Sweet potato as potential postwar industrial crop
Senator Fulbright highlights Arkansas postwar plans from federal and state records, noting Dr. Julian C. Miller's view that sweet potatoes could fuel industrial uses such as alcohol production. With 60-pound yields per bushel and high feed value, southern sweet potatoes may rival Iowa corn, prompting a shift from cotton decline to new crops and mechanized farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Arkansas Resources and Development Commission
Fulbright
Julian C. Miller
Louisiana State University
South
Towa
Iowa
Government Psychiatrists for Bureaucratic Fixes?
The column questions Judge Jerome Frank's proposal that government psychiatrists periodically counsel top officials. It warns such a system could intrude into private matters, invite scandal, and provoke interagency quarrels. The piece doubts psychiatrists would soothe governance and may even unnerve the practitioners themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Retator Blooper
Doakes
OPX
Sr Doake
Seir
Washington
Davies Plans Report on Moscow Mission Dinner Tonight
Joseph Davies, former ambassador to Moscow, will brief President Truman on his London mission at a White House dinner tonight. He returned yesterday from talks with Prime Minister Churchill and others, including a potential early plan for the “Big Three.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Davies
Truman
London
White House
Davies
Moscow
Churchill
Seventh War Loan reaches 45 percent of Hempstead County quota
Hempstead County reports 45 percent of its Seventh War Loan quota after three weeks with total sales at 280,889.50 dollars toward a 624,000 dollar county target. E Bond sales total 181,242.50 dollars (59 percent of the 305,000 dollar E Bond goal). Railroads add 50,000 dollars to Hempstead, and local clubs vie for leadership including Rotary at 26,518.75 and Business & Professional Women's club at 24,762.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Syd McMath
Kansas City
Kansas City & Southern Railway Company
Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad Company
C. H. Taylor
Hope
Rotary Club
Business & Professional Women’s Club
Kiwanis Club
American Legion
Bradley and Spatz Return Home to U S Parade
Philadelphia readies a victory parade and rally for Generals Omar Bradley and Carl Spaatz plus 50 officers and men. An auto entourage including Governor Edward Martin and Mayor Bernard Samuel will greet them at Northeast Airport before a Independence Hall ceremony. General Bradley recalls St Louis breakthrough and the Seventh German army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Omar N. Bradley
Carl A. Spaatz
Independence Hall
Wilt
An McAuliffe
Bastogne
McAuliffe
Belgian Bulge
Edward Martin
Bernard’ Samuel
Northeast Airport
Spaatz
American
Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Boyertown
Bradley
Dwight Eisenhower
12Th
U. S
Ruth Spaatz
Washington, D. C
la Guardia
New York
General Bradley
Mary Bradley
Washington
Leland S. Hobbs
West Point
N. Y
Deroit
Germany
St. Lo
Renegade Indian Army Disbands After Japanese Ties Revealed
British announce the puppet Indian National Army once led by Capt Mohan Singh and Raj Behari Bose has been scattered and disbanded after three years of failed revolt efforts. The force, formed from 35 000 deserters, joined the 1944 Manipur campaign and collapsed as Indians ignored calls to revolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. D. Sharma
New Delhi
Singapore
India
Manipur
14Th Punjab Regiment
Mohan Singh
Singh
Raj Behari Bose
Japan
Lord Hardinge
Bose
Far East
Subhas Chandra Bose
Indian Congress
Ee Gandhi
Benin
Sub
District Fair Officers to be Elected in Hope
County judges from 17 counties of the Third Agricultural District are invited to Hope on June 12 to organize and elect officers for the Third District Fair and Livestock Show. Judge Fred A. Luck said the Hempstead Fair & Livestock Show will host and that $5,000 state aid was won. The event, if not forbidden by federal authorities, is expected to proceed this autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Fred A. Luck
Luck
Hempstead
Little Rock
Arkaps
Office of Defense Transportation
Frank A. Storey
State Fiscal Control Board
Pine Bluff
Fort Smith
Blytheville
Hope
Allied Thrust on N Borneo Is Reported
