Richest American woman Doris Duke shows medal from Soviet general
Doris Duke, reputed world’s richest woman, said a Soviet general at a Linz party pinned a medal on her for being an American working girl. She described Tolbukhin giving the decoration and Patton’s bronze star moment, plus an offhand kiss and a planned visit to Duke’s hotel.
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J. Edward Murray Rome
Doris Duke
Stars and Stripes
Imore
Feodor Tolbokhin
George S. Patton
Miss Duke
Linz
Austria
Patton
Honolulu
Georgie
Tolbukhin
America
Toibukhin
Duke
Cairo
Doris
Hovelelu
WAC
House Approves Breton Woods Pact in Largely Democratic Vote
The House approved the Bretton Woods monetary agreements by a wide margin and sent the measure to the Senate amid expected vigorous debate. Opponents condemned the plan as a fraud and a WPA abroad, while supporters call it a framework for lasting world peace and economic stability. A motion to send the ratification back to banking committees failed 325 to 29.
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Washington
Bretton Woods
House
Senate
Opus
United States
United Nations
Hep Summner
R-Ii
Jeader
Banking Committee
International Monetary Stabilization Fund
Underground fortifications redefine Japan’s homeland defense
The report says Japan is using subterranean ammo dumps and supply networks with reinforced surface stabs beneath, forming interconnected fire coverage across landing zones. Experts say this underground warfare marks a new epoch and bombs may not defeat these positions, echoing cave and tunnel networks seen in Iwo Jima Okinawa and Luzon.
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Japan
Europe
Central Pacific
Philippines
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Six charged in espionage case linked to Arcerusia
Six persons, including Are Heid, were arraigned after a two and half month probe into possession of confidential government papers. They face up to two years in prison and ten thousand dollars fine for violating the Espionage Act. FBI-Collier’s ties noted.
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China
U.S
Hoover
State Department
War and Navy Departments
Office of Strategic Services
Office of War Information
Federal Communications Commission
Jaffe
Washington
New York
Arcerusia
Pacific
Joseph Grew
State
Instinctive Flight Mite Mates Near Post Emergence
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a mating line among insects with references to flight and emergence. No concrete locations, dates, or identifiable species are clearly readable for a solid summary.
Underground Forts Built by Japanese
Tokyo described vast underground fortifications and supply areas in the Nippon homeland as a new form of underground warfare. The broadcast claimed Japan built an impregnable fortress to delay the American advance, linking fortifications by a communications network and citing sacrifices since Guadalcanal to gain time.
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Russell Brines
Manila
Tokyo
Associated Press Monitor
Pacific Islands
Nippon
Asahi
Guadalcanal
Japan
Chaplin Denied New Trial in Paternity Case
In Los Angeles on June 7 Charlies Chaplin was declared by a jury to be the father of Joan Berry’s baby, Carol Ann, and was denied a new trial in the paternity suit. Superior Judge Clarence L. Kincaid stated there was highly conflicting testimony.
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Los Angeles
Charlies Chaplin
Joan Berry
Carol Ann
Clarence L. Kincaid
Jap Balloon Reported in Michigan
Detroit reports the Sixth Service Command confirmed a Japanese balloon fell in Michigan within the past months. No date or precise site were released. Capt. Donald S. Leonard said no bombs were attached and censorship restricted details.
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Detroit
UPI
Michigan
Sixth Service Command
North America
Army
Donald 5S. Leonard
New York
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Independence
Harry S. Truman
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H. B. Whitehead
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Joseph W Greene
Truman
Jackson County
Herbert A. Major
William Southern
Independence Examiner
Caroline Stoll
Roger T. Sermon
City Bakery
Mark Gayn
Collier's
Gayn
Office of Censorship
James E. Warner
U. S
Gaga
Asiass & Mewspaper
Hope Star
Hope, Ark
Col
Henry T. Myers
Tifton
E. F. Smith
Clearwater
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C. A. Horton
Granetta
Ark
R. W. Robitarille
Chaplin
Budweiser
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