Tokyo Reports New Invasion by Americans
Tokyo reports American amphibious actions near Okinawa and Kume island with units storming beaches west of Okinawa and Kerama islands between them. U S military operations include air strikes on targets in Japan and Luzon while Japanese forces suffer ship losses and high casualties. The report notes the fall of Japanese commanders and continued allied advances in the Philippines and Borneo theater.
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Leonard Milliman
Kume
Okinawa
Tokyo
Philippines
Japan
Smadier
Ryukyu Clan
Kerama Islands
U. S. 10Th Army
Mitsuru Ushijima
Ainu Cho
Adin
Minoru Ota
Moi Gay
Calvin Thorton Durgin
Utsube
Nagoya
Iwo Jima
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Tuguigarao
11Th
Borneo
Balikpapan
Threat of Rain Forecast With Remaining Warm Humid Days
Weather service warns of possible showers through Wednesday with warm humid conditions persisting. Reports list local rainfall amounts including Forest City 1.14 inches Cherokee 4.08 Pocahontas 0.12 Charles City 0.38 Alta 0.70 Decorah 0.66 Sioux City 0.23 Mason City 0.26 Davenport 0.15 Cedar Rapids 0.11 and other totals across the region. Highs and lows vary with temperature around 67 on Wednesday and 57 in Forest City on Wednesday morning.
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Latiehes
Weather Bureau
Onawa
Forest City
Cherokee
Pocahontas
Charles City
Alta
Decorah
Towa
Mason City
Creston
Davenport
Dubuque, li
Cedar Rapids
Turkey Turns to America and Britain as Relations With Soviets Strained
Turkish officials, shaken by rumors of Moscow pressing changes to the Montreux convention over the Dardanelles, look to the United States and Britain for reaction ahead of the big three meeting. Ankara cautions that any alteration would require a multilateral agreement among major powers, while noting possible Soviet bases and Kars questions emerged during talks on a Turkish Soviet pact.
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Frank O'Brien
Ankara
Turkey
UPI
Huasia
Montreux
Dardanelles
United States
Britain
Washington
London
Moscow
Kars Ani
Soviet Union
Turkish charges of leaning toward axis stir debate
Soviet journalist J Yerbashev on a Wednesday column in Red Star accuses Turkey of favoring fascist policy during the war. He argues aggressors were defeated and Turkey narrowly escaped mobbing had Hitler won. Yermashev warns Turkish groups and the press to show modesty in discussing world events. He notes Husein Yalchin proposed a strategy to pit great powers against each other.
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Museu
J. Yerbashev
Turkey
Hitler
Yermashev
Red Star
Yalchin
Husein Yalchin
Delegates Back in Capital to Enthusiastic Welcome
Secretary of State Stetinius and the US delegation to the San Francisco Conference were greeted warmly by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington. Senator Connally, Vandenberg, British Ambassador Halifax, and Dean Virginia Gildersleeve attended. Stetinius said the United Nations charter is complete and ratification must follow to bring the world organization into being.
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Washington
Stetlinius
United States
San Francisco
Senate Foreign Relatons Committee
Connally
D.-Tex
West Cozat
Stettinius
Vandenberg
Ri- Mich
Lord Halifex
Virginia Gildersleeve
Barnard College
NCIO
Stetfinius
United Nations
World Organization
Oman Tookson
Senate
Associated Press
Foreign Relations Committee
Van
United Nations Preparatory Commission
London
United Nations Organization
Truman
Trumat
United St. Russia
Britain
China
France
Mexico
Brazil
Saudi Arabia
Czechoslovakia
South Africa
Crop Outlook in Iowa Improves Says Iowa Service
The Iowa livestock reporting service reports a brighter crop outlook after four days of favorable weather, with improvements in severe sections. southern counties still lag. Labor shortages persist, delaying field work but not expected to hinder cropping large acreage. Replanting corn continues, substitutes like buckwheat and sudan grass are planted, soybeans drawing to a close, haymaking underway but some rain damaged harvest, and clover and timothy hay not expected until after July 2. The small grains oats and wheat head rapidly but will not reach typical maturity dates due to prior slow growth.
