Arnold Urges Strategic Bases Across Pacific for US Security
Honolulu reports Gen. H. H. Arnold head of the Army Air Forces argues for retention and use of Pacific bases to project air power. He cites Marshall, Palau, Bonin, Marcus, Canton, Palmyra, and Iwo Jima as essential, saying a Pacific bridge and unimpeded access ensure global reach and future peace.
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Honolulu
America
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Arnold
Marshalls
Palaus
Bonins
Marcus
Canton
Palmyra Islands
Ameriicanee
Peethe
Pacific
Iwo Jima
Strategic Air Force
United States
Major's Wife Held After Fatal Shooting Of Returned Veteran
Imogene Stevens 24 wife of a U.S. Army Major is jailed in New Canaan on $50,000 bail for manslaughter in the shooting death of Alt er Kovacs 19 a sailor Kovacs was in the submarine service in the Pacific She said she fired after going to a neighbor’s house to see what was happening and that her husband had given her the pistol The shooting occurred late Saturday at the home of Charles Milton an executive with a New Canaan aircraft company
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New Canaan
Conn
Imogene Stevens
Alter Kovacs
Stevens
Imome Dumas
Amarillo
Tex
Kovacs
Pacific
Otto Schmidt
Most Formosa Cities Demolished by Air Raids
A Radio Tokyo broadcast claimed six months of American air raids reduced most Formosa cities to craters and sent inhabitants into the hills. The report said residents dispersed into various combat formations as fire raids continued. Additionally, air attacks by Douglas MacArthur’s forces struck and sank more than 1,500 junks and small craft between Hong Kong and Canton, with at least 40 vessels wrecked.
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Manila
Radio
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Hong Pond
Canton
Balikpapan
Borneo
Ninth Division
Aussies
East China
Shanghai
Liuchow
Southeast China
China
Stay On Job July 4 War Production Message
Washington reports on July 4 as wartime production continues with ministerial orders urging workers to remain at their posts. The message credits Chairman J A Krugane for steadfast leadership in sustaining supplies of lumber steel and lead amid ongoing battle and repair efforts.
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Washington
J. A. Kruganey
Weather outlook tonight and Tuesday
Forecast notes a slight warm-up tonight and Tuesday. Berens reports warm afternoon temperatures with a high near 84 degrees.
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Berens
Two Japanese Women Soldiers Among Victims
Two Japanese women soldiers in complete uniform with grenades were killed by the 6th Marine Division on the west coast of Okinawa at the island’s extreme southern tip.
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Okinawa
Amor
6Th Marine Division
Axis Spearheads in Latin America Face Elimination
A Senate committee reviewed State Department findings showing Argentina has eliminated none of 104 suspected Axis spearheads. Brazil reports 48 fully eliminated with 70 in process. Haiti 25. Chile 22. Ecuador 19. Elimination means liquidation, seizure, or sale to non Nazi interests.
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Washington
Senate
State Department
Argentina
Department
Latin America
Clayton
United Nations
Brazil
Haiti
Chile
Ecuador
Ninth Air Force Split Up as Pacific Transfer Ordered
The U S Ninth Air Force will be dissolved with units sent to the Pacific to fight Japan and others kept in Europe as the occupational air force. Headquarters said three fighter bomber groups two bomber groups six recon squadrons and several auxiliaries depart by July 1 totaling over 13000 personnel. Some groups will remain in Europe while others move to the Pacific. The 50th 373rd and 358th fighter groups the 400th and 410th light bombardment groups lead the first departure.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Pacific
Japan
Ninth
Europe
Germany
Ninth Air Force Headquarters
United States
Postmaster Skeptical Of Age Reversal at Office
Kinston North Carolina post master Wayne A Mitchel said there is no fountain of youth at his post office noting an elderly woman seeking old age resistance. He directed her to old age assistance authorities.
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Kinston
N. C
Wayne A. Mitchel
Truman Visits Portland For 90 Minute Open Car Parade
President Harry S. Truman flew into Portland for a 90 minute celebration. He was greeted by Gov. Earl Snell Mayor Earl Riley and DNC man Lew Wallace. He rode a mile through cheering crowds and spoke with veterans at the Portland hospital before continuing to San Francisco.
