Truman says allied reconversion plans share burden with Japan focus
The president announced that American British and Canadian reconversion efforts will be coordinated to share the Pacific war burden fairly. The nineteenth lend-lease report notes reductions in allied war production and shifts toward civilian output while maintaining military needs to defeat Japan.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Germany
United States
Britain
Canada
Ayoad
Japan
Russia
Europe
North
Africa
China
Mediterranean
India
Australia
New Zenda
Latin America
United Kingdom
England
Briar Import Sparks Cheer Over First Shipments in Years
Britain greeted a southern France arrival of briar for the first time in five years. An estimated 49 tons will yield about 250000 pipes for British makers and users, marking a notable export-import milestone.
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France
Urge Farmers to Support Drive for War Bonds
Elmer Juel drive chairman urged Iowa farmers and rural residents to boost E bond purchases as results show only four rural communities near their quota. State reports indicate rural areas trail EB sales with a $36 million goal and about $2.7 million needed in E bonds this week to hit the target.
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West Fottawattamie County
Tuasday
Elmer Juel
Drive
Juel
State War Finance Committee
Towa
Iowa
W. L. Clark
Finance Committee
Iowa War Finance Committee
Wace Paper
German Prisoners Freed to Return to Farms and Factories
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force announced that selected groups of German prisoners and disarmed volkssturm personnel, along with some women prisoners, would be discharged and sent back to civilian life to support occupation efforts. They revert to full civilian status and remain under civilian occupation rules.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied
Pris
Volkssturm
Eisenhower
Smith Named as New Mormon Head
George Albert Smith, 75, selected as president of the Latter Day Saints church in Salt Lake City after Heber J Grant's death. He is senior member of the Council of Twelve Apostles and a descendant of Hiram Smith, brother of Joseph Smith.
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George Albert Smith
Pottawattamie Hallow
Latter Day Saints
Salt Lake City
Council of Twelve Apostles
Heber J
Grant
Latter Day
Saints
Hiram] Smith
Joseph Spi
Postage Stamp Racket Tells How Hitler Amassed Wealth
A. L Goldberg reports that Hitler profited from a 24 pfennig overcharge on stamps used by Germans to show loyalty. The scheme funded his private estate and Hoffmann built wealth distributing Hitler images. Occupation stamps will replace the overprints and some stamps will be preserved as historical curiosities.
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A. L Goldberg
Rosenheds
Germany
USA
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Hitter
Berchtes
Igaden
Reich
Heinrich Hoffman
Fuhrer
Hitler
Hoffman
Ialao
Hotfman
Bave Waris Pep
W. Iowa Storm Relief After Destructive Monday Winds
Storms lashed western Iowa with high winds and heavy rains Monday causing widespread damage. Council Bluffs reported 1.46 inches of rain and basements flooded, while Burlington and Redfield areas suffered structural damage and injuries. Telephones and lines were interrupted. several towns reported up to 63 mph winds and farm losses. Clean up continued Tuesday as residents expected calmer, sunny weather.
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Bureau
Countil Bluffs
Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Tse
Stanton
Villiscawas
Belfast
Villinen
Burlington
Red Oak- Willisea
Redfield
Mississippi River
Atantic
Rex Murphy
Dallas County
Evan A Burger
Waterloo
Dexter
Joey Murphy
Ens
Keith
Murphy
Yowa Falls
Fort Dodge
Charles City
Cherokee
Decorah
Inwood
Mason City
Spencer
Alta
Sioux City
Forest City
War Criminals Sentenced by Romanian Peoples Court
The Bucharest radio reported that on Tuesday the Romanian peoples' court sentenced 28 of the first group of war criminals to death, while eight others received prison terms and civil rights losses. One defendant was acquitted.
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Romanian Peoples’ Court
Bucharest Radio
Sava Warts Faper
Gasoline Truck Crash Causes Major Spill In Des Moines
A Star Transport gasoline truck from Pella collided with Elmer J. Collins Des Moines car on an outlying street. Four thousand gallons of gasoline spilled into the gutter. Collins was semi conscious at a hospital. Lawrence Mane, 32, driver of the truck, was uninjured.
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Des Moines
Upi
Tueday
Star Transport Company
Pella
Snmuttimobile
Elmer J. Collis
Collis
Lawrence Mane
Call Stettinius Back to Capital
Secretary of State Stettinius leaves the United Nations conference for a hurried Washington trip to confer with President Truman on war end crisis in Europe. The conference moves toward an early June finish while debates over the world security charter and voting rules continue, with discussions of a joint allied occupation plan and postwar peace conferences.
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John M. Hightower
San Francisco
Stettinius
Washington
Trueman
Europe
Rijssen
Holland
Berlin
Russia
Britain
United States
Truman
Statlin
Red Army
Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
France
Poland
Austria
Dumbarton Oaks
Jone
Roosevelt
Stalin
Yalta
China
World Security Council
Australia
Bolivia
Argentina
Brazil
Sugar Reserve Shortage Prompts Call for Single Sugar Administrator
A House food committee report urges a single administrator to coordinate sugar controls across agencies as reserves near depletion. It cites anticipated 1946 shortages, possible appointees Earl Wilson and Joshua Bernhart, and recommends tighter rationing, production boosts, and review of foreign commitments.
