United Nations moves toward world charter despite veto clash
San Francisco June 5 United Nations Conference moves toward drafting a world charter and may admit Denmark as the 40th member despite Big Five veto deadlock. Committees finalize work as the center completed its sixth week. The executive committee backs an import enforcement plan to give the league teeth including force if needed. Norway requests Denmark’s admission as talks extend. The Soviet veto dispute with the Big Five stalls any solution. US Britain and France await Moscow’s stance while debates over the voting formula continue.
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Truman dissolves Civilian Defense Office after war
Washington reports President Truman abolishes the Office of Civilian Defense effective June 30, the first wartime agency to be terminated. In Paris 120000 liberated American POWs remain to be sent home by month end, Lt. Col. Schweitger says. In Bedford Massachusetts Gen. George S. Patton Jr. will return to American soil late Thursday after Euro campaigns.
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War Bond Drive Urges Service Mailing Boost
Washington June 5 Maj Gen James L Underhill USMC Deputy Commander Fleet Marine Force Pacific urges readers to write to overseas service members about their Seventh War Loan contributions. He says it would boost morale to buy many war bonds and share the amounts with the troops.
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James L. Underhill
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Fleet Marine Force
World Bank plan faces tough path in Congress
Fragmented text reports on a World Bank plan championed by President Truman, involving funding and Bretton Woods regulations. Mention of Spence and House Banking Committee hints at Congressional debate and potential partisan obstacles to approval.
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Mrs P E Pelcher to Manage Lebanon Country Club
Mrs P E Pelcher will assume management of the Lebanon Country Club Friday as announced by J B Ogden president of the Country Club. She previously ran Woodmar Country Club in Hammond Indiana and brings years of full operation experience. Otto D Shepherd and Curt Selby recently left their posts with Selby acting as temporary manager until Pelcher arrives.
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Final Okinawa Victory Near as Nimitz Declares
Fear Harbor June 6. American 16th Army neared final victory on Okinawa. 5000 Superfortresses bombed Kobe as Tenth Army closed on Naha Airfield. Adm. Nimitz said German-like resistance was destroyed, signaling a critical stage and possible invasion planning.
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Chester W. Nimitz
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Red Cross Welcomes 1000 Wash Cloth Quota
Boone County Red Cross sets a three month goal of 1000 crocheted wash cloths. Residents with a No 5 crochet hook can obtain instructions and yarn at the Red Cross office. Cloths will be sent to Army hospitals and camps in Indiana.
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Red Cross
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Indiana
War Bond pledges lag in Boone County drive
The Boone County War Finance Committee chair Lester F Jones says war bond pledges are not being fulfilled and many signed pledges remain unpaid. He notes county needs to meet quota of 228,555 and warns continuing neglect could jeopardize the war loan drive. Continued on page four.
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Softball Season Opens with Four Boone County Teams
Memorial Park hosts opening games as four teams clash in two matches tomorrow at 7 and 9 p m Eagles face Thorntown while Winklers meet another foe. New entries raise league to six teams prompting revised first round playoff schedule with Wednesday and Friday games. The Cubs lead the group of Lebanon professionals led by Rev O P Manker. North Salem seeks I League entry but Boone County clubs maintain limits. Continued on Page Four.
Morris Heads Welfare Board In Boone County
Paul A Morris was elected president and Pirtle Nuw of Zionsville named vice president of the Boone County Welfare Board. Other members include Olive Jaques Moore Thorntown Charles Ny Simlbye White Town and Peart Bsr Lebanon. Judge Frank B Hutchinson appointed to the board. Meeting set for third Monday monthly at the Boone County Public Welfare office.
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Zionsville
Olive Jaques Moore
Thor Towns
Charles Ny Simlbye
Whitetown
Peart
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Lebanon
Frank BW Hutchinson
Boone County Department of Public Welfare
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Barnett
Wellar
Churchill says Britain and France to keep order in Levant
London reports Prime Minister states the British will aid the gendarmes in the Levant to preserve Allied routes to the Far East. He says French reinforcements were sent despite British warnings and notes limited proposals for conferences on the Middle East. French government suggests a Big Five meeting.
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Churchill
Commons
Far East
Britain
France
Middle East
Nighbert resumes local Scott store manager post
B A Durbin district superintendent for Scott's Five and Ten Stores said Ray Nighbert has returned to Lebanon as manager of the local Scott Store after a two week stint in Cincinnati. Nighbert has led the Lebanon shop for 13 months and Mrs Janees Stern will resume as assistant manager.
