World Security Talks Center on Moscow and Trusteeships
United Nations officials await Moscow replies on two key issues trusteeships and regional defense. Gromyko has referred proposals to the Kremlin as France nudges toward permanent Security Council membership and the Dumbarton Oaks accord faces final adjustments. France seeks a permanent seat while small nations argue over council power.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
San Francisco
United Nations
Moscow
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Molotov
Kremlin
Gromyko
United States
Britain
France
China
Security Council
Washington
Language misfires and wartime bustle at San Francisco hotels
Westbrook Pegler notes confusion over English by Molotov and Eden, and recalls Maeterlinck’s English lessons. He describes San Francisco as a busy war port with the St. Francis hotel handling dignitaries, displaced families, and returning wounded, while manager Dan London balances hospitality with state department demands.
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San Francisco
Mr. Molotov
Moscow
Henry Wallace
Russia
Maurice Maeterlinck
United States
Caregie Hall
Illinah
Illinois
Oozagguy
Muzzletoff
Ain’ Muzzletoff
Eeza Lill Biddy Guy
Koodiey Eden
Ain’ Eden
Eden Zuppadamark
Anthony Eden
Mark Pkins
London
Dan London
St. Francis
Benito Mussolini
Eden
State Department
Land
Denies Handshakes for Gen Goering at Seventh Army
The U S Seventh Army released a statement denying any handshakes or meals for Hermann Goering at its headquarters. He was confined in a Seventh Army detention camp upon arrival. General Eisenhower condemned the notion of friendly receptions for Nazi officials.
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U.S. Seventh Army
U. S. Seventh Army
Seventh Army
Richsmarshal Hermann Goering
Goering
Eisenhower
U. S
36Th Division
36Th
Writers Protest Disaccreditation At SHAEF Summit
Paris May 15 Correspondents accredited to SHAEF vow to file a formal protest with the public relations division over disaccreditation of colleagues for unauthorized trips to Berlin. Four credentials were lifted and orders to return to the United States issued, with two reporters still in the theater.
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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
SHAEF
Berlin
United States
Seymour Freidin
New York Herald Tribune
John Groth
American Legion Magazine
Quicker War End Expected Despite Delays
The Allied victory came later than hoped by as much as five months due to Nazi resistance after initial collapse. Campaigns from Africa to Italy and the Western Front mostly met or beat schedules, with three crucial gambles failing to shorten the war: Bizerte, Anzio south of Rome, and the Arnhem attempt to flank the German line.
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Supreme Headquarters Force
Eisenhower
Reich
Africa
Italy
Bizerte
Anzio
Rome
Arnhem
Sugar Secrecy Targeted by House Food Committee
The House food committee urged the administration to lift secrecy bans on world sugar quota figures for Allied and neutral nations. Chairman Anderson demanded public release of restricted data on Spain, France, Italy and Switzerland to curb U S industrial sugar use and ensure foreign requirements stay low. The panel, amid a looming sugar shortage, plans a Sugar report early next week and backs expanded beet plantings and Puerto Rico sugar output.
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Washington
House Food Committee
Anderson
Leo T. Crowley
Spain
France
Italy
Switzerland
United States
Puerto Rico
OPA
Swaggering Nazis Learn War Is Lost In Bolzano
In Bolzano Italy May 13 1945 Nazis west of the S S finally face defeat after ten days of swaggering under German surrender. Col W C Fry 88th Division assumes command ending the free rein of S S troops and German soldiers as U S forces enforce new authority. Local youths mock Hitler Youth songs in the streets while officers keep watch over headquarters of S S and Gestapo leaders Wolff and Vietinghoff Scheel.
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Bolzano
Italy
S. S
Germany
U. S. 88Th Division
Col
W. C. Fry
Washington, D. C
88Th
Fry
Karl Wolff
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich von Vietinghoff—Scheel
Hitler
Horst Wessel
Goering Named On First War Criminal List
London May 15 The war crimes commission announced Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering’s name was placed on the first list of war criminals in November 1944 The United Nations commission stated that Goering’s name was on the initial list of persons charged with war crimes adopted by the commission.
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War Crimes Commission
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
United Nations Commission
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Death Edicts in American Occupation Zone
Washington reports the U S military government in Germany may impose the death penalty for numerous offenses under Eisenhower crafted ordinances. Three court types exist from general to summary with penalties including death, long imprisonment, and heavy fines. Offenses include espionage and harmful information dissemination.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Special Diseases Need Attention by Dr William S Keller
Dr William S Keller urges treating syphilis and gonorrhea as other communicable diseases under health department control. He criticizes moral stigma and urges objective realism, noting society's failure to counsel youth on sex and the need to address sex education openly rather than taboo.
