Speedy Trial Urged for Axis War Criminals
Justice Robert H. Jackson urged rapid, fair trials for Axis war criminals, warning against dilatory tactics. He said US prosecutions should not mirror ordinary criminal trials, stressing decisive cases and confining potential offenders. He noted international tribunals are under consideration but should not delay American action.
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WASHINGTON
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Justice Jackson
United States
Truman
war department
Jackson
United Kingdom
asia
France
U. S
Moscow
Croatian Fascists Pay Death Penalty
The Zagreb court martial executed Premier Dr Nikola Mandic and five other leaders of the former Croatian fascist regime for high treason and war crimes. The dispatch named Nikola Stemmel Pavao Canki Mila Budak Jaco Rukavina and Ivan Vignyjevich among those executed by hanging.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nikola Mandic
Zagreb
Yugoslav Telegraph agency
FCC
Nikola Stemmel
Pavao Canki
Mila Budak
Jaco Rukavina
Ivan Vignyjevich
78 Days at Sea For Roosevelt Arrives at Guam
VP Lt Com Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. reached Guam after 78 days at sea aboard a destroyer in the Okinawa campaign. He noted the voyage was long and rugged, with engines running nonstop for the entire period, twice the ship’s designed endurance, before returning to the States for assignment at the naval college.
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GUAM
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr
Okinawa
Roosevelt
States
navy
ar college
Delay Urged In Draft Bill By National PTA
Washington June 7 The national congress of Parents and Teachers urged that peacetime draft legislation not be enacted at this time President Mrs William A Hastings of Madison Wisconsin told the House postwar military policy committee that PTA support followed full member discussion She said national preparedness includes education skills and physical fitness not acquired quickly and responsibility rests with schools and communities for training youths while a standing army and strong guard can meet emergencies.
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WASHINGTON
national congress of Parents and Teachers
Willam A Hastings Madion Wis
house
PTA
Six Arrested For Conspiracy
Washington June 7 six people including two state department experts and four others were arrested on espionage conspiracy charges. Acting Secretary Grew called it one result of a comprehensive security program to stop the unlawful conveyance of confidential information. One defendant is a naval reserve lieutenant.
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WASHINGTON
state department
Grew
naval reserve
Inmates go without meat at Mount Carmel jail
Mount Carmel Illinois June 3 inmates of the city jail face meatless days unless they provide their own red ration points. Custodian Hobart Roberson said the city is short of meat points and feeding prisoners by restaurant delivery is too expensive. He urged those facing or awaiting jail sentences to bring red ration coupons.
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MOUNT CARMEL
Ill
Hobart Roberson
France Calls For Conference On Middle East
Paris reported the French government has formally invited Big Five members to a conference on the Middle East. France asked embassies in Washington London Moscow and Chungking to deliver the invitation with a brief statement of its reasons. A responsible source said no note was delivered with the invocations. Churchill criticized a five power conference, urging immediate mediation by the United States, Britain, and France.
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Middle East
Washington
London
Moscow
Chungking
Frances
Churchill
De Gaulle
Syria
commons
United States
Britain
France
Boston Greets General Patton in warm welcome
Massachusetts today extended a formal welcome to Gen George S Patton Jr commanding officer of the 3rd Army whose tanks spearheaded North African and European campaigns. He was due to arrive by air from Europe this afternoon at Bedford airport.
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BOSTON
commonwealth of Massachusetts
George S Patton, Jr
3rd army
North
Africa
Europe
armes Patten
Bedford
Willie Identifies Himself By the Number on His Teeth
CAMP BUTNER NC June 7 UP C apt Herbert Frank post finance officer paid off patients in the convalescent hospital. Willie Jackson stepped forward saying he had no dog tags but showed his denture plate. The plate bore Will ie Jackson 34510783 and he received his money.
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Willie
CAMP BUTNER
Herbert Frank
Willie Jackson
Bretton Woods Pact Approved
Washington June 7 The Bretton Woods world monetary agreements won strong House approval by a 345 to 18 vote with all oppositions votes from Republicans The measure moves to the Senate where a vigorous battle is anticipated Two presidents praised the pact as laying the economic base for lasting peace Opponents called it a swindle and a fraud The House also rejected a bid to table the bill and strike out provisions for an international monetary stabilization fund provided under the pact.
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WASHINGTON
Bretton Woods
house
senate
United States
United Nations
Sumner
R-Ii
banking committee
Army Keeps Europe Food Shipments Through Summer
Washington June 7 The army will maintain full European food shipments through mid summer despite the halt of all third quarter foreign relief and lend lease food. A congressman briefed said the policy should cushion the impact of the cut while the army would continue supplying Europe as if at full strength.
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WASHINGTON
Europe
Chaplin Loses New Trial Plea in Paternity Suit
Los Angeles June 7 Comedian Charlie Chaplin denied a new trial in the paternity case over Joan Berry's baby Carol Ann. Superior Judge Clarence L. Kinead ruled the jury’s verdict stood despite conflicting testimony, finding it sufficiently substantial if believed.
