Spain barred from world conference over Franco regime
United States and 45 nations declare Franco Spain cannot join the United Nations. Mexico's Luis Quintanilla led a sharp attack on Franco with quotes of pro Hitler messages, while delegates from France Ukraine White Russia and others urged exclusion. No supporter voiced praise for Franco in San Francisco.
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J. W. Davis
San Francisco
United States
Spain
World League
Generalissimo Franco
Madrid
Conference Commission
New World Organization
Luis Quintanilla
Mexico
Franco
Hitler
Mussolini
France
Belgium
Ukraine
Russia
Australia
Uruguay
Chile
Guatemala
James C. Dunn
Dunn
United Nations
Joseph Paul- Bouncour
Italy
Society of Nations
Alexander Palladin
Francisco Franco
Conference aims to hear Truman in Frisco Saturday
Conference leaders push to finish UN talks before Truman visits Frisco on Saturday as debates over general assembly powers loom. Delegates seek a security council veto framework and trusteeship provisions while Franco Spain faces exclusion. Coordination committee races to finalize a charter by Friday.
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Truman
Frisco
United States
Franco Franco
Mexico
France
Commission
Security Council
League of Nations
Pacific Islands
Coordination Committee
General Assembly
George Suggests Facility to Be Named for FDR
Senator Walter F George proposes naming a proposed New York veterans facility as Franklin Delano Roosevelt Hospital. President Truman authorized the VA to acquire 383 acres at Cruger's Park Peekskill NY for a neuropsychiatric hospital with 1492 beds to serve the NYC metropolitan area.
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Washington
Walter F. George
Dga
New York State
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Hospital
Truman
Veterans Administration
Cruger’s Park
Peekskill
N. Y
New York City
Okinawa Breaks Japanese Line as Marines Reach Southern Coast
The Japanese line in southern Okinawa cracked, Marines seized a 700 yard coastal strip, and mass surrenders began as civilians fled the front. Lt Col Robb reported Japs folding fast while Col Shapley’s units advanced toward Kyama Gusuku ridge and the coast amid heat and exhaustion from the march.
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Vern Haugland
Okinawa
William G. Robb
Nampa
Idaho
Itoman
Alan Shapley
South Detroit
Mich
George B. Bell
Santa Barbara
Calif
Kiyama-Gusuku
Shapley
Oroku Peninsula
Government urges idle laborers to return to work across the nation
President Truman, backed by the War Labor Board and Office of Defense Transportation, urged more than 20,000 essential workers to resume jobs amid widespread labor disputes. Meanwhile 138,900 workers in four states threatened to strike, hitting transportation hubs in the east, south, and midwest as the WLB acted to end five strikes and Army seizure occurred at a Chicago war plant.
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Truman
War Labor Board
Office of Defense Transportation
Midwest
WLB
Chicago
Tomatoes Shipped From Pelham Market Reach 85 600 Bushels
Pelham Georgia June 20 AP Approximately 85 000 bushels of tomatoes have been sold through the farmers state market here yielding about 350 000 dollars C D Harrison manager of the state market announced.
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Pelham
C. D. Harrison
Petain and Blum Recite French Vichy Troubles
Paris June 20 AP former Premier Leon Blum testified before a high court commission on Marshal Petain's trial. He described July 1940 as a near panic under Vichy with reports Weygand planned to march on Paris with French troops and said terrorist groups and fear spread in Vichy. He said he was stupefied before France fell.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Maxime Weygand
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Blum
France
Georgia and Northwest Florida Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in southeast Georgia today. Warmer in the northwest. Tonight and Thursday mostly partly cloudy with little temperature change. In extreme northwest Florida partly cloudy today through Thursday with gentle coastal winds.
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Georgia
Florida
3,000 Ton Fire Bombs Dumped On Jap Cities
The 450 B 29 Superfortresses dropped 3000 tons of incendiaries on Toyohashi Fukuoka and Shizuoka, causing widespread fires and claiming the cities as targets in the firebombing campaign. Radio Tokyo reported fires uncontrollable for hours and ongoing aerial operations along Honshu and Kyushu.
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Guam
Shizuoka
Tokyo
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Toyohashi
Honshu
Fukuoka
Kyushu
Toyorashi
Radio Tokyo
Kanmon Strait
Omuta
Kyuchu
Stetttinius glad of succession plans of pres Truman
Friends of Secretary of State Stettinius react to President Truman's proposal to reorder presidential line of succession. Some see it as protecting Stettinius in cabinet, others view it as preemptive move to avoid future obstacles if he were dismissed. Delegates see it as reducing political criticism of future state department decisions.
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Stettinius Glad
Pres. Truman
San Francisco
Stettinius
Truman
Congress
House
White House
Succession to Presidency Before Congress Debate
Washington notes move toward early congressional action on presidential succession to a Truman successor. Senator Bridges and Rep Sumners push bills paralleling the president's recommendation as Truman travels to Berlin.
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Washington
Congress
House
Rayburn
D‘lex
Truman
White House
Berlin
Bridges
R-Nh
Sumners
Dtex
House Judiciary Committee
Enly
Germany
Judiciary Committee
Representative Monroney
D - Okla
Representative Kefauver
D-Tenn
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
Rain follows prayer for five days at Metter
Metter Georgia June 30 AP Following a community prayer service June 12 rain fell on Candler county fields on five of the next seven days reports R C Daniels a tobacco grower and local publisher He said the first rain came Tuesday June 12 after the community prayed at the Primitive Baptist Church Additional showers followed on Wednesday Friday Sunday and Monday damaging tobacco and corn before the rains then aided a remarkable recovery of the tobacco crop
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Metter
Candler
R. C. Daniels
Daniels
Primitive Baptist Church
Okinawa Clash Erupts as Japanese Troops Jump From Cliffs
U S officers report heavy fighting on Okinawa with seven pockets of Japanese resistance. American units advance toward Mabuni amid cliff leaps by enemy troops and mass surrenders totaling hundreds. Civilians flee as mop up continues and lines push toward southern tip.
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Saipan
Marpi Point
Leif Erickson
Guam
Seventh Division
Mabuni
Okinawa
Komesu
Chester W. Nimitz
Bamuni-Udo
New Senate Bill Seeks Compulsory Arbitration to End Industrial Strife
A proposed broad labor relations bill from Senators Hatch Ball and Bruton would create a federal labor relations board and an unfair labor practices tribunal to replace subject to arbitration all labor disputes that threaten public hardships. It would require mediation or arbitration after failed peaceful procedures and reserves the right to strike, noting railroads offer a precedent for reduced strikes. Continuous coverage continues on page 4.
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Senate
Hatch
D-Nm
Ball
R-Minn
Bruton
R - Ohio
Federal Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Relations Board
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