Debate on compulsory military training after the war debated in Washington
The Postwar Military Policy Committee heard Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion proposals. VFW favors a modified plan keeping recruits at home with summer camps, while the Legion wants one year of continuous service for all young men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
House
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
U. of F.W
Quebec
Teheran
Yalta
Chinese take Liuchow recaptured from Japanese forces
Frontline dispatch says Liuchow, former U S air base in Kwangsi, has been retaken by Chinese troops. The fall would signal the quick collapse of Japanese control in the province and bring nearby air bases and rail junctions within Allied reach.
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George Wang
Hempstead County Hits 60 Percent of Seventh War Loan Quota
County sales total 374 870 25 dollars toward 624 000 quota with E Bond sales at 190 086 25 dollars or 62 percent of 305 000. Water Creek township surpasses its local target by purchasing 2 525 dollars against 2 500 required. Bodcaw and Spring Hill previously reached their quotas.
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Hempstead
Syd McMath
Water Creek
Bodcaw
Spring Hill
Landing Boat Show at Fulton Called Off by Low Water
The Seventh War Bond landing boat show scheduled for Fulton on Saturday June 9 is canceled due to low Red River water. Boats will be returned from Denison, Texas to New Orleans by rail or highway. Albert Graves Jr. is named the county's sixth Fleet Admiral with $10,000 in E Bond sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Syd McMath
Red River
Denison
Texas
New Orleans
McMath
Albert Graves, Jr
Rotary Civic Club Tops Bond Totals In Fund Drive
In the civic club competition the Rotarians pushed their Bond total up to $29,875 with the Business & Professional Women's Club at $24,837.50 in second place. Kiwanis stood third with $18,319, and the American Legion totaled $7,631.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotarians
Business & Professional Women
Kiwanis
American Legion
Okinawa invasion ships cost billions in Navy estimate
The Navy reports ships for the Okinawa invasion cost about 7.8 billion dollars with nearly 1 billion more for airplanes consumables and Marine forces. The Army costs are not included. The 7th War Loan bond goal is 7 billion.
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Okinawa
Washington
Navy
Iwies
Treasury
Secretary of the Navy
Ted R. Gamble
The
War Finance Division
Girl Killed in Bus Truck Collision Near Fayetteville
Sally Jeane Colville of Paris Arkansas died in a crash involving a Crown Coach bound for Joplin Missouri and a pickup five miles south of Fayetteville. Seven others were severely injured and twenty two bus passengers were treated at Fayetteville hospital with seven later released. The truck driver Theodore Moore of Mount Vernon Missouri was uninjured.
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Fayetteville
Sally Jeane Colville
Paris
Ark
Joplin
Here
Fayetteville Hospital
Fort Smith
Theodore Moore
Mt Vernon
Lister’s antiseptic operation marks 1865 breakthrough
The record notes Joseph Lister began modern surgery with the first antiseptic operation in 1865, marking a pivotal shift in medical practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lister
Niemoeller admits 1939 bid to serve Germany as U boat commander
Berlin pastor Martin Niemoeller, jailed over seven years for anti-Nazi preaching, says at a Naples press conference he volunteered in 1939 to resume World War One duties as a German U-boat commander. He recalled serving ten years as a naval officer and noted his elder sons were called up.
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Ann Stringer
Naples
Martin Niemoeller
Berlin
Niemoeller
Reich
Nazi Germany
Grand Adm
Erich Raeder
Hacke
Truman Fepc Plan Faces Southern House Opposition
Washington June 6 President Truman confronts strong Southern Democratic opposition to his plan for a permanent Fair Employment Practices Committee. House Rules Chairman Sabath aims to bring the bill to a vote despite southern resistance that could derail the proposal. The measure would end race and creed discrimination in employment with statutory authority and would replace the current one year FEPC funded from the executive budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Johnson
Washington
Truman
Congress
Sabath
House Rules Committee
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
Colmer
D-Miss
House
Senate Labor Committees
FEPC
House Appropriations Committee
Allies joint control pushes into Austria in Vienna
Paris says Ameri can British and French military missions arrived in Vienna Sunday to join Soviet forces in administrating Austria. The move comes after Big Four delegates met in Berlin on steps toward a joint German control council. The talks may resolve disputes over Carinthia and the Soviet backed provisional government.
