Three Chinese Executed for Theft of Army Supplies
Three high Chinese officials Liang Lin Maj. Gen Huang Yao and Col Pao Yun Fei were executed by firing squad after a military tribunal found them guilty of theft and extortion in handling army supplies. Chiang Kai Shek personally ordered the deaths. Chinese service of supply officials faced punishment amid reports of American aid flowing into Kunming via the Himalayan air route to bolster forces against Japan.
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Kunming
China
Japan
Chiang .Kai- Shek
Liang Lin
Changsha
Huang Yao
Pao Yun Fei
Liang
Gen. Huang
Col
Pao
Chinese Service of Supply
Yangtze River
Chiang
Himalayan
India
Tokyo
Huang
U S Must Know Russia to Have World Security
A continued report features a speaker crediting Russia with overcoming handicaps and shaping defense plans since 1931 under Stalin. The event lists numerous attendees including Mayor Jesse N. Owens and J. Ben Prince among a long roster of local figures and officials.
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U. S
Russia
Stalin
Fred Care Oliver Bassman
Winie A. Bassman
Dwight Bedell
Edge Walter H. Bohling
G. Burch
Louis 4. Burker
Carl Campbell
Edgar O. Caine
Hil A. Dallmeyer
Henry de Wyl
Ford Dulle
Sylvester Dulle
Elmer M. Foerster
Charles B. Gillespie
W. L. Hager
A. Jackson Harty
Robert W. Hedrick
Lynn Hummel
Louis Langerhans
Leonard J. Noonan
Jesse N. Owens
Claude P. Owens
Train Wreck in Italy Kills Over Fifty Near Orvieto
Two trains carrying Italian civilians and Allied personnel collided near Orvieto. Rome railway officials reported at least 50 bodies counted with the death toll expected to rise. The crash occurred as authorities investigated the cause and scope of the disaster.
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Italy
Rome
Orvieto
Chicago Sizes Up Truman As Darned Big Man
Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly arriving in Kansas City praises President Truman as a strong leader with the "ability to run their ship" and predicts a bright future for him within the Democratic Party. He notes Truman’s steady character amid wartime and cautions about party lines in 1948.
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Chicago
Truman
Kansas City
Edward J. Kelly
President Truman
F.D.R
Kelly
Kas
Chicagoan
Japan
Polish Terrorists To Be Tried
London and Moscow conference tensions rise as Polish exiles resist Big Three plans. Okulicki leads Polish Home Army after Komorowski’s capture as London Poles protest lack of consultation and demand independence from outside authorities. Exiled leaders argue against any government formed without Poles’ consent.
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London
Stanislaw Mikolajejzyk
Moscow
United States
Great Britain
Okulicki
Tadeusz
Bor) Komorowski
Warsaw
London Group
America
Britain
Russia
San Francisco
Polish Ministry of Information
Major Pocket of Japs Shattered By Leathernecks
Major fighting along Okinawa reports a brutal two day battle as Leatherneck units pin the enemy to Hill 95 and push toward Hanagusuku. Japanese losses are heavy with estimates of 3 500 killed across Oroku peninsula while U S Marines and Army units seize key escarpment positions and hold No Man's Land amid artillery and air support.
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Hanagusuku
Yaeju
Okinawa
Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr
Sixth Marine
Oroku
U.S. Tenth Army
Archibald V. Arnold
Pedro A. del Valle
Kunishi Ridge
Ge. James L. Bradley
96Th Division
Docking
Tomui Town
Albert Strand
Mohall
N.D
Harry J. Kline
Minor
N. D
Missouri Language Phrase Scrutinized In UN Charter Report
San Francisco June 14 AP The State Department drafts Missouri language for a nation wide report on American efforts to unite with other nations in a United Nations organization. The document aims to be a layman's guide and Senate reference as it considers the charter. Archibald MacLeish directs the drafting.
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San Francisco
State Department
Truman
Missouri
United Nations Organization
Senate
Archibald MacLeish
Secretary of State
Borneo Natives Attack Japs in Fierce Invasion Fight
Reported fighting on Labuan Island and nearby Borneo beaches shows Japanese defenses stiffening as Allied forces press toward Brunei Bay. Rubber plantations fall to Australians. fires blaze at Seria and Miri wells and refineries as raids disrupt oil production and supply lines.
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Labuan
Brunei Bay
Timbalai
Victoria Town
Jesselton
Melbourne
Australia
Borneo
Brunei
Tutong
Seria
West Borneo
Lutong
Miri
Philippines
Births at Local Hospital and New National Group Name
At The Hospital Mr and Mrs Raul Butler 302 Pierce St announce the birth of a daughter this morning. Mr and Mrs Charles Fromme 426 A Washington St are also the parents of a daughter this morning. Fromme is in the service. Future Homemakers Chicago July 14 AP Delegates from high school home economics clubs in 12 regions select Future Homemakers of America as the name of their national organization.
