Arnold calls for permanent Pacific bases to secure postwar peace
Gen H H Arnold, commander of the Army Air Forces, urged permanent U S bases in the Pacific after the war to ensure global peace. He said the United States must maintain unrestricted air power use and build a bridge across the Pacific, with B 29s operating from Okinawa and the Marianas. He also backed Eisenhower’s plan for a unified national defense department.
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Honolulu
U.P
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
United States
Pacific
Japan
Arnold
Okinawa
Marianas
Iwo
Tokyo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Department of National Defense
Nationwide Ernie Pyle tribute planned for July 2 in Indianapolis
A nationwide radio broadcast in memory of Ernie Pyle was scheduled for July 2 in Indianapolis. The Vox Pop program from the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum will feature Pyle’s father William C. Pyle and aunt Mary Bales and Fort Dix soldier Pfc. Riley Tidwell. The Coliseum seats 11 000 and will be open to the public.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Ernie Pyle
Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum
Pyle
William C. Pyle
Mary Bales
Dana, Ind
Pfc
Riley Tidwell
Fort Dix
N. J
Ernie
Children urged to fill war stamp books in Indiana
Indiana War Finance Committee officials appeal to Hoosier parents to urge children to complete unfilled war stamp books to boost Indiana in the Seventh War Loan Drive. Director Robert H. Wyatt says converting books could mean millions in extra bonds as sales reach 80 percent of the $167 million quota with $133.1 million invested so far. drive ends June 30 and Indiana lags behind other drives.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Indiana War Finance Committee
Indiana
Salina air brightens mess hall by Pvt Howard’s draperies
GI Pvt Johnny Howard of Macon Georgia, a private tailor by trade, decorated the Smoky Hill Army Air Field mess hall in Salina Kansas with colorful draperies, giving the dining area a gay, festive look.
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Salina
Kan
U.P
Smoky Hill Army Air Field
Johnny Howard
Macon
Howard
Society notes from Linton Daily Citizen society page
Society items must be in the Linton Daily Citizen Office by 11 a.m. to appear in the issue. Personal news and club notices are welcomed. Printed under the byline of Helen L. Grubbs.
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Notie—Society
Linton Daily Citizen
Li A. m
Helen L. Grubbs
Social Calendar Thursday Activities in Indianola and Nearby
Local clubs meet across Indianola venues including the American Legion Red Men hall and various church halls for seven thirty or two o clock gatherings. Events include choirs rehearsals, 4 H programs, and a Masonic called meeting with E A degree.
Friday notices for local groups meet at halls
Friday events list chapter meetings for Women of the Moose at the Moose hall at 8 p m. Prayer meeting at Glenburn Mission at 7 p m. Se Quapew Tribe No 154 Improved Order of Red Men meet at the hall at 7 30 p m.
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Women of the Moose
the Moose Hall
Glenburn Mission
Quapew Tribe No. 154
Improved Order of Red Men
Stockton Hillbillys Organize Ball Team
Members of the Stockton Hillbillys 4 H club organized a baseball team at their regular Tuesday meeting at Barbara Bicknell’s home. Bob Hollingsworth spoke on fruit and vegetable storage pits while Lois Hoffeditz outlined ten gardening rules and Barbara Bicknell discussed garden spraying. The group planned a waste paper drive for the next effort and closed with a social hour and refreshments.
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Stockton Hillbillys
Mothers Helpers Meet At Ilene
The Mother's Helpers 4-H club of Ilene met at Grace and Delena Baker's home. Roll call was by the girls favorite colors. Demonstrations were given by Kanova Bradfield, Grace and Delena Baker. Refreshments followed. Visitors Sandra Gee, Barbara Gee, Louise Owen, and Mrs. Ethel Fish attended. Next meeting set for July 10 at Mary and Melba Perkins's home.
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Mother's Helpers
Ilene
Grace
Delena Baker
Kanova Bradfield
Sandra
Barbara Gee
Owensville
Louise Owen
Ethel Fish
Mary
Melba Perkins
Stettinius Resigns as Secretary of State
Stettinius resigns as secretary of state amid news he will be succeeded by James Byrnes who is expected to win senate approval. Byrnes’ poised appointment follows his long Senate career and key role at the Yalta conference. President to announce date of a forthcoming parley on Monday. Chinese roads damage ordnance trucks with over 200 leaf springs broken in one month.
