Japan's War Budget Surges to Record Yen Outlay
The Associated Press reports Japan has pressed finances to fund war by expanding conquered territories. The special diet approved extraordinary appropriations raising the budget to 76.95 billion yen about 19.09 billion dollars at prewar rates, with military spending near 63 billion yen. Tokyo radio claimed 139.13 billion yen since 1937, though figures may be understated.
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Associated Press
Japan
Greater East Asia
U. S
Tokyo Radio
Rescue on New Guinea Trail Earns Heroic Tag Chief
Pvt Harold D Ballard 21 of Corinth Mississippi recounts how a man known only as Chief risked his life to save him after a mine blast on a jungle trail above Aitape New Guinea. Ballard credits the medic with lifting him onto his shoulders and carrying him to safety through heavy fire.
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San Francisco
Harold D. Ballard
Corinth
Miss
Ballard
Aitape
New Guinea
Wordie Ballard
R. Fld. 4
2Nd Infantry Division
Leo
Bud
Prigate Ballard
Vas
Bader
Saider
Aitepe
Two Local Notables Die. Services Held in Monroe
Miss Kelma Dolores Connaughton of West Monroe died Thursday. Funeral held at her residence officiated by Rev. L T Hastings with burial at Hasley Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Survived by three sisters and a brother. Ancil Carl Kilcrease of Monroe died Friday afternoon on Sterlington road. Funeral at Mulhearn with burial at Riverview Burial Park. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named. survived by wife and two children. Kilcrease suffered a heart attack while driving a Loop road bus near Joe Smith's store.
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Kelma Connaughton
Kelma Dolores Connaughton
South Riverfront Street
West Monroe
L. T. Hastings
First Baptist Church of
Monroe
Hasley Cemetery
Mulhearn
Jack Hinton
Connaughton
E. A. Fuller
Detroit
Mich
D. P. Grant
Bonifay
Fla
H. Curry
Houston
Tex
R. C. Connaughton
Dallas
Ancil Carl Kilcrease
Sterlington Road
Mulbearn Funeral Home
W. C. Mason
Gordon Avenue Methodist Church
Riverview
W. B. Manpham
J .Pt. Talson
Percy Wallace
O I. Womack
R. Duke Sr
Robert Luckey
Ho H. Benoit
W. OD. He. Rodriguez
Co R. Tidwell
Kilcrease
Lota M. Kilcrease
Sdd. Tarver
Pee Noel de Kilcrease
Roswell
Michael Keith Tarver
Mer
Kelcrease
Joe Smith
Sterlington Roach
World War II Talks Outline Aims For International Peace Body
In Dumbarton the Brill delegation led by Dr V K Wellington Koo and Stettinius announced agreed proposals for a general peace organization. A council with permanent great power members and an assembly would govern, but disagreement over a veto on aggression persists. A compromise may emerge from a Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meeting.
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Russi
United States
Britain
Shoul
Roundvelt
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Itchy Pimples Icill Romance Remedies Promoted
Advert midges Peter son s Ointment offers quick relief for pimples eczema and skin irritations. It promises refund if one application fails and notes use for cracked feet and toe cracks with a money back guarantee.
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Peterson
Poland Looks to U S and Britain for Support
Poland seeks allied backing from the United States and Britain as it faces internal pressures and aims to prevent a broader conflict. Polish officials, under Prime Minister Mikolajczyk, consider diplomatic moves with the Big Three to stabilize Warsaw and avert a war scenario.
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London
Poland
United States
Peope Minis Charehall
Ane Walert
Menow
Owas
Gove
Sosiet
Prado Arce
Bettye Masur Rites Set Tomorrow
Bettye Masur's funeral is scheduled for tomorrow with services to be held in Macon. The obsequies honor the daughter of 3 and Min Poigar, with a procession and interment details not fully legible.
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Bettye Masur
Toda
Jace Magus
Ian Pers
Sugar Workers General Increase in Pay
The National War Labor Board announced a retroactive wage raise for sugar workers keyed to April 1644, with terms ending April 3, 1946. The agreement, effective May 1, 1946, sets the framework for postwar adjustments and future dates as the parties may determine.
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Dallas
Tex
National Warles Board
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Cloche
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Cuilverstein
Louisiana
Guileed
Letterman General Hospital
Laurel
F. Lavigne
Baton Rentee
Cotos Lavigne
Blanche Alden
Baton Reuge
Dumbarton
Silverstein’s
E.lverstein
Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Beens
Patchez
Royce Pewter Bees
Quachita
Camden Dente
Beter
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Ouachita Bank
Baldinis
Sulis
Aecount
Meil
Ilverstein
North Lousiana
Clerc
Shaw
Moses
Ashley
Ashley Automatic Wood Steve Co
Columbia, 8. C
Sears
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