MacArthur Holds No Political Hopes
In Manila June 4 United Press Frank H Bartholomew reports Gen Douglas MacArthur plans no postwar political role and aims to retire to California Wisconsin or Washington D C He emphasizes saving lives and preserving troops as the war nears Tokyo while detailing his routines and traits.
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Frank H. Barew
United Press
Pacific
Manila
Douglas Lee Archer
Frank H. Bartholomew
U.P
Po Onl
Tokyo
MacArthur
California
Wisconsin
Washington, D. C
U. S
MacArthur Jr
Australia
Japan
New Guinea
Philippines
Prolific Army Leader Arthur MacArthur Jr. Son’s Life in Brisbane
The seven year old Arthur enjoys his first pony and pets while his father fights north. He stays in Lennon's hotel in Brisbane with his mother, learns from an English tutor freed from Santo Tomas, and studies basic subjects plus music and languages amid wartime absence of Manila schools.
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Lingayen
Arthur
Manila
MacArthur
Lennon's
Brisbane
Australia
Treasury Wins Approval For Tax Collection Drive
The treasury gains approval to hire 10 000 T men to pursue tax evaders and recover over 1 billion dollars for federal coffers. President Truman backs the plan saying the war is not for amassing fortunes. Secretary Morgen Thau receives congressional approval with an estimated 50 million dollar cost. If successful the venture could yield enormous returns for the government.
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Washington
Treasury
Truman
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Wife Says Nazis Called Rudolf Hess Traitor
London reports Mrs. Rudolf Hess said the Nazi regime viewed her husband as a traitor after his 1941 flight to Britain. She claimed she receives the same pension as if he were killed and described fervent Nazi sympathies in remarks to Evelyn Irons.
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London
Evening Standard
Immenstadt
Germany
Rudolf Hess
Britain
Doings Of Congress Should Be Put Out In 25 Cent Language
OPA Chief Chester Bowles urged easier explanation of congressional actions to the public saying legalistic language hides facts. He told the congressional streamlining committee that bills reports and records are filled with 50 cent words and are unclear to ordinary citizens. Rep Mike Monroney supported the call for explanatory 25 cent English to improve understanding.
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Congress
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Congressional Streamlining Committee
Capitol Hill
Bowles
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
U S Subs Run Out Of Jap Ship Targets
Manila reports Allied air forces have sunk over 2 million tons of Japanese shipping in five months and the Southwest Pacific submarine war nearing end. General MacArthur says 2,117,482 tons sunk January through May and 1,220 enemy planes destroyed. Kenney’s air force flew 113,627 sorties dropping over 70,000 tons of bombs in support of ground operations.
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Manila
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
George C. Kenney
Far Wstern Air Force
Mexico City Seeks U S Collaboration on Trade Dumping
Mexico City expects U S government cooperation to curb dumping of U S goods in Latin America during the transition to peace. Finance Minister Guillermo Suarez says controls on foreign trade will stay, tariffs will deter luxury spending, and new industrial tax breaks remain in place to spur production.
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Mexico City
Mexico
U. S
Latin- America
Uardo Suarez
el Universal
Suarez
Radio sets number in use in the United States reaches sixty million
A report states that there are 60,000,000 radio sets in operation across the United States, highlighting broad household ownership and the radio industry’s reach.
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United States
Corning Youth Tops West Point Grad Honor
Cadet Robert E. Woods of Corning New York is named the first captain of the 883 cadets graduating from the U S military academy on Tuesday Woods earns the highest cadet honor for outstanding soldierly qualities and academics his name will join the plaque bearing generals Lee Pershing MacArthur and Wainwright
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West Point
N. Y
Robert E. Woods
Corning
U. S. Military Academy
Woods
Robert E. Lee
Pershing
MacArthur
Wainwright
Egg Inspection Fund Exempt From Code in Arizona
Arizona Attorney General John W. Sullivan ruled that the state egg inspection fund and the highway department budget are exempt from the financial code enacted by the 17th legislature. State Egg Inspector Ira B. Cowart had asked if his agency should operate under a continuing appropriation of inspection stamp fees or the new fiscal code. Sullivan cited the supreme court decision in the highway budget case.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Highway Department
John WL. Suffivan
Ira B. Cowart
Sullivan
Supreme Court
Bill Webster Reflects on Universal Greatness and Choice
In a playful chat at Bill Webster's the other evening he agrees with his children that he is a great man and expands the idea to say everyone in America is great, noting people simply choose what to work on and what to eat or drink, whether beer or buttermilk.
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Bill Webster
Bill
America
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