Deadlock Ends on Veto Voting at UN Conference
San Francisco report says acceptance of a big power veto compromise for the world security council appears likely. Russia reversed, agreeing that any veto could not block discussion, enabling rapid conference progress toward finalizing the United Nations charter. Delegates applaud as draft statement outlines how the big five must concur for peace enforcement and dispute settlement, with procedural matters decided by seven of eleven council members.
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John M. Rightover
San Francisco
World Security Council
Russia
Stalin
Harry Hopkins
Moscow
Stettimus
Truman
Hopkins
Stettnius
Andrei Gromykofiet
Stettinius
Britain
China
France
Veterans
Yalta
Security Council
Cornnally
Texas
Connally
Herbert Eyatt
Australia
Educator Backs Peacetime Training Proposal
Karl T. Compton of MIT urged peacetime military training before the House committee on postwar military policy. He argued for a reasonable program to show resolve in preserving peace while defending against aggression, as religious labor and education leaders opposed immediate peacetime draft enactment.
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Washington
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Compton
House
Mieastres
Altoch
Trade Pact Bill Slashed in Senate Finance Panel
The Senate finance committee cut the reciprocal trade extension bill’s authority to cut tariffs by 50 percent and reported the bill favorably. The vote on the amendment was 10 to 8 with GOP and some Democrats split. La Follette opposed. Chairman George D Ga indicated plans to restore the rate-cutting authority when the bill returns to the Senate next Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
La+ Follette
George D-Ga
Senate
Fight Launched on War Agencies
In a surprise move the House GOP seeks abolition of four federal wartime agencies as the $769,765,000 war agency bill nears a Friday vote. The plan targets the offices of War Information, Economic Stabilization, Inter-American Affairs, and War Relocation Authority, with FEPC funding also denied. Rep Taber argues funds should be cut to force rapid shutdown. proponents warn the agencies remain tied to the war effort and national security.
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Washington
House
Chamber
War Information
Inter- American Affairs
War Relocation Authority
House Appropriations Committee
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Representative Taber
New York
Ranking Committee
Tes Committee
FEPC
Taber
Chamber Will Back Memorial and Auditorium Plan
The Chamber of Commerce in Council Bluffs approves a city auditorym style memorial and a wartime memorial complex. A city-wide committee will be formed to study design, location, and cost with input from local groups. A rail-crossing repair push and greater police protection are requested. A veterans hospital at $2,000,000 is under study with a special committee to assist. Wartburg College relocation to Council Bluffs is discussed.
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Council Bluffe
Score
W. A. Byers
Council Bluffs
Veterans T. B. Hospital
Presdent
Floyd Hughes
Earl Miller
Wartburg College
Waverly, i
Gomer Bluffs
Sare Waele
President to Entertain Gen Eisenhower
General Dwight D Eisenhower will be guest of honor at a Washington dinner on the eighteenth as part of ceremonies celebrating the homecoming. The year and additional details remain unclear but the event marks a return to the community.
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Gen. Eisenhower
Washington
Dovight D. Eisenhower
Nolise
Hidden Shangri La valley found after wartime air crash
Mysterious valley in Hollandia New Guinea is traced after a crash that killed 21 of 24 aboard. Paratroopers and Filipina aircrew aim to rescue a WAC and two airmen, building a glider field 154 miles southwest of Hollandia. Survivors say food and medicine dropped, natives show cautious hospitality.
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Ralph Morton
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Shangri-la
WAC
Manila
Associated¢ Press
Dean Schedler
Galley
Oranje
Patton Hopes to Fight in Pacific
General Patton returned to the United States from Europe amid a hero's welcome in Boston. He told newsmen he sincerely hoped to fight the Japanese and hoped for a short leave to visit his sister in Los Angeles. He declined to discuss future assignments and spoke of faith at St. Gabriel's Church.
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Boston
Lpi
George 5
Patton
Bedford
Los Angeles
3Rd Army
United States
Europe
Pacific
St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church
Weather Outlook for Councy Bluffs Area
The U S Weather Bureau notes mostly cloudy conditions with light rain possible Friday afternoon through Saturday. Daytime highs near 74 rising to cooler with variable precipitation across eastern and western Iowa. Nebraska shows gradually warming temps then cooling later with thunderstorms and little rain later. Total precipitation around 15.28 inches with 4.56 inches excess.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Councy Bluffs
Iowa
Nebraska
Aerial Rescue Group Saves 2300 Lives in the Pacific
Russell Brines profiles the 5th Air Force Sth Emergency Rescue Group in Luzon. The unit tracks 2300 rescues since last September, counting airmen saved at sea as they guard bombers and fighters across the Southwest Pacific. The base office keeps a wartime life total, using flying boats, B-17s, crash boats, transports, snowwrines and destroyers on call.
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Russell Brines
5Th Airforce
Luzon
Sth
Sth Air Force
Southwest Pacific
Japan
B-Card Motorists Ceiling Increased This June
About 35 percent of the nations 8 553 200 B card motorists will qualify for more supplementary gasoline when the ration ceiling rises to 680 miles a month on June 11. OPA estimates around 3 600 000 B card holders need higher regional ceilings. The 640 mile uniform maximum will replace current top allotments. East 325, Midwest 475, far west 400. The increase depends on occupational driving needs but total rations cannot exceed the new call ing. B drivers already served should not apply. They will get a 50 percent increase in rations effective June 22. B-6 and C supplemental coupons expire June 30 and may be exchanged for new stamps. Windshield B and T markers no longer required.
