Resignation of Stettinius Sparks Cabinet Change Speculation
Kansas City report notes President Truman faces questions over Ed Stettinius's replacement as Secretary of State. Truman, returning home for a brief celebration, plans a Berlin trip and a Big Three meeting to shape a lasting postwar peace. He avoids directly denying cabinet shakeups while acknowledging Byrnes as a possible successor.
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Kansas City
Edward R. Stettinius
Harry S. Truman
Hometalks
Berlin
James F. Byrnes
Sec
Connally Urges Senate To Ratify UN Charter For Peace
Texas Democrat Tom Connally, chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, urged swift ratification of the United Nations Charter in the Senate. He said the world charter for peace is knocking at the Senate doors and pledged to push the measure despite long San Francisco Conference deliberations.
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Washington
Tom Connally
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
Defy Order To Open Locker Clouds OPA Inspection
In Popular Bluff Missouri a federal court order directs Busby Frozen Food Bank to allow OPA inspectors to view 40 lockers and a chilling room, while city health engineer Claude Murray vows to enforce local food handler rules and deny entry without a court restraining order. The confrontation centers on state and city laws versus federal inspection authority, with the court order issued in St. Louis and enforcement led by OPA attorney George Robertson.
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Popular Bluff
OPA
Claude E. Murray
Murray
St. Louis
Rubey MM. Hulen
Lowrie T. Busby
Ivan
Busby
George L. Robertson
Robert C. Hyde
Police Club Wins Funds From Chest
The Junior Police Club of Hagerstown gains probationary entrance to the Washington County Community Chest effective July 1. It will draw operating funds from chest contributions while a full time director leads the reorganized club based near the YMCA, open every evening.
State Department Shakeup Seen If Byrnes Appointed
Washington dispatch signals a Byrnes appointment as secretary could trigger a broad cabinet and department overhaul. Most assistant secretaries may depart, with Clayton likely to remain in economic affairs and Grew possibly moved elsewhere. Rockefeller, MacLeish, Dunn, Acheson, and Holmes would be among those reassigned or replaced as the State Department reorganizes.
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Washington
Truman
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Stettinius
State Department
William L. Clayton
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Archibald MacLeish
Congress
James C. Dunn
Dean Acheson
Julius C. Holmes
Gen Clark Named U S Occupation Chief In Austria
General Mark W. Clark appointed chief of United States Occupation Forces in Austria. He becomes the supreme American authority on military government and political issues in the U S zone. Austria to be divided into four zones like Germany. Vienna to follow Berlin’s pattern.
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Washington
Mark W. Clark
United States
Austria
Patterson
Clark
15Th Army Group
Germany
Vienna
Berlin
Small Employers Fail To File Unemployment Tax Returns
Robert F. Taylor, senior field adviser for the state unemployment compensation board in Baltimore, says many area small employers have not filed unemployment tax returns under the new rules. Beginning January 1, the minimum rose to one or more workers from four, and doctors, dentists, gas stations among others are now in the small-employer group. He notes there are ten times as many one or two employee firms as four-or-more firms.
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State Unemployment Compensation Board
Robert F. Taylor
Baltimore
Taylor
Maryland
Williamsport
Valuable Rings Reported Stolen in Greencastle
Local authorities led by Chief Oscar Ambrose asked to check pawnshops for two diamond rings stolen recently in Greencastle. One ring is a 3.33 karat man's piece and the other about three karats for a lady. Value reported over $6000.
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Oscar Ambrose
Greencastle
Divorce Suit Filed By Herbert Erdman Shatzer
Herbert Erdman Shatzer through attorney C J Hartle filed for divorce from Mary Anna Shatzer in court today. It is the 27th divorce suit of the month in the county court.
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Herbert Erdman Shatzer
C. J. Hartle
Mary Anna Shatzer
Towson Meat Lockers Under OPA Probe Maryland
The Maryland Office of Price Administration expanded its probe of frozen meat lockers to Towson as part of a drive to determine how much of about 750000 pounds of state stored meat violated OPA rules. Deputy district attorney Alan H Murrell said evidence shows meat removed since the Ellicott City inquiry began.
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Associated Press
Maryland Office of Price Administration
Towson
Maryland
OPA
Alan H. Murrell
Ellicott City
Murrell
Baltimore
Missouri bill would place children over dogs in housing
Jefferson City June 28 A bill to encourage raising children rather than dogs was introduced in the Missouri Senate by Sen H R Williams of Cassville Republican floor leader. The measure would revoke landlords licenses if they barred children while permitting dogs on the premises and allows any child to sue for 5000 dollars in damages if parents prove a dog had priority over the child.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
H .R. Williams
Cassville
DA Koontz Loses District Attorney Pin in Shrine Ceremonial
Paul A. Koontz district attorney of Bedford County Pennsylvania reported losing his small gold district attorney pin during a Shrine Ceremonial in town on Monday. He asked that the pin be forwarded to him if found as it would be of no use to anyone else.
