Senate panel urges return of lend-lease arms for Pacific war
The Senate War Investigating Committee, led by Senator Kilgore, demands prompt recovery of lend-lease matériel from European allies for use in the Pacific. The report criticizes lack of action, urges maximum exploitation of all sources, and notes legal title rests with the United States.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating
Kilgore JD
Vad
United States
Germany
Pacific
Churchill Victory In British Voting Seen By Party
London AP dispatch reports Conservative press claiming victory for Churchill's government while Labour organs say Conservatives lost their absolute majority. Turnout near 80 percent, with results due July 28 after absentee ballots. predicts range of seat outcomes and mentions notable Conservative figures at risk.
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Don Doane London
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Daily Express
Commons
the Express
Anthony Eden
Clement Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Herbert Morrison
Ad- Mairalty
Brendan Bracken
James Grigg
National Insurance
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Butter point value may be decreased
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson said a study is underway to lower butter point values. He noted examination of butter supply against military and war service demand and possible government set aside reductions to enable more butter to reach American tables. The Agriculture Department is in talks with OPA on the issue.
New Air Mail Boxes Installed At Dothan Post Office
Postal authorities in Dothan install two new air mail and Special delivery letter boxes above the city mail slots to handle air letters as Eastern Air Lines resumes service. Postmaster Heard Saxon notes letters can be deposited up to 30 minutes before plane time, aiding sorting and timely mailing. Public cooperation urged to separate letters before deposit.
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Dothan
Eastern Air Lines
Saxon
Theair
Senate Postpones FEPC Finance Row Over Weekend
The Senate Appropriations Committee sidelined the War Agencies bill for the weekend after House cuts reduced the total from 752 million to 618 million in an effort to force FEPC funding. McKellar and Hyden aim to mediate with other leaders and seek a compromise to free funds for the War Production Board, War Shipping Administration, and Office of Defense Transportation. No action is planned before Monday due to missing committee members.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
War Agencies
House
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Fair Employment Practice Committee
Appropriations Committee
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D-Tenn
Hyden
D-Ariz
War Production Board
War Shipping Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
Bridges
R-Nh
Youth Arrested On Morals Charge Inabduct Case
A sixteen year old, L. C. Smith Jr., was arrested on a morals charge after allegedly taking a 2 1/2 year old girl from a downtown theater to an alley. He was released on a $500 bond. A soldier and wife found the child wandering and returned her to police. Doctors stated the child was not molested. The girl identified several men before picking Smith. she then reunited with her father in tears.
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Dothan
L. C. Smith, Jr
Exiled London Poles Call Army to Stay Loyal
London Polish government in exile appeals to about 250,000 troops to remain abroad rather than return home. Premier Arciszewski’s government vows to govern only through free elections, signaling continuation of the exiled regime despite limited recognition by Britain and the United States.
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Don Doane
London
Britain
United States
Legume
Tomasz Arciszewski
Polish Telegraph Agency
Arciszewski
Alabama school leaders back governor income tax plan
Alabama education leaders announced support for the administration’s income tax proposal with a special election set for October 2. Secretary Frank Grove of the Alabama Education Association and State School Superintendent E B Norton emphasized the measure’s importance for funding improvements, while noting potential revenue shifts and a cushion from the surplus trust fund. The Farm Bureau wants the existing ad valorem tax linkage preserved.
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Als
Alabama
Frank Grove
Alabama Education Association
AEA
E. B. Norton
Norton
Smatch
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Half of Nation's Pullman Space Goes Into Military Pool
Washington reports civilian Pullman space will be cut by at least half as redeployment to the military pool proceeds. About 1500 of the roughly 3000 civilian Pullmans will move to troop trains, with the military first call reducing civilian space by more than 50 percent.
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Washington
No soap rationing seen despite rising demand
Montgomery Alabama AP report says OPA director Irby Jones sees no sign of soap rationing though merchants report a sharp rise in demand. He urges housewives to buy only needed amounts after UNRRA director Lehman suggested listing soap for rationing.
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OPA
Irby Jones
South Alabama
Jones
UNRRA
Herbert Lehman
Navy Gets Tires Rolling At Akron Strike-Hit Plant
The first of 16 700 CIO United Rubber Workers reported for duty at Goodyear Tire plants in Akron as strikebound production resumes. Nationwide labor action idled 52 250 workers while Carnegie-Illinois Steel and Republic Steel disruptions threaten output. The War Labor Board ended New York City newspaper deliverer strikes, restoring service governmentwide.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
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Pennsylvania
Garnegie-Iinois Company
Republic Steel
New York City
War Labor Board
Nohe
Canada to resume meat rationing soon
Ottawa AP reports Prime Minister MacKenzie King announced Canada will re impose meat rationing shortly. Meat had not been rationed in the country since March 1944.
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Canada
MacKenze King
Oddly Ordinary Man Skews Appetite Records
An Army man from Southampton Massachusetts named Chester J Salvator is described as unusually voracious while remaining an average height and weight. Doctors cannot explain his extreme appetite despite detailed anecdotes including breakfasts of forty eggs and large quantities of toast milk coffee bacon and cereal.
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Chester J. Salvator
Southampton
Mass
Billy Johnston Wins War Bond Prize Contest
The Moysteen County War Finance Committee contest ended with Billy Johnston, 13, son of Mr and Mrs Aulney Johnston of Cowarts, sweeping the prizes. He sold seven E bonds totaling 8225 across Cowarts Dothan Ashford and Columbus. He earned two war bonds and three redeemable warrants plus a jeep and a model car for top performance in sales and volume. Houston County War Bond Chairman Robert Ramsey noted the lone entry but praised Billys achievement.
