Pressure Groups At the House Postwar Military Policy
A Washington letter discusses postwar peacetime conscription and how labor unions church groups and teachers oppose it while isolationist sentiment shifts as the U S becomes international. It contrasts unions entering the debate with the CI O’s history of strikes and questions what changes in policy mean for the future.
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Wasing
A. F. of L
Westerney
Ono
C.I.0
America
Oll
Big Three to Map Future of Europe
Washington reports the Big Three Truman Churchill Stalin will shape Europe’s postwar peace at a forthcoming conference. Key items include territorial settlements involving Poland and Germany, German reparations, postwar reconstruction, and the Dardanelles issue with Turkey and Russia seeking guarantees and outlet access.
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Robert J. Manning
Washington
Pthe
Europe
White House
Truman
Winstan Churchill
Josef Stalin
Poland
Germany
Russia
Berlin
United States
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Turkey
Mediterranean
British Propose Native Council to Rule India
In London on June 14 the British government outlined a new Indian governance plan a largely Indian executive council to be formed with the Viceroy and Commander in Chief as the only non Indian members. Lord Wavell said the move advances toward self government inviting Indian leaders to cooperate in war effort and postwar reconstruction. External affairs would shift to an Indian member under the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
India
Lord Wavell
L. S. Amery
New Delhi
Indian All-Congress
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Japan
Wavell
County Closes In On War Loan E Bond Quota
Hempstead county reports 84 percent of its E Bond quota with 257 755 sold toward 305 000. County Chairman Syd McMath urges all residents to buy an extra E Bond to reach the $30 000 shortfall before the Seventh War Loan deadline.
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Hempstead
Syd MecMath
McMath
Lost Ration Books Must Be Returned
The War Price and Rationing Board urges prompt return of lost ration books. A Texarkana visit found 45 books in five stores and 25 unclaimed books destroyed in the sixth. Finders should hand found books to the Local Board to avoid lengthy replacement waits.
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Texarkana
Judge criticizes check cashing in Pine Bluff area
U S Judge Thomas C Trimble in Little Rock warns Pine Bluff area firms cashing arsenal checks recklessly and vows an investigation after future cases. He will seek explanations from firms and insurers while noting several juvenile forgery arrests in the arsenal area.
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Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Arsenal
Thomas C. Trimble
Trimble
Bus Drivers Return to Tri State Operations After Settlement
Tri State Transit workers in Dallas reach a temporary settlement with company officials under War Labor Board scrutiny. About 6 000 drivers and mechanics had been on strike since Saturday, affecting roughly 60 000 travelers daily across nine states. Schedules to resume tomorrow with full operation by Saturday, negotiations for a new contract to start within 24 hours of resumed service.
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Dallas
Tex
Tri-State Transit Company
Shreveport
Mississippi
Illinois
War Labor Board
Transportation Company
Otto de Bate
German Youths Probed for War Origins in Peine Interview
A group of six German youths aged 14 to 17 in Peine near Braunschweig were questioned by American authorities about the start of the war. They claimed the Poles attacked Germany and that Jews stirred the war, described Jews as hair-nosed traders, and suggested hangings for those responsible. The oldest boy asked where to learn the truth about what happened.
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Tom Yarbrough
Bad Neuenahr
Germany
Peine
Braunschweig
Poland
United States
Himmler
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Hitler
Truman Seeks Quick Senate Ratification of World Pact
President Truman aims for swift Senate ratification of the world security organization treaty to strengthen leverage before the San Francisco conference and a Big Three meeting with Churchill and Stalin. Administrations weigh hearings during a shortened recess or even no recess, with hearings possibly three weeks long.
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John L. Cutter
Washington
Truman
Senate
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
San Francisco
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Committee
Tom Connally
Tex
Churchill reports warmer Big Three ties and Syria notes
Prime Minister Churchill told the Commons that Britain the United States and Russia now enjoy improved relations with no real basis for a Syria dispute with France. He cited undercurrents of better Britain Russia ties and said De Gaulle will send Edouard Herriot to mediate. Churchill stressed no intent to seize French holdings and expressed hope for a broader Polish government settlement.
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James F. King
London
Churchill
Commons
Great Britain
United States
Russia
France
Syria
Poland
de Gaulle
Edouard Herriot
Rance
Anthony Eden
Clement R. Attlee
Labor Party
Britain
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Moscow
Deanna Durbin Weds Second Time To Film Producer
Actress Deanna Durbin, 23, married film producer Felix Jackson, 43, in the Little Church of the West yesterday. The pair, honeymooning in an undisclosed destination, leads Durbin into a second marriage and Jackson into his fourth.
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Las Vegas
Deanna Durbin
Felix Jackson
Jackson
Hamburg
Germany
United States
Deanna
New Polish Regime to Be a Compromise
London reports a Moscow conference may form a unity Polish government led by Stanislaw Mikolajczyk as premier. A London delegation plans to travel to Moscow within days to push for a provisional national unity government and withdrawal of Soviet forces before free elections.
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London
Moscow
Poland
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Nformed
Mikolajczyk
Jan Stanczyk
Stanczyk
British Press Association
Zakowski
Sanislaw Grabski
Polish Council
M. Popiel
Christian Labor Party
Japs Fight on in Campaign on Mindanao
Desperate Japanese forces, largely beached naval personnel, fight tenaciously to stop a Yank advance along the Davao river in Mindanao. The 198th Infantry, led by Col. Thomas E. Clifford, broke resistance on the east bank, while Maj. Gen. Roscoe B. Woodruff's 24th Division and Maj. Gen. Jen S. Doe's 41st Division assault near Mandog and along the Talomo Kibawe trail.
