US Moves Toward Mediator Role in World Peace
Secretary of State Stettinius frames US policy toward closer Soviet relations and a mediator role among powers as UN efforts to preserve peace hinge on big powers working together. He warns that a world war could erupt if the veto system fails, but says the five great nations seek peace not war and predicts success for the conference.
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John M. Hightower
San Francisco
Llp
Stettinius
Russia
United States
United Nations
Brettinius
China
Britain
France
World Organization
Organization For Peace
Arabein
Syria
London
Middle East
Moscow
Harry Hopkins
Joseph Davies
Truman
Europe
Stettining
Senate
Soviet Union
Stettinus
Security Council
Yalta
Foreign Munister Herebert Ver
Evatt
Australia
Soviet Schoolboys Called for Army Training Starting June 1
All Soviet youths in eighth and ninth grades aged 15 to 16 have been called for army training set to begin June 1, announced Monday.
English Casualties Exceed Million War Losses Reported
Prime Minister Churchill announced that British Empire forces suffered 1,128,315 casualties in the war, including 307,201 killed. He noted civilian losses at 60,585 killed and 86,173 seriously injured with about 150,000 slightly injured.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Britain
Memorial Day Observances Across Iowa Mark WWII Losses
Memorial Day observances across Iowa commemorate World War II and Civil War veterans. In Council Bluffs and cities such as Ottumwa, Waterloo, Muscatine, Dubuque, and others, parades services and grave decorations occur, with Iowa’s remaining Civil War veterans dwindling to seven and several listed by name with ages.
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Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County
Bayliss Park
Towa
Ottumwa
Michael Franz
Wapello County
Waterloo
Boone
Max van Horn
Cedar Rapids
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Perry
Raccoon River Bridge
Grand Army of the Republics
Navy
Muscatine
Mississippi River
Dubuque
M. M. Hoffmann
Army
O'Reilly General Hospital
Springfield
Creston
Fort Dodge
Davenport
Carroll
Iowa
Widen Breach in Japanese Corridor
Chinese forces push along the highway toward Indo China, reaching Shulo over 60 miles from Yungning. The main corridor breach length grows to about 120 miles with fierce fighting near Pinyang, 60 miles northeast of Yungning, as heavy casualties are reported. Observers speculate Japanese withdrawal paths toward Liuchow or toward Canton and Hong Kong.
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Chungking
Indo- China
Shulo
Yungning
Nanning
High Command
Japan
China-Indo-China
Pinyang
Yunguing
Liuchow
Canton
Hong Kong
Celebration to Honor Patton and Doolittle in Los Angeles
City officials plan a grand event honoring Generals Patton and Doolittle to be held in June. General Patton will fly in from Europe, with his San Gabriel hometown noted, while General Doolittle is also expected to attend. Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall has informed Mayor Fletcher Bowron of their likely participation.
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Los Anghhes
George S. Patton
James Doolittle
George C. Marshal
Army
Fletcher Bowron
Patton
Europe
San Gabriel
Doolittle
French Empire in Grave Danger in Levant Showdown
London officials warn France to withdraw Levantreinforcements to avert wider Arab world turmoil affecting Pacific war aims. Syria and Lebanon clash with French forces as Egypts Nokbashi backs independence, while Arab League pledges resistance. Diplomats seek peaceful settlement amid empire-wide fears.
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London
Anthony Eden
France
Levant
Romney Wheeler
Syria
Lebanon
Arab League
Washington
Middle East
Britain
Egypt
Iraq
Palestine
Mahmoud Fahmy el Nokrashi Pasha
Arab League of Seven States
Algema
Tunisia
Morocco
Indo-China
Gen Bradley aide weds on Iowa girl in Luxemburg cathedral
In Luxemburg Catholic cathedral on Monday, May 1, Mins Odette Stoddard of Mason City Iowa wed the aide to Gen Omar N Bradley commander of the 22nd army group. The bride, a Red Cross clubmobile worker, was given away by Gen Bradley. Attendants wore gowns sent from the United States.
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Luxemburg
Loub D
War Dam Capture Threaten Manila Water Supply
Manila faced a looming crisis as a 36th division mechanized column advanced on the dam. The attempted seizure would threaten the city’s water, with forces moving in a frontal assault and distress spreading as the situation developed Tuesday.
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Manila
Agencies docket rye corner takedown hearing set
Washington reports that two corporations and four individuals are docketed for a July 2 hearing on charges they cornered the Chicago rye market in May 1944. General Foods Corporation of New York and executive vice president Charles W. Metcalf, Daniel F. Rice and Company of Chicago, and Daniel F. Rice, Lawrence J. Ryan and Philip R. O'Brien are named. Metcalf, Rice and Ryan deny involvement. O'Brien was in Chicago and not available for comment.
