Russians and Allies praise Ike in victory award gathering
In Frankfurt on the Main Russia awarded the Order of Victory to Dwight Eisenhower. Marshal Zhukov toasted Eisenhower praising him as a son of the American people and part of a historic welding of Allied forces. The Associated Press notes mutual respect marks their meeting.
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Frankfurt On the Main
Germany
Russia
T Dwight Eisenhower
Moscow
Eisenhower
Marshal Zhuxov
Associated Press
Marshal Zhukov
Hidden Nazi Radio Stirs Up Germany Report
The Weis senburg area in southern Germany hosts a clandestine Nazi radio broadcasting to the public with the pledge Hitler will return. Allied intelligence traces the station as German resistance grows amid rumors of Hitler’s death and ongoing investigations into Hitler’s fate.
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Germany
12Th Army Group
Weissenburg
Hitler
Weisenburg
Augsburg
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Gregory K. Zhukov
V Zhukov
Are
United Press
Joseph W. Grigs, Jr
Ody
Zhukov
Twelfth Army Group
Rudolf von Ribbentrop
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Third Army
Ribbentrop
Rain totals top ten inches in Arkansas two day storm
Weather service and local stations report 9.86 inches of rain in two days, with 7.75 inches falling Monday night into Tuesday morning. Floods threaten crops across Arkansas as crests rise on White and Ouachita rivers and rainfall surpasses annual averages.
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Hope
T. S. MacDavitt
the Star
Little Rock
Arkansas
Fort Smith
van Buren
U. S. Weather Bureau
Calico Rock
Ozark
Ouachita
Arkadelphia
Black Rock
Harrison
Texarkana
WLB Expected to Intervene in Bus Strike
The War Labor Board was expected to enter a dispute involving Tri-State Transit Company and about 700 bus drivers and mechanics across nine states. Disputes over pay and benefits prompted walkouts at Shreveport and other terminals, with a spokesman calling the drivers' demands excessive while noting service operates for thousands daily.
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War Labor Board
Tri-State Transit Company
John L. Kennedy
New Orleans
Secretary of Labor
Tri-State
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Illinois
Compromise on Poland to Be Disclosed
President Truman planned a news conference to discuss the Russia United States Poland issue as Harry Hopkins returned from Moscow with Premier Stalin's compromise offer. Hopkins was en route to Washington after a Paris stopover and health concerns delayed further talks.
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Ernest B. Vaccaroashington
Truman
White House
Harry S. Hopkins
Moscow
Stalin
Hopkins
Washington
Charles G. Ross
Marshal Stalin
United Nations
Churchill
Paris
Roosevelt
Yen
Premier Bonomi Resigns, Italy Forms New Coalition
Rome reports Premier Ivanoe Bonomi submitted his resignation to Crown Prince Umberto regent, clearing the way for a new coalition government formation. The move signals a transition in Italy's leadership and political alliance dynamics.
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Rome
Ivanoe Bonomi
Humbert
Italy
Von Kluge Planned Surrender Exposed by Allied Files
Field Marshal Georh Von Kluge attempted to surrender to American forces near Avranches last August but an Allied air raid blocked the move. Eyewitness files reveal his conspiracy with Gen. Ernst Von Stuelpnagel and his suicide upon failing to flee to Berlin.
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Jack Fleischer
Feild
Gerd von Rundstedt
Western Front
Normandy
Hitler
Avranches
Berlin
Germany
Ernst von Stuelpnagel
Paris
Verdun
von Kuge
Metz
Americans Press Okinawa Assault Across Yaeju Dake Plateau
American troops sealed the Jaeju Dake escarpment and pressed inland on Okinawa as they stormed caves and ridges with flamethrowers and artillery. Maj. Gen. Pedr De Vallie's 1st Marine Division pushed along Kunishi Ridge while Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley's 96th Division advanced north, closing off southern escape routes and trapping Japanese defenders. Buckner predicted the surrender ultimatum would end the resistance within days.
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Jaeju- Dake
Okinawa
Pedr de Vallie
Edward L. Thomas
Gen. Buckner
Buckner
Yaeju-Dake
96Th
Yunugusuku
Britain Maintained Contact With Vichy Government in 1940
In Commons, Prime Minister Churchill reveals Britain kept secret talks with Vichy France in 1940 but notes Paris was heavily constrained by German pressure. He says after the 1940 ambassador withdrawal, Britain used indirect channels to urge passive resistance, exchanging messages via Irish and French representatives in a neutral capital.
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Churchill
Britain
Vichy
Commons
Marshal Petain
France
Hospitals Call for Bold Reform in Veterans Defense
The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars urged immediate drastic reforms at the Veterans Administration to avert a breakdown in veterans hospitalization. They reported overcrowding staff shortages and red tape across coast to coast facilities and urged a thorough probe of maltreatment in northport New York.
