. Hurley and Lt Col Edward Heller.
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Washington
Guy M. Gillette
Surplus Property Board
Truman
Gillette
Senate
O'Mahoney
D-Wyn
United States
Congress
Ellender
Ellender D.-La
Elender Paddes
Guisling Loses Appeal in Norway High Court
OSLO A Norwegian high court rejected Bridey Vidkin Quis ing's appeal from a power court order holding him for trial on tres son charges. The former German-supported smuppet premier of Norway is expected to go to trial within two
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Guisling
Norway High Court
Oslo
Gph
Bridey Vidkin Quising
Tresson
Smuppet
Norway
Early Windup At UN Seen As Big Powers Drive Pace
United States and four powers push for a rapid windup of the United Nations conference amid signals of improved U.S.-Soviet relations. A proposed five-nation statement on veto voting aims to reassure small nations, while Moscow reaction and delegations fret over home pressures. Diplomatic advances with Britain, Russia, China, and France could hasten Berlin and Austrian arrangements and influence the Polish dispute at upcoming talks.
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John M. Hightower
San Francisco
United States
Stettinissa
Moscow
Barry Hopkins
Marshal Stalin
Washington
Jet
Berlin
Austria
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
Levant
Damascus
Mave
Night Rain Forecast Shifts as Showers End in Omaha Area
Early weather bureau forecast suggested more rain by Saturday but by 1 p m showers had vanished and a 24 hour dry period seemed possible. Omaha logged a heavy shower around 10 p m Thursday with hail later, amounts totaling 0.17 inch at the airport and 0.33 inch at Council Bluffs Broadway station.
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Iowa
Nomi
Nebraska
Weatherureau Bureau
Omaha
Courcil Bluffs
Water Works
Broadway Station
Onawa
Raccoon River
Des Moines
Webster City
Fort Dodge
Ames
Guthris Center
Atlantic
Boy Fatally Injured in Tractor Accident
Larry Britt, age 4, was killed when a tractor driven by his brother Allen, 14, overturned and pinned the child beneath it Thursday. The accident occurred in the Britt household yard.
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Britt
Larry
Allen
Ceiling on Poultry Prices Set by OPA
The office of price administration announced maximum ceiling prices for various poultry grades effective next Monday. Freight rules add slight regional variation and a 1.5 cent per pound delivery charge. In Pottawattamie County roosters start at 19.5 cents and young turkeys at 33.8 cents per pound, with grade two at four cents below grade one.
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Office of Price Administration
Pottawattamie
New York
Rosenman Agrees to Stay Another Year
President announces that Samuel I. Rosenman will remain as special counsel for one more year. Rosenman had submitted resignation April 14 but the president declined to accept it, seeking his continued assistance after his return from Europe where war crimes talks were held.
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Washington
Yruman
Samuel I. Rosenman
New York
White House
Rogenan
Rosenman
Europe
Roosevelt
Rain and Fire Devastate Hargrave Site in Cedar Rapids
Heavy rain Friday sparked a blaze at Hargrave Construction in Cedar Rapids. F M Hargrave estimated $10,000 damage as asphalt in a heating tank boiled over and overheated, catching fire from the heating lamps. The blaze destroyed the boiler, two dump trucks, an engine and a pickup, along with equipment and treasure.
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Cedar Rapids
F. M. Hargrave
Hargrave Construction Company
Japanese aggressor harms Baptist Missionaries in Philippines
The American Baptist Foreign Mission Society reported that in 1843 eleven Baptist missionaries and a five year old boy were severely harmed by Japanese aggressors on Panay Island in the Philippines.
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New York
American Baptist Foreign Mission
Soiety
Panay Ieland
Philippines
City of Osaka Left in Ruins by Superforts
Osaka endured a large incendiary raid by Superforts with flames rising 27 000 feet above the city. Yokohama suffered 63 square miles of damage in a separate raid. Japanese broadcasts acknowledged fires and near total destruction in Osaka’s industrial heart as U S crews reported heavy damage to key facilities.
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Osaka
Robbin Coons
Guam
Japan
Aity
21St Bomber Command
Yokohama
Iwo Jima
Sumitomo
Altro
Tokyo
Semitoma
Amegasaki
Osake
Honshu Island
Curtis E. LeMay
2Let Bomber Command
Col Everest Home on 30 Day Leave From Front
Col. Everest, who left in 1940 with the 148th Infantry, arrived Thursday on a 30 day leave. He served in the British Isles and on the continent. Washington considers curbing lend lease meat shipments for July to September due to tight supplies.
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Col. Everest
Col. Folhom Everest
148Th Infantry
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