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Raul Butler
Pierce St
Charles Fromme
Washington St
Fromme
Future Homemakers
Chicago
Future Homemakers of America
Neurotic Doctor Assigned to Veterans Hospital
The Army assigned neurotic doctors and poorly qualified attendants to the Northport Veterans Hospital in New York. Col. Louis Verdel testified that half of the 300 plus soldiers assigned were unfit, and one Army doctor labeled neurotic. The House Veterans Committee met in executive session with Gen. Omar Bradley as a VA reorganization plan faced delays until late summer.
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Washington
Army
Veterans Hospital
Northport
N. Y
House Committee
Louis Verdel
House Veterans Committee
Verdel
Omar N. Bradley
Hines
Rankin
D-Miss
Veterans Administration
Bradley
Europe
Kansas City Gas Company Valued At 11 Million
Engineers of the Missouri Public Service Commission set the original cost of the Kansas City Gas Company at 11,498,342 as of December 31, 1942. The largest item in the valuation report was 8,683,812 for 753 miles of mains. The company supplies natural gas to 93,714 customers in Kansas City and North Kansas City.
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Missouri Public Service Commission
Kansas City Gas Company
Kansas City
Whisky Holiday Cuts Feed Supply Signals Crisis
Washington June 14 AP Rep Hope Kas. says a whisky holiday in July threatens farm feed supplies. He argues poultry, livestock and dairy depend on corn, and even Iowa’s corn for feed is nearly exhausted. He warns reduced grain for food and war effort could push whisky production instead.
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Washington
WPB
Hope
R-Kas
Iowa
NLRB Funds Run Low Amid Strike Voter Strains
The NLRB says it is broke with two weeks left before new funds arrive and blames rising strike votes. The Smith Connally Act curbs liability by forcing strike votes within 30 days of notice and has drained treasury. It seeks an $80,000 transfer from printing to general expenses and halts field investigations and hearings for June 12 to 22.
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Washington
NLRB
National Labor Relation Board
Treasury
Congress
Two Sisters Try Ad Help for Rent in City
In Kansas City on June 14 AP reports two sisters failed to find renters after a friend rewrote their ad. The punchy version read Two old hens need a place to roost unfurnished 2 3 bed rooms. No results. They plan a new ad for next Sunday promising employed ladies with A 1 reference.
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Kansas City
Two Service Agents Named By Bode
Two new field service agents were appointed today by Director I T Bode of the State Conservation Commission and a third was transferred to a new district. Fred E Bickel of Carrollton is named field service agent for the Northeast Missouri district effective July 1, with headquarters planned at Kirksville. Otis E Thorborne of Savannah is appointed field service agent for the West Central district effective Aug 1, likely headquartered at Clinton. Leonard Rowe of Clinton, current field service agent for the West Central region, is transferred to the Ozark district effective Aug 1. the Ozark district has no prior field agent and Willow Springs is tentatively planned as headquarters. Rowe was previously wildlife conservation agent in Texas County.
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I.T. Bode
State Conservation Commission
Fred E. Bickel
Carrollton
Livingston
Carroll
Ray Counties
Northeast Missouri
Kenneth Hicks
Army
Kirksville
Otis E. Thorborne
Savannah
Andrew County
West Central
Clinon
Leonard Rowe
Clinton
Ozark District
Commission
Ozark ‘District
Willow Springs
Rowe
Texas
Nomination Sent for Hunnewell Postmaster John E. White
The president has sent to the Senate the nomination of John E. White to be postmaster at Hunnewell Missouri. The announcement appeared in Washington on June 14 via AP. White is named as the appointed postmaster and awaits Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Senate
John E. White
Hunnewell
Livestock Market Report From National Stockyards
Hogs 6,000 head active and steady across weights with feeders up to 15.25 and sows in slaughter at 13.95 to 15.25. under 170 lb sows to 15.00. stags 13.50 to 13.95. About 4,500 hogs sold early. Cattle 2,000 head and calves 1,200. few loads of steady to Q good steer trade 14.00 to 15.00. heifers and yearlings 12.75 to 15.00, occasional 15.50 to 16.00. Bulls steady 13.50 to 14.00. vealers up to 16.00, bulk 15.75. Slaughter heifers 10.00 to 17.00. stocker steers 10.00 to 14.75. Trade slow overall.
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E. St
Louis
Germans Released Daily in American Zone War News
About 9,000 German prisoners are released daily in the American zone for essential work in their home sectors and sent home by rail. The U.S. 106th Infantry Division handles the heavy workload of processing these large prisoner movements.
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Bad Ems
Germany
U. S
106Th
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