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Paul A. Koontz
Bedford County
Triple Alliance Members Wed. Seven-Child Plantations Unite
In 1925 James G C Davis wed Clara Player in Columbia South Carolina. His brothers F Dewey Davis and Duncan H Davis married Clara’s sisters Bertha and Ethel. The three couples then moved to Salt Lake City and each started a family of seven children. Each brother is equally older than his wife and each couple’s first child was a son named after its father.
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Salt Lake City
James GC. Davis
Clara Player
Columbia
F. Dewey Davis
Duncan H. Davis
Bertha
Ethel Player
OPA Boosts Ration Values for Oleo and Canned Fish
The OPA announced July ration values will rise by about five percent. Margarine will cost 14 points a pound, canned fish up two to three points, while cheese values drop from two to four points. Butter and all canned fruits and vegetables keep current values, meat supply rises slightly but most cuts maintain points to aid distribution. seven fatty pork cuts increase one to two points per pound.
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Washington
OPA
West
Groundhog Shot From a Tree Roost Discovered
Earl Zeigler saw a groundhog perched about 15 feet up a tree near the Baltimore & Ohio line while en route to Coachman store with his dog. Neighbor John Chaney, mistaking it for an opossum, fired once, knocking the animal from the limb.
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Earl Zeigler
Baltimore & Ohio Security
Earl
Stote
Opossum
John Chaney
Chaney
Zeigier
Norwegians to Observe July 4 with U S Gratitude Parade
In Oslo on June 28 Norwegians announce a Fourth of July holiday to honor the United States role in liberating Norway from Germany. American troops in Oslo plan a parade baseball game and a dance as celebrations.
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Oslo
United States
Ceilings On Peaches And Apples Sold Here
Peaches sold at retail were placed under price ceilings today in Hagerstown by the OPA. The ceiling is 17 cents per pound. Ceiling prices within 12 miles of Public Square include Transparent apples 14 cents per pound sweet cherries 43.5 cents per pound strawberries 62 cents per 2 ounce quart apricots 23 cents per pound.
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Hagerstown
OPA
Six Islands Taken With Single Shot
American negro troops landed on six islands in the Northern Marianas and secured them with a single pistol shot in a reconnaissance operation. Two platoons supported by guides and captives found no Japanese garrison, with a destroyer escort and two landing craft providing naval support. One Japanese fighter surrendered after the shot. no other bullets were fired.
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Marianas
Pacific Fleet
Japan
Booby Trap kills former grid player in Germany
Jack M. Crites, a former Allegany County High School football player and Allegany High graduate of 1942, was killed near Essen Germany when a booby trap exploded at a Ruhr River power plant while he helped clear a log obstacle. The incident occurred about a month after VE Day.
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Jack M. Crites
Allegany County
Ruhr
Essen
Germany
Allegany High
Cumberland
Lieut Chassee Killed In Action In Okinawa
Lieut James A Chassee 22 nephew of State's Attorney Martin L Ingram was killed on Okinawa after serving with the Marine Corps. A Des Moines Iowa native, Drake University graduate, he trained at Quantico and married before departure. He is survived by his wife, parents two brothers and a sister.
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James A. Chassee
Martin L. Ingram
Okinawa
Chassee
Marine Corps
Dempster Chassee
Des Moines
Iowa
Hulda Ingram
Drake University
Quantico
South Pacific
POW Caught With Weakened Identity After License Eaten
In Green Bay on June 28 Norbert Rasmussen a former prisoner of war from Germany offered a novel excuse to police for not producing his driver's license He said he ate the license to conceal his identity when captured December 14 Rasmussen faces possible charges as officers note the absurdity of the claim highlighting the clash between wartime experiences and postwar civilian law
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Green Bay
Wis
Norbert Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Germany
Dress making from feed sacks gains demand in rural areas
The article notes feed bags of cotton print designs become dress materials due to material shortages. Farmers wives and county homemaker groups adopt the fad, with demonstrations on cutting patterns and cost estimates around $11 per dress.
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Notton
Stickell’s
Glassworkers Face Showdown
Washington dispatch reports CIO Glassworkers' leaders asked by the War Labor Board to explain why a back-to-work order was defied by 16,000 striking members in ten glass plants. The board cited 18,000 workers involved. incidents began June 15 at Creighton Tarentum Pa and expanded to Ford City Pa Ottawa Ill with strikes in Mt Vernon and Toledo Ohio Clarksburg Charleston W V Henrietta Okla Shreveport La and Festus Mo.