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Paris
Vienna
Austria
Berlin
Germany
Rome
Russia
Carinthia
Senate Ghost Hovers Over Frisco Conference 33 Votes Block League
An editorial compares the U S Senate to a ghost at the San Francisco League of Nations talks. It explains the two thirds Senate requirement and the power of 33 votes to block joining, noting past debates on abolishing the rule and the tension between Senate and House over ratifying treaties.
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U.S. Senate
Washington
U.S Senate
San Francisco
Senate
League of Nations
Ing
New League
House of Representatives
House
Arkanas New Laws Take Effect After Midnight
Arkansas enacts more than 310 measures from the 55th General Assembly with 90 day effective dates. Major items include higher homestead exemption, reduced inheritance tax, two percent insurance premium levy, a three day marriage waiting period with possible waivers, bullfrog export limits, a political advertising sponsor must be named, whiskey tax increase, vehicle license window, yearly rabies vaccination for dogs, and new taxes on fortune tellers.
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Little Rock
Laney
Arkansas
U. S. Supreme Court
Texas
Okinawa In Mop Up Stage As Japan Reads Invasion Imminent
Tokyo reports Okinawa entering mop up phase with Tokyo predicting next invasion forces will land in Japan soon. Domei says Japanese troops on Okinawa faced numerically superior U S forces while Nimitz noted air strikes and weather hindered ground action.
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Guam
Okinawa
Tokyo
Japan
Americhildren
Aka Jima
Ean
Domei
U. S. Tenth Army
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Childre
Radio Tokyo
Europe
Yomiuri Hachi
Yomiuri
Oroku Peninsula
Naha
Ninitz
Miyaki
Kumen
Tonaki
Miyako
Kurme
Ryukyu
Nimitz
Arkansas Law Proposes Voter and Land Rules and University Funds
The measure outlines land deeds for Giparian owners in non navigable lake beds, secure voting by soldiers via certified letters, and training bird dogs before season. It allows class one cities to own airports, enables a retirement system using extension funds, and caps Razorback football coach pay at 12500 dollars annually from gate receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
University Board of Trustees
University of Arkansas Board of Trustees
Walter Winchell Scooped on News Daughter Is Wed
Walter Winchell, whose daughter Walda Winchell is married, learned of the nuptials by scoop. Eloped to West New York New Jersey with William Lawless a 29 year old Cambridge Mass scenic design student and former army staff sergeant. He greeted the groom by telephone in New York Office noting the unexpected scoop on his daughter.
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New York
Walda Winchell
Walter Winchell
Miss Winchell
Toni Eden
West New York
William Lawless
Cambridge
Mass
Winchell
Bill
Hitler Body Found in Berlin Ruins by Red Army
Berlin reports from a Russian source say Adolf Hitler’s body was found among four near the Reich Chancellery ruins. The body was identified by teeth and features as Hitler, who died by poisoning. Goebbels and family were also found dead there.
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Hitler
Berlin
Joseph W. Grigg
U. S
Adolf Hitler
Reichschancellery
Red Army
Azi
Morel
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Karl Doenitz
Goebbels
Russians Delay Big Four Pact Signatures In Berlin
In Berlin on June 5, Russia demanded removal of a single word delaying the Big Four pact on Germany for almost six hours. Marshal Zhukov blocked immediate setup of the Allied Control Council and joint policies until American troops withdraw from the Soviet zone. Eisenhower and Montgomery, joined by others, had to return to headquarters as talks broke up.
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Joseph W. Grigg JR
Berlin
Russia
Japan
Germany
Gregory K. Zhukov
Allied Control Council
Zhukov
Red Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Marshal i Bernard L. Montgomery
Airborne Invasion Drill at Fort Smith June 13
Army air troopers will stage an air invasion demonstration at Fort Smith municipal airport June 13 to promote the Seventh War Loan. The display will feature C 46 transport planes gliders and paratroop equipment for public viewing.
