Bricker Seeks Peace Policy Without International Police Force
Ohio governor Bricker says lasting peace will rely on public will and not an international police force though he concedes postwar policing of Germany and Japan may be needed to prevent rearmament. He arrives amid Dewey draft movement and convention intrigue as Sprague predicts a Dewey nomination.
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Ohio
Germany
Japan
J. Russell Sprague
New York
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Dewey
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Resolutions Committee
United States
Montana
Wong Sun
Dewey Nomination Sparks High Level Campaign rally
Sprague and aides occupy the Stevens hotel on the 25th floor as delegates fill the venue. He implied Dewey would be nominated by someone but declined to name the delegate. Bricker aides protested Dewey supporters claiming on first ballot strength were unfounded.
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Stevens Hotel
Dewey
Bricker
British Clear All But 10 Miles of Manipur Road
Southeast Asia command report says British imperial troops have cleared all but 10 miles of the Manipur road between Kohima and Imphal. They pushed beyond Maram and Milestone 88 to Milestone 102, inflicting heavy Japanese losses and causing a hasty retreat.
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Imphal
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Maram
Bonesteel Named Chief of Western Defense Command
Maj. Gen. Hartwell Bonesteel, who led U.S. Army forces in Iceland since April 1942, is named commanding general of the Western Defense Command. He succeeds Lt. Gen. Delos C. Emmons, relieved for another assignment. Bonesteel had been commandant of the Infantry School at Fort Benning since September 1943.
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U.P
Hartwell Bonesteel
Iceland
Western Defense Command
War Department
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Bonesteel
United States
Fort Benning
Farm Supply Bill Passes With Hatch Act Safeguards
Washington release notes House approval of a $562,145,918 agriculture appropriation for the new fiscal year and a modified ban on political activity by Agriculture Department staff. The measure bars using funds for employees who violate anti politics and lobbying rules and allows dismissal of War Food Administration workers who pressured farmers to join the AAA for draft deferment or rationed goods.
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Agriculture Department
White House
Senate House Conference Committee
War Food Administration
House votes to exempt insurance from anti trust act
The House approved a measure by 283 to 54 to exempt the insurance business from the Sherman anti trust act. Lawmakers criticized the Supreme Court ruling that insurance firms are interstate commerce and thus subject to the act. Senate panel paused action until after the summer recess.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
WPB Takes Control of Nation's Lumber Supply
The War Production Board announced it will take control of all lumber on August 1 due to curtailed production from manpower and equipment shortages. The order affects all consumers, including households, as lumber stocks plummeted from 17 billion to 7 billion board feet since 1941.
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U.P
War Production Board
Armed Services
WPB
Ben Myers Goes on his 70th buying trip
Wein's Clothing merchandise manager Ben A. Myers of Butte departs for eastern markets for his 70th buying trip since 1906. He cites Father's Day and spring demand as draining stocks but notes market signals to replenish. He will visit Chicago New York St Louis Philadelphia the Twin Cities and other centers.
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Wein
Butte
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Chicago
New York
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Philadelphia
Twin Cities
Allied Amphibious Prowess Foils German Cherbourg Plans
The war analyst argues German staff misjudge amphibious war risks, failing to counter Allied landings at Cherbourg. It notes US led a southern assault via the Cotentin, with massive beach and harbor operations, while rail and road interdiction hindered German counterattacks.
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Sicily
Salerno
Anzio
Atlantic
Europe
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United States
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Mediterranean
Stimson
France
Normandy
Flames Consume Wilhelmstrasse After Berlin Raid
Swedish press reports say the entire Wilhelmstrasse, seat of the Nazi government, was left in flames by the American heavy bomber raid on Berlin. Hitler's chancellery, already damaged, was hit again and appears gutted.
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Stockholm
Wilhelmstrasse
Berlin
Hitler
War Labor Board Denies Wage Rise for Northwest Lumber Workers
The War Labor Board reaffirmed its May 17 directive denying a general wage increase for about 130,000 workers employed by 77 lumber operators in the Pacific Northwest. Labor board members dissented on the ruling.
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Washington
The
War Labor Board
Pacific Northwest
President Signs G I Measure to Aid WWII Veterans
President Roosevelt signed the GI bill of rights the larges veterans benefit plan in US history. It covers education unemployment employment services housing loans and hospital expansion with an estimated 6.5 billion dollar price tag and applies to all World War II veterans including about a million discharged already. Meanwhile in Rome Beniamino Gigli was barred from performing at an Army concert amid claims of jealousy and vows not to sing for Italians again.
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U.P
Roosevelt
Veterans Administration
Rome
Beniamino Gigli
Metropolitan Opera Company
French Deny Allied Bombing Deaths in Normandy Towns
Coastal Normandy residents deny Nazi Paris radio claims that the towns were wiped out in Allied bombardment. A Luc sur Mer wine merchant says only five residents died out of 1,200, contradicting reports of hundreds killed.
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France
Normandy
Paris
Luc sur-Mer
American airman reports naval battle in English Channel
Chicago tail gunner Robert A. Abraham said he saw two fleets clash in the English Channel Thursday night. He reported German forces may be evacuating Cherbourg troops by sea as the fleets fought fiercely and one appeared to corral the other.
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London
Channel
Cherbourg
Set
Robert A. Abraham
Chicago
Justice Department cancels western United States Attorneys conference
The Justice Department announced the cancellation of the United States Attorneys conference for western states slated for Los Angeles July 13-14. The event aimed to cooperate with the Office of Defense Transportation to cut travel by government employees. A Post-Standard classified ad promotes a furnished room and fishing reels for sale with a phone contact.
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United States Attorneys For
Western States
Los Angeles
Office of Defense Transportation
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