De Gaulle accuses British arms support in Syrian crisis
General de Gaulle charged that Syrians who fought French forces were armed by Britain and urged a four power conference including Russia to discuss the Arab world. He refused to name the British agents involved, condemned Churchill’s approach, and signaled willingness to bring the issue to international talks if Russia participates. In Damascus, riots and British protection operations followed French bombardment and conscript shootings.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Russia
Ae Gaulle
Levant
Churchill
Germany
Middle East
France
Britain
United States
Churcml
Suois
Lebanon
de Gavile
Egypt
Iran
Palestine
de Gaude
Midtle East
Damascus
Weather Summary for Bluffs and Vicinity Sunday
The U S Weather Bureau reports Sunday in Bluffs and vicinity will be partly cloudy and slightly warmer with Nebraska fair and warmer. Highs range 75 to 79 in the west and 65 to 70 in the east. Hourly readings show temperatures from 54 to 53 rolling into the 50s by evening, with humidity around 65 percent and wet bulb about 46 degrees. Maximum 85 and minimum 50 in the last 24 hours, total precipitation 14.64 inches, excess 3.35 inches.
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U. S. Weather Bureau Council
Bluffs and Vicinity
Towa
Nebraska
TSO
Doughfoots Stage Battle Delights Boone Crowd At Field
The Here's Your Infantry unit staged a loud near real battle at Thomas Jefferson Field drawing about 6,000 residents from Court Bluff and nearby areas. The mock combat featured mortars bazookas flame throwers and machine guns as soldiers reenacted infantry attacks on a fortified position while announcers and bonds sales pitched war bonds.
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Thomas, Jefferson Athletic Field
Courmt Bluffs
Thomas Jefferson Field
Lindbergh to Stay in Europe As War Ends
United Aircraft said Lindbergh, technical advisor, has remained in Europe since before V E Day and probably will stay for some time. The firm did not know exact location, but a recent report suggested he might inspect German jet and helicopter projects identified by occupying forces.
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Lindbergh
Europe
Hartford
Conn
United Aircraft Corporation
Charles Lindbergh
Dubuque Police Hunt Ration Coupon Thieves
Dubuque police pursue two suspected safecrackers who stole ration coupons for fuel and tires from the Iowa Oil Co main office on the riverfront. Chief Joseph Strab reported the theft occurred overnight from a safe.
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Dubuque
Joseph Strab
Iowa Oil Company
Sixteen Convicts Shot by Troopers at Massachusetts Jail
Sixteen convicts were shot and wounded Saturday night as state troopers and guards quelled a riot at the house of correction in Sare Werle Paper. Prisoners smashed windows and created a thunderous din during the evening meal, then were driven back to their cells.
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Jessups
House of Correction
Iowa State Bar Association names Miller president
Des Moines justice M. Miller was elected president of the Iowa State Bar Association on Saturday succeeding Wayne G. Cook of Davenport. Belle Plaine’s Charles E. Hughes was named vice president and Marshalltown’s B. B. Druker was re elected librarian.
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DS Moines
M. Miler
Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa State Bar Association
Wayne G. Cook
Davenport
Charles E. Hughes
Belle Plaine
B. B. Druker
Marshalltown
Eve Waaie
Auto Use Tax Stamps Go on Sale Saturday
BES MOVIES,PE. H. Bir m Birmingham, federal collector of internal revenue for the district of Town, said Saturday the new $5 automobile use tax stamps would be placed on sale in all post offices and offices of collectors of internal revenue next Saturday. The law requires the owner of every motor vehicle used on the highways to buy this stamp and to display it on the vehicle beginning July 2.
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BES Movies
PE. H. Birmingham
Federal
Internal Revenue
District of Town
Collectors of Internal Revenue
Bradley Enroute Home From Europe to New York
Gen Omar Bradley commander of the 12th army group will arrive at LaGuardia Field Sunday from Europe the army disclosed Saturday.
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New York
Omar Bradley
12Th Army Group
la Guardha Field
Europe
Government Moves to Boost Food
Government actions target wartime food relief as civilian experts would help speed plantings under Anderson. Bowles orders meat distribution to mirror early 1944 patterns to even out supply. Weather improves crop prospects while city reports show tight meat sugar and poultry, with butter piling up in some markets.
