International War Crimes Meet Opens in London May 31
London announces an international conference on German war crimes will start May 31 under the United Nations war crimes commission. European governments will send investigators to Germany to aid evidence gathering. Doenitz remains a POW and not recognized as Germany's government by the Allies.
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London
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Germany
Reuters
Paris
Lucius D. Clay
Eisenhower
Karl Doenitz
Rationalize and the ethics of wartime reporting from press history
In Fair Enough, the columnist decries the use of rationalization to justify wrongs in journalism. It cites Edward Kennedy and the German surrender reporting, arguing reporters must honor pledges and avoid betraying colleagues. It recalls a Russian famine case of a double cross by a roaming American reporter.
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Los Angeles
Europe
Itler
Cts
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Rheims
Kennedy
Onor
Lawmaker Pushes Third Speaker in Presidential Line of Succession
Representative Monroney proposes a 12 member commission to fix the presidential line of succession and would have the Speaker act as president if the President and Vice President are unable to serve. The plan would require the Speaker to resign from Congress to be sworn in as president if needed.
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Washington
Coness
House
Monroney
Socrat
Oklahoma
Ople
Cnt
White House
Ten Louisianians among Annapolis graduates named
Md May 16 Rear Adm Beardall announced ten Louisiana midshipmen are among 1 049 eligible for graduation June 6 and commissioning as Ensigns or Marine Corps second lieutenants. Named from Louisiana are Samuel Glenn Anders Jr Arcadia Thomas Jones Cross II Baton Rouge John Henry Penny Baton Rouge Herbert Eldon Fridge Cheneyville Findley Miles Doughty Monroe Dennis James Downey New Orleans John Fischer Fagan Jr New Orleans Walter Albert Weaver Jr New Orleans Lester Moore Jr Shreveport Norris Ewel Sills Franklin Sun Winnsboro.
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J. R. Beardall
U. S. Naval Academy
Park Boulevard
Baton Rouge
Herbert Eldon Fridge
Cheneyville
Findley Miles Doughty
Fifth Street
Monroe
Dennis James
Joseph Downey
Orleans Street
New Orleans
John Fischer Fagan Jr
Dauphine Street
Walter Albert Weaver Jr
Napoleon Avenue
Lester Moore Jr
Thornhill Street
Shreveport
Norris Ewel Sills
Franklin Sun
Winnsboro
Poll tax battle moves as 14 signatures needed for floor action
Washington May 16. Signatures of 14 members stand between the House and action on a controversial poll tax bill. With 204 members already on, Rep. Bender expects the final 14 to be affixed by week’s end to force floor debate on outlawing poll taxes for elections with federal office stakes.
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House
Bender
Ohio
Fierce Fighting on Mindanao as U S Forces Close In
Allied troops of the 24th Infantry clashed hand to hand with trapped Japanese west of Davas city amid 12 foot cogon grass. Maj. Gen. Woodruff reported Mindanao liberation at 9 percent with over 400000 people freed. Japanese resistance remained intense near Bukidnon.
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Davas City
Mindanao
Roscoe B. Woodruff
Talomo
Davao
Bukidnon
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Himmler Said to Have Been Killed in Berlin Fight
Frau Margaret Boden Himmler and her daughter Gudrun were found with her sister in a Bolzano Tyrol chalet as U S forces captured the area. She believes Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler perished with Hitler in the Berlin battle. Captain Erich Schnitzler led American troops to the chalet and denied knowledge of Himmler’s location.
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Italy
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Margaret Boden Himmler
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Hitler
Berlin
Frau Himmler
Gudrun
Italian
Tyrol
U. S
Erich Schnitzler
Himmler
Munich
Karif Wolff
Schnitzler
Bestapo
Three Injured in Shreveport Storm
A severe wind and rainstorm in Shreveport Louisiana damaged a plane and injured three people. The Weather Bureau logged nearly three inches of rain in eight hours ending 8 p.m. A head-on collision near the airport left two critically hurt. A naval patrol bomber crashed during landing but without injuries. Wind gusts reached 50 mph at the airport.