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Washington
CIO
War Labor Board
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Libbey-Owens- Ford Glass Co
WLB
Creighton
Mt. Vernon
Toledo
Ohio
Clarksburg
Charleston
W. Va
Henrietta
Okla
Shreveport
Festus, Mo
4-F Key Workers May Be Deferred
War industries may defer 4-F workers in key positions by filing 42 forms with Selective Service and obtaining certification from the federal agency for whom they produce essential war materials. The provision covers 4-F workers who have been re examined and passed physicals.
Bloomington police chief helps GI triumph with flowers
Police Chief S Clyde Hibens plays Daniel Cupid for a foreign service member. A year ago he bought a birthday bouquet for the soldier's girlfriend at the soldier's request and delivered it in person since no one else in the city could. He repeated a similar favor recently for his only soldier friend.
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Bloomington
S. Clyde Hibbens
Daniel Cupid
Hibchens
Campaign Was One Of Most Savage Campaign
SAN FRANCISCO June 28 The Japanese boasted of special death by own action weapons prepared for invasion in volumes rivaling European war tank and gun totals. Domei quoted a correspondent describing bases across Japan and vast youth training for such weapons. He hoped for an early enemy landing to feel the thrill and amaze the world with their devices.
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San Francisco
Domei Agency
Japan
Much Sought Vichy Himmler Seized By Allied Agents
Joseph Darnand former Vichy interior secretary and head of the French Militia was arrested near Edolo by Allied intelligence. His secretary Susanne Charaysse was seized in Milan at a rendezvous. Darnand led collaborators who hunted patriots and handed many to the Germans for punishment or execution. Three British sergeants assisted the operation in Drio province searches.
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AOMHB
Joseph Darnand
Darnand
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Edolo
Fourth Corps
Milan
Susanne Charaysse
Vichy
Drio
Warmer Weather Forecast for Kerdysville
Weather observer J A Miller predicts temperatures reaching 90 or higher this afternoon as the mercury climbs after a 30 degree rise from the night low. The Weather Bureau forecasts warmer conditions tonight and tomorrow with potential 90s.
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Kerdysville
J. A. Miller
Weather Bureau
Close Shave With U S Ath Dive Near Davao Mindanao
Set Brice Green of Raysal West Virginia survived a fierce clash with Japanese forces near Davao Mindanao on June 28. He sustained a bruised stomach and a pierced left chest through a Bible, a belt buckle, and armor plate, yet remained unharmed overall and continued fighting.
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U.S. Ath
Davaq
Mindanao
Brice Green
Raysal
W.va
Bodies of slain Allied POWs found in Bohemia
New York june 28 Prague radio said more than 2 000 Allied prisoners of war shot or starved by the Germans have been found in western Bohemia. NBC recorded the two SS men responsible are in Czech hands.
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New York
Prague Radio
Bohemia
NBC
North Luzon Victory Declares End Of Major Campaign
General MacArthur announced the completion of the North Luzon operation as American and Filipino forces freed the Cagayan valley and Manila bay. He noted 113,593 Japanese dead, thousands captured, and heavy enemy resistance despite swift advances from Lingayen Gulf to Manila. The final phase involved a joint U S 37th Infantry and 13th Airborne Division action in the Cagayan valley ending the campaign.
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Manila
Luzon
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Cagayan
Lingayan
Bataan
Manila Bay
Corregidor
U. S
37Th
Chio
13Th Airborne Division
MacArthur
Task Force Wipes Out 9-Ship Jap Convoy In North Pacific Area
A North Pacific task force overwhelmed a Japanese convoy in the Sea of Okhotsk near Paramu shiro at dawn. A 9,000 ton freighter, a smaller cargo ship, and a large seagoing tug were sunk. a small cargo ship and another vessel were damaged. No American casualties or damage occurred. The Japanese losses followed Attu and Kiska, effectively driving them from the North Pacific.
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North Pacific
Adak
Aleutians
Sea of Okhotsk
Paramushiro
Attu
Kiska
Three Skunks Put Down After Noisy Offspring Incident
Three skunk cubs raised by the SPCA were euthanized after a troubled season. Their mother, a wary survivor, lived under a David Baker residence before appearing on Franklin Street. The cells captured and handed over the trio as authorities decided to end their suffering.
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SPCA
David Baker
East
Franklin Street
Wardelle McWilliams Petitions Clemency in Idaho Prison
Wardelle McWilliams, imprisoned in Idaho for burglary, petitions the State Board of Pardons for clemency claiming reform and warning that failure to grant mercy will lead to return to crime. The filing dated June 28 is reported from Boise Tolano.
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Ee Boise
Tolano
Wardelle McWilliams
Itaho
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