A Japanese radio report picked up by United Press claimed Allied ground and sea units were assaulting Sandakan the capital of British North Borneo, with no Allied confirmation. The broadcast spoke of enemy warships and two destroyers in Sandakan bay and referenced ground units without noting a landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Sandakan
British North Borneo
East Indies
Tokyo
United Press
Borneo
Sandakan Bay
Pearl Harbor
U. S
10Th Army
Okinawa
Naha
Chinen
Enmy
Hope Navy Gunner Credited With One Jap Plane
Wayne J Huckabee signalman third class of Hope Ark served aboard a merchant vessel credited with sinking one Japanese bomber and damaging another during the Lingayen Gulf raid. He participated in Luzon operations after eight months at sea and reported multiple enemy air attacks, with all seven planes ultimately submerged. He joined the Navy in 1943 after graduating Spring Hill High School and has prior sea service including England and France in support of Normandy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Huckabee
Hope Navy
Navy Dept
New Orleans
Navy
Wayne J. Huckabee
USNR
Hope
Ark
Luzon
Philippines
U. S. Naval Armed Guard Center
Lingayen Gulf
Corregidor
Huckabee
New Guinea
Netherlands East Indies
England
France
Spring Hill High School
San Diego
Calif
A. J. Huckabee
R.F.D
Frisco Meet Deadlocked on Veto Issue
United States presses for no veto on the right of discussion in a world security council as the United Nations conference stalls over veto interpretation. Russia Britain China and France resist. another Big Five meeting convened after progress on other 14 of 18 issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
San Francisco
United States
Russia
Britain
China
France
Guillermo Bell
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Stettinius
Japs Retreat on Northern Luzon and Pacific Actions
American forces from the 37th Division pushed along the Cagayan valley in northern Luzon amid light resistance, the first signs of Japanese horseback use in Pacific fighting. Casualty figures for the Philippines were tallied at 385,480 Japanese, with 6,550 dead and 503 prisoners in a week, while American and Filipino losses reached 225 killed and 657 wounded. News from Mindanao, Tarakan, and Formosa described air strikes, sinking of vessels, and heavy bombardments on airstrips and defenses as Allied operations continued across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Caswellanila
37Th
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Santa Fe
Pacific Island
Philippines
Mindanao
Davao City
Tarakan
Borneo
Radio Tokyo
Pontiniak
Formosa
Takao
FEPC Doomed as Congress Withholds Funds
Washington June 4 The Fair Employment Practices Committee faces extinction unless Congress provides funding by June 30. The temporary FEPC, created by Roosevelt in 1941 to curb race discrimination in war plant hiring, has handled over 8,000 complaints. 85 percent from Negroes. The House Appropriations Committee, citing pending permanent FEPC legislation, barred funding this year, risking automatic dissolution. The Senate may mandate funding, risking a House Senate clash. The wartime job gains for Negroes loom amid potential postwar cutbacks, with FEPC warning of half a million Negroes moving to production centers and many facing unemployment as industries cut back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow Washington
Fair Employment Practices Committee
FEPC
Congress
Germany
Roosevelt
House
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Monthly Labor Review
U.S. Department of Labor
South
East
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Malcolm Ross
Lifting of Wage Ceiling Debated By War Labor Board
The War Labor Board began considering relaxing wartime wage ceilings for the trucking industry. The Chicago Truckers Union and AFL teamsters pressed for change after a week-long strike and government seizure of companies employing about 6,500 union members. Present ceilings, in place since August 1944, affect 7,000 Chicago truckers and over 600,000 nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
Chicago Truckers Union
Ind
WLB
Teamsters
AFL
Chicago
Russians execute 50 Nazis after Berlin uprising
A Finnish radio report says the Red Army executed 50 Nazis following a minor Berlin uprising three days earlier. Russian officials announced punishments for those responsible as fighting flared in several Berlin districts. Dr. Arthur Werner, the Russian-appointed Berlin mayor, warned that 50 Germans would be killed for each act of violence against the Russians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Red Army
