Weather Delays Bikini Atomic Bombing Drill
The Bikini Atoll tests are delayed as bad weather postpones a rehearsal bombing by Maj. Woodrow P. Swancutt and his crew aboard the USS Mt. M'Kinley. Vice Admiral Blandy notes winds and clouds hinder accuracy, keeping target ships in place for safety drills and radiological exercises.
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MT. M’kinley
Bikini
W. E. Kepner
Woodrow P. Swancutt
Navy
Bikini Lagoon
W. H. P. Blandy
Swancutt
Blandy
Kepner
Roger M. Ramey
Maj. Swancutt
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Harold H. Wood
N. J
Gen. Kepner
RFC Activity To Be Probed
Washington June 22 congressional investigators move to probe RFC wartime operations after GAO report says the corporation does not control its 7 billion investment in properties. Lawmakers argue the findings show serious accounting failures and urge further examination by the banking or expenditures committees.
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RFC
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
Case
R-Sc
Manasco
D-Ala
House Expenditures Committee
Banking Committee
Indians Sold To Bill Veeck
The Cleveland Indians were sold to a syndicate led by Bill Veeck Jr. for an estimated 1.75 million dollars. The board of directors approved unanimously as new owners pledged to pursue a pennant, with Lou Boudreau likely to remain manager and successors like Jimmy Dykes or Joe McCarthy mentioned for future roles.
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U.P
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Chicago Sportsman
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Bob Hope
Philip R. Clarke
Chicago
Lester Armour
Chicago Meat Packing Family
Robert Goldstein
New York
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A. C. Allyn
Sid
Schiff
Newtone
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Atomic Control Plans Emerge in Global Talks
Poland reported preparing proposals for world atomic control described as a simple basis for agreement replacing rival American and Russian programs. France France and Australia were noted as considering plans and modifications. Alexandre Parodi met Bernard Baruch as Lange prepared to present the Polish proposal at the UN atomic energy commission session.
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Poland
France
Australia
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
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Bernard M. Baruch
United States
Atomic Commission
Oscar Lange
Science Awaits Bikini Blast
Aboard the USS Appalachian en route to Bikini Atoll on June 22, the first Bikini test is described as a laboratory experiment rather than a naval war act. Three test types were outlined: air burst for bomb measurement, harbor attack under water, and deep water ship damage.
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Bikini
Bikini Atoll
Honolulu
Naval Harbor
Army
Navy
Lagoon
Meat Scarce Across Nation Amid Wartime Rationing
The Associated Press reports a nationwide shortage of fresh meat as wartime rationing reduces slaughtering at major plants to historic lows. Observers cite scarce supplies in urban areas, with Chicago and Kansas City near production lows, while officials warn prices may rise and state early-2025 expectations.
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Anther
Chicago
Kansas City
Chicago Packers
Armour
All Aboard Perish In Liberator Crash
Anchorage dispatch reports a B 24 liberator bomber crashed on ShemIA island in the Aleutians on June 16 killing all crew members. The craft plunged into a quarters warehouse on the north side of the island destroying contents valued at about 400000 dollars.
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Shemia
Army Navy to Get 11 Billions Defense Funds Detail
Washington reports Congress approves over 11 billion dollars for defense for the coming year. The Army secures about 7.09 billion and the Navy about 4.1 billion as the House and Senate push bills toward final action, with general support and minimal opposition.
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Senate
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White House
UN Economic Meet Ad journs After Long Session
The United Nations economic and social council adjourned at 9:10 p m local time after a gruelling 13 hour session aimed at completing the second four week stand. President Ramaswami Mudaliar of India pressed to wind up by midnight as delegates faced amendments from the Soviet and Ukrainian blocs. The council approved aid to displaced persons excluding war criminals and traitors, while Russia signalled it will press the issue at the General Assembly in September. A 20 nation committee will survey war devastated areas and reconstruction needs.
