Firebomb Raids Hit Sasebo and Kyushu Cities
Pacific front report details B 29 raids on Sasebo Moji and Okayama as part of a broad air offensive against Japan. Firestorms erupt in Nobeoka and Shimonoseki area targets. eight ships sunk or damaged in recent shipping strikes. one bomber missing.
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Japan
Grear
Sasebo
Honshu
Tokyo
Kyushu
Shimonoseki
Kanoya
21St Bomber Command
Fleet’ Headquarters
Korea
Nobeoka
Okayama Vn
Osaka
Moji
Okayama
Shimonoseki Strait
MISS SENATOR DEBATES FEPC EXTENSION OVER NEGRO SOLDIER FAILURE
Senator Eastland of Mississippi attacked FEPC extension arguing the negro soldier has been an utter failure in war a view he says generals told him on a Europe trip. He cited the 92nd division as well equipped but unable to field officers in key roles amid alleged political favoritism.
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FEPC
Francis J. Kelly Washington
Eastland
D-Miss
Senate
Europe
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Five billions for reconversion era gains committee approval
Washington June 29 AP the house ways and means committee approved tax revision legislation to free five billion dollars for reconversion by raising the excess profits tax exemption from ten thousand to twenty five thousand while avoiding broader cuts for individuals. The measure aims to speed cash to business by accelerating rebates and other payments under the excess profits levy.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman Foresees Filipino Base In Final Japan War
President Truman predicts a powerful base in the liberated Philippines will aid the knockout blow against Japan. He congratulates General Douglas MacArthur on Luzon’s victory and notes the Philippines are redeemed for the loyal Filipino people. He also signs transferring War Food Administration duties to Clinton Anderson.
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Kansas City
Truman
Philippines
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Charles G. Ross
Gandhi Hopeful for Wavell Conference Success
Mohandas K Gandhi said he hoped for a happy outcome at the Wavell conference as Moslem League and Congress representatives reach a stalemate over forming a new Indian government. The Simla talks adjourned to July 14 with indeterminate reconvening, while disputes over seat distribution threaten collapse. Gandhi said Congress represents all India and cannot become a sectional body.
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Reston Grover Simla
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Congress Party
Simla
Viceroy Wavell
Executive Council
Gandhi
Congress
Soong Goes to Moscow for Talks on Russian Influence in Asia
AP analyst Dewitt MacKenzie reports that Premier Soong leads a Chinese mission from Chungking to Moscow amid war era mystery. The potential meeting could shape postwar influence in Asia, possibly seek a mutual aid pact to bring Russia into the war against Japan and address tensions with Chinese Communists.
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Orient
Soong
Moscow
Dewitt MacKenzie
Chungking
T. V. Soong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Harvard 15
San Francisco
Russia
Asia
China
Japan
Truman Urges America to Lead in Peace Charter Vote
President Truman urged the Senate to ratify the United Nations charter and world court, saying there can be no peace without U S leadership. He spoke at a Kansas City homecoming and announced a 5 pm conference with Alf Landon to pursue bipartisan unity.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Kansas City
Truman
Senate
United States
United Nations
University of Kansas City
San Francisco
United
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Muehlebach
Roy W. Roberts
The
Kansas City Star
London
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Washington
Municipal Auditorium
Arnall in Detroit to Speak Before Governors Meet
Detroit hosts 44 state and territorial governors for the Governors Conference on Mackinac Island with Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall as principal speaker at a Thursday night meeting. Arnall warned against allowing Willow Run and other plants to fail, urging preservation of industrial capacity for postwar jobs.
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Detroit
Mackinac Island
Michigan
Harry F. Kelly
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Michigan Citizens’ Committee
Willow Run
Waea
Arnall
Midwest
South
Kneeland’s rifle jam saves life in Philippines clash
Pvt. Thomas M. Kneeland of Tillamook Oregon engaged a Japanese soldier in the Philippines with the 24th Division on Min danao. At the instant the foe fired Kneeland’s Browning jammed when a .25 slug lodged in the muzzle flash hider, leaving him unharmed and noting he was glad not to fire again.
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Mindanao
Philippines
Thomas M. Kneeland
Tillamook, Ore
Kneeland
Exiled Polish government faces unknown future in London
A Polish exile spokesman in London says 200,000 to 250,000 troops remain loyal but future recognition and sanctuary options are unclear. He denies seeking sanitation in Erie or Canada and notes aid credits and armed forces funding from Britain. Soldiers are stationed in Italy, Germany, and Britain.
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London
Big Three
Warsaw
Erie
Canada
News Chronicle
Britain
Italy
Germany
Georgia Heat Persists With Scattered Thunderstorms
Georgia remains hot and humid through today and Saturday. A few widely scattered afternoon thundershowers are possible, adding brief relief from the heat.
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Georgia
Michigan Senator Vandenberg Warns of Moral Chaos Without Peace Charter
Washington June 29 AP Senator Vandenberg Mich warned colleagues the United Nations charter is a brave experiment essential to world peace. He urged support for the San Francisco conference charter as a curb on great powers and argued the alternative is moral and physical chaos. Taft of Ohio considered limits on American force use under a future security council, proposing congressional consent for specific zones or a token force outside the Western Hemisphere.
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Washington
Vandenberg
United Nations
San Francisco
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
Republican Steering Committee
Edward R. Stettinins, Jr
World Security Council
Pacific
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Britain
Security Council
League
Congress
Europe
Hemisphere
More Troops Return Home From Europe
Piermont New York June 29 AP The S 8 Marine Raven arrived from Europe with 3022 assignment and rotation troops second troopship to sail up the Hudson to Camp Shanks Two hundred eighty nine enlisted men and fourteen officers of the 387 infantry of the 97 division aboard along with one officer and twenty eight enlisted from the 97th division band Also aboard rotation troops not of the 97th division and scattered members of the 181st ordinance depot
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N. Y
Raven
Europe
Hudson
Camp Shanks
97Th Division
181St Ordinance
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