Peace Draft Urged by Grew To Prevent War
Washington June 4 The State Department called for compulsory peacetime military training for the United States arguing it is needed for world security obligations and to deter aggressors. Acting Secretary Joseph D Grew testified before the House postwar military committee urging a year of military training for American youth as hearings opened.
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WASHINGTON
state department
United States
world security organization
Joseph D. Grew
house
Woodrum
D-Va
Grew
America
Japan
Pearl Harbor
army
Franklin Clark Fry
New York
United Lutheran churches of America
Fry
Chinese Advance Near Liuchow and Shaoyang
Chinese forces closed within 28 miles of Liuchow and five miles west of Shaoyang in Hunan as Chiang Kai-shek’s armies press the offensive. A second column moved within six miles of the Shaoyang area, while Tsinkong fell to Chinese control, marking a major road center capture.
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CHUNGKING
PYThe
Liuchow
U. 8
Kwangsi province
high command
Hunan
Chiang Kai-shek
Shaoyang
Paoching
US 14th air force
Tsinkong
Chienkiang
Exports Drop in Washington in April Nosedive
The Census Bureau reports exports in April 1945 fell to about 1,104,000, down two percent from March. The drop is linked to a reauction in lend-lease programs impacting overall trade.
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WASHINGTON
paril
tota de ra owas
Japs predict U S attack by balloon bombs
Japanese propagandists told a Comet news agency broadcast recorded in San Francisco that death defying balloon pilots will attack the United States from Japan. They claimed hundreds of balloon bombs have been released daily since March and said large scale attacks are planned after experimental results.
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SAN FRANCISCO
United States
Comet news agency
federal communications commission
Shoso Nakajima
Nipponese armed services
Nakajma
US army
Amica
Japan
Dome
Singapore
Comet
Veto Stalemate Grips Parley
The United States seeks a way out of a veto voting stalemate at the United Nations conference. Russia, Britain, China, and France resist, risking a wide floor fight as the charter nears approval. Cuban delegate Guiller mo Bell predicts many small nations will back the veto issue. Andre Gromyko says Moscow may soften its stance if others loosen their interpretation. A Big Five meeting followed one last night and another Saturday, with progress on other issues.
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SAN FRANCISCO
United States
world security council
Russia
Britain
China
France
Guillermo Bell
Andre Gromyko
Moscow
Wall of Flame Guarded England
London reports that plans in 1940 41 envisioned a vast wall of flame to deter invasion. Fire along coasts pipes from shore flame throwers in hedges and walls plus burning sea channels and beaches to deter German forces. Geoffrey Lloyd British minister of information announced at a press conference detailing these defensive schemes.
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LONDON
Britain
Geoffrey Lloyd
channel
Water Shortage Hits Chungking Amid Price Surges
June 4 1949 Chungking reports a worsening water shortage increasing summer hardship. Yangtze river water sells for $500 a bottle and electric fans fetch $150,000 each as cost of living soars in the capital.
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CHUNGKING
UPA
Yangtze
Full Control Of Food Urged
Washington June 4 UP Chanman Anderson of the house food committee proposed that government agencies including the army receive fixed food quotas to prevent raids on civilian cupboards. He urged three month allotments for arms overseas shipments and civilians, with no agency allowed to exceed its share. He warned that rigid quotas are needed so OPA can know future civilian supply and avoid shortages, noting the army has previously exceeded its allotment in sugar and lard. his plan emerged during hearings on scarce dairy products.
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WASHINGTON
Chanman Anderson
D. N M
house food committee
army
myihan
Anderson
Timar uiat
OPA
buch
GPA
arm
Andersen
Mysterious Blasts Kill 15 Americans in Bremen
In Bremen Germany a pair of blasts at the US military government police headquarters killed at least 15 Americans and injured about 80. An American officer cited a delayed action bomb as the likely cause. Casualties appeared mixed with 3 Americans and 12 Germans dead and others missing or injured.
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BREMEN
Germany
Majk Russel Kennedy, Jr
Washington DC
Mortar Shell Thrown Clear by 24th Division Near Davao
Near Davao Mindanao on June 4 Corporal Roger Franz of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania described a mortar shell that caromed off his arm and bounced at the foxhole wall. He seized the hot shell and tossed it away prompting a terror explosion as comrades cautioned everyone to be cautious.
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DAVAO
Mindanao
Cpl
Roger Franz
Pittsburgh
Manz
U S Propaganda Drive on Japs Gets Under Way
Guam dispatch reports a broad United States surrender campaign by radio and pamphlets from Saipan and Superforts. Captain Zacharias urges Japanese to surrender with assurances of no enslavement or extermination, stressing a future chosen by Japan rather than continued war.
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Tokyo
Germany
Italy
Office of war information
Saipan
Japan
Zacharias
Prince
Princess Takamatsu
United States
Gen Koio
Koiso
Tinian
Philippines
Iwo Jima
Keiso
Guerrilla Chief Is Put to Death
Gen Chang Yen, guerrilla leader who fought with the 19th route army at Shanghai in 1932, was executed March 22 at Pause in Kwangsi on orders from Chungking for alleged subversive activities. A Kwangsi newspaper first published the news, claiming three other guerrilla leaders were executed too, but no confirmation in Chungking.
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CHUNGKING
Chang Yen
Shanghai
Kwangsi
Chang
Ontario Votes On Legislature
Ottawa June 4 Ontawo Canada's largest province voted today for a new legislature in balloting watched closely by the dominion for a clue to the probable fate of Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King’s federal government in a general election to be held a week from now. The traditionally Conservative Province with a population of nearly 4,000,000 has one third of all Canada's voters and leads provincial voting, offering a substantial preview of the federal contest.
