U.S. Foreign Policy Seeks Major World Role in Talk
President Truman and Secretary of State Stettinius plan a nationwide radio address tonight to outline two main aims. They will review the United Nations Conference progress and press toward a more assertive American role in world affairs, seeking a middle ground between British and Russian policies and preparing for further high level meetings in London, Moscow, and with Churchill.
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Stettinius
John M. Hightoweer
San Francisco
Truman
Pacific
Mr. Truman
White House
London
Moscow
Stélin
Churchill
United States
Yalta
No. IE
French Fear Syrian Clash Amid Shooting
Acting Premier Bey warned of intense tension after French forces fired on civilians near Homs, with communications cut and fears of wider violence. The crisis followed pressure from U S Minister Wadsworth and British diplomat Gerald Young amid French insistence on influence linking the region to Lebanon and Mizraim.
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Cap) Peet
Wswam Bey
Hams
Homs
Mascus
U.S
Wadsworth
Gerald Young
Mnister
Trys
Aris
Fatal C-64 Crash at Gunter Field Kills Two Napier Field Personnel
A C-64 crash at Gunter Field Montgomery Sunday injured seven and killed two Napier Field members, Sgt Michael Kozek and 1st Lt Frederick J LePlant. Col Charles Daly announced a board will investigate. Injured listed include Lt Dan id E McKlahan and others treated at Maxwell Field Hospital.
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Gunter Field
Montgomery
Napier Field
Charles J. Daly
Michael Kozek
Mary Kozgek
Latrobe
pPa
Frederick J. LePlant
Gary
Ind
Max Field Hospital
LaPlant
Evelyn Whitacker
Dothan
Juine Street
Jery
Daly
Y Air Forces
Maxwell Eld Hospital
Danid E. McKlahan
S. Charles
W. Vaz
Carl E. Brown
Parkville
Phillp W. Callaghan
Ester
Ray Osborne
Memphis
Tenny Pte
Gerald Tiinnes
Runnemede
N. J
Thomas F. Taylor
Brook N
Pvt. Eugene Jan
Avenal, N. J
World War II updates from Okinawa and Luzon fronts
Rain and mud slow sixth day as Japanese defense shows altered tactics. Combined naval and air bombardment decimates enemy positions. In the Philippines McArthur reports 378,427 Japanese killed to date with 8,101 deaths this week. Fronts move through Davao, Malaya, and Hunan influenced by new air operations.
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Okinawa
Japest
Mtress
Philippines
Wawa Dam
Cagayan Vale
Luzon
McArthur
Davao
Anning
Yang
Rncan Air Arm
Extrame South
Ater
Ces
Hunan Province
Kwangel
Truman Urges $25 Weekly Unemployment Aid For Transition
President Truman urged Congress to raise unemployment benefits to not less than 25 a week with 26 weeks of eligibility per year. He tied the proposal to postwar reconversion and called for widening coverage and extending benefit duration through amending the Social Security Act. He argued higher benefits would help prevent postwar deflation during the transition from war to peace.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Executive
Wcre
Planning Board Discusses Postwar Building Plans in Dothan
The City Planning Board met with the City Commission to review a contract with the State Planning Board for a postwar building program. JH Bryson, president of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce and planning chairman, said the contract will be submitted for approval before signing. Initial work is slated to begin around June 1 with a State Planning Board representative visiting Dothan.
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City Planning Board
City Commission
State Board
Dothan
JH. Bryson
State Planning Board
Truman Hoover Discuss Relief Amid Luzon Battles
Allied leaders Truman and Hoover discuss relief while Gen MacArthur reports 376,427 Japanese killed in the Philippines campaign. In Luzon, the 38th Division fights near Wawa Dam as the Sierra Madre defenses loom, with Santa Fe in reach of the 32nd and 21st Divisions on Highway Five and the Villa Verde trail. Mindanao sees the 31st Division advance toward Malaybalay as Japanese retreats tighten.
