Poles on Trial In Russian Court
In Moscow 16 Polish leaders including Maj. Gen. Bronislaw Okulicki faced charges in a Russian court. They allegedly admitted to espionage, killing Russian officers, and negotiating with Germany. The trial, held in a familiar hall, included claims of a Western bloc proposal and plans to preserve weapons and propaganda for anti-Soviet resistance.
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MOSCOW
supreme court
Bronislaw Okulicki
London
Okulicki
Tadeusz
Bor) Komorowski
labor bulding
Vasily V. Ulrich
Red army
Germany
England
Poland
Europe
REDS
Sosnakowski
Russians Raise Another Issue at UN Conference
San Francisco June 18 United Nations conference faces a key hurdle as Russia blocks windup by demanding broader powers for the general assembly to discuss any matter in international relations. Moscow seeks a narrow focus on peace and security, prompting fresh friction with small nations and a renewed push by Evatt against the Big Five veto. Secretary Stettinius, Evatt, and Gromyko met on a committee but could not reach a compromise.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Russia
general assembly
world organization
Moscow
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
world security council
stettinius
Evatt
Andre: Gromyko
Gromyko
Truman Will Fly West Tomorrow
President Truman will depart by plane at 8 p.m. for Olympia Washington for a brief vacation before heading to San Francisco for the United Nations conference closing session. Plans to speak at Mackinac Island on July 3 remain uncertain.
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WASHINGTON
White House
Truman
San Francisco
Charles G. Ross
Olympia
Wash
Ross
Mackinac lake
British Disarm French Troops at Aleppo Barracks Clash
BEYROUTH June 18 British headquarters reported two Syrians killed and four wounded at Aleppo on June 16 when French troops fired on civilians the French claimed were storming their barracks. After the shooting British troops disarmed the French and evacuted from the barracks without further incident.
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BEYROUTH
Aleppo
Syria
Split Seen In Party Ranks In Labor Debate
London June 18 UPI The Daily Mail reports a possible Labor party split over foreign policy as Major Clement Attlee debates accompanying Churchill to the Big Three meeting. Harold Laski questions Attlee role while Churchill invites Attlee. Attlee says he accepts as more than an observer.
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LONDON
UPI
Labor party
Daily Mail
Clement Attlee
Churchill
whch
Harold Laski
Attlee
Italian Volunteers Head East for Far East Construction
The government announced 15,000 Italian volunteer workmen will be sent to the Far East for construction work under a British agreement. Contracts run up to three years.
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ROME
Far East
Deportation Fight Won by Bridges Supreme Court Ruling
Washington June 18 The Supreme Court ruled invalid a deportation order against Harry Bridges west coast CIO leader. The 5-3 decision led by Justice Douglas held that past Communist Party membership could not justify removal. Justice Jackson did not participate with Chief Justice Stone dissenting.
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Bridges
Supreme Court
CIO
WASHINGTON
supreme court today
Harry Bridges
Douglas
Jackson
Stone
Frankfurter
Roberts
Australia
Biddle
Communist party
United States
justice department
congress
E Bond Campaign Nears End With Shortfall
Washington reports the seventh war loan in its penultimate week with E-bond sales at 2.597 billion dollars, 35 percent below the 4 billion goal. Individual purchases totaling 5.691 billion dollars, 81.3 percent of the 7 billion quota, reflect the drive’s progress as the May 14 to June 30 campaign spans.
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WASHINGTON
the
treasury
Boy Reels In Cash With Golf Ball Venture
In Waterloo Indiana on June 18 an 11 year old boy offered two golf balls to a pair of golfers claiming partnership with his dog that retrieves balls from a water hole. The dog bounded up to the golfers who recognized the dog and the boy fled as one exclaimed that the dog was his.
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WATERLOO
War Bond Show Ends With Grenade Mishap in New Orleans
In New Orleans a wartime bond event turned dangerous as phosphorus hand grenades exploded during a simulated invasion. Over 2,500 spectators, including many children, suffered minor burns. Major K P Prundage of Camp Shelby said live grenades were misidentified as smoke bombs. An investigation to find how phosphorus rounds entered the show is under way.
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NEW ORLEANS
K. P. Prundage
Camp Shelby
Miss
Lake Pontchartrain
Marcus Vallette
Czechs Honor Nazi Victims in Prague Memorial Day
In Prague on June 18, 1944, released reports say liberated Czechoslovakia remembered roughly 20,000 Czechs executed by German forces in retaliation for the 1942 assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Gestapo chief's associate.
