Army Discloses Tokyo Scandal Involving U S Officers
Tokyo dispatch reports high ranking United States Army officers including generals implicated in a bribery scandal linked to Akira Ando Tokyo businessman. Investigators seized Ando’s headquarters after a seven month probe and questioned officers over gifts and geisha entertainments used to influence construction contracts.
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Tokyo
United States Army
Akira Ando
Provost Marshal
Army Counterintelligence Corps
Ando
U. S. Army
Japan
Metropolitan
Col. M. Logie
Daian
Greater East Asia Company
Kamakura
Keio
Atsugi
Logie
U. S. Army General Headquarters
Daian Club
Genevieve Topping
Truman picks Steelman to lead reconversion office
President Truman names John R. Steelman director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion and keeps the agency active on cabinet advice. Steelman will succeed John W. Snyder and also serve as labor adviser to the President at Secretary Schwellenbach’s request. Gardner’s resignation talks are noted but not finalized.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Steelman
John W. Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury
OWMR
Snyder
Labor
Schwellenbach
O. Max Gardner
OWMA
Gardner
The
Treasury
War Trials Recess as Prosecution Prepares 1937 Nanking Testimony
Tokyo reports the 11 man tribunal recessed after a two day exposition on the Japanese government and constitution. The prosecution plans to call American witnesses on Monday to testify about the Nanking massacre in 1937 related to Tojo and 25 other war crime suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Nanking
Senate Extends OPA Powers While Copper Strike Persists
Senate approves extending the OPA to June 30 1947 but trims many price controls including meat dairy and poultry prices. Rep Jesse P Wolcott opposes the removal and seeks reinstatement of controls while noting no rent control change. Copper miners at Phelps Dodge Morenci Bisbee and Douglas remain on strike after OPA raised copper price to 14 23 cents per pound delaying a settlement due to union demands led by Reed Robinson.
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Washington
House
Senate
Jesse P. Wolcott
Michigan
House Banking Committee
OPA
Alben W. Barkley
Sheridan Downey
Calif
Ine D. Millikin
R-Cole
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Morenci
Bisbee, and
Douglas
Reed Robinson
International Union Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers
Arizona
Orville Larson
Phelps Dodge
Robinson
International Union
el Paso
Tex
Laurel
Long Island
N. Y
Louis S. Cates
Larson
International Union Mine
Hotel Cortez
Bisbee
Ariz
Phelps-Dodge Refining Corporation
Laurel Hill
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Weather and Transit Notes Across Regions
Temperature hit 105 this afternoon as June heat records were set, with the first half of June the warmest in 50 years. The Civil Aeronautics Board approved American Airlines nonstop routes linking Los Angeles, Tulsa, Phoenix, Tucson, and Oklahoma City.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
American Airlines
Los Angeles
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
Tucson
21 Charges On Student's Car
Daniel Espinosa, 23, a University of Arizona student, was jailed in Phoenix in lieu of 100 bond on traffic charges. Police seek to connect him with 21 tickets on his car, mainly illegal parking, with some issued after his April purchase. Espinosa denies guilt.
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Daniel Espinosa
Phoenix
University of Arizona
Espinosa
Local Air Firms Compete For Tucson to Phoenix Route
Two Arizona airlines contend for the Tucson Phoenix intrastate route. Southern Arizona Airlines and Arizona Airways pursue certificates of convenience and necessity. Arizona Airways operates routes to Grand Canyon and Nogales with two motor planes. A Phoenix hearing will scrutinize credentials, finances, and safety before any ruling.
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Phoenix
State Corporation Commission
Arizona
Paul van W. Voorhees
Tucson
Nogales International Airport
Nogales
Southern Arizona Airlines
Arizona Airways
Arizona Citizen
TWA
Army
Montgomery
Arizona Airlines
Arizona Corporation Commission
Montgomery Group
Washington
Texas
New Mexico
California
Arizona Commission
Shipping Wage Pact Drafted
Washington reports say War Shipping Administrator Granville Conway announced a tentative settlement in the maritime dispute with an agreement on major issues and overtime pay. President Truman echoed optimism a settlement could come before midnight local time, with Bridges accepting terms after pressure.
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Washington
Granville Conway
Truman
Conway
House Labor Subcommittee
Harry Bridges
Labor Department
House Group
Augustine B. Kelley
D-Pa
Gulf
West Coast
Bridges
Valley National Buys Winslow Bank in Arizona
Valley National Bank has purchased the First National Bank of Winslow and will assume control of the bank early next month in Phoenix. The completion follows regulatory steps and signals a shift in Winslow's financial services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
The
Valley National Bank
First National Bank of
Winslow
World Proposes International Control of Atomic Energy
Bernard Baruch outlines to the United Nations a plan for an international atomic development authority with enforcement powers. The proposal would supersede national sovereignty, require destruction or surrender of bombs, and outlaw atomic warfare under a treaty backed by global sanctions.
