Post War World Plan Outlined by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt presented a tentative postwar world plan featuring an International Council with four major allied nations and other partners and an international court of justice to handle inter nation disputes. The council would be elected annually by participating nations with a White House release after a morning meeting with his postwar policy group including Hull Stettinius Bowman Pasvolsky Davis and Red Cross head Norman Davis.
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Washington
Roosevelt
World Organization of Nations
International Council
International Court of Justice
World Council
White House
Cordell Hull
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
Isaiah Bowman
Leo Pasvolsky
State Department
Norman Davis
American Red Cross
Grove City Pilot Survives 2 Sinkings
Lieut. John Magee Navy fighter pilot has survived two ship sinkings. He rode out the Pearl Harbor attack aboard the destroyer Shaw, then transferred to the Navy Air Corps and served on a carrier in the Atlantic. His brother George has been commissioned in the Army.
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Grove City
John Magee
Navy
Samuel Magee
Harrisville
Atlantic
Magee
Naval Academy
Shaw
Pearl Harbor
Navy Air Corps
George
Army
Oklahoma Governor May Be Keynoter
In Chicago the Democratic committee on arrangements discussed naming Gov. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma as either the keynoter or permanent chairman of the national convention opening July 19. Kerr arrived with National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan and was favored for a leading role as Roosevelt seeks a fourth term. If named keynoter, a U. S. Senator could be permanent chairman with Alben Barkley and James M. Mead discussed as early contenders.
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Chicago
INS
Democratic Committee On
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Kerr
Robert E. Hannegan
Roosevelt
U. S
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
James M. Mead
New York
Destroyer Escorts Will Be Launched
The Philadelphia Navy Yard completed its destroyer escort program with the launching of the USS Ruchamkin and USS Kirwin. Named for officers killed in action, the ceremony honored Rear Admiral M. F. Draemel and praised military and production forces while urging continued effort before victory. Lt Seymour D. Ruchamkin died defending the USS Cushing at Savo Island and Lt John Joseph Kirwin died aboard the USS Savannah at Salerno.
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Philadelphia
INS
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Ruchamkin
Kirwin
M. F. Draemel
Fourth Naval District
Seymour D. Ruchamkin
Cushing
Savo Island
John Joseph Kirwin
Savannah
Salerno
Deagi
Nazi Terrorism Evidence From French Todt Laborers
French laborers under Todt supervision testified that Nazi officials forced 60 young men into German service, sending them to fight on the Russian front. The Todt head allegedly ran a racket granting favors to payers and shipping dissidents to the Eastern front, while Rommel praised rapid Cherbourg fortifications built since January.
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Cherbourg
France
TODT
Europe
Uss.r
Russia
England
Erwin Rommel
Ninth Air Force Fighters Make First Landings in France
In France on June 13 a 12-ship Ninth Air Force P-47 patrol touched down on a newly built airstrip near Le Havre, refueled and took off for another mission. Led by Lieut Col John J. Livingston, the field was completed in four days amid mine and sniper risks, with Maj Gen Pete Quesada praising the strip for saving flying time as engineers prepare more airfields.
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William Wade
Ninth Ju.s. Air Force
France
Ninth Air Force
le Havre
John J. Livingston
Cedar Hill
Richard E. Leary
Annapolis
Pete Quesada
Livingston
North Africa
Sierls
Italy
Sardinia
D-Day
Insurance Report Awaited By State Commissioners In Chicago
Insurance leaders from 33 states gathered for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners annual meeting and awaited a report from the legislative committee on the Supreme Court decision that insurance is interstate commerce. Major Thomas I Parkinson urged rehearing or federal action to preserve state insurance laws. Japanese women make burial shrouds used at marriage and burial rites.
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Chicago
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Supreme Court
Thomas I. Parkinson
Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York
Rouseville Man Found Dead In Apparent Suicide
John V. Clark, 20, of Rouseville near Oil City, had been rejected by the army for poor eyesight. Friends said he brooded over this and he was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head. The coroner ruled suicide.
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Rouseville
INS
John V. Clark
Oil City
Clarke
School Census Underway Under City District Supervision
City school workers, led by Superintendent Frank L. Burton, conduct the annual mandatory census. In addition to counting school children, a census of all preschool age children is being completed to determine the number of boys and girls under 18 in the city.
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Frank L. Burton
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Richman Brothers
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East Washington St
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Hungary
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