De Gaulle Rejects Syria Levant Conference Invite
Paris and Damascus reports show Gen. de Gaulle spurning an international triad conference on Lebanon and Syria. He cites British agents behind the uprising, while Moscow calls for rapid end to fighting and a UN peace framework. Syria demands full French troop withdrawal and transfer of control to Damascus.
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Paris
de Gaulle
France
Lebanon
Syria
United States
London
Charles de Gaulle
Moscow
Associated Press
Damascus
People's Commissariat For
Washington
Chungking
Churchill
Dumbarton Oake
United Nations Conference
San Francisco
Britain
Larin
America
Near East
Shukri Quwatli
Truman
Quivath
Norway to Welcome King on Thursday Homecoming Holiday
King Haakon will return to Norway on Thursday and the day will be a national holiday. It marks his first sight of home since leaving five years ago to fight Germany from London. June 7 also commemorates Norway’s 1905 independence from Sweden.
Here's Your Infantry show comes to Council Bluffs
An Army infantry unit billed as the Mighty Seventh touring troupe performs at Thomas Jefferson field and Bayliss Park in Council Bluffs, boasting veterans from Patton to Krueger with a 36 man plus officers and band contingent. They promote war bonds and entertain locals from Friday through Saturday night, praising civilians and hometown pride.
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Thomas Jefferson Field
Patton
Clark
Hodges
Simpson
Krueger
Hisenhower
Macarthur
Counci Britis
Haack
Iowa
Walter Livingston
113Th Cavalry
Paul Hamill
Ur. Trimbell
Emil Grant
Los Tall and Slender
Skippy” Rauls
Wallie Niedringheus Igt
Browns
Eugene McRae
Norpareil
Council Bluffs
Bayliss Park
Vatican Pope Hails German People and Rails at Nazism
Pope Pius XII in a world broadcast urged Germany to rise to a new unity after expiating Nazi crimes and warned that the continent faces revolution from disappointed men. He reviewed Vatican policy toward Germany, noting the 1933 concordat shielded Catholics but did not guarantee full faith freedom, and lamented priest persecutions and civilian deportations. He recalled his Berlin nunciature and stressed church defense of moral law amid brutal Nazi tactics.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Nazi Germany
College of Cardinals
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Lytant
Slovenia
Croatia
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Pius
Germany
Eugenio Facelli
Ping Xi
Hearings on Youth Training Begin in Congress
Congress starts hearings on compulsory military training for all 18 year olds. Induction for one year, then civilian return while on reserve six years, with emergency service possible. A larger regular army would follow, hearings continue to June 19 with no quick action in sight.
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Army
Navy
Congress
United States
Special House Committee
House
Senate
Cool Weather to Continue This Weekend
The weather bureau reports cool and cloudy conditions through the weekend. Temperatures are expected to stay in the 60s Saturday with a low near that level Sunday morning. Friday’s high reached 7 percent, and total precipitation was minimal at the "Lrace" reading.
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Weather Bureau
U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
Farrell Rules With Iron Hand Roost In Montevideo
Exiles from Argentina in Montevideo report a repressive Farrell regime. They doubt any fair election and note decrees shielding national defense mask censorship. Arrests of prominent citizens and newsmen are ongoing, with many papers closed. Readers abroad rarely see critical coverage, and about 3000 political prisoners are believed jailed, 10 percent Axis sympathizers.
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Argentina
Montevideo
Farrell
Germany
Japan
Truman Not Happy Over Situation
Washington says President Truman is not happy over the situation in Argentina and told Latin American journalists he was incomplete and unqualified under the good neighbor policy. Weather summary notes cloudy conditions in Council Bluffs with mild temperatures, and Nebraska forecasts show partly to mostly cloudy skies with highs around the 60s to 70s and light showers in the northeast.
