Pegler Editorial Attacks Labor Figures Cited in Worcester
The piece cites an April 5 1940 Labor News editorial alleging corruption within labor ranks. It discusses Bioff Browne and George Browne and notes Amos Cote’s rise to president of a central Massachusetts board of the CIO after incidents tied to police records. It mentions War Labor Board officials and Emil Rieve as witnesses.
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Illiam Green
Joe Padway
F. of L
Freeman M. Saltus
Labor News
Worcester
Mass
Labor
Pegier
Ruth
Pegler
Heaven
Peglers
Bioff
George Browne
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Browne
Saltus
Amos Cote
Central Massachusetts Board of the Textile Workers’ Union of the Co. I. O
Saul Wallen
War Labor Board
Emil Rieve
Cote
Roosevelt
Hugh Kingsley
Worcester Newspaper Guild
Presidents Truman and de Gaulle to meet for Franco American ties
Washington May 22. President Truman and General Charles de Gaulle will meet in a bid to mark a new step toward closer Franco American friendship. French foreign minister George Bidault announced de Gaulle’s willingness for a personal conference, location to be decided. Bidault said France will do her utmost in the fight against Japan and hoped the meeting would occur soon.
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Washington
Truman
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
George Bidault
Bidault
France
Japan
San Francisco
Deferments Expanded for Men Over Thirty in War Still Ending
Washington May 22 selectives announced indefinite deferments for men who reach 30 and work deemed useful. Older registrants can avoid draft if they stay in approved roles, with no six month renewal. July draft call cut about 25 percent to 90 000. boards told to re‑examine 18 to 25 and 26 to 29 groups for possible service.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Europe
Hershey
Sugar Shortage Prompts Call for Central Sugar Authority
Washington May 22 The House food committee says 9 million tons less sugar will be available this year compared with last. It urges appointing a single administrator to coordinate controls across agencies to prevent depletion of reserve stockpiles by 1946.
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Washington
House Food Committee
Earl Wilson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Joshua Bernhart
War Food Administration
Wilson
National Sugar Refining Co
Truman
Stettinius Heads to Washington as Conference Presses On
Secretary of State Stettinius leaves the UN conference for urgent talks in Washington with President Truman on postwar Europe crises. Senators Connally and Vandenberg assume leadership of the American delegation as the conference races toward an early June finish. Plans for Berlin occupation face snags and require high-level agreement to evolve.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
San Francisco
Stettinius
Washington
Truman
Europe
Molotov
Eden
Bidault
Padilla
Mexico
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Rijssen
Holland
Berlin
Russia
Britain
United States
Stalin
Red Army
Churchill
Contempt Case Reversal Sought In Press Sources Row
Washington May 22 The House veterans committee moved to reconsider a 13 to 5 decision seeking indictment of PM reporter Albert Deutsch for refusing to reveal confidential sources used in articles on Veterans Administration care. Rep Rogers said she would push the reconsideration while the panel set hearings with Albert Q. Maisel, a critic of the VA, as witness. Chairman Rankin stated the committee would not back down on the Deutsch case.
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Washington
House Veterans Committee
Rogers
Massachusetts
Albert Deutsch
New York
Deutsch
Veterans Administration
EWT
Albert Q. Maisel
Rankin
Mississippi
House
Tariff Battle Opens as Doughton Pushes Reciprocal Trade Plan
In Washington on May 22 Rep Doughton opened the administration tariff fight, urging broad new authority for the President to cut duties under reciprocal trade with other nations. Knutson assailed the plan as risky, arguing for keeping home markets protected to avoid pauperizing workers. The debate marks the first real test of postwar trade policy in the House, with expected lengthy discussion.
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Washington
Doughton
North Carolina
House
America
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Knutson
R.-Minn
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
Coughton
First Army to Move From Europe to Pacific Frontier
The War Department announced the First Army under Gen. Courtney Hodges, famed for crossing the Siegfried Line and linking with the Russians at the Elbe, will redeploy to fight Japan with about 150000 men and 30 day furloughs. Veteran units may differ from the German campaign but will sustain the same aggressive assault. Ouachita Parish War Finance Committee seeks $900000 more in series E bonds, with Flying Airborne and Infantry shows at Selman Field and Northeast Junior College to spur purchases.
