War sees universal training urged by Forrestal
Flight deck adviser Forrestal warned that the nation faced inertia and risk if it did not push universal military training. He called for preparation across services and strong base control to deter aggression and secure global security amid wartime pressures.
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Ads
Chester W. Nimitz
William F. Halsey
Mg Oto
Vyo
Navy Feaders
Forrestal
Ld Sears
Ter
London
England
Wales
Ministry of Health
Ribbentrop’s capture and possible Nazi secrets offers
The captured German minister Joachim von Ribbentrop admitted identity and hinted at surrender plans in two days. Investigators questioned him at Allied HQ after D‑day era arrest. Letters to Churchill Eden and Montgomery suggest a self‑preservation motive, while a Scottish lieutenant noted Ribbentrop’s aged, wary demeanor and muttered defiance.
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von Ribbentrop
Ribbentrop
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
New Peak Hit On Farm Wages
Farm wages in the United States reached a new high, nearly doubling three years. On June 1, monthly wages averaged 81.28 dollars with board and 43.16 without, with daily wages of 3.65 with board. Employment totaled 10,994,000, higher than May 1 but below June 1, 1934.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Two More Nazi Puppets Captured by Yanks
Wiesbaden reports former Hungarian Premier Bela Imredy and Dr. Friedrich Flick, ex-general manager of the Reich Iron Association, are in American custody. Imredy, premier in 1938 and 1939, was seized near Innsbruck by Seventh Army troops, while Flick, a noted industrialist, was arrested in the Third Army sector.
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Germany
Bela Imredy
Friedrich Flick
Reich Iron Association
12Th Army Group
Imredy
Innsbruck
Seventh Army
Flick
Third Army
Body of 15-year-old drowned in Ballston Lake recovered
The body of Ernest Freitag, 15, who drowned while swimming in Ballston Lake, was recovered by state police last night. The accident occurred yesterday and authorities continued to investigate the circumstances.
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Ballston Lake
Ernest Freitag
Storms Leave Belmont Area Damaged and Trees Uprooted
Weather officials report 0.52 inches of rain overnight and a drop to 69 degrees. Strong winds toppled trees, disabled utilities, and damaged structures across Belmont Alleghany Cortland Groton Freeville and nearby areas. A Peruville church steeple was blown off and rail service halted by fallen trees. Three cows died in Freeville as a barn was blown over during milking.
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Weather Bureau
Belmont
Alleghany
Associated Press
Cayuca County
Ithaca
Charles Jackson
Freeville
Cortland
Groton
Peruville
Archie Gagnon
Lehigh Valley
Owego
Auburn
Battle Reports Highlight Pacific and Philippine Advances
British forces smash through near Nipponese bases in Caroline Islands while Tokyo cites 23 Superforts mining Jap waters. In the Philippines, U S forces push into northern Luzon with the 96th Infantry to Yaeju hill and Yuza hill, the 37th Infantry breaking onto Cagayan plains in a 22 mile dash, and two towns liberated as climactic Luzon battles loom.
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Tokyo
Shanghai
Okinawa
Yaeju Hill
6Th
Yuza_ hill
Philippine
U. S. 37Th Infantry
Cagayan
Luzon Island
Philippines
Artist's Son Suffers Skull Fracture in Vermont Accident
Jarvis Rockwell, 13 year old son of artist Norman Rockwell, was hospitalized at Bennington with a skull fracture after being struck on the head by a baseball while walking onto a field where friends played. He walked home after the impact, later reporting pain to a physician who diagnosed the fracture.
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Jarvis Rockwell
Norman Rockwell
Bennington
Rockwell
Truman Trip From Page One
President Truman will be greeted by Secretary of State Stettinius and dignitaries in San Francisco. He will meet delegates from 50 nations at a reception and attend a private dinner hosted by Stettinius. His address is planned for the closing plenary in the opera house on June 23. If possible, he will attend the governors conference at Mackinac Island on July 30 and return to Washington the next day.
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California
San Francisco
Army
Navy
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United States
Opera House
Mackinac Island
Mich
Washington
Polish War Trials Highlight Moscow Unity Effort
A Moscow dispatch reports a staged trial of Poles led by Jan Jankowski and Gen Bronislaw Okulicki, in what would be Moscow s first major public mass trial since 1938. The Polish issue ties to unity talks as Mikolajczyk seeks immediate release from arrest as a condition.
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Witos
Moscow
Jankowski
Warsaw
Red Army
Mikolajczyk
Bronislaw Okulicki
Polish Home Army
London
French Clash Prelude to Lynching Spaniards in Grenoble
In a town section toward Grenoble French crowds numbered in the thousands waited for Spaniards with intent to lynch them. The Blue division had been dissolved by Generalissimo Franco over a year earlier, but volunteers remained on the eastern front with the Wehrmacht. After the German collapse the Spanish consul at Munich issued papers to division troops to enter Switzerland, with the Swiss arranging repatriation via France.
