Truman Heads West on 11Hour Nonstop Flight to Olympia
President Truman departed at 8 20 a m eastern war time for a west coast trip that ends in Olympia Washington with a social visit to Governor Wallgren before flying to San Francisco for the security conference. Eisenhower and top aides sent him off at the army air transport base as a cheering crowd watched the C 54 plane.
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Washington
Truman
Olympia
Wash
Man. C. Wallgren
San Francisco
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
New York
Army Air Transport Command
Joseph C. Grew
Sec of
the Treasury
Henry Athau
Kansas City
Churches Called Upon To Restore Faith And Order
London report says Archbishop of Canterbury urged English and Russian archbishops to lead in restoring faith and order in Europe. He welcomed a delegation of the Orthodox Church at a Westminster Abbey service and spoke of unity and comradeship forged in war.
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London
Cantebury
G. Fisher
England
Russia
Europe
Elcoming
Orthodox Church
Spe
Westminster
Eisenhower Guards Receive Massive New York Welcome
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower returns from Washington to a flag decorated New York City. A 17 gun salute at LaGuardia marks the arrival as Mayor La Guardia and officers greet him. A 35 mile tour through Manhattan draws cheers from thousands including 30,000 schoolchildren.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
la Guardia Field
Supreme Allied
Washington
Eisenhower
F. H. la
Triborough Bridge
Borough of
Queens
Manhattan
Adm
Richard E. Byard
Central Park
Fifth Avenue
Sports writer Sid Mercer dies at 65 in New York
James Sidney Mercer known as Sid Mercer, a longtime sports writer for Hearst papers, died at his home in New York after a long illness. He was 65.
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New York
James Sidney
Sid) Mercer
Hearst Newspapers
Truman Urges Law On Presidential Succession Change
President Truman recommended Congress place the speaker of the house first in the line of succession to the presidency amid vacancy risks. He noted there will be no elected vice president for nearly four years and criticized vesting succession power solely in the chief executive.
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Washington
Truman
House
Congress
Olympia
Wash
Deat
White House
Roosevelt
State
Treasury
War
Navy
Interior
Investigation Of Ship Sales To Japan Urged
Representative Thomas of New Jersey urged Congress to investigate pre Pearl Harbor sales of scrap iron and merchant ships to Japan. He introduced a resolution for a 1 member committee to probe direct sales and those via agents to Japan, warning of startling factors behind wartime ship and scrap iron sales.
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Washington
Thomas
R-Nj
United States
Japan
Mexico proposes UN ban on Franco regime's membership
Mexico's Luis Quintanilla urged a UN conference session to bar the Franco government from world league membership. He planned to formally present the proposal as commissions work on a world charter and membership provisions with sessions at 3:30 and 8:30 p.m. Pacific War Time. The move prompts debate on how to handle outside nations as the conference nears adjournment.
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Associated Press
World Organization
San Francisco
Mexico
United Nations
Luis Intanilla
Moscow
United Nations Conference Commissions
Quintanilla
No Abdication For King Of Belgium
King Leopold of Belgium announced he has resumed full constitutional prerogatives and will not abdicate. The statement followed the resignation of Premier Archille Van Acher's government and sparked strikes in Liege coal mines in protest of the king's return to Belgium.
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Salzburg
Austria
Leopold
Belgium
Archille van Acher
Brussels
Liege
Chinese Beat Off 3 Attacks By Japanese Near Liuchow
Chinese forces repelled three Japanese counterattacks and pushed toward Liuchow from two directions. They captured Samchakia 28 miles west and advanced to 19 miles from Liuchow on the Yungning highway, while another column moved from Tatang 21 miles southwest toward the city.
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Chungking
Liuchow
Chinese High Command
Kweichow-Kwangsi Ey
Samchakia
Yungning
Tatang
Eleven More Enemy Vessels Sunk By American Subs
United States submarines sunk 11 more Japanese ships in Far Eastern waters. The toll includes two light combatant vessels and nine noncombatant ships such as medium cargo vessels tankers and merchant ships. Total Japanese losses reach 1 153 vessels.
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Washington
United States
Far Eastern
Nol Pros Taken In Case Against Beck
In Greensboro the state took nol pros with leave in the Hugh Gibson case and will keep Gibson as a witness against six co defendants charged with conspiracy and murder in Bob Becks death near High Point. The move shocked the crowded courtroom as jurors were selected for the trial.
