Truman Home Town Boy Leads American Spirit
A reflective piece on Harry S. Truman as a nationwide symbol of American rights and the common man. It notes his humble Missouri origins and ascent to leadership, framing the presidency as an open contest and praising the nation’s democratic traditions amid wartime planning. It cites Gen. George C. Marshall and wartime bombing forecasts, stressing eventual victory and soldiers returning home.
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America
Harry S. Truman
Kansas City
Missouri
Misuri
Truman
Ginerce
Sarcastic Rejoinder on Meat Article
A reader letter from Carl F. Hedenskog of Pueblo questions meat and butter point allotments, arguing rationing leaves little for families. The columnist cites OPA data, noting shrinkage, hospital and plant use, and black market turnover, estimating civilian meat at about 60 pounds instead of 115.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Carl F. Hedenskog
Pueblo
Cole
Hedenskog
Pueblo Star Journal
Mr. Hedenskog
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Balance of forces moves near Balikpapan as oil centers threatened
Allied minesweepers operate off Balikpapan preparing for a landing amid MacArthur’s 7th Fleet in Makassar strait reconnaissance. Japanese claims include sinking a destroyer and damages in attacks, with heavy bombing of Balikpapan Pontianak Tara kan and Miri Seria oilfields. Troops report progress across Borneo with Beaufort and rubber town activity and ongoing mopping up in northern Luzon and Mindanao.
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Hugh Crumpler
Manila
Tokyo
Balikpapan
Makassar Strait
Dougal MacArthur
7Th Feet
Thomese Tink
Cuvast
Veleves
Pontianak
Melbourne
Tarakan Island
Tarakan
Borneo
Australia
Beaufort
Brunei Bay
Miri
Seria
Philippines
Luzon
Mindanao
Davao
Three Acquitted on Perjury in Injury Suit Framing
Pulaski circuit jury cleared North Little Rock men B. D. Henson Frank Bennet and Louis J. Bolen of perjury tied to a personal injury case against Capital Transportation Company. Henson had been awarded 2500 dollars for injuries from an accident about two years prior.
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Little Rock
Pulaski
North Little Rock
Capital Transportation Company
B. D. Henson
Frank Bennet
Louis J. Bolen
Henson
Edition at Noon Today in Order to Make Shop Repairs
The Star cut off its press wire at noon to allow shop repairs on the automatic typesetting equipment this afternoon. Teletypesetter output reaches 20,000 words daily, the largest reading matter volume for papers of this size in Arkansas. The Southwest Arkansas Teletype Circuit, the first automatic wire in America and still the only one, opened June 19 1942.
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Star
Arkansas
Southwest Arkansas
America
Lived Beggar's Life Ends With Millionaire's Funeral
Chetino Chiesa, 75, buried in a $1,000 bronze casket after dying in a 20 cent nightly room. Investigators found about $250,000 in a safety deposit, plus a $75,000 Armour stock holding. Funeral included limousines and a solemn mass with 50 attendees. Only one relative, nephew John Murphy, served as pallbearer.
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Claire Cox
Chicago
Chettino Chiesa
Chiesa
Lake Michigan
Armour Meat Packing Company
John Murphy
Leche Returns Home to Covington After Parole
Former Louisiana governor Richard W. Leche arrived at Covington from Texarkana on parole after serving three and a half years of a ten year term for federal mail fraud. DOJ reports say he will file parole papers with Paul Seidler in New Orleans. final indictments and related cases are pending. An unrelated note states an average 2000 horsepower aircraft engine undergoes 55000 inspections during manufacture.
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Covington
Richard W. Leche
Federal Correctional Institution
Texarkana
Tex
Householdren
Leche
Department of Justice
Arole
Paul E. Seidler
New Orleans
Seidler
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
State Highway Department
Herbert W. Christenberry
Connally Acr
Roedessa
Truman's Homecoming Warmth Sparks Lighthearted Remarks
President Truman told Kansas City law classmates that homecoming greetings “swell me up like a poisoned pup” as he mingled on the University of Kansas City campus. He sought shirts from Eddie Jacobson, received a 15 1/2 collar and 33 sleeve joke, and spoke at the 50th Anniversary celebration. He expected to get an honorary law degree that night and announced cabinet changes including a pending nomination for Secretary of State. He noted about one million retail stores in the United States.
