Small Nations Back Down From Charter Stand
At the United Nations conference in San Francisco on June 16, small nations push back against a Big Five veto on future charter amendments. Debate centers on veto rights, colonial reports, and whether the general assembly can debate all international affairs. France aligns with small nations in two auto–revision proposals that failed.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Truman
Britain
France
Australia
general assembly of United Nations
Russia
Henri Rolin
Geta
Manuel Tello
foreign affairs
Mexico
league
Alberto Lieras Camargo
Colombia
Rolin
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
Herbert V. Evatt
Evatt
Canada
Brazil
South Africa
Amelie Rives Dies at 81 in Charlottesville
Amelia Rives, known as Amelie Rives and Princess Troubetzkoy, died after a long illness in a Charlottesville nursing home at age 81. The famed 1890s romantic novelist had largely retired after her husband's death, living at Castle Hill in Albemarle County near Charlottesville.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE
Amelie Rives
Princess Troubetzkoy
Chancellor street
Pierre Troubetzkoy
Castle Hill
Albemarle county
Von Ribbentrop Quizzed At Eisenhower HQ In Frankfurt
Captured Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop was reportedly under questioning at General Eisenhower's headquarters in Frankfurt on June 16. Ex Reich ambassador to London he faced skilled examiners aiming to uncover state secrets. A Belgian and two British sergeants helped arrest him in Hamburg along with a divorced brunette. He left for an unknown European destination after the arrest and revealed calm wit as he spoke in English to captors.
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MONTGOMERY
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Gen
Eisenhower
Frankfurt-on-Main
supreme command
Reich
London
Hitler
Britain
Poland
Ribbentrop
Lueneberg
Europe
Hamburg
Herr Riese
J. B. Adam
Paisley
Scotland
Adams
Agent Shoots Army Deserter in Burma Action Near Toungoo
Gurkha troops with artillery and mortars overpowered Japanese resistance 26 miles east of Toungoo on the Toungoo Manchi road and pushed beyond the point. Southeast Asia command says enemy forces are withdrawing toward the Thailand frontier while British and Empire troops press a delaying action east of Toungoo for several days.
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CALCUTTA
Toungoo
Toungooj Manchi
Southeast Asia command
Thailand
Support Given Draft Proposal
Washington June 16 General George C Marshall Fleet Admiral Ernest J King and General A A Vandergrift told Congress universal military training is the foundation of the nations future security The leaders testified before the House postwar military committee backing the peacetime draft proposal They argued a large standing army would be repugnant to Americans and urged universal training with industrial mobilization and scientific research The officials emphasized preparedness through realistic power and a flexible system rather than a huge army Admiral King said the nation must stay prepared to support idealistic peace efforts by realistic means
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WASHINGTON
George c. Marshall
Ernest J. King
A. A. Vandergrift
marine corps
congress
gtarree
house
Navy
James V. Forrestal
Gen. Marshall
Admiral King
Ship Repair Yards Urgently Need 30,000 More Workers
PORTLAND Ore June 16 Pacific coast ship repair yards urgently require 30 000 more workers and will start interregional recruiting immediately Fay W Hunter regional war manpower director announced after a two day conference of manpower directors from Oregon Washington California Arizona Nevada and Alaska Hunter said ship repair work has raised the coast workforce from 116 371 in March to 130 289 by mid May with 89 700 in navy yards
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PORTLAND
Ore
Pacific coast
Fay W. Hunter
Hunter
San Francisco
Oregon
Washington
California
Arizona
Nevada
Alaska
Suey Leong Returns to Laundry After Machine Crash
Suey Leong a 74 year old laundry operator in Kansas City limped and worked by hand after a washing machine broke loose from its moorings and pinned him to the curb. Police applied tourniquets and he was taken to the hospital for treatment.
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KANSAS CITY
Suey Leong
Leong
Pole Premier Flies to Moscow For Conference
London reports Stanislaw Mikolajczyk former Polish premier flew to Moscow to discuss reorganizing the Polish government amid postwar disputes. Britain reportedly rejected France’s five power Middle East conference plan while a Big Three meeting in Berlin before July 26 was planned with Truman Stalin and Churchill.
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LONDON
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Moscow
Warsaw
Britain
France
Middle East
Berlin
Mikolajczyk
peasant party
ie Stanczyk
Jan Drojocowski
Big Three commission on
Molotov
U. S
United States
Paris
Alfred Duff Cooper
Georges Bidault
Presdent
Truman
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Downing street
Church II
Brendan Bracken
Bracken
Harold Laski
Labor party
Maj
Clement Attlee
Food Supply Alarms Britain
London reports Britain still imports about a third of its food needs and can offer only limited aid to Europe. Agriculture Minister R. S. Hudson said Britain could supply from stock if convinced farmers abroad make maximum effort, and British people may be asked to persevere in sacrifices.
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LONDON
United Kingdom
Britain
Europe
R. S. Hudson
agriculture and fishries
Disease Takes Many Children
London June 14 UPi Nine thousand children under 15 in England and Wales died of diphtheria during the war a thousand more than those killed by enemy bombs the ministry of health announced today the announcement told of a new summer campaign for immunization.