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New York
United Nations
Bernard M. Baruch
International Atomic Development Authority
ADA
America
United States
U.P
International Atomic Control Agency
Truman
UN Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Baruch
Godspeed
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Judge Ignored Truman Advice
President Truman disclosed at a news conference that he had urged Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson not to publish his criticism of Justice Hugo Black. Truman said Jackson wired him Sunday with the gist of his forthcoming statement from Neumberg, Germany, but Jackson did not further confer before releasing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Hugo Black
Jackson
Neumnberg
Germany
Paris
Sens. Connally
Vandenberg
Byrnes Cartier
Sen. Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
Promises By General Agree He Aided Enemy In Yugoslav Treason Trial
Belgrade June 14 Gen Draja Mihailovich in a Yugoslav treason trial admitted a handwritten letter described as his personal collaboration with the enemy. He confirmed the letter’s authenticity and called the act intrigue. He also acknowledged a directive to Chetnik units to receive arms from Italian forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. King
Belgrade
Draja Mikhailovich
Mikhailovich
Royal
New Radio Station Licensed At Douglas Arizona
The communications commission authorized operation of a new standard radio station by Carleton W. Morris at Douglas Arizona on 1450 kilocycles with 250 watts unlimited hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Douglas
Washington
the Communications Commission
Carleton W. Morris
Douglas, Ariz
Crisis Looms In Paris Big Four Parley
AP analysis notes a pivotal Paris meeting of the United States Britain Russia and France that could shape postwar peace. Byrnes arrives with Connally and Vandenberg as Bevin hints at separate treaties if talks stall. Moscow questions whether it will give more as western powers press for concessions.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Paris
Russia
United States
Britain
France
America
Byrnes Ar
Washington
London
Moscow
Soviet Union
Flood Damage Payment Made
Final payment of a judgment totaling 58 273.46 was made to six Tucson firms for damages from the September 1941 flash flood. The Arizona supreme court awarded damages costs and interest amounting to 58 273.46 with 4 401.57 interest since July 10 1944, from surplus city funds.
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Tucson
Arizona Supreme Court
Pima County Superior Court
Ralph W. Bilby
Bilby & Shoenhair
George Darnell
Darnell & Robertson
O’rielly Motor Company
Apache Motors
Tucson Laundry and Dry Cleaners
J. Knox Corbett Lumber Company
Unit Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Tucson Warehouse & Transfer Company
Loggers Mass March to Press Premier Hart in Victoria
In Victoria British Columbia a mass march by several thousand striking loggers and millworkers began early aiming to present their wage and hours dispute to Premier John Hart and his cabinet. The crowd travels from Nanimo Vancouver Duncan Port Alberni and Courtenay areas led by Harold Pritchett CIO Woodworkers of America. Pritchett's bid to reopen negotiations was rejected by the operators.
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Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
John Hart
Nanaimo
Vancouver
Duncan
Port Alberni
Courtenay
Harold Pritchitt
International Woodworkers of America
Ciocol
Pritchett
Big Four Envoys Reach Paris
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes heads to Paris as the Big Four resume talks on German disarmament and Austria peace treaties. He aims to push for concrete dates and Soviet cooperation, with topics including Trieste, Italian colonies, reparations, Dodecanese, Danube navigation, Germany's future, and Balkan economic freezes.
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Paris
James F. Byrnes
Austria
Byrnes
America
Britain
Russia
Hotel
Meurice
United States
Great Britain
Bevin
Germany
U. S
Italy
Balkans
Senate Delays Vinson Nomination Hearing One Week
Edwin G. Creel, an elderly Washington auto dealer, delayed his charges against Fred M. Vinson for chief justice as the Senate Judiciary subcommittee postponed action for a week. Creel claimed Vinson presided over a questionably decided receivership case and hinted at impeachment filings against other appeals court judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Fred M. Vinson
The
United States
Edwin G. Creel
Vinson
Creel
Creel Brothers
Court of Appeals
Pat McCarran
McCarran
House Judiciary Committee
Appeals Court
Mexican narcotics case heard in local court
Four citizens of Rosario Sinaloa Mexico Roberto Aguilar Vincente Aguilar Benito Herrera and Nazario Aguilar face smuggling charges in federal court here for transporting half a pound of opium into the United States Arrested near Nogales on November 28 1945 they have been jailed in Pima County. Prosecutor K Berry Peterson and defense counsel Tony La Vetter present final arguments. Also a libel action involving ten Goodrich tires seized as allegedly smuggled into Mexico was dismissed by assistant U S attorney John P Dougherty.
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Mexico
United States
Rosario
Sinaloa
Mex
Roberto Aguilar
Vincente Aguilar
Benito Herrera
Nazario Aguilar
Nogales
Pima County
Molotov Arrives in Paris for Big Four Session
Russian Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov arrived in Paris to reopen the Big Four council, with a session slated to begin the following day. The move marks a renewed effort in postwar diplomacy among the Allied powers.
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Paris
V. M. Molotov
Big Four Council
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Foreign Office
Anglo-American Committee
Palestine
Ernest Bevin
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
City Commission
Ray Busey
Southern
State Commission
Charles Herrold
Valley National Buys
Winslow Institution
Alcide de Gasperi
Umberto II
Lisbon
Umberto
By Spencer Klaw
Yugoslavia
Robert McDowell
McDowell
Red Army
England
Molotov
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