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Washington
American First Army
Siegfried Line
Courtney H. Hodges
United States
War Department
Pacific
France
Belgium
Germany
Paris
Reich
Remagen
Rhine
Hodges
First Army
Ouachita Parish
War Finance Committee
Selman Field
Northeast Junior College Stadium
Japan
Associated Press
Okinawa
U. S
Adm
Richman Kelly Turner
Roy Geiger
Allied Discharges Of German Prisoners For Civilian Return
Allied headquarters in Paris announced that selected groups of German prisoners and disarmed Volkssturm personnel, along with certain classes of women prisoners, will be discharged and released to return to farms and factories. General Eisenhower authorized the move to aid occupation. They revert to civilian status and fall under civilian military government rules in occupied Germany.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Allied Headquarters
Volkssturm
Eisenhower
Germany
Fort Worth Set To Host Largest National Spot Sale Of Equipment
Fort Worth expects about 2000 buyers between May 28 and 30 for the nation’s largest spot sale of construction and farm equipment. Some 3000 machines and 200000 accessories will be offered at the event.
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Fort Worth
United States
Tito Reverses Stance On Trieste Occupation
Trieste dispute eases as Marshal Tito appears to reverse his position on occupation. Yugoslav government agrees to Allied proposals with minor stipulations while withdrawing partisan forces from southern Austria and moving occupation HQ from Trieste. Britain notes improved situation and possible diplomatic settlement with Italy and Allies.
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Trieste
Eighth Army
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
London
Tito
Moscow
Austria
Adriatic
Italy
Foreign Office
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
Britain Looks to July General Election Amid Labor Platform
Prime Minister Churchill rejected delaying the vote and signaled a summer election likely on July 5 or July 11. Labourapproved platform promotes a socialist program including nationalization of coal mines railways steel banks and transport, with Dalton predicting a comfortable Labour majority.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Commonwealth of Great Britain
Japan
Blackpool
Bank of England
Hurgh Dalton
Freed Men 10 Be Sent Home From Germany
About 22,000 American soldiers liberated from Germany will return to the United States by month’s end. The War Department says many of the 100,000 held by Germany at collapse will be sent home as quickly as possible by air and ship. Col. Albert L. Warner notes some were released in camps deep in Germany or areas reached by Russians. They will be moved to U S camps for medical care good food and part of back pay. Delays arise from transport and internal communications limits in Germany. Continued on Eighth Page.
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Washington
Germany
United States
War Department
Albert L. Warner
War Intelligence
Warner
Notifs
Island Fight Near Shuri Signals Okinawa Break
Okinawa fighting concentrates on Shuri and Yonabaru as U S forces push toward the fortress city from three sides. American troops suffer heavy casualties in a fierce Japanese counterattack on Sugar Loaf Hill. Marines and infantry pressed forward with tanks and flamethrowers in a brutal bid to break resistance.
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Guam
Shuri
Yonabaru
U. S
Fourth Marine
Sixth Marine
Sugar Loaf Hill
Paul R. Hunter
Lake Worth
Fla
Okienawa
Ith
Associated Press
al Copking
Mansfield predicts Russia will join war against Japan
Representative Mansfield argues Russia may enter the war against Japan if China remains divided. He warns two Chinese states could emerge with differing alignments, and urges a prewar Allied meeting to shape policy and withdraw forces after Japan’s defeat.
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Washington
Mansfield
Montana
Russia
Japan
House
China
Roosevelt
India-Burma-China
Chungking
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek
The
Montanan
Attempt to Kill Hitler Nearly Succeeds in East Prussia
Shorthand expert Heinz Buchholz recalls the July 20 1944 plot to kill Hitler at Wolfsschanze. Col Stauffenberg placed a briefcase detonation under the table. Col Brandt kicked it shifting its position. The blast wounded many and defied immediate aftermath as the report continues on page six.
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Berchinsgaven
Hitler
Heinz Buchholz
Rastenburg
East Prussia
Buchholz
Berlin
Col. von Stauffenberg
Wolfsschanze
Stauffenberg
Keitel
Stauf
Fenberg
Volks Grenadier
Col. Stauffenberg
Hensinger
Brandt
Colonel Stauffenberg
Two Louisiana Officers Shot in Belcher During Theft Probe
Deputy Sheriff Will George and Belcher nightwatchman Edward Krow were seriously wounded in a shooting during questioning of an auto theft suspect in Belcher Louisiana. George suffered ten intestinal wounds and underwent emergency surgery while Krow was struck in the throat. Deputy Bert Stone said the incident began when Krow accused the suspect during the questioning and opened fire as deputies urged him to drop his pistol. The suspect, held in parish jail, and Anderson escaped injury as bullets flew. the hospital in Shreveport treated the wounded men.
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Shreveport
Belcher
Bert Stone
Will George
Caddo Parish
Edward T. Krow
George
Krow
Kings Stone
W. H. Anderson
Vivian
Stone
Anderson
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Westbrook
Capital
House Committee
Himmler
Frau
Margaret Bodin Himmler
Fraulein Gudrun
Gestapo
Henrich Himmler
U. S. 88Th Division
Bolzano
Signal Corps
Solon
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