Tariffs spark debate as Senate weighs future trade policy
The piece contrasts administration tariff plans with Senate opposition to cutting duties by half, recounts the Hawley Smoot tariff of 1930 and its global backlash, and argues tariffs do not ensure prosperity, urging a shift toward future-focused trade policy amid war and peace concerns. It links economic policy to broader world politics and calls for cautious, cooperative approaches.
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House
Senate
Congress
Republican Party
United States
Mexico
Canada
France
Germany
France in weary convalescence warns of germ exposure
Leon Blum former Premier of France notes the country remains fatigued and lax, leaving it vulnerable to various germs while recovering from recent upheavals. He contrasts a nonchalant mood with lingering fragility across political and social life.
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France
Leon Blum
Bodcaw First Township Sees Quota Exceeded in War Bond Drive
Bodcaw township Patmos leads Hempstead County in the Seventh War Loan by purchasing 5100 toward a 5000 quota. County sales total 179,758.75 against 624,000, with "E" Bond sales at 144,048.75 of 305,000. Hope civic clubs and townships report strong figures as the drive moves toward surpassing the county goal. Lloyd Spencer becomes the fifth fleet admiral for selling 10,000 in "E" Bonds.
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Bodcaw Township
Patmos
Hempstead
Syd McMath
Bodcaw
Hope Civic Club
Rotary Club
Kiwanis
American Legion
Bookawire
Bois D'Arc
Garland Vw
Mine Creek
Nowland Te
Ozawa
Redland E
Starvation in Reich Looms After June
A May 28 15th Army release warns Germany faces critical civilian food shortages with only enough supplies to last through June. Displaced persons reportedly drawn from German stocks, depleting imports, leaving surplus stocks exhausted and famine risk rising across occupied Germany.
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Daniel DE Luce
15Th Army
Ely
Quintuplets Observe 11th Birthday in Calendared Event
Callender Ontario May 28 Aged eleven the Dionne quintuplets Annette Cecile Emilie Marie and Yvonne celebrate with a mass luncheon and an 8 pm concert hosted by Olive Dionne family The celebration includes gifts three bicycles and the formal presentation of bicycles already ridden by the five girls wartime shortages limited gifts to five bicycles.
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Callender
Ont
Canada
Annette
Cecile
Emilie
Marie
Yvonne
Olive Dionne
Dionne
Ration Board Withholds Gasoline Panel Chairman Name
Secret McCook Nebraska May 28 The Red Willow County Ration board decided not to reveal for the time being the name of its new gasoline panel chairman. It will save him from being flooded with troubles, said board chairman G L Burney.
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Secret McCook
Neb
Red Willow
Japan's Wars Ended With Home Fleet Now Defeated
New York May 28. Amid a century marked by Japan ending major wars with fleets in home waters the current conflict reverses that fate. The article notes Japan's early surprise strikes but highlights the present disadvantage as Allied air superiority and sea numbers favor opponents. It recalls Tsushima and the Russo-Japanese War as a contrast to today’s limited prospects for land victory.
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Japan
New York
Russia
Pacific
Tsushima Strait
Warussia
Baltic
Bridegroom J P Held Accountable In Illegitimate Marriage Case
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that a 55-year-old Benton man who married his 12-year-old niece in June 1944 and the justice of the peace who performed the ceremony are liable for civil damages to the girl's mother. The decision remanded actions against the uncle W A Ragan and Justice Ben H Cox to Saline County court for further action, noting the marriage was incestuous and void. It also reversed in part a Newport case, allowing a wrongful death style action by the deceased youth’s father against Mis cot Pacific Transportation Co for carbon monoxide exposure.
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Little Rock
State Supreme Court
Benton
Maggie Ragan
W. Weeson
Hot Spring County
Ragan
Texas
Supreme Court
Cox
Saline
Marina
Jackson
Dowell McLean
Newport
Japanese Claim Sinking of Six American Vessels
San Francisco reports the Japanese Comei news agency claimed the sinking of three large U S Navy warships and three transports by Kamikaze corps, with direct torpedo hits on multiple vessels. The attack targeted Nakagusuku Bay off Okinawa, with additional strikes on airfields at Te Shima. One raider was reportedly lost.
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San Francisco
Comei
U. S. Navy
Kamikaze Corps
Okinawa
Nakagusuku Bay
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
Te Shima
Easter 1945 Brings Hope to 17000 Allied Prisoners
United Press war correspondent Edward W Beattie Jr reports from Luckenwalde on Easter 1945 in a prisoner of war camp holding about 17000 men. He recalls Christmas mass in Berlin, the improvised cradle altar, and the daily cold and deprivations, noting Christmas hope gave way to Easter spiritual renewal as the camp awaits liberation.