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Moysteen Country War Finance Committee
Billy Johnston
Aulney Johnston
Cowarts
Bily
Verde
Dothan
Ashford
Columbus
Robert Ramsey
War Bond
Houston County
Hadi
Billy
Navy Allows Jap Hospital Ship To Evacuate 974 Men
GUAM AP The U S Navy has permitted a Japanese hospital ship to evacuate 974 men from Wake Island where a Marine force held out early in the war. Adm Chester W Nimitz said 15 percent were tubercular 14 percent wounded and the rest malnourished. The Murray intercepted the Takuzaga Maru and a boarding party found 974 patients 400 Navy 484 Army aboard.
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U. S. Navy
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Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Japan
Murray
Wake Tuesday
Tie Murray
Garrson
Xick
B-29s Renew Jap Attack Near Balikpapan
Australian troops push through ruined areas toward the last Japanese held field in Southeast Borneo. The Seventh Australian Infantry occupies Mangger airfield after a five mile advance toward Samarinda oil fields fifty five air miles northeast of Balikpapan. Refineries and pumping stations are torched by retreating Japanese forces along the Balikpapan Samarinda pipeline.
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First Air Force Bares Discharge Racket Uncovered at Mitchel Field
The First Air Force announced a complex racket in which soldiers obtained fraudulent discharges and transfers from hot outfits. Payments ran to thousands of dollars, with civilians passing bribe money to military members at Mitchel Field to fake processing. Two officers and several men were held to confinement as court martial proceedings loom. investigation underway.
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Waller V. Radovich
Sas
Mein
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First Air Force
Air Force
Metropoliten
Mitchel Field
Truman Demands U S Spending Curb
President Truman ordered a thorough review of all department spending and urged prompt investigations of any balances with suspicion of misuse or careless handling. He praised a generally good financial record but pressed for vigorous disciplinary action against any mishandling, with no disclosed trigger for the memo.
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Washington
Presiment Triman
White House
FSA Office to Close at Noon Saturdays
The Howaton County office of the Farm Security Administration will close at twelve noon each Saturday starting tomorrow, announced W. Conk, the FSA supervisor.
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Howaton County
Farm Security Administration
W. ¥. Conk. Young
Morgenthau Resigns Cabinet Post and Roberts to Retire
Washington AP reports Henry Morgenthau Jr will resign as Secretary of the Treasury when President Truman returns from the Berlin Big Threemeeting. Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts will retire July 1, with revisions to other posts including a new Assistant Secretary of Labor and a Fleet Admiral appointment.
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Henry, Morgenthau, Jr
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Morgenthaw
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Interior
Ickes
England
Fiorella Hy Ta
Guard
Hopkins Named Labor Diplomat and Industry Advocate
New York July reports Hopkins, a long time government figure and adviser, becomes impartial labor chair to oversee contracts and major industry concerns. Succeeding James J. Walker, he will earn about 24000 annually, steering union relations in the $500 million clothing industry with 50,400 workers and 4,300 employers dominating coat and suit output.
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New York
Hopking
Roosevets
Truman
James J. Walker
Rioting Canadian Troops Under Guard at Aldershot
About 100 soldiers were taken into custody as a heavy guard surrounded Aldershot England where Canadian troops damaged windows in downtown stores during a two night unrest. Evidence will determine charges and court martial. Military HQ set to clear town and move 2,500 soldiers to embarkation ports with more to follow while Union Street and nearby hotels show extensive glass damage.
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Aldershot
England
Union Street
Wellington Street
Five Nip Homeland Industrial Area Hit by Bombers
U S Fifth Air Force planes moved from the Philippines to Okinawa join large U S force to strike Japan. Generals MacArthur and Kenny announce a power shift in the air war with Superfortresses medium bombers and Navy Marine aircraft targeting Honshu and Kyushu Vessels and rail hubs in Korea also reported hit as about 48 Mustangs of the 35th Fighter Group attack Kyushu.
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API
Japan
Hoorthy
Shimatsu
Kofu
Akashi
Shirmiya
Manila
Fifth Air Force
Philippines
Okinawa
Douglas MacArthur
George C. Kenney
Gus
Iwo Jima
Navy
Honshu
Kyushu
Ryukyun
Korea
Defeat Of Effort To Amend Charter Seen By Connally
Senator Tom Connally predicted today that all attempts to attach reservations to United States ratification of the United Nations Charter will be beaten down. He said several senators have no plans to prevent reservations and expressed firm conviction that the charter will be ratified without amendment. Hearings open Monday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the Senate Office Building caucus room.
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Tom Connally
United States
Connally
Hicarioga
Res Istiens
Senate
Meune
Oligan
Charlier
Charman Bloom
D-Ny
Eaton
Chambers Foreign Affairs Committee
San Francisco
Grand Jury Probe Sought In Slaying Case
Barbour County Solicitor Crews Johnston asked a special grand jury to investigate the care of a young woman who was raped and drowned in Eu Saule creek. Police Chief H L Meculloh announced the arrest of Peter Paul Hall on murder charges, stating a confession was obtained.
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Crews Johnston
Barbour County
EU- Saule Creek
Utuula
H. L. Mecullohs
Peter Paul Hall
Kilby
Johnston
McCulloha Qessed Hall
MacArthur Air Campaign Opens With Okinawa Strike
The Associated Press reports General MacArthur’s air force begins its Japan campaign with an Okinawa launched strike against Kyushu. Iwo Jima fighters sweep Tokyo airfields for a second day, Marine planes strike the Ryukyus, and naval planes hit Korea as Australian forces seize Manggar airfield near Balikpapan. Chinese troops close on former U.S. air bases in China.
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