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PRAGUE
Czechoslovakia
Reinhard
Heydrich
Gestapo
Himmler
Troops Escort Trucks in Move To Break Strike
Government guarded truck deliveries resumed in Chicago as the second trucking strike this month dragged on. In Akron Goodyear and Firestone plants, tens of thousands of workers prepared to strike or vote while soldiers assisted drivers. New York City buses moved slowly amid union demand concerns. Regional wage disputes and an NLRB election at Firestone Rubber and Latex added to the nationwide disruption.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chicago
New York City
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
office of defense transportation
Chicago Cartage company
Ellis T. Longnecker
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
transport workers union
New York Omnibus corporation
F. H La Guardia
Tri-State Transit
war labor board
Amalgamated Association of Electric, Street and Motor Bus Employes
Goodyear
rim
C. W. Wheeler
UAW
national labor relations board
Firestone Rubber and Latex company
Fall River
Mass
CIO
Legislative Mill Continues to Grind
SACRAMENTO June 18 UPi The legislative mill ran past adjournment time continuing into early tomorrow with both houses working without expense pay and salaries. Key results include agreement on a four four makeup for the un American activities investigating committee and creation of a joint interim probe with a $20 000 total for the investigative effort and a parallel health insurance study panel funded at $50 000 and a $20 000 appropriation.
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SACRAMENTO
UPi
assembly
senate
Seek Crewmen From Incan Liberator Crash
On June 18 in Lisbon, two Portuguese bombers and four coast guard boats set out to search for ten crewmen of an Incan Liberator reported to have crashed off Cape Finisterre at the northwest tip of Spain.
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LISBON
Cape Finisterre
Spain
Eisenhower Urges Determination for Peace Problems
General Eisenhower told lawmakers and jurists that soldiers believe peace problems can and must be met with the same resolve that won the war. He cited Allied unity in Europe and the Pacific, urged readiness for future battles, and praised Churchill and Roosevelt as partners in leadership.
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Congress
WASHINGTON
GRi
Dwight D. Eisenhower
supreme court
Europe
Eisenhower
Four Japanese Cities Ablaze in Dawn Air Raids
Guam June 18 Four small industrial cities in Japan were hit by pre dawn incendiary raids by 450 B 29s causing widespread fires. Kagoshima Omuta Hamamatsu Yokkaichi were described as heavily damaged with fires controlled within hours. The raids targeted factories and back yard shops as part of a new wave against smaller urban centers. In the Philippines Luzon battle reports 447 prisoners in 24 hours, 609 in 36 hours, as Gen Beighler and Gen MacArthur noted heavy casualties and supply disruptions aiding the advance in the Cagayan valley and Mindanao.
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GUAM
Japan
Hamamatsu
Yokkaichi
Omuta
Kagoshima
21st bomber command
naval
George Mott
East Tallassee
Ala
MANILA
Cagayan
Luzon
southwest Pacific
Robert S. Beighiler
37th
Beightler
Hamilton W. Faron
Associated Press
Faron
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
U. S. 5th air force
Cagayan valley
Mindanao
Roscoe B. Woodruff
24th infantry
41st
Calinan
Davao city
Pari to Form New Cabinet in Anti Fascist Government
Rome June 18 Crown Prince Umberto names Ferruccio Pari of Milan to form a new Italian government ending a month long deadlock. Pari a 55 year old journalist and ally praised deputy commander of patriot forces in north Italy said he will form a stable anti Fascist government and work toward a constituent assembly.
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ROME
Umberto
Ferruccio Pari
Milan
Pari
Italy
Tarakan Island Victory Near as Allied Push Closes In
Australian forces on Tarakan Island have herded remaining Japanese into a small area and are closing in for the kill. The last main position lies on the east end of Essi ridge near the east coast. Allied bombing has wrecked many buildings and blocked tunnels in the headquarters area.
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MELBOURNE
Australia
uPi
Tarakan
Borneo
Australian army department
Essi ridge
Worker’s Shipyard Wages Short Lived for One Man
Spokane report details R H K Hunt of Warehouse Point Conn describing his brief Swan Island shipyard work for Kaiser. He earned 15.20 for two days, 14.02 board, 1 tax deduction, 0.17 other deductions and refused to cash a one cent check.
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SPOKANE
Wash
R. HK. Hunt
Warehouse Point
Conn
Henry J. Kaiser
Swan Island
Hunt
Enemy Forces Withdraw From Yaeju Plateau
Allied forces broke Japanese positions on Yaeju plateau during a major coastal push on Okinawa. Marines, aided by 200 heavy guns, forced a retreat toward Makabe with Mezado ridge overrun, while Adm Maoru Ota reportedly killed himself in an underground post. By weekend, key heights fell, reducing island resistance and setting up a new drive toward China or Japan.
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GUAM
Okinawa
Yaeju
Kunishi ridge
Maoru Ota
Chester W. Nimitz
Makabe
6th marine
Oruku peninsula
Ota
Mezado
Mezado ridge
hari kin mesa
Yaeju plateau
Simon Bolivar Buckner
U. S. 10th army
Tokyo
China
Okinawan
Adm
Nimitz
Valley Survivors To Meet Rescuers
Three survivors of an army transport plane crash in Shangri La valley trek toward a glider pickup site on the Moor of the valley. Col. E T Imparato said a rescue plane at Hollandia airfield will practice snaking a glider off ground to save time. The trio WAC Cpl Margaret Hastings Lt John B McCollum and Sgt Kenneth Decker aim to descend the rugged mountain side after starting June 15.
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MANILA
New Guinea
Shangri-La
E. T. Imparato
San Antonio
Tex
374th
Hollandia
Imparato
WAC
Margaret Hastings
Owego
John B. McCollum
Trenton
Kenneth Decker
Kelso
Wash
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