Revision of tax bill to speed congress action announced
Doughton of North Carolina announced introduction of a business aid tax bill designed to speed payments and rebates, with no immediate tax rate change but measures boosting cash balances and accelerated refunds. The plan includes higher exemptions, postwar credits, and accelerated amortization incentives for corporations and timing shifts through 1950.
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Ington
Congress
Jonn Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means Com
Ton
Senate-House
Treasury
Okinawa battle dominates far Pacific war reports
The latest war dispatches describe heavy fighting around Okinawa with American tanks and infantry pressing Nipponese positions while Filipino guerrillas campaign in the Cagayan valley. Allied air forces pound Formosa, Balikpapan, and Truk as carrier planes shell the base at Truk and Japanese efforts to reinforce rail corridors near Canton and Liuchow continue amid British and Gurkha actions toward Toungoo and Thailand.
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Okinawa
Fuli
Philippines
Cagayan Valley
Islands
Ohio
Echague
Douglas MacArthur
Borneo
Domneli
Amami Island
Kyushu
Empire
Truk
Balikpapan
Acto Tokyo
Kwang
Toungoo
Thailand
Nimitz Reflects on Okinawa Landings and Lessons Learned
Admiral Nimitz explains that prewar planning photo graphed every Okinawa landing beach and that initial landings proved wise. He notes the northern push by marines and the 24th Army Corps in the south, and that further landings would have faced heavy casualties and supply issues. He praises joint force unity, naval gunfire, and allied air support under Buckner and other leaders.
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Nimitz
Okinawa
Pacific
Japan
Germany
24Th Army Corps
Buckner
Pacific Ocean
Geiger
Hodge
Arnold
Bradley
de Valle
Bruce
Gunner
Shepherd
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Berlin Mayor Arrest Report Reveals Luler Taken
Telegram radio dispatch quotes Berlin authorities stating former mayor Julius Luler has been arrested, impacting Germany's capital amid ongoing political tensions.
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Berlin
Julius Luler
Missing delegates among 23 aboard train attack in Germany
Swiss reports list 23 missing including two delegates of a French mission and two Spanish officials who were responsible for safe transport of Spanish embassy and consular staff in Berlin. Spanish foreign office says French gendarmes did not try to intervene and Lequerica argues gendarmes would not mistake workers for blue legionnaires due to civilian dress and instructions from Paris.
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Berlin
Germany
Foreign Office
Lequerica
Dictators Deaths Spark Near Miss Beard Return
In Salvador Bahia a hospital attendant Alvaro Moreira de Oliveira recalls a friend lost as Mussolini and Hitler died and he shaved his beard in protest after Nazi torpedoings off Brazil in 1942. With the death announcements he shaves again.
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Salvador
Bahai
Alvaro Moreira de Oliveira
Muscolini
Hitler
Oliveira
Oliverira
UNC Sesqui Commencement Program Outlined
UNC Chapel Hill releases the full Sesqui centennial commencement schedule for June 23 to 25. Senior Class Day features a 1 PM Carolina Inn luncheon with Chancellor House. various concerts, talks, and art events follow including a Brahms Requiem performance, alumni gatherings, and the graduation ceremony at Kenan Stadium with Governor Cherry awarding diplomas.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina At
Carolina Inn
Robert B. House
University Band
R. Emmet Gribbin
Asheville
Memorial Hall
Earl Slocum
Davie
Kenneth Ness
Morehead Patterson
ODT
Paul Young
Brahm
Hill Hall
Gerrard Hall
Degree Candi
Davie Poplar
William B. Umstead
Swain Hall
Alumni Association
Carolina
Kenan Stadium
Kemp D. Battle
Rocky Mount
R. Gregg Cherry
Frank P. Graham
Flouse
Funeral Rites for Mrs. J Rankin Smith
Funeral services for Mrs. Jesse Rankin Smith, who died at 205 Pine Street, will be held Sunday at 4:00 pm at the family home conducted by Rev. Paul T. Jones of the First Presbyterian Church. Interment follows in Oakwood cemetery. The body will be returned to the home Sunday morning at 9:00.
