Polish Leaders Admit Guilt in Moscow Trials
Moscow reports accuse Maj. Gen. Broriclaw Okulicki and 13 Polish leaders of sabotaging Russian lines, anti Soviet espionage, and aiding Germans. Okulicki testified that Home Army planned armed struggle against the provisional Polish government and Red Army. Indictments also name Jas Jankowski and Bronislaw Orkulick amid charges with possible death penalties.
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SY Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Supreme Cour
Broriclaw Okulicki
Graying Okulicki
London
Tadeusz Bor Komorowski
Germany
Poland
Red Army
Benj
Adam Bien
Okulicki
Rankowski
Jan Jankowski
Opalyachiev
Bronislaw Orkulick
Jas Jankowski
United Nations talks hinge on veto reform at San Francisco
At the San Francisco conference the issue of possible veto reforms in the World Security Council stalls progress. Australia's Herbert Evatt signals push to limit Big Five power, while the Soviet delegation led by Andrei Gromyko resists compromise. Secretary Stettinius and the committee struggle to find a path before the time limit, risking a clash and potential defeat for Russia.
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United Nations
Herbert Vett
Australia
World Security Council
Stettinius
Melt
Evatt
Andrei Gromykov
Gremyko
Yarow
Moscow
Russia
Nafern
Supreme Court voids Bridges deportation order
The Supreme Court ruled invalid a deportation order against Harry Bridges, West Coast CIO leader, ending a long government bid to remove him to Australia. Justice Jackson took no part. Chief Justice Stone dissented. The case traced Congress and executive power over alleged security risks and Communist ties, with lower courts previously upholding the order.
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Washington
Sup Feme
Harry, Bridges
CIO
Westice
Bridges
Longshorermen
Tative
Comunist Party
Biddle
Communist Party
Justice Department
Bett
Supreme R
Iddle
Liquor Holiday Not Planned Amid Sugar Shortage
In Birmingham Alabama AP report says the liquor holiday will not be extended to sugar beverage allocations as sugar is critically short. OPA Mineral Director Sam J. W. Wat-osaxiq notes no sugar will be set aside for beverage alcohol. Some tonnage of sugar in the form of molasses is used in rubber and war material production.
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Birmingham
Ala
OPA Minet
Sam J. W. Wat
Chinese Forces Advance Near Linchow and Tingnan
Chinese troops seized Tatang a vital road hub 32 miles southwest of Linchow in Kiangsi and pushed east from Ishan within 27 miles of Linchow amid stubborn Japanese resistance. Reinforcements recaptured Tingnan 135 miles northeast of Canton after a dawn counterattack, as Japanese defenses aimed to protect the Hongkong to Hankow corridor.
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Tingnan
Canton
Kiangsi
Kwangtung Province
South China
Hongkong
Hankow
Liuchow
Japs Continuing Okinawa Battle Georgia Freight Rate Case
The Supreme Court granted in part a request by 20 railroads to require Georgia to provide more specific information in its complaint about discriminatory freight rates. The bill of particulars is due by August 15 with railroads to answer by October 1. Governor Arnall warned the move seeks full pretrial disclosure, while the ICC findings on rate inequalities precede Georgia’s case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Ellis Amall
Interstate Commerce Commission
Arnall
ICC
American Forces Press Toward Final Okinawa Victory
Remnants of the Japanese Okinawa garrison estimated at 8 000 to 12 000 fight on southern Okinawa as American forces close in on the finish of the battle started April 1. Some leaders, Admiral Minoru Ola, are dead, while 80 459 Nipponese were reported killed. Prisoners total 1 620, with frontline dispatches slower to arrive.
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Robrix Coons Guar
Okinawa
Adm
Minoru Ola
Chester W. Nimitz
Stanislaw Jasiukowicz
Parliament National Party
Mostow
Dealers Told Of OPA Rulings Regarding Records
OPA District Director A H Collings told Houston County War Price and Rationing Board dealers to keep June records on OPA Form R 73 or equivalent records of all Grade A fire transactions. A June 30 inventory will be registered with OPA, and dealers missing July 10 filings cannot sell or transfer rationed cars after that date. Tire certificates will be checked at the Regional Verification Center, and inventories of dealers accepting counterfeit certificates will be debited tires.