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U.P
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Ramaswami Mudaliar
India
Russia
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Council
UN General Assembly
Assembly
Anatoli Baranovsky
World Federation of Trade Unions
WFTU
Germany
Austria
United States
City Council Delays 1946 Budget Action to July 8
City councilmen will be asked Monday night to postpone action to July 8 on the 1946-47 budget. City Manager Phil J. Martin Jr. said valuation figures from the state tax commission are needed before action can be taken. The meeting will also consider contracts with the federal housing administration to install 76 additional temporary housing units for war veterans and their families.
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State Tax Commission
Federal Public Housing Administration
Arizona Utah California district Altrusa elected
Mrs. Elizabeth Steinheimer of Tucson Arizona was elected district governor of the Arizona Utah California district at the district convention. Pringle Fitzhugh of Tucson was named secretary.
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Salt Lake City
Elizabeth Steinheimer
Tucson
Ariz
Altrusa Clubs
Arizona
Utah
California
Pringle Fitzhugh
Nehru and Prince Reach Truce in Kashmir Dispute
Jawaharlal Nehru, president-elect of the Congress, temporarily dropped his Kashmir dispute today. The clash had sparked strikes and two deaths. He telegraphed Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad acknowledging to drop the dispute and return to Delhi with the condition of returning to Kashmir.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Maulana
Abdul Kalam Azad
Azad
Delhi
Famine Council Chief Seeks Global Food Relief Drive
Dr. D A FitzGerald resigns from the agriculture department to head a 20 nation push against famine. The international emergency food council selects him as secretary general to coordinate nine nation central committee plans for distributing food and avoiding wartime disruption. He accompanied Hoover on a 38 nation food survey and hails export nations for relief efforts. Russia remains absent from IEFC talks.
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D. A. FitzGerald
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van Essche
Lean
Grey
Herbert Hoover
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Asia
Latin America
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Saskatchewan
Russia
IEFC
Hotel Explosion Probe Is Started
Dallas investigators began probing the Baker hotel blast that killed seven people. Fire department experts joined authorities after an explosion in the basement of the 750 room hotel, a major disaster following two other hotel tragedies this month.
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Tex
Baker Hotel
Baseball Scores From National and American Leagues
National standings show Chicago 5 New York 2 in the first game while St. Louis defeats Brooklyn 5 1 and Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 2 in the first game. Boston edges Pittsburgh 4 3 in 10 innings. In the American League Cleveland 4 Boston 3 Philadelphia 5 Chicago 2. Washington at St. Louis men night game listed.
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Nehrus Kashmir mission and arrest stir Indian politics
DEWITT MacKENZIE analyzes Nehru's dramatic Kashmir mission and arrest, noting the shock to negotiations for Indian independence, widespread unrest in major cities, and potential long term effects as Hindu leadership aligns with Muslim masses toward broader reform and peace under the United Nations.
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All- India Congress
England
Hobbs Racketeering Bill Sent to Truman After Battle
The Hobbs bill imposing up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for interstate racketeering violators is sent to President Truman after a four year fight. It expands federal anti racketeering to unions and their leaders and passed the Senate without a dissent.
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Senate
Carl Hatch
D-Nm
Jennings Randolph
D-Wva
House
Sam Hobbs
D-Ala
Hobbs
Senate Judiciary Committee
Big Four set Friday deadline to finish treaty study
Paris June 22 UP The Big Four foreign ministers agreed to finish their study of Italian and Axis satellite treaties by next Friday. Bevin proposed the deadline, deputies to draft weekend agenda, ministers to meet twice daily if needed to meet the schedule. Molotov objected to a July 15 twenty-one nation peace conference, prompting the Friday deadline. Rome protested over Italian sovereignty over colonies and Trieste remained a key issue. Byrnes and Molotov conferred over a long dinner, signaling possible compromise as Trieste looms large.
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Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
Italy
W. M. Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Molotov
Rome
Trieste
V. M. Molotov
Byrnes
OPA Decision Is Postponed By Bipartisan Conference
The joint senatehouse conference on the OPA recessed until Monday amid disagreement on four major points. They tentatively backed removing price controls on commodities when supply and demand balance, approved decontrol of nonagricultural items, and kept open the debate on subsidies and extension of authority.
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Washington
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OPA
Secretary of Agriculture
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
Barkley
Scott W. Lucas
D-Ill
United States
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