Butter Value May Be Cut As Butter Flow Sought
Secretary Clinton P Anderson announces study on lowering butter point value after Wiley urged action. Agriculture Department and OPA to assess supply and potential reductions in government set asides. Wisconsin officials report unconsumed butter and creameries exiting, seeking higher local prices.
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Anderson
Okinawa
Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Wiley
R-Wis
OPA
Agriculture Department
Wisconsin
Truman Signs Postal Pay Increase Legislation
President Truman signed a law granting postal workers a general pay raise the first since 1925. It includes an automatic grade structure, 11 grades for city workers, and 14 grades for rural carriers with automatic promotions for meritorious service. Overtime pay rules and postmaster salary baselines tied to office receipts are also adjusted.
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Washington
Truman
Railway
Air Mail
Liquidate Exile Polish Government in London
London reports Britain and the United States recognizing the Warsaw provisional government and moving to liquidate the London exile Polish authority. An interim treasury committee will supervise closure while Polish forces in Britain may choose to return home or stay abroad. Only essential services for Polish citizens and refugees will be funded. President Truman confirms Warsaw’s Yalta commitments and names Arthur Bliss Lane as U.S. ambassador to Poland.
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London
Britain
United States
Tomasz Arciszewski
National Unity
Warsaw
Great Britain
British Foreign Office
Treasury Committee
England
Foreign Office
United Nations’ Security League
Washington
Truman
Range to Korea for First Time Yanks Merciful to Nip
American air power reaches Nippon as Tokyo reports 250 U S planes striking homeland for the third day. Fifth air force shifts to Manila Tokyo corridor while Allied navals aid evacuation of Wake island hospital ship Takasago Maru. Churchill election outlook and British results loom as war reports add to global tension.
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Korea
Associated Press
Japan
Tokyo
U. S
Nippon
Wake Island
Tokushima
Shikoku Island
Okayama
Osaka
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
MacArthur
Manila
Murray
Wake
Balikpapan
Borneo
Samarinda
Okinawa
Fifth Air Force
Kyushu
George C. Kenney
Seventh Air Force
Fleet Air Wings
Marine Aircraft
James H. Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
South Asiatic
13Th Air Force
Dutch East Indies
Kyushu Island
Iwo Jima
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Manchuria
Filipino Rumor of Ulcer Cure by Ocean Water Folklore
Lt. Col. Mellberg relays that Anastacio Ramoran, bedridden for three years after Japanese mistreatment in Luzon, recovered after being forced to drink seawater and via brutal pacing. Ramoran now works his fields, claiming his stomach ulcers were cured. Chicago AMA said no scientific comment without evidence.
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Ralph Morton Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Anastacio Ramoran
Carl C. E. Mellberg
U. S. Army
Mellberg
Springfield
N. J
Far East Air Service Command
Ramoran
Philippines
Saipari Island
Luzon
Lingayen Gulf
Berg
Meliberg
American Medical Association
Chicago
Milwaukee Reorganization Gets FCC Approval for Expenses
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a maximum limit of 780000 dollars as reasonable expenses for the reorganization committee to carry out the road's plan of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad in the Milwaukee reorganization case.
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Milwaukee
Washington—i
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Prodigious Appetite Defies Size in Atlanta Man
Ph Chester J Salvatori, a slight 140 pound Southampton, Mass soldier, astonishes doctors with extreme hunger. He reports meals of 40 eggs, gallons of milk, and as many as 36 pork chops in one sitting, including an 18 pound turkey. Physicians at Ft McPherson hospital consider the overeating potentially psychological but inconclusive.
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Atlanta
Chester J. Salvatori
Southampton
Mass
Ft. McPherson Station
Collision Between 1929 Ford Coach and 1942 Ford Truck
A 1929 Ford coach and a 1942 Ford truck collided in the 1300 block on 17th street at 6 40 p m yesterday causing bumper fender and left headlight damage to the coach. Jacob Laeser of 2007 10th avenue pulled from the curb and struck Edwin Kenneth Wilde of 1743 15th street in a Gateway company truck. both vehicles were traveling east.
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17Th Street
Jacob Laeser
10Th Avenue
Edwin Kenneth Wilde
15Th Street
Gateway Company
Braves tie NL hitting streak record with Holmes
Boston right fielder Tommy Holmes doubled in the first inning of the opener with Pittsburgh to match Rogers Hornsby’s 33 game hitting streak. Hornsby set the mark in 1922. Paris reports Gen. de Gaulle accepts invitation to visit Washington next month from President Truman.
