Japanese Losses Reach 111 351 as Resistance Fades in Luzon
Manila reports Japanese resistance on Luzon rapidly waning as withdrawal to the Madres mountains begins. About 10 000 to 20 000 Japanese reportedly retreat from Luzon lowlands toward eastern hills while Allied forces push north and south toward a line above the Rao River.
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Manila
Rao
Douglas Macur
Luzon
Madres
Indanao
Richard Bergholz
Vao
Talomo-Davao
Bergholz
B. Woodruff
Infan
Mount Ma
Tamogan
Talomo Plain
Eighth Army
Simla Conference Near Agreement On Interim Indian Council
Indian national leaders reported near agreement on basic membership of a pro viceroy council for India as Lord Wavell’s talks adjourned. Muslim League backed away from delaying the process, though one block objected to Muslim-only representation on the interim council.
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Simla
India
Ore
Roy Lord Wavell
Moed Ali Jinnah
Reuters
Newhi
Tomore
Lord Ware
Lems
House Committee Approves Accession Measure
Washington June 27 A one vote margin by the house committee approves a measure placing the speaker of the house next in line for the presidency after the president. The 10 to 9 vote sent the bill to the house floor with some members seeking more study before passage.
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Washington
House Dictary Committee
Truman
Congress
House
White House
Movement For Quickest Ratification Of Charter Develops Among Delegates
A push for rapid ratification of the United Nations Charter gains momentum among conference delegates. President Truman urges immediate action as he travels to Washington to press the Senate. Connally and Vandenberg depart to testify in upcoming hearings, with Stettinius and state officials guiding witnesses before the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Truman
U. S
Tom Connally
Texas
San Francisco
State Stettinius
Harold Stassen
Dean Virginia Gildersleeve
Charles A. Eaton
Sol Bloom
Arthur Vandenberg
Washington
Independence
Missouri
Senate
Associated Press
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Stettinius
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations
Turkey Disturbed By Soviet Plans On Montreux Convention
Ankara worries Moscow seeks changes to the Montreux convention and Dardanelles status. Turkey looks to the United States and Britain for reactions before the upcoming big conference meeting. Foreign Minister Hansan Saka may visit Britain for talks with Churchill and Eden on the way home from the San Francisco security conference.
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Ankara
Turkey
Russia
Dardanelles
United States
Britain
Washington
London
Hansan Saka
Churchill
Anthony Eden
San Francisco
Truman to make important late afternoon announcement
President Truman plans a major nationwide reveal at a 4 p.m. press conference in Independence Missouri. White House aide Charles Ross declined to reveal specifics, saying only that the message is one of his most significant disclosures to date.
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Truman
Washington
Independence
Charles G. Ross
Salt Lake City
Capitol Hill
Edward R. Stettinius, Sr
James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt
Kansas City
Ross
Memorial Hall
Utah
San Francisco
Senate
Agencies Show Concern Over Walkouts
Government labor agencies voiced anxiety over rising strikes nationwide as President Truman returned to Washington. They anticipate help from the new cabinet appointee, Judge Lewis B. Schwellenbach, to bolster the government stance amid labor unrest linked to the war’s European conclusion. War labor board staff note the flareup strains the conciliation service and WLB disputes section. Strike votes by unions have surged since March.
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Washington
Truman
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
War Labor Board
U.S. Conciliation Service
WLB
Food Shortages Worsen In Cities Amid Meat Scarcity
A BLS survey of 56 large cities shows four in ten independent grocers lack frankfurters and bologna and fewer big city stores had meat in mid June than any time in 15 months. Overseas, however, Italy and Switzerland saw brighter outlooks as UNRRA relief shipments to Czechoslovakia continued.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Italy
Switzerland
UNRRA
Czecho
India Simla Peace Conference Weighs World Stability
The British Indian effort to resolve the Indian political problem dominates a world outlook. Held at Simla high in the Himalayas, the summit gathers major factions for talks for the first time since the 1930s round tables. Success could unite the region and avert a western threat from rival blocs.