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James Hutcheson
Manila
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Marikina
Wawa Dam
Wawa
Sierra Madre Mountain
Markikina River
San Rafael
Highway Five
Villa Verde
Santa Fe
Mindanao
Associated Press
Richard Bergholz
Sayra
Malaybalay
President Invites Dewey and Landon to White House Visit
President Truman met with Herbert Hoover on European relief matters and invited former Republican nominees Thomas E. Dewey and Alf Landon to visit the White House for talks on national and international issues. Hoover declined to reveal details of the session, while aides said the invitation was extended on Truman’s initiative and without Republican prompting.
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Eernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
Herbert Hoover
United States
Hoover
Charles G. Boss
Dewey
New York
Landon
Kansas
White House
Ross
Republian
Sime
Thomax
D-Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wiley
R-Wis
Mr. Hoover
Turs
Fleet Of Hospital Ships Still Growing
Washington AP reports a growing fleet of American hospital ships will complete bringing home all transportable wounded from Europe within three months. Seven new ships will raise total to 40 with capacity to move 30 500 patients. US Army Atlantic evacuation shifts to Pacific. Dogwood and others sail east to west.
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Washington
Europe
Mercy
Office of War Information
Army
Atlantic
Pacific
USAHS
OWI
St. Olaf
St. Mihiel
Chateau Thierry
Stafford
Pearl Harbor
Navy
American bombers strike Japanese home islands report
Tokyo radio said a dozen B2 bombers hit the Shikoku area and four were shot down. About 30 Mustangs attacked airfields near Tokyo for 40 minutes, strafing and bombing in Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures. Additional Superfortresses mined Japanese waters in renewed raids.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Shikoku
Japan
Kyushu
Chiba
Ibaraki
Shiba
Tokyo Bay
Early Trial Seen For Nazis Accused Of War Offenses
Justice Robert H. Jackson said war crimes trials of German officials may begin within weeks though principal defendants may not start hearings soon due to unsettled details among the Allies. He noted evidence and materials prepared to expedite the main cases, while censors keep interviews and photos of detainees restricted. News also reports the suicide of Field Marshal Robert Ritter von Greim, surrenders and arrests of other Nazi figures, and ongoing Allied actions in Berlin and Hamburg.
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Austin Bealmear
Paris AP
Germany
Robert H. Jackson
United State
United States
Britain
Soviet Russia
France
International Military Tribunal
Jackson
Supreme Headquarters
Robert Ritter von Greim
Air Force
Reichemarshal
Hermann Goecing
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Adm
Hana Genrg Friedeburg
Hugo Fury
Gayleater
Austria
Albert Forster
Danzig
Hamburg
Upe
Paula Hitler
Furhrer Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Heinrich Heimler
Schlesuag
Paris
Balzann
Waly
Hemnech von Vietina
Aix
U. 5
Pilferers Of U S Supplies Overseas Are Ingenious Lot
Antwerp AP reports U S Army faces widespread pilfering of food clothing and supplies by laborers at depots in Belgium and France. Military police search lines of shabby workers as officers acknowledge shortages and demand tighter controls to stop civilians from diverting canes meat cigarettes and other goods to black markets.
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U. S
Cynthia Lowey
Antwerp
United States Army
Vdda
Thousanta
Brussels
American Air Forces to Strike Japan From Pacific Bases
Eight Allied air units now move from Europe to the Pacific as Lt General Doolittle transfers bomber operations. The Far Eastern air forces include the Fourteenth in China and the Tenth in Burma India, with others in the Southwest Pacific and Aleutians. The 20th Air Force, based in the Marianas, targets the Japanese home islands with heavy bombers, under a changing command structure.
