London Polish Leader Rejects Moscow Conference Invite
In London June 13 the Polish exile leader Julian Zakowski refused the Big Three invitation to a Moscow conference on the Polish question. Zakowski said the London government represents the majority of Poles and declined participation. Meanwhile Prime Minister Arciszewski held a cabinet meeting to decide on future action.
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London
Warsaw
Moscow
A.P
Julian Zakowski
Zakowski
United States
Britain
Russia
Tomasz Arciszewski
S K
Socialist Party
Jan Stanczyck
Arciszewski
Inquiry Calls For Probe Into Roosevelt Loan Case
Republican lawmakers urged a congressional inquiry into Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt's $200000 loan from John Hartford of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co for $4000, alleging a tactics to conceal the debt. Barclay Ewing, attorney for A P Tea, disclosed Hartford's 1939 loan to expand Elliott's radio holdings. The case involves tax records and possible compensation through a 1942 bad debt entry.
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Washington
Confess
Elliott Roosevelt
Caruthers C. Ewing
New York
Danville
Ill
John Hartford
The
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Elliott
Ewing
Jesse Jones
Secretary of Commerce
Federal
Hartford
Roosevelt
Jones
Harold Knutson
Minn
House
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue Bureau
Young Roosevelt
Big Five Voting Given Parley OK
A UN security conference technical committee approved the Yalta voting formula for the world security council including veto power for the Big Five nations. The vote showed 30 countries for, two against, 15 abstentions, and three absent. The two no votes came from Cuba and Colombia. The decision ends over a month of heated controversy.
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San Francisco
United Nations Security Conference Today
Yalta
World Security Council
Cuba
Columbia
Little Nations Concede in Yalta Voting Formula
The United Nations conference committee endorsed the Yalta voting formula after defeating the Australian bid to curb Big Five veto rights. The vote 20 to 10 with 15 abstentions and several absentees keeps the Big Five veto power, as Evatt vows to continue the fight for reform and a possible moral victory for the little nations.
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San Francisco
U.P
United Nations
Yalta
Security Council
Evatt
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Iraq
France
New Zealand
Peter Fraser
Connally
Cmdr
Harold E. Stassen
Little Nations
Veteran's Building
Wickard Faces Opposition As Head Of REA
Harry Slattery told a senate committee he faced pressure to resign as rural electrification administrator amid a bid to replace him with Secretary Claude Wickard. Slattery warned Wickard’s succession would wreck REA. Wickard leaves June 30 and is to be replaced by Rep. Clinton Anderson. Slattery read a resignation letter accusing Wickard of undermining the program.
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Washington
Harry Slattery
Senate
REA
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Anderson
Slattery
Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Gen Patton Refuses To Smile For Photo At Airport
Gen George S Patton arrived at the national airport after an overnight flight from Los Angeles. He said I am not a politician and I dont smile when asked to pose. He was invited to the White House to meet President Truman this afternoon with Mrs Patton and their family.
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Washington
George
Patton
National Airport
Los Angeles
Truman
White House
Third Army
United Nations to Arm For Collective Security
The United Nations will have an army and air power to deter aggression with fast long range air forces led by B 29 superbombers. Armed contingents and a military staff committee will enable collective action with member pledges and passage rights. Adm Hepburn notes postwar U S forces may be partly earmarked for council use with senate treaty ratification likely.
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San Francisco
U.P
United Nations Organization
United States
Japan
League of Nations
Joseph Paul Boncour
Security Council
Adm
Arthur J. Hepburn
U. S. Navy
U. S
U. S. Army
Senate
British Advance In Burma Routs Japs Amid Fire Power
British 14th army troops pressed eastward from Toungoo amid stiff resistance and artillery fire as they closed on the Thailand frontier. A village near Tanbingon 28 miles north northeast of Letpadan fell to British forces. Liberator bombers hit enemy concentrations six miles northwest of Bilin and 55 miles northwest of Moulmein as fires were sighted.
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Calcutta
14Th Army
Toungoo
Thailand
Southeast Asia Command Headquarters
Tanbingon
Letpadan
Irrawaddy
Bilin
Moulmein
Oil Wells Burned By Japs On Borneo
Australian troops pushed toward Brunei through jungle as Japanese forces burned oil installations and withdrew, with smoke and explosions seen near Brunei town. Civilians, including Chinese Malays Indians and Javanese, were liberated and aided as hospitals were set up. MacArthur toured Labuan and moved to the front lines on the mainland.
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U.P
North Borneo
Brunei
Brooketon
Melbourne
Muara
Bruenes Bay
Labuan
Douglas MacArthur
20 Per Cent Boost In State's Cigaret Supply Reported
Phoenix distributors say Arizona now has 20 per cent more cigarets than a month ago and a further 15 per cent rent rise is expected soon. The Retail Tobacco Dealers of America blamed Army order cutbacks and better manufacturing for the increase and predicted a gradual return to normal distribution.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U.P
New York
South Tucson Cannot Make Utility Deal
The U S circuit court of appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that South Tucson Arizona cannot condemn and seize all properties of Tucson Gas Electric Light & Power Co The court said the council failed to meet statutory requirements for describing the properties to be condemned and the defect strikes at municipal ownership laws
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South
Tucson
San Francisco
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
South Tucson
Ariz
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
Court of Appeals
South Tucson Council
Condemnation Proceedings Dismissed Against Tucson Firm
Proceedings were dismissed on September 8 in condemnation cases brought by the city of Tucson and the town of South Tucson. Details appear in the utility section on page 12.