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Washington
Waer Food
Chicago
General Foods Corporation of
New York
Charles W. Metcalf
Daniel F. Rice and Company of
Daniel F. Rice
Lawrence J. Ryan
Philip R. O’brien
Chicago Board of Trade
Metcalf
Hice and Ryan
Lord Haw Haw Put Under Arrest Near Flensburg
LUENEBURG Germany. Scar-faced William Joyce better known as Lord Haw Haw is shot in the thigh and captured at the Danish border near Flensburg Mentag. His wife is also captured. Joyce, 39 and a native of New York, faces treason charges as British officers report he would stand trial. He broadcast German propaganda over a wide network during the war and was dubbed Lord Haw Haw by British papers.
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Lueneburg
Germany
William Joyce
Hew Haw
Goch Yel
Flensburg Mentag
Joyce
Second Army
Lord Haw Haw
New York
Goebbels
London University
London
British
Michael Joyce
Wis
Miles C Dempsty
2Nd Army
Grand Adm
Karl Doenitz
Adolf Hitler
Hamburg
Associated Press
Preston Grover
Berlin
Ireland
England
Soyce
Grover
British Fascists
Communiata
Oswald Mosley
British Union of Fascists
Britain
Great Britain
London Daily Mail
Tower of London
Jonah Barrington
London Daily Express
Bava
Degree Gives President Honorary Doctorate
Washington president Truman received his first honorary degree as chief executive. Representative Durham of North Carolina presented him with the degree of Doctor of Law from Elon College in North Carolina.
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Washington
Truman
Rep
Durham
D-Nc
Lawn
Elon College
North Carolin
Reconversion Relaxation Boosts Postwar Building Activity
The War Production Board eased limits on civilian construction as wartime controls ease. Home and business builders gain higher spending caps and broader access to materials, aiming for postwar use. Full relief depends on resource availability, with July 1 set for broader steel, copper, and aluminum access.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
WPE
Arepa
Maerials
Bride of Four Days Seizes Hunger Strike in Jail
A 17 year old bride Betty Lou Camm Dice, married four days, refuses to eat after her mother obtained a warrant charging her with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She and husband Harold Dice, 26, are jailed pending a June hearing. Betty Lou vows not to eat until reunited with him.
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Walkegandl
Betty Lou Camm Dice
Harold
Veterans hospital planned for western Iowa area
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines disclosed a federal program for 72 veteran facilities including a 300 bed hospital in western Nebraska or nearby Iowa. Local groups in Council Bluffs and Omaha petitioned for a veterans hospital here as part of overall bed additions through 1947, with detailed capacity figures and weather summaries following.
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Estern
Nebraska
Western Owl
Frank T. Hines
Fender
Veterans Administration
Washington
Federal Board of Hospitalization
Council Bluffs
The
American War Dads
Hines
Bureau
Omaha
Iowa
General Medical and Surgical
Des Moines
Lincoln
Neb
Sioux Fails
Save
Wate
Sharp Change in Employment Seen By Krug
Washington based on Krug’s monthly munitions report, war work declines will cut 2.6 million by June to August, with 1.1 million net unemployment. Six months hence 4.9 million to be released from war activity, 4.1 million absorbed civilianly, leaving 1.3 million unemployed. Krug cites a May 12 program slashing to 55.0 million dollars and anticipated further readjustments ahead.
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Karl B. Bauman
Washington
UPI
Oae
WPB
J. A. Mkrug
Krug
Krog
Army Air Force
Amst's Given Twenty Five Years Robbery Plea
Marvey K. Arnet, 23, of Fortland Ore, pled guilty to robbery with aggravation before Judge J A Murray in district court. He was sentenced to 25 years at Fort Madison penitentiary for the robbery of two Safe Way stores. As he left, Arnet muttered Twenty two years while handcuffed.
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Marvey K. Arnet
Fortland
Ore
J. A. Murray
Land
Fort Madison
Arnat
Hare
Senator Wilson Backs Soldier Benefit Bill in Senate Trade
Senator George Wilson of Iowa filed a bill in the Senate Tuesday to grant returning veterans on furlough transportation home and a subsistence allowance. The measure would set quarters and subsistence at the same rate as official business travel for the soldier.
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Washington
Senate
George Wilson
Iowa
Forts Stage Heavy Attack on Yokohama
Allied reports describe the Yokohama daylight raid by B-29 Superfortresses, lighting industrial zones and causing substantial damage as 500 escorts supported 3,200 tons of fire bombs. Imperial briefings admitted considerable damage while American forces pressed advances on Okinawa and surrounding fronts.
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Guam
Superfort
Japan
Yokohama
Tokyo
Lesnard Milliman
Associated Press
U. S
Okinawa Island
Okinawa
Naha
Helf
Shur
Ineystone
Chungking
Linchow
China
Dutch Indies
Europe
Pacific
Kawasaki
Mustang
Iwo Jims
Kantaro Suzuki
Yicline
Mikado
Nipporese
Bar~ Rela
6Th Division
7Th Infantry
Shuri
Int Marine
77Th
Santa Fe
Philippines
U. 82Th
Lugon
Manila
Wawa Dam
Teraken
Boreno Coast
Bougainville
Soloroonk
Burma
Stmcle
Mattor
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