Tariffs vote tests Truman plan in major U S tariff bill
The House approved the tariff bill 239 to 153 after a key vote over executive power. The measure extends the reciprocal trade act for three years and allows broader tariff cuts, aligning with President Truman’s push for international economic cooperation amid isolationist critics.
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Washington
Truman
Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
State Department
Joseph C. Grew
United States
House
America
Heavy rains limit fighting on Okinawa as 166 Japanese planes shot down
Severe weather slows 10th Army actions across Okinawa front. Navy and Army reports say 166 Japanese planes were downed in air battles amid night raids and shipping strikes. Thunderbolt fighters bombed three Kyushu airfields. Japanese counterattacks near Yonabaru and Yonaguni are described with heavy losses on both sides.
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Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Kantaro Suzuki
U. S
America
Washington
Japan
10Th Army
Okinawa
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nim
Yes
Kyu
Kushira
Nizaka
Sixth Marine Division
Associated Press Corret
Vern Haugland
Yonabara
Nisaid
British Pacific, Unreported For About A Week, To the Sakishima
Ryu
Corsair
Hellcat
Palaus
Yap
Yontanair- Okinawa
Yon Airfield
McGee Released from Custody After Controversy
Private Joseph McGee is released from confinement amid congressional protest over his court martial for assaults on nine German POWs. Secretary of War Rob Patterson orders 23 year old Worcester, Massachusetts to active duty and voids a dishonorable discharge issued by the court martial at Le Mans. The case drew criticism from House Democrats as it emerged in Washington.
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Ashington
Joseph McGee
Rob Patterson
Worcester
Mass
Congress
McCormack Ofusetts
Senas
le Mans
McGee
Rnce
France and Spain described as postwar European tensions rise
The piece argues France presses for intervention in Spanish politics amid postwar upheaval. It notes France’s coercive stance risks aligning left and right in Europe and highlights Franco's falange, communist claims about Republicans, and regional Catalan and Basque autonomy pushes. It stresses fragility of allied policy and need to avoid further disorder.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
Italy
Middle East
Europe
France
Foreign Affairs Committee
Britain
América
Spain
Pierre Laval
Falange
Army plane cutback could free workers and cut war bill
Washington officials said the army would trim 17 000 aircraft, the largest postwar slash since V E day, potentially saving 3 500 000 000 dollars and releasing 450 000 war workers by year end. The move aims to ease bottlenecks in aluminum and small electric motors essential for civilian goods such as refrigerators and washing machines.
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Washington
Lience
Initon
Williard Named Guilford Trustee in College Dinner
Guilford College in North Carolina announced at an alumni association dinner that Hervie N. Williard of High Point was elected a trustee. The dinner also saw Clyde A. Milner report $302,565 raised for campus development and officers elected including R. B. John as general alumni president and Mahlon Hale Newlin as vice president.
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Guilford College
N. C
Clyde A. Milner
R. B. John
Fayetteville
General Alumni Association
Mahlon Hale Newlin
Greensboro
Charles ‘Frank Benbow
Winston-Salem
Joseph J. Cox
High Point
Hervie N. Williard
7th War Loan E bonds lag behind quota in drive
Treasury reports after two weeks of a seven week drive that individual sales total 2.394 billion dollars or 34.2 percent of the seven billion target. E bonds account for 1.491 billion dollars or 37.3 percent of the four billion E bond quota as F and G issues perform better.
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Washington
Treasury
Four New Cabinet Posts Proposed by Senator Aiken
Senator Aiken proposes four additional cabinet posts to reorganize the government. He backs Truman's plan to grant executive reorganization authority and urges adding a transportation and communications secretary, a banking and insurance secretary, a welfare secretary, and a public works secretary with broad oversight of related agencies and programs.
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Washington
Aiken
R-V
Truman
Transportation and Communications
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Hopkins and Stalin Confer Ahead of Big Three Meet
In Moscow Hopkins and Marshal Stalin held talks in the Kremlin planning a broader discussion. The session touched on potential future meetings with Truman's personal representative, who arrived yesterday, plus possible attendance by Canadian, and American officials.