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Fort Smith
Army Airtroopers
Air Forces
Stalin agrees to Big Three meeting with Truman and Churchill
In London reports a Soviet controlled broadcast and a Commons hint suggested Stalin agreed to a Big Three meeting with Truman and Churchill. London as host was said to be unlikely with Churchill's government saying no chance of a London meeting.
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London
Commons
Marshal Stalin
Truman
Churchill
John Anderson
Anderson
Austria
Moscow
Stalin
Graz
Harry Hopkins
Commons, Laborite Ivor Thomas
Sir John
Seymour Cocks
Nation buys half of seventh war loan drive
Washington reports Pur chases of E bonds in the 7th War Loan total 1 922 000 000 dollars or 49 8 percent of the 4 000 000 000 quota. Total individual purchases were 4 139 000 000 dollars or 59 percent of the overall 7 000 000 000 quota. The campaign ran from May 14 to June 3. Also notes Stalin’s real name Iosif Vissarionovitch Dzugashvili.
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Washington
Talks to avert Big Five split over veto rights
Urgent talks in Moscow and San Francisco seek to keep the Big Five united on veto rules at a world security council. Stalin may resist ceding broad veto discussion while Hopkins and Stettinius press for a mechanism to refer disputes to the council without one power blocking.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
San Francisco
Moscow
Stalin
World Security Council
Truman
Harry Hopkins
Stettinius
United States
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
France
China
Britain
Gromyko
Security Council
Council
Military meat demand rises to twenty four percent
The military requirements for meat account for about 24 percent of the available supply this year, up from 16 percent last year, impacting allocation and planning across suppliers and markets.
Three beasts in perfume making are whale musk ox and civet
The article lists the whale musk ox and civet as essential animals for producing fine perfume. It notes their roles in traditional fragrance creation.
Nieces of Gounod Now Nursing in Paris Hospital
Paris June 2. Two nieces of Charles Gounod are serving as nurses in an American hospital in Paris. Madame Suzanne Baignieres and Madame Madeleine de Guerre followed nursing through the occupation and await the hospital’s civilian control return. Royalties from Faust may continue due to wartime suspension of French copyright laws. The article notes genealogical hints in Madame Baignieres’ family and ties to artist circles in New York.
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George Tucker
Hal Boyle
Paris
Madame Baignieres
Francoise
Jean Helleu
Grand Central Station
Gounod
Toulouse
Faust
France
Joseph Zimmerman
Japs Pressed by US Army in Northern Luzon Advances
Allied forces push six miles along Highway No 5 in northern Luzon as the 37th Division advances toward Santa Fe and Nueva Vizcaya. The 33rd Division also advances toward Baguio while heavy air bombardment targets Japanese positions in the Cagayan valley and surrounding areas. Mindanao gains and Far East air strikes against Formosa and other targets are reported along with Bougainville activity in the Solomons.
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Don Caswell
Manila
Luzon
Bauio
Sae
Baguio
Bontoc
Cagayan Valley
Gattaran
Mindanao
Mintal
Davao
Far Eastern Air Force
Formosa
Takeo
East Indies
Borneo
Celebes
Halmshera
Timor
Bougainville
Solomons
Buin Road
Monoito Mission
Lightweight sleeping bag issued to American troops in Europe
A new light sleeping bag has been developed and is issued to American fighting men in European theaters. Weighing four and a half pounds, it is easily carried without hindering movement, unlike the blankets formerly issued.
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Alex. H. Washburn
James Thrasher
Elbe
Italy
Pietro Nenni
Sheaf
United States Army
Berchtesgaden
Kesselring
Julius Streicher
Streicher
Kurt Schuschnigg
Liuchow
U.S. Air Base
South Bolts Truman
Commission For Allies
Nation
Joseph Stalin
Iosif Vissarionovitch Dzugashvili
Composer Gounod
N. Luzon
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