Nations Pledge Freedom To Dependents
The Big Five agreed to bar enemy nations from joining the postwar United Nations for many years. In Stettinius penthouse, leaders decided the conference report would include a clause blocking enemy participation until the Security Council approves, with each Big Five nation holding a veto.
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San Francisco
Big Five
New World Organization
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United Nations
Security Council
United Nations approves trusteeship chapter at conference
The UN accepted a pledge for self government and free political institutions for dependent peoples as Moscow signaled language changes. The trusteeship action clears major obstacles to adjournment and shifts focus to resolving the power to discuss international issues before President Truman’s closing address.
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San Francisco
United Nations
Moscow
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Trumanan
Russia
Arizona Train Limit Statute Held Invalid
The U S Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that Arizona's law restricting trains to 70 freight cars and 14 passenger cars cannot establish nationwide control and interfere with Congress's power over interstate commerce. Justices Douglas and Black dissented. the decision impacts rail safety and wartime traffic regulation.
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Washington
P— Supreme Court
Arizona
Organized Labor
Stone
Douglas
Black
Supreme Court
Congress
Arizona Supreme Court
Southern Pacific Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nevada
Oklahoma
Louisiana A
ICC
National Iin
Mackenzie King Loses Seat in Parliament in Canada Election
Prime Minister Mackenzie King lost his Prince Albert seat by 129 votes to E. L. Bowerman of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation after final soldier and civilian tallies. King will likely run again in East Ottawa where Liberal Jean Richard holds a seat.
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Ottawa
U.P
Mackenzie King
Jules
King
Prince Albert
E. L. Bowerman
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Bowerman
Liberal Party
Jean Richard
Bandits Rob Five Points Oil Station in Cowboy Garb
Two white men aged 30 to 35 wearing cowboy clothing held up Louis Edward at the Five Points filling station on South Stone avenue and West 17th street. They took about $50 and some gasoline stamps, forced Edward to the restroom for 10 minutes, then fled on foot as officers Keenan and Moore observed them. Police describe one suspect as 5 feet 6 inches, limp, light hair. the other of similar height with dark hair.
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Five Points
Southern Pacific
Thomas Keenan
Thomas Moore
Louis Edward
South Stone Avenue
West 17Th Street
Keenan
Moore
A. G. Jackson
John D. Anderson
Ration Board Names Speeders In Gasoline Violations
At a hearing before M A Hazard ration board hearing commissioner 20 violators faced penalties totaling 1076 gallons of gas. Punishments included revocation of supplemental rations for 90 days for a 70 mph police court conviction and a voluntary pledge not to drive. Hazard stated the office informs violators how to surrender coupons and does not act as a court.
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M. A. Hazard
Ration Board
Hazard
Soldier Killed in Fall From SP Train Near Rodeo
An unidentified man believed to be a hospitalized soldier was found dead Monday on Southern Pacific tracks near Rodeo New Mexico. Army medical officers led the inquiry at Douglas Army Airfield. The body went to a Bisbee mortuary after an inquest at Lordsburg established one arm in a cast. Railroad workers said a hospital train had passed Rodeo shortly before a freight train discovery.
65 Year Old Man Sought In Arizona Mountains
Globe, Ariz June 19. Search continued for 65 year old Richard Patty of Globe who disappeared from the Murphy ranch in the Sierra Anchas Saturday. Sheriff W H Richardson directing the search said Patty was an accomplished climber but fears he may have fallen and injured himself.
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GLOBE
Ariz
UPR
Richard Patty
Murphy Ranch
Sierra Anchas
W. H. Richardson
Patty
Moores Object To Bus Stop In Front Of House
In Tucson Arizona officials may decide Friday if a bus stop in front of the Moores home creates a health risk and disturbs peace. The hearing before corporation commissioners will consider moving the stop to Vine and Broadway and whether the bi block system should be altered.
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Moores
Tucson
Arizona Corporation
Justice Court
Juanita H
Lawrence L. Moore
East Broadway
Morrow
Vine and Broadway
Traffic Commission
Moore
Phil J. Martin, Jr
City Traffic Commission
G. G. Sykes
George Houston
Tucson Rapid Transit Company
South Cherry
Sykes
New Pacific Command Formed Under Lt General Styer
Gen Douglas MacArthur creates the Armed Forces of the Western Pacific with Lt. Gen. Wilhelm D. Styer as commander to manage ammunition, equipment, food, and personnel for the Pacific Front. Headquarters set in Manila. Maj. Gen. Edmond H. Leavey named deputy commander and chief of staff.
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Ter
Casablanca
Quebec
Roosevelt
Styer
Picardy
Chateau Thierry
Panama Canal
Western Pacific
Edmond H. Leavey
Chester W. Nimitz
Buckner Buried With Full Military Honors Near Front Lines
Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was buried with full honors at a seventh infantry division cemetery near Magushi beach 20 miles from the action after a Japanese shell fatally struck him at 1 15 p m. Col. Wallace and Maj. Chamberlain carried him to cover as shells rained in and Navy Lt. Wallace tried to save him with plasma, but Buckner died of his wounds.
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E. G
Magushi_ beach
Buckner
Tokyo
Eighth Marine Regiment
Martin Conn
West Long Branch
N. J
Clarence B. Wallace
Arlington
Eighth Regiment
William Chamberlain
Chicago
Ill
Wallace
Chamberlain
J.g
Fred C. Wallace
Navy
Oakland
Mass
Fewer Jap Vessels Left For U S Subs To Send To Bottom
American submarines have sunk two light combatant ships and nine other Japanese vessels in far eastern waters. The Navy announced the total now stands at 1,153 Japanese vessels sunk by U S submarines, including 138 warships and 1,015 noncombat vessels.
