State Secretary to serve as U S delegate on new world council
Washington June 27 The State Secretary will become a U S delegate on a proposed new world council. Col J Monroe Johnson director of the office of defense transportation said it will be at least three years before many millions of Americans can buy new cars. He urged car owners to conserve vehicles as 240 000 cars built this year replace less than one percent of the nation s autos and noted dependence on existing cars for transport through the remainder of World War II and after V J day.
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Washington
U.P
Col
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Johnson
Preparatory Commission To Be Organized For UN
The United Nations charter is signed bringing a nine week conference to a close. President Truman urged immediate ratification as Ed Stettinius and delegates left by plane for home. A final meeting in London will set up a preparatory commission to organize the new world peace body.
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San Francisco
U.P
New World
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Truman
Stettinius
Salt Lake City
London
New World Organization
US Delegates Return From San Francisco Urge Fast Charter Action
U S delegates to the United Nations security conference arrived in Washington after an all night flight with a plea to put the peace charter to work at once. Secretary of State Stettinius and Chairman Connally urged swift ratification as Senate leaders plan addresses this week. The Army air forces band played at the airport as the delegation gathered to push rapid action.
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Washington
U. S
San Francisco
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United Nations
National Airport
Stettinius
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Connally
Senate
Vandenberg
Truman
Band
Joseph C. Grew
Army Air Forces Band
Baseball Finals National League Results Released
National League games saw New York defeat Pittsburgh 10 to 4 and Cincinnati edge Boston 5 to 4 in ten innings. Key performers included pitchers and batters contributing to the decisive runs.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Boston
Spain suspends trade with France after Chambéry mob attack
Paris reports Spain has canceled all imports exports and transit licenses affecting France in retaliation for a French mob attack on Spaniards in Chambéry ten days earlier. The attack killed or injured several Spanish diplomats and workers repatriating from Germany, fueling diplomatic tensions.
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Paris
U.P
Spain
France
Chambery
Spanish Blue Legion
Russia
Germany
Tokyo Reports Kume Invaded by Americans
Tokyo said American invasion forces stormed ashore on Kume island near Okinawa as Japan fought heavy resistance. Tokyo cited 200 US ships assembled near Kerama, with potential landings in Ryukyu or Japan, while Yomiuri Hachi warned of possible China landings to sever continental supply lines.
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Guam
Tokyo
Ryukyu
Japan
China
Kume
Okinawa
Radio
Kerama Islands
Ryukyu Island
Yomiuri Hachi
India Leaders Near Settling Member Plan
Indian national leaders neared agreement on basic membership of a proposed viceroy's council for India and might draft an interim government scheme before adjourning. An official statement said the conference reached provisional conclusions on self government, while the Moslem League signaled no need to reconvene the working committee for now.
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Preston Grover Simla
India
Viceroy’s Council For India
Lord Wavell
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Girl Testifies on Threats in Bender Murder Case
Armida Kellogg a 14 year old Patagonia student testifies that Manuel Calixtro a defendant in the first degree murder case threatened to kill Herman C. Bender on Christmas day. Kellogg also describes Calixtro urging rocks to be thrown at Bender as other relatives joined.
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Nogales
Ariz
Armida Kellogg
Patagonia
Librada Lopez Bender
Herman C. Bender
Manuel Calixtro
Bender
Ricardo Rodriguez
Benito Arias
Calix
Miss Kellogg
Calixtro
Marie Stella Rosenberg
Truman Extends Subsidy Funds for War Materials
President Truman signed a bill extending subsidy payments for foods and strategic materials for one year while signaling possible reductions if subsidies prove unnecessary for war needs. The measure sets $88 million for strategic metals and $100 million for miscellaneous materials and commodities.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Stalin Named Generalissimo in World War II Rank
Moscow radio reports the supreme Soviet elevated Premier Marshal Stalin to the new rank of generalissimo for outstanding services directing all armed forces in wartime. He received four new decorations at the same ceremony.
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London
Moscow Radio
Supreme Soviet
Marshal Stalin
Presidium
Stalin
Okinawa Japanese Commander and Chief of Staff Commit Harakiri
On Okinawa June 27 a Japanese army commander and his chief of staff killed themselves in harakiri after dining in their best uniforms. Lt. Mitsuru, chief of staff, and Lt. Gen. Ishama Cho were found in shallow graves, identified as positive by Col. Cecil W. Nisstaffer of Salem Oregon. The cook reported they chose June 21 as their cave system was surrounded.