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Beattie
United Press
Edward W. Beattie, JR
Luckenwalde
Berlin
Hoover Talks to Truman on Europe's Food
President Truman held a nearly hour long meeting with former President Herbert Hoover to discuss European relief needs. Hoover declined to comment on the talk, while Truman invited ex nominees Thomas Dewey and Alf Landon to visit the White House for consultations on national and international issues.
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Ernest B. Vaccaroashington
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Alf M. Landon
United States
J. Truman
Washington
Ross
Chinese Cut Jap Road to Indo China
Chinese troops recaptured Nan ning in southern China cutting the Japanese corridor into Indo China. Japanese withdrawals aided the move, with Nanning retaken after a campaign to sever the Korea to Singapore line. Chinese forces reported heavy Japanese casualties and broader operations across Hunan and Fukien fronts. An American-Chinese Sixth Army was airlifted from Burma to support the Chihkiang front, described as historic and pivotal for future operations.
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Walter Rundle
Chungking
Nanning
China
Indo-China
Kwangsi Province
Korea
Singapore
Hengyang
Hunan
Canton
Siapu
Fukien
Checkiangront
Wenchow
Shanghai
Shenshien-Lunghai
Lingpao
Kunming
Robert S. McClure
Sixth Army
Chihkiang Front
Burma
Air Transport Command
McClure
Moorhead Wright Buried in Little Rock Bank Leader
Funeral services were held today for Moorhead Wright a well known Little Rock banker churchman and descendant of prominent Arkansas families. Wright died at his home yesterday. He served on the executive council of the American Bankers Association and as president of the Arkansas Bankers Association. He was a director of several Little Rock banks and chaired the Little Rock Fed branch of the Federal Reserve. Surviving are his wife three sons and two sisters.
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Little Rock
Moorhead Wright
Arkansas
Wright
American Bankers’ Association
Arkansas Bankers Association
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
20000 More Warships to join the Navy
The U S Navy plans to add 20000 ships for a total of 127000 vessels of all types to complete World War II. Under construction are 19882 ships including 271 frontline combat ships and 16093 landing craft with 25 battleships 41 aircraft carriers and 95 escort carriers among others. The Maritime Commission has floated 4903 vessels since January 1942 and aims to complete 7000000 more tons by year’s end unless plans change.
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United Press
Washington
U. S. Navy
San Francisco
Yokohama
Japan
China
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
U. S. Maritime Commission
Commission
French Native Troops Fight in Syria
Dispatches from the Levant report bloody skirmishing between French and native forces at Homs and Hama with casualties on both sides. Violence in Syria and Lebanon coincides with talk of possible U S mediation by President Truman. Reports say French troops withdrew from Homs Hama and Aleppo to camps as shooting resumed in the towns. Damascus relayed via Beyrouth says telephone lines to Homs and Hama were cut.
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Frank Breeze
London
Levant
Homs
Hama
Syria
Lebanon
Beyrouth
Truman
Aleppo
Damascus
Beyrouth Said
No Collapse Seen During Reconversion
Washington May 28. War Production Chairman J A Krug said reconversion would not bring economic collapse but a swiftly expanding civilian economy with eased production controls. He projected durable civilian goods output at 16.7 billion dollars next year, 30 percent above 1939, and noted 46 million of 51.2 million civilian workers would keep jobs regardless of war production.
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Lee Nichols
Washington
J. A. Krug
Krug
United States
U. S
America
Kurg
No Refuge convicts in solitary at Utah State Penitentiary
Two inmates at the Utah State penitentiary remain in solitary confinement after officials report they passed insufficient fund drafts against accounts they had deposited with the prison. The incident involves suspected financial misconduct within the prison system, with authorities reviewing internal records and bondaries.
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Salt Lake City
Utah State Enitentiary
Tokyo Air Raid Details From Midday Assault
Guam report says three B-29s and 30 fighters bombed airfields near Tokyo for 40 minutes at mid day as part of a broader raid. Tokyo claimed fighter losses, noted widespread destruction, and warned future raids would grow more ferocious. Public utilities and major plants were damaged. emergency measures were discussed by the cabinet.
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Richard W. Johnston
Guam
Tokyo
Hakata Bay
Kyushu
Kanmon Strait
Honshu
Radio Tokyo
Japanese Foreign Ministry
Greater East Asia Ministry
Soe
21St Bomber Command
Hirohito
Hhe
Genki Abe
Subwa
Abe
Tokyoaid
Easing of Gas May Hurt Food Supply
A Washington official warns that liberalized summer gas rations could drive urban motorists to buy directly from farmers. Such shifts may strain wartime distribution, shrinking supplies for city consumers and prompting potential government controls. Black market activity also fuels maldistribution of essential items like eggs poultry and milk.
