Vandenberg backs UN charter as last chance for peace
Washington, D. C. Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg urged ratification of the United Nations security charter without reservations, calling it perhaps the last chance for an international peace organization. He argued it would start collective security against another war while noting concerns from isolationists. Taft proposed a reservation on U N council authority, but Vandenberg dismissed the need for reservations.
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Washington, D. C
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
United Nations Security
U. S
United Nations Council
Vandenberg
Senate Republican
United Nations
San Francisco
Sultery
Galmr
Rafe
House
Mand
Senate Republican Conference
GOP
Senate Forei Relations Committee
Senate Republican Steering Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Iowan Slays Woman Then Shoots Self in Bedford
In Bedford last night Mrs Ibert Spencer of Bedford was killed by an intruder, Marion Martin, who then shot himself. Deputy Sheriff Lester Round reported Mrs Spencer, wife of a soldier overseas and mother of a two year old, was slain at her home with a .38 revolver. Martin first wounded himself, then, failing to kill himself, returned home and killed himself with a .22.
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Bedford
Ibert Spencer
Marion Martin
Lester Round
Spencer
Round
Martin
Hamself
Capt Winks to Join Produce Firm After Discharge
Capt Robert Winks, son of Mrs Fredda Winks, will join the local produce firm of Wescott and Winks after an honorable discharge from the Army Air Corps at Camp Beale California. He recently returned from overseas duty in the European war theatre and is officially credited with shooting down 81 percent of enemy planes.
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Sumner
Robert Winks
Fredda Winks
Winks
Wescott and Winks
Army Air Corps
Camp Beale
Calif
Filibuster on FEPC Continues Amid Pay Rule Debate
Senator Bilbo refuses compromise and keeps the FEPC filibuster alive as Senate weighs a one hour debate limit and a pay provision. Leaders propose a Barkley compromise funding FEPC at 250000 with no time limit while other amendments seek 446000 for another year. Eastland and Bankhead carry on the filibuster, Taft seeks cloture, and Vandenberg reports on the UN charter. The fight threatens war agency funding for 1946.
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Washington
Theodore G. Bilbo
Miss
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Senate
Bilbo
FEPC
Olin Johnston
S. C
James O. Eastland
John L. McClelland
D. Ark
John H Bankhead
Ala
Alben W. Barkley
House
Dennis Chavez
Kenneth McKellar
Tenn
Barkley
Robert A. Taft
Sen
Arthur
Vandenberg
Mich
Eastland
Communist Party
Red Cross to Visit Jap Prison Camps
British radio reports quote a Berne dispatch saying the international Red Cross will be allowed to inspect Japanese war prisoner camps after three years of negotiations. The BBC, heard by the FCC, said Red Cross representatives would be permitted access to camps in Japan.
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United Press
Tovay
Red Cross
BBC
FCC
Berne
Dapan
Hazelton Welcomes Returning S/Sgt Leonard Hearn After 34 Months Abroad
S/Sgt Leonard Hearn, after 34 months overseas, visited his uncle John Hearn and family in Hazleton before heading to his home in Jacksonville Florida. He served overseas for three years and is now back in the United States.
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Hazleton
Leonard Hearn
John Hearn
Arlington Farm Buildings Wrecked in Windstorms
Two small tornadoes hit near Arlington causing extensive damage at the Lymn Cordes farm three miles east. A barn remodeled last year collapsed with a heifer inside safe. At Max Jennings farm northwest of Arlington two large barns were demolished and a machine shed destroyed. Neighbors aided cleanup as fifty men gathered to salvage materials for rebuilding while telephone lines remained down.
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Arlington
Lymn Cordes
Ray Squires
Alfred Turner
Max Jennings
Jennings
Merwin Warring
Shippy to Build Locker at Oran
ORAN Special Earl Shippy has been employing a crew to move buildings and build foundations and cut down trees preparing for the locker plant.
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Shippy
Oran
Neer 1
Earl Shippy
McH
Mrs Edwin Lee Is Guest in Fayette
Edwin Lee of Washington DC visits Fayette at brother Dr John Dorman's home through next Tuesday. Her husband, Methodist Bishop Lee, plans to depart in July for the Philippines.
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Edwin Lee
Fayette
Washington, D.C
John Dorman
Lee
Philippines
War Department authorizes 30 day rail furloughs for 4000 troops
The War Department approved emergency 30 day furloughs for 4000 soldiers to work as civilian railroad workers to prevent a rail transport breakdown under heavy troop and freight movements from Europe to the Pacific. Eligible men age 26 to 30 will be placed as brakemen, firemen, boilermakers, and other railroad trades. training centers and overseas deployment are avoided. Undersecretary Patterson called the move reluctant and inefficient for wartime, noting west of Chicago as hardest hit and pledging railroad cooperation to secure skilled workers.
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Europe
Pacific
Patterson
Chicago
War Department
U-Boat Rocket Attacks Revealed by Allied Report
Paris dispatch reports Nazis were refining rocket launches from submarines to strike the American coast. A Bremen source says data was shared with Japan, with limited certainty on whether V rocket tech reached Tokyo. Austrian cave lab details describe underwater launch tests, submerged firing, and lake-based observation posts near Goss Toplitzz See.