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LONDON
UPi
England
Wales
ministry of health
Enemy Prepares For New Invasion
San Francisco June 16. Domei reports Japanese defense lines on Kyushu growing into a fortress as U S naval activity around Okinawa increases. The Kerama and Amami areas show heavier American ships and landing craft movements signaling possible fresh operations against Japan. American bombardments on Okinawa’s southern tip intensify, with fierce fire described and two US battleships and cruisers noted.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Okinawa
Kyushu
Domei
federal
cosmmunications commission
Kerama islands
Amami island
Tokyo
Mainichi
GUAM
Hara Kiri
Okinawa island
hera kiri
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Okinawan
U. S
Japan
HILL
Cholera Epidemic Reported in Chungking China
More than 2000 people are unofficially estimated to suffer from cholera in Chungking. Authorities work to halt spread as eating houses and soft drink shops are closed to U S military personnel. No cases among American soldiers. Foreigners seek inoculations amid inadequate sanitation and public unawareness of prevention.
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CHUNGKING
UPY
U. S
Yankees Race Typhoon Season
American forces push north through the Cagayan valley, the last major Japanese stronghold in the Philippines, as the 37th Ohio division advances 22 miles in 24 hours from Santiago to Echague in Isabella province. US troops mop up caves in Mindanao while clashing with Japanese bands along the Talomo trail.
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MANILA
Cagayan valley
Philippines
37th
Ohio division
Luzon
Cagayan
Santiago
Echague
Isabella
Apatri
24th
Davao
Mindanao
21st
Talomo trail
Rioting in Chambery Leaves 12 Dead and Dozens Wounded
Paris reports say twelve killed and nearly one hundred wounded in a Chambery riot after a train, claimed by officials to carry Spanish civilians returning from Germany, was attacked by angry demonstrators. Spanish circles deny military personnel aboard.
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PARIS
Chambery
Troops Advance On Borneo Front
BRUNEL BAY Borneo Sunday June 17 troops advance on Sarawak oil rich area as Australian 9th division pushes from Brunei bay toward Tautong refinery. Tokyo cites threat to Balikpapan while MacArthur reports 76 tons of bombs and light Allied naval night operations north of the coast.
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BRUNEL BAY
Borneo
Australia
Sarawak
Tokyo
Balikpapan
rats
Tobruk
Brunei bay
British North Borneo
Melbourne
Tautong
Tarakan island
Tarakan
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Moslem Question Lands Simla Talks in Jeopardy
London dispatches say India's Moslem question could hinder June 25 Simla conference on Britain's offer to hand executive council powers to native leaders with viceregal veto. Hindu Times in New Delhi calls terms honorable, while National Congress press signals broader claim to speak for all India.
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LONDON
India
Simla
Britain
executive council
Hindu Times of
New Delhi
Mohandas K. Ghandi
Navy Man Lassoes Badger In Far Ragut Tale
In Farragut Idaho June 16 Commodore Frank H. Kelley and Lt Commander Thomas J. King used a rowboat and lasso to capture a lake swimming badger during a fishing outing. A tunnel from the badger’s cage appeared the next day but the animal was gone.
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FARRAGUT, Ida
Frank H. Kelley
Farragut naval training center
Thomas J. King
Tanks Loosen Okinawa Hold On Hill Action
Allied forces on Okinawa push toward remaining Japanese strongpoints on the Hara Kiri plateau and surrounding heights. Buckner’s 10th Army advances center and ends flanks with tanks and infantry, capturing Yaeju hill and pressing Yuza and Kunishi ridges as Japanese resistance tightens despite heavy casualties.
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Buckner
10th
96th infantry division
James L. Bradley
Yaeju
Big Apple
uza hill
1st marine
Robert Geiger
Associated Press
Yaeju hill
Pedro A. De Vailee
1st marines
Kunishi ridge
Yuza hill
7th infantry division
Archibald V. Arnold
32nd
7th division
occu
Police Seek Slaying Clues In Langford Case
NEW YORK June 16 In vestigation into the slaying of Albert E Langford took a new turn today as two detectives were sent to Milford Indiana to question Aldo Lawton brother of Reed Lawton the singer Reed Langford who police say received about 100 000 from wealthy Mrs Marion Langford to aid his musical career has been questioned extensively Langford was shot June 4 at his Park Avenue apartment when he refused entry to two men seeking his wife Marion
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NEW YORK
Albert E. Langford
Milford
Ind
Aldo Lawton
Reed Lawton
Marion Langford
Langford
Park Avenue
Marion
Two troopships reach New York from European theater
Two troopships arrived at Staten Island New York bringing 725 troops home for reassignment. The SS Archbishop Lamy carried 357 soldiers and the SS Santa Cecilia 368.
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NEW YORK
Archbishop Lamy
Staten Island
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Marshall
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Suey
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sane Okinawa
China
National Congress party
Okinawa Hill
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