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Associated Press
United States
Clintor P. Anderson
D.N. M
Agriculture
National Food Boss
Truman
Anderson
Congress
Pacific
China Coast
Europe
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Sitte
New York City
OPA
New Orleans
Texas
Denver
Oklahoma City
War Food Administration
Military Rites for Red Oak Soldier Spe cial to Tha Nonpareil
Red Oak will host military rites Monday for Pvt. George A. Lowman 20 son of Mr and Mrs Roy Lowman who died at McClosky hospital Temple Texas. Lowman a medic was wounded in Germany and sent home after being hit by an 88 shell cost him a leg.
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Red Oak
George A. Lowman
Roy Lowman
McClosky Hospital
Temple
Texas
Pvt
Lowman
Germany
January in June Weather Picture From a Harsh Minnesotan Spring
A winterlike June storm gripped the northern lakes region with up to six inches of snow in Virginia and Ely Minnesota and traces in northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan. Duluth reported the first June snow in 80 years as a cold front from Hudson Bay drove temperatures to freezing in northern Minnesota and near freezing in Michigan. Damaging winds and rain disrupted harbor activity and damaged fruit crops across western Michigan and southern Wisconsin.
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Lakes
Councy Bluffs
Bureau
Virginia
Minn
Ely
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Superior
Wis-Duluth
Duluth
Hudson Bay
Minnesota
Michigan
St. Louis
Urges End of Tax on Excess Profits
Rep Roberton urges ending the 95 percent excess profits tax on January 1 following the Japanese War. He proposes a $5 billion cash position tax and program to aid reconversion. Committee leader Doughton signals plans to draft joint congressional treasury measures to speed credits and refunds for businesses.
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Washington
Legiaslathon
Robertson
D-Va
Virginian
Houseways and Means
Doughton
D-Nc
Congresssional-Treasuy Department
Fed
Refunds on Federal Income Tax On Way
The first of an expected 255000 treasury checks for overpaid 1944 federal income taxes have been placed in the mails to Iowans. Federal Collector E. H. Birmingham said only a few hundred checks have gone out so far and the process will run until mid September.
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Dus Mainel
United States Treasury Department
E. H. Birmingham
Federal Collector of
Internal Revenue
Birmingham
Reds Again Stalemate At United Nations Conference
Moscow rejects a unified veto voting interpretation as the big five deadlock. Delegates discuss leaving two versions side by side, risking a later conference to resolve the key veto issue. American delegates consider informing the conference of divergent views and possibly skipping the veto plan.
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San Francisco
Russia
United Nations Conference
Moscow
Big Five
Security Council
Yalta
Warte Peper
Japs Try New Trick Against Superforts
Japanese defense measures fail to stop American B-29 raids on Osaka. About 10 Superforts missing, many aircraft diverted to Iwo Jima due to stormy weather and heavy anti aircraft fire. Interceptors used a chain and bucket device intended to foul propellers, but the plan did not succeed.
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Guam
Osaka
Iwo Jima
Tinian Island
Japan
Unemployment Rolls Show Light Increase
Washington reports manpower officials estimate post April cutbacks have raised unemployment by about 150,000, bringing the total unemployed to around 930,008. The rise is described as light and not far from wartime production peak.
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Washington
Girls Admit Abducting Baby Found Dead in Bushes
Two Philadelphia girls Irene Jones 15 and Janet 11 confessed abducting three month old Thomas Ripley Jr. from a coach, later found dead from a broken neck in bushes. They planned to return the child but were stopped by their mother and authorities. The infant was son of Mrs Barbara Ripley and ex Marine Thomas Ripley.
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Philadelphia
Thomas V. Ripley, Jr
Ervin Mock
Mock
Irene Jones
Janet
Iis
Mack
Hardie Scott
Bonnie Stanley
Tréne
Éianok
Ripley
Jane
Barbara Ripley
Thomas W Ripley
Ventnor, N. J
Yanks Make New Landings on Mindanao
American forces conducted amphibious landings on Mindanao at Laugan Bay south of Davao with light resistance. Forces from the 81st, 40th, 24th and 25th Infantry Divisions advanced inland, while air and naval support backed the operation. In Luzon and Formosa, regional offensives continued with heavy bomber and fighter strikes and coastal patrols shaping post landing actions across multiple fronts.