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Greensboro
Hugh Gibson
High Point
Bob Beck
Gibson
Lee Wilson
Lexington
Forsyth County
J. B. Murphy
Winston-Salem
M. G. Bullard
C. E. Drum
Paul Conway
Duke Power
M. G. Hunt
R. J. Reynolds
E. D. Smith
Kernersville
W. EF. Holleman
Four Billion in German Gold Found by U S Forces
American troops uncovered a treasure hoard valued at more than 4 billion dollars in a salt mine near Merken in central Germany. The 12th corps, which made the original discovery just before Germany’s surrender, reported the find to Supreme Headquarters.
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Paris
Merken
Supreme Headquarters
Germany
Four Leaf Clover Brings Luck To Kirby Higbe
In Fort Bragg area on June 18 Pfc. Kirby Higbe, Dodgers pitcher and 1941 NL pennant winner, recalled wartime danger in Germany. He hid under his bunk as artillery opened, then found a four leaf clover in a letter from his wife, a small luck charm amid danger.
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Fort Bragg
Kirby Higbe
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Columbia
Germany
Austria
City reports $300000 surplus at year end
City Auditor Lake Crowe announced a financial report for the first 11 months is complete but not yet public until reviewed by the city council. City Manager Roy S. Braden said council briefing is required. surplus is forecast at $300,000 plus, after non recurring expenditures of about $250,000 including $180,000 for bond refunding and around $70,900 for equipment and improvements.
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Lake Crowe
Roy S. Braden
Okinawa campaign reaches pivotal moment after Buckner death
The 10th Army reports a decisive push in Okinawa as Lt. Gen. Buckner falls mortally wounded. Maj. Gen. Geiger takes command as Japanese resistance tightens on the southern tip, with about 10,000 attackers remaining to be neutralized before declaring security.
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Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Buckner
Tarawa
Saipan
Okinawa
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Luckner
Yaeju
Nimitz
George C. Marshall
Seventh Infantry Division
Hagushi Beach
Geiger
Roy S. Geiger
Third Marine Amphibious Corps
Japanese Propagandists Deny Peace Talks Ahead of Surrender
In San Francisco on June 19 Japanese propagandists denied peace rumors and said Japan would not surrender unconditionally. Sadao Iguchi, spokesman for the Japanese board of information, insisted Japan had never sought peace negotiations with the United States and Britain. Tokyo radio broadcasts warned of an allied offensive as Nipponese enthusiasm flagged and a corps commander blamed the public for lagging behind allied efforts.
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San Francisco
Japan
Radio Tokyo
Sadao Iguchi
Japanese Board of Information
United States
Britain
Domei
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Emmons Escort Vessel Sunk Off Okinawa During War
The USS Emmons, once escort to President Roosevelt on the Teheran conference voyage, was sunk off Okinawa after a kamikaze attack. The destroyer minesweeper suffered 139 casualties with 59 killed, 78 wounded, and two missing. Formerly a destroyer, it joined the Pacific fleet recently and had previously aided Roosevelt’s Atlantic crossing in 1948.
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Washington
Emmons
Roosevelt
Okinawa
World War II China Coast Movements Report
The World Today from Chungking notes Japan withdraws northward along the China coast fearing Russia's entry, with Evacuation of Wenchow and forces concentrating toward Hangchow Shanghai and Indo China. Reinforcements reported at Bias Bay near Hong Kong and Kowloon while Americans discuss coast invasion and supply lines. Sea routes to China offer potential to pressure Japan as southern forces rely on British support.
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Chungking
China
Wenchow
Russia
Amoy
Swatow
Hangchow
Shanghai
Indo-China
Malay Peninsula
Bias Bay
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Japan
Lit
Hong Kong Canton
Eis
Troops Reach Fort Bragg on furloughs from Europe
More than 500 soldiers from the 86th division move through a reception station en route to home furloughs of up to 30 days after serving in Austria and Europe. The group, including Pvt Ted Hill of High Point and Pfc Charles Thomasson of Durham, anticipate brief contact with loved ones before resuming duties.
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Fort Bragg
Austria
Carolina
Bragg
Pacific
Lor
Oxford
N. C
Elizabeth Anderson
Elizabeth
Florence
Taylor
University of North Carolina
Harvard Medical School
Asheville
N. C. General Hospital
Pvt
Ted O. Hil
High Point
Virginia
James Pinnix
Greensboro
Paul M. Smith
Spartanburg
8. C
Wofford College
G. I
Charles G. Thomasson
Durham
Harris L. Mauldin
Rockingham
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