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Elton C. Fay Washington
James H. Doolittle
Pacfic
Conlittle
Eighth Air Force
Europe
Pacific
Fourteenth Air Force
China
Tenth Air Force
Burma- India
Fifth
13Th
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Seventh
Hawaii
Eleventh
Japan
Kurile Islands
Aleutians
Marianas
Navy
Marines
Douglas MacArthur
Admral Cheater W. Nimit
Pacific Air Forces
Curerently E
Washington
War Department
Japanese Overland Line To Indo China Is Severed
CHUNGKING AP Chinese troops push toward Indo China reaching near Ppingylang 60 miles northeast of Nenning in a major counter offensive. Nanning recaptured a key inland port on the Changsha Kweilin Hengyang route. Sixth Army flown from Burma into China by air for the counter offensive.
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Chungking
Indo- China
Ppingylang
Nenning
Dax
Pingylang
Kwangai
China
Manchuria
Indo-China
Nanning
Yungning
Changsha
Kweilin
Hengyang
Figh
Garrizon
Ringysne
Lungchow
Manning
Chiang Kai-shek
Shaoyang
Panching
Hunen
Liuzhow
Morhem Kwanger
Kunming
Burma
Himalayas
U. S
Toe Diapateh
Nazi Sympathizers In Prague Rounded Up
Moscow dispatch reports a broad cleanup of Nazi sympathizers and collaborators in Czechoslovakia. In Tabor two Czechs were executed for informing on a Czech patriot. Names include Yarowslaw Rynesh and Zdenek Kral. generals Syrovy and Emminger, Col Ragu Konechny among those arrested. The National Union of Czech Journalists expelled 47 members for collaboration.
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Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Tase
Prague
Tabor
Tuas
Yarowslaw Rynesh
Commercial Academy of
Zdenek Kral
Portal
Jan Syrovy
Varoslaw Emminger
Col Ragu] Ko
Expense Pay Gets Senate Approval
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $2,500 expense allowance for Congressmen subject to taxes, while allowing deductions of all Washington expenses from income tax returns. Chairman Overton noted House acceptance of the plan, which faced Senate criticism over its taxfree features.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Overton D-Lay
Subcommittee
Legislative Appropriations
Gaid
House
Senate
Johnson D-Coles
Morse R-Ores
Cracking Of Nip Okinawa Defense After Bitter 38 Days
Allied forces reported signs of a Japanese withdrawal from Shuri after intense defense as U S Seventh Infantry Division pushed along the east coast near Chan and Yonabaru. Reports described large stores found in Ouato Mare hills and reduced Japanese artillery fire, with naval and air bombardment said to have disrupted defenses. Submarine claims and kamikaze attacks on ships were reported with varying confirmation. Marines expanded the bridgehead at Naha as patrols probed south and east, while Japanese forces maintained heavy resistance in Shuri and surrounding areas.
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Guam
Okinawa
Shuri
U. S. Seventh Infantry Division
Seventh Division
Chan
Cheater W. Nimitz
Gishuhi
Bburi
Yonabaru
Seventh Infantry
Ouato Mare
Associated Press
al Kooking
Armerican
Nimitz
Batesdyer
Sring
Comel
U.S. Navy
Kamikaze Corps
Nakegusuku Bay
Domel
Suicide Corps
Adm
Subimarines
Okimawa
Pedro A. del Valle
Arato River
Naha
Archibald V. Arnold
22Nd Plarine Regiment
Ansalo
Fourth Marine Regiment
Alan Shapley
Nuba
Colt. Ray A. Green
184Th Regiment
Ozato Mura
Five Registrants for Induction From Board Two
Five registrants including one transfer from Houston County Selective Service Board Two head to Ft. McClellan for induction. Names listed are Edwin Griffin Edward McDaniel Wilson Cecil Martin Earl Charles Golden and James Thomas Buckner, transferred from a Phen City board.
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Houston County Selective Service Board
Addy
Army
Ft. McClellan
Edwin Griffin
Edward McDaniel
Wilson Cecil Martin
Earl Charles Golden
James Thomas Buckner
Phen
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Twoapier
Planning Board
Himmler
4Britich Allcjs
Shuii
U. S. 7Th Infantry Division
6Th Marines
Naha Province
NEA
Eighth Air Forces
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