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Mantla
Mindanao
Lauryon
Y.tes
Davao
Davao Gulf
Roughboys
Roscoe B. Woodruff
12Nth
Laugon
Woodruffs
81St
40Th
Americas
Bukidnon
Talomo
24Th Division
Luzon
25Th Infantry
Cagayan Valley
Santa Fe
33Rd
Baguio
U. S. 13Th
Borneo
Tashoku
Formosa
Giren
Asiatic
Indo China
Yangtse River
Offer War Plant Free to the Navy
Dur ham Manufacturing president Earl A. Munger announced in Fort Wayne Indiana that the firm indicted on charges of conspiring to defraud the government in war material production will offer its plant to the Navy without charge. He cited ongoing federal investigations disrupting work and hindering efficient operation. The May 23 grand jury indictment charged the corporation and 12 employees with conspiring to produce shell projectiles rocket bombs and propeller shafts while concealing defects from navy inspectors.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Earl A. Munger
Durham Manufacturing Corporation
Navy
Munger
Employes
Federaal
Lutheran Award to Des Moines Scout
Des Moines boy Harold Wimmer, 15, will receive the pro deo et patria Boy Scout award as Iowa’s first recipient and about the 26th nationwide. The ceremony at Grace Lutheran Church will be led by Rev. Oscar Leonardson of Chicago with a talk on For God and Country. The medal honors Lutheran Scouts of character and leadership.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harold Wimmer
Scouta
Lutheran Church
Bunday
Grace Lutheran Church
Oscar Leonardson
Chicago
Lutheran Brotherhood of the Augustana Synod
Leonardson
Halsey Rejoins Pacific War With Carrier Strike Against Japan
Admiral Halsey leads the 8th fleet back to the Pacific with carrier planes targeting Kyushu and Tokyo Bay. Nimitz announces new rapid operations against Nippon, reorganizes command in the Ryukyus, and elevates Spruance to planning for major campaigns including potential invasion of Japan.
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Guam
Smadar
API
William F
Bull
Halsey
Chester W. Nimitz
Nippon
Okinawa
Raymond
Sprusnee
Sth
North Pate
Tokyo Bay
Kyushu Island
U. S Central
Nimitz
Spruance
Marc A. Mitacher
Tokyo
Mitacher
John & B McCain
Haley
Sid
Japan
Pacific Ocean Areas
Ryukyuu
Simon Boliver Buckners
Ryukuvu
Harry W. Hill
Richmond Kelly Turner
Pacific Fleet
Navy
Iwo Jima
China
Hulary
Cor Armand
Shipa
Marianas
Adm
John Hoover
Ares
rm—Bary Wasie Paper
Farm Co op Buys Large Grain Plant in Des Moines
In Des Moines the Farm era Grain Dealers association of Towa, a body of 310 farmer owned cooperatives, purchased the Des Moines Elevator company. The grain storage plant is described as the largest public elevator or bonded warehouse in interior Iowa, with a reported price around 240000 dollars.
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Farm Co-op
Des Moines
Farmera Grain Dealers Association of
Towa
Des Moines Elevator Company
Iowa
Seve Wai Peser
Atlantic Meeting Explains New OPA Feed Rules
In Des Moines on June 15, a meeting in Atlantic will explain the new Office of Price Administration mixed feed regulations. Mark Thornburg, secretary of the Western Grain and Feed Association, spoke about Batanday.
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Des Moines
Atlantic
Office of Price Administration
Mark Thornburg
Western Grain and Feed Association
Batanday
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Turaday
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Harry Hopkins
Kremlin
Jonget
Doughfoots
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John Butter
American Legion
Salt Lake City
Schroeder
Boone
Thas
Rere Wasle
State Bar Association
Miller
Bradley
Red
Spe
Jan
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
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