Invaders Push Inland For Brunei MacArthur Directing New Assault
Tucson meat situation remains tight as federal inspection delays prevent Tucson from increasing meat quotas. Hayden reports that committees seek to cancel non federally inspected slaughter permits to reassess 1944 slaughter and set new quotas for 1945. Class 2 firms include Price Meat Co. and Tucson Packers. Torrea Packing Co. remains the only class 1 slaughterer in the state.
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Brunei
MacArthur
Carl Hayden
C. E. Goyette
Chamber of Commerce
Chester Bowles
OPA
Tucson
Hayden
Goyette
House
Senate
Torrea Packing Co
Phoenix
Price Meat Co
Armed Services
Moe
Australians Reach Brunei Island Front in Break on Borneo
Australian forces pressed ashore on Labuan and Muara and moved inland toward Brunei town as ninth division troops landed on Cape Palompong. Marines report reoccupation of Brooketon and Victoria town is ruined. howitzers floated in crates to shore. In the Philippines, Luzon 11th corps takes Santa Ines.
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Manila
U.P
Brooketon-Brunei
Brunei
Borneo
Labuan
Muara
Douglas MacArthur
Ninth Division
Victoria Town
Brunei Bay
Brooketon
Maura
Maara
Cape Polompong
Tobruk
Cape Palompong
Cape
United Press
Richard Harris
Harris
Victoria
MacArthur
East Indies
Tanamon
Celebes
Philippines
Best Chosen President Of College Group
M O Best of Phoenix was named president of the new board of regents for Arizona universities at the initial meeting. The regents, present except Mrs. Joseph M. Greer, scheduled further meetings at Tempe and Flagstaff. A committee was set to study administrative powers and the board adopted a corporate seal designed by Andreas Andr TMen.
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Sally Dixon
M. O. Best
Phoenix
Board of Regents
University and State Colleges of Arizona
Regents
University of Arizona
Joseph M. Greer
State Teachers’ College
Tempe
Flagstaff Teachers’ College
Alfred Atkinson
Tom O. Bellwood
Grady Gammage
Flagstaff
Jack B. Martin
Tucson
Clarence E. Houston
Houston
Lynn Laney
Andreas Andr ™En
Regents’ Group
Best
iThe
Samuel H. Morris
Globe
Cleon T. Knapp
Tuc
Illiam Stevenson
Veterans’ Administration
Federal Works Agency
University
University Board
D. S. Horrall Company
Tuc Kon
Emily
Teachers’ College At
Sidney P. Osborn
John M. Scott
Holbrook
Florence E. Beck
Winslow
William Stevenson
Bellwood
Gammage
Atkinson
Reggie Russell
Italian Premier Ivanoe Bonomi Resigns
Premier Ivanoe Bonomi resigns, after promising a new government once Italy is fully freed. He became premier last June, with a reorganization in December placing a Communist and a Christian Democrat as vice-premiers. Crown Prince Umberto will confer with leaders on a new government. Bonomi cabinet to remain for ordinary administration.
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Rome
Ivanoe Bonomi
Bonomi
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Christian Demot
Umberto
Jorrow
Veterans Hospital Reform Demanded
YORK June 12. The article notes calls for reform at veterans' hospitals amid postwar political shifts. It discusses a Canadian election with Premier Mackenzie King’s Liberal party forecast to win and the Socialist CCF finishing a distant third, reflecting voter preference for established leaders.
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York
Socialist Third Party
Mackenzie King
Liberal Party
Tucson
Gallup
Socialist Ccf
Canada Keeps Present Party For New Term
Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King and the Liberals return to office with a slim majority in the Canadian House of Commons. Final results show 118 Liberal seats, 62 Conservatives, 26 CCF, and eight Quebec Independent Liberals, with service votes to be counted in ten days.
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Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Quebec
Armed Services
King
Canada
Progressive Conservatives
Liberals
Socialistic
CCF
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Conservatives
Truman Aide Resigns to Become Deputy Loan Administrator
The White House disclosed on June 12 the resignation of Edward D. McKim, President Truman's chief administrative assistant, to take the post of deputy federal loan administrator.
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Washington
White House
Edward D. McKim
Truman
Legion And VFW Press Demand Broad VA Reforms
The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars urged urgent reforms in the veterans administration to avert a collapse of hospital care. In reports to Congress they documented rising handicaps in veterans hospitals and called for care levels equal to Mayo Clinic standards.
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Paul Harrison Washington
U.P
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans’ Administration
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Veterans’ Organizations
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans
Europe
Mayo Clinic
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Legion
VFW
Montana
Anti Poll Tax Bill Approved Sent To Senate
In Washington on June 12 the House approved a bill to outlaw the poll tax as a voting requirement for federal elections by a 251 to 104 vote and sent it to the Senate. Seven Southern states still require poll taxes. Senators previously blocked a permanent FEPC bill.
