China Russia meeting could reshape Asia postwar
The World Today discusses a possible China-Russia alignment under Premier T. V. Soong and Chiang Kai-shek’s brother in law, noting potential effects on Russia’s postwar Asia strategy and a possible mutual aid pact. It also surveys ongoing tensions between Chiang’s government and northern Chinese communists, hinting civil war earlier but noting eased tensions after reforms. Continued discussion promised on page two.
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Moscow
T. V. Soong
Ralissimo Chiang Kai-shek
Harvard
Soong
Russia
Asia
China
Japan
Ie Dingeoare
Chiang Kai-shek
Labor Disputes Erupt Across Nation Amid Idle Workers
Union actions prompt widespread idle workers with more than 60 000 idle nationwide as railroads and companies face strikes 18 electric plants amid rising tensions. Detroit sees progress as 45 000 idle Auto Workers return to work after AFL CIO settlement.
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Associated Press
Tern Electric Company
Detroit
Autombile
Afl-Cio
War Labor Board
Libbey-Owens-Ford Comy
Wartime poultry rationing narrowed for several states
War Food Administration announces civilians in West Virginia Georgia Missouri and Oklahoma will receive 30 percent of the current 10 percent poultry allocation in reial producing areas. 70 percent goes to the government for military and war agencies. North Carolina area not affected.
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Ashington
War Food Administration
West Virginia
Georgia
Missouri
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Chinese Take Airfield At Liuchow Recaptured Amid Fighting
A Chinese army spokesman announced Liuchow has captured the main airfield in its southern suburbs and retaken the south railway station. Fierce fighting continued in western Liuchow with the city burning since June 23 and its core destroyed. About 1,000 Japanese troops were believed remaining. Chinese forces near Kweilin also moved on toward the former U S air base site with columns engaging near the city.
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Chungking
Liuchow
Claire Chennault
14Th Air Force
Kwangsi
Kweilin
U. S
Senators Hear Talks From Naval Officers
North Carolina senators gathered in Hendersonville for a summer meeting where Lt. W. G. Epes Jr. USNR spoke about his aircraft carrier experiences in the Southwest Pacific and Capt. Robert S. Quackenbush Jr. discussed naval reconnaissance photography and its interpretation.
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Hendersonville
North Carolina Senate
W. G. Epes, Jr
USNR
Southwest Pacific
Robert S. Quackenbush, Jr
Yank Fleet Returns After Long Absence
Manila dispatch reports the American fleet has reentered Makassar straits east of Borneo for the first time since January 1942. Japanese claims of Allied landing efforts at Balikpapan and a reported sinking of several Allied ships are noted with no independent confirmation.
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Manila
Makassar Straits
Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
Balikpapan
Bombing Campaign Racks Up 2300 Tons on Southeast Borneo Oil Hub
Manila dispatch reports Balikpapan and nearby air fields subjected to more than 2300 tons of bombs in two weeks. Allied air forces led by Kenney and Liberators from the fifth air force have intensified the assault in southeast Borneo as Far East operations push toward north Borneo and nearby targets.
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MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Makassar Straits
Indies
Ban
North Borneo
Melbourne Radio
Miri
Tarakan
Borneo
U. S
Fifth and 13Th Air Forces
Royal Australian Air Forces
Balikpapan
Manila
George C. Kenney
Far Eastern Air Force
Fifth Air Force
Pacific
Tokyo radio says Japan moves war industries to Manchuria
Tokyo radio announced a large scale transfer of war industries from Japan to Manchuria due to enemy air raids. The broadcast heard by the Federal Communications Commission said the shift is more fundamental than the earlier dispersion of munitions and aims to shield industry from Allied attacks.
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London
Tokyo
Balikpapan
San Francisco
Japan
Manchuria
Nippon
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Asiatic
Woman Held Responsible For Killing Sailor
Bridgeport Con June 29 Coroner Theodore Steiber finds Mrs Imogene Stevens 24 criminally responsible for the death by shooting of Albert Kovacs 19 a submarine sailor killed in the home of a neighbor in New Canaan last Saturday night The coroner says she was under liquor and emotional strain when she fired three shots but intoxication does not absolve her from manslaughter He notes Kovacs was also intoxicated and suggests an illicit affair between Stevens and Mr Milton helped disrupt the Milton home
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Bridgeport
Conn
Theodore E. Steiber
Imogene Stevens
Albert Kovacs
New Canaan
Stevens
Mr. Milton
Milton
North Carolina Soldier Dies In Flaming Gasoline
Pfe Harold Hooks Jr., 20, of Kenly NC, died from burns after running through flaming gasoline to close a tank truck valve at Buckley field near Denver. He was filling tanks on a flying fortress when a hose disconnected and a spark ignited the gasoline. The plane was destroyed and no hangars were damaged. Hooks is survived by his father Harold Hooks Sr. of Kenly.