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Okinawa
A.R
Mitsuru
Ishama Cho
Cecil W. Nisstaffer
Salem
Ore
Ushijima
Harakiri
Second Oil Field Is Seized On North Borneo
Australian troops captured Miri center of the oil fields and overran the Seria oil fields in northwest Borneo. Tokyo reported bombardment of Balikpapan as Allied fleet fired naval shells. MacArthur said liquidation of the Luzon stronghold nears with forces closing on Tuguegarao and Iguig.
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Manila
U.P
Borneo
Tokyo
Balikpapan
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine
Luzon
Miri
Seria
Cagayan Valley
Cagayan
Tuguegarao
Iguig
Most Citizens Pay Property Taxes, Says Deputy Sheriff
A veteran deputy sheriff reported that only a small portion of delinquent personal property taxes remains. About seven days earlier a list totaling 2100 was handed to the deputy for collection and today roughly 400 dollars is still unpaid. The money was paid into the county treasurer’s office with no sheriff’s fees.
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M. J. van Vorst
Ed F. Echols
van Vorst
A. B. Cole
Presidential Succession Bill Advances
The House Judiciary Committee approved a Truman proposal to place the Speaker of the House next in line for the presidency, with the president pro tem of the Senate following. Rayburn would be next in line if Truman dies, with McKellar after him. The measure also sets a new election process to fill a two year term if both the President and Vice President die more than 90 days before an off year election.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Truman
House
Hatton Sumners
D-Tex
Senate
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Kenneth McKellar
D-Tenn
Red Roberts, Centre College Star, Dies in Fire
James B. Red Roberts, famed Centre College gridiron star, died in Middlesboro hospital from burns sustained when a hotel fire swept his Cumberland hotel suite early today.
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Middlesboro
U.P
James B
Red” Roberts
Centre College
Middlesboro Hospital
Cumberland Hotel
Ciano Diary Claims Munich Bomb Plot a Nazi Family Affair
In his diary Count Ciano records alleged details of the 1939 Munich bomb attempt on Hitler. He questions Gestapo motives and notes Il Duce’s cautious stance and war plans, with reflections on Italy’s position and recent European moves.
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Ciano
Munich
Hitler
Count Ciano
Mussolini
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Great Britain
Il Duce
Fuehrer
Mackensen
Europe
Truman Accepts Stettinius Resignation as Secretary of State
President Truman announced the resignation of Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as secretary of state and named him American representative on the postwar security council and chairman of the U.S. delegation. Truman will nominate a successor next Monday or Tuesday, but teased reporters about Byrnes. Stettinius accepted the UN league post in San Francisco. The announcement followed Truman’s Missouri visit as he prepared to present the UN charter to the Senate.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Independence
Truman
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Postwar Security Council
United States
General Assembly
Stettinius
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
League of United Nations
San Francisco
Missouri
Kansas City
Washington
United Nations
Senate
Mary Margaret
Vivian
Mary Mainte
Roger T. Sermon
Mary M T
Secret Service
Siriamaed
U. S
World Security Council
United Nations’ Charter
Turkey Frightened Russia Seeks Montreux Change
Ankara hears rumors that Moscow pressed for modifications to the Montreux convention affecting Dardanelles status amid talks on a Turkish Soviet pact in Moscow. No concrete demands reported, but discussions surfaced during pre negotiations on a broader framework. The issue stirs few developments since the war began, with broader concerns about bases and Kars ownership also mentioned.
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Frank O'Brien
Ankara
Turkey
Russia
Dardanelles
United States
Washington
London
Moscow
Kars
Montreux
Soviet Union
German Radium Cache Found Buried in Bavarian Mountains
Dr. Karl F. Weiss led a mixed American and German team to a cache of 21.8 grams of radium buried in the Bavarian mountains. Valued at $2,000,000, the stash was claimed as Germany's entire radium supply. Weiss requested permission to view Chaplin's The Dictator.
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Bad Tolz
Germany
Karl F. Weiss
Reich
Berlin
Bavarian
Charlie Chaplin
FCC Orders Wave Band Change for Postwar FM
The FCC announces final FM frequency allocations from 88 to 106 megacycles, moving the band from 42 to 50 megacycles. Noncommercial educational use goes 88 to 92, regular FM 92 to 106, with 400,000 receivers needing conversion and 365,000 uncertified for conversion. Thirty-one broadcasting firms are affected.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
RADIO
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