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Shreveport
Shreveport Weather Bureau
Naval
Auto Industry Sees Eight Months to Reach Postwar Output
War Board reports reconversion survey of 72 industries. Auto makers expect eight months after contract cancellations to reach 2,000,000 cars a year, with full postwar stride at 6,000,000 cars annually in about 15 months. total industry output projected around 10.0 billion dollars. break-even at 5.2 billion. reconversion costs run to hundreds of millions for plant changes and tooling.
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Washington
Automobile
War Production Board
WPB
Patton Arrives in London for Third Army Dispatch
General George S. Patton Jr. commander of the U S Third Army arrived in London today confirming Allied top command movements and readiness in Europe.
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London
George S. Patton Jr
U. S. Third Army
Truman Plans Consolidation of Independent Agencies
Washington May 11 President Truman outlines a sweeping government reorganization to fold independent agencies into regular departments. Senators close to Truman say changes will be gradual with cabinet reshuffles likely in labor treasury and justice. He favors a vertical, command driven structure learned from his army days.
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Treasury
Justice
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Congress
Board cannot exclude governor appointee, attorney general says
Baton Rouge authorities ruled the school board may not judge the qualifications of a governor appointee. The AG's opinion says ownership prerequisites at election time apply, but the commission is prima facie evidence of qualification and removal requires court action by an interested party. The board cannot seat or oust its own members.
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Baton Rouge
Attorney General's Department
Pres. J. T. Gibson
Claiborne Parish
State Legal Department
Plan for UN defense rights before world security conference
The United States announces a plan guaranteeing any group of nations the right to organize for collective defense, aiming to secure a permanent Pan American defense role within the world security organization. Latin American backing is strong, Russia awaited, with key issues on international trusteeships and Pacific bases. The plan, discussed with Latin leaders and major powers, seeks to preserve the Monroe Doctrine while forming a long term mutual defense treaty after the conference.
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Trusteeship Pact Near At UN Conference
Substantial agreement reported among major powers on a dual-type trusteeship plan for governing dependent territories under a world organization. Drawn by Commander Harold E. Stassen the plan blends U S and British proposals with mandates for strategic and nonstrategic areas and supervision of territories.
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San Francisco
Harold E. Stassen
United States
Two Battery Firms Accused
The government sues Electric Storage Battery Co and its Willard unit in a civil antitrust action in New York accusing them of withholding a long life nickel cadmium battery and controlling world markets since 1891. Co conspirators include Chloride Electrical Storage Co of London and Exide Batteries of Canada.
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Department of Justice
The
Electric Storage Battery Co
Philadelphia
New Jersey
United States
Electric Storage Battery Company
Willard
Electric
Chloride Electrical Storage Company
London
Electric Accumulatoren-Fabrik Aktingesell- Schaft
Berlin
Germany
Exide Batteries
Canada
Toronto
Chloride Electrical
Churchill says Germans to administer country under Allied direction
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that the Allies intend for Germans to run their own country under Allied guidance, stressing Britain will not administer Germany directly. He declined to name Doenitz and said he would clarify the authority behind broadcasts from Flensburg after further consideration.
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Churchill
Germany
Commons
Karl Doenitz
Doenitz
Flensburg
General Eisenhower
Field Marshal
Montgomery
Omar Bradley
Marines Repel Fierce Okinawa Counterattack At Naha
U S Marines fight ferociously on Okinawa near Naha after retaking ground lost in a heavy Japanese counterattack. The battle lasts overnight with grisly losses as U S forces regain ground around Sugar Loaf Hill and Takamotoji village. Carrier air raids on Honshu and Kyushu are reported with hundreds of planes involved.
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James Lindsley
Guam
United States
Naha
Okinawa
Reuters
CBS
New York
U. S
al Dopkins
Associated Press
22Nd Marine Regiment
Dopkins
Takamotoji
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Eniwetok
Orote
William T. Clement
Richmond
Sixth Marine Division
22Nd
Sugar Loaf Hill
Machinato
Conical
Radio Tokyo
Moscow charges Nazi propaganda spread by captured leaders
A Moscow radio commentator accuses Nazi bigwigs in Allied custody of spreading propaganda to fracture the unity of the Allies. Goering von Rundstedt Kesselring are named as Goebbels disciples while charges claim American and British correspondents amplify the stories. A dispatch notes a press conference ban on German prisoners without Allied approval.
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Goering
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Norway
Karl Hermann Frank
Bohemia-Moravia
Germany
Augsburg
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