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Washington
UPR
House
Senate
Rules Committee
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Arkansas
Tennessee
House Rules Committee
FEPC
Truman
Boston victory over Phillies in NL finals
Boston crushed Philadelphia 10 to 0 to clinch the National League finals with a dominant performance.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Legion Says Arizona Hospitals Need More Beds
The American Legion told a congressional committee that Arizona’s two federal hospitals require about 1,700 additional beds, 1,500 at Tucson and 150 to 200 at Whipple. It urged capacity increases to 1,925 at Tucson and 727 at Whipple, citing substandard care only for space and noting Whipple’s food was good but served cold.
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Washington
U.P
American Legion
Veterans
Arizona
Tucson
Whiple
the Legion
Whipple
Prescott
The
Legion
Whipple Hospital
Seeley May Return as City Manager Report
A report claims former City Manager George W. Seeley on military leave may return as city manager at the start of the new fiscal year July 1 but officials could not confirm. Mayor Henry O. Jaastad and Acting Manager Philip J. Martin Jr. said they have no knowledge of Seeley’s plans and only noted his recent home leave.
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George W. Seeley
Henry O. Jaastad
Philip J. Martin, Jr
Seeley
Martin
Nations yield on plan for veto rights at UN council
In San Francisco on June 12 the Big Five move toward an early vote on a voting formula for the world security council. Six small nations have spoken against the plan as committees prepare to vote and the charter may be amended.
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RK. H. Shackford
San Francisco
U.P
Little Nation
World Security Council
Big Five
Committee On
Yalta
British Pay Tributes To U S Leaders
London honors General Dwight D. Eisenhower with the honorary freedom of the city amid cheers. King George VI to confer a high decoration at Buckingham Palace as Gen. Walter Bedell Smith and Gen. William Simpson receive royal honors.
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Edward V. Roberts
London
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kansas
Germany
John J. Pershing
Theodore Roosevelt
Ulysses S. Grant
George Peabody
Eisenhower
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Walter Bedell Smith
William Simpson
Ninth Army
City of
Japanese Counterblow Recaptures Ishan In China War
In Chungking June 12 the China combat command said counterattacking Japanese troops recaptured Ishan in a rear guard action to shield major withdrawals from Liuchow and Kweilin. Chinese forces withdrew to Ishan’s western edge while others moved toward Liuchow, threatening encirclement.
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Chungking
Ishan
Liuchow
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
China Combat Command
trans-China
Americans Thought Lucky In Nazi Occupation Zone
The piece analyzes American views on postwar occupation in Germany. It notes shifting sentiment as the Soviet and British zones expand and highlights the broader responsibility America bears for Europe’s rehabilitation, with focus on industry and regional differences.
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America
Italy
Europe
Silesia
Germany
Great Eastern
Britain
France
Last Southern Okinawa Hold Scene Of Fight
American forces battled the Yaeju-Dake escarpment the last Japanese stronghold in southern Okinawa in a battle of annihilation. Radio Tokyo said a surprise landing occurred in the southern sector as part of the all-out offensive begun yesterday. Buckner predicted Japanese resistance would be crushed in days after a surrender deadline passed.
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William F. Tyree
Guam
Yaeju-Dake
Okinawa
Radio Tokyo
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
10Th Army
Polish Row Ir oned Out In Hopkins Talks
United States and Soviet officials report Harry Hopkins has secured a breakthrough with Russia by resolving main points of the Polish dispute. An immediate Moscow meeting will form a new Polish government including factions from Lublin and London, with Mikolajczyk and Bierut among participants. A three-nation invitation will be issued.
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Washington
Harry Hopkins
Russia
Hopkins
Stalin
Moscow
Mikolajczyk
London
Kremlin
Great Britain
United States
Lublin
Bierut
Jan Stanzyck
Witos
Zygmunt Zulawski
Adam Kyzyanoski
Cracow University
Stanislaw Kutzraba
Cracow
Kolonzewski
Poland
U S Fleet Bombards Matsuwa Island in Kuriles
United States warships bombarded Matsuwa island in the Kuriles Monday night Tokyo time, a Japanese radio report broadcast by United Press said. Matsuwa lies about 1,088 miles north of Tokyo.
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San Francisco
Matsuwa Island
Kuriles
Tokyo
United Press
Matsuwa
British View Of Vichy Told By Churchill
In a Commons statement Churchill said Britain conducted secret 1940 talks with Vichy to discourage surrender of the French fleet. He argued Vichy was under German control and could not offer concrete assurances. He described efforts after the 1940 ambassador withdrawal to maintain contact and encourage passive resistance through neutral channels.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Vichy
Marshal Petain
France
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J. M. Roberts, JR
Associated Press
Drew Pearson
Kuriles Island
U. S. Fleet
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