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OPA
A. H. Collings
Houston County War Price
County Board of Revenue Backs Hydro Project
The County Board of Revenue discussed a proposed hydro electric plant along the Chattahoochee River at Columbia. Walter Oakley outlined plans to use a dam at Columbia to consolidate spillways and reduce costs, stressing major industrial potential for southeast Alabama and noting revisions from four to two dams. He said the Columbia dam could eliminate need for other spillways and small dams, while lawmakers were informed of steps with Congress and Senators to advance the project.
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County Board of Revenue
Chattahoochee River
Columbia
Alabama
SEC
Walter Oakley
Oakley
Chattahoochee
Columbus
Gulf
Fhint
Chattahadthee
Supreme Court Won't Review Mine Portal Pay Rule
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider its decision that bituminous coal miners are entitled to portal-to-portal pay. Justice Jackson, joined by Frankfurter, said the Court has no authority to force a member’s exclusion and each justice must judge propriety of withdrawal in a case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
Virginia
Justice Black
Attornes
Black
Crampton Harris
Birmingham
Harris
United Mine Workers
Corporation Counsel
Senate
Jackson
Frankfurter
Lightning Fire Destroys Barn at Florida School
A Sunday afternoon blaze leveled a two story feed barn at the Florida Industrial School for Boys in Marianna. The 35 by 90 foot building and its contents including cars hay and feed were a total loss. Superintendent George McCrory said insurance covers the loss but no damage estimate is yet available. Fire apparatus from the school and Marianna fought the fire.
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Marianna, Fla
Florida Industrial School For
George McCrory
Marianna
Superforts Hit Four Japanese Small Industry Cities
Four smaller Japanese cities were set ablaze in low level raids by 450 B-29 Superfortresses. The targeted towns on Kagoshima Bay housed small factories and thousands of backyard shops. Crew reports described the results as good to excellent with heavy smoke plumes and visible flames through gaps in overcast.
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Leif Erickson
Guam
Japan
Hawds
Kinsnn Island
al Four
21St Bomber Command
Kagoshima
Naval Anchorage
Kagoeshima
George Mott
East Tallassee
Ala
Omuta
Japanese officer surrenders on Guam with 34 men
A Japanese field officer who led remnants of his command for 10 months surrendered on a Guam hillside with 34 of his men. Marines watched as Parleys with Marine Col. Howard N. Stent preceded the surrender, which followed a formal prearranged meeting on the island.
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Richard O'Malley
Guam
Howard N. Stent
Warner Springs
Calif
World War II Update Across Pacific and Asia Fronts
The World Today reports Allied advances and Japanese losses across multiple theaters. In Japan, 450 B-29s bomb four secondary cities and Tokyo warns of an impending invasion. Okinawa and Philippines show heavy fighting, with thousands dead or captured. Miri and Balikpapan face bombardment as Australian forces push across Borneo and neighboring areas. Chinese forces seize territory near former U S airbase Livehaw amid ongoing operations in the region.
Eisenhower tells Congress soldiers can feel peace assured
Washington reports Eisenhower assures Congress that peace is attainable as veterans and the public witness a massive display of military aircraft and crowds. A jet transport bearing President Trump accompanies the procession to the Capitol, while Ike is greeted by General Marshall and a cheering throng on arrival.
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Gen
Eisenhower
Congress
Washington
Genesa, da
Briaal Ag
Packer
Huyorees
Tis
Ereopreu
National Airport
Pentagon Building
Constation Avenue
Dennisleania
Capitol Hill
Trump
Wassingtons Tutignsd
Jewom
Ike
Kansas
George Cgc Marshall
Hero Returns Ike Visits Capital After Victory Parade
Gen Eisenhower returns to the national capital amid a full agenda of events including the victory parade and a scheduled address to Cen HTess, honoring a wartime victory and marking a historic day.
