Tenth Large Aid In Month Brings Concern To Japs
In a tenth large scale raid on Japan this month 50 B 29 Superforts attacked Osaka and surrounding industrial zones. Tokyo claimed 200000 more Japanese displaced by air attacks and moved to farms to aid food production. Results were not observed but fires were reported in northern and northeastern industrial areas.
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Hamlton W. Faron
Guam
Wat Industris
Osaka
Orient
Japan
Tokyo
Japanese Army-Navy
Iny
Ossita Arsenal
Veto Clash at U N Conference Foreshadows Open Fight
In San Francisco on June 7 Associated Press reports Russia resists retreat on veto in the world security council. Big Five veto rights threaten rapid progress as Moscow silent on changes while US seeks reconsideration. Churchill in London notes prearranged Yalta agreements public, with other Allied leaders discussing minor points.
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Russia
Pacific
John. M. Hightower
Associated Press
San Francisco
World Security Council
Moscow
Yalta
United States
Bulletin
London
Jane
Churchill
Commons Today
PTA Objects To Peacetime Draft In Present Time
Washington June 7 The National Congress of Parents and Teachers urged that peacetime draft legislation not be fed at this time. Mrs A Hastings Madison Wisconsin said the PTA stands came after full discussion with members and that all loyal citizens know the country must stay prepared for emergencies. She stressed education, skills and physical fitness cannot be gained quickly and that schools centers and communities share responsibility for training youth. If a reasonably sized standing army and strong national force are ready, youth in good shape can be prepared for any role.
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Washington
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
A. Hastings
Mad- Jean
Wisc
The
Organication
House
Pyta
PTA
The Power of the Whistler at Strand and Pan American
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Arthur Beeghley of 106 West Main Street to tonight's presentation starring Richard Dix at the Strand. Also showing Stage with John Wayne at the Dixie Theatre and Pan American feature titles.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Arthur Beeghley
West Main Street
Power of the Whistler
Richard Dix
Strand
John Wayne
Dixie Theatre
Will Russia Join the War Against Japan Soon
AP columnist Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes whether the Soviet Union will enter the war against Japan. He cites Moscow’s secrecy, shifts of Soviet forces from Europe to Siberia, and strategic self interest, predicting Russia likely fights Japan perhaps by late summer or autumn, though no official declaration has been made.
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Japan
Dewitt MacKenzie
Russia
Pacific
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
the Sphinx
Soviet Union
Siberia
House Member Battles Over Expense Accounts
Washington June 7 House members argue over a 2500 dollar tax free expense allowance. Tempers flare amid threats of a public clash with the Senate which did not grant the same fund to its members. A belated record vote by Rep Tarver is anticipated as debate continues on the supply bill.
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Washington
House
Capitol Hill
Senate
Tarver
D-Ga
BS House
Revival Meeting Continues at Blueville Church of Christ
Evangelist George W. Hardin leads nightly revival at Blueville Church of Christ starting at 8 p.m. throughout the week with services aimed at community renewal and spiritual gathering.
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Blueville
House Approves Bretton Woods Pact in Lopsided Vote
Washington dispatch reports overwhelming House support for the Bretton Woods agreement. A test vote showed 120 to 18 in favor of ratification, with many predicting only 25 to 30 lawmakers would oppose on final passage. The plan creates a nine point one billion dollar World Bank and an eight point eight billion dollar fund for currency stabilization to aid postwar reconstruction and development.
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Francis M. LE May
Washington
House
Bretton Woods
Congress
Breton Woods
N. H
World Bank For Reconstruction
Rep. Sumner
R-Il
Senate
Treasury Department
World Bank
Navy Officer and Six Held in Wartime Secrets Case
In a Washington roundup on June 6 FBI agents arrested six people including Lt. Andrew Roth and three State Department officials along with three New Yorkers. They are charged with conspiring to violate espionage laws by possessing and transmitting national defense data. The group included Emmanuel Larsen Stewart Service Kate Mitchell and Jaffe and Gayn with ties to Am erasia magazine and far eastern affairs.
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J. Frank Tragle
Washington
Government
Navy
State Department
FBI
New York
Stollen
State
War and
Navy Department
Office of Strategic Services
Office of War Information
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Andrew Roth
Arlington
Columbia University
Fimé
Naval Intelligence
Emmanuel Siguard Larsen
China
Aftair
Stewart
Philip Jacob Jaffe
Amerasia
Jaffe
Kate Louise Mitchell
Bdyan Mawr College
Retention rulings for two WV college presidents debated
Charleston schedule to review extending the careers of Fairmont State College president Dr. Joseph Rosier and Concord College head Dr. J Frank Marsh beyond age 65 during a three day Board of Education session. May revenue fund hits historic high, Treasury chief reports. Villa donation specialist Wallavensev, now with USDA, shifts to Washington division.
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Charleston
State Board “of Education
Joseph Rosier
Fairmont State College
J. Frank Marsh
Concord College
Athens
Board of Education
Toy
Doughboy Break Up Enemy Groups East of Manila
Doughboys of the 38th division battled a desperate enemy along the Marikina Hill mass east of Manila on Wednesday. Maj. Gen. William C. Chase reports over 3,000 Japanese killed and large booty captured as the fight intensifies. In Mindanao, Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger says U S Army troopsmade two landings at Cape San Augustin and Balut Island with warships and air support, facing little opposition.
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FRFN
Hampson
Manila
Dough Boys
38Th
Marikina Hill
William C. Chase
88Th
Mindanao
Robert L. Eichelberger
Cape San Augustin
Mindinanao
Balut Island
Crun- See Doughboys
American Soldier Taken for German Prisoner
Framingham Mass June 7 A 27 year old American corporal Gilbert J Beamesderfer of Ephrata Penn a Cushing general hospital patient recently granted a 90 day work furlough was squad leader in the 35th division Third Army. He recalls leading men against a German machine gun nest in France and being wounded in the left arm. He woke in a hospital after being mistaken for a captured German. An American lieutenant reassured him he was with his buddies. Germans posing as Americans were not new. After ten days in France the prisoners were moved to a POW camp in England and Beamesderfer managed to question an interrogator. he spoke of Pennsylvania and his experiences.
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Framingham
Mass
Gilbert J. Beamesderer
Ephrata
Penn
Cushing General Hospital
Third Army
France
Beamesderfer
Beatesderfer
Beamesdorfer
England
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Okinawa battle shifts as Naha airfield readied for use
Reported Allied advances near Okinawa describe U S Tenth Army engineers moving swiftly to convert Naha airdrome into a base for northern operations. Japanese resistance tightens as air supremacy becomes crucial and remaining 15 000 Okinawans endure pressure from advancing forces.
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Tg Rison
U. S
10Th Army
Naha
Vision Marines
Doemi
Aki
Coreg
Ing Sun
Okinawa
Regional sugar shortage forecast in postwar plan
In Cleveland on June 7 raspy remarks by OPA chief Birkett2 warned that droughts and manpower shortages threaten crop outputs. He said sugar shortages could stretch six months through 1945 into 1946, with quotas at 46 percent for half the year and 55 percent purchase by July 1 in the Ohio Michigan West Kentucky region.
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Cleveland
Suger
Birkett
Williams
Ohio-Michigan-West
Kentucky
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