Truman Urges Quick Ratification of New World Peace Plan
President Truman urged rapid ratification of the United Nations charter during the San Francisco conference, telling 50 delegations that public and Senate support favors immediate action. Delegates planned a quick drive led by Connally and Vandenberg as Stettinius prepared to present witnesses before the Senate committee. The charter signing continued in Washington after Guatemala signed, with English and French texts ready and others to come.
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San Francisco
Lottx
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Truman
Washington
Independence
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Stettinius
State Department
World Organization
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ameri
United States
Red and Gold Opera House
Aftter
Guatemala
Russia
Britain
China
France
Mexico
Brazil
Saudi Arabia
Czechoslovakia
South Africa
Germany
Japan
Georgia Governor Arnall calls economic equality vital for Negro progress
Georgia Governor Arnall told Louisville reporters that economic equality is more important than social equality for African Americans. He urged equal opportunity in education income and voting, noting full equality would be gradual while stressing jobs for returning soldiers as essential to America’s opportunity.
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Georgia
Louisville
Elil Arnall
Arrall
South
Arnall
Kentucky
America
No Meat to Eat as Railroad Laborers Strike
Forty laborers building a railroad in Americus Georgia quit their jobs after their foreman failed to secure substantial food. They will not resume work until a sufficient supply of meat beans grease and other provisions can be obtained, following a breakfast of bread and grits.
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Americus, Ga
Americas
London
India
Stafford Cripps
Southern ports handle record wartime import trade
Washington reports that southern seaports are handling record import trade during wartime. The Commerce Department says 1944 imports exceed 1938 prewar levels with Florida up 385 percent, Mobile area 240 percent, Georgia ports about 200 percent, and Texas area seaports around 100 percent.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Florida
Mobile
Alabama
Georgia
Texas Customs Area
House Approves Succession Plan by Slim Margin
The House Judiciary Committee approved President Truman's succession plan by a 10 to 9 vote in executive session. The measure would place the speaker of the House next in line for the presidency if both the president and vice president are unavailable, replacing the secretary of state. Rep. Sam Rayburn, the House speaker, supported the bill written by Chairman Sumners as outlined by the president.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Truman
Congress
House
White House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Sumners
Judiciary Committee
Teumann
British troops begin march to Berlin says BBC
BBC broadcast says British troops and armor formed to start the march to Berlin to join Russians and Americans in occupying the German capital. No confirmation from other quarters. broadcast not repeated at home or overseas.
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Berlin
BBC
London
Europe
Lt Gen Patch Returns to Staunton Amid Warm Welcome
Lt Gen Alexander M Patch visits Staunton Virginia after 11 years teaching military science at Staunton Military Academy. Oldtimers recall the welcome was the most cordial for a returning public hero since Woodrow Wilson’s 1912 homecoming, signaling a grand local reception.
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Staunton
Alexander M. Patch
Staunton Military Academy
Shaela
Woodrow Wilson
Japanese Commanders Die By Harakiri On Okinawa
Reports from Okinawa state the bodies of Lt Gen Mitsuru Ushijima and Lt Gen Isamu Cho were found in shallow graves with full uniforms and medals. A Japanese cook testified Ushijima ordered harakiri after Buckner's death, while many Japanese officers began surrendering in the island battle.
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AL Dopking
Robert Geiger
Okinawa
Cecil W. Nist
Salem, Ore
Army Corps
Mitsuru Ushijima
32Nd Japanese Army
Udamu Cho
Cho
Showa Erra
Cho Isamu
Ushijima
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
U. S. 10Th Army
Buckner
Underground V-2 Factory Found by U S Army Engineers
Nordhausen Germany June 27 110 complete V-2 rocket samples have been taken by U S army engineers for testing and research. The British and French have removed many samples. Two main tunnels each 1.2 miles long lead through the Harz mountains with numerous stock rooms and assembly lines for the V-2 missile.
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Louis P. Lochner
Nordhausen
Germany
U. S. Army
Harz Mountains
U. S. Fifth Armored Division
Japanese Jitters Reflected In Late Radio Broadcasts
A Tokyo broadcast quoted by an AP report quotes a Japanese military commentator noting widespread talk of invasion in Japan. The commentator contends the American plan aims to destroy Japanese industry and major cities before a final attack and says Japan's forces control the China coast.
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London
Tokyo
Japan
China
Japan to seize all communications in homeland move
The Japanese government said it would take control of all postal, telegraph, telephone and radio facilities as part of a new dictatorship. An overseas broadcast listed the action starting July, while a domestic broadcast said September.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Allied invasion move reported by Radio Tokyo near Kume Island
Radio Tokyo said Allied forces fought onto Kume Island 50 miles west of Okinawa and predicted landings on the China coast as a prelude to invading Japan. The report claimed heavy fighting and noted gains would expand the Ryuku archipelago while aiding Okinawa’s western flank and prisoner losses rising to 111,351.
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Guam
Radio
Tokyo
Kume Island
Okinawa
China
Japan
Kome
Ryukyu Islands
Masari Ito
Yomiuri Hachi
Kume
Ryukyu
Kerama Islands
Turkish stance on Dardanelles risks draws Western reaction
Ankara seeks U S and U K guidance as rumors that Russia wants Montreux Convention changes spark Turkish concern. Foreign Minister Hasan Saka may visit Britain for talks with Churchill and Eden on the way home from the San Francisco security conference. No concrete moves expected before the big three meeting.
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Frank O'Brien
Ankara
Turkey
Russia
Dardanelles
United States
Britain
Washington
London
Hasan Saka
Churchill
Anthony Eden
San Francisco
Balikpapan Oil Center Pounded in Major Allied Assault
An AP dispatch from Balikpapan reports heavy daylight air and sea bombardment by Australian and American forces on Japan’s Balikpapan oil center in Borneo. Destruction included burning refineries and artillery emplacements with ships nearby and leaflets dropped on the city.
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Nathan Broch
Anda
Netherlands
Balikpapan
Borneo
Aneta
Netherlands Borneo
Netherlands Indies
Halmaheras
Balikpapans
Balikpipan
Settlement of Indian problem vital to world peace
Dewitt Mackenzie notes the Simla conference as crucial for resolving India's long running political crisis. He argues success would bind East and West, while failure could fuel an Asiatic bloc hostile to the West. He recalls past talks and mocks the idea of female matriarchy as a satirical aside.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
San Franciso
India
Subcontinent
Japan
Simla
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