National Maritime Day Reflections on Westbrook Pegler Column
Westbrook Pegler criticizes National Maritime Day observance and Joseph Curran, head of the National Maritime Union of the I O, alleging pro Communist influence in the Rosevelt administration. He accuses the union of controlling ship manning, covering misconduct, and clashing with naval gun crews while records stay secret.
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Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union of the *. I. O
Comunist
Curran
Fair Cather
US Maritime Commission
Rosevelt
Union
Navy
White House
Stalin
Hitler
Communist Front
Hitler's Auto City Failure Ends an American War Era Dream
A German article describes Fallersleben's Hitler project the Strength Through Joy automobile city. It notes the 1938 cornerstone for a planned VW plant, a 990 mark car, a 30,000 worker project, and the collapse as war prevented delivery. The city tried to eradicate Christianity and promote Nazi pagan rites.
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Fallersleben
Germany
iPi
Hitler
Yoy Automobile City
Stadt Des Kraft
Volkswagen Savings Bank
Robert Ley
Volkswagen
Adolf Hitler
Eighth Air Force to Bomb Japan Under Doolittle
Washington May 28 The Eighth Air Force will redeploy to the Pacific under Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle to step up bombing of Japan. The army air forces vow greater volume against Japanese war industries using land based four engine bombers with fighter cover. Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner named new commander previously reported.
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Washington
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Pacific
James H. Doolittle
Army Air Forces
Japan
Hitler
Europe
Tokyo
Stettinius to Speak Tonight Amid UN Conference Drift
President Truman and Secretary Stettinius plan a major radio address from San Francisco outlining a decisive US role at the United Nations conference. The speech reviews Security Conference work and signals possible high level Seoul with Stalin and Churchill talks in weeks ahead, aiming to recapture leadership between British and Russian policies and defend democratic ideals.
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Truman
San Francisco
White House
London
Moscow
Stalin
Churchill
United States
Yalta
Washington
Russia
Argentina
Lindsey Weds Medal of Honor Recipient in Mississippi Town
Sgt Jake Lindsey and his bride wed in a quiet courthouse ceremony after his Medal of Honor recognition. The couple then planned a brief honeymoon at his family home before visiting the bride’s parents in Lexington Massachusetts. Lindsey was honored with a local “Sgt Jake W Lindsey Day” as townsfolk absorbed the surprise wedding.
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Lucedale
Miss
Jake Lindsey
Lexington
Mass
Lindsey
Washington
Tsuman
Jake W. Lindsey
Gene Baker
Memphis, Tenn
M. L. Malone
Hitler May Face Trial in Absentia
Adolf Hitler, dead or alive, may be tried in absentia as a war criminal. The war crimes commission would decide on a possible trial with some believing such a step could be ordered. If ordered, it would presume Hitler alive and require notice for appearance.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Adolf Hitler
War Crimes Commission
Hitler
Trials of Germans Accused of Offenses Against Troops To Begin
Paris May 28 Trials of Germans charged with offenses against American troops in violation of the laws of war likely will start in a few weeks Justice Robert H Jackson said at a press conference He noted that principal Nazi war criminals would not begin soon as Allies have not agreed on details of the international military tribunal to try them Jackson an associate justice of the Supreme Court was named by President Truman to head the U S part of the tribunal and preparations are under way I have ascertained documents and materials valuable for the case he said
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Paris
Robert H. Jackson
United States
Britain
Soviet
Russia
France
International Military Tribunal
Jackson
Supreme Court
Truman
Washington
Congress
Executive
Mest
Flood control system lauded in Mississippi Valley surveys
Brig. Gen. Max C. Tyler said the army engineers will begin an immediate survey of the Red River valley to propose flood protection after the 1945 Louisiana inundation. The report to cover from below Vinson dam to the Mississippi flood system area between Denison Texas and Hot Wells Louisiana.
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Morgan City
Max C. Tyler
Mississippi River Commission
Army Engineers
Red River Valley
Louisiana
Tyler
Eugene Reybold
U. S. Army Engineers
Vinson Dam
Mississippi River
Denison
Tex
Hot Wells
Alexandria
Wagon and hearse collision kills two near Mobile
Two Wilmer teens, McMillan Brown age 14 and William D. Brown age 10, died when a hearse struck their wagon near Mobile, as Mrs. R E Brown suffered serious injuries and Mildred Brown 17 was briefly missing. Driver R N Shields of Hattiesburg faced two manslaughter charges and was bonded.
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Mobile
Ala
Here
McMillan Brown
William D. Brown
R. E. Brown
Mildred Brown
Wilmer
Blake
Shields
Hoover Talks With President On European Relief Needs
President Truman met for nearly an hour with former President Herbert Hoover to discuss European relief needs. Hoover declined to discuss the talks, while Truman invited Thomas E. Dewey and Alf Landon to visit the White House to confer on national and international issues. Dewey and Landon are GOP figures invited to drop by anytime in Washington.
