New Fords To Feature Improvements
Ford announces 1946 passenger cars will include many styling and design changes. A hand made super deluxe model is ready for production after July first, with limited early supply and a year or two before widespread availability. The 1946 Ford will offer more mechanical improvements, better economy, and improved ride, including a wider engine hood, redesigned instruments, improved interior trim, and new styling features.
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Detroit
Ford
Mission at Thomasville Draws Wide Interest
Rev. James S. Cox will conduct a five night mission at the Lutheran church on Salem Street Thomasville starting Monday June 10 at 8 p.m. and running through June 15. The event, announced by Rev. D W Alien of Saint Pauls, will be open to local residents due to Saint Pauls space limits. Cox, pastor of St Pauls in Winston Salem, is noted as an outstanding speaker.
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James S. Cox
Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church
Winston-Salem
Thomasville
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Thomas
James S. Cox Paul
Asville
Salem Street
Saint Paul's Chapel
D. W. Alien
Saint Paul's Church
Mr. Cox
St Paul's Episcopal Church
Food shortages and price controls across nations amid war
An Associated Press survey notes tight meat supplies and scarce poultry and sugar in major U S cities while fresh vegetables become more available. Britain Cuba and Italy face distribution and demand pressures. Cuba explores large scale rabbit breeding. Greece and Belgium report transport and distribution hurdles. India sees famine risks amid regional shortages.
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Associated Press
New York City
Idaho
Pacific Coast
OPA
New Orleans
Texas
Denver
Oklahoma City
War Food Administration
Britain
Cuba
America
Athens
Greece
Belgium
Brusten
Occu
India
War Panorama Shifts with Pacific and China Developments
War news highlights the Dutch Australian push into Borneo with US air and sea support while Burma nears a major Allied advance base at Rangoon. In China, Chiang Kai-shek reshapes leadership as unity hopes rise and a broader victory drive looms. President Truman warns Japan's industrial base remains largely intact but vulnerable.
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Europe
Tion
Pacific
Indian Ocean
Borneo
Burma
Southeastern Asia Command
Rangoon
Cam
Ailand
Indo China
Malay Peninsula
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Truman
Japan
City of Atlanta disaster linked to earlier U boat attack and wartime Coast Guard action
Patrol and rescue actions trace a thread from the 1942 City of Atlanta sinking to prior Mirlo tragedy linked by Lt Palmer Midgett in the Coast Guard. The piece recalls Pearl Harbor week, Pope Field air maneuvers, CAP coastal patrols, and rapid military acceleration including live bombing with Division air forces, radar, and coastal defenses.
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Palmer Midgett
Coast Guard
Atlanta
Midgett
Mirlo
John Allen Midgett
Pearl Harbor
Pope Field
Cape Hatteras
Carolinas
H. H.arnold
Army Air Forces
Pope
Civil Air Patrol
There
Virginia Beach
CAP
Navy
Mind changing British tanks deter Farouk in 1942 crisis
Paris reports a hidden 1942 Egyptian crisis in which British tanks and a threatened abdication forced King Farouk to consider a pro Allied premier. Sir Miles Lampson and Gen. Robert Stone pressed for Nahas Pasha as premier while Farouk resisted, later angering British observers.
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Paris
Farouk
Middle East
London
Tucker
Egypt
King Kevouliscree
Ali Maher Pasha
Miles Lampson
Ali
Ali Maher
Mustafa Nahas Pasha
Nahas Pasha
Libya
Plon
Lampson
Alexander Kirk
U. S
Kirk
United States
Robert Stone
South Africa
Cairo
Truman Urges Victory Gardens to End Hunger
President Truman calls Americans to grow larger and better gardens and to preserve food at home or in community canning centers. He notes civilian supplies are at their lowest wartime level and urges careful planning and conservation despite weather delays.