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Orc
Harry S. Truman
Portland Army Air Base
Earl Snell
Earl Riley
Lew Wallace
Portland Veterans’ Hospital
Truman
Mr. Truman
Truman May Decide Stettinius Future At UN Closing
President Truman arrives in San Francisco to oversee the final UN conference events and charter signing with expectations he may publicly or privately name his choice for secretary of state. Speculation centers on replacing Edward R. Stettinius Jr. with James Byrnes as the charter signing proceeds.
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Truman
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Stettinius
Mr. Truman
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
Byrnes
Hamilton Field
Pacific Northwest
Golden Gate Bridge
Nob Hill
Fairmont Hotel
Eisenhower Arrives In Capital After Long Train Ride
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, tired after greeting crowds, stopped at the capital station where he told photographers his arm hurt from waving. He and Mrs Eisenhower headed home for rest before an afternoon tea and reception at Secretary Stimson's residence.
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Eisenhower
Capital
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhowers
War Stimson
Charles E Wilson's 1943 pay tops list of $75,000 earners
Charles E Wilson president of General Motors leads a treasury ranking of over 570 individuals with 1943 compensation above $75,000. His total pay and bonuses reached $459,041 followed by Thomas J Watson of IBM at $425,549 and Paramount star Fred MacMurray at $419,167.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Treasury
Wilson
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Corporation
Fred MacMurray
Paramount Pictures
Supplies Being Sent To Reds On East Front
Crowley testifies that Siberian lend-lease shipments to Russia continue at military request, despite a general review. He notes Western European lend-lease is being cut back after Germany’s defeat and may end for Belgium Netherlands and France by year’s end.
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Reds
Washington
Russia
Germany
Siberia
Leo T. Crowley
House Appropriations Committee
Siberian
U. S
Crowley
United States
Japan
Manchuria
Asiatic
Committee
Belgium
Holland
France
Churchill Appeals for Unity on First Stop Tour
Prime Minister Churchill launched a 1 000 mile tour through England and Scotland to urge unity for conservatism. At Aylesbury market he said a great majority is needed to continue serving, stressing the election comes as the country’s future is at stake. He will spend four days traveling by car and train, delivering 50 speeches.
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London
Churchill
England
Scotland
Aylesbury
Chequers
Aged Man Injured in City Oil Stove Explosion
Francis Neukirchen, 83, of 217 Caledonia Street, suffered critical burns when an oil stove exploded in his kitchen. Police took him to a hospital. fire damage remained confined to the kitchen. Alarm reported at 12 06 p m.
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Francis Neukirchen
Caledonia Street
Detroit plant stoppage threat shadows 300 factories
The nation wide labor unrest spreads to Detroit with 38,000 CIO maintenance workers planning a meeting over jurisdictional disputes with the AFL. A maintenance strike could halt plant repairs and close factories within days, impacting 71,000 idle workers and specific plants like Packard, Budd Wheel, and Chrysler.
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Detroit
CIO
AFL
Afl-Cio
Packard Motor Car Company
Budd Wheel Company
Chrysler Corporation
Heavy Rainfall Noted In Area Across Wisconsin Cities
Local rainfall varied from city to rural areas with 1.27 inches at Brice Prairie airport and a quarter inch in La Crosse. Meteorologist A. D. Sanial noted a general band from Fountain City to Dubuque while the Mississippi River crest neared 9.4 feet at La Crosse. Nearby hurricane tracking from Charleston reported possible coastal effects up the Atlantic seaboard with no major damage noted.
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City of
Brice Prairie
Onalaska
West Salem
A. D. Sanial
Weather Bureau
Fountain City
Dubuque
Eagle Point
Mississippi
St. Paul
Winona
Charleston
S. C
Atlantic Seaboard
Caribbean
Here
Carolina
Georgetown
Cape Fear
Virginia Capes
Atlantic City
N. J
Associated Press
Wisconsin
U. S
Howard Thompson
Milwaukee
Mercury
Thompson
Monroe
Hirohito Suffered Record Losses in Pacific War Week
AP War Editor Leonard Milliman reports Emperor Hirohito’s forces endured peak losses last week in the Pacific. U S reports show 30,632 Japanese killed on Okinawa and in the Philippines, 7,705 surrendered, and 20,000 more likely sealed fate by a paratrooper landing in Aparri.
