Soviet Threat Opens Old Debate On Charter Veto Powers
At the United Nations conference in San Francisco Russia renewed demand to limit general assembly powers and preserve the big five veto. A committee backed a Belgian plan making future charter amendments require ratification by two thirds including the permanent five, while a one third bloc could block any amendment. Russia’s move drew support from Britain and the United States as Australia warned it would revisit veto questions if Moscow pushes back on broad assembly authority.
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San Francisco
United Nations
Russia
Moscow
General Assembly
United Nations League
World Organization
Security Council
Australia
Power & Committee
Victor Andrade
Bolivia
Assembly
Planes Strike Jap Shipping North of Okinawa
Fleet headquarters reported heavy land based and carrier air strikes north of Okinawa in the Amami islands area. U S air forces bombed airfields barracks radio stations and harbor facilities while pilots sank and damaged multiple vessels in Japanese coastal waters near Honshu Kyushu and the Yellow Sea.
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Guam
Okinawa
Amami Group
Ryukyus
Fleet Headquarters
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Tactical Air Force
Adm
William F. Halsey
U.S. Third Fleet
Kyushu
Honshu
Korea
Yellow Sea
Asiatic
Fleet Airwing
Tokyo Bay
Fourth
Marine Aircraft Wing
Shikoku
System Obsolete Says GE Rep at NW Public Power Meet
George Boring of Chicago General Electric told the North West Public Power association directors that 90 percent of street lighting systems are obsolete. He noted Seattle plans a 2 million dollar spend on street lights and suggested future highway lighting could use energy from the Ule and Grand Coulee projects.
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Spokane
George Boring
Chicago
General Electric Company
North West Public Power Association
Diectors
Boring
Seattle
Ule
Grand Coulee
E Bonds Rise as War Loan Reach 65 Percent of Goal
The nation's E-bond investment in the war loan rose to 65 percent of the 4 billion dollar goal by Saturday. Treasury officials reported E-bond sales at 2.597 billion dollars and total individual purchases, including E-bonds, at 4.691 billion dollars or 81.3 percent of the 7 billion dollar goal. The campaign runs through June with corporation sales still to be reported.
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Washington
Treasury War Finance
Bills Provide Definite Line Of Succession
Washington lawmakers consider Kefauver and Monroney proposals to clarify presidential succession. If both president and vice president are unable to serve, Kefauver would place secretary of state next, then cabinet officers. Monroney would elevate the speaker of the house, with quick resignations to align with a new president. The plans aim to end current Cabinet- based uncertainty.
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Washington
Truman
Edward R. Stettinius
White House
Berlin
Stettinius
Congress
House
Kefauver
Tennessee
Secretary of State
Treasury
War
Navy
Interior
Agriculture
Commerce
Labor
House of Representatives
Rep
Monroney
D.-Okla
Senate
Granger Urges Stronger Idaho Temperance Program
The Idaho Granger reports 1944 state spending on beer and liquor at about 18 million dollars. It notes alcohol consumption rising from 4.49 to 6.24 million gallons since 1939 and state liquor sales increasing to 8.68 million dollars, urging cleaner living and stronger temperance efforts.
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Boise
Idaho Granger
State Grange
Groceries Lure Pal Dog Romance Case
A Washington government employee claims his dog Pal is being fed and courted by a grocer's dog. He seeks $500 damages and a warrant for arrest, but Assistant U S Attorney says there are no usable precedents to act.
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Washington
Pal
U. 8
Jack Diamond
World War II era multiple briefings and incidents summary
A French mob attacked a train of Spanish civilians near the Asiatic coast causing reported deaths and injuries. In Washington the War Production Board allows gold mining to resume on July 1. UNRA relief will send 14 500 tractors to liberated Europe to boost fall planting. Oil and lard price boosts take effect. United Mine Workers receive wage increases while coal consumers face higher costs. In China Chinese troops press three fronts toward Liuchow Liuchow and Wenchow endure renewed assaults.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Weather report for Pocatello area June 16
Weather data from the Weather Bureau at Pocatello Municipal Airport for the 24 hour period ending 6 pm June 16 shows high 71, low 33, mean 52, normal 62. Monthly departure 124 to date, high year ago 66, low year ago 45. No precipitation, total this month 97, normal 0.70. Sunset 9:11, sunrise 5:50. Forecast: clear and somewhat warmer. Nearby stations report highs and lows as well.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Pocatello
Truman Speaks on Homecoming Tour From Independence
President Truman plans a 7 p.m. homecoming address June 27 at his Independence Missouri residence. A major San Francisco world security conference speech is slated for June 23 with a Mackinac Island governors conference possible on July 3, depending on Washington conditions.
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Washington
Truman
Independence
San Francisco
Mackinac Island
Mich
Charles G. Ross
White House
Kansas City
Air power redeploys: US mediums reach Philippines for Japan drive
Tokyo reports say American medium bombers are moving from Europe to the Philippines for redeployment against Japan. An aerial picket line stretches from Shanghai to Singapore, with Okinawa based raids and overlap with MacArthur's forces. British air crews may follow as up to 40 percent of RAF personnel join the Pacific campaign.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Tokyo
Europe
Philippines
Japan
Atlantic
Pacific
Shanghai
Singapore
Gen. MacArthur
Formosa
Indo-China
Borneo
MacArthur
Okinawa
Asiatic
China
London
Royal Air Force
Ickes Slated To Get Gate
The Post Dispatch reports Harold L. Ickes will resign as interior secretary within weeks. James F. Byrnes to be appointed secretary of state, with Ickes possibly writing a syndicated column after leaving government.
