Bretton Woods Approval Seen and Price Control Changes Sought
Washington reports the Bretton Woods agreements facing House action with Republican senators calling for changes to stabilize prices. The Senate Banking Committee members push for a world bank for reconstruction and a currency stabilization fund while price controls are debated to aid livestock farm costs. Bowles plans clothings price regulation and OPA steps to roll back costs. Truman seeks nearly 2.0 billion dollars in lend lease funds and export bank expansion for postwar reconstruction.
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Washington
Neananiel
Bretton Woods
House
Senate Banking Committee
Enn
Martin
Mass
Eken
Sumner Ily
Smith
Ohio
Buffet
Nebr
World Bank For Reconstruction and Development
OPA
Bowles
Truman
Congress
Pacific
Ruman
Fifty-One Letters From Fiancee Arrive In Bundle
Eunice Wallom protested a Franklin school scrap paper drive while a bundle of fifty-one letters mailed the same day by her fiance Sir Robert Bell of Cleveland Ohio arrived at her home. She was unable to read them as they were added to the scrap pile by the mail carrier.
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Madison
Wis
Eunice
Gwen) Wallom
Franklin School
Robert Bell
Cleveland
Bell
Miss Wallom
Manitowoc Names New Vocational School Director
John G. Ausman, longtime coordinator of the West Allis Vocational school since 1939, was named director of the Manitowoc Vocational School succeeding A. L. Nimitz. He will assume office July 1.
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Manitowoc
Wis
John G. Ausman
West Allis
A. L. Nimitz
Woman electrocuted by light cord in Mendota home
Madison report states 28 year old Mrs. Lowell Pyle of Mendota was killed yesterday when she became entangled in a light cord while using a vacuum cleaner. Coroner E A Fischer announced the finding Tuesday.
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Madison
Wis
Lowell Pyle
Mendota
E. A. Fischer
Fischer
B-29 crews report heavy flak and instrument failure during raid
Jacksonville pilot Joe Carroll recalled intense flak as enemy fighters attempted passes. Navigator William Cottrell said navigation instruments failed, forcing dead reckoning with a 25 cent compass. Gen LeMay’s 21st Bomber Command reported about 450-plane incendiary raid, destroying 114 square miles of the city.
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Joe Carroll
Jacksonville
Fla
Carroll
William Cottrell
Scotch Plains
N. J
Cottrell
Curris E. LeMay
21St Bomber Command
Yankee Prisoners Recovered Worldwide En Route Home
The Provost marshal in the European theater reports that virtually all American prisoners of war have been recovered including those in Russian occupied areas. Over 89,776 are en route or awaiting transport, with about 64,000 shipped home and 3,000 to 4,000 remaining to be processed for shipment.
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Paris
United States
War for Economic Freedom in Britain Urged by Laborite
London radio address by Clement Attlee calls for a new war for economic freedom. He urges voters to grant the government power to act and promises victory as complete as the war over Germany, attacking Conservative private profit motives.
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Britain
Laborite
London
Clement R. Attlee
Labor Party
Germany
Labor Meet
De Valera Receives Yank Servicemen in Dublin
Premier Eamon de Valera meets American servicemen in his office after travel restrictions eased allowing a flood of soldier visitors to Ireland.
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de Valera
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Okinawa battle updates from 4th Marine Regiment to 96th Infantry
AP correspondent Al Copking reports the Okinawa amphibious operation as light in casualties. Marines cleared coral reef paths and faced mortars mines and automatic fire while Maj. Gen. Del Valle and Maj. Gen. Arnold push toward Kochinda Tomasu and Gusidhan. Nimitz notes Japanese air attacks with 35 planes shot down.
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Japan
Associated Press
al Copking
4Th Marine Regiment
Coral
Pacific
Nimitz
Naha
Pedro A. del Valle
1St Marine
Kochinda Heights
Tomasu
Archibald V. Arnold
Seventh Division
Meka Town
Gusidhan
7Th
Andrew D. Bruce
77Th
10Th Army
96Th
James L. Bradley
Iwa
Meka
U. Fleet
Okinawa
Wiley Sees Government Collectivism Spread
Sen. Wiley of Wisconsin warned that government collectivism has invaded the American scene and urged the Senate to investigate and smash it. He said private enterprise is on 11:59 on the clock and warned government corporations are stifling independence as financial giants grow.