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Eisenhower
National Capital
Cen- Htess
Eisenhower Sees Peace Problems Matching Wartime Test
General Eisenhower, amid a triumphant return to Washington, told a joint session of Congress and the Supreme Court that the problems of peace are no greater than those faced in war. He urged allied unity and readiness to meet peace challenges, noting victory in Europe and the ongoing need to crush the final Pacific threat.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pacific
Earler
Congress
Supreme Court
Transportation Strikes Persist Across Eight States and Chicago
Transportation disputes extend from New York City to eight southern states as food and war material deliveries resume in Chicago. About 20 000 Goodyear workers in Avon Ohio idle. Firestone Akron 15 000 vote on labor action. In Chicago, 1500 soldiers assist with trucking duties as buses in New York move only slowly.
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Associated Press
Chicago
New York City
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Avon
Blubner
Tee Baturday
Firestone Tirend Rubber Co
Akron
Teyglee
Office of Defense Transportation
Chicago Cartage Company
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Afl
Leopold Abdication Demanded In Belgium
In Brussels Belgium urgent calls grew for King Leopold to abdicate as threats of widespread strikes loomed. Police guarded key media and telegraph facilities amid mounting pressure from labor groups and officials demanding abdication.
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Leopold
Belgium
Brussels
Tyan
Leneipold
Minor Fire Damages Recap Shop Near Court House Annex
Firefighters battled two small blazes in rapid succession near South Ortes street. A radiator room roof caught fire, causing minor damage to the recap shop and nearby structures. No injuries were reported as crews contained the flames to the affected areas.
Arnold forecasts end of Jap bomb targets by 1946
Gen H H Arnold head of the U S Army Air Forces says by end of 1946 there will be nothing left of Japan to bomb. He cites plans to drop more bombs in coming months and argues Japan’s air force will falter without sufficient fuel and planes. He compares German air power earlier in the war and notes pilot training and fuel shortages hindered their effort.
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Spencer Davis
Manila
H. H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Japan
Arnold
George C. Kenney
Farriot Ave
Jalerta Philippines
Mansehurig
Okinawa
China
Maneh
Germany
Rombet
School Boys Girls Asked to Join War Bond Drive
Officials of the county War Loan drive urge boys and girls to participate in a county wide effort to push Bond sales. The drive aims for numerous awards and will be open to all eligible youths, with details announced at schools and events.
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Houton
Schowage
Guy
Onder
Apn
Corey Clipe
Corermittee
Fond Peters
Lewes
Taio
Houetet
Canty
More Gas Granted To Fruit Marketers
Birmingham dispatch reports extra allowances for farm marketing representatives under the OPA plan. The measure aims to aid wholesalers and farmers via cooperative forms, with travel and needs cited as justification.
Supreme Court Upholds AP Sherman Act Ruling
The Supreme Court affirms a lower court ruling that Associated Press membership by laws restrain trade under the Sherman Act. Chief Justice Black delivers the majority, with Justices Jackson and Roberta dissenting in parts, and Justices Frankfurter and Douglas writing concurring opinions. The decision notes AP by laws limiting membership consideration may be restraint while allowing restrictions on other grounds.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Associated Press
Justoe Black
High Court
Jackson
Roberta
Stone
Murphy
Frankfurter
Douglas
Inner Court
A.P
United States
Justice Des Harument
Deeree
E Roberts
Ible
Roberts
Deere
Supreme Court Athout Chance
Plane crash kills two officers near Selma Alabama
SELMA Alabama Lt. Roy F Knight Jr and Lt. Arthur S Mayo were killed Saturday night when the training plane they piloted during a cross country flight crashed about fifteen miles northwest of Selma. Col Ray Clifton announced the findings.
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Selma
Ala
Roy F .Knight, Jr
Arthur S. Mayor
Sitout
Here
Ray Clifton
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