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Denver
Pfe
Harold Hooks, Jr
Kenly
N. C
Buckley Field
Here
Hooks
Flying Fortress
Harold Hooks
Peace Pact Praised By Vandenberg
Senator Vandenberg urged colleagues to accept the United Nations charter as a bold experiment and the world’s only collective chance for peace. He endorsed the San Francisco conference accord and called for limits on the future world security council powers. He spoke from a prepared manuscript and warned that rejection would lead to chaos.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Michigan
Seebne An
Simla Conference Adjourned Over Indian Seat Dispute
The Simla conference under Viceroy Wavell was adjourned to July 14 after a meeting between Moslem League and Congress leaders. Officials cited ongoing deadlock over seat distribution for a viceregal council and Moslem representation. The Congress claims to represent all Indian communities including non league Moslems.
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London
New Delhi Radio
Simla
Lord Wavell
Congress Party
Truman May Submit Peace Charter To Senate In Person
President Truman warned the world must have a world court for lasting peace and signaled he may personally submit the San Francisco peace charter to the Senate Monday. He spoke after receiving an honorary law degree in Kansas City and urged ratification as a first step for the United States.
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Truman
Kansas City
Barbera Rina
Spina
Senate
United States
World Court
University of Kansas City
Law School
San Francisco
Truman drafts quick UN peace charter ratification plea
President Truman today urged prompt Senate ratification of the United Nations peace organization charter. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said the message will be short and require about five minutes to read.
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Kansas City
Truman
Senate
United Nations Peace Organization
Charles G. Ross
President to Meet Alf Landon at 5 P.M. Conference
The president scheduled a 5 p.m. conference with former Kansas governor Alf M. Landon, 1936 Republican presidential nominee, and will later attend a buffet.
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Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Retired Editor Dies On His 86th Birthday
Joseph Edward Norment a veteran South Carolina newspaper man died in a Charlotte hospital on his 86th birthday. He edited the Darlington News and Press for 18 years and served as private secretary to Governor Heyward from 1903 to 1907. He lived in Charlotte the last year and will be buried in Darlington. He is survived by his son J. E. Norment Jr. now with the coast guard at Key West.
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Charlotte
Joseph Edward Norment
South Carolina
Norment
Darlington
Three Cars In 90 Miles Save Life Of Three Year Old Boy
Philadelphia June 29 UP a frantic 90 mile dash to save a three year old boy who choked on a peanut ended with successful operation. Robert Swendel of York Pa borrowed a car to rush his son George to a hospital. After 25 miles a tire blew and a police car took over. Another 25 miles and overheating disabled that car. A second police car with motorcycles completed the trip. Dr Louis H Clerf performed the operation and said the boy is in good condition.
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Philadelphia
Robert Swendel
York
George
Louis H. Clerf
Excess Profit Exemption Raised to Twenty Five Thousand
The House Ways and Means Committee approved tax revision to boost business cash by five billion. It raises the excess profits tax exemption from 10 000 to 25 000 effective 1946, with other changes minimal. Individual tax cuts were rejected as part of the bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Service Men Are To Serve On Railroads
The War Department announced 4000 soldiers will be furloughed for 30 days to work on U S railroads as brakemen firemen boilermakers electricians car repairmen mechanics and helpers to prevent a breakdown of rail transport during redeployment to the Pacific. Undersecretary Simp son said the move was in response to an urgent railroad appeal and justified by the need to maintain traffic for war against Japan.
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Washington
War Department
U. S
Pacific
Simpson
Patterson
Japan
Eclipse Of Sun July 9 Visible Here In Idaho
The July 9 solar eclipse starts near Boise Idaho and reaches totality across Salmon and parts of Montana. In High Point the eclipse runs 7 03 to 9 03 am with up to 54 percent totality. The American and Soviet expeditions will observe a spectacular corona and Bailey's beads as the shadow crosses the nation.
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Boise
Idaho
Howard Blakeslee
Associated Press
Science
New York
Kirgiz Republic
Siberia
North Pole
South Pole
United States
Amer
Ican
Montana
Sackatchewan
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
Greenland
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Cascade
Salmon
Soare Butte
Townsend
White
Los Angeles
Vancouver
Seattle
Salt Lake
West
Texas
Canada
Nip Bombing Raids Hit Japanese Industrial Centers
Allied B-29s attacked Sasebo and three other Japanese industrial cities firing large blazes as Manila announced more air strikes on Formosa and the Asiatic coast. Reports say enemy fighters offered no defense while ships and fuel depots in Korea and China also faced destruction.
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Ola A. Andires
Japan
Sasebo
Tokyo
Kyushu
Shimonoseki
Honshu
Kanoya
21St Bomber Command
Fleet
Korea
Nobeoka
Okayama
Osaka
Fleet Air Wing
Governors Gather For Detroit Conference On Mackinac Island
Detroit welcomed 13 of 44 governors from states and territories arriving for the Mackinac Island governors conference. The program included a Detroit war plants tour and a Ford luncheon with a buffet by the automotive council. Possible remarks from top national leaders were noted but not confirmed.
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Detroit
Mackinac Island
EWT
Detroit War Plants
Ford Motor Pany
Automotive Council For
Waw Production
Truman
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