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Ovid
A. Martin Washington
War Loan Message from Maj. Gen. Erskine Urges Extra Bond Purchases
Washington May 28 Major General Graves B Erskine commanding general third Marine Division with no Jima fame says the war bond effort cannot finish the Pacific campaign with limited purchase. He declares success of the Seventh War Loan depends on every American buying more bonds and contributing to the effort.
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Washington
Graves B. Erskine
Third Marine Division
No Jima
Pacific
War Criminal Trials Soon Planned By Jackson
Paris May 28 UP The trial of Nazi war criminals may begin within a few weeks, said US Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson. He noted airmen executions and other offenses against Allied personnel would likely lead, first, to trials. The United States favors a four power military tribunal to try the international group, with others returned to their countries for local trials where feasible. Some war criminals may be sent to the United States, including Americans indicted for treason broadcasting Nazi propaganda. Jackson said he is preparing evidence for trials before the tribunal.
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James Thrasher
Japan
Germany
Italy
Bulgaria
Hungary
Spain
France
Europe
United Kingdom
Russia
Marshal Tito
Soviet Union
Bruce W. Mann
Paris
U. S. Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Moscow
United States
Britain
Lucius D. Clay
Amercan
High Command
International Tribunal
Spillers Safe With Army in Europe
Second Lieutenant Julian E. Spillers, missing since a letter from a German prison camp, has returned to military control as the War Department informs his wife. He was shot down over Germany January 29, 1944 and had been a prisoner at Salagluft I, Barth, until liberation allowed confirmation.
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Julian E. Spillers
War Department
South
Walnut Street
Secretary of War
Spillers
Germany
Salagluft I
Barth
400000 Jap Casualties in the Philippines
Japanese casualties in the Philippines neared 400000 as the campaign neared its end. General MacArthur reported 378427 enemy dead wounded or captured. US losses were 389 killed 15 missing and 1002 wounded. The 32nd Division seized Hill 527 north of Balete Pass and crushed 83 enemies in hill fights.
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H. D. Quigganila
Philippines
Islands
Duglas MacArthur
Zhanese
Mindanao
Luzon
32Nd
Santa Fe
Balete Pass
Europe’s Hungry Millions Steal Army Food From U S Army Laborers
In Antwerp and other ports thousands of French and Belgians hired as supply laborers pilfer military rations in growing numbers. MPs search exits as civilians hoard candy bars, cigarettes, and meat. chocolate fetches gold-like value, while cigarettes flow openly in Brussels. The article notes efforts to close leaks but admits gaps persist.
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Cynthia Lowry
Hal Boyle
Antwerp
United States Army
Brussels
Set
Walter Borys
Enfield
Conn
Japs Pulling Out of Key to Okinawa
Japanese forces show signs of withdrawal from the Shuri fortress on Okinawa after a 38 day defense as U S Seventh and First InfantryDivisions push along the east and west fronts amid rain and heavy bombardment. Reports cite caves opened and large stores found, with civilians fleeing southward and naval and air bombardment shrinking enemy artillery.
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Hamilton Faron
Guam
Okinawa
Shuri
U. S. Seventh Infantr
Seventh Division
Chan
Chester W. Nimitz
Gisushi
Yonabaru
Seventh Infantry
Ozato Mura
Associated Press
al Copking
Cocking
Tenth Army
Pedro A. del Valle
Asato
Naha
Archibald V. Arnold
Yanabaru
Children Bond Show At Rialto Friday
A kid bond show for 10 am Friday June 1 at the Rialto theater. Admission by War Bond purchase. Children who have bought a bond in the Seventh War Loan or buy one now get a ticket. Five short subjects plus stage prizes for top sellers. First prize a Willys Jeep model. Second prize six months passes to Rialto and New theaters. Third prize three months passes. Bond blanks at Saenger Rialto New theater office. Prizes displayed at Miss Henry's Shop window.
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Rialto Theater
Remmel H. Young
Willys Jeep
Rialto
New
Saenger- Rialto-New Theater
Miss Henry's
Prescott gasoline tank explosion injures driver and destroys buildings
Four houses and a church were destroyed and one person was burned seriously when gasoline storage tanks exploded at a Prescott wholesaler's plant yesterday. Lester Landers of El Dorado, an oil company truck driver, was burned while he was emptying gasoline into the tanks.
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Prescott
Lester Landers
el Dorado
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