Arthur Werner
Compulsory Training Advocated by State Dept in Hearing
Acting Secretary Grew told the House postwar military committee that compulsory peacetime training is essential for the United States to meet obligations under the world security organization. He argued a year of military training would deter aggressors and strengthen policy, while also boosting educational engagement. the hearing opened with Grew as the first witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Dept
William F. Arbogast
Washington
State Department
United States
World Security Organization
Joseph C. Grew
House
Woodrum
D-Va
Grew
America
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Control Body for Germany Meets Today
Four power Allied Control Commission to decide German occupation faces first meeting near Berlin. Eisenhower joins Montgomery and Zhukov, with De Lattre De Tassigny likely as French rep. Potsdam area cited as seat. US correspondents Grigg, Middleton, and Porter travel to Berlin to cover historic gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce W. Munn
Paris
Allied Control Commission
Germany
Berlin
Radio Paris
FCC
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frankfurt
Bernard L. Montgomery
Gregory Zhukov
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Joseph-Pierre Koenig
Radio Luxembourg
Potsdam
Joseph W. Grigg, Jr
United Press
Drew Middleton
N. Y. Times
Roy Porter
French Charge British Grab in Syria Crisis
Paris government sources accuse Britain of seeking full Levant control and censoring cables while De Gaulle and French officials condemn British actions in Syria. Damascus reports say French civilians are moved to camps and French posts come under attack as Syria breaks relations and evacuations continue. An international committee may be formed to assess damages and seek indemnity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philault
United Press
London
Paris
Levant
Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
Beyrouth
Syria
Foreign Office
Britain
France
Mediterranean
Associated Press
The
Daily Mail
House of Commons
Damascus
New Orleans Leads U S in Coffee Consumption
New Orleans consumes more coffee per capita than any other metropolitan area in the United States. Residents use two tablespoons per cup and many children start drinking coffee at age ten or younger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
United States
Staging Camp Friction as Troops Prepare Homeward Trip
Hal Boyle notes a tedious staging area near Rouen as First Army troops move from France to Le Havre. Morale sagging, tents in dreary woods, endless drills, detritus left behind, and the impersonal rhythm of thousands passing through. The scene ends with de-lousing and inoculations before ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
U. S. First Army
France
America
First Army
Rouen
le Havre
Homseick
Yanks Push Ahead Fast on Okinawa Pearl Harbor
U S troops press along Okinawa southern coast en route to envelop remaining 15 000 to 20 000 Japanese soldiers as Nippon reports pilotless balloon and death by own action attacks. Allied forces drive toward Sandakan and clash with scattered pockets. Halsey dismisses balloons and Kamikaze threats as nuisance while warning Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Tyree
Guam
Okinawa
Toyko
Shozo Nakajima
Sourthern
United States
Japan
Okyo
Nakajima
Tokyo
Mainichi
William F. (Bull) Halsey
Third Fleet
Oknawa
Halsey
Hall Halts Home Canning Sugar Issuance in Arkansas
War Price and Rationing boards in Little Rock suspend home canning sugar rations from today through June 14 after a directive from Robert P. Hall district OPA director. The pause enables boards to file reports to the district OPA office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Robert P. Hall
District Opa
Hall
Recruiting of Nurses Is Stopped Washington
The army and navy have all the nurses they need now. A Red Cross statement said the surgeon general asked the agency to halt enlistments and set a goal of 60 000 nurses by June 1. The navy had met its needs for 2 thousand nurses. A nurses draft bill passed by the House died in the Senate.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Red Cross
House
Senate
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Alex. H. Washburn
Senator Fulbright
Industrial Review
BY James Thrasher
Jerome Frank
Federal Bench
Spatz
U.S
N. Borneo
Frisco
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