Trumans Leave Washington for Missouri Summer Visit
Mrs. Harry S. Truman with daughter Margaret and her mother Mrs. David W. Wallace depart Washington for a summer visit at the Truman family home in Independence Missouri.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Margaret
David W. Wallace
Truman
Independence
Missouri
Battle shifts in outer Diamonds amid air blimp patrols
Air stations at Weeksville deployed blimps to hunt for targets and by end of March began gaining ground in the outer Diamonds. By mid summer the tide turned eastward as the battle eased.
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Weeksville
Sinking reported off Okinawa and major Pacific losses
A navy spokesman tallies Allied losses off Okinawa since March 2 with 15 carriers and 14 battleships sunk and 263 ships heavily damaged. Admiral Spruance takes charge of planning campaigns after receiving the Navy Cross. Chinese forces breach Japanese defenses toward Shaoyang, while B-29s damage Tokyo and Formosa.
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Okinawa
Washin A
Navy
Assey
Adm. A. Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Spruance
Iwo Jima
Shaoyang
Paoching
Hunan
Indo-China
High Command
Chungking
Japan
China
Min Berns
Burma
Kama
Kalaw
Thailand
Nippon Times
Radio Tokyo
Tokyo
Nazi witnesses and verdict expected in eight-man trial
The eight man American military commission will deliver a verdict after closing arguments. Signed statements from defendants Kohn Krein and Matthias Gierens were admitted. Kohn said he beat the airman with a club Krein claimed no attempt to halt the clubbing and Gierens said he struck the flier with a hammer. The defense sought insanity for Gierens but the request was denied.
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Kohn
Matthias Krein
Krein
Matthias Gierens
Franz Mehn
Gierens
Troops Placed Under Devers Command In Europe
Five American and French units on the Western Front join Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers for temporary command. He takes over Omar Bradley’s 12th Army Group and his own Sixth Army Group from Bradley’s headquarters. Units include U S Third Seventh Ninth and Fifteenth armies and French First army. Bradley travels to York for a visit.
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Paris
Europe
Jacob L. Devers
Devers
Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
12Th
Sixth Army
Bradley
Toon
York
U. S
Hannegan Leads Democratic Jefferson Day Dinner Speech
The Jefferson Day gathering, about 350 Democrats paying 50 per plate, featured Hannegan praising leadership and a shift toward cooperative government and business roles after the war. The event honored Roosevelt's memory with Truman’s planned address and a sold copy of his planned remarks.
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Scem
Ageogyen
Hannegan
W. P. Horton
Pittsboro
Joe Blythe
Char- 50
Josiah W. Bailey
Clyde F Hoey
Lester Biffle
Senate
George Killion
Democratic National Committee
Mae Oliver
Sanford
Neal Roach
Welburn Mayock
National Committee
Roosevelt
Truman
Sisters case details involve baby found in weeds
Janet and Irene, two sisters, took a baby from a carriage and hid it in weeds beside an empty house. Attorney Hardie Scott said the girls skipped school Thursday afternoon and later planned to return the infant, with mother unaware. Psychiatrist Dr. Becker noted Irene's mental age then as seven. the older sister was in the seventh grade.
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Janet
Hardie Scott
Stanley
Mack
Ripley
Scott
Irene
C. Fred Becker
Estate of Dr Logan Clendening Valued at 123500
The estate of the late Dr Logan Clendening, renowned physician and medical writer, was valued at 123500.51 in an appraisement filed in a Kansas City court. The collection on the history of icmeane science was appraised at a similar figure.
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Kansas City
Logan Clendening
De Gaulle urges joint handling of Middle East crisis
At a press conference De Gaulle framed Middle East questions as international, urging France Britain the United States and Soviet Russia to act together with Arab states. He cited past French British accords in Syria and Lebanon and warned against rivalry while noting Russia's involvement and invited participation in talks.
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Russia
Middle East
de Gaulle
France
Britain
United States
Soviet Russia
Lebanon
Egypt
Iran
Palestine
League of Nations
Levant
Syria
North
Africa
Churchill
Conference of
London
Spondent
Edward Spears
de Gauult
Beyrouth
Fec
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