Conquest of Rubber and War Policy Shift Forecast
Daily Bread for Daily Bread notes the Allied advance in Asia Pacific through Borneo and Dutch East Indies successes, the loss of Jap oil sources, and the strategic rubber monopoly. It argues British and Dutch gains shorten the war, then cites Dewey urging prompt UN Charter support, predicting a new, active American foreign policy postwar.
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Borneo
Dutch East Indies Empire
Burma
Indo- China
Asia
Chain i
Okinawa
Athe Philippines
South Asia
South America
Friendless Franco in San Francisco UN rebuke softens Spain
In a San Francisco conference show of unity Mexico led 50 nations to unanimously decide Franco can lead Spain into the United Nations while warning fascism is dead. The stance weakens Franco at home and abroad, signaling possible diplomatic rifts and diminished prestige for the dictator.
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Franco
San Francisco
Spain
UNCIO
Mexico
Francisco Franco
United Nations
Italy
Germany
Mapa
Europe
Seven Killed in Arkansas Weekend Accidents
Weekend accidents in Arkansas killed seven people and injured at least 24. Two Missouri Pacific trains collided near Plumerville, killing and injuring passengers and crew. The dead include teens Billy Gage and Frank Tucker. Additional fatalities involve four Negro children burned in a Pine Bluff farm-house fire and a Little Rock girl electrocuted while trying to remove a lamp after heavy rain.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Missouri Pacific
Plumerville
Ark
Billy Gage
Frank Tucker
Nero
George Harris
Pine Bluff
23 Hurt in Mo Pk collision near Plumerville
A Missouri Pacific passenger train collision near Plumerville yesterday injured 23 people with at least two in serious condition. The westbound train from Little Rock to Coffeyville and the eastbound train to Little Rock operated on the main line. Engineer Vogelman and fireman J C Swain of North Little Rock were in serious condition. Most injured were from the Midwest.
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Litle Rock
Missouri Pacific
Plumerville
Lille Rock
Coffeyville
Kas
Little Rock
Ass Vogelman
J. C. Swain
North Little Rock
Midwest
Ship strikes parked car as Nasturtium docks
London reports that the British vessel Nasturtium docking at St Johns Newfoundland struck another ship. The impact caused the second vessel to lift and set down on a parked car, injuring no one aboard.
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London
St. John's Newfoundland
Husband Will Help Defend Mrs Stevens
Mrs Imogene Stevens 24 faces manslaughter charges after shooting Seaman Albert Kovacs in New Canaan. Her paratrooper husband Maj George R Stevens III, stationed in Europe, expected home on leave to aid her. Bail set at 50000. detectives describe the case as the culmination of beer, sex, and jealousy amid ties to Milton and Faith Coombs.
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Mary Harrington
Bridgeport
Conn
Imogene Stevens
Normandy
George R. Stevens
New Canaan
Europe
George R. Stevens, Jr
Imogene
Fairfield Beach
Stevens
Seaman
Albert Kovacs
Kovacs
Charles Milton
James
T. E. Stoiber
Milton
Faith Coombs
Fairfield County
Texas
Bomber Set
Carl Funderburg
Amarillo
Tex
Paula Funderburg
Beendfather
J. O. Dumas
Pampa
J. Stevens
United States
Soners
Funderburg
Steiber
New England
Miltons
Goren Willis
David Goldstein
Audacious Cavalry Officer Tries to Persuade Japs to Surrender
Lt Terrible Price Jr of the First Cavalry entered a Luzon Japanese camp, spent 10 minutes urging surrender, then fought his way out with an interpreter and a rifle platoon. After negotiations failed, Price killed two officers and a guard with rapid fire and escaped toward friendly lines. The colonel reportedly ordered two graves as the interview ended.
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William CG. Wilson Anila
Terrible Price Jr
First Cavalry
Luzon
Price
Ridley Park
Leutenant
Rempvar
Cocoanut Grove
Camote
Finish Fight on FEPC is Anticipated
Washington July 2 The fate of a projected house recess hung in the balance as two groups dug in for a finish fight over the Fair Employment Practice Committee FEPC Advocates led by Representative Marcantonio NY lab aimed to secure Senate approved funding of 250000 for the fiscal year The Southern Democrats led by Representative Colmer opposed FEPC saying it would interfere with the souths race policy If Rules Committee blocks the measure backers seek to move the Senate approved fund via the appropriations committee A two month House recess begins after this weeks sessions Also noted were small unrelated items about bushmen in Central Australia using kangaroo fat and a Buenos Aires museum project
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Washington
Fair Employment Practice Committee
FEPC
Marcantonio
Lab
Roosevelt
RPEPC
Colmer
D-Miss
Rules’ Committee
House
Senate
Rules Committee
Appropriations Committee
Strange Cult of Virginia Mountaineers Practice Their Religion
In St Charles Virginia a sect of holiness saints who test venomous snakes held a Sunday service at Stone Creek Grove church under a 100 degree sun. Nancy Klein, 65, boasted of 26 years medicine free and offered testimonials while snakes were passed among worshipers. No bites occurred as the group claims divine protection. An army photographer documented the event for Pacific troops and veterans had previously invited a jungle reptile show.