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Merriman Smith
Kansas City
Truman
Missouri
Old Kansas City School of Law
University of Kansas City
Old Law School
Whic
Law School
Eddie
Jacobson
Municipial
Federal
Charles G. Ross
Senate
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Tary
Tttze
Wu Olhdaeav Zeezee
Edward R. Settinius, Jr
White House
Lewis Schwellenbach
Washington State
Germans Hanged in Germany for U S Airman Murder
In Rheineback Germany on June 29 three German civilians Peter Back Peter Kohn and Mathias Gierens were executed by hanging at a military prison for the murder of an American airman who parachuted into Germany from a burning bomber last August A fourth defendant Mathias Krein was convicted but reprieved by Lt Gen Leonard T Gerow The executions marked the first civilian war crime hangings inside Germany and were witnessed only by officials and reporters
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Rheineback
Germany
Peter Back
Peter Kohn
Mathias Gierens
Mathias Krein
Leonard T. Gerow
15Th Army Back
John Wodls
Texas
Florida Judge Critics Easy Divorce Reform Called for Residency Rule End
Miami judge Richard Hunt sharply condemned grab and run divorce seekers in Florida. He dismissed the Steinfeld suit noting many decrees arise from immediate departures and sworn residency tests. He cited Mrs. Selma Steinfeld listing a hotel as residence and leaving a forwarding Woodmere address.
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Miami
Fla
Richard Hunt
Florida
Selma Steinfeld
Woodmere
Long Island
N. Y
Jude Hunt
Steinfeld
Ex Governor Leche Freed From U S Prison on Parole
Texarkana Tex June 28 Former Governor Richard W Leche of Louisiana has been released from the federal prison on parole. Warden Albert McDonald said Leche was released on telegraphic instructions from Washington at 845 p m and has returned to Ston Rouge. The release had been expected Saturday.
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Texarkana
Tex
Albert McDonald
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
McDonald
Leche
Washington
Ston Rouge
General Doesn't Get Home to See His Son Graduated From West Point Academy
Brig. Gen. Edwin Luther Sibert, head of G-2 for the 12th Army Group, missed his son's West Point graduation as about 40 generals plus their sons became lieutenants on June 5. Sibert plans for China-Burma-India theater. he faces a reshaped G-2 role in postwar Germany focused on denazification and War Crimes Commission duties. He and wife have a 15 year old daughter Cary.
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West Point Academy
George Tucker
Hal Boyle
Wietsbaden
Germany
West Point
Edwin Luther Sibert
12Th Army Group
William C. Silbert
U. S. Army
Sibert
Edwin Luther, Jr
Naval Academy
Pacific
Libert
Franklin R. Sibert
Haertgen Forest
Franklin C. Sibert
10Th Corps
Philippines
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Cary
Porter
Farmington
Conn
FBI
War Crimes Commission
Father Defends Daughter in Slaying of Sailor at Party
In Bridgeport Conn Texas scout ranger J O Dumas defends daughter Imogene Stevens after she killed Albert Kovacs a 19 year old sailor at a New Canaan neighbor s home party last Saturday night A county jail inmate Stevens awaits word from Major G B Stevens III her husband as coroner Theodore Steiber plans to announce the inquest results tomorrow.
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Sailor
Bridgeport
Conn
J. O. Dumas
Imogene Stevens
Albert Kovacs
Seaman
Canaan
Dumas
Pampa
Tex
George Stevens
Stevens
Paula
Carl Funderburg
Amarillo
Imogene
Nebraska Air Field
G. Balsey Stevens III
Germany
Connally urges early ratification of UN charter in Senate
Senator Tom Connally of Texas opens debate on approving the United Nations charter to speed world acceptance and peace. He argues the charter hinges on U S participation and warns delay risks world peace while noting broad American support and a Truman plan to send the charter to the Senate soon.