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Paris
United Press
Robert Musel
Bremen
Japan
80Th
Austrian Alps
Heinrich Determann
Determann
Goss
Toplitzz See
Betermann
Kiel
Earl
Triplets Born In Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids two premature daughters were born Thursday to Mr and Mrs Harry Hanney at St Luke s Hospital. The infants weighed 3 pounds 12 ounces and 3 pounds 7 1/2 ounces and were placed in an incubator. Both were reported doing fine by hospital staff.
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Cedar Rapids
Harry Hanney
St. Luke's Hospital
Northwestern Train Derailment Near Nevada Report
A Chicago and Northwestern bound train derailed early this morning two miles east of Nevada. Six tourist sleepers and the diner of the westbound n-car No. 07 derailed. first reports say no injuries and all cars stayed upright. Investigators cited a possible broken rail as a fault.
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Boone — UR
Chicago and Northwestern
Nevada
E. Terrill
Sumner Doctor Receives Fifty Year Pin Ceremony
Sumner’s Bremer County Medical Society honored W. L. Whitmore of Sumner at the last regular meeting in Waverly with a lapel button and a 50 year certificate. State records show only 80 doctors in the state have practiced over fifty years.
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Sumner
Bremer County Medical Society
Waverly
W. L. Whitmre
State Medical Society
Waverly Lineman James Parks Killed in Fall
James Parks a 43 year old city lineman was killed when he fell about 30 feet from a light pole in Waverly this morning. Investigators believe he unfastened his safety belt to switch positions and lost balance, tumbling to a rocky bank below as fellow workers looked on.
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Waverly
James Parks
New Manager For Borden Plant Here
Roger Claney of Waterloo takes over as manager of the Borden Hutchinson Ice Cream plant after Regis Harrington resigns. Claney, previously a Borden salesman in the Waterloo district, is unmarried. Harrington will join the Iowa Portable Mill Co.
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Roger Claney
Waterloo
Borden’s
Hutchinson
Regis Harrington
Claney
Borden's
Harrington
Iowa Portable Mill Co
Detroit Work Stoppage Ends as 46,000 Return to Tasks
After CIO and AFL leaders tentatively resolved jurisdictional disputes, about 46,000 Detroit workers returned to war production today. Nationwide unrest persists with 60,000 idle, including 22,000 at Packard, 7,500 at Budd Wheel, and 10,500 across three Ford plants. New strikes emerge in Pittsburgh and Akron as labor actions ripple beyond Detroit.
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Detroit
CIO
AFL
United Auto Workers
R. J. Thomas
Ingwho
International Union
Thomas
Washington
UAW
National Building Trades Council
CIQ
Packard Motor Car Co
Budd Wheel Manufacturing Co
Ford Motor Co
Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Firestone
New York
Uunion
Sumner Marine in Marianas Hospital
Private Hubert Murray of the Marine Corps, reported to be in a hospital in the Marianas, suffers a shattered left arm and numb right arm. He dictated the letter to a Red Cross worker from the front, thanking his parents Dr. and Mrs. J.T. Murphy for their support. Murray, a former pre medical student at the University of Iowa, says he is receiving good care and asks them not to worry.
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Bob
University of Iowa
Christian Heads West Union Rotary
C B Christian has been elected president of the West Union Rotary club. Incoming officers include W H Antes as vice president E M Philips treasurer and H C Bemis secretary. Directors named are Carrell Grimes John Rush and Lorenz Schatz with the officers serving at the Monday luncheon.
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West Union
C. B. Christian
Rotary Club
W. H. Antes
E. M. Philips
H. c. Bemis
Carrell Grimes
John Rush
Lorenz Schatz
B29s Strike Oil Plant in Tokyo Area Amid War Movements
U S bomber force hit the Kudamatsu oil refinery near Tokuyama, the 16th Japan target hit in 84 hours, as June raids tally 4 600 B 29s dropping 30 500 tons. Tokyo reports industry redeployment to Manchuria and possible invasion fears. Allied forces sweep the Kuriles and press operations around Balikpapan and Taraken as Chinese troops advance near Liuchow.
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Guam
Kudamatsu
Honshu
Sasebo Naval Base
Japan
Tokyyama
Tokyo
Curtis E. Lemay
Manchuria
U_ S
Aleutians
21St Bomber Command
Tine Taraken
Taragan
Tokro
Baliknapan
Borneo
Balixpapan
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
U.S
Thomas C. Rickard
Cacassar Strait
Celebes
Kuriles
Okhotsk Bar
Okinawa
Chungking
Liuchow
14Th
Germans Die for Yank Murder at German Prison
In Reinback Germany three German civilians Peter Beck Peter Bonn and Mathias Gierens were hanged at a military prison at dawn for killing an unknown American airman who parachuted into Germany during a burning bomber attack last August A fourth defendant Mathias Krein was convicted but reprieved by Lt Gen Leonard T Gerow commander of the American 15th Army Local Nazi leader Bacx was the last of the three to die as M Sgt John Woods former Texas penitentiary hangman pulled the trap as Back cried Jesus take me
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John Woods
Texas
Back
Jesus
Boehm Named Music Instructor at University of Nebraska
Miss Mary Louise Boehm daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Boehm and Northwestern University Evans ton graduate has been offered an instructor post in the University of Nebraska Lincoln School of Music for next year.
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Sumner
Mary Louise Boehm
Edwin Boehm
Northwestern University
Evanston
University of Nebraska Ab
Lincoln
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Sixth Marine Division
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Christian Heads West Union Rotary
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Yank
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