Deadlock broken over veto power in UN council
In San Francisco on June 8 a long deadlock over the Big Five veto was broken as Russia agreed to a statement permitting discussion of any case before the security council without a veto. Stalin reversed his position to speed up consensus as Hopkins Stettinius and Truman approval pushed the plan forward.
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SAN FRANCISCO
world security council
Russia
Stalin
Harry Hopkins
Moscow
Stettinius
Truman
Hopkins
Stettinus
Andrei Gromyko
Britain
China
France
chiirmen
Stettimius
Yalta
security council
Connally
Tex
Winchell Girl Seeks Annulment in Brief Calif. Case
Beverly Hills California June reports Walter Winchell says his daughter Walda 18 seeks annulment of three day marriage to William Lawless 29 of Cambridge Massachusetts an art student and former army staff sergeant. They had not lived together since the wedding Tuesday.
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BEVERLY HILLS
Calif
Walter Winchell
Walda
William Lawless
New York City
Stay at Home Says President
Washington reports President Truman urged Americans to stay at home to ease wartime strain while signaling possible government controls on travel if needed. Officials warned the next 12 to 15 months will be most critical for American transportation as 3,000,000 troops return from Europe, causing extensive train travel and a doubled freight load across western railways.
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WASHINGTON
BIA
Truman
office of defense transportation
ODT
transportation agency
Mr. Truman
Europe
Nazis Outsmarted By U S Tacticians
Washington reports General Omar Bradley said American tacticians outsmarted the Germans from France to Germany. He credited the 12th Army Group command and Secretary of War Stimson with emphasizing the quality and flexibility of U S troops as the key to European victory.
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WASHINGTON
Omar Bradley
Amercan
France
Germany
12th army group
Stinson
Bradley
Britain’s wartime shipping losses reach 12 million tons
In the British House of Commons on June 8, 1944, Secretary for War Sir James Grigg revealed that Britain lost about 12,000,000 tons of shipping during the war while remaining with roughly 14,000,000 to 15,000,000 tons afloat.
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LONDON
James Grigg
commons
Great Britain
Small Rise Planned for Civilian Meat Supplies
Washington reports the government projects a modest 3.6 ounce per civilian boost in meat for October through December 1945. Total civilian allotments for July through September exceed 3.74 billion pounds, with around 4.0 billion pounds left for civilians in the final quarter, though eggs shortages may offset this gain. The 90 day increase appears minimal if civilian demand holds, and public eating places will share in the rise.
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WASHINGTON
economics bureau
bureau
Tariff extension bill stripped of extra cuts vote
Washington June 8 UPI the senate finance committee removed authority to cut tariff rates by an additional 50 percent from the reciprocal trade agreement extension bill and reported it favorably. The vital amendment failed 10 to 9 with seven Republicans and three Democrats for it eight Democrats and Sen LaFollette opposed. Chairman George vowed to try to restore the rate cutting authority when the measure is acted on in the Senate next Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON
UPI
senate finance committee
LaFollette
Wis
George
D.-Ga
senate
Young Bride Beaten to Death in New Jersey
In Union City New Jersey June 8 Mildred S Viaud a 17 year old bride of a navy man was found battered to death in her two room apartment Early today Dr William Eckert police surgeon said death apparently was caused by strangulation and best ing with some undetermined instrument probably had occurred 12 hours before her body was discovered
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UNION CITY
N. J
Mildred S. Viaud
William Eckert
Butcher for 60 Long Years Never Had So Many Friends
MINNEAPOLIS June 8 A veteran butcher Fred Dassett who has cut meat for six decades sees a dramatic drop in his supply and keeps shops open only two days a week. He notes the crowds of mend a and laments the worst period but jokes he has never had so many friends or “menda” in his life.
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MINNEAPOLIS
Fred Dassett
War Casualties Mount in Week
War casualties in the current week bring totals to 1 012 049 with 9 162 more in the past week. Army losses reach 895 834 with 185 670 killed and 556 844 wounded. navy casualties total 116 215 with 44 503 killed or missing and 56 767 wounded.
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WASHINGTON
Army
navy
Germany
Pacific
Stumson
Stimson
Army Supplies Destroyed by Fire in Oakland Warehouse
A six alarm blaze at an Oakland army warehouse destroyed significant military food stocks and caused minor injuries to three or four men. Firefighters fought the center section blaze for hours, with walls containing the flames and denying initial reports of ammunition storage. The origin remained undetermined.
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OAKLAND
Calaif
UPI
Oakland fire department
Liuchow Capture Called Premature
CHUNGKING June 8 UP The Chinese high command announced today that forces fought into the northern suburbs of Liuchow and an army spokesman said the recapture of the former U S air base site in Kwangsi appeared probable. He said Kweilin, another former base site about 100 miles northeast of Sichow, would likely fall. He estimated roughly 200000 Japanese troops in Burma Thailand Indo China and Malaya had been effectively cut off by the Kwangsi push, which pierced the enemy’s north south communications. The announcement showed that rumors of Liuchow’s fall two days earlier were premature.
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CHUNGKING
Liuchow
U. S
Kwangsi
Kweilin
Sichow
Burma
Thailand
Indo-China
Malesya
high command
Gen Bradley Named to Head Veterans Bureau
President Truman selected General Omar N. Bradley to head the Veterans Administration, succeeding Brig Gen Frank T. Hines. Bradley, 52, led the 12th Army Group in Europe and hails from Moberly Missouri. The move continues a Western and Midwestern pattern in recent appointments as Truman modernizes veterans affairs.