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John L. Cutter
Washington
Senate
Tom Connally
D. Tex
Senate Foreign Relations
San Francisco
U. S
Truman
Connally
United Nations Organization For Peace and Security
United States
Conally
B-29s Strike Three Key Japanese Ports and Training Center
The War Department announced that B-29 bombers attacked three major Japanese seaports and an enemy army training center in a "very great strength" air strike. The operation involved Superfortresses targeting critical maritime hubs and a military training facility.
Senator Barnes Begins as Arkansas Governor
State Senator Leonard T. Barnes of Hamburg will serve his first day as Arkansas chief executive on June 28. Governor Laney left for the national governors conference at Mackinac Island, Michigan, and Lt. Gov. J L Shaver will be acting governor in Mississippi tomorrow.
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Little Rock
Leonard T. Barnes
Hamburg
Senate
Arkansas
Laney
Mackinac Island
Mich
J. L. Shaver
Wynne
Mississippi
Wiley Jones Named Trustee for University of Arkansas
Governor Laney appointed Wiley Jones of St. Francis County to fill the vacancy caused by Louise Daniel's death on the university board of trustees. Jones is a planter and businessman from Forrest City. his interim term expires March 1, 1947 and requires board majority approval.
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Little Rock
Laney
University of Arkansas Board of Trustees
Wiley Jones
St. Francis County
Louise Daniel
Forrest City
Jones
Chiang Criticizes U.S. Help Amid China Economic Struggles
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek challenged U.S. policy saying China needs more economic aid in addition to equipment and training. He praised Wedemeyer and Hurley while urging more American economic experts be sent to China. He claimed Chinese troops could defeat Japan in one year with sufficient support. He noted improved Sino American cooperation.
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Albert C. Wedemerger
China
United States
Chiang
Patrick Hurley
Wedemeyer
Jap Industry Moving to Manchuria
Tokyo reported a mass redeployment of Japanese industry from bombed homeland to Manchuria to sustain a long war. US air raids had struck Kyushu and Okinawa as Tokyo warned of northern and southern attacks.
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William F. Tyree
Guam
Tokyo
Japan
Manchuria
U. S
Aleutians
Kyushu
Okinawa
Hokkaido
Radio Tokyo
Anchuria
U S Bright Returns to Port After Kamikaze Attack
The U S S Bright limped into port at Portland Oregon after a May 13 kamikaze strike off Okinawa. Lt Cmdr William A McMahan credited crew heroism and noted 21 sailors were recommended for awards with Robert F Thomas singled out for saving the ship.
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Portland
Cre
Okinawa
William A. McMahan
Chicago
Pacific
McMahan
McManhan
Robert F. Thomas
Larchmont
N. Y
Thomas
Para
Bright
Seaman
Gardner Gibson
Caney
Gibson
James Johnson
Baltimore
Casualties total rise to over one million in war toll
Washington reports total military casualties since the war began at 1,030,679, up 7,226 in the week. Army losses through June 21 reach 908,025 with 564,302 wounded and 190,277 killed. Navy totals are 122,654 with 60,986 wounded and 46,458 killed. Prisoners before liberation number 114,191 in the army and 4,225 in the navy.
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Washington
Patterson
Navy
Deserter Surrenders to Clarksville Police
Jeff Peoples, a likely 1942 Army deserter from Newton County, walked 35 miles from Deer to Clarksville to surrender to Chief Edward Blackard. He had been in hiding in the hills near Camp Edwards Mass before being released to Camp Chaffee authorities.
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Camp Chaffee
Edward Blackard
Clarksville
Blackard
Jeff Peoples
Deer
Newton County
Peoples
Camp Edwards
Mass
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