Senator Connally Seeks Rapid U.N. Charter Ratification
Sen. Tom Connally urged speedy ratification of the United Nations charter in the Senate. The Texas Democrat, chair of the foreign relations committee, argued early action would spur other nations and that U.S. entry is essential to world peace. He predicted at most 10 senators might oppose.
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Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
Senate
United Nations Organization For Peace and Security
United States
Connally
Associated Press
Afton Man to Receive Navy Commission
Max C. Robinson 24 seaman first class USNR son of Carl Robinson of Afton Wyoming has been transferred to the Atlantic fleet naval training station in Newport Rhode Island. A Wyoming high school and University of Wyoming graduate he worked as a bank teller before entering the navy and also served as Boy Scout master. His sister Pvt Kay Robinson serves with the army air forces at Sheppard Field Texas.
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Max C. Robinson
USNR
Carl Robinson
Afton
Wyo
Naval Training Station
Newport
Rhode Island
Robinson
Star Valley High School
University of Wyoming At
Laramie
Star Valley State Bank
Navy
Pvt
Kay Robinson
Army Air Forces
Sheppard Field
Tex
Delegation Attends Dedication of Montpelier Airfield
A Pocatello delegation led by A A Bennett state aeronautical director traveled to Montpelier on Wednesday for the dedication of the new airfield. Mayor C D Moore R Baum and Mr and Mrs B E Brady also attended. Planes from Hill Field Ogden and Gowen Field Boise took part in the program.
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Pocatello
Montpelier
A. A. Bennett
C. D. Moore
R. Baum
Chamber of Commerce Aeronautical Committee
8. E. Brady
Hill Field
Ogden
Gowen Field
Boise
AP to Seek Rehearing in Antitrust Case
AP announces it will file a petition for rehearing with the Supreme Court on or before September 1. The move follows the court’s affirmation of a lower court verdict that AP by laws violated the Sherman act and must be amended to remove competitive effects in member admission considerations.
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New York
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Board of Directors
Pocatello Twins Promoted to Air Force Captains
Twin brothers Ralph J. and Boyd F. Henderson, of Pocatello Idaho, have been promoted to captains in the Ninth Air Force Medium Bomber Group. Both served together since 1941 entering the service, transferred to the air force in 1944, and have been overseas 29 months. Boyd earned the Purple Heart and Bronze Star with five battle stars and a Distinguished Unit badge.
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Ninth Air Force
Ralph J. Henderson
Boyd FP. Henderson
17Th
A.A.F
Tokyo
James H. Doolittle
Ralph Henderson
432Nd
Boyd Henderson
Pocatello High School
University of Idaho At
Pocatello
Idaho
Army
Camp Kilmer
New Bruswick
N. J
Africa
el Guetar
Ethel ©. Henderson
Kent Boyd Henderson
Wilson Avenue
Cotant Truck Line, Inc
Lena R. Henderson
East Maple
State Highway Department of Idaho
Air Force
Chiang predicts allied strike may crush Japan within year
Chiang Kai Shek said allies prepare to strike Japan and if Americans land home islands and triumph, China can push Japanese forces on the Asiatic mainland. He praised Lt Gen Wede Meyer and Maj Gen Hurley for cooperation and warned economic needs could slow military gains. He predicted Japan could fall within a year with full Chinese use.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
China
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Patrick J. Hurley
U. S
Chiang
Germany
Navy blimp pilot wounded by ground fire near Santa Ana
A small caliber bullet fired from the ground hit a Navy blimp over the Santa Ana river bed, injuring Lt. Willisford Bennett Day of Laguna Beach in the left leg. Day landed safely at Santa Ana naval air station and was treated at Long Beach naval hospital as investigators pursue the shooter.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Naval Intelligence
F.B.I
Orange County
Santa Ana River
Willisford Bennett Day
Laguna Beach
Day
Santa Ana Naval Air Station
Long Beach Naval Hospital
11Th Naval District
War Food Administration halts potato shipments to Europe
The War Food Administration abandons further potato shipments to Europe due to shipping difficulties and spoilage risk. Ralph M. Woodside, chief of procurement for the southern region CCC, says potatoes are scarce at home and cannot be risked, though Europe’s need is acute. Washington officials note Belgium had lent potatoes to the American army this spring to be repaid.
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Norfolk
War Food Administration
Europe
WFA
Ralph M. Woodside
Southern Region
Commodity Credit Corporation
Office of Supply
Washington
Belgium
Near Miss With U S 24th Division Near Davao
Brice Green of Raysal West Virginia survived a close hit near Davao Mindanao after a furious engagement with Japanese forces. An enemy bullet struck his chest pocket piercing a billfold and splitting a Bible before grazing his stomach and severing a belt buckle.
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U. S
Davao
Mindanao
Brice Green
Raysal
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