Willkie Silent on Plans as Delegates Weigh Platform
Willkie seeks assurances that GOP platform declarations, especially on foreign policy, will not be ignored. He favors federal authority and a middle course on federal versus state powers, advocating government by law over caprice while оставляing Washington power to lead in the world.
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Gov. Thomas &. Dewey
New York
Jonn W. Bricker
Ohio
Washington
United States
Vichy Authority in France Wanes as Resistance Grows
Advices from Spain say Vichy control in southern France collapses except near German protection while French Undergrounds disrupt enemy garrisons. German threats rise with Rundstedt declaring executions for captured resisters. De Gaulle spokesmen visit Bayeux as resistance claims Toulouse Limoges Tarbes. Toulouse holds strong German garrison.
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Guerrllas
New York and Texas To Lead Postwar Highway Funds
Washington reports that under a revised $1.5 billion highway bill, New York would receive about $30.2 million annually and Texas about $29.5 million. The plan weights population, area, and mileage for funding and requires 400 percent matching in year one and 650 percent thereafter. Georgia and Alabama also rank high in allocations.
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New York
Texas
House Roads Committee
Robinson
Utah
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Alabama
Medical association head urges lower cost medicine
Dr. James E. Paullin of Atlanta urges AMA delegates to push broader access to affordable care. He suggests federal subsidies for compulsory sickness insurance and possible aid for voluntary plans to curb rising hospital and medical costs. About 40 million Americans currently have some form of voluntary prepaid protection.
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James E. Paullin
Atlanta
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
Heifetz Tours to Entertain Troops Not Be Lionized
Violinist Jascha Heifetz says his tour of battle areas is to entertain troops, not gain praise. After a Red Cross theater concert for enlisted men, he declined two formal invitations and spent two hours at a canteen chatting with G. T s about music before heading to Italy.
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Algiers
Jascha Heifetz
Red Cross
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Army
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Italy
Tito announces liquidation of enemy strongholds
London June 12 AP Tito said Yugoslav partisans liquidated enemy strongholds along the Tuzla Zvor my line about 80 miles southwest of Belgrade. The communique cited batteries shelling Koraj Celhi near Tuzla and a captured stronghold in Majevica northwest of Zvirnik Tobut with ammunition. Fighting continued in western Bosnia and Glamoc was being withdrawn from.
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Marshal Tito
Tuzla-Zvormy
Belgrade
Koraj
Celhi
Tuzla
Majevica
Zvirnik-Tobut
Bosnia
Glamoc
Split
Odd Lot Shoes to be Sold Ration Free in July
The Office of Price Administration announced a national odd lot sale of about seven million pairs ration free from July 10 to July 29. Shoes must cost at least 25 percent less than their June 1 price, and apply to men and women sizes. not including children, misses, or little boys. Less than 1.5 percent of 1944 shoe supply is in the sale. The Liberty Bell was cracked on July 8, 1835.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Washington mid-summer meet eyes three powers for peace plan
Washington reports a proposed mid summer meeting among American British Russian and Chinese representatives to discuss forming an International Security Organization. Britain and China are said ready to discuss Moscow Pact implementation while Russia delays final acceptance.
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Washington
State Department
Britain
China
Andrei A. Gromyko
Moscow
Germany
One Minute Earthquake Shakes Los Angeles Area
A distinct one second quake disturbed Los Angeles at 4 17 P M Pacific War Time today with a prior sharp shock felt in Laguna Beach, Pasadena and much of Los Angeles County. Santa Barbara and Montrose reported no shaking. Malibu deputies linked a coast highway landslide earlier to the quake.
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Laguna Beach
Pasadena
Los Angeles County
Santa Barbara
Montrose
Malibu
Changsha Encirclement Reported By Chinese High Command
Chungking June 12 The Chinese high command said Changsha was encircled while Japanese forces attacked Hunan province from all directions. Invaders reached six miles from the Canton Kow railway city but failed to cross the Liuyang river directly to the east.
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Changsha
Canton-Hankow
Liuyang River
Hull Returns To Work After Ten Day Rest
Secretary of State Hull resumed duties in Washington after a ten day rest in Hershey Pennsylvania. He met with visiting Polish Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk as one of his first acts back at the office.
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Hull
Washington
Hershey
Stanislaw, Mikolajczyk
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