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San Francisco
Cenfer Center
India
Subcontinent
Japan
Simla
Barkley Sees Senate Ratification By August Fifteenth
Senate Majority Leader Barkley of Kentucky predicted quick action on approving the San Francisco charter. He cited two more budget bills to complete the new fiscal year, anticipated Bretton Woods funding and the world peace keeping charter after committee hearings and debate.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
San Francisco
Bretton Woods World Bank and Stabilization Fund
Banking Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Robbers Break Into Bank Post Office and Bus Station
WAXHAW June 27 A wrecked bank post office and bus station were entered at 4 this morning. Safes in the bank and bus station were hammered out of shape. the post office safe opened and looted. Postal inspectors FBI agents a Charlotte detective and county officers were to investigate.
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Waxhaw
FBI
Charlotte
Scheidt Warns Senators On Postwar Crime Risk
FBI special agent Edward Scheidt of Charlotte told the North Carolina Senate in Hendersonville that postwar crime could rise and law enforcement must prepare with new methods and equipment. He urged inventories and emergency planning to meet possible use of more dangerous criminal methods.
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Hendersonville
Edward Scheidt
Charlotte
FBI
North Carolina
Senate
Scheidt
Fourth Division To Train At Camp Butner
The Fourth Infantry Division under Maj. Gen. Harold W. Blakeley will arrive at Camp Butner around August 1 for pre training before deployment to the Pacific. About 20,000 men will receive thirty day furloughs on arrival prior to Pacific training.
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Durham
Pacific Theater
Harold W. Blakeley
Camp Butner
Pacific
Nationwide Black Market in Poultry Sparks Egg Shortage Fears
A U S House food shortage committee reports a nationwide black market in poultry driving prices 10 to 50 percent above legal. Dealers buy entire laying flocks, threatening egg output next year. Consumers buy directly from producers as red meat shortages pinch hotels and restaurants. price ceilings suppress egg profits, urging higher ceilings to boost production.
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Washington
Dune
House
Midwest
Far West
California
John Lawler
CPA
Truman Links World Charter to Immediate Action
President Truman urged immediate ratification of the world charter at the World Security Conference closing, warning that if the world falters millions will die. He pressed nations to adopt the charter now and make it a living policy, sending it to the U.S. Senate. Delegates, including from small nations, applauded as he urged shared security over privilege.
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San Francisco
Truman
Mr. Truman
United States Senate
Senate
United Nations
Arnall Urges Economic Equality for Negroes in Georgia
Governor Ellis Arnall of Georgia tells a Louisville audience that economic equality matters more to African Americans than social equality. He asserts the right to work and earn a decent living, while avoiding disruption of Southern customs, and says equal economic opportunities are essential for Georgia’s well being. He spoke at a Jefferson Day dinner in Kentucky.
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Louisville
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arnall
South
Kentucky
Tokyo Radio Reports Drive Upon Kume Island
Tokyo Radio reports allied forces advancing toward Kume Island west of Okinawa with possible China coast invasion plans. Mentioned are captured Nipponese prisoners, a tactical island profile, and speculation on campaign progression and bases for a larger invasion.
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Tokyo Radio
Kume
Guam
Radio
Tokyo
Okinawa
China
Japan
Masari Ito
Nawa
Yomiuri Hachi
Kerama Islands
Allied Ships Bombard Balikpapan Oil Center
Nathan Broch reports from Balikpapan that heavy Allied air and sea attacks hit the Japanese held oil center in daylight. An Australian Liberator bomber accompanied the strike, targeting artillery batteries and igniting fires along the waterway as leaflets were dropped to residents.
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Nathan Broch
Aneta
Netherlands
Balikpapan
Borneo
Nathan Broch Aneta
Netherlands Borneo
Halmaheras
Oil City
Montgomery's Statement Is Challenged
Prime Minister Churchill contradicted the view that Britain was finished in 1941 and said Britain was getting stronger daily. Field Marshal Montgomery told American troops at Wiesbaden that Britain was finished in 1941 and could not have survived without American aid. Churchill's Bradford campaign swung through nearby cities Halifax Burnley Blackburn and Preston.
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Churchill
Winston Churchill
Field Marshal
Montgomery
Wiesbaden
Germany
Britain
Bradford
Halifax
Burnley
Blackburn
Preston
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James K. Wardman
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