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Mass unemployment claims surge in Indianapolis area
Nearly 200 people applied for unemployment compensation yesterday in Indianapolis and surrounding areas. Hewulton deputy for the Indiana Employment Security Plan reported most applicants were previously employed at local factories including the Hicks camp and a canning plant.
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Indiina Employment Security Preiam
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Coupani
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Allicans
Indianapolis
Flag Tournament Winners Listed
J B Ogden won the annual flag tournament at Ulen Country Club with L Matheny close behind. Roderick Witt and Glenn H McKenzie earned top prizes as twenty four players used club handicaps and planted flags on the greens. Next week features the Alen Honor Day tournament with prizes for top nets.
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Ulen Country Club
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Matheny
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Ogden
Glenn H. McKenzi
Eilteen
Ulen
Kobe Firestorms in Record Raid Over Kobe Japan
Guam dispatch reports nearly 500 B-29 Superfortresses striking Kobe Japan with 6300 tons of incendiaries across 10 miles of shipyards war plants and key targets. Claims three square miles ablaze and fires spreading through central streets as fighters and anti-aircraft fire contest the skies.
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Lygnis Macdonald
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Osaka
Dapans
Tee Bomber Command Armameneatly
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Two Wrecks Reported On U S Highway 2 Last Night
State Police investigated two wrecks on U S Highway 2 about eight miles southeast of Lebanon. At 1 a.m. Richard Campbell of Indianapolis hit a parked truck owned by O B Burke of Danville while Dallas Sigler, also of Danville, stood by the vehicle. No one was injured.
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Dallas Sigler
Lieutenant Guy Hawkins Returns Home From War Prison
Lieut. Guy Hawkins, recently released from a German POW camp, phoned his parents Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Hawkins of Thorntown to report his return to the United States. He arrived in New York Monday and plans to be at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, this weekend. He notes he received no mail during his captivity and is eager to catch up on family and community news.
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Thorntown
Guy Hawkins
Germany
New York
Camp Atterbury
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Subsidy Plan Aims to Boost Cattle Feeding Weights
Washington reports details of a 40 million dollar subsidy program for cattle feeders announced by War Mobilizer Fred M Vinson. The plan offers 50 cents per 10 pounds for good and choice cattle weighing 200 pounds or more sold on or after May 1, with light drafts redeemable immediately by local Agricultural Adjustment Agency offices to encourage heavier weights and stable prices.
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War Food Administration
Fred M Vinson
Banis
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Chinese continue victory campaign nears coast gains two ports
Chingking reports a 100 mile east coast belt recovered with Siapu in northeast Fujien Province captured. Siapu marks the eighth strategic port retaken since the Foochow offensive begun three weeks ago, with Foochow Mamoi Dingten Jienkoas Ningten and Santa also cited as reclaimed positions. Japanese forces reportedly launched a two pronged push in Kwangtung behind Hong Kong, with one column advancing east from Wingtak toward War east of Canton.
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East China
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Furkien
Siapu
Foochow
Mamoi
Dingten
Sian
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Hong Kong
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Canton
Wengyuan
Ivan Ern
Woolen Suits and Dresses Promised by OPA
In ashina ten June 9 the Office of Price Administration promised inexpensive woolen suits and dresses for late fall. Price Chief Kester Bowles outlined a plan to bring average prices to 1941 levels for woolen and worsted clothing. The program aims to start in July and reach full operation in the first four to five years, under the wartime maximum price order issued with the War Production Board.
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Kester Bowles
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War Production Board
WPB opens June tire allotment with 500,008 more
Washington reports the War Production Board released 500,008 additional synthetic passenger car tires for June, raising the first half year rationed total to 10,000,000. Deputy director W James Sears said industry surveys show 20,000,000 yearly tires would meet only bare essential needs.
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War Production Board
W. James Sears
WPB
Rubber Bureau
Four Power Allies Establish Berlin Control Council
Eisenhower arrives in shattered Berlin for the first meeting of the four power Allied Control Council. Montgomery Zhukov and de Lattre de Tassigny represent Britain, Russia, and France as the council announces its claim to supreme authority over Germany and sets the framework for postwar occupation and governance across the zones. The United States and its allies vow unified action on Germanys core postwar requirements.
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