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Boston
Tommy Holmes
Boston Braves
Pittsburgh
Rogers Hornsby
Hornsby
Paris
Gen. de Gauule
Truman
Washington
Chinese regain key centers in Kiangsi province
Chinese army spokesman Maj. Gen. Kuo Chi-chih said forces have recaptured the important communications centers of Kiennan Lungnan and Tingnan in southwestern Kiangsi within 140 miles northeast of Canton. He added Japanese troops were retreating toward Namyung in Kwangtung.
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Chungking
Kiennan
Lungnan
Tingnan
Kiangsi
Canton
Kuo Chi-chih
Namyung
Kwangtung
Get Jap Flag and Medal From Soa on Okinawa Island
Undersheriff and Mrs. R. H. Schoonover received a Japanese flag and medal today from their son Lt. Richard Schoonover now in Okinawa. The metal box was torn but the flag and medal remained intact. The flag is white silk with the red sun, about two by three feet. The sheriff seeks help translating the inscription to identify the medal. Lt. Schoonover reports improvements on Okinawa including a shower and a movie.
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R. H. Schoonover
Richard Schoonover
Okinawa
Schoonover
Motorists Slow in Buying Car Stamps
Motorists still lag in purchasing auto use stamps with sales behind last year. Authorities warn that many cars may go unused and others will operate without the stamp. Federal officials say fines will be imposed on drivers who fail to obtain the stamp soon.
Canada to Resume Meat Rationing Soon
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced Canada will resume meat rationing shortly. He said meat has not been rationed nationwide since March.
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Canada
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Bus Parking on Square Soon May Be Eliminated
Monroe city council and bus line officials plan to end parking of buses at the northwest square near the bus station in the Chocolate shop. They seek a harmonious shift to a new site with parking and office space, likely away from principal highways, while preserving good relations and reducing traffic hazards.
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Monroe
Cardinal Nes
Morgenthau and Roberts Resign
President Truman faces a cabinet reshuffle after Morgenthau and Supreme Court Justice Roberts announce resignations. Morgenthau will depart upon Truman’s return from Berlin for the big three talks, with a successor to be named. Roberts plans to retire July 31, amid speculation about court dynamics and possible replacements in the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Mr. Truman
Morgenthau
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Interior
Ickes
England
Fiorello H. la Guardia
New York
France
Edward C. Moran, Jr
Maine
Jesse M. Donaldson
Roberts
Harlan F. Stone
Tribunal
High Court
Stone
Roosevelt
Truman
Senate
Barkley
Hatch
D-Nm
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Seventh Federal Circuit Court
Treasury
Lend-Lease Arms Return Demanded by Senate Panel
The Senate war investigating committee urged prompt recovery of lend-lease arms from European Allies for Pacific use. It said no action had been taken and stressed extreme urgency to exploit all supply sources, noting legal title rests with the United States.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Kilgore
Dw.va
United States
Germany
Europe
Senate Group
Two Jap Prisoners Flee Camp McCoy
Civil and military authorities and the FBI hunted for two Japanese POWs who broke from Camp McCoy. Hirasawa Mitsuke, about 25, 137 pounds, 5 feet 5 inches, fled Tuesday night wearing POW clothes. Masa Kitamura, 24, 135 pounds, 5 feet 4 inches, escaped Wednesday night in POW garments after crawling beneath the wire fence. A prior escape of three Japanese POWs about a month earlier ended with recapture.
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Camp McCoy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hirasawa Mitsukei
Masa Kitamura
Fair Cool Weather Promised
A cool, fair spell is forecast for tonight and tomorrow in Monroe as clouds shade the sun. Morning temperatures dipped to 53 with highs near 80 yesterday and around 76 by early afternoon, suggesting a peak for today.
Drowns in Green Lake Ripon
Neal Phiel, 34, drowned yesterday while swimming in Green Lake near Ripon. He is survived by his wife.
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Green Lake
Ripon
Neal Phiel
Hopkins Named Impartial Chairman for Ladies Garment Industry
Harry L. Hopkins becomes impartial chairman of the New York ladies coat and suit industry, presiding over labor management contracts and disputes to promote harmony. He will earn about 25000 dollars yearly after resigning as adviser to President Truman on health grounds.
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New York
Harry L. Hopkins
New York Women’s
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Truman
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Poland
Churchill
The
Daily Herald
Labor
Daily Express
Commons
the Express
Anthony Eden
Clement Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Herbert Morrison
Admiralty
Brendan Bracken
James Grigg
National Insurance
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Soa
Okinawa Island
Morgenthau and Roberts
Ministry OF Propaganda
Berlin
Henry L. Griffin
Union
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