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Francisco Franco
Wehrmacht
Munich
Switzerland
France
Billions in Bonds Still Needed
Washington report quotes Maj. Gen. Julian C. Smith, USMC, commanding general of the Department of the Pacific, calling for billions more war bonds to fund efforts that would lead to a decisive defeat of Japan and prevent further attacks.
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Washington
Julian C. Smith
USMC
Department of the Pacific
Tax Bill to Aid Business Speeded Postwar Help
Washington reports laid plans to rush a tax revision to aid business and industry by about 20 billion dollars. House Ways and Means Chairman Doughton will introduce the measure with Republican Knutson predicting swift hearings and passage within a week or ten days. The bill would speed postwar rebates and credits, raise the excess profits tax exemption to 25 thousand, and accelerate refunds and carrybacks to hasten cash for corporations. It keeps individual and corporate tax rates unchanged.
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D-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committes
Knutson
H- Minn
Repubblican
Coughton
Senate House
Treasury Department
Compromise Proposed on Charter Revision Fails Amid Applause
A conference stalemate leaves the amending plan rejected with 2 to 17 as France sided with small nations. Hamilton Fish Arm strong of the United States floated a fallback: if not revised in 10 years the General Assembly would consider a meeting. no action followed amid applause. A committee on peaceful settlements finished its work and will report to a conference commission. The proposed security council would study disputes and allow any state to present concerns. A first projected 50 nation assembly could meet six months after the UN conference ends.
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South Africa
France
Hamilton Fish Armstrong
United States
General Assembly
Security Council
Trial Ordered in Gaming Czar's Suit Over Found Money
Appellate Division orders trial on costello ownership claim to 27200 found in a taxicab on june 14 1944 reversing a supreme court ruling. also orders trial of govt claim to money for a 28914 tax lien against costello. summons notice in onondaga county court suit against julian s brown. liquor license issued for durso restaurant at 15 west genesee street syracuse.
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Genesee Street
Onondaga County
Arthur V
UNA
OSRUD
Durso
Genesee
Peacetime Economy and Universal Training Debate
Eleanor Roosevelt argues for peacetime prosperity through science, health, and citizen training rather than broad military build up. She supports optional but continuous training for all adults, with a year of national service in a chosen field and selective military elements for youths, to strengthen security without full wartime militarism.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Germany
Europe
Butter Shortage Forces Corn Redirection in War Drive
War food agencies urge farmers to market corn held in farm storage as soy plans tighten. WFA says corn is needed for livestock feed and war essential processing, with distillers restricted to preJune 11 contracts. OPA reports low cold storage stocks and price moves on Atlantic salmon as controls begin June 21.
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Office of Price Administration
WEA
OPA
U S Troops In Chicago Oversee Truck Strike
United States troops and MPs from Camp Custer and Camp Stokie encamped in Grant Park as government orders cover 1,700 trucking lines to forestall a drivers strike. New York buses run slowly amid protests while Southern state drivers resume or face action. Diamond Al is closed due to United Mine Workers strike.
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Camp Custer
Midh
Camp Stokie
Grant Park
Loop
Elfis T. Longenecker
Office of Defense Transportation
Minneapolis
War Labor Board
WLE
Dallas
Tex
New York
Local 100
Transport Workers Union
New York Omnibus Corporation
United Mine Workers of America
FATAL INJURY IN AUTO ACCIDENT NEAR HOME
Thomas St. John aged 2 was fatally injured when struck by an automobile near his home yesterday. Police and witnesses reported the incident and the driver remained at the scene. Authorities are investigating the accident and will release further details.
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Fails Mills
Thomas St. John
Workers Walkouts Idle Thousands Across Great Lakes Region
Kali Co of Fairport Ohio reports a plant shutdown in Detroit affecting three Great Lakes Corp sites. About 7 500 workers idle after the walkout. A Carnegie Illinois Steel spokesman said Pittsburgh reps for striking workers who walked out on Wednesday have voted to return to work, ending idleness of 8 000 workers.
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Great Lakes Corporation
Detroit
Carnegie Inois Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Indian Troops Gain Against Jap Stand Near Toungo
Gurkha units aided by artillery and mortars broke Japanese resistance about 30 miles east of Toungo on the Toungo Mawehi road and advanced beyond the position. SE Asia Command headquarters said enemy forces were conducting a delaying withdrawal toward the Thailand frontier as British and Empire troops pressed east of Toungoo for several days.
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Toungo
Tounzoo-Mawehi
Southeast Asia Command
Thailand
Toungoo
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