France Urges Break With Spain Over Laval Extradition
Paris reports the French foreign affairs committee calls on General de Gaulle to sever relations with Spain, extradite Pierre Laval, and join Allied action to oust Franco. The panel labels Franco’s regime a menace to world democracy and seeks a Republican government in Spain.
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French Foreign Affairs Committee
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Spain
Pierre Laval
Generalissimo
Franco
United States Senate
General de Gaulle
Italy
France
Laval
Germany
Old Republic
Barcelona
Old Dan Tobin shakedown tale sparks political riffs
Westbrook Pegler recounts a New York road-shakedown saga involving a Virginia trucker Leon Racht and a $56 demand to join a Teamsters local. He ties the incident to national politics, noting references to Byrnes Roosevelt Stimson and Chicago in a broader wartime labor context.
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New York
Leon Racht
ournal-American
Dan Tobin
Mrcht
Nion
Abe Spitzig
Soldier jailed for striking Nazi prisoners of war
Worcester Mass May 25 A Yank soldier Pvt Joseph McGee faces imprisonment after a court martial found him guilty of striking nine German POWs at Le Mans France while guarding a work detail The case emerged as his family protested the alleged confinement at Camp Upton or Slocum New York and Army spokesmen said no record could confirm the imprisonment or the prisoner’s whereabouts.
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War Department
John W. McCormack
Socrat
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Joseph McGee
Worcester VD Veterans Association
Joseph Mc McGee
Upton
Slocum
New York
Second Service
Camp Upton
France
McGee
James D. O'Brien
le Mans
O'Brien
Major Selman Dies in Texas
Major George Selman brother of Augustus J. Selman and namesake of Selman Field in Monroe died in Houston Texas. Funeral and interment set in Dallas with time to be announced. He served in Hawaii World War Two and a tank division, retired a year ago due to illness, survived by two sisters and three aunts.
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Augustus J. Selman
Selman Field
Monroe
Houston
Tex
Dallas
Major
Georgia Porter
Texas A. and
M. College
Army
Hawaii
Major Selman
L. S. Wardlaw
Shreveport
John L. Leonard
C. E. Wade
Evanston
Ill
Daisy Richardson
Wounded officer in Caddo dies after gun battle
Will George, 57, veteran Caddo parish deputy sheriff since 1926, dies from a pistol wound suffered in a Belcher street gun battle. Edward T. Krow, Belcher night watchman wounded in the same incident, remains critically ill but holding his own. Funeral for George set for 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Oil City.
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Will George
Caddo Parish
Highland
Belcher
George
Caddo Sheriff's Department
T. R. Hughes
Flournoy
First Baptist Church of
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Edward T. Krow
Charity Hospital
Krow
German Nazi Official Oberg Arrested by Allied Forces
Gen Karl Oberg former head of all SS and police activities in occupied France was captured today by combined operations of the 101st airborne and the 42nd divisions in Kitzbuhel Germany.
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Karl Oberg
S. S
France
101St Airborne
Churchill Plans Campaign as Britain Prepares Vote
Prime Minister Churchill heads a combative domestic campaign across Britain amid a growing split with Labour. Harold Laski outlines a clear ideological choice, pledging to avoid coalitions and contrasting private enterprise with socialism. Election results loom around July 27 or 28. Churchill plans to announce a caretaker cabinet and may expand the war cabinet to handle wartime and domestic pressures. He is set to speak in Woodford, Essex, his constituency, as Labour signals difficulties in forming a new ministry.
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Essex
Daily Herald
Merchants Rally to Boost War Bond Drive in Ouachita Parish
A mass meeting in Hotel Virginia room A at 10:30 a.m. called by S. J. Rogers and C. D. Oakley urged stronger progress toward the Ouachita parish E bond quota. Prizes sponsored by Grover L. Holloway and others were announced to spur sales, with over 500 dollars in bonds sold at the event and leaders optimistic about reaching the goal.
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S. J. Rogers
C. D. Oakley
Sig Masur
Ouachita Parish
Grover L. Holloway
D. L. Davidson
Abe Blumenthal
9 Million Pound Raid Sets Tokyo Ablaze
Guam May 25 Huge fires rage in central Tokyo after a 9,000,000 pound air raid seen as the greatest strike on the capital. Officials cite unclear pictures of devastation while returning pilots call the raid highly successful noting fires along Tokyo bay near the imperial palace and damage to the main railroad marshalling yards threatening rail traffic across the empire.
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Tokyo
Japan
21St Bomber Command
Tokyo Bay
Imperial Palace
Plan for drastic sugar cuts to hit industry this year
A congressional food investigator said OPA plans a sharp industrial sugar cut to about 40 percent of 1941 levels, likely halving 1944 supply. The change would take effect July 1 in the third quarter as civilian consumption outpaced set aside stock. It may not extend to households.
