Showdown on Trieste Looms as Talks Near Breakthrough
United Nations talks on the Italian peace treaty intensify with a request for a private foreign minister session to resolve Trieste. Russia signals urgency amid stalled bargaining while Greece seeks $240 million reparations in goods over six years. The U.S. Fargo cruiser moves toward the Adriatic as a precautionary measure, with Molotov and Byrnes amid tense diplomacy.
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Paris
Trieste
Andreia Vishinsky
James F. Byrnes
Russia
Italy
Germany
Bank of Greece
Epirus
Albania
Greece
U. S. Navy
Fargo
Adriatic
Washington
Dispatch
31 Young Jew Terrorists Face Death
In Jerusalem a British military court convicted 31 Irgun Leumi members of illegal arms possession. They face possible death sentences tomorrow as the trial's outcome could affect three British officers kidnapped by Jewish extremists. Proceedings opened Monday with defendants chanting Psalms, rejecting the court’s jurisdiction. British destroyers escorted about 1,300 uncertified Jewish immigrants aboard the ship Joshua Wedgwood toward Haifa after intercepting it off Palestine.
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Jerusalem
Irgun Zzvaj Leumi
Palestine
Josh Wedgewood
Haifa
Hungary Issues One Hundred Trillion Pengo Notes
Vienna reports from MTT that Hungary has issued 100,000,000,000,000 pengo notes. The note value is stated as one hundred trillion pengo, signaling a drastic inflation measure with no other context provided.
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Vienna
MTT
Budapest
Hungary
Head Drive For Centennial Fund Head Drive For Centennial Fund
Paul Neubauer and Leon Knapp co chair centennial fund drive appointing captains Jake Levin Rey Anderson Art Schneider Dr J E Dippo Lyle Keiley Harry Thiele to head committees. Fireworks air show parade platform stage shows and dances to honor returned GIs. all events free.
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Paul Neubauer
Leon Knapp
Neubauer
Knapp
Jake Levin
Rey Anderson
Art Schneider
J. E. Dippo
Lyle Keiley
Harry Thiele
Army Modifies Caste Rules to Ease Officer Enlisted Gaps
Secretary Patterson approved 12 of 14 reforms from a panel led by Lt. Gen. James Doolittle to end social barriers between officers and enlisted men. Changes include ending the hand salute on installations, permitting off duty social patterns, equalizing leave, courts, and eliminating separate living quarters and uniforms terms. A proposal to replace officer and enlisted terms with soldiers was rejected.
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Washington
J— Secretary of
Robert P. Patterson
Army
Patterson
James Doolittle
Rain of Death Forecast From Atomic Burst
Maj. John J. Slocum warned aboard the USS Appalachian en route to Bikini that an unrestricted atomic blast could create a lethal radioactive cloud up to 60,000 feet high and about 16 miles wide within six to ten minutes. A rain of radioactive particles falling from this cloud could cause widespread death among civilians below.
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Appalachian
Bikini
John J. Slocum
Slocum
Opposition to OPA bill wanes in Senate action
Indications mounted that the Senate and President Truman would approve the modified OPA extension bill. The House had already rejected attempts to recommit to strip food price controls, and the final measure would extend OPA for a year with limited price hikes. Senators Wherry Stewart Thomas Downey Taft warned of a floor fight.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
Congress
Kenneth Wherry
Tom Stewart
Tenn
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Wherry
Thom Stewart
Sheridan Downey
Calif
Robert A. Taft
Thomas
Fan Dancer Jailed Three Times in Day
In San Francisco Sally Ranch was jailed three times for nude dancing at a theater nightclub. Police arrested her early today and again last night for indecent exposure and performance, the first release on $300 bail. She wore an 1880s corset underneath revealing attire, prompting her attorney to ask for cover up until court.
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San Francisco
Sally Ranch
Sally
Oldest Iowa Born Woman To Reign at Centennial
The Centennial committee in Oelwein announced Queen of the Centennial will be the oldest Iowa born woman in the state, born in Iowa. Roy Avery urged naming qualifying women for a lavish parade presentation and a complete new outfit of apparel as the award.
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Oelwein
Iowa
Roy
Avery
Nye Loses Bid to Regain Senate Seat
BISMARCK North Dakota UP Sen William Langer led in the Republican primary as former Senator Gerald Nye failed to regain the seat he held for two decades Nye was defeated by Milton R Young in a special election held with the primaries The race concerns the vacancy created by the death of Senator John Moses with four years remaining in his term
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N. D
William Langer
U. S. Senate
Gerald P. Nye
Senate
Langer
North Dakota
Nye
Milton R. Young
Sen
John Moses
India British talks broken. Interim government to be formed
New Delhi reports the British cabinet mission and Viceroy Lord Wavell announced the temporary suspension of negotiations for Indian independence. A caretaker government will operate until talks resume during the constituent assembly elections, with hope leaders of Congress and the Muslim League will reach a unified course.
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New Delhi
Lord Wavell
Wavell
India
Congress Party
Rain and cool days boost Iowa crops in midseason report
Substantial rains and cooler weather improved Iowa crop conditions says the Iowa crop and live stock reporting service. Oats show greatest advance with adequate moisture aiding ce and maturity. Corn development normal or better with knee high by July 4. Soybeans and pastures progress well. second alfalfa cut in south. clover harvest advancing unevenly across the state.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Towa
Nazi Japanese feud revealed in wartime documents
Washington reports declassified German records show Japan and Germany were adversaries over policies and aid. The files detail plans for a Japanese attack on Vladivostok before Pearl Harbor, Tokyo’s protest against the Nazi Soviet pact, a betrayed ambassador, and Nazi concessions on Indo China after France fell.
