New Cabinet Officers to Take Oaths
President Truman plans a cabinet reshuffle with four new appointees and a fifth soon to be sworn in. Clinton Anderson becomes agriculture secretary, Tom Clark attorney general, Lewis Schwellenbach labor secretary, Robert Hannegan postmaster general, with a new secretary of state to be announced shortly. Oaths are set for Anderson, Clark, Schwellenbach, and Hannegan by Justices Rutledge, Arnold, and Minton.
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Tom ©. Clark
Texas
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Washington State
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Missouri
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South Carolina
Supreme Court
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Rutledge
Albuquerque
N. Mex
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Thurman W. Arnold
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Clark
Justice Department
Schwellenbach
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Treasury
Interior
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Tuman
Meat Rations for Miners to Be Increased
Washington June 30 AP Chester Bowles OPA administrator announced plans for a differential rationing program to raise meat rations for miners. The program is under development and expected to be announced soon.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Ruthenia to join Russia under new pact
Moscow sources predict rapid ratification of a Czechoslovak Russian accord incorporating Ruthenia into Soviet Ukraine. The eastern Czechoslovak territory with 725000 residents, mainly Ukrainian speakers, will border Hungary as part of Soviet Ukraine. The Kremlin pact was signed last night.
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Russia
Associated Press
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Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Czechoslovak National Assembly
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Hungary
Csap
Kremlin
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Belgium
Britain
Anti-Leopold
Glider Army Rescue Reaches Shangri La Valley
A glider team lowered into the hidden Shangri La valley near 10 000 foot peaks and rescued five survivors including Cpl Margaret Hastings and four Filipino troopers. A cameraman documented the operation while a rescue party prepared an emergency strip for further evacuations.
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Hollandia
New Guinea
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Wac
Alexander Cann
Netherlands
Information Service
Pino
Margaret Hastings
Owego
N.Y
Cpl. Hastings
John B. Mce Collom
Trenton
Kenneth Decker
Kelso, Wash
Orange Mountain
Filibuster Dropped by Southerners
Southern senators ended their three day filibuster against the Fair Employment Practice Committee appropriation. After a secret strategy meeting they gave up attempts to stall the FEPC money vote, signaling a direct senate showdown on the war agencies measures. Senator Bilbo dismissed any compromise and urged votes against limiting debate as a test comes Monday.
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Fair Employment Practice Committee
Senate
FEPC
Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate to Decide Succession Plan After House Move
The Senate faces delay on a House measure to place its presiding officer next in line for the presidency while the body weighs international relations and the succession issue. Supporters, led by Sam Rayburn, back a change but many Senate Democrats fear a possible 1946 Republican victory could alter outcomes.
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House
Senate
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
Truman
Congress
Bornean Sea Coast Bombed as Allied Planes Prepare Landing
Allied B 29s pound Kudamatsu oil refining plant in southwest Honshu as part of a broader strike on Japanese energy facilities. The raid follows earlier blows on Kyushu targets and Sasebo, with large-scale actions totaling near 1100 sorties this week. MacArthur also reports patrols hitting Shanghai oil stores Canton docks and Indo China assets.
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Okayama
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Shanghai
China
Canton
Indo- China-Hainan
Chukai River
Malaya
Senate opens hearings on United Nations charter
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to begin hearings on the United Nations charter July 9 with Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as first witness. Chairman Connally said hearings should proceed quickly. next week will gather necessary State Department documents. Sessions will be open to the public in the Senate office building.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Truman
United States
Security Council
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Capitol
Bernard Shaw Opposes Churchill in Sparksbrook Vote
George Bernard Shaw endorses R Palmer Dutt of the Communist party for Parliament in Birmingham Sparksbrook. He praises British and Russian Communism as war-time saviors and criticizes Churchill for his anti violence stance while citing massive wartime expenditures.
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George Bernard Shaw
R. Palmer Dutt
Communist Party
Dutt
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England
Birmingham
Sparksbrook
Shaw
Churchill
Republican rises to House presidency line in crisis
A Republican ascends to the speaker role amid a constitutional crisis as the first possible claimant to the presidency in the event, with Mr. Truman not serving out his term.
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Truman
Subsidy idea to ease meat shortage in South, broker says
Savannah broker Isaac Meddin urges government subsidies to farmers rather than slaughterhouses to relieve meat scarcity. He proposes livestock buying stations and ceiling-price sales to packers, noting 82 million cattle in the western prairies and historical drought-era distributions. He cites OPA aims to curb the black market and questions agency effectiveness.
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Savannah
Isaac Meddin
Ohio director orders induction of Goodyear strikers
Governor Lausche directs the Ohio selective service to begin induction of striking Goodyear workers in Akron. War labor board warns 16,700 Akron rubber workers to end the two week old walkout or risk loss of union contract rights. Deferments for draft reg trants involved in the strike are canceled. CIO leader C V Wheeler denounces government actions as undemocratic.
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Goodyear
Associated Press
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Selective Service
Akron
Col. C. W. Goble
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Army
Navy
Lausche
Washington
War Labor Board
Charman
George W. Taylor
Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Taylor
C V. Wheeler
Cio-United Rubber Workers
Truman
Goodyear Tire
America
War and Navy Departments
Sabre Rattling and Shotguns Facing Surprises as Planes Strike Nippon
DeWitt Mackenzie weighs Allied invasion of Japan, noting grim realism and Japanese threats of death by own action weapons. He cites secret rocket bombs and the Mikado's captains warning of total resistance as home defense escalates. Continued on page 8.
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Mikado
Tokyo
Balikpapan Bombarded by Fifty Allied Ships in Oil Hub Raid
Allied fleet of 50 ships bombarded Balikpapan, the southeast Borneo oil center, and shelled shore defenses as Tokyo warned of an imminent invasion. U S and Allied air forces continued raids on oil facilities across China and Japan while naval units moved near Borneo and Okinawa.
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Philippines
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