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Spencer Davis
Manila
Davao River
Mindanao
Thomas E
Jock) Clifford
198Th Infantry
Mandog
Davao City
24Th Division
Roscoe B. Woodruff
Jen S Doe
41St
Nicholas FE. Sloan
Hoopeston
Roy W. Marcy
Walla Walla
Wash
Talomon River
Lester Wheeler
St. Petersburg
Fla
Atense
Ula
Baguio
Cigarettes Return to New York Counters
New York reports a easing of a nationwide cigarette shortage with cigarettes seen openly on counters. Retailers note near normal deliveries from five major brands though some hoarding may persist due to black market activity. Manufacturers expect normal market conditions by next January with distribution percentages for Lucky Strike Chesterfield Old Golds Phillip Morris Camels stated. In 1944 spendable U S income reached 138 trillion dollars.
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New York
Phillip Morris
Australians Drive Into Brunei, Capital Northwest Borneo
Washington dispatch reports postwar tension in the United States over Russia. Anti Russian sentiment rises in papers radio and Congress as officials dispute steps toward potential conflict. Archibald MacLeish says no necessity for confrontation amid talk of peacetime conscription and 15 year olds in training.
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James Marlow Washington
Europe
Russia
Congress
Congressional Committee
San Francisco
Archibald MacLeish
Small Powers Seek Right to Withdraw From League
Small nations press for the choice to quit the world league with possible strings. Big powers seek guarantees on charter amendments by major powers and a grave violations expulsion clause. Conference cadence shifts to late June with a working weekend. Alger Hiss reports charter texts in five languages ready for signing in final session.
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San Francisco
United States
Britain
Russia
France
China
Big Five
Alger Hiss
Truman
Washington
Sound and Fury Adds Instruments to Bloomington Symphony
The Bloomington Normal Symphony Orchestra augments its percussion section with a vibraphone celeste kettle snare bass drums triangle cymbals bells and coconut shells adding for special occasions thunder and wind machines as a literal sound upgrade.
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Sound and Fury
Bloomington
UPI
Bloomington Normal Symphony Orchestra
Final Japanese stronghold on Okinawa crushed by U S forces
U S troops broke Japanese lines on three fronts to seal the Mezado area near Kunishi ridge and push a 10 000 strong garrison toward the sea. The campaign cost 71 203 Japanese killed as Marines and Army divisions closed in on the Yaeju Dake plateau with massive artillery and air support.
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William F. Tyree
Guam
Tenth Army
United Press
E. G. Valens
Yaeju-Dake
Siyah
Okinawa
Mezado
Kunishi Ridge
John Hodge
Valens
Radio Tokyo
Pacific
China
Japan
Nother Broadcast
Yaeju- Dake
Hitch-Hiking Across Europe With Allied Uniforms
War era travel piece describes hitch-hiking through Europe in Allied uniforms from Paris to Belgium and France, noting sights such as Vimy Ridge memorials and German camps. The author recounts riding in diverse vehicles, meeting Lt. McCullen Northington and French driver Jean Dubut, with Capt. Crozier coordinating near Brussels.
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William F. Boni
Hal Boyle
Paris
Belgium
France
Vimy Ridge
Halle
Beauvais
9Th Air Force
Flanders Fields
Lille
McCullen Northington
Bexar
Ala
Jean Dubut
Sedan
R. B. B. Crozier
Fife
Scotland
Royal Engineers
Russels
Australians Reach Brunei City After Landing In Borneo
Australian Ninth Division forces moved into Brunei after an amphibious river landing, seizing high ground near the city and advancing from the east as Japanese resistance appeared light. Brunei airstrip fell to Aussie columns, while Labuan island operations subdued Japanese holdouts. Simultaneously on Luzon, the 37th Division pushed through Oroung pass toward Bagabag and along the Cagayan valley, with tanks captured further north.
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Don Caswell
Manila
Brunei
Borneo
Ninth
Brooketon-Brunei
Labuan
Brunei Bay
Ninth Division
Timbalai
Samarinda
Luzon
37Th
Oroung Pass
Bagabag
Cagayan Valley
37Th Division
Bataan
80 Day Bombs Left Behind by Germans in Paris Area
Col. Thomas J. Kane reported that Germans abandoned 80 day bombs across Europe including Cherbourg and Paris. Paris saw fear as the 80 day period expired on Armistice Day with 100 bomb squads removing 1600 tons of demolition devices and suffering 6 percent casualties.
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Paris
Thomas J. Kane
European
Europe
Cherbourg
Naples
Conscription Favored by Famed Editor
Washington reports famed editor Douglas Southall Freeman endorses compulsory military service as the surest democratic and economic defense. He cites history showing costs of disarmament and prewar buildup and argues a ready armed force should rapidly expand to secure victory with minimal losses and expenditure.
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Washington
Douglas Southall Freeman
House
Richmond
Coal as Source for Hundreds of Drugs Reported
The report states that hundreds of drugs including sulfas synthetic quinine and espirin are produced from coal. The claim highlights coal’s role in medical material production and suggests a broad chemical linkage between coal and pharmaceuticals.
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Texas
Maury Maver
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John M. Hightower
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