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Okinawa
Philippines
1Lth Airborne Division
Aparri
Cagayan Valley
37Th
Luzon
Flaming
Seria
British Empire
Balikpapan
Tokyo Radio
Soldier husband arrives for coroner inquest into Rockford elevator death
Sgt. P. J. Campbell, claiming to be the husband of Ruth Blanche Campbell, 38, who died when crushed in a Rockford self service elevator, arrived from overseas for the inquest. State's Attorney Max Weston named Cecil Robbel and his divorced wife Naomi Gohlke as witnesses. Campbell had learned of the death only upon arrival.
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Rockford
Ill
Ruth Blanche Campbell
Sgt
P. J. Campbell
Fort Sheridan
12 Die When Bus Hits Cow Near Joplin Missouri
A bus carrying soldiers struck a cow on highway 71 south of Joplin four miles south, then plunged down a 10 foot embankment and overturned. Twelve people died and 28 were injured, most soldiers from Camp Crowder 25 miles away. Passengers totaled 41 and rescuers worked two hours to reach victims.
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Joplin
Highway 71
Here
Camp Crowder
Inj J. C. Schug
The
Crown Coach Company
Russians Claim Most Powerful Army Today
Marshal Georgi Zhukov proclaimed at a Lenin tomb ceremony that the Soviet armed forces are the most modern and powerful in the world after victory over Germany. He urged continuous perfection of military skill and science as Hitler’s flag lay desecrated in Red Square.
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Moscow
Georgi K. Zhukov
Berlin
Germany
Lenin
Hitler
Red Square
Three German Prisoners Escape From Cameron Falls
Police received a notice of three escapees from Cameron Falls Ontario Canada. The fugitives are Walter Klettke 26 Adolph Hertler 24 and Otto Gross 32 with descriptions including heights weights eye and hair colors and facial hair.
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Cameron Falls
Ontario
Canada
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Walter Klettke
Adolph Hertler
Otto Gross
Pittsburgh Press Suspends Publication Over Driver Strike
The Pittsburgh Press suspended publication for a second day as truck drivers refused to pick up papers. The company cited Local 211 AFL newspaper drivers demanding immediate adoption of a new union contract.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Press
Local 211
AFL
Committees Propose Cuts and Funding Shifts in OPA FEPC Battle
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 125000 set aside to liquidate the FEPC by July 1, reducing its activities to winding up. It also recommended a 174.5 million budget for OPA for the next fiscal year while boosting enforcement funds by 2.7 million to press a ration coupon counterfeiting drive.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Congress
FEPC
Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Navy
OPA
Germany
Fate of Americans Captured by Japs Remains Mystery
The search for American prisoners taken by Japan on Okinawa yields no trace or bodies. Col Mickey Finn of the 32nd regiment reports examining many cave corpses but finds nothing. Military officials say several hundred prisoners are missing in action.
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Seventh Division
Okinawa
J. M
Mickey) Finn
Astoria
Ore
Hill 89
Pean
Clark Chosen to Command US Occupation Forces in Austria
Gen. Mark W. Clark is selected to lead United States occupation troops in the American zone of Austria and may move Allied units into Vienna within three weeks. An Allied reconnaissance mission has proposed boundaries for the occupation area as Clark forms a new command structure, signaling the likely breakup of the 15th Army Group and potential dissolution of the 5th Army.
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Rome
Mark W. Clark
United States
Austria
Vienna
London
Clark
15Th
5Th
Train Mishap Kills 50 Near Andimeshg
A train derailed in South Persia near Andimeshg killing over 50 people Monday. Authorities reported the crash occurred on the rail line, with rescue teams rushing to the scene to aid survivors and recover victims.
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Rehran
Iran
South Persia
Andimeshg
Cherry yield in Michigan forecast at one fifth of last year's crop
Michigan's sour cherry harvest is expected to reach about 10,000 tons, a fifth of the record 50,000 tons reported last year. The estimate comes from the federal state crop reporting service on Monday.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
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