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Sudan
Iowa Masons Bay 750000 of Bonds
Davenport UPI A subscription of 3750,000 to the Seventh War Bonds was announced Wednesday by Milo J. Gabriel of Clinton, chairman of the grand charity fund, grand judge of A. F. and A. M. The fund is a reserve of the grand lodge of Iowa for aiding Masonic lodge members in the state.
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Davenport
UPI
Milo J. Gabriel
Clinton
Grand Charity Fund
A. F
A. M
Grand Lodge of
Tows
Masonic Lodges
Iowa
Save W
Barkley Predicts San Francisco Charter Ratified by Aug. 15
UPI reports Major Leader Barkley of Kentucky expects Senate ratification of the San Francisco charter by August 15 at the latest, perhaps as early as August 1. He told reporters he would take more action only after weighing conscience and public duty.
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Washington
UPI
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
San Francisco
Food Shortages Mounting Higher
Food shortages grow in major cities as grain sugar margarine lard and some canned fruits and vegetables run scarce. Meat is less available in June, with 35 months of data showing few big city stores carrying frankfurters or Bologna. UNRRA boosts relief shipments to Europe, but warns of a winter shortage. UNRRA officials set minimum food needs for 1945 at 2.423 million metric tons. Back home, meat shortages widen by region. bakeries in Philadelphia cut production due to sugar limits, causing some shops to close temporarily.
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Associated Press
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Italy
Switzerland
UNRRA
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Haiti
Poland
Yugoslavia
Europe
Roy P. Hendrickson
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Philadelphia
Pope
British Troops Press Toward Berlin Linking With U.S. Column
The British radio said British occupation troops and armored units began their march toward Berlin on Wednesday. Near Berlin, the British would link up with the American column, the broadcast added.
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New York
Berlin
Jap Leaders in Hara Kiri Before Troops
The bodies of Lt. Gen. Ushijima and Lt. Gen. Cho Isamu were found in shallow graves at Okinawa's southeastern tip after performing seppuku. The two commanders, identified by Col. Nist, died by ritual suicide as U.S. forces controlled the island.
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10Th Army Headquarters
Okinawa
Cecil W. Nist
Salter
Ore
24Th Army Corps
Mitsuru Ushijima
32Nd Japanese Armty
Isamu Cho
Ushijima
Cho
10Th Army
Mabuni
Ocean
Cit
Cho Isamu
Simon Schivar Buckner, Jr
U. S. 10Th Army
Buckner
Gen
Ushijime
Chio
Adm
Minoru Ota
Islaad
Oroku Peninsula
Allies Led to Cache of Radium in Bavarian Mountains
Dr Karl F Weiss head of Berlin radiology lab fed a party of American and German scientists 21.8 grams of radium buried in the Bavarian mountains valued at 2,000,000 dollars. He offered to show Charlie Chaplin's The Dictator after revealing the radium to the Americans.
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Bad Tolz
Germany
Karl F. Weiss
Reich Radio-Activity Laboratory
Berlin
Ag & Teward
Charlie Chaplin
County Near to Quota Failure in War Bond Drive
West Potawatamie and East Potawatamie counties fall short of their E bond quotas as Iowa counties lag in sales. West Potawatamie stands at 67.2 percent of its goal, needing $468,384.25 more, with Audubon and Carroll leading the state. Iowa must meet $82 million in E bond sales by month’s end to reach the drive target.