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Washington
vPi
White House
Truman
Argentina
Franklin J. Roosevelt
Charles G. Ross
Laval II death by own action reported in Paris circles
London heard Pierre Laval had committed suicide as claimed by Luxemburg radio via Exchange Telegraph. Paris circles doubted the report and noted no confirmation from Laval’s side. Barcelona dispatch denied the suicide claim from Montjuich castle where Laval is held.
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Paris
Vpi
London
Pierre Laval
Xchange
Luxemburg Radio
Laval
Spain
France
Barcelona
Offivery
Montjuich Castle
Saye Waale
Fair Division of Meat Planned By Karl R. Bauman
The OPA will enforce a fair distribution plan to share limited meat by county starting June 17. Slaughterers must deliver at least 80 percent of their 1944 base monthly supply to each county, rising to 90 percent over any three-month stretch. Federally inspected meat remains the only interstate shipment.
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Karl R. Bauman
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Allies deny Berlin talks on military control committee
Supreme Headquarters in Paris said reports from London about a weekend meeting in Berlin among Eisenhower Montgomery Zhukov and a French general to form an allied military control committee were incorrect.
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Supreme Allied Headquarters
London
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Zhukov
Berlin
Commington
Bear on Loose Upsets Schedule in Salt Lake City Route
Railway workers and volunteers battled a 1 200 pound polar bear that broke free in a baggage car en route from New York to Salt Lake City near Belle Plame. The bear smashed a window, fought confinement, and delayed unloading as A J Schroeder organized carpenters to erect a temporary cage while crews worked to reload the car and resume the journey.
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Bogne
Railway Express
A. J. Schroeder
New York City
Salt Lake City
Belle Plame
Express
Schroeder
Red Oak Boy Killed in Hunting Accident
A 15 year old Red Oak boy Charles Salisbury was killed during a squirrel hunting party Friday near the city dump. Neal Logan about 34 and Jack Dutwhler were present when a .22 automatic revolver in Logans hands discharged. Salisbury, son of Mr and Mrs HD Salisbury, died after being taken to a hospital. The incident was described by Sheriff Zeph Morgan.
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Charles Salisbury
Zeph Morgan
Morgan
Salnsbury
Neal Logan
Jack Dutwhler
Logan
Salisbury
D. Uw
Hopkins Delayed Departure Delivers New Work Hint in Moscow
An American source reports Harry Hopkins postponed flying to Washington to pursue what is described as new work, with speculation tying the delay to Levant tensions. He dined with Premier Stalin at the Kremlin, where Stalin appeared buoyant and toasted President Truman, while Churchill also received a toast amid promises of continued allied cooperation in peace.
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Harry Hopkins
Washington
Levant
Hopkins
Stalin
Kremlin
Presi Jent Truman
Churchill
New Strikes Against Japan Foreshadow Seaborne Push
Associated Press reports carrier based fighter squadrons raided southern Japan in what may be the opening strike of renewed seaborne power. Adm Halsey and Adm Spruance direct a fleet able to operate from north to south pole, with great naval losses claimed in Okinawa. Japanese reports note heavy fires and civilian disruption as air and sea raids press toward Kyushu and Tokyo.
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Leonard Millman
Associated Press
Japan
Toyko Radio
Adm
Wiliam F. “Bull” Halsey
3Rd Fleet
Raymond A. Sprusnve
Sth
Halsey
Okinawa
United States
North Pole
South Pole
Sttack
Tokyo
Ryukyu Islands
Kyushu
Cheater W. Nimitz
Shuri
Maha
Chinen
Southwest Pacific
Ostke
Ganka
Florida judge blocks three day wedding law on constitutional ground
In Miami Judge George E Holt ruled the three day all law for license petitions violated the state constitution. The decision affects Dade and Monroe circuits while other counties may follow it. The case may reach the state supreme court as officials consider review. The couple from Knoxville and Baltimore honeymooned after the ruling.
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Miami
Fla
Gleason R. Tindell
Knoxville
Tenn
Leonetta May McGiff
Baltimore
George E. Holt
Florida
Dade
Monroe
Tom Watson
State Supreme Court
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