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OTTAWA
Ontawo
Canada
W L MacKenzie King
Underground Parking Advocated in London Expansion
London June 4 62 Construction of underground automobile parking lots beneath new structures on built sites is being advocated by the Royal Automobile Club.
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LONDON
Royal Automobile club
U S Carrier Planes and JapsSwap Punches Over Okinawa Kyushu
U S carrier planes and Japanese land based aircraft tangled in a weekend air duel over Okinawa and Kyushu with the enemy said to fare poorly. Admiral Halsey returned to sea duty to command the third fleet and directed strikes against Kyushu airfields while Nimitz reported no major damage from Okinawa raids. Halsey dismissed kamikaze attacks as a nuisance and warned Japan of inevitable defeat while calling for unconditional surrender.
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GUAM
Okinawa
Nippon
Kybushu
Willam F Halsey, Jr
Kyushu
Japan
Adm Chester W Nmitz
Admiral Halsey
Pacific
Halsey
Churchill Plans Levant Discussion
Prime Minister Churchill will address the House of Commons this week to define Britain's stance on the Levant. Damascus reports flag ongoing crisis with British troops on alert protecting French barracks amid tensions. De Gaulle proposes an international conference, drawing sharp British-French criticism and press disapproval of his charges.
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LONDON
The
Daily Mail
Churchill
house of commons
Lyna Damascus
Levant
Charles De Gaulle
De Gaulle
France
De Gaulles
Daily Telegraph
Cyanide Fumes Fatal to Child Near Laurel Ranch
A two year old boy Garey Allen Maas died after inhaling cyanide fumes near a Laurel ranch four miles south of the town. His four-year-old brother Gerald Maas was hospitalized and is reported recovering. Coroner Howard Smith identified Garey and noted the cyanide can near the shed where he was found.
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BILLINGS
Mont
Laurel
Howard Smith
Smith
Garey Allen Maas
Arthur A. Maas
Gerald
Garey
Japanese Pilots Reported Better Aboard Vice Admiral Cains Carrier
American carrier pilots reported they faced aggressive Japanese flyers during rocket strafing sweeps over southern Kyushu. Weather and enemy opposition improved, with Japanese pilots using high performance planes and aggressive tactics, matching American skill levels in the two day strike.
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VICE ADMIce CAINS
RYUKYU ISLANDS
Kyushu
Japan
Adm
John S McCain
Surplus Goods For War Vets
Veterans planning to open small businesses will have first access to surplus war goods. Regional offices of the Smaller War Plants Corporation will buy items as agencies declare them surplus and resell to ex servicemen. SWPC will have A priority.
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WASHINGTON
war plants corporation
SWPC
Heavy Fighting In Philippines Near Davao Mindanao
Heavy fighting raged northwest of Davao on Mindanao as Maj. Gen Roscoe Wood pursues the ousted garrison into 10,000 foot Apo hills. Reports say 150 skeletons found in a Da vao penal camp. Allied units push through jungle in central Mindanao trapping remaining Japanese while an amphibious landing at Luayon supports the advance.
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MANILA
Davao
Mindanao
Roscoe B Wood
Apo
Associated Press
Richard Bergholz
Wendell Fertig
Bayabas
24th division
William Herbeck
Brooklyn
Alhambra
Mulig
Ula
24th
Thomas Clifford
Panacan
Edward Starr
31st infantry division
Clarence Martin
Luayon
Davao gulf
Davao city
Thousands See Hospital Ship in California
Tens of thousands line up at a San Francisco Bay drydock to view the damaged hospital ship USS Comfort hours after the gate opened. About 250000 visitors, adults and children, examine the wrecked operating room where many Americans perished in the April air attack.
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Calif
Milwaukee Mallard Family Settled in New Home
Milwaukee's famed Mallard family has moved to Juneau Park lagoon after a week of public attention. Mrs Mallard chose a bridge piling downtown to nest and hatch, and the ducklings now begin life in their natural habitat as hundreds of well wishers gathered for the relocation.
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Mallard
New
mallard famly
Juneau park
United States
mother mallard
Assault Units In New Landing On Peninsula
GUAM June 4 In the Okinawa campaign American infantry splashed two miles through drenched mud to the southeastern shore of the mainland securing Chinen peninsula the southern arm of the Ryukyu island fleet anchorage. Maj. Gen. Archibald V. Arnold's 7th division led the two mile push and elements of the 1st Marine and 96th Infantry divisions pressed into Chinen peninsula amid civilian crowds and heavy resistance. Tokyo reported landings near the eastern tip to trap Japanese units while a fleet moved into Nakagusuku bay.
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Okinawa
Chinen
Japan
Tokyo
U S
Nakagusuku bay
Okinawan
Oroku peninsula
Naha
Ryukyu Islands
Archibald V. Arnold
7th
Chinen peninsula
Associated Press
Al Copking
1st marine
96th
Numit
Eisenhower to Meet Allies in Berlin for Control Mission
Reports say Gen Eisenhower will meet in Berlin with Marshal Zhukov Field Marshal Montgomery and Gen Koenig to organize the Allied control commission. Paris radio said a meeting hour was denied. correspondents en route to Berlin remained in Frankfurt.
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PARIS
Eisenhower
Berlin
Gregory K. Zhukov
Russia
Montgomery
Great Britain
Mark Koenig
France
Allied control commission
supreme headquarters
Frankfurt-on-the-Main
Frankfurt
Esenhower
Nurse Quotas Being Filled
Washington reports the army and navy have met nurse needs. The Red Cross said the surgeon general asked to halt enlistment after a 60,000 nurse goal by June 1. The navy’s 2500 nurse requirement was already met. A draft bill for nurses passed the house but died in the senate.
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WASHINGTON
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navy
Red Cross
house
senate
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