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Paul Harrison Washington
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars Today
Veterans Administration
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Omar N.radley
Veterans Ministrator
Eupe
Mayo Clinic
Johns Hopkins Hospital
VFW
Legion
House
Severl
Northport
L. I
Wndows
Washington
Hase Veterans Committee
Nethport
Veerans
Foreign Wars
Althogh
Rankin
Nothport
Louis Verdel
Northport Hospital
Fr. Kearney
R-Ny
Frak Hines
Sol. Verdel
America
William J. Turner
Dayton, Ohio, Veterans Hospital
John H. Ale
Rp. Ramey
Ohio
Daxon Hospital
Te Vfw
Australians Roll Down Main Road in Borneo Invasion
Australian Ninth Division pushed inland from Cape Palompong and Brooketon on Borneo’s Brunei Bay as Labuan Muara and surrounding areas fell with little resistance. Allied naval and air bombardment preceded landings. Brunei town remained within reach as Japanese forces retreated inland.
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Don Caswell
Manila
Brooketon - Brunei
Brunei Town
Borneo
Labuan
Muara
Douglas MacArthur
Ninth Division
Victoria Town
Brunei Bay
Brooketon
Cape Polompong
Desert Rat
Tobruk
Cape Palompong
United Press
Richard Harris
Spencer to Head District Three Fair Association
The District Three Fair association formed a temporary organization in Hope with representation from ten of seventeen counties. Former Senator Lloyd Spencer was elected president and W A Mudgett of Hope was named secretary treasurer. County Judge Fred Luck presided at the meeting held in Hotel Barlow with Lyle Brown participating. A permanent organization will be set at a June 22 meeting in Hope to decide show dates. Visiting delegates attended a Kiwanis luncheon before an executive session.
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District Three Fair Association
Hope
Lloyd Spencer
W. A. Mudgett
Hempstead
Fair Association
Kiwanis
Barlow
Scenic Park Drive Along Mississippi Congress Plan
Washington reports hearings opened on a west bank Scenic Park Drive to run from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Rep Le Campte notes a 50-50 cost split with states furnishing 240 feet of right of way. Iowa commission endorses the plan and several states have passed resolutions.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
le Campte
Iowa
House Public Lands Committee
Iowa Conservation Commission
Hempstead County War Bond Sales Reach 84 Percent
Hempstead county reports Seventh War Loan sales at 84 percent of quota. total sales $528,340.25 against $624,000 goal. E Bond sales total $253,761.25, 83 percent of the $305,000 E Bond quota. Complete township report appears elsewhere in today's Star.
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Hempstead County
Syd McMath
Fighting in Syria Breaks Out Again
Fighting resumed in Syria with 30 wounded in a clash between Syrians and French troops at Jisr Schagour between L Attakie and Aleppo. Two British tanks helped restore order as Lebanese officials studied land purchase rules for French interests following the Arab League talks in Cairo.
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Beyrouth
Syria
Damascus
Jisr Schagour
L’attaquie
Aleppo
Lebanon
Cairo
War Loan Message Urges Bond Purchases
Brig. Gen. Oliver P. Smith USMC commanding general of the 10th Army urges Americans to buy Seventh War Loan bonds. He stresses the war is being fought for keeps and calls for steadfast public support through bond purchases.
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Washington
Oliver P. Smith
USMC
10Th Army
Third Death From Paragould Stove Blast
A third fatality from a farm home stove explosion near Paragould was reported yesterday. William Neal McMillon, 76, died from burns after two granddaughters, Cora Mae 10 and Demondra 15 McMillon, perished earlier in the blast.
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Paragould
William Neal McMillon
Cora Mae
Demondra McMillon
Hamburg Largely in Ruins Yet Ports Open to Allied Ships
War reporter William F. Boni observes Hamburg in ruins yet its docks remain usable for First Allied ships. He notes surviving sections, capitulated German troops in staff cars, and a city slowly rebuilding while civilians show mixed reactions to Allied presence and wartime damage.
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James Thrasher
Congress
Vinson
Presime
Hamburg
William F. Boni
Hal Boyle
Reich
St. Paul
House Rules Committee Deadlocks on FEPC Bill
Washington June 12 The House Rules Committee split six six on sending to the floor a bill to make permanent the Fair Employment Practices Commission The vote followed President Truman's request to Chairman Sabath and came as southern Democrats push poll tax opposition with seven states already enacting tax laws The FEPC fight remains a 6 6 stalemate at the panel awaiting a majority to move forward
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Rules Committee
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Representative Delaney
D-Ny
Truman
Sabath
D-Ni
Cox
Dga
House
Senate
FEPC
Roosevelt
Floo
Cyclone Reported in Mexia Texas
Local reports say a cyclone struck Mexia Texas overnight causing roof damage to the Scott store in Hope manager Lyman Armstrong reported the building was unroofed and the stone structure damaged though full extent could not be checked by the Associated Press by 3 30 this afternoon.
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Mexica
Texas
Associated Press
Lyman Armstrong
Scott
Hope
Mexia
Removal of KTHS to Memphis Is Blocked for Time
Washington June 12 The FCC cannot act on Radio Station KTHS Hot Springs Ark transfer to Memphis Tenn until the agency lifts its Freeze on applications using materials and manpower Spokesmen said the KTHS filing falls under the Freeze order and action is delayed pending removal of the Freeze.
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KTHS
Hot Springs
Ark
Memphis
Tenn
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
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