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St. Charles
Nancy
Pacific
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Truman to Deliver Pact to Senate
President Truman travels to the U S Senate to present the San Francisco treaty, the pact of 50 nations to outlaw war, for ratification. The Senate, with 65 voting members present, stands poised to approve quickly amid strong support and few dissenters. Hearings by the Foreign Relations Committee begin next Monday, aiming for a vote within two weeks and ratification by August 15.
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Tom Reed
Washington
Truman
U S. Senate
Senate
San Francisco
United Nations
West Coast
Berlin
Churchill
Stalin
Pec
Versaille
League of Nations
Atendance
Scrugham
Nevada
Associated Press
EEA
Barkley
Kentucky
Robberts killed on Highway 67 in accident
Theodore H. Robberts 72 of Hope was fatally struck by a car driven by Rob Jones on U S 67 west of town while walking to church. State police said unavoidable. Funeral at Garrett Memorial Baptist Church Tuesday at 10 a.m. internment Rose Hill cemetery. Survived by wife Addie, two sons Otha and Rayburn, sister Sula, brother Luther. Pallbearers named.
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Theodore H. Robberts
Rob Jones
Hope
U. S. 67
Robberts
Jones
Hempstead County
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church
D. O. Silvey
Rose Hill
Roberts
Addie Robberts
Otha of Hope
Rayburn Robberts
Houston
Sula Roberts
Luther Robberts
Stamps
Waddle Cunningham
Glenn Calhoun
Clifton Booth
Neil Bacon
Johnny Clark
Lloyd Lingo
Four Jap cities blasted by B 29s in new raid
Guam July 2 UP Four more Japanese tinder box cities were hit by a record B 29 raid against Honshu and western Kyushu. The nine ship force split into four groups striking Kure Shimonoseki Ube Kumamoto, dropping perhaps 1000 tons per target and igniting huge fires. Tokyo’s industry was reported largely shelved as 7 million residents were moved to safety areas.
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William F. Tyree
Guam
Japan
Honshu
Kyushu
Kure
Shimonoseki
Ube
Kumamoto
Tokyo
21St Bomber Command
Germany
Fire destroys two Miami oil plants killing bystander
A blaze at Franklin Oil and Sun Gas plants in Miami July 1 killed one bystander 14 year old James Edwin Nelson and injured twelve others. About 275000 gallons of navy oil burned with 500000 dollars in damages. Firefighters army navy and coast guard fought the inferno as explosions shook the area.
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Miami
Fla
James Edwin Nelson
City Hospital
Franklin Oil Company
Sun Gas Company
Sceen
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Redistillery
Breaking Up of Germany Outlined by Allied Council
The United States leading the Allied Control Council outlined a plan to decentralize Germany into several lander districts. American troops move toward Berlin to present the proposals to Russia Britain and France within ten days. The program envisions breaking the western Reich into smaller politically and economically impotent units as control is extended to regional commanders.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
U.S
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Frankfurt
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Western Reich
Quadripartite Control Council
Senate Confirms Byrnes for Secretary of State
The Senate unanimously confirmed James Byrnes as secretary of state, suspending hearings and a one day layover. The vote by voice affirmed Byrnes to succeed Edward R. Stettinius Jr., positioning him high in line for the presidency if Truman leaves office. The move, praised by both parties, marks Byrnes’ ascent from Supreme Court ally to key wartime administrator and cabinet member.