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Moscow
Harry Hopkins
Marshal Stalin
Kremlin
Truman
W. Averell Harri
Moscow Radio
London
Foreign Canadien Ee
Hopkins
J. R. Deane
Russia
Churchill hints at postwar Big Three conference before election
Prime Minister Churchill said he may attend a postwar summit with President Truman and Premier Stalin before the July 5 British general election. He noted he informed Truman of not delaying the election for a meeting and that Davies would discuss Europe’s pressing issues, including Poland, Syria, Trieste, Austria, Germany occupation, and war criminals.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Churchill
Truman
Marshal Stalin
Woodford
Joseph Davies
Europe
Trieste
Austria
Germany
Two Infantrymen Win Congressional Medals for Valor
War department announced posthumous Congressional Medals of Honor for two soldiers. Sheridan, 20, killed after opening fire with a bazooka near Weisweiler Germany on Nov 26 as the 47th Infantry Division seized Frenzenberg castle. Lopez mowed down 100 Germans before being hit by a Nazi shell.
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Mena Gton
May Carly
Pfe
Carleeere
Anes Gebere
I War Department
Sheridan
Ing
Lopez
War Department
Charles E
Falls Road
Balt
Weisweiler
Gery
47Th Infantry
Frenzenberg Castle
Colny
Young convict dies of head wound after highway chase
Asheville May 26 18 year old convict J A McKeitham died in hospital from a head wound suffered during a chase on the Weaverville highway. He and two companions escaped from a Yancy county camp after fatally shooting Carl Keith. Guards pursued in four state camps and a gunfire exchange shattered a windshield before the car sped away. The two fugitives L D Hatemell and Edward Duckett were still at large late tonight.
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Asheville
J. A. McKeitham
Weaverville
McKeitham
Yancy County
Madison County
Carl Keith
W. B. Lentz
State Highway Patrol
L. D. Hatemell
Edward Duckett
Soviet Writer Denounces Allied Press Sections
Communist writer David Zaslavsky in Pravda attacks British and American press for misreading Soviet methods. He cites Yorkshire Post and Sidney Mirror and defends Soviet democracy while accusing Western powers of missteps from Munich to the San Francisco conference.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
David Zaslavsky
San Francisco
Pravda
Zaslavsky
Yorkshire Post
Lenin
Peter, the Great
Post
Munich
Europe
Soviet Union
Engand
Poland
Austria
Russia
Red Army
Eighth Air Force Moves to Pacific Warfront
The Eighth Air Force transfers to the Pacific under Lt Gen James H Doolittle to intensify bombing of Japan. The redeployment aims to boost Japanese industry targets while remaining in Europe until completion. Kepner serves as Doolittle's European deputy. Maj Gen William E Ner named as new commander.
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Washington
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Pacific
James H. Doo‘little
Army Air Forces
Japan
Hitler
Europe
Doolittle
Tokyo
Air Force
Kepner
Eighth
Bouhler Captured by U S Seventh Army Near Zell
Supreme Headquarters announced that Phil lip Bouhler described as No 12 Nazi and head of Hitler's chancellery was captured by the U S Seventh Army at Finchorn Castle near Zell on May 21.
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Bouhler
Paris
Supreme Headquarters
Phillip Bouhler
Adolf
Hitler
U. S. Seventh Army
Finchorn Castle
Zell
German POW Hoermann recaptured in Hamlet
Charlotte reports Ed Scheidt says Karl Hoermann, a German prisoner of war who escaped from a pulpwood reject near Lugoff South Carolina, was recaptured in Hamlet.
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Charlotte
Ed Scheidt
Karl Hoermann
Lugoff
S. C
CAB Hearing At Sedgefield Tomorrow
Civil Aeronautics Board examiners Ross I Newmann and Curtis C Hend e scheduled to arrive at Green High Point airport at 11 30 am tomorrow for the Sedgefield hearing opening. High ranking airline executives will appear early in a six week session with venue undecided between Sedgefield Manor and Pilot Life Insurance auditorium. Reservations are reported as taken at Sedgefield Inn with overflow at Greensboro and High Point hotels.
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Greensboro
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ross I. Newmann
Curtis C. ‘Hende
Gree High Point
Sedgefield
Southeastern States Airlines
Sedgefield Manor House
Pilot Life Insurance Company
Sedgefield Inn
High Point Hotels
Resconge
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