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William S. Keller
Act
Health Department
Recall of 1899 romance from Milwaukee creates will link
Mrs. Clara Mohr Carey identified in the will of Arthur J. Machek, Milwaukee machine shop owner, as the 1899 sweetheart whose only real kisses he recalled. She said they had 12 dates and she last saw him in 1938, by then married for 37 years, while Machek left $40,000.
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Chicago
Clara Mohr Carey
Carey
Arthur J. Machek
Milwaukee
Truman Opposes Tax Cut Until Japan Defeated
President Truman told reporters he is opposed to any tax reduction until after the war with Japan ends. He warned that 85,000,000 bondholders must be protected and that continued high taxation is the only protection until the entire war is over.
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Washington
Truman
Japan
Landing Craft On River Trip To Denison For Red River Bond Drive
Two Higgins and Eureka landing crafts set off from New Orleans for a 1900 mile round trip to Denison Texas to showcase amphibious operations for the seventh war loan drive. The voyage precedes a June 3 spectacle at Denison with seven more boats rail-shipped for the event.
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New Orleans
Rhine
Germany
Mississippi
Denison
Texas
Canal Street
Andrew J. Higgins
Joseph J. Knecht
Leon Tujague
Louisiana
War Finance Committee
E. Kirby Newburger
Orleans Parish
Annie P
City is Found Beneath Berlin New Underground City
Moscow May 15. The fort beneath the Tiergarten served as a large underground city housing many Berlin residents after widespread destruction. Red Star notes Nazi officials and their families killed themselves there to avoid capture. A correspondent says the ruins and hidden passages reveal the force needed for surrender.
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Moscow
Tiergarten
Berlin
Red Star
Germany
Charlottenburger Strasse
Former Huey P. Long Associate Paroled from Federal Prison
Former Louisiana governor Richard W. Leche, once closely tied to Huey P. Long, was granted parole by the federal board effective June 30. Convicted of mail fraud in 1940 and sentenced to ten years, Leche served time at Texarkana Federal Prison and faced a $3,000 fine.
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Washington
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
Federal Parole Board
Huey P. Long
Federal Correctional Institution
Texarkana
Tex
Leche
Alexandria
O. K. Allen
Court of Appeal
New Orleans
Ben C. Dawkins
Supreme Court of the United States
State Highway Department
Truman and Churchill Seek Big Three Meeting in Near Term
President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill voiced hope for a Big Three session soon. Truman emphasized absolute insurance against future rearmament and outlined reparations aims. He opposed tax cuts until Japan is defeated and called for Johnson Act repeal to ease private loans to defaulted nations.
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Washington
Truman
Churchill
Commons
London
Eisenhower
Germany
Elmer Davis
Japan
Veterans Administration
Solons Detail Nazi Torture Camps In Europe Report
A congressional mission of six senators and six representatives described a calculated and diabolical program of torture and extermination at Dachau Buchenwald and Nordhausen. They urged swift punishment for leaders and declined to create new war crimes agencies, citing existing Allied mechanisms. The report cites grotesque conditions and the depravity of the Nazi regime observed during their April European tour.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Europe
Dachau
Buchenwald
Nordhausen
Germany
Seven Thousand Japanese Dead in Luzon Pass Fight
American forces chased Japanese through the Balete pass in northern Luzon as 7,000 enemy dead were counted in the narrow 75 foot defile. U S troops expanded into the Cagayan valley with plans for further drives toward Santa Fe and the Villa Verde trail.
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Fred Hampson
Manila
Lete Pass
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas Boys
Cagayan Valley
Luezon
Associated Press
James Hutcheson
Luzon
Charles L. Mullins
Santa Fe
Villa Verde
Kibawe
Maramag
Mindanao
Sayre Highway
del Monte Air Center
Cagayan
Balete Pass
Philippines
Okinawa
Nagoya
U. S
Yonabaru
Villa Verde Trail
Attorney General Rules Levee Board Cannot Keep Unused Land
Louisiana attorney general cites that a levee board cannot hold title to unused portions of land it appropriated for levee work. The opinion notes the board has only a servitude on land actually used or destroyed, even if original owners were paid for the full parcels.
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Baton Rouge
Attorney General's Department
John L. Madden
Jesse S. Heard
West Monroe
Tensas Basin
Ouachita River
Monroe
Grand Street
Heard
Madden
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Brooklyn
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