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LOS ANGELES
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
Carol Ann
Clarence L. Kinead
Russia Blames Allies for Berlin Muddle in Control Talks
London dispatch reports Allied control council meetings stall over disputed French zone of occupation. Moscow blamed Western Allies for the muddle while Americans and British seek clearly defined zones before troop movements. A British foreign office source noted no definition yet of the French zone and questioned a Moscow map claim. The Times cited surprise at the map and awaited a joint Berlin council statement to frame the occupation lines.
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LONDON
Allied control council for
Germany
Moscow
United States
control council
foreign office
Berlin
Eisenhower
Frankfurt
Elbe
supreme headquarters
im Pans
Washington
London Times
Robinson life sentence after presidential reprieve
In Louisville on June 7, Thomas H Robinson Jr. was spared the electric chair when President Truman commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment for kidnapping Mrs Alice Speed Stoll, a Louisville society matron, in 1934. The commutation came on Attorney General Biddle’s recommendation, days before execution at the Kentucky state penitentiary.
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LOUISVILLE
Thomas H Robinson, Jr
federal
Harry S Truman
Alice Speed Stoll
Indianapolis
Japanese narcotics use bolstered Okinawa defense report
Two U S Navy doctors report on Okinawa that Japanese forces were heavy users of morphine derivatives and illicit drugs. They note scarce medical supplies, few aid stations, and large drug stocks found in caves, including morphine opium heroin and cocaine.
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NAHA
Okinawa
navy
Frank Xavier Dwyer
Kansas City
John J Schneider
Minneapolis
Dwyer
End of Okinawa Battle in Sight
The final end of the Okinawa fight appears near as American forces enlarge control of Naha airfield and press toward a decisive victory. U S 10th Army engineers advance to convert the airbase for strikes on Japan while Nipponese resistance tightens in a last southern pocket. Kamikaze losses mount as Asahi and Yomiuri warn of a turning, grave war situation.
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GUAM
Okinawa
Tokyo
6th division
marines
Japanese Dome
Dome
Asahi
radio Tokyo
Yomuuri Hochi
Yomiuri
Naha
Adm
Chester W Nimitz
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Ryukyuan
Formosa
Philippines
East Indies
south China
Malaya
Naha harbor
leathernecks
2000 Prisoners Freed by Franco
In Madrid on June 7, Franco ordered the release of 2000 political prisoners, each serving 20 to 30 year terms from the civil war. It is the largest single-release this year, with over 100,000 freed provisionally in prior years. Spain’s current prison population is estimated between 50,000 and 80,000, many jailed for civil war or political reasons.
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MADRID
cvil
Next Pacific Move Is Payoff
Washington reports indicate experts believe the next major Pacific action will be the payoff following Okinawa and Iwo Jima. Ample bases in the Philippines, the Marianas, Okinawa, and Iwo Jima give the United States latitude to strike Japan or its home islands.
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WASHINGTON
Okinawa
Guadalcanal
Pacific
Philippines
Marianas
Iwo Jima
China
south China
Japan
Hong Kong
Swatow
Haiphong
Indo- China
Sales of Bonds Still Growing
Washington reports that sales of E bonds in the seventh war loan totaled 2.07 billion today, reaching 52 percent of the 4 billion quota. Individual purchases amount to 4.398 million, or 62 percent of the 7 billion quota. The drive ends June 30.
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WASHINGTON
Barbers Seek End to Reading Newspapers in Chairs
In Pontiac Michigan on June 7 the state barbers association adopted a resolution discouraging reading in barber chairs. Delegates argued reading newspapers or magazines distracts, annoys barbers, and stiffens the neck during service.
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PONTIAC
Mid
GPi
state barbers association
association’ annual convention
Bombing Osaka Arsenal Hit In Sixth Major June Raid
Guam June 7—450 B 29s pounded Osaka and northern industrial districts in a three hour attack, starting fires and driving civilians from homes. Tokyo admitted fires started and shelters crowded as crews battled blazes in the arsenal and surrounding plants. Japanese claims noted limited high explosive impact with focus on incendiaries.
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GUAM
Osaka
Orient
Japan
Tokyo
Okinawa
Kyushu
Kagoshima
Osaka castle
Chinese Troops Continue Gains Near Kweilin and Liuchow
Chinese authorities report the capture of Mengshan a highway and river junction about 200 miles northwest of Canton and 80 miles east of Liuchow as part of a west southwest and south drive. Liuchow has been recaptured with conflicting American and Chinese statements on other positions near Kweilin and Kweilin’s area.
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CHUNGKING
Mengshan
Canton
Liuchow
Kweilin
Kwangs province
Food Dropped to Isolated Okinawa Troops By U S Third Fleet
In the Western Pacific on June 7 Allied carriers of the U S Third Fleet supplied food ammunition and medicine to small groups of American troops isolated from main forces by sea conditions near Okinawa. The action, carried out by Avenger torpedo bombers, aims to bolster isolated units and does not indicate a broader supply breakdown.
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ADM HALSEY
THIRD FLEET
Western Pacific
Okinawa
U. S
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