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J. R. Smith
Jesse Rankin Smith
Pine Street
Paul T. Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Funeral for Mrs Maggie Hendrix at son home
Funeral services for Mrs Mag gie Hendrix will be held at the home of her son R Glenn Hendrix 206 Hillcrest drive tomorrow morning at 11 Elder W V Williard officiating A brief service by Rev O L Easter pastor of Lebanon Methodist Church precedes the funeral and interment will be in Mechanicsville cemetery
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Maggie Hendrix
R. Glenn Hendrix
Hillcrest Drive
W. V. Williard
Mechanicsville
O. L. Easter
Lebanon
Funeral Services for Mrs Selah Hasty Bell
Funeral services for Mrs Selah Hasty Bell 72 wife of Thomas S Bell will be held Sunday at 4 PM from Springfield Friends Church where she was a member Rev Milton Hadley officiating Interment will follow in Springfield Cemetery at her home 510 Wise Street Friday afternoon died
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L. H. Bell
Selah Hasty Bell
Thomas S. Bell
Wise Street
Springfield
Miss La vada B Fraley Rites Held At 4:30 P M
Funeral services for Miss La vada B Fraley 50 who died at her home 801 Carr Street will be conducted Monday afternoon at 4 30 from Koonce funeral home chapel Rev Julian S Hopkins Green Street Baptist Church will lead with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
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L. B. Fraley
Lavada B. Fraley
Carr Street
Britain Rejects Five Power Middle East Conference Plan
Paris reports Britain declined a five power Middle East conference proposed by France. Ambassador Duff Cooper delivered a note stating Britain prefers talks with the United States and France alone. A French spokesman said the note contained no new proposals. General de Gaulle had urged the Big Five to review the entire Arab question.
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Paris
France
Middle East
Alfred Duff Cooper
Britain
United States
de Gaulle
Russia
China
Lebanon
Syria
Goering’s Lament on Britain Invasion and War Failures
In interrogations Goering claims Allied air power secured the invasion of Britain and kept German ground forces from advancing. He says Hitler soured on his ideas after the Russian campaign, mocked Luftwaffe limits, and rejected the MB-262 as a fighter. He traces Malta, Poltava, and Iceland plans, warning of missed opportunities and neutral strategy shifts.
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Britain
Hitler
Gibraltar
Russia
A. S
United States
Theroman
Cassista
Goering
Luftwaffe
Moscow
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Bavaria
Malta
Italy
Poltava
Farm Equipment Sales Surpass $1.067 Billion in 1944
Total sales of farm equipment reached over 1.067 billion dollars in 1944, reversing earlier years with 636 million pounds in 1943 and 517.9 million dollars in 1929.
Board Five Reclassifications List Government Personnel
A long roster shows numerous personnel reassigned across classifications from 1-A to 4-F and 1-C Ind. with names including Stephen W. Taylor Clyde N. Jarrell Talmadge Eldington and many others, detailing changes by category and location. The document enumerates individuals by new classifications such as 2-A 4-F and 1-C Ind, with several names carrying senior or archival designations.
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Stephen W. Taylor
Clyde N. Jarrell
Talmadge M. Eldington
Oliver D. Scott
Bryant W. Guthrie
Walter E. Collins
Curlee Sims
Sidney A. Robinson
Ray D. Wagner
Richard S. Wimbish
Earl M
John R. Smith
Evatt Plans renewed veto clash over peace council powers
Evatt of Australia prepared to resume debate on big five veto authority in international peacekeeping while Russia seeks a clear issue on the assembly's discus sion powers. The trust of broad debate shapes the voice of small nations in the town meeting of the world. The charter outlines commissions covering world organization aims and the proposed security and regional systems.
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Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Council
Russia
Assembly
Evatt
Commission
General Assembly
Security Council
Memrs
World Organization
Council On Economic Social Cooperation
International Court of Justice
Ribbentrop Arrest Details Surface In Reports
The first official release states Ribbentrop was seized while sleeping nude in a lodging house with three letters addressed to Churchill Eden and Montgomery. Lieutenant Adam said he wore pink and white pajamas with two letters on a table. The landlady's cool demeanor is noted and the Hamburg field security sister is described as younger and quiet.
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Montgomery
Ribbentrop
Churchill
Eden
J. B. Adam
Hamburg
Marie Jenke
Haw-Haw Charged In London Night Bow Street Charge
William Joyce known as Lord Haw-Haw was taken to Bow Street police station in London and charged at night. details of the exact charge were not disclosed.
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London
William Joyce
Lord Haw-Haw
Bow Street
Food production rises as war drives demand and shortages ease
Despite 10 percent fewer farm workers and a 30 percent larger population, U S civilian food per capita rose about 10 percent during the war. Meat output surpassed 2 billion pounds, milk and corn up, potatoes forecast at a record 64 million bushels, though shortages appeared in Portland and St Louis.
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U. S
Jones
Agriculture Department
Portland
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
War Food Administration
Boston
Commission Merfeneuts
Englishman Joyce Arrested on Arrival in London
Scotland Yard said Joyce, flown from Brussels, was arrested on arrival and taken to Bow Street. He was charged and will appear before magistrates on Monday June 18.