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U. S. Senate
Byrnes
Berlin
Senate
Roosevelt
Yalta
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
White House
Independence
Congress
Stettiniu
Stettinius
San Frisco
Connally and
Vandenberg
Bunker Hill Survives Suicide Planes At Sea
The carrier Bunker Hill endured two suicide plane strikes that killed several officers and sailors and wounded many more. Commodore Mitscher’s staff suffered losses, but Mitscher survived to continue command. The ship is under repair at Puget Sound, while its wartime record includes sinking large enemy tonnage and shooting down numerous Japanese planes. Captain George A. Seitz commends widespread heroism among the crew and has recommended twenty awards.
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U. S
Bunker Hill
Arleigh A
Burke
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Wash
Iwo Jima
Franklin
Brooklyn
N. Y) Navy Yard
Pacific
Tokyo
Inland Sea
Kyushu
Okinawa
Mitscher
English
George A. Seitz
Alameda Ave
Coronado
Calif
Rochester
Local residents return from out of town trips
Mrs J R Mitten and Mrs Pat Size come home after attending a T B Institute in Indianapolis. Misses Gertrude and Rosemary Risher return from a ten day Colorado vacation. Mrs Harold Benefield travels to Detroit due to illness of her son in law Robert Logsdon formerly Priscilla Dean Phipps of Linton.
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J. R. Mitten
Pat Size
T. B. Institute
Indianapolis
Gertrude
Rosemary Risher
Colorado
Harold Benefield
Detroit
Mich
Robert Logsdon
Logsdon
Priscilla Dean Phipps
Linton
War bonds purchase ends with Methodist denomination
A flight officer enters the War Finance office in Lawrenceville Illinois to buy war bonds. He is asked for denomination and quietly replies Methodist.
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Lawrenceville, Ill
U.R
War Finance Office
Connally Opens Momentous Senate Debate on World Security Charter
Sen. Tom Connally of Texas returns to Washington to deliver the first formal Senate report on the San Francisco world security conference charter. The debate centers on ratifying the charter by a two thirds vote to permit US participation.
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Senate
San Francisco
Washington
U.P
Tom Connally
Tex
U. S
World Security League
Connally
United Nations
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Connaly
Theodore G. Bilbo
Bilbo
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Stettinius
Truman
Floating Drydocks Expand Navy Reach in Modern Warfare
Floating drydocks, engineered by General Electric, operate far from fixed bases and bring repair capability to the fight. Each barge unit can lift 10,000 long tons, with ten sections forming a battleship lift and seven for a cruiser, each hosting a crew hotel aboard. Towed to secure locations, these self-contained units are assembled and readied for service in combat zones.
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Schenectady
N. Y
U.P
General Electric Co
Housewife nerves claim cited in assault case
Harry Noefes of Roxbury faced court on a charge of assaulting a neighbor with a fruit knife. He said he was suffering from "housewife nerves" as his wife was ill and he had to handle washing, cleaning and cooking himself.
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Boston
U.P
Harry Noefes
Roxbury
Noefes
AWOL Again McGee From Fort Devens After Slapping POWs
Pvt Joseph V McGee 23 of Worcester reported AWOL for the second time within three weeks at Fort Devens Mass He had just completed a 14 day hard labor sentence for AWOL The War Department commuted his two year jail term for slapping Nazi prisoners to time served in revoking his dishonorable discharge
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Fort Devens
Mass
U.P
Joseph V. McGee
Worcester
McGee
War Department
Industry tops Hollywood in 1943-44 salary list
The Treasury report ranks Charles E. Wilson of General Motors as the highest earner at 459 041 38 dollars for 1943. Fred MacMurray of Paramount Pictures is third with 419 166 66. The list totals 581 names earning 75 000 or more, with Louis B. Mayer omitted from the top tier.
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Washington
U.P
Hollywood
Treasury Department
General Motors Corp
G. M
Charles E. Wilson
Fred MacMurray
Paramount Pictures, Inc
Louis B. Mayer
Lowes, Inc
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Corp
Paramount Pictures
Ormond E. Hunt
General Motors
Albert Bradley
Bette Davis
Warner Brothers
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Requests for GI marriages rise in France
In Paris the number of French women seeking legal aid to marry American soldiers has more than tripled in six months. Lt. Rene Fernier, head of the marriage section of the French Liaison Bureau, notes several hundred inquiries monthly and explains the process and waiting periods for an American soldier to wed in France, including required permissions, residency rules, and the role of gifts to officials.
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Paris
U.P
Rene Fernier
Army
Cupid
United Press
Fernier
Spruce
Smiling
United States Army
Mademoiselle
Sonja Henie Finds GIs Homesick in Paris
Sonja Henie reports Americans in Paris hospitals are miserable and homesick with food scarce and prices high. She visits about 300 soldiers daily, avoids USO uniforms, and hopes to see Oslo after four weeks in France. She notes Paris feels changed since the war and aims to visit relatives in Oslo.
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Paris
U.P
Sonja Henie
United Press
Europe
Sonja
San Francisco
Pacific
France
Germany
Oslo
Noblesville Man Held for Murder
Noblesville Indiana June UP Frank Baskerville 31 held today in the revolver slaying of Walter A Guth 45 as he walked from a tavern Guth died en route to a hospital Police said witnesses linked a tavern dispute to Baskerville who allegedly left in a taxi and returned with a gun firing five shots Baskerville is held in the Hamilton County jail.
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Noblesville
Ind
Baskerville
Walter A Guth
Guth
Hamilton County
Conservation of Fuel Next Winter
Washington reports a 37 million ton gap between coal needs and expected production. Harold L. Ickes warns of severe fuel shortages and urges the public to conserve. He notes coke for home heating will be scarce due to steel demand and calls for heat-tight homes to ease winter discomfort.
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Washington
Uu.p
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Service Men Center in Chicago Sees 90000 Plus Entries
More than 90,000 service men visited Chicago Service Men Centers in a single week. Officials cite large turnout for processing and welfare services as veterans and active personnel sought assistance and information.
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Chicago
Colonel Ursprung Fulfills 37-Year Ambition in Pacific War
Lt Col R S Ursprung, returning on leave to Cleveland, says his 37-year dream to fight Japan came true after serving in the Mexican border clash World War I where he earned the Croix de Guerre and Distinguished Service Star and in World War II as port commander of the Fiji Islands. He island hopped through New Hebrides New Caledonia Hollandia New Guinea Biak Leyte Luzon Mindoro Mindanao Papan and Davao, inspecting harbors under fire and compiling a photo record of the Pacific war.
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Cleveland
A.P
R. S. Ursprung
Theodore Roosevelt
Japan
Ursprung
Ohio National Guard
145Th
Fiji Islands
New Hebrides
New Caledonia
Hollandia
New Guinea
Biak
Leyte
Luzon
Mindoro
Mindanao
Papan
Davao
Hospital Births and Discharges Reported
144% ounces was born to Mrs Garry McKee of Route 1 today. Mrs Orville Edmondson and baby of Jasonville were dismissed this morning. Mrs Emanuel Hines and baby of Worthington were taken to their home yesterday. Ives Hendricks of Bloomington was dismissed Wednesday. Mrs George Armstrong and baby of Route 2 were taken to their home yesterday evening. Mrs Carl Sewell and baby were dismissed Wednesday. Marilyn Newman of Northwest sth street had a tonsil ectomy Wednesday and was later taken to her home.
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Garry McKee
Route 1
Orville Edmondson
Baby
Jasonville
Emanuel Hines
Worthington
Ives Hendricks
Bloomington
George Armstrong
Route 2
Carl Sewell
Marilyn Newman
Northwest Sth Street
Indiana Safety Council annual meeting stresses postwar traffic safety
Governor Gates and Paul G. Hoffman of the Indiana Traffic Safety Council urged government share in saving lives on roads. They said postwar traffic safety is a national necessity with greater driving, more vehicles, and higher speeds. State leaders pledged interdepartmental cooperation to build a safety centered highway system and train young drivers.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Gates
Paul G. Hoffman
Indiana Traffic Safety Council
Austin R. Killian
Indiana State Police
Hoffman
Quota Puzzles Farmer Over Pig Slaughter Quota
Ralph Phillips of Greenhill requests guidance from the OPA on meeting a June slaughter quota of 1000 pounds. He would need to kill four and a half pigs to satisfy the allotment, highlighting the odd math in the program.
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Greenhill
Mass
U.R
Rambo Ralph Phillips
OPA
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War Mothers Auxiliary No. 2
Legion Home
le Cercle Des Amis
Faith Temple No
Pythian Sisters
Christian Church Council
Saron
Linton Lodge No
John L. Cutter
Navy Problem
Slapper
Gus
Londonderry
Safety Council
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Water Dept
Gas Dept
City OF Linton Utilities
Bovinol
Standard Oil Products
Geo. Wautelet, Prop
Eureka Chevrolet Co
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