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Washington
Congressional
OPA
Anderson
New Mexico
House Food Committee
CPA
Hitler outlines war plan in private notes found
Stenographic notes recovered by American officers show Adolf Hitler stating Germany would first enforce universal military service, reassert sovereignty by occupying the Rhineland, annex Austria, and crush Czechoslovakia and Poland as essential steps for future war against the Allies. The document, made before the Ardennes offensive, indicts Nazi war guilt.
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Berchtesgaden
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Ardennes
Rhineland
Austria
Big Powers In Control In UN Debate On Veto
Big Powers are reported to have enough votes to block changes to veto power in the UN security council. The dispute centers on whether a 11 nation council can act against aggressors without big power objections. The U S Britain Russia and China negotiate a compromise while Yalta terms influence positions.
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World Organization
Security Council
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Russia
Yalta
Britain
France
China
Adoption of World Bank Plan Moves Ahead in House
Washington May 25 Republicans and Democrats predicted easy enactment of Bretton Woods plans after the House banking committee approved, 23 to 3, the American participation in a world bank and an international currency stabilization fund. On the House floor Republicans pressed tariffs authority debates for reciprocal trade and Speaker Rayburn signaled a vote on the tariff bill. An attempt at a night session failed as Keefe noted few members would return to speak.
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Bretton Woods
House Banking Committee
World Bank
House
Rayburn
Texas
Keefe
Wisconsin
Tokyo Fire Raid Strikes Marunouchi and Imperial Center
About 500 Superfortresses dropped more than 4,000 tons of bombs on Tokyo's Marunouchi district and imperial government center in a second major fire raid in 48 hours. Photos show extensive damage in Shinagawa, with haze and smoke hindering assessments.
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Guam
Tokyo
Marunouchi
Imperial Government Center
Shinagawa
Middleton 10 Retire Soon Says U S Army Chief
Maj. Gen. Troy H. Middleton chief of the Eighth corps returns to the United States after two years overseas and says he hopes to retire very soon to Baton Rouge Louisiana He plans to re accquaint with family fish catch up on fishing and then return to his post at Louisiana State University as dean of administration and comptroller He may go to Washington first but will be back in Baton Rouge in a few days His wife and daughter Bernice meet him in Atlanta with son Lt Troy H Middleton Jr on a 15 day leave President Hodges accompanied Middleton on the journey and the family receives a double homecoming noting the war end and Middletons long service across Europe and in England and prior to Sicily and Salerno with the 45th division and the Cherbourg landing.
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Shepherd Jr
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Eighth Corps
United States
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Courtney H. Hodges
First American Army
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Middleton
Troy H. Middleton, Jr
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England
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Chemnitz
Norwegian Leaders Readying Return From Exile
The Norwegian government in London plans a swift return home to face an imminent election after normalcy returns. Prime Minister Nygaard Vold is expected to win reelection easily, while underground leaders resume posts and resist internal conflicts. Paul Berg again serves as chief justice, Sven Arntzen becomes attorney general and will prosecute Vidkun Quisling.
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Oslo
London
Nygaard Vold
Norway
Paul Berg
Supreme Court
Sven Arntzen
Vidkun Quisling
Mr New Orleans 1945 Beauty Title Won by Cartwright
Wilson Cartwright, a 26 year old coast guard aviation machinist’s mate third class, was crowned Mr New Orleans for 1945 at Pontchartrain Beach. Born in Indianapolis he played tackle on three undefeated Stanford football teams. He is blond six feet tall weighs 192 pounds with a 49.5 inch chest and 17.4 inch biceps.
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New Orleans
Wilson Cartwright
Coast Guard Aviation
Pontchartrain Beach
Indianapolis
Stanford University
Brackx Receives Nine Year Espionage Sentence
Laurent H J Brackx a 51 year old former U S naval reserve officer was sentenced to nine years for wartime espionage and censorship violations in New York. He was found guilty of conspiring with Axis agents in Italy and telling Italian naval intelligence officials of radar and airplane information.
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New York
Laurent H. J. Brackx
U. S. Naval Reserve
Mortimer W. Byers
U. S
Richard J. Burke
Brackx
Brooklyn
Italy
Max Ponzo
Carl Dold
S. S. Excambion
Tripoli
Justice Robert H. Jackson Arrives in Paris
Justice Robert H. Jackson, chief prosecutor of war crimes for the United States, arrived in Paris today to begin wartime trials and coordinate with allied authorities.
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Robert H. Jackson
United States
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