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Scotland Yard
Joyce
Brussels
Bow Street
Potatoes Bootlegging Probe Targets Harris Kaplan Case
Field agents of the Office of Price Administration exposed a suspected black market in Irish potatoes in Elizabeth City. Harry Kaplan of Newark, N J, was held on 2500 bond after arraignment for alleged $150 fees for favorable handling of government released potatoes. Winsome shipments and price controls were scrutinized as investigators halted a truckload and seized unsanctioned stock.
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Elizabeth City
Office of Price Administration
Harry Kaplan
Newark
N. J
U. S
J. H. Leggett
Kaplan
Pasquotank
Camden
Currituck
Leggett
OPA
Cas
Ees
War Food Administration
Ickes Likely to Leave Interior Post in Coming Weeks
The Post-Dispatch reports Harold L. Ickes will be removed as secretary of the interior within weeks. James F. Byrnes is named to succeed Edward R. Stettinius Jr. at State. Ickes may begin a syndicated column after leaving government service. Announcement timing tied to UN conference in San Francisco and the July big three talks abroad.
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ST. Louis
Harold L. Ickes
Post-Dispatch
Edward A. Harris
Washington
Ickes
White House
James F. Byrnes
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
State Department
United Nations Organization
San Francisco
Street lamps broken by children threaten lights in Northfleet
In Northfleet England residents fear loss of street lighting as many lamps have been deliberately broken by children using bows and arrows. The local council warns fixtures may be out for some time while repairs are arranged.
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Northfleet
England
North Kent
Queensland Premier Welcomes British Settlers After War
Frank Cooper the Queensland premier on government business says Britain will be welcomed and preferred as settlers after the war to bolster population in Australia and reflects national effort to increase migration and growth.
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London
Queensland
Britain
Frank Cooper
Australia
Campaign Bars To Be Awarded To Paper Collectors
The War Production Board announces campaign bars for youths aiding wartime paper collection. Paper troopers earning 2,000 pounds receive a medallion. each extra 1,000 pounds earns a bar. Campaigns listed include European, Marshal Islands, Saipan, Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Marshal Islands
Saipan
Philippines
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Bragg Selected As Re deployment Station
Fort Bragg on June 16 was designated as an on base post for regimental personnel to the Pacific front. Brigadier General John T. Kennedy, post commander, says the station handles induction reception processing and discharge separation duties alongside existing functions.
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Bragg
Fort Bragg
Onan Sergea
John T. Kennedy
Radio Schedule Report on June 17 Broadcast Lineup
A detailed list of Sunday programs and times across networks notes time adjustments for daylight saving and network corrections. Highlights include Leopold Spitalny concerts, The Church of the Air, America United forum, World in Parade, NBC Symphony, Tommy Dorsey shows, and Walter Winchell broadcasts with various guests and news summaries.
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Cba
Sammy Kaye
Abe
Mbs
Ed Murrow
Cbs
Bennett
Abe Paul Lavalle
Cbe
Washington Story
Jim
U.S.A
John Chas
Thomas & Song
Abe News of World
Olin Downes
Cts
Abe Bill Cunningham
Dale Carnegie
Max Hill
New England
America
Father Brown
Charlotte Greenwood
Abe Nick Carter
Bill Shirer
Catholic Radio Service
Conrad Nagel
Paul Whiteman
Abbotts
Gildersleeve
the Nation
Niles and Prindle
Upton Close
Dick Brown
Wayne King
Corwin
Dbes
Drew Pearson
Chs Quis
Joe Kelly
Los Angeles
F. Langford
Spike Jones
Brondiewood
Greenfield
Abe Alexander & Mediation Board
Raymond Moley
Tommy Dorsey & Company
Jerry Wayne
Gabriel Heatter
Mbt
N' Magazine
Walter Winchell
Abe Horizons
Mollywood
Abbe
James Melton
Goodmar Orch
Abe Cedric Foster
Jimmie Fidler
Hollywood
Abe Dorothy Thompson
Phil Spitalny
Girl Orch
Phil Baker
Riley
Wm. Bendiz
Abe Earl Wilson
Helen Hayes
Harold Lloyd
We, the People
Rinda
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Azores
Mediterranean
James Lyman Ruffin, Jr
James Ruffin
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Lyman
Board Five
Paul R. Pilson
Tom M. Ayers
Alfred S. Koury
Samie K Sims
Archie L. Fowler
Arnold H. Brown
Ronnie E. Matthews
LaMar W. McIver
Richard C. McIntire
Byrd M. Neely
Walter C. Wiley
Paul S. Davis
Hubert Scott
Charles E. Plummer
Stephen L. Gibson
Willis G. Swaim
Raymond S. Atkins
Lloyd A. Hedrick
Roy T. Madness
Frank L. Brown
George P. Surratt
U.S
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