Warning to Japs of Imminent Invasion Draft Losses Seen
Washington dispatch reports 60 000 workers aged 26 to 29 may lose draft deferments due to munitions cutbacks and reduced war activity. Officials cite inter agency deferment policy shift and a plan to protect a hard core of irreplaceable industrial workers, with some deferments possibly cancelled if laid off or no longer indispensable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Inter-Agency
Selective Service
Lne
Paul V. ‘McNutt
Maat Zeolite
Urgent Talks On Veto Issue In Moscow And Conference City
Urgent talks on the veto issue unfold in Moscow and San Francisco as Premier Stalin reviews Soviet stance and U.S. Secretary Stettinius negotiates with Soviet ambassador Gromyko. American officials seek a weekend decision while warning small nations may press for a conference vote if Russia remains opposed to the allied position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Conference City
Associated Press
Utive
Enmark
United Tions
eSeven
John M. Hightower
Francisco
Fcent
Stalin
Jon
Harry “Hopkins
Rus
Sian
Stettinius
United States
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
France
China
Britain
De Gaulle Rise From Obscurity To Wartime Hero Then Governing Paris
The piece chronicles General de Gaulle's ascent from a captaincy in the French army to leadership in the western African desert and his appointment as Paris governor. It portrays his role as emblematic of a revived Fourth Republic and the rapid transformation of his governmental influence in five years of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DE Gaulle
George Tucker
Hal Boyle
Paris
Horatio
Pierre Oging
Power of the Whistler at Strand theatre tonight
Grafton Sentinel lists Helen Miller invited East Washington Street for tonight's Power of the Whistler at the Strand theatre. Also showing Going My Way at the Dite theatre with Binr py, reflecting a busy local cinema night amid notes on Bir Hacheim hero Koenig and desert campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
Helen Miller
Washington Treet
Strand Theatre
Binr Py
Dite Theatre
Truman confronts Congress over permanent FEPC plan
President Truman faces his first major clash with Congress as southern Democrats reject his push for a permanent Fair Employment Practices Committee. He urged Sabath to bring the bill to a vote by July 1, warning that delay endangers fair employment. The FEPC would prohibit discrimination in employment based on race, color, or greed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Johnson
Washington
Truman
Congress
Sabath
House of Rules Committee
FEPC
Executive Department
House Appropriations Committee
Greer Abe House
Jis
Truman orders seizure of Humble Oil plants in Ingleside
President Truman directed Secretary Ickes to seize and operate the Humble Oil and Refining Company plants at Ingleside Texas due to a labor disturbance. An Army transport plane carrying 18 WACs and a crew of three has been missing for a week on a 766 mile flight in the Atlantic region.
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Washington
Truman
Ickes
Ofl and Refining Company
Ingleside
Texas
Atren
War Department
Mindanao battle footage shows Japanese pushed back
Manila report notes Japanese forces on Mindanao driven from key areas by Eighth Army while Beightler’s 37th and Woodruff’s 24th advance toward Bayombong and Aritao in Luzon. In Mindanao Lt Col Williams leads Dixie unit nicknamed Pappy’s Boys in jungle advance near Lilac Creek Canyon.
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Fred Hampson
Manila
Mindanao
Sayre Highway
Davao
Associated Press
Richard Bergholm
Eighth Army Headae Kao
R. B. Woodruff
Clarence Martin
Luzon
Philippines
Robert 8. Beightler
Buckeye
Bayombong
Highway Fe
Roat
Aritao
Cagayan Valley
Williams
Birmingham
Lilac Creek Canyon
Dixie
Southwest Pacific
Driniumor
New Guinea
Japs Ready for Destruction From Superforts With Reconstruction Plan
Guam dispatches report Japan plans a division for reconstruction of war damaged areas led by Yoji Minobe with 15 aides. Domei notes focus on rebuilding wrecked cities underground to shield from raids and to evacuate Superfortress target zones. Kobe Osaka and Yokohama are highlighted as heavily damaged centers needing swift action.
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Guam
Tokyo
Kobe
Domei
Yokohama
Osaka
YoHi Minobe
Body Found In Berlin Identified As Hitler
A high Russian source said a body found in Berlin is identified with fair certainty as Adolf Hitler. The remains were burned from flamethrowers in the underground fortress beneath the Reichskanzlei. Russian doctors compared four charred corpses and noted Hitler distinctive teeth and features. Moscow withheld final confirmation pending any remaining uncertainty.
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Berlin
Hitler
Joseph W. Grigg
Adolf Hitler
Reichschancellery
Red Army
Hiler Denaing Nemathtae Stana
Feuhrer
Moscow
Army and Foreign Food Claimants May Join In Guaranteeing Farm Profits
Washington June 6 The food boss design ate Clinton P Andersért said the army and foreign food could join in guaranteeing farm profits to remove price fears and boost production. As War Food Administrator from July 1 he hinted at a plan to have the army contracted for 1946 needs and underwritten to buy food at minimum prices even if actual needs fall, a move aimed at sustaining farm prices amid expanding output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clinton P. Andersért
New Mexico
Secretary of Agriculture
House Food Investigating Committee
WFA
Anderson
Army
Voters in 138 West Virginia cities go to polls yesterday
Voters in 138 West Virginia cities and towns showed little interest in Biennial municipal elections. In Buckley towns Ripley Buffalo and Monongah there were few or no candidates and writ in votes. Wilbert Miner Republican won a two year term as mayor in Marshall county. Republicans also won most council seats in Morgantown and Moundsville.
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West Virginia
Associated Press
West
Virginia
Itlrinicipal
Ripley
Buffalo
Monongah
Moundsville
Morgantown
Wilbert Miner
K.ghaseman
Marshall County
William Blackensop
A. W. Koenemund
War Today notes on control and Polish annexation
The War Today outlines the postwar control machinery for Germany and discusses boundaries and occupation. It notes 1937-era borders for occupation, denies German annexation, and reports Polish moves into Silesia with resettlement and administration roles. The piece analyzes implications of temporary military control versus eventual settlement.
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Germany
Silesia
Lublin
Lodz
Frankfurt
Pce
Admission of Amerigang Okra Hand Island Invasion Note
Fragmented OCR text discusses an isolated island and possible end of an era, with mentions of American silence and air strikes on Japan home waters. It cites Admiral Nimitz and Tokyo papers noting intensified enemy air raids on Okinawa and possible future invasions. The passage reflects wartime censorship and speculation about campaigns and civilian impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Thapoki- Hawa
U. S
Aka Jima
Europe
Tokyo
Tokyo Ni Yomiuri Hoshi
Okinawa
Initial Meet in Berlin's Control Group Unsettled
London June 6 reports detail the Allied control council's organization after a brief Berlin meeting of delegates from the United States Britain Russia and France. Dispatches say Gen His bed left Berlin to set headquarters after signing a joint declaration stating the four powers assume supreme authority. Meetings were to occur secretly with no set time or place. Russian general Zhukov reportedly had no additional instructions until American and allied troop withdrawals from the seas were completed.
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London
United States
Britain
Russia
France
Bersterday
Berlin
St Pater
Gregory Zhukov
Cae
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