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Washington
UPI
Bcard
OPA
East
Midwest
Far West
Max McCullough
B Motori
Good Sailing Seen for Monetary Pact
Washington Sen Capper predicts quick Senate approval of the Bretton Woods plan with broad backing after House approval 345 to 18. Senate Banking Committee to start hearings next week as Senator George says House amendments address criticisms and lessen opposition.
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Washington
Bretton Woods
Capper
Republican
Kansas
Senate
House
Senate Banking Committee
George
Georgia
Haiti
Meat Scarcity to Continue in Fall
Washington reports the government expects only a small rise in meat supplies for October to December, with a 3-ounce per civilian increase over summer levels. Total 1945 meat output to about 22.5 billion pounds, with large portions already allocated. Eggs, a key substitute, will also be tight, keeping civilian supplies under pressure.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Bureau of Sericultural Economics
War Food Administration
Statistical Agency
WPA
Economics Bureau
Red Oak Woman Told Her Husband Is Alive
Red Oak woman Mrs. Reifschneider had been told by the government her husband Pyt Donald Reifschneider was killed in action. The War Department later advised she that he is alive in a hospital overseas and has been hospitalized since March. She had no direct word from him.
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Red Oak
Pyt Donald _Reifschneider
Reifschneider
War Department
Truman Chooses Bradley to Lead Veterans Affairs
President Truman tapped four star general Omar Bradley to head the Veterans Administration, succeeding Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines who retires to a post offered by the president. Bradley, 52, led the 12th Army Group in Europe and will assume VA duties within 30 to 60 days after finishing his current assignment.
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D. Harold Oliver
Washington
Truman
Omar N. Bradley
Tnce
General Bradley
12Th Army Group
Europe
Moberly
Frank T. Hines
Hines
Veterans Administration
West
Midwest
John B. Hutson
Kentucky
Paul M. Herzog
New York City
National Labor Relations Board
H. A. Millis
Herzog
New York
Navy
Capitol Hill
Congresment
Trumen
Bradley
17Th Army Group
White
Germany
Finis
Normandy
Reich
Rain Forecast Low Rivers Hold Overnight Iowa Weather
Weather bureau projects light rain across the state through Friday night with temperatures near the mid sixties and a high of 64 on Thursday. Some towns report trace to 0.4 inches of rain while others log higher totals as river stages remain high and forecast to fall over the weekend.
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Weather Bureau
Rai
Des Moines
Aaid
Iowa
Keokuk
Cherokee
Burlington
Lamont
Miss Mittie Pyle Resigns From Abraham Lincoln High
Miss Mittie Pyle, longtime world history instructor at Abraham Lincoln High School, resigned Thursday. She plans a Monday departure for Oakland, California to visit her sister Mrs. L A Gray, with uncertain plans afterward. A Council Bluffs High School graduate, she began teaching in 1898 and has served continually at the school.
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Mittie Pyle
Abraham Lincoln High School
Miss Pyle
D. Maiden
Blure
Oakland
Calif
L. “A. Gray
Council Bluffs
California
Miss
Truman aims for big three meeting within 40 days
President Truman said he expects to meet with Stalin and Churchill within 40 days to discuss world affairs and rejected France’s bid for a big five conference on the Middle East. He argued the Levant issue could be handled at a lower level and that the core meeting would include only the United States Russia and Britain.
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Washington
Truman
Stalin
Joan
France
United States
Russia
Britain
Middle Caat
Syria
Lebanon
Travel Restrictions to the Continued Warnings Amid War Mobilization
President Truman urged Americans to stay at home and warned that government controls could be imposed if needed. He did not expect action but said restrictions on large gatherings and extra equipment for sports would remain. In the next ten months about 3,000,000 men are to be returned from Europe, each requiring up to seven train trips.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Nazis Lese 700 Subs in Atlantic Battle
The Atlantic battle cost the Allies dearly as U boats sank hundreds of ships and caused heavy losses in lives and materiel. President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill warned that the struggle hung in the balance at its peak, while U boats reportedly sank less than one of every 1 000 ships convoyed by the US Atlantic Fleet.
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Washington
Batte
Atlantic
Truman
Churchill
United States‘Allantic
Yanks Enter on Final Phase of Okinawa War
American forces press into the last phase of the Okinawa campaign as Japanese troops in the Naha Shuri Yonahara line face heavy resistance. Reports show 46,324 Japanese killed since April 1 with 4,805 added in the past week, while Tokyo questions the battle’s impact on the overall war.
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Okinawa
Hamilton W. Esron
SAAM
Japan
Naha-Shuri-Yonahara
Wo 6Th
1St Marine
Itoman Town
Oroku Peninsula
Yaeju-Dake Heights
Itoman
Hanagusuku
Tokyo
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan May Abandon Parliamentary Rule and War Effort
News reports say Japan may suspend Parliament and let Admiral Suzuki govern by decree to meet intensifying U S air raids and impending Okinawa falls. Air strikes hit southern bases as Chinese forces push in Burma and Indochina, with Nipponese losses and new battlefield actions across Asia.
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Japan
Leonard Milliman
Associated ‘Press
Okinawa
Tokyo
U. S
Borneo
Philippines
U.S
Bayombong
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Southwest Pacific
Domei
Adm
Kantaro Suzuki
Bares Prove Fatal IOWA CITY incident fatality
Louis Good, an attendant at a Negro gan station, died early Friday after an alcohol explosion burned him the previous Thursday. Authorities report the blaze occurred during fueling and the investigation continues.
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Bares
Iowa City
Louis Good+ win
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