Roosevelt Calls 43 Nation Monetary Conference at Bretton Woods
President Roosevelt announced an international monetary conference to start July 1 in the United States. Invitations extended to 42 nations and the French Committee of National Liberation. Morgenthau to lead the American delegation with the Bretton Woods meeting expected to last several weeks and proposals for a 10 billion dollar world bank under consideration.
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Peru
Philippine Commonwealth
Poland
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Union of Soviet Republics
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
Stephen Early
John G. Winant
Great Britain
Harry D. White
Congress
Russia
World Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Ward Case Authority Questioned
A Senate judiciary subcommittee led by Senator McCarran declared President Roosevelt had no constitutional or statutory authority to issue the executive order that allowed armed troops to seize Montgomery Ward and Company's Chicago mail order house last month. The panel criticized Attorney General Biddle and called for further inquiry, with hearings recessed until June 6. Avery is set as next witness.
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Montgomery Ward and Company
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Sewell Avery
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Ninth Japanese Air Base About To Fall To Yanks
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS in New Guinea reports the capture of the ninth Japanese air base within a month as Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces push toward the Philippines. Yanks reach the edge of an incomplete airfield at Maffin Bay while fighting at Wakde, with casualties on both sides and continued air attacks on surrounding fields.
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Red Army Kills About 200 Germans Near Stanislowow
Moscow announced that Red army units repelled a Nazi reconnaissance foray southeast of Stanislawow and killed more than 200 Germans while taking some prisoner. The Soviet communiqué also said Russian planes sank two German transports in the Gulf of Finland.
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Peace Plan of Administration Expected Soon
New York May 6 The administration has drafted a peace plan similar to Churchill’s world order. It envisions a world council of the great powers with enforcement power and a world assembly of peace loving powers. Cordell Hull discusses it with a Senate foreign relations sub committee.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Celler opposes Pearl Harbor court martial push
Rep. Celler denounces Senate and House moves to force early court martial of Pearl Harbor commanders Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short. He calls the effort an outrageous attempt to meddle with Army and Navy affairs and warns it could deny a fair wartime trial.
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Short
69 Russian Planes Reported Shot Down
German narrows down Soviet air raid on a convoy off northern Norway. Nazi fighters claimed 69 of 80 attacking aircraft shot down. one more downed by escort vessels. Berlin radio cited the action as occurring last night off Nordkapp at Norway's tip, about 200 airline miles northwest of Murmansk.
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Dead Man Dies While Driving Past Home
Luther Metzger a 50 year old high school teacher drove by his home in Merchantville New Jersey today. His wife urged him to stop but he did not respond and kept driving. She found him with eyes closed and head slumped, and they rushed him to Camden hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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FDR Visits Naval Hospital for Quick Physical Checkup
President Roosevelt went to a nearby naval hospital for a brief physical examination. Doctors plan a follow up test to confirm he has recovered from recent winter colds and bronchial illnesses, though he appeared in excellent health after returning from a southern vacation.
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Roosevelt
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Ross T. MelIntire
North Carolina Governor Denies Distortion Aims in Whisky Purchase
Governor Broughton says McDonald’s charges on the 175 000 case Rocking Chair whisky deal are an attempted distortion not meant to deceive voters. He affirms there were no commissions or gratuities and that the purchase received his approval as political figures denounce liquor interests funding claims.
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Ralph W. McDonald
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Gregg Cherry
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Eisenhower Meets King After Troop Inspection in London
General Dwight D. Eisenhower returned from inspecting British ground forces at Allied Headquarters and met King George VI at Buckingham Palace. Allied vehicles destined for invasion were marked with a white star as the American symbol, not extending to air units where RAF signs remain red white and blue.
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Balkan flames threaten Hitler Balkan flank
Allied successes in Italy contrast with danger in the Balkans as Bulgaria faces flames and Turkey reports five German divisions rushing in from Serbia to shore up Hitler. Russia urges Bulgaria to desert the Nazi cause amid an alleged ultimatum from Moscow.
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Corrigan Admits Sending Restricted Letter to Chicago Firm
Commander John D. Corrigan admitted to the Senate War Investigating Committee he sent a restricted letter to a Chicago firm in which he held a half interest and asked it be burned after reading. The 43 year old Navy ordnance official testified he still owned half the stock in Corrigan Osborne and Wells. He said the September 13 1942 letter listed manufacturers receiving war funds and urged the firm to hire those named to aid war production. He offered no justification, and the committee chair suggested court martial.
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Ordnance Bureau
Senate War Investigating Committee
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Ordinance Bureau
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Bureau of Ordnance
Senator Ferguson
R-Mich
War Production Board
Truman
D-Mo
Union Pledges Abandonment of Walkouts
In San Francisco on May 26 the warehouse division of ILWU pledges abandoning strikes as an economic weapon beyond the war. The resolution, urged by Harry Bridges, seeks no-strike commitments in future contracts and calls for allied unions to adopt the policy. Bridges says the strike weapon is over and urges cooperation with employers to boost overseas trade for San Francisco.
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International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Harry Bridges
Richard Lynden
CIO
ILWU
California Cio
Loyang Communication Cut Off Amid Loyang Falls Claim
Chungking May 26. Communication with Loyang cut off since yesterday fueling belief that Henan Province stronghold has fallen to the Japanese. Tokyo claimed capture in a broadcast yesterday. Maj. Gen. C. C. Tseng, army spokesman, said Loyang probably fell but he had no confirmation.
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Henan Province
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C. C. Tseng
Allied forces report 8500 Japanese killed in Manipur sector
Allied headquarters estimate 8500 Japanese troops killed in Manipur area of northeast India. Heavy fighting continuing in Bishenpur sector southwest of Imphal as Allied forces press operations in the region.
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Manipur
India
Bishenpur
Imiphal
Allied Forces Advance Toward Rome From Anzio Beachhead
Allied forces push from the Anzio area as Fifth Army seizes Cori and Cisterna, advancing toward the Via Casilina and the Rome front. Eighth Army takes Monte Cairo and Roccasecca, with Aquino and Piedimonte falling to the north. More than 12,000 Germans captured. 1,750 vehicles damaged in 48 hours.
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Piedimonte
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Pico
Monte Civitella
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Pontine Plain
Asheville Man Believes Aged Woman Alive
Durham dispatch reports a missing Boonville Missouri woman, Mrs. Edward M. Jewett, may be alive after a railroad ticket agent in Asheville identified an AP photo as the woman who sought train reservations without naming a destination. The woman bought a day coach ticket to Greensboro after failing to secure Pullman space.
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