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Howard Flieger
Washington
House Food Committee
Earl Wilson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Joshua Bernhart
War Food Administration
Wilson
National Sugar Refining Company
Truman
Britain
United States
OPA
OPA P
WFA
War Food
Weather Forecast for Council Bluffs and Nebraska Regions
The U S Weather Bureau reports fair conditions for Council Bluffs and vicinity with warmer spells on Tuesday and Wednesday. Nebraska expects warming into Saturday with rain and cooler afterward, with precipitation totals moderate overall. Hourly readings show highs near 65 and a daily total precipitation of 0.33 inches.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Council
Bluffs and
Iowa
Nebraska
Deferment policy aids men over twenty nine in useful work
The draft director announced indefinite deferments for men over 29 in useful work and a heavier call for younger men. Occupational deferment will be liberalized for ages 30 through 37, with no renewal at six months. Beginning July 1 the draft call will drop about 25 percent to 50,000.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Europe
Hershey
England Heads Toward General Election in Britain
Britain braces for a general election as Prime Minister Churchill faces Labor withdrawal from the coalition government. Labor adopts a 12 point socialist program and supports dissolution of parliament, with election likely set for July 5 or July 11 depending on timing.
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London
Priow
Churchill
Britain
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Commonwealth of Great Britain
George V
James F. King
Labor
King George VI
Churchil
Benlef
Goverrnment
Ciermoans
Dunkerque
Dapan
Des Moines Price Chief Denies Controls Hurt Business
Walter D. Hine, director of the Des Moines district OPA, says price controls have not stifled business. He argues both small and large firms prosper under wartime controls and cites ample adjustment provisions to ease hardship, warning that abandoning controls could trigger a buying spree and mass closures.
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Des Moines
Walter D. Hine
Price Administration
First Army Selected for War Against Japan
The U S First Army under Gen Courtney Hodges, famed for breaking the Siegfried Line and linking with the Elbe forces, is slated to redeploy from Europe to the Pacific. Truman signals overwhelming force to strike Japan as Hodges and Patton rise in rank.
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Black Curry
Washington
Courtney H. Hodges
Hodges
United
France
Belgium
Germany
Ist
Paris
Siegfried Ine
Reich
Ist Aeteed
Remagen
Rhine
Hodge
Elbe
Huck
War Department
1St
Japan
Normandy
Zanas
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Truman
United States
Session of Congress
Ling
Winher
1St Army
Jake W. Lindsey
Lucedale
Miss
Army High Command
Slong
George S. Patton, Jr
George C. Marahall
Alaff
Hougen
Patton
Tae
Washing Machines Return to Retail With Auto Part Boost
The War Production Board says washing machines will be sold at gate rate this year along with more auto parts. A plan aims for 700 000 machines this year and lifts limits on home irons and driers. Output will depend on materials facilities and manpower. The plan for 700 000 machines in Q3 and Q4 is in proposal stage but approved by WPB officials.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Thurman Man Ends Life Near His Mother's Home
Ammos Wight, 32, shot himself Tuesday near his mother's Thurman residence. A .22 rifle bullet caused his death after months of illness. Survived by mother Nettis Wight two brothers Phc Mervin in the Philippines and LA Joseph in Little Rock Ark and three sisters Asenith Lonida and Mary all at home. Body at Reeves funeral home in Tebor with no arrangements yet.
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Thurman
Ammos Wight
Nettis Wight
Wight
Phc
Mervin Wight
Philippines
LA. Joseph Wight
Lite Rock
Ark
Asenith
Lonida
Mary
Formosa Hit in Heaviest Air Assault
Allied war reports detail the heaviest air strikes on Formosa in four months with U S bombers sinking ships and crippling air power. In the Philippines, ground forces clear central Luzon and press toward Mindanao while Australian and Dutch troops push toward Wewak and Cape Moem as enemy casualties mount.
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Formosa
Dean Schedler
Manila
Vpi
Formos
U. S
Luzon
Mindanao
Associated Pcean
Russell Brines
5Th Air Force Base
Formoes
Philippines
Ipodam
43Rd Division
Douglas Macarthur
Japan
Ase
Metropolitan
96Th Infantry Division
Wawadam
Sth
Tarskan
Borneo
Camp Borem
New Guinea
Cape Moem
Jast
Wewak
Dian
Sauri
Prince Alexander
Formoys
China Coast
French Indo-China
The
Solomons
Marines Strike Shuri Fortress From Three Sides
American infantry and marines pressed toward Shuri as Japanese defenses resisted on Bugle Loaf Hill. About 500 Japanese counter attacked, some in US uniforms, with heavy losses on both sides amid furious fighting. Two hundred Japanese killed, and many more accounted for after the repulse.
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Okinawa
U. S
Adm
Richmon Kelly
Turner
Roy Geiger
Guam
Shuri
Yonabary
4Th Marine Regiment
6Th Marine
Buger Loaf Hill
Reat
Victory Flag to Be Taken to Moscow
Dispatches from Germany report the Soviet victory banner atop the Reichstag will be returned to Moscow. The flag was hauled down Monday in ceremonial Berlin and replaced with a similar banner, fueling expectations of a Moscow victory parade.
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Moscow
Berlin
Germany
Roselan
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Baldwin B. Smith
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Commander
I Hitler
House Food Group
First Army
Whurman
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