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Washington
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Alf H. Landon
United States
Charles G. Ross
Dewey
New York
Landon
Kansas
Ross
Washington To Discuss Whatever They May Have On Their Minds.” Ross
Mr. Hoover
Relief Administration
Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wiley
Wisconsin
Air Troops 10 Give Big Show At Camp Mackall
Camp Mackall North Carolina hosts a major airborne exhibition June 6 from 1 to 5 30 pm at Selman airport. Officers and enlisted men will demonstrate five phases of airborne warfare including parachute drops glider landings and aerial supply drops for a 1 hour program coordinated with army ground forces and the war finance division.
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Camp Mackall
N. C
America
Selman
Ofv Army
Troop Carrier Command
War Finance Division
U. S. Treasury
United States
Ft. Benning
S01st Parachute
Continental
88Th Infantry Airborne
Infantry School
Fort Benning
Predicted surge in durable goods output after war end
Washington May 28 United States braces for a year hence a production rise in civilian durable goods by about percent above the 1939 rate Automobiles and household articles cited as examples J A Krug head of the war production board argues for minimal federal controls to foster a flexible reconversion economy He predicts a strong rebound with pent up demand and foreign markets aiding the U S Also notes a Commerce Department report urging tax relief small business studies and long term loan guarantees as part of aid to small manufacturers.
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Washington
United States
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Krug
Commerce Department
Joint
Congressional Tax Committee
In the Treasury
Wallace
German dumps found in northern Italy supply Nazi prisoners
The U S Fifth Army reports discovering extensive German food and equipment caches in northern Italy. The prisoner ration uses a mix of U S and German supplies with no fresh meat. German Basano factory now makes 230000 mess kits weekly. Hundreds of captured horses haul supplies as Todt workers resume projects.
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U. S. Fifth Army
Italy
Fifth Army
United States
Bassano
Battleships Join Okinawa Fighting Forces at Shuri
Allied forces report Japanese withdrawals from Shuri after a 38 day defense. U S Seventh Infantry Division breached the east flank threatening to cut Shuri off. Marines pushed toward Chan as rains slowed combat. Nimitz’s communique notes heavy naval air bombardment and large cavern stores found. civilians flee southward amid advancing American bridgehead across the Asato river in Naha and Yonabaru patrols.
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Hamilton Faron
Guam
Okinawa
Shuri
U. S. Seventh Infantry Division
Seventh Division
Chan
Giushi
Cape Tured Yonabaru
Seventh Infantry
Ozato Mura
Associated Press
al Copking
Nimitz
Pedro A. del Valle
Asato
McNutt Links World Unity to Memorial Day Message
In Baton Rouge Paul V. McNutt War Manpower head told a World War II memorial service for 400 LSU students that world unity is the memorial soldiers would want. He warned the alternative is disaster and a new world war, urging a world organization to prevent future wars. He stressed reconversion to peacetime economies and the home-front task ahead. Maj. Roland B. Howell presided. Lt. Col. Thomas W. Dutton and others participated in the two hour ceremony on campus.
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Baton Rouge
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Louisiana State University
McNutt
United States
Maj
Roland B. Howell
Board of Supervisors
Memorial Tower
J. S. Ditchburn
Episcopal
Millions of Allied POWs Return as Evacuations Accelerate
Paris reports a majority of American prisoners freed and evacuated to France and England with over 40,000 heading home. Since April 1, more than 500,000 Allied POWs and displaced French civilians have been evacuated from Germany, including 330,000 liberated prisoners.
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Paris
France
England
United States
Germany
U. S Army Transportation Corps
Air Transport Command
Mystery of General Churchill Revealed in War Tale
London reports Lt. Col. Jack Churchill admitted he was the prisoner the Germans claimed as General Churchill on Brae island off the Yugoslav coast. The officer said the Germans mistook him for the premier’s kin and kept him in a camp, while Randolph Churchill accompanied Tito’s partisans nearby.
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London
Jack Churchill
Churchill
Brae
Yugoslav
Lissa
Brig
Tom Churchill
General Churchill
Randolph Churchill
Marshal Tito
Tragic Death Of 3-Year-Old Vernon Holland Found
In Arcadia Florida on May 28 4 searchers led by Chief Deputy Sheriff George C Duncan and his son Jack found the body of three year old Vernon Holland who wandered from home three days earlier in a Palmetto thicket. Over 700 people participated in the rescue operation and exposure was cited as the apparent cause of death.
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Arcadia
Fla
Vernon Holland
George C. Duncan
Jack
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