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Tucson
South
Utility
Baseball Finals Scorelines From National and American Leagues
National League game saw Boston defeat Philadelphia 8 to 3. American League contest ended with Chicago 5 defeating Cleveland 3.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cleveland
Rope Ladders Used By Yanks To Storm Japs
Tenth army reinforcements stormed onto Yaeju-Dake plateau from three sides and hammered Japanese back toward the sea in Okinawa. Marines and soldiers scaled cliffs using rope ladders as flame throwers and bayonets pressed the assault. Distinct gains were reported as units held positions against counterattacks.
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Guam
Tenth Army
Yaeju-Dake
Okinawa
West End
Kunishi Ridge
Hanagusuku
Seventh Division
96Th
Yuza
Sixth Marine
Naha Harbor
Representatives Granted 2500 Dollar Expense Allowance
President Truman signed into law a 50,994,481 dollar appropriation bill providing a 2,500 dollar expense allotment for each member of the House for the coming fiscal year starting July 1. The Senate did not vote a similar allotment.
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Washington
Truman
House
Legislative
Senate
Next Few Months To Bring Sull In Drive For Japan
J. M. Roberts Jr analyzes wartime projections on American actions against Japan. He notes propaganda threats of invasion while acknowledging limited readiness and ongoing preparations as Okinawa ends. He cites forces in Malaya Indo China and Thailand and British Burma campaign as factors shaping future moves.
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Sull
Japan
J. M. Roberts, JR
Associated Press
Germany
Okinawa
Asia
Indies
Java
Borneo
Tokyo
Malaya
Indo- China
Thailand
Burma
Meet Believed Scheduled For Overseas July
Detroit dispatch reports over 10 million pounds of clothing collected in April by the United Nations relief drive in the area. Sorting and shipping delays, freight car shortages, and mildew damaged portions while about 4 million pounds have been sent east for Europe, according to former Sen. Prentiss Brown who led the collection committee.
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Detroit
U.P
United Nations
Prentiss Brown
Europe
Ratification Of Charter Sought Before Recess
President Truman presses to ratify the United Nations charter before Congress recesses after the San Francisco conference drafts the document for submission. Officials say delay would aid opponents and the White House expects no summer break, with Senate debate echoing the six hour session. Senator Burton lauds early gains on Dumbarton Oaks proposal.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
Senate
Congress
Congressional
San Francisco
White House
House
Burton
Ohio
Dumbarton Oaks
Three Yakimas Held for Dyer Violation
Three Yakima Indians Allen Gilbert 18 Noah Mitchell 18 and a 17 year old juvenile from Oregon are held by the U S government for a Dyer Act violation. They confessed to taking a car owned by Randal A Miller of Redmond Oregon and planned a tour that carried them to San Francisco and then Mexico. They were stopped by Patrolmen Sturgeon and Proper near Congress and Scott when suspicions arose about the owner.
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Allen Gilbert
Noah Mitchell
U. S
Oregon
Randal A. Miller
Redmond
Ore
San Francisco
Mexico
Tiajuana
K. L. Sturgeon
Reggie Proper
Congress
Scott
Gasoline Spill At Los Angeles Harbor From Broken Pipeline
A broken pipeline released a sheet of gasoline and toluene into the west basin of Los Angeles harbor. Coast guard and city fire crews stood by for fires as about nine thousand gallons spread before the line was cut off.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Harbor
Coast Guard
Truman Sets Time and Place for Big Three Meeting
President Truman announced a definite time and overseas venue for the Big Three summit, with Harry S. Hopkins and Joseph Davies having led trips to Moscow and London that yielded progress. He noted a July session possible and urged reporters not to muddy the Polish issue as Russia showed progress on veto power and the UN.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Harry S. Hopkins
Joseph E. Davies
Moscow
London
Hopkins
Russia
Warsaw
Yalta
United Nations
San Francisco
James F. Byrnes
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
Meat Shortage Seen As Man Made By OPA Crackdown
Tucson residents search markets for meat as cattle roam the desert and small slaughterhouses close. A local businessman argues the OPA policy channels meat to federally inspected plants and would worsen shortages locally. Gabriel Angulo of Price Meat Co confirms a surplus exists.
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OPA
Tucson
Arizona
Kansas City
Gabriel Angulo
The
Price Meat Co
Schepp to Gain Control of KPHO Radio Station
The Federal Communications Commission authorized transfer of control of Phoenix Broadcasting Inc licensee of KPHO Phoenix Ariz from Central Newspapers Inc to Rex Schepp. Schepp, owner of 33 percent stock, may buy another 21.66 percent for 17333 dollars.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Phoenix Broadcasting, Inc
KPHO
Phoenix, Ariz
Central Newspapers, Inc
Rex Schepp
Schepp
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Edward V. Roberts
By RE. H. Shackford
Sandor
Klein
Ind
China
Chungt
Ea ‘Noi S
Philippines
Pacific Ocean
Brunei Bay
MacArthur
Yaeju-Dake Plateau
William F. Tyree
William T. Peacock
Yakimas
Dyer
Davies
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