Black Meat Area Upstate Report Alleges 5000 Square Mile Market
New York inspectors report an upstate black market of about 5 000 square miles disrupting New York City's meat supply. The eight day survey cites price control violations and poor sanitary practices at slaughterhouses and lax enforcement. The 31 page document titled Black Meat Area was sent to the joint Congressional food committee in Washington.
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New York
New York City
Upstate
LaGuardia
Joint
Congressional Food Committee
Washington
Departments of Markets,Purchase and Investigation
Corporation Counsel's
Canton
Canadian
Roxbury
Cazenovia
Amsterdam
Watertown
Rome
Utica
Norwich
Oneonta
Oneida
Carthage
Fort Plain
Cigarettes and Smiles Save 2 Marines in Jap Trap
Two U S Marines Lt George Thompson and Pfc Rufus Randall escaped a Japanese surrounded ambush on Guam aided by cigarettes and smiles. Thompson kept talking over a walkie talkie while a mass hara kiri scene unfolded. about 150 Japanese eventually surrendered as the battle unfolded.
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Guam
INL
George ‘Thompson
Dorchester
Mass
Rufus E. Randall
Augusta
Polish exile government unsure of Poland fate in London
A Polish exile spokesman in London said the Polish Army of 200000 to 250000 remains loyal but the regime's future is unsettled as Big Three recognition of the Warsaw government looms. He denied seeking sanctuary in Eire or Canada and said they would stay with the armed forces. A Foreign Office commentator said formal recognition awaited proof the Yalta plan for Poland is being carried out, including early wartime elections.
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London
Warsaw
Eire
Canada
Italy
Germany
Britain
Provisional Government of National Unity
Poand
Wartorn
Weather Forecast With Thunderstorms and Cooler Temperatures
Scattered thunderstorms and warm conditions continue tonight. Saturday turns partly cloudy and cooler with a high around 88 and a low near 56. Regional readings show varied highs from 39 to 93 and lows from 45 to 81 across major cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Oklahoma City.
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Friay
New York
Kansas City
Los Angeles
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
Washington
New Jervs
Truman Orders Detroit Housing Expansion
President Truman intervened in a Detroit area low cost housing dispute. In a letter to John Blandford Jr the National Housing Administrator he stated there is an acute housing shortage and that private capital will not provide the needed housing.
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Detroit CP
Truman
Detroit
Johnb. Blandford, Jr
Australia to Demobilize 64000 AAF Members by September
Australia will release 64 000 members of the Royal Australian Air Force by September under demobilization plans. The group includes surplus air crew trainees former prisoners of war and men with Hong service records. Releases will be gradual to avoid disrupting operations.
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Canberra
Australian Army Air Force
Mighty 7th Sets New War Loan High Record
The Smash Japan seventh War Loan reached 21.639 billion dollars, surpassing the prior 21.621 billion from the sixth loan. End date is near, with May 14 marking seven weeks since launch after Germany's defeat. Individual subscriptions near 6.91 billion. E bonds at 3.07 billion, and corporate sales at 14.73 billion. Treasury aims to fund the war largely via private subscriptions to curb idle cash and inflation.
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Germany
Treasury
Rename East River Drive for Franklin D Roosevelt Proposed
A proposal to rename New Yorks new East River Drive in honor of Franklin D Roosevelt was before Mayor LaGuardia for approval. Five dissenting council members argued the city should provide a more lasting memorial.
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New York
INS
East River Drive
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F. H. LaGuardia
Central District War Loan Totals to Date
The Central District totals show 874,500,000 in bonds sold 36535,435 toward a 20 percent quota. Onondaga County reports 38,785,000 in bonds with 6,145,185 sold and various percentages. The district includes nine counties.
Mrs Stevens Held in Sailor Death Case
Coroner Theodore Steiber reports an illicit affair may have existed between Mrs Imogene Stevens and neighbor Charles Milton preceding the death of Seaman Kovacs. He recommends criminal responsibility for Mrs Stevens. Details emerge from New Canaan court filing and local gossip.
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Stevens
Bridgeport
Conn
Pampa
Tex
J. O. Dumas
Imogene
Stex Vons
Albert
Kovacs
Theodore Steiber
Imogene Stevens
Charles Milton
Steiber
New Canaan
Milton
Food czar fight pressures price control extension
A House Republican bloc seeks to restore broad food powers to the agriculture secretary by rejecting Senate approved compromise and reinstating the House version. The move centers on mandating secretary approval before government food orders take effect, opposing the Senate plan.