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Washington
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Senate
2200 Register For U W Summer Session
Registration for the University of Wisconsin summer semester reached over 2,200 with late registrants expected to push the total to about 2,500. The wartime program runs alongside the regular summer school opening June 25.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Curtis Wey
Tor
Former U S Commander In Newfoundland Death
Riverside Calif Col Henry W Harms 58 former commander of American troops in Newfoundland died Monday from a head wound coroner says self inflicted his death is considered a case of personal safety related action authorities report local officer announces the investigation continues
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Riverside
Calif
Henry W. Harms
Newfoundland
Aty
Seymour Cash
Four Power Occupation Rules Set for Berlin and Germany
Allied statements outline Berlin and Germany under four power control with a joint control council. Each zone commander leads, aided by advisers. UN bodies may operate under Allied supervision. Germany must surrender war crimes suspects and provide detailed information on mines and facilities.
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Berlin
United Nations
Control Council
Germany
State Department
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frankfurt-On-Main
Ashaef
Eisenhower
Gnes
Allied Sonien
United States
Wisconsin Governor urges rapid action on building and school aid
The governor pushes $8 million for university allotments and $4 million for welfare construction, claiming no new taxes are needed and funds are available. He warns adjournment moves and urges immediate legislature action on construction, school aid, gambling law enforcement, lobbyist spending reporting, vital statistics fees, and income tax audit years.
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Department of Public Welfare
Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Emergency Board
Flight Officer Charles Vickerman Rejoins Allied Forces
Caledonia Minn special dispatch reports Flight Officer Charles Bud Vickerman, held as a prisoner in Germany since December 8 1944, has been liberated and has rejoined American forces per a message to his mother Mrs Sadie Vickerman.
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Caledonia
Minn
Charles Bud) Vickerman
Germany
Sadie Vickerman
Bradley urges professional core for U S Army to enforce world peace
West Point commander Gen Omar N Bradley told 853 United States Military Academy graduates that the nation should keep a core of professional soldiers to mobilize a larger citizen army. He suggested a reserve force could be trained through some form of military service as a contribution to world peace.
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West Point
N. Y
Omar N. Bradley
United States
United States Military Academy
Bradley
12Th Army
Academy Field House
English Channel
First Tax Refund Schedules Mailed
Milwaukee report states 15 000 refund schedules were mailed to the Minneapolis treasury office for Wisconsin taxpayers. About 500 000 state residents claimed refunds. processing will run 6 000 per day and finish by September, according to Frank J. Kuhl.
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Milwaukee
Treasury Department
Minneapolis
Frank J. Kuhl
Internal Revenue
Wisconsin
Kuhl
Man To Wed Third Time In Racine For 101 Year Old Groom
James Augustus Cooper claims age 101 and plans a third marriage in Racine to 62 year old Julia Wespater. She states the ceremony is tentatively set for next Saturday, and Cooper may meet reporters Wednesday. Wespater has five children. her first husband Julius died in 1941.
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Racine
Wis
James Augustus Cooper
Julia Wespater
Cooper
Wespater
Julius
Buffalo
N. Y
Legislature eyes large cuts to welfare and university funding
Lawmakers debate stripping about 3 million from the governors public welfare program and 3.5 million from the University of Wisconsin building plan. Opponents warn against harming state institutions while supporters push fiscal restraint and a $5 million treasury cushion. A highway funding bill faces vetoed changes and potential tax implications.
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University of Wisconsin
Thomson
Nicols
Spearbraker
Clintonville
Canniff
Beaver Dam
Rice
R-Delivan
Custon
Treasury
Assembly
State Teachers’ College
Stout Institute
State Historical Society
Goodland
Greater Government Control Seen If Trade Plan Is Backed
Washington report from the senate finance committee hearing on extending the reciprocal trade program. President of the American Farm Bureau Federation argues expanded trade pacts are vital to avoid government dominance of world commerce and preserve private enterprise at home. He notes safeguards like escape clauses to shield domestic producers while backing tariff reduction powers into 1945.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
San Francisco
United Nations Conference
A O'Neal
Canadian Socialist Party Takes Licking
In Ontario the C C F suffered a stunning defeat as the Progressive Conservatives led by Premier George A. Drew captured 66 of 90 seats. The Liberals won 11 with minor parties filling the rest, ending a high point after the Sas Katchewan government win.
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Toronto
Canada
Progressive Conservatives
Ontario
Saskatchewan
George A. Drew
Liberals
Thousand Pacific Vets Return For Discharge
In San Francisco more than a thousand Pacific theater veterans, the first to be discharged under the point system, arrived home to cheering crowds as they crossed the Golden Gate.
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San Francisco
United States
Golden Gate
Eldest Son Not Named In Lloyd George Will
London reports Earl David Lloyd George will distribute lands and goods among his widow and two daughters but leave no legacy for his elder son in the earldom created last year. A week ago Richard Lloyd George told the Daily Mail his father has not left him anything due to his refusal to discuss. The estate total is not specified but thought not large.
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London
David Lloyd Goon
Richard Lloyd George
The
Daily Mail
Lloyd
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