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Pottawattamie County
Council Bluffs
West Pottawattamie County
Hiner P. Duel
Wer Finance
Rhonds
West Pottawattamie
East Pottawattamie County
Audubon
Carroll
Crawford
Harrison
Mills
Taylor
Fage
Shelby
Fremont
Gass
Monona
Montgomery
Iowa
Des Moines
Weather Forecast for Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Weather outlook for Council Bluffs shows considerable cloudiness Wednesday with likely showers and thunderstorms Thursday. Temperatures near 85 high and 62 low Wednesday night, cooler Thursday. Scattered showers in northwest and south east portions Wednesday night into Thursday, with high 70s in west and lower 80s in east. Total precipitation 1.8 inches. excess 3.74 inches.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Nemraskar
Strike Situation Grows as U S Idle Workers Near 100000
The nationwide idle by strikes and work stoppages neared 100000 with Washington labor agencies anxious over the rise. Detroit reports over 40000 idle as labor disputes mount. Chicago sees a brief end to an 11 day truck drivers walkout after wage gains. soldiers drove and guarded lines. Union leaders call the strike wave dangerous in wartime and likely to prompt new congressional action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Detroit
CLO
Europe
Chicago
Chicago Truck Drivers Union
AFL International Brotherhood of Team Isters
War Labor Board
Richard T. Frankensteer
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Motor City
All Word Motor Company
Packard Motor Company
Budd Wheel Company
Hudson Motor Car Company
United Rubber
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
CIO Glass
Wante Paner
Roosevelt Stamp Placed on Sale in Washington
A new 3-cent stamp bearing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s portrait, the first of four to be issued as a memorial, went on sale in Washington. Postmaster General Frank C. Walker presented the first sheet to former Secretary of State Cordell Hull at Hull’s home, his first public appearance since hospital release. Availability nationwide begins Thursday.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roobeevit
Frank C. Walker
Cordell Hall
Hall
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Bid to ratify UN Charter gains pace at San Francisco
Delegates pressed for rapid ratification after President Truman urged the world to treat the UN charter as a living document. Truman prepared to carry the measure to Washington to seek Senate approval, with officials predicting several nations will ratify this year. The signing of the charter continued despite late sessions, as leaders from major powers praised its promise and debated its effectiveness in sustaining global peace.
Truman Promises Important Word At Independence Visit
President Truman plans a Wednesday press conference in Memorial Hall Independence after returning from San Francisco where he urged action to make the international peace charter a living thing. He may appeal to the Senate as he awaits his first return home since Roosevelt’s death, with Margaret joining him and a Independence delegation to meet him in Kansas City.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Salt Lake City
Truman
Independente
Charles G.ross
Kansas City
Ross
Memorial Hall
Independence
Utah
San Francisco
Senate
United Nations
Washington
Rosissiny
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sugar shortage prompts four point government plan
WHICAGA national association of retail grocers proposes a four point program to ease a civilian sugar shortage. secretary Mira R. M. Kiefer says imports should rise exports fall and domestic beet and cane sugar production should increase while relief supplies are not duplicated. beet sugar crop could reach 1,200,000 tons if manpower is available. Bart Waate Paper-
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Whicaga
National
Association of Retail
Mira
R. M. Kiefer
Tanager
Iowans Given Loans to Extend REA Lines
AVES MOVIES four cooperatives across three counties received 350000 in loans from the Rural Electrification Administration to extend electricity service. Buena Vista county cooperative Storm Lake and South Crawford cooperative Daniaon each drew 100000, and Eastern Town Light and Power cooperative Davenport received 150000.
Nebraska Tornado Ravages Beaver Crossing Area
Seward County Nebraska farmers suffered property damage totaling thousands as a tornado struck east of Beaver Crossing during a heavy rain and hail storm. No lives were lost, but the storm wrecked multiple farms, including the Martin Madison place by the Blue River and the Sterling Stauffer farm where all buildings except the house were blown away.
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Beaver Crosma AG
Seward County
Nebraska
Beaver Crossing
D. J. Dorman
Martin Madison
Ilue River
Sterling Stauffer
Doubt Story of American Massacre
A Korean deserter from the Japanese army claimed to have witnessed the massacre of 154 American and British prisoners on Shikoku Island. He asked that his name be withheld to protect his family, saying he was sent to China after the alleged massacre and surrendered early this year. Allied authorities questioned why Japan would allow a witness to be transferred to China for surrender.
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Chungking
Shikoku
China
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