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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1945
Page
2
A transport ship, described as a Purple Heart vessel, carried 1,420 returning veterans to Staten Island with two thirds aboard bound for Halloran Hospital. The ship also carried 38 liberated American POWs and 461 troops for reassignment, amid dockside activity recalling a Caribbean liner.
The War Mobilization Subcommittee says it has seized secret German documents detailing plans to hide in key industries while plotting a third attempt at global conquest. Chairman Kilgore says hearings will probe the economic base for German aggression and expose cartel ties to the Nazi regime.
Geary County landlord John Heinz left all his property to tenants who occupied it. The will, revealed in Junction City, lists three houses in town and a 160 acre farm as the real estate. About $100,000 in personal property goes to various charitable institutions.
The note recalls that through the 1880s type was still set by hand as in Gutenberg and Caxton times. It highlights the laborious manual process preceding modern typesetting methods.
Pacific base profile of B 29 crews detailing life in quonsets dormitory style living youth majority age, daily missions, camaraderie, and the constant dread of loss as crews fly long 3000 mile rounds over Tokyo Kobe Osaka with hopes of home leave after 30 to 35 missions.
IRAN June 21 AP Spanish authorities ordered the frontier closed to all freight traffic into France with exceptions for goods already in transit. Officials at the Iran Hendaye bridge barred supplies for crossing travelers but kept the border open to people. The move follows French Spanish tensions after last Saturday’s attack on a train carrying Spanish repatriates at Chambery.
Ottawa reports the Canadian cabinet is likely to order civilian meat rationing in the near future. Canadian production, vital to Allied and UN forces, is tightening and rationing would aim to distribute civilian supplies more equitably and boost exports to famine-threatened regions.
About fifty Washington restaurants, including many named eateries, are accused of exceeding their lawful meat allotments. They have received suspension notices and must appear at an administrative hearing June 25 to 26.
The text notes that of the major spices only allspice is native to the Western Hemisphere and it is cultivated in the British West Indies.
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