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Ickes
ST. Louis
Harold L. Ickes
Post-Dispatch
Edward A. Harris
Washington
The
White House
James F. Byrnes
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Generals and Admirals Urge Peacetime Draft Legislation
A starstudded panel led by Navy Secretary Forrestal urged Congress to back peacetime universal military training. Generals including Marshall and King warned war could persist, advocating a large standing force or universal training to secure future defense.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
Armed Services
House
A. A. Vandegrift
Aubrey W. Pitch
Naval Operations
Randall Jacobs
Naval Personnel
Amami and Okinawa Battles Signal Widening War Moves
Allied naval and air forces pounded Amami and Truk as U S and Japanese units clash across the Pacific. In Burma and China campaigns, American and Chinese troops push Japanese positions while warnings of homeland invasion grow louder from Tokyo radio.
Boy Testifies In Idaho Murder Trial
A 13 year old boy testified how he entered a locked Idaho apartment through a chicken yard door and found Clyde Morerow and Mabel Meaden dead in a blood stained bed room. The defendant George Cammack 60 faces murder charges as creditors and witnesses recount the events surrounding the June 1943 killings.
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Grangeville
Clyde Morerow
Mabel Mearewn
Jimmy Benedict
Deeense
Jimmy
Attoreney
George Cammack
Cammack
Meade
Jones
War at a Glance Across The War Fronts
The Ryukyus: Army and marine fighters joined U S carrier planes to bombard Amami islands, 200 miles south of Japan. Okinawa’s last three strategic heights seized. Truk: British warships bombarded Truk as carrier planes hit western Carolines. Philippines: Doughboys moved north, pressing toward Cagayan valley. China: Chinese forces attacked Wenchow on the east coast. Burma: Gurkha troops, with artillery, moved toward the Thailand border east of Toungoo.
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Ray Cronin
Associated Press
U. S
Amami Islands
Japan
10Th Army
Okinawa
Tokyo
Ed Navy
Amami Group
Ryukyus
Yuza Hill
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Truk
Carolines
Balikpapan
Borneo
Philippines
Cagayan Valley
37Th
Ohio
Ipit
Echague
Douglas MacArthur
Tutong
Brunei Bay
MacArthur
Formosa
China
Kwangtung + Kiangs
Canton
Hong Kong-Hankow
Kwangsi Province
Ishpan
Liuchow
U.S
Wenchow
Burma
Toungoo
Thailand
Okinawa and Philippines Marine and Army Advances Reported
United States divisions report multiple frontline actions across Okinawa and the Philippines. First Marines held firm against artillery. Sixth Marines mopped up. Seventh Infantry advanced 500 yards seizing Hills 115 and 153. 96th Infantry seized Yuza hill as southern slopes were fought. In the Philippines the 37th Infantry seized Ipit air field in the Cagayan valley region, while the 6th moved 3000 yards west of the valley. The 33rd pushed along the Agao river gorge north of Baguio and the 24th advanced north of Davao in Mindanao.
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U. 8
Okinawa
96Th
Yuza
Philippines
Ipit
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Agao River
Baguio
Davao
Mindanao
Memorial services for Pvt Roy Shiozawa in Tyhee Utah
Memorial services for Pvt Roy Shiozawa 19 son of H Shiozawa Provo Utah will be held Sunday at 2 p m in the Tyhee LDS chapel Private Shiozawa was killed in action in Italy on April 21 1945 The Tribune had erroneously reported Tuesday services
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Pvt
Roy Shiozawa
H. Shiozawa
Provo
Utah
Tyhee
LDS
Shiozawa
Italy
Jefferson day dinner planned in Bannock hotel
The Idaho group plans a Jefferson day dinner Monday at the Bannock hotel at 7 p.m. with a program. Senator Taylor left for Washington for a reciprocal trade act vote, Governor Gossett left for Twin Falls, Lt. Gov. Williams and several lawmakers will speak or report on the 1945 legislature as musical entertainment is arranged.
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Lem
Glen H. Taylor
Charles C. Gossett
F. M. Bistline
Idaho
Bannock
Taylor
Washington, D. C
Senate
Gossett
Twin Falls
Arnold Williams
Rexburg
Roosevelt
Nellie Cline Steenson
Bannock County
Royal O. Swenson
Oneida County
George Brunt
Salmon River
Idahoan Wac veteran discharged at Fort Douglas Utah
Esther M. Lane nan of Idaho, fifth grade student, was discharged after earning 45 discharge points. The Weston Idaho native entered service in July 1943 as a teletype operator, served in Algiers and Italy, and was near a Naples bombing raid.
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Fort Douglas
Utah
Pa. Tech
Esther M. Lane Nan
Idaho
Wac
James J. Lannan
Weston
Franklin County
Miss Lannan
Algiers
Italy
Naples
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Takaoka
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Bulletins
Blue
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
Chungking
Max
Mindaho Palls
Ccccseesons
Dubois
Tees
Butte
Gaurley
Balt Lake City
Mb AE
East China Sea
Amami Isle
Boston
Agriculture Department
Portland
Maine
Commission
OPA
War Food Administration
WFA
Radio Tokyo
Tusky Island
Domei Agency
Amami Island
Boy
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