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U. S
Washington
Far Eastern
Navy
General death avenged as Okinawa advance nears end
United States forces press toward Okinawa's southern tip as Admiral Nimitz says conquest is imminent. Tenth Army troops move within two miles of the coast while Japanese defenders rout toward cliffs. Civilians panic as Marines reach the Nagasuku Makabe highway near the island’s southern boundary.
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Guam
East China Sea
Chester W. Nimitz
Okinawa
Tenth Army
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Nagasuku- Makabe
Eisenhower Honored By Four Million In New York Welcome
General Dwight D. Eisenhower received a hero’s welcome in New York City on June 19 as four million residents lined streets from LaGuardia to Battery. Crowds clogged Fifth Avenue and lower Manhattan, waving flags and showering ticker tape while Mayor LaGuardia and the general rode in an open car. The day halted war production in many plants as people paused to greet the Allied leader.
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New York
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
la Guardia
Battery
Ike
Eisenhower
Gen
Lower Broadway
Washington
Broadway
Fiorello LaGuardia
City Hall Square
America
Lower Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
Ciano Diary Reveals Prewar Axis Plans and British Appeasement
Journal excerpts show Mussolini moving toward a military Axis with Germany as early as Jan 1939. Ciano notes Chamberlain's Rome visit as a mere formality, while Paris and the Balkans loom. Roosevelt proposals on Jewish resettlement are rebuffed. Franco remains a subordinate to Axis aims.
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Count Ciano
Mussolini
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
House of Commons
Ciano
Daily Citizen
Chamberlain
Rome
Axis
Europe
Spain
Berlin
Franco
France
Balkans
Albania
Duce
von Ribbentrop
Victor Emanuel
Germany
Outmoded Meatless Day To Be Replaced By Meat Day
Phoenix Arizona June 19 reference to a meatless day in hotels and restaurants after July 1 will not be strictly accurate Louis J Raubenheimer district food representative of the told Phoenix operators of catering establishments last night It is more likely to be one meat day a week than two meatless days Raubenheimer said the situation would get worse as the year progressed.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U.P
Arizona
Louis J. Raubenheimer
Raubenheimer
Australians Drive Into Jungles To Rubber Site
Australian troops pushed through Borneo jungles toward Beaufort after an unopposed landing on Brunei bay shores. American forces in Luzon continue the Cagayan valley advance while Buffaloes ferried Australians ashore at Weston. Oil towns Tutong Mangrove swamps hindered further coastal progress toward Seria and Miri. Navy minesweepers cleared Brunei bay waters as airstrip landings on Labuan island continued.
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Don Caswell
Manila
U.P
North Borneo
Beauport
Brunei Bay
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Weston
Beaufort
Padas
Tutong
Seria
Miri
U. S. Navy
United Press
Richard Harris
Borneo
Labuan
Caga
High Bid Is Ordered For Public Sales
Arizona supreme court rules county tax sale boards cannot set a minimum price. lands must be sold to the highest bidder for cash. The decision came in a suit by John R. Hogle and wife to quiet title to two Mesa lots purchased at a tax sale.
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Phoenix
Arizona Supreme Court
John R. Hogle
Minnie Pomeroy
Mesa
Maricopa
Japanese To Abandon Island Of Hainan
Nanning China June 19 reliable sources report Japanese troops began evacuating Hainan Island off Indo China. Movements last week show garrison forces shifted to Kwangchowan on the Liuchow peninsula. Best-informed sources say Kwangchowan may be abandoned to keep retreat along the West river open.
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Nanning
South China
Hainan
Indo- China
Kwangchowan
Liuchow Peninsula
West River
President Urges House Speaker Get No. 1 Spot
President Truman asks Congress to name the House speaker as his successor if he cannot serve. He notes the line of succession favors cabinet officers and argues democracy should fill the presidency by election whenever possible.
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House
Washington
Truman
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Texas
White House
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
House of Representatives
Olympia
Wash
Roosevelt
State
Treasury
War
Navy
Interior
Labor
Truman Heads West for 11-Hour Nonstop Flight
President Truman left at 5 20 a m MST for a west coast visit culminating in the United Nations security conference in San Francisco. He would fly nonstop to Olympia Wash to see Governor Mon C Wallgren for a social visit before addressing the conference closing session. General Eisenhower gave him a cheery sendoff as his plane Sunflower departed.
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Truman
West Coast
Washington
San Francisco
Olympia
Wash
Mon C. Wallgren
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Water Users' Power Plants Up For Sale
Negotiations resumed for sale of Salt River Valley Water Users' association power plants to the federal government. H F McPhail of the reclamation bureau arrived from Denver to confer with association officers. A tentative offer of 25 to 27 million dollars would retire all indebtedness, with about 60 days needed to draft a contract. Central Arizona Light and Power Co. recently made a competing offer for part of the property.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Salt River
Central Arizona Light &Power Co
U S Promises Normal Trucking Operations
In Chicago on June 19 the government signaled resumed trucking by seizing 1,700 lines and vowing full speed ahead. Ellis T. Longenecker, head of the Office of Defense Transportation, stated the Army will break the strike and that you cannot beat the U S Army.
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Chicago
Ellis T. Longenecker
Office of Defense Transportation
U. S. Army
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W. D. Styer
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William F. Tyree
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Ethiopia
Il Duce
United States
Brazil
von Mackensen
Island
Executive
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