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Washington
Japan
Germany
Russia
Midway
Siberia
Pearl Harbor
U. S
State Department
Vladivostok
United States
Berlin
Nazi Foreign Office
France
Indo- China
Flagpole Sitter Quits After Quarrel Ends Stunt
COSHOCTON Ohio MAD MARSHALL JACOBS abandons 176 foot pole after dispute with backers and his fiancée Lonnie Cosmar who replaces him atop the pole. The couple argues over publicity and a June 30 wedding planned at the summit as Jacobs comes down after 27 days aloft.
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Coshocton
Ohio
Marshall Jacobs
Lonnie Cosmar
Jacobs
John Latier
Fairgrounds
Mad Marshall
Jacob
Lonnie Casmar
Cleveland
Lonnie
Bab
Navy Chief Pledges Support for Merger
Washington reports Secretary of Navy James Forrestal wrote to President Truman on June 24 promising full cooperation to pursue the principle objectives of unifying the armed forces. He cited Adm. Chester W. Nimitz’s assurances and aligned with Truman’s plan to create a single Department of National Defense. The three services would remain as separate entities under civilian leadership with cabinet status.
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Washington
James Forrestal
Truman
White House
Forrestal
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Naval Operations
Air Forces
Department of National Defense
Secretary of Defense
War
Navy
Air
King Heads County Legion Elects New Officers
Ernie King was elected county commander of the American Legion at a meeting in Elgin. Earl Alton became county adjutant and E. S. Estey of West Union was named vice commander. Attendees from Oelwein included Ernie King Walt Beck Earl Alton and Roy Andersen.
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Ernie King
American Legion
Elgin
Earl Alton
E. S. Estey
West Union
Oelwein
Walt Beck
Roy Andersen
Monona Post Office Collapses in Late Evening Collapse
Five people escaped when the Monona post office building collapsed at 6 30 pm injuring Frances Sudol slightly. The west wall gave way and roof slid off onto an adjacent lot. No deaths. temporary post office quarters set up in City Hall.
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Monona
Orlando Marting
Ralph Rathbun
Joyce
Joan
Frances Sudol
Frances
Church Asks Amnesty For Objectors
The Congregational Christian Churches council launched a fund to liquidate 46000 owed to Peace Churches for wartime maintenance of conscientious objectors. It urged educational aid for objectors and a Truman proclamation granting general amnesty for objectors in federal prisons and those recently released with disabilities. The group shelved Missouri Valley Authority talks and endorsed a river valley national planning approach and urged prompt Congress action on fair employment practices.
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Grinnell
General Council of Congregational Christian Churches
Peace Churches
Congregational Christian Conscientious
Truman
Missouri Valley Authority
Council For Social Action
River Valley
Confession In Degnan Killing Check Confession In Degnan Killing
Chicago detectives head to Phoenix to verify or dispute Richard Russell Thomas's claim of kidnapping and killing six year old Suzanne Degnan. Thomas, 42, tall and frail with a criminal record, admitted the crime while awaiting sentencing for raping his daughter Patricia. He said he entered the Degnan home to rob it, found Suzanne asleep, abducted her, and dismembered her after she suffocated in a gunny sack.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Chicago
Richard Russell Thomas
Suzanne Degnan
Thomas
Degnan
Patricia
Suzanne
Factory heads face trial for faking reports
Soviet press reports a nationwide purge of factory directors engineers and accountants for faking production figures receiving illegal bonuses and misusing state property across enterprises from Tomsk to Siberia. Trials to be carried out by the ministry of state control include managers of the Russian Diesel plant the Shakin coal trust and the Dnieperpetrovsk metallurgical equipment plant with cases alleging inflated prices and prewar equipment included in returns.
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Moscow
Ministry of State Control
Tomsk
Siberia
Shakin Coal Trust
Dnieperpetrovsk
Blaze Destroys Multiple Oregon City Plants Worth $2 Million
Medford Ore. three blocks of timber and orchard center laid in ruins as firefighters fought a $2 million blaze that started in a coffee shop at the American Fruit plant. The Crystal Springs Packers and Medford Milling Works also burned, along with a lumber yard and a seed and feed warehouse. A Southern Pacific engineer, C F Lutz of Eugene, backed his switch engine onto a blazing track and saved two carloads of dynamite caps, averting a possible explosion.
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Medford
Ore
Oregon
American Fruit Company
Crystal Springs Packers
Medford Milling Works
Porter Lumber Company
Monarch Seed and Feeds Company
Southern Pacific Railroad
C. F. Lutz
Eugene
Air Unit Instructor for Iowa Guard Appointed
Col. Frederick Gray, Abilene Texas, assumes head instructor duties for the Iowa South Dakota air units of the National Guard. Appointed by Brig. Gen. Charles Grahl, Gray served as a WWII fighter pilot with the 8th Air Force and RAF, directing fighter operations late in the war. The new system trains men on an N plus 12 basis, ready for combat 12 days after hostilities begin. The 124th fighter squadron will be in Des Moines, the 174th in Sioux City, as part of the 182nd fighter wing with a unit at Sioux Falls, SD.
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Des Moines
Frederick Gray
Abilene
Tex
Iowa-South Dakota
National Guard
Army
Charles Grahl
Iowa
Gray
8Th Air Force
RAF
Grahl
Air Cnll
Des’ Moines
Sioux City
182Nd
Sioux Falls
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