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Washington GP
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Churchill Returns From 1000-Mile Campaign Tour
Prime Minister Churchill returned to London with Mrs Churchill after a 1000 mile election tour of England and Scotland during which he delivered 30 speeches. He appeared fit but tired.
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London
Churchill
England
Scotland
Senators Pulled From Bed For Senate Adjournment
The sergeant at arms rousted missing Senators from bed to force them to attend the Senate session and vote to adjourn. By 5 PM the joint body was peaceful as Senator James M. Tunnell sat in the back reading a colored comic section while Senator Theodore G. Bilbo persisted in a prolonged statement he described as not a filibuster.
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Frederick Co. Othman Washington
Capitol
Senate
James M. Tunnell
Delaware
War Casualties and Missing Soldiers From Syracuse
A terse district notice lists casualties including Sgt Richard Posner and Corp Louis V Dombrigei with addresses in Syracuse. Missing soldier Dombrieg is cited, with continuation on page 12. Full stories appear in later columns.
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Syracuse
Dombrogei,corp
Louis V
Hunter
Truman Puts Peace Choice Up to Senate
President Truman challenged the Senate to ratify the United Nations Charter and a world court as essential for world peace. He spoke during a Kansas City homecoming ceremony after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Kansas City law school. He planned a late afternoon meeting with former Kansas Governor Alf Landon.
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Kansas City
Truman
Senate
United States
University of Kansas City Law School
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Senator Vandenberg backs United Nations Charter as peace tool
Senator Vandenberg urged acceptance of the United Nations Charter, calling it a rare experiment and a path to world peace. He praised the San Francisco Conference for creating an international organization and urged support amid discussions of World Security Council authority and ratification limits.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
San Francisco
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
Jothers
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Inside Page Highlights and Columns
A look at the inside pages features including am usements, diaries, and classifieds. It lists sections such as Deaths, Editorials by David Lawrence and Paul Mallon, Inquiring Reporter Mery Haworth, Men in Service, Rationing Calendar, Social News, and Sports. The page ties together columns and notes from Walter Winchell and a horoscope feature on today’s page.
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Brady
David Lawrence Paul Mallon
Constantine Brown
Mery Haworth
Lorne
Superforts Hit Kyushu Bases in Major Incendiary Raids
American B 29s blasted four southern Japanese cities including Sasebo as part of a large scale air offensive. Reports say 27 Japanese vessels sunk or damaged while China based bombers disrupted transport. Targets listed include Sasebo Moji Nobeoka Okayama and Shimonoseki with fires ignited across the peninsula.
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Associated Press
Japan
Tokyo
Manchuria
Radio Tokyo
U. S
Liuchow
China
Okinawa
Kyushu
Nippon
Sasebo
21St Bomber Command
Moji
Wrushu Island
Honshu
Nobeoka
Kanoya
Shimonoseki
Boy Keeps Up Vigil For Dog Missing In Portland
In Portland Oregon a three year old boy Johnny Palmore mourns his lost dog Binzo. A big black cat joined the boy in a three day no food vigil on the front stoop. The cat has resumed meals but Johnny ate little soup and kept bones in a toy box for Binzo while his father searches for the missing dog.
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Portland
Ore
Johnny Palmore
Johnny
A. J. Palmore
Binzo
Bingo
Japs Fear North Invasion As Aleutian Troops Move
Tokyo said American parachute and mountain troops are moved into the Aleutians and that the United States may attack Japan from the north as well as the south. Tokyo warned of American air, sea and possible land preparations and of evacuations in Japanese cities.
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Guam
Yushiro Wada
Xenes Ando
London
France
13Th Armored
Jacques le Clerc
Radio Tokyo
Japan
Agattu
Attu
Hiska
Tokyo
Aleutians
Kuriles
500 Burma Japs Slain in Burma Crossing
Southeast Asia Command stated about 500 Japanese were wiped out in southern Burma while attempting to cross the Sittang River on rafts. Most rafts were sunk and only a few unarmed Japanese reached the east bank.
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Calcuttag
Southeast Asia Command
Burma
Sittang River
Sweden's surface prosperity masks Red Menace unrest
Stockholm reports show Sweden as prosperous with modern schools hotels and shopping while beneath the veneer lies political uncertainty driven by a growing Red menace. The nation grapples with its wartime neutrality and memories of allowing German troops to cross into Norway as moral questions linger.
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Sweden
Norway
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