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Gen. Bradley
Veterans Bureau
Bradley
12th army group
Europe
Moberly
Frank T. Hines
Hines
veterans administration
Truman
west
midwest
John B. Hutson
Kentucky
W. Stuart Symington
St. Louis
surplus property board
Hutson
Fred M. Vinson
Grover B. Hill
Texas
HERZOG
Four Troop Ships Reach New York
Four troop ships delivering 4417 American combat personnel from Europe and the Liberty ship Thomas W Hyde docked in New York. The Hyde trip from Naples included an emergency appendectomy at sea. Veterans' homecoming energy was muted as troops awaited reassignment, with praise for Col James Stewart.
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NEW YORK
Thomas W. Hyde
fifth army
Italy
Hyde
Naples
eighth air force
Col
James Stewart
eagles
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Rule by Decree Urged in Japan
SAN FRANCISCO June 9 The government controlled Domei news agency urged rule by imperial degree in Japan without Diet sanction and announced a new set of industrial controls including seizure of all excess profits by Premier Kantaro Suzuki.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Japan
Domei
Kantaro Suzuki
Wartime Air Tragedy Opens Shangri-la Valley Rescue Effort
Paratroopers reach the hidden valley 150 miles southeast of Hollandia to aid three crash survivors a WAC and two airmen. Eight Filipino paratroopers and a medical assistant have parachuted in to establish a glider site and retrieve the trio from the 24-man transport crew. The survivors, in good spirits, remain in contact via radio as rescue plans proceed.
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FANTASTIC VALLEY
Shangri-la
HOLLANDIA
Dutch New Guinea
WAC
i Manila
Associated Press
Dean Schecter
army
Oranje
wal
Carrier Planes Raid Air Bases
Pacific war dispatch from GUAM reports carrier aircraft conducting raids on Kyushu air fields and detonating mines inland as B 29s threaten medium and small Japanese cities. The Osaka arsenal attack followed a 450 bomber raid. Maj Robert W Moore of Anchorage claims a tenth kill after destroying an enemy fighter and its pilot.
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GUAM
Japan
Tokyo
Kyushu
Okinawa
Osaka
Nagoya
Yokohama
Kobe
Iwo
dima
Robert W. Moore
Anchorage
empire
Moore
Liberty Ship Program Ends in Port of Maine
SOUTH PORTLAND Me June 8 The nations Liberty ship building program ended amid champagne as two 441 foot vessels the Harold H Brown and Stanley R Fisher were christened at New England Shipbuilding Corp They raised launched ships totals to 236 by NESC and 2661 overall with 10 500 ton ships built in wartime service honoring merchant sailors killed in action.
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SOUTH PORTLAND
New England Shipbuilding Corp
Harold H. Brown
Stanley R. Fisher
U. S. maritime commission
NESC
Troops Advance In Philippines
United infantrymen push toward remaining Japanese forces in the Philippines capturing Bayombong and driving toward Sorano in the Cagayan valley. The 37th division reported 119 Japanese killed in seven miles and two flame throwing tanks knocked out. In central Luzon the 38th division seized two mountain crests and moved toward a fourth. In Mindanao the 24th division cleared a Japanese pocket near Tagakpan and advanced toward the Taloma river, aiding a trap against Davao garrison.
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MANILA
Cagayan valley
Philippines
Bayombong
Luzon
U. S. 37th
southwest Pacific
Bambang
Cordillera central
Baguio
commonwealth
Cagayan
Sorano
Mindanao
Tagakpan village
Davao gulf
Taloma river
Davao
Delay Proposed In Draft Measure
The American Civil Liberties Union urged postponing any peacetime draft action until after the war. Ernest Angell said postponement would not harm national defense and reflected broad union sentiment. He testified before the House postwar military policy committee amid earlier pleas from MIT President Karl T. Compton and Alpha Kappa Alpha representatives.
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WASHINGTON
The
American civil liberties union today
Ernest Angell
New York
union
house
United States
Angell
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Mass
Thomasina Johnson
national
nonpartisan council of public affairs
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
Price Specialist for OPA Puzzled by Woman's Request
In Salt Lake City on June 8 1942 price specialist Hugh L. Thomas faced a caller asking for the ceiling price to dig up her husband. She wanted his body moved to another cemetery and said $35 was too high and should be about $15. He noted such service had no OPA regulation.
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OPA
SALT LAKE CITY
Hugh L. Thomas
Thomas
Okinawa Battle Nears Final Stand As Japanese Defenses Hold
Allied troops press toward Okinawa as Japanese remnants, possibly 20,000 strong, are split into two entrenched groups on the Naha Shuri Yonabaru line. U. S. forces encounter heavy fire with machine guns and 20 and 40 mm guns. Nimitz reports 66,324 Japanese killed since April 1, with about 85,000 originally. Tokyo media cast doubts on decisive victory while noting strategic impact and dire supply shortages.
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Naha - Shuri- Yonabaru
Itoman town
Oroku peninsula
Yae-Dake heights
Itoman
Hanagusuku
Oroku
Tokyo
Okinawa
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo radio
Dome
navy department
U. S
Treasury Clips Soldier's Winnings
A June 3 Washington dispatch reports a Negro corporal won $38,000 in a roll of the dice while abroad. He returned the funds to Harlem for banking, prompting the Treasury to deduct $18,000 in income tax and leave him about $20,000 to return home.
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WASHINGTON
treasury department
Australia
treasury
Harlem
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New York state labor relations board
veterans’ administration
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