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Washington
James Brynes
Senate
Edward R. Stetlinius, Jr
White House
Supreme Court
Truman
Byrnes
Barkley
White
Maine
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Kansas City
Roosevelt
Clinton P. Anderson
Claude Wickard
New Mexico
War Food Administration
Marvin Jones
Court of Claims
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Frances Perkins
Schwellenbach
Washington State
Mr. Roosevelt
Tom Clark
Texas
Francis Biddle
Robert E. Hannegan
Frank C. Walker
Hannegan
St. Louis
Glasgow firm to auction war surplus spindled glass wicks
A Glasgow manufacturing firm plans to sell after the war a spun glass lighter wick that allegedly lasts forever. Production runs now but supplies go to troops in the Far East and to the Navy. In western Siberia a ritual uses sacred animal fat on a sick person for supposed magic. The United States census began in 1790.
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Glasgow
Far East
Navy
Siberia
United States
Hope Licenses for Liquor Stores Dropped
A statewide cut in Arkansas package liquor permits was announced in Little Rock over the weekend. Commissioner Otho A. Cook said licenses for Leo Robin and Jett Williams in Hope will not be renewed, reducing Hope’s total from six to four stores.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Otho A. Cook
Leo Robin
Jett Williams
Hope
Governors to Fight Federal Regimentation
Governors at Mackinac Island urge postwar state control over local affairs. Utah's Maw says the public rejects federal regulation after peace, while Tobin notes federal overreach into state domains and warns of revenue declines as war-time support ends.
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Jack Bell
Mackinac Island
Mich
Herbert B. Maw
Utah
Man
Harold I. Stassen
Minnesota
San Francisco
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusets
Tobin
Maw
Allen Shipp Named Hope Police Chief Over Weekend
Allen Shipp, a veteran Hope police officer, was appointed as the city's new chief of police this weekend. He succeeds John Turner, who moved to a bailiff role in the Western Arkansas district federal court under Judge Harry J. Lemley as part of a newly created federal court position.
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Allen Shipp
Hope
John Turner
Western Arkansas District Federal Court
Harry J. Lemley
Congress For Federal Courts
Life Begins at 75 for Buffalo Man Opening New Store
Buffalo, N Y Frank Winch, 75, has opened a new department store to mark his birthday. He retired six years ago but says he fears idleness and keeps active with business ventures.
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Buffalo Man
Buffalo
N. Y
Frank Winch
Dpartment
Allies Roll Armies Back to Own Occupation Zones as Job of Managing Reich Begins
Frankfurt on the Main July 1 Four Allied zones of occupation in Germany are being occupied by troops and specialists as plans unfold for a joint administration. The Control Council will meet in Berlin with Eisenhower Zhukov Montgomery and de Lattre de Tassigny. Officials stress uniform policies across zones to prevent renewed conflict while mapping the future of Germany.
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Reich
Don Whitehead
Hal Boyle
Frankfurt On the Main
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Germany
Berlin
Control Council
Eisenhower
G. K. Zhukov
Montgomery
de Lattre de Tassigny
Weimar
Australians Mount Major Landing At Balkpapan In Borneo
Australian Seventh Division wades ashore near Balkpapan in an early phase of a triple invasion of Borneo. General MacArthur says the operation secures control of Borneo and much of the Southwest Pacific while Japanese resistance stiffens along the newly captured front. Allied bombardment and naval fire support preceded the assault, with heavy enemy counterfire seen as troops push inland toward the town and refinery ruins.
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Spencer Davis
Manila
Balkpapan
Borneo
Ede
Douglas MacArthur
East Indies
Southwest
Pacific
Far East
Penn
Associated Press
James Hutcheson
A. Oes
U.S. 13Th
Fifth Air Forces
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Leyte
Lingayen Gulf
Luzon
Madame Chiang Out in China Says Old Guard May Bar Return
Walter Rundle reports that senior Chinese officials in Chungking privately expect Madame Chiang Kai-Shek to never return to power or homeland. They resent her Westernized image and influence, arguing she should curb extravagance while China fights for resistance. The dispute weakens her leverage with Chiang Kai-Shek and U.S. relations.
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Walter. G. Rundle Co
New York
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
United States
Madame Chiang
Chiang
America
Generalissimo
Ice Cream Machine Aids Troops In Remote Areas
A 40 gallon ice cream machine will produce fresh ice cream for American troops stationed in jungles and other distant posts. U S railways consume about 100 million tons of coal annually.
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U. S
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Washburn
United Front
Thomas E. Dewey
BY James Thrasher
Mo. Pac
Mrs. Stevens
Central
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Virginia
T. Robberts
Norway
Balikpapan
Dutch East Indies
Allen Shipp Hope
Mme. Chiang
Walter Rundle
United
Amazon
U. S. Department of Commerce
Colombia
Java
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