India Leaders Fail To Reach Agreement At Simla Conference
The Simla conference of Indian leaders adjourned to July 14 after Congress and Moslem League leaders told Viceroy Wavell they could not agree on seat distribution for the proposed new viceregal executive council with 12 Indians among 14 members. Gandhi expressed hope for a happy outcome despite the impasse.
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Noel Buckley
Simla
India
Reuters
Vicroy
Viscount Wavell
Congress
League
Wavell
Bhulabhai Desai
Lord Wavell
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Preston Grover
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Liuchow Falls to Chinese Forces After Prolonged Battle
Chinese army spokesmen report Liuchow captured its main airfield and south railway station after a long siege. They say the core city is destroyed with fewer than 1,000 Japanese remain. Chinese forces advance toward Kweilin and press operations along the Chekiang coast while denying Japanese withdrawal from key corridors.
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Liuchow
Claire
Kwangsi
Kweilin
United States’air
Jorsrow
Kwei‘hour
Chekiang
Wenchow
Yochow
Hengyang - Poaching
U.S
Yochow- Hengyang
Kankow
Hong Kong
Canton
Tangiers to Former Status Report Clarified
London reports from the foreign office commentator confirm today that the status of Tangiers remains under discussion. The source notes continued debate over health and rights related to the former status and access to the region.
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Tangiers
London
Native King Greets Duke in New Guinea Address
Ninji, ruler of Mount Hager natives in New Guinea, welcomes the Duke of Gloucester and calls him a brother and father figure. The king wears a feathered headdress with tambu shells and warlike shells while the duke accepts the greeting, wearing a slouch hat.
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Melbourne
Ninji
Mount Hager
New Guinea
Duke of Gloucester
Australia
Fraternization Ban Proves Hard for Canadian Troops
Canadian soldiers in Germany endure a strict Allied ban on fraternization with Germans though some privately seek contact with local women. Officers warn of rising trouble as units plan a July move to Holland, where fraternization has fewer restrictions. The Maple Leaf News mocks the policy while stressing continued recreation and morale efforts.
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Allan Nickleson
Germany
Frauleins
Holland
Maple Leaf, Nally
Europe
Polish government in London awaits big powers recognition
Polish forces totaling 200000 to 250000 remain loyal to the London government though its future is uncertain. Big three recognition of the Warsaw administration is expected soon, with assurances that Yalta plan for Poland proceeds. The new unity government in Warsaw met for the first cabinet, aligning with Moscow and London lines.
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Don Doane
London
Warsaw
Italy
Germany
Britain
Tomasz Arciszewski
Fox
Poland
Edward. Usubka-Morawski
Vaio
Moscow
Lublin
Foles
Paris
Reuters
Act Speedily on Succession Bill
Washington June 29 AP reports a rushed effort in the House to advance the Truman based succession bill to the Senate before nightfall. The measure would place the speaker of the House next in line if the President and Vice President are unavailable, with provisions for vacant positions and cabinet succession until a Speaker is chosen.
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White House
Flare Spurs Search For Missing Dakota Crew
A flare sighting over Mount Benson triggered a search for a missing RCAF Dakota transport since Tuesday. The aircraft with three crew members was en route from Tofino to Comox. Eight Western Air Command planes scoured the Nanaimo area, but no trace was found amid continuing bad weather.
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Mount Benson
Wellington
R.C A.F. Dakota
R.A.F
Tofino
Comox
Air Command
Nanak District
Churchill Returns After 1000 Mile Election Tour
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill returned from a 1000 mile tour of England and Scotland after delivering 30 speeches. He appeared fit though tired as he resumed duties.
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Churchill
England
Scotland
Japan shifts war industry to Manchuria and massing forces in Aleutians
San Francisco dispatch reports Tokyo radio declares top priority transfer of home industries to Manchuria to sustain a protracted war. Alpine troops are stationed on Agattu Island near Attu with paratroopers active in the northern Aleutians as U S forces mass in the north.
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Japan
Manchuria
Aleutians
Tokyo Radio
United States
Asia
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
Agattu
Attu
U.S
Sea of Okhotsk
Manchukuo
Shaw Backs Dutt in British Election
London June 29 Reuters 88 year old playwright George Bernard Shaw endorses Communist candidate R P Dutt in Birmingham Sparkbrook for the general election. Shaw writes that British and Russian communism saved the world in war and east and says every vote for Dutt is a vote for intelligence knowledge and righteousness against Conservative L S Leopold.
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London
Reuters
Ceorge’ Bernard » Shaw
R. P. Dutt
Birmingham-Sparkbrook
Mr. Dutt
Shaw
West
Russia
England
East
Dutt
L. S. Leopold
India
Smuts Warns Commonwealth May Lead World Peace
Field Marshal Smuts told a Canadian Club audience in Ottawa that the British Commonwealth is the forerunner of other regional groupings that could solve human governance problems. He urged combined action in San Francisco, warned against over optimism after World War I, and emphasized preparedness as part of peace. The speech, echoed in defense of the UN charter, noted criticism that veto power could hinder the Security Council. Continued on page five.
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Commonwealth
San Francisco
United Nations
United Action of the Nations
San’ Francisco
United Nations’ Security’ Council
The
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Alaska War POW camp to salvage lumber and metals
An Army project begun in 1942 at a coastal Alaska port near Juneau and Cape Spence aims to salvage 12,000,000 board feet of lumber and about 1,000,000 in metals. Prisoners of war and civilian workers will operate the 638 acre facility housing